European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday aprils 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 13what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided to the stars and stripes by United press  Angeles times who is h. Ross Perot a times poll of 1,233 registered voters taken last weekend found that around one third knew enough about the Texas billionaire to have an opinion of him. And an astonishing 21 percent of those polled said that As of now they would vote for him in preference to George Bush or Bill Clinton. Who is h. Ross Perot for the moment at least he a the latest beneficiary of a widespread sense of dissatisfaction with the shape and Tenor of american politics and of a galloping mood of anger resentment and fear running like an infection through the body politic what is a or seems to be a his Appeal no doubt part of it is precisely that he a mainly an unknown with an unexamined past and a largely unarticulated program. But there a no doubt either that much of his Appeal a maybe most of it a is that unlike a Bush or a Clinton he is As divorced from the profession of politics As any potentially serious candidate can be. Our guess is that what voters most of All want this year is for candidates to take their grievances and concerns seriously. The rumblings continue to suggest that a lot of them done to think that is yet  Washington Post while we Arentt quite ready to endorse h. Ross Perot for president a we Are keeping our options open a we wish to observe that the Man has a Point. He says that the Federal budget deficit has to be eliminated and fast. He says that the present huge deficits Are corroding the american Standard of living and weakening the country. He says the country has to have a Strong Economy if it is to be a Force for Good in the world. Leave aside the elective politics for a moment he a dead right. People say Perot is not a serious candidate. That May be True. But he is not ducking the no. 1 serious  Sun Baltimore the scandal a week candidacy of gov. Bill Clinton shows signs of foundering. The latest hit for Clinton is his admitting after months of fencing with the press that he once smoked marijuana. The disclosure that his previous answers were More Clever than they were responsive is what hurts not the Mere fact of having puffed a few times. It emphasizes his a Slick Willie reputation but the party a leaders could Only Hope that Clinton having survived an unprecedented february july ordeal had emerged from it Able to handle anything the republicans could come up with in the september november  Long Island . Of All the silly distractions that can bedevil a presidential Campaign the min tempest Over whether Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton smoked pot when he was a student is perhaps the most absurd. A but if its no big Deal Why did no the a fess up sooner from the time he was first asked about prior drug use in his 1990 gubernatorial Campaign until this March 29, Clinton equivocate and evaded the Public will probably forgive Clinton for smoking pot. Forgiving him for blowing smoke at them May be More  times Union Albany . Having weathered charges of infidelity and draft dodging Bill Clinton now faces another Challenge to his character. This time its not the indiscretion that matter most a a Brief Experiment with marijuana when he was a student in England a As much As his Candor. Voters in new York s primary will now Likely ask themselves if Clinton is indeed pandering to them in order to win delegates Only to change course when it comes to making Good on his Campaign  new York times when Irakis powerful modern army wages High tech War against Over matched kurdish guerrillas killing and uprooting innocent civilian populations americans know what to Call it. Ugly repression verging perhaps on genocide. What then should americans think when turkish forces attack kurd in Southeastern Turkey or when planes of the nato ally bomb iraqi kurdish areas As they have at least five times in the past month Detroit free press actor Jack Palance a one armed push  and Ribald jokes during last weeks Academy awards ceremonies seemed to symbolize in a weird Way the state of the . Movie Industry its taste May be questionable at times but it is still hungry boisterous and Strong it thrives and preserves jobs despite High production costs and what appears a rather uncompetitive salary Structure because of quintessential american traits it strives for technical excellence and draws on the diversity of the american  Columbus Ohio dispatch when the food and drug administration recently recommended restrictions on the use of silicone gel breast implants most people thought that was Wise and prudent. The Cloud of fear hanging Over silicone gel breast implants cannot but help make the whole approval process More cautious. Is that a bad thing for an answer just ask anyone who has had a breast implant go  journal Gazette fort Wayna ind. In this Era of supposedly instant communication its terribly frustrating to base social policy on statistics that Are three years old. Unfortunately that a the Best available for the 1992 edition of the kids count Book. The Book compares the 50 states and Washington d.c., on nine aspects of life for children. It indicates the country was making Progress against infant mortality in the late 1980s a though Indiana started to slip by the end of the decade. And fewer children were dying after 12 months too. But in Many respects we be been doing worse by american children. Voters still need to look carefully at the records of the politicians a especially the state legislators. Most of them Are still More worried about raising taxes than they Are about raising a healthy generation of  Sentinel former heavyweight boxing Champion Mike Tyson got at least what he deserved when he was sentenced to six years in prison for the rape of a 18-year-old Beauty pageant contestant. At the same time Indiana Superior court judge Patricia Gifford commended the former juvenile delinquent for rising above his upbringing and suggested that the now sex Boxer had two personalities. Nonsense. The truth is that Tyson never grew up. He was coached by skilled adult advisers to hone his athletic skills but moral advice probably was limited to not hitting below the Belt because it might Cost him a decision. St. Louis Post dispatch an essential economic policy a cutting interest rates to fight recession a imposes severe costs on some people even if it benefits the majority. Just As some workers lose their jobs when imports Are allowed to compete in the Economy leading to lower prices for All those dependent mostly on savings for their livelihood lose when interest rates Are driven Down by the Federal Reserve Board to Spur recovery. Unfortunately the losers Are the elderly and others on fixed incomes. And the loss is substantial. As a result of today slower interest rates elderly savers have forfeited about $140 billion in the past two years. Sensible Long term economic policy is essential to a Bright future for  Kansas City to Star the latest safety recall numbers suggest american car makers have a Way to go. The National Highway transportation safety administration says that last year Detroit recalled 6.2 million vehicles compared with 297,000 for the top three japanese makers. Safety recalls. Is one Lead Detroit must work harder to relinquish. Exam nor san Francisco China a communist rulers among the few remaining dinosaurs of their kind Are opening the door a crack once More to Reform of their ideologically handcuffed Economy. Deng Xiaoping the 87-year-old maximum Leader set the current tone with a new years year of the Monkey declaration that economic Progress is More important than political Dogma. An inescapable question is whether this re emphasis on liberalized economic policy will be followed again by movement toward political Freedom. It is hard to promote a buoyant Market Economy while keeping the participants in a state of political Vassalage. The Baltimore evening Sun Frank l. Morris sr., Dean of graduate studies at Morgan state University says the nations graduate schools systematically resist qualified Black applicants in favor of foreign doctoral candidates. A the unspoken Norm almost not questioned is that somehow International diversity is More to be valued than local diversity a Morris charged the surest Way to increase the number of Black . Holders is not by passing new admissions Laws for universities or resorting to xenophobic bashing of foreigners but by reforming the Public schools where most Black students Are educated so they Are prepared for successful College careers