AND what about your overt foreign policy? You must be tired from jetting all around the globe to meet with foreign leaders, but do you have anything of substance to show for your efforts?

Delays in making appointments have hurt foreign policy efforts. Your administration was caught completely off-guard when leaders of five Central American countries met in February and agreed to close down Contra military bases in Honduras in exchange for holding free and open elections in Nicaragua next year.

How have you yourself responded to the changes in the Soviet Union? We are excruciatingly close to a lasting peace. The cold war is over, Mr. President, and 100 days after inauguration, five months after the election, you say you cannot take substantive action until you receive the results of a report you commissioned. Caution is important, but not at the expense of opportunity.

Have you taken any substantial effort to reduce the trade deficit with Japan? Allowing the dollar to deflate seemed like a good first step, but the effects so far have been minimal. Japanese trade barriers and fundamental weaknesses in our own economy must be attacked vigorously if there is to be any long-term solution.

The trade deficit is a direct manifestation of the corrosive effects of the budget deficit on the economy. Congratulations on your tentative agreement with Congress on the budget, but you still have miles to go before you sleep, Mr. President. The government still faces massive deficits.

YOUR presidency has been criticized for "drifting," for being concerned with style at the expense of substance. That's not completely fair. After all, Harry S Truman once said the president is just a "glorified public relations man." Problems arise when public relations takes the place of policy, and these problems have arisen in your presidency.

Your predecessor, Ronald W. Reagan, came into office with a clear set of objectives--beat inflation, rebuild the military, re-establish national pride. Within his first 100 days the hostages in Iran were released, inflation began to fall, Congress was forced to spend more on defense and the first space shuttle, Columbia, was launched successfully.

Your goals, Mr. President, have either been vague--a "kinder, gentler nation"--or hypocritical. You declared your concern for education and for the environment, but your budget proposal allots just I percent of the budget for education, the environment, drug abuse programs and relief for the homeless.

Mr. President, you have plenty of time to correct the failings of the first 100 days. I hope for our country's sake that the balance of your term makes all I have written look silly and premature. Perhaps the final summary of your administration will be found in a kinder, gentler history book.