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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday april 27, 1992 Clinton urges Black mayors to get out vote by John King a Conri Uteri press Kansas City to. Democrat Bill Clinton on saturday promised Black mayors a new Urban partnership with the White House and called on them to energize minority voters for the big election Day turnout he needs to win. A i need you to Tell your citizens that this election will Chart the future of this country a Clinton told a National conference of Black mayors prayer breakfast where lie also attacked president Bush s record. A we Are being called upon to change now More than we have in a generation More than we have since the great Challenge of civil rights a Clinton said. A i ask you to go Home and fill the spirits of your people with the Promise of this new  from the Kansas City meeting the Arkansas governor returned to Pennsylvania for that states primary this week. Clinton continued his Appeal for Black votes holding a forum at the Olivet Baptist Church in North Philadelphia before holding a Campaign paid television Call in show saturday evening. Meanwhile Clinton a rival for the democratic presidential nomination former California gov. Jerry Brown toured South Philadelphia a italian Market and attended a rally in East Liverpool Ohio where Community residents and environmentalists Are protesting a hazardous waste incinerator built near an elementary school. In Harrisburg sen. Harris Wofford d-pa., said Clinton a has in fact caught on and was now gathering the steam to win in november. Wofford said in a Telephone interview that Clinton a has gone through the hottest fire in be seen a National candidate endure. Like Quality steel he has come through tempered and  Wofford a support for Clinton put him at Odds with Pennsylvania gov. Robert Casey also a Democrat who has expressed doubts about Clinton a chances in november. Casey has urged uncommitted delegates to keep their options open. In Columbia s.c., however Clinton picked up backing at the democratic state convention from sen. Ernest f. Hollings and rep. Butler Derrick. The convention rang with speeches in favor of Trade protectionism for the states textile Industry. Democratic presidential Hope fail Jerry Brown holds a news conference saturday in Bob and Sandy Estelle a Back Yard which overlooks a toxic waste incinerator in East Liverpool Ohio. Poll shows Bush still on top in 3-Way race new York apr president Bush would get 38 percent of the vote Democrat Bill Clinton 28 percent and Independent h. Ross Perot 23 percent if a three Way presidential election were held today according to a new York times lbs news poll. A similar poll conducted a month ago for the same news organizations showed Bush with 44 percent. Clinton the Arkansas governor got 31 percent and Perot a Texas billionaire had 16 percent. The newest Survey was in line with a Usa today can Gallup poll published Friday that showed Bush with 41 percent Clinton with 26 percent and Perot with 25 percent. The times lbs poll made Public saturday evening was based on Telephone interviews with 1,539 adults nationwide of whom 1,151 were registered voters. It has a 3 percent margin of error. In a two Way race the new poll showed Bush defeating Clinton 46 percent to 40 percent among registered voters. Two thirds said they expected Bush to win in november compared with 19 percent who see Clinton As the Winner and 7 percent who believe Perot will win. Clinton a remarks to the mayors were focused on the fall when the probable democratic nominee said he would try to shape the election by borrowing Ronald Reagan a 1980 line a Are you better off today than you were four years ago a a president Bush wants his contract renewed a Clinton said. A i came along and applied for the Job. If the question is Are you better off than you were four years ago or eight or even 12, the contract must not be renewed a Clinton said. Clinton said republicans including Bush have used racial politics to win elections and divert attention from the country a festering economic and social crises. A we cannot ask those questions if Willie Horton or quotas or some question about welfare keeps us from looking together to Washington a Clinton said. A this country has been divided by race in every election since 1980 one Way or  withholds endorsement from Clinton by Gwen Ifill the new York times Kansas City to. A Jesse Jackson who has twice run for president and knows a thing or two about creating mischief within the democratic party avoided endorsing Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton on saturday after the two men met Here. Jackson and Clinton who have had their share of political friction in the last few months emerged from a 40-minute meeting in the governors hotel suite to declare themselves committed to a joint set of goals that includes defeating presi Dent Bush in november. But Jackson pointedly demurred when reporters asked him repeatedly if he was prepared to support Clinton a presidential bid. A Well a Jackson said a if he wins the nomination of our party he would be Well on his Way. We need a new president and we need a new direction. We cannot afford any More of what George Bush  Jackson who is the non voting representative to the Senate for the District of Columbia said the Rainbow coalition he founded has invited Clinton to a meeting in Washington in june. Both he and Clinton were in Kansas City on saturday to attend a meeting of the National conference of Black mayors. A i think reverend Jackson has taken a very Good position in this race that he would work on increasing registration increasing awareness among the american people of what the stakes Are a Clinton said. A after All one of the problems we have in this election season is that too Many americans Are so cynical so sceptical so beaten Down by neglect and the failure of politics they done to think anybody can make a  Jackson and Clinton crossed swords earlier in the primary season when Clinton responded angrily after he was told that Jackson was prepared to endorse one of his rivals sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa. Harkin has since dropped out of the race. During a satellite interview he taped in Little Rock ark., Clinton complained bitterly to an aide that  an endorsement would be a a backstabbing thing to  Clinton later said he thought the cameras were no longer rolling. Clinton apologized and Jackson accepted the  decries Chicken Little hysterics on Trade Washington a president Bush fired a final shot saturday in the while House theme of the week a International Trade a and said that a fall around the world More and More people Are buying  in a prerecorded speech made available to radio stations nationwide he denounced Quot the Chicken Little hysterics of an America under siege a calling the United states the worlds leading exporter a bar  . Exports reached a one month record High of nearly $38 billion in february and Bush said the moral of the Story is a a reminder that if americans want to succeed economically at Home we be got to Lead economically  recently the White House has concentrated on a different Issue each week coordinating the presidents speeches and White House pronouncements on the theme. In the past week Bush has discussed Trade with leaders of the european Community reduced barriers to trading in High tech goods including outdated cold War restrictions and made several speeches on Trade. A a american a Trade Story is Good news not just for our coastal states and port towns but All across America a Bush said in his radio remarks. A More and More America competes in an International marketplace where standing still Means falling behind Quot he said. A some want us to respond to these challenges As if they were a bad dream a just hide under the covers and Hope it goes away. A they May be talking Tough but they re really run Ning scared. The problem is they re running the wrong Way. The answer Isnit to build up our barriers. Its to get other countries to tear Down theirs a Bush said. In a taped response for the democrats House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt d-mo., accused the administration of a indifferent responses to the unfair trading practices of other nations and the Export o jobs abroad. Quot restoring americans economic strength require More than a a message of the week a a a he said. A eth it Days of free Trade theories cutting wages replacing workers and abandoning american industries Are be Hind us. The Days of Tough decisions and big change Are upon   
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