European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars and stripes sunday april 26, 1992clinton questions Perot s contributions by the los Angeles times Columbus Ohio in his first attack on h. Ross Perot Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton said Friday that the potential Independent candidate needed to answer questions about whether he had made a vast contributions to congressmen to get special deals for  speaking to reporters at the Columbus Airport the democratic presidential candidate asked of Perot Quot if he hates Washington so much what has his relationship with the United states Congress been Quot does he in fact lobby and make vast contributions to congressmen to get special deals for himself through the Congress what is his background he a got a contribution to make but he a been As political As anybody else has  Perot a Dallas based billionaire who made his Fortune in designing and Selling computer systems has said he would spend whatever was required to win if volunteers got his name on All 50 state ballots As an Independent. Clinton and his aides later explained that the reference to special deals was an allusion to a Washington Post article that said Perot contributed $15,000 to the campaigns of congressional tax Law writers who favored legislation that would give Perot a $15 million tax break. According to the Story Perot later denied that he had personally pushed for the break and offered to give the Money Back if the legislation became Law. Clinton a criticism suggested that the Democrat was viewing Perot a threat with a new seriousness. The attack came on a Day when a Gallup can Usa today poll indicated that in a three Way race president Bush would receive 41 percent of the vote Clinton 26 percent and Perot 25 percent. Although Clinton later played Down the criticism he said Perot now represented More of a threat to him than to Bush. For the moment Perot a has what votes he would get on his own merits. Plus the people that have heard bad things about me and not seen anything better a Clinton said. Dee Dee Myers Clinton a press Secretary said Clinton a suggestion concerning Perot a contributions was that the texan Quot has been very effective at playing by the rules of Washington politics. No one is accusing him of breaking the  Clinton also criticized Bush for failing to enact a National health care plan and promised one Early in a Clinton administration. The Arkansas governor toured the neonatal Center at the Pennsylvania Hospital with . Sen. Harris Wofford who v Lap Democrat Bill Clinton pushing his plans for prenatal care holds Andrew Morgan while the infants father Douglas Morgan watches at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia on Friday. Won an upset last year Over Republican Dick Thornburgh Bush a former attorney general. The Victory came after a Campaign in which Wofford put health care at the top of his Agenda. Afterwards Clinton told reporters that the country could reduce its High rates of infant mortality and Low birth weight babies a while saving Money a through expanded prenatal care programs. Quot in any system in which we design for health care for All americans there must be a strategy to impose delivery of these services in primary and preventive care a he said. If such a Federal program were begun a a we a have major savings Quot Clinton  Calls vote for Clinton ticket on titanic Aliquippa a. Apr Democrat Jerry Brown taking his Cue from gov. Robert Casey warned Friday that a vote for rival Bill Clinton in this weeks Pennsylvania primary would be like buying Quot a ticket on the  Brown toured the boarded up shops and cafes of this once thriving steel town in Western Pennsylvania and expressed agreement with Casey that Clinton has Little Chance of winning. A everyone in be talked to knows that voting for Clinton is like taking out a ticket on the titanic a Brown said. Quot its going Down. A the music is playing it sounds Good it looks Good the food is Fine but its going underwater Quot said the former California governor. Casey has been saying that if enough delegates arrive uncommitted at the democratic National convention they could still Engineer the nomination of a candidate who would be easier to sell to the voters in the fall. Brown lagging far behind Clinton in the Delegate race and Pennsylvania polls urged voters Here to listen to their governor. A once again we re getting ready to lose so disastrously that millions and millions of democrats will be disappointed Quot Brown said. A a in a calling on everyone who knows that the democratic party has to put someone up other than Clinton to vote for my  Brown began his walk through Aliquippa about 20 Miles North of Pittsburgh outside a Tunnel leading to an Ltd steel corp. Plant that once stretched nearly seven Miles along the Ohio River and employed about 17,000 people. During the 1980s, the company closed most of the Plant and Laid off most employees Quot does this look like Argentina or the United states a Chuck Loverde 33, asked Brown. A yeah its pretty desolate a Brown said. Brown spoke to about 50 people outside the boarded up red Fox movie theater. A a in la go to Washington and if i can to put economic vitality Back in this town ill leave a Brown said. A a in la  when he finished speaking a Man in the crowd shouted Quot you got too much Money against you Jerry. You ainu to got a Chance. That s the problem with this  a a it a time to Rise up a a woman shouted to applause from the crowd. Brown asked the Man to continue but rain began pouring Down forcing Brown to hurry to his car. Later Brown addressed about 50 unemployed workers in auditorium of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He told them a Rich country like the United states should have a Job for everyone. Brown said he would follow the Lead of Franklin d. Roosevelt in the 1930s and create jobs for hundreds of thousands of people. Bradley avoids race for Sake of Candor new York apr sen. Bill Bradley said Friday that one reason he Isnit running for president this year is that it would hamper his ability to speak out on thorny issues such As race. A i wanted to say some things on the Issue of race in America that i think would be difficult for a candidate to say Quot Bradley told editors and writers of the associated press. A sometimes the political process is now so timid and so sterile that its not a hospitable environment for the discussion of real issues Quot he said. A there is a flexibility that accrues to you if you re not a  Bradley d-n.j., once considered a leading Prospect for the 1992 democratic nomination has delivered several forceful speeches in the last two years on race relations and Urban decay. He gave a half hour speech on the Senate floor last month Quot partly to show some politician could talk candidly about the subject and not  he has taken republicans including president Bush to task for playing the race card in political contests and criticized fellow democrats for dodging straight talk about racial divisions. Bradley said americans cities Lave been neglected especially by the White House and need a coordinated Effort to reduce violence bolster families and create jobs and investment. He estimated that this would require at least $15 Bil lion to $20 billion a year a for a decade a from the Federal government. Asked whether he was setting himself up to Lead the Effort Bradley responded Quot i done to see myself doing  but he said that Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton could if he becomes the nominee. Bradley emphatically ruled out running for vice president this year even if asked by Clinton a fellow Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England. A i will not accept Quot said Bradley who narrowly won a third term in 1990. Quot i promised the people of new Jersey that id serve a full six year term and i intend to do that. Quot the flip answer is two Rhodes a ticket does not make a he said. Bradley said he does not dismiss the potential of Texas billionaire Ross Perot to make an Independent bid for the White House. Quot anybody with $100 million has the capacity to change the nature of an election Quot said Bradley who raised $12.5 million for his last Senate bid including contributions from Perot. The senator said Perot had touched a nerve within the american electorate. A the has expressed the frustration a that 1 think is real out there a with the governmental process a Bradley  club backs Buchanan a James not Pat Philadelphia a the procrastinators club of America got around to issuing a political endorsement Friday picking James Buchanan for president. Buchanan has been dead for nearly 124 years but that should not be a Handicap club president Les Waas said. Quot Only live politicians cause deficits High taxes wars it Cetera or get Perks Quot he said. George Washington is the Only other person the group has endorsed for president. Waas said he  remember the year. Waas said the two members of the club s political inaction committee agreed Buchanan was today s Best presidential candidate because he served four full years from 1857 to 1861, never avoided military service and volunteered for duty in the War of 1812. Unlike the modern candidate Pat Buchanan he took no sides on the abortion Issue. Quot regarding the environment Only one Oil Well was drilled during his administration a the first one Ever drilled actually a Waas said. He said Buchanan imposed no income taxes had never heard of Israel never inhaled marijuana and a has always been pro Union especially during the civil