European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes thursday april 23, 1992non-candidate Perot gives politicians Shivers by the Washington Post Washington a he is not even an official candidate but Texas billionaire h. Ross Perot already casts a Large Shadow across the 1992 presidential Campaign and the experts in both political parties Are nervously scrambling to figure out what it Means. Is Perot merely a springtime flirtation for dispirited voters or the most serious Independent candidate since 1912? does he have plausible solutions or merely glib sound bites to offer voters will he Hurt president Bush or Likely democratic nominee Bill Clinton in a year of Public discontent and anti Washington ferment outsider Perot without running in a single primary already has demonstrated enough potential voter Appeal to shake up the status quo. A there is no conventional Wisdom Here a said democratic pollster Peter Hart. Perot May have the perfect biography for this springtime of protest native of East Texas . Naval Academy graduate super Salesman for International business machines whose frustration with the corporation prompted him to Start off on his own self made businessman whose computer firm eds made him one of the re la no conventional Wisdom Here democratic pollster Peter Hart the nations richest men sponsor of a commando unit to Rescue his own workers from Iran. Perot has said he will run for president if supporters qualify him for the ballot in All 50 states and will make a final decision in june. He seemed to signal his growing interest this week when he resigned from two private clubs that exclude minorities and filed a report showing he has spent $400,000 of his own Money. What Bush and Clinton advisers want most Are additional clues to Perot s potential. Paul Tully the democratic National committees political director said he discounts All National polling on Perot right now. A a he a operating As a none of the above in too Many places a Tully said. A it is a one dimensional  but the dec plans More extensive analysis in part Tully said because anyone who says he will spend $100 million As Perot has said can have a significant Impact on the race. Perot s support in the current National polls is overwhelmingly White More male than female relatively Well to do and Well educated and strongly Independent. That makes the average Perot voter More like a Republican than a Democrat but Perot is cutting into Clinton a support because his supporters Are on the whole strongly anti Bush. What distinguishes Perot a current supporters most of All Are their negative attitudes toward politicians generally. Linda Divall a Republican pollster said the anti Washington mood makes Perot a potentially significant Force at least in a number of key states. Perot faces a crucial three months Between now and Midsummer to establish himself As a candidate including a major and Campaign to present himself to the Public. A the needs to do things Between now and july so that he does no to get dwarfed by the process a said Paul Maslin a democratic pollster. Bush May pass up . Earth Summit from wire reports Washington president Bush said tuesday he would like to attend the . Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro but that he is worried about contributing to actions that could Hurt the United states Economy. The Bush administration objects to setting limits on emissions suspected of causing global warming putting it at Odds with european nations and Many of the other conference participants. Bush speaking to a group of Young business executives said he was committed to International cooperation to preserve the worlds environment a and that a Why i would like to go to the  but he added a i am not going to go to the Rio conference and make a bad Deal or be a party to a bad  Bush a advisers Are divided Over whether going to the june conference in Brazil would be a Wise move in a political delicate Rescue problem firefighters work carefully to extricate 58-year-old Philip d. Strother of fort Washington md., from the wreckage of his car after a Highway Accident tuesday near Salisbury my the victim was pulled out and flown to Peninsula regional medical Center for emergency treatment. His condition was not immediately known. Being painted As the world s foot dragger on global warming. But Bush a press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater indicated that the administration might be willing to soften its hard line against specific timetables to reduce Carbon dioxide emissions. Those gases Are considered a principal cause of the Earth swarming trend. In discussing possible Compromise language he said one option might be to set target dates for stabilizing emissions but with the understanding that a the system of setting them should include ways to get out of it if the timetable proves unrealistic or too expensive for . Busi Nesses Fitzwater said. The 12-nation european Community has proposed stabilizing emissions at 1990 Levels by 2000. The Earth Summit was conceived As a landmark meeting that could Lead to better cooperation among Industrial and developing countries. Bush a stand is expected to be the target of democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. In an address scheduled for delivery wednesday the Arkansas governor planned to accuse Bush of allowing the environment to deteriorate because he is a trapped by. An outdated world View that sees economic growth and environmental Protection As incompatible. The speech was to be delivered in Philadelphia to coincide with Earth Day. In it Clinton Calls on Bush to attend the Brazil Summit and to accept strict limits on the Fossil fuel emissions. A i done to believe president Bush is Bent on destroying the environment a Clinton says in the draft of the speech. A but his views were shaped in another Era when the world faced other threats and economic growth and environmental Protection were seen As mutually  in the speech Clinton is to Call for a requiring . Auto manufacturers to raise average fuel efficiency to 45 Miles per gallon from the current 27,5. A limiting the growth of Carbon dioxide emissions caused by the burning of Fossil fuels so that total emissions in the United states Are no greater in 2000 than in 1990. A shifting Federal research spending from defense toward renewable Energy and fuel efficient Light rail vehicles. Ethics shield ruled out for lawmakers Washington a the Constitution does not exempt members of Congress from civil penalties for ethics violations a Federal judge has ruled. . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson on tuesday rejected an argument by rep. Charles Rose that he was protected by the constitutions prohibition against one Branch of government a in this Case the executive a infringing on the Powers of another a the legislative. The Justice department part of the executive Branch filed a civil suit in 1989, seeking to Fine Rose $30, xxx for failing to report a number of personal Loans on his financial disclosure statements Between 1980 and 1986. Rose d-n.c., contended the suit should be barred because he already had been rebuked in the matter by the House ethics committee in 1988. Roses lawyer also argued that the constitutions a speech or debate clause Quot protects lawmakers from having statements they make in Congress used against them. But Jackson said that applies Only to actions related to passing legislation. Members of Congress Are specifically covered by the ethics in government act which authorizes the government to seek fines for knowing and wilful violations of the Law the judge said. The ethics panel said in March 1988 it found a Clear and convincing evidence of financial irregularities. But it did not require Rose to Amend his financial disclosure statements and recommended no further action saying he had sought to Correct his mistakes. Jackson saying he expected an Appeal ordered a continued delay in All pretrial proceedings until such an Appeal is decided doctors say Tsongas treate it for cancer outbreak in 87 new York apr doctors for Paul Sonj As say the former presidential candidate had cancerous Lymphoma in 1987, less than a yet after they claimed they had rid him of canc it with a Bone marrow transplant. The new York times reported wed nest about the new information about Tsongas trea ment. One of his doctors George Canellos it Bostons Dana Farber cancer Institute coi firmed the Story. But he said it was common to treat cancer p. Tents with radiation even after a marrow Tran Plant