Administration officials had worried that Mr. Helms, who has opposed many treaties, would use his power as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay Start-2.

But he said that even if they did not pass he would continue to use his position as chairman of the committee that oversees spending for the tribes to overhaul Indian affairs.

He plans to use his authority as chairman to enforce the rules.

He said he hoped to use his year as chairman to try and double the membership from 100 to 200 as well as helping with training.

Mr. Gingrich is using his base as chairman of Gopac, a political action committee aimed at helping Republican legislative candidates, to raise money to finance the anti-Wright campaign.

Use your power as chairman to divert matters of personal bitterness into committee where you can arbitrate them in private.

An opponent of racial integration, Smith used his power as chairman of the Rules Committee to keep much civil rights legislation from coming to a vote on the House floor.

David T. Kearns, who will be his deputy, used his platform as chairman of Xerox to call for efforts to improve American education.

Six Politburo members were called to the rostrum for questions before Mr. Gorbachev used his powers as chairman to stop the accountability parade.

And he has used his position as chairman of the Senate subcommittee that controls federal funding for the tribes to counter the impression that he is anti-Indian.