Bush Enlists Citizen Army for Drug War : White House: Advisers from all walks of life will help the President plot anti-drug strategies.

President Bush today named 27 citizens, including medical pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk, former Atty. Gen. William French Smith and ex-Dallas Cowboys Coach Tom Landry, as advisers for the war on drugs.

“All share my goal of ridding America of illegal drugs,” Bush said at a White House ceremony where he signed an executive order creating the Presidential Drug Advisory Council.

With drug policy director William J. Bennett at his side, Bush gave the advisory panel the mission of finding better ways to:

--Encourage employers to keep workplaces drug-free.

--Enlist the aid “of many Americans who want to volunteer their time and energy to winning the war on drugs.”

--”Communicate to all Americans, especially our young, the importance of staying off drugs.”

--Coordinate the multitude of private and nonprofit anti-drug efforts.

--Involve the private sector in the building of prisons and jails.

Bush, who in September unveiled an anti-drug strategy that will cost nearly $8 billion, said, “The scourge of illegal drugs upon the lives of many Americans is simply devastating, and with the help of this advisory council, I look forward to stopping this devastation and guiding our nation toward an intolerance of illegal drug use.”

The council, given a two-year life span, will be headed by Texas businessman William Moss, an oil and gas investor from Dallas.

Members, in addition to Salk, Landry and Smith, include:

Alvin Brooks, director of the Kansas City, Mo., Human Relations Department; Patricia A. Burch of Potomac, Md., a founder of the National Federation of Parents for Drug-Free Youth; James E. Burke of Princeton, N.J., former chairman of Johnson & Johnson; Alvah H. Chapman Jr. of Miami, former chairman of the board of Knight-Ridder Inc.;

Retired Adm. William J. Crowe Jr. of Alexandria, Va., former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Lee I. Dogoloff of Silver Spring, Md., executive director of the American Council for Drug Education; Robert A. Georgine of McLean, Va., president of the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department; Elsie H. Hillman of Pittsburgh, Republican National Committee member for Pennsylvania;

Mary L. Jacobson, co-founder of Parent Resources and Information on Drug Education, Omaha, Neb.; Sterling Johnson Jr. of Laurelton, N.Y., special prosecutor of the Special Narcotics Courts, New York City; Ewing Kauffman of Shawnee Mission, Kan., chairman of Marion Laboratories; Dr. Burton J. Lee III, the White House physician.

Brenda Lee, principal of Edison Elementary School, Dayton, Ohio; the Rev. Edward A. Malloy, president of the University of Notre Dame; William J. McCarthy of Arlington, Mass., general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Ruben B. Ortega, police chief of Phoenix, Ariz.; Richard D. Parsons of Pocantico Hills, N.Y., president of the Dime Savings Bank of New York.

Sandi Patti Helvering, a gospel singer from Anderson, Ind.; Judge Herman P. Pressler III of the Texas Court of Appeals in Houston; Richard F. Schubert of McLean, Va., former president of the American Red Cross; Roger Smith of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., chairman of General Motors Corp.; Frank J. Tasco of Manhasset, N.Y., chairman of Marsh & McClennan Cos. and chairman of Phoenix House; and Robert Wright of Fairfield, Conn., president of the National Broadcasting Co.