European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes wednesday May 6,1992 Kinaj if m1 a 1 f t o r a it Al Jesse Jackson left and Arsinio Hall talk with Burn victim Carl Williams in los Angeles. At right Bill Clinton views Korea town damage with councilman Mike  must heal l.a., Clinton says los Angeles apr Bill Clinton toured riot ravaged los Angeles streets monday and said the decisions leading to rebuilding and racial Healing will have to come from Community leaders. The Likely democratic presidential nominee said neither government giveaways nor �?o12 More years of neglect from republicans will help los Angeles recover from the riots that followed the Rodney g. King verdict. A i saw people who want a third Way a new approach to our problems a Clinton said after walking around los Angeles neighbourhoods inspecting damage and meeting with religious Community and political leaders. A a they re not asking to return to what we tried in the �?T60smore direct Aid through top Down government bureaucracies a the Arkansas governor said outside City Hall after meeting mayor Tom Bradley. A but they done to want any More  the Federal government should provide Aid for economic development and Law enforcement Clinton said but much of the work must be done at the local level through non profit Community groups and new private investments in ravaged neighbourhoods. Clinton a stops Cut across racial and ethnic lines including a meeting with a predominantly White group of firefighters walks through Korea town and then South Central and a meeting with hispanic activists. A i am convinced if we can heal the wounds of racial division in this Community then we can do it anywhere a Clinton told the hispanic activists. A i am convinced that if we cannot do it Here then America can never be what it is meant to be in the 1990s.�?� he said inner City neighbourhoods need Community Banks dedicated to making Loans to Low and Middle income residents and Small businesses. He also advocated More aggressive enforcement of the Community reinvestment act which prohibits discrimination in lending practices. Clinton ironically sounded much like housing and Urban development Secretary Jack Kemp who criticized Clinton Over the weekend for a a politicizing the crisis. A we have to empower these people to take control of their own lives a Clinton said during a visit to a Community food Bank. A my Agenda assumes that government does not always know what is Best or How to do it for the people who live in a Community. But we should empower them through economic initiatives and education and health  during a walk through the predominantly Black South Central Section Clinton said area leaders he had met were eager to rebuild but wary that the City and state governments would develop a plan without consulting them. A the people of this Community want to live in peace and Harmony across racial and ethnic lines but they want to be empowered to control their own destiny a Clinton said. As Clinton toured devastated businesses and charred building shells his hosts described festering racial and economic anxiety. Many also defended the looters. Clinton again had harsh words for the rioters but also said Many were a people who resorted to unacceptable conduct because nobody Ever. Made them believe there was another Way to get things  gop challenger Patrick Buchanan spent the Day in los Angeles and toured the destruction in Korea town. He said the welfare system had created a a climate in which this kind of irresponsibility is  a i think what we saw in the smoking ruins of los Angeles this last week is the abject and total failure of great society liberalism a he said. Meanwhile a unanimous Al Cio executive Council tuesday endorsed Clinton for the democratic presidential nomination and leaders of the confederation of labor unions vowed full support in his fall Campaign against president Bush. A was America suffers through its longest recession since the 1930s, governor Clinton offers a new Start toward addressing the issues of concern to All working families a the 35-member Council said in a  lessens House Check scandal probe Leader but . Fires. .1 continue to Burn oin Inq a towing tonks of r�tir�6s Lacey township . A fires that blackened More than 13,000 acres of new jerseys Pine lands continued to flare in spots monday but no longer threatened Homes officials said. Hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return Home but firefighters said it might Lake Days a or a heavy rain a to extinguish All the fires. One Home and several cars were lost. Another Home was damaged and several Sheds also burned. Three major fires and dozens of smaller ones broke out sunday. Below Normal rainfall made the forests dry and they burned quickly in the sunny warm and Breezy weather said Joe Hughes assistant state Forest fire Warden. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries. Hughes said Many of the blazes were considered suspicious. He said about half the states Forest fires each year Are set. Washington a the head of the House investigation into Check bouncing monday joined the record numbers of congressional retirees. Also announcing his retirement was one of the worst abusers of the House Bank. Rep. Matt Mchugh d-., chairman of the House ethics committees panel that probed overdrafts by members at their in House Bank and rep. Robert w. Davis r-mich., separately announced decisions not to seek re election this year. They bring to 54 the number of House members voluntarily retiring this year the most since world War ii. Another six have lost in the primaries. Mchugh 53, who has served in Congress for 18 years was to formally announce his decision later tuesday at a news conference in Ithaca . A copy of his statement was released in Washington. A i will admit to some pain and frustration when i find myself frequently put in the position of defending my character simply for being a member of Congress a he said. A there is now too great a Gulf Between my hopeful belief in what our institutions can be and the Public perceptions of  he complained of a Many impediments to change divided government uninspired leadership from the White House an increasing tendency by some in politics and the Media to focus on Petty partisan or insubstantial issues and an unwillingness on the part of Many in this country to face up to our fundamental problems. Until the House Bank probe Mchughs principal work in Congress had entered on foreign policy and Aid to children and the poor. But the Check investigation catapulted Mchugh into the National spotlight and thrust upon him the uncomfortable role of judging his colleagues. Davis 59, was the third worst abuser of the House Bank with 878 checks writ ten with insufficient funds. His bad checks totalled More than $344,000. He at one time had an overdraft of $13,146. Davis had apologized to his 11th District comprising Michigan supper Peninsula and Northern lower Peninsula for his role in the House Bank scandal. But he Drew heavy criticism for the bounced checks and for a series of personal problems. A if the republicans have a Chance to save this seat its got to be somebody with a fresh slate and a clean Start a said William Ballenger editor of the political newsletter inside Michigan politics. Davis said he believed he could win reelection but that it would require an intense expensive and negative Campaign Effort. Ultimately i decided that i was not interested in that kind of Campaign a Davis said. Fris becomes the Seth of Michigan a 18 House members to opt for retirement