European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes tuesday May 26, 1992 husband wife seek separate House seats. 1.__ a Jin Mayfield by. Up a the presidential Campaign is taking a Back seat to congressional races in today a Kentucky primary which could give the House its first husband and wife team from the same state. Only 30 percent to 35 percent of the states 1.9 million registered voters Are expected to cast ballots today. Former California gov. Edmund a a Jerry Brown is the Only candidate to visit the state but he is expected to lose to the potential democratic presidential nominee Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton. The real interest is focused on two congressional districts that stretch from the Mississippi River to the Virginia Border and encompass nearly half the states 120 counties. Rep. Carroll Hubbard a nine term incumbent Democrat in the 1st District is seeking renomination and his wife Carol Brown Hubbard is seeking the democratic nomination in the new 5th District perhaps the poorest congressional District in the country. The Hubbards have Homes in both districts a in Mayfield which is in the 1st District and Whitesburg which is in the new 5th District a As Well As one in Virginia where Carroll Hubbard lives five Days a week. In 1975, rep. Andy Jacobs d-ind., married rep. Martha keys d-kan., but neither gave up their Home scats and each flew to their respective Homes on weekends to Campaign. Carol Hubbard said she decided to run because she thinks the districts representation has been less than effective. A i can offer the people in this area two voices in Congress a she said. A the area in a running in is composed of two old districts. This could possibly be the poorest District in the United states Overall. A if any area does not need to lose an advantage in Congress it is this area a she said. A if i win they will have two voices in Congress. My husband will help with his experience seniority and vote to make Good things happen in this area again. The schoolteacher candidate has raised $238,000 for her Campaign most of it from her husbands supporters. A neither my husband nor i Are wealthy. We re not from wealthy families a she said. A the asked people who were going to contribute to him to contribute to me instead. Its the Only Way i was Able to run this  she said polls she has taken show her leading the Field and she assumes that because her opponents Are attacking her in their ads she a leading in their polls As Well. A a they re All ganging up on me but you can to Knock a Good Mountain woman Down a she said. A a we re tougher than these Guys  a she saw Congress up close through her husband and Felt they residents of the 5th District weren to getting the kind of representation in Congress that that part of the state needed a said Michael r. Shannon her Media consultant. A a that a where she a from. Being a congressman does no to have any mystery for her. She knows she is just As qualified As Many of the members. She feels she can do a better Job than the  if both Hubbards win their races they will represent 58 of Kentucky a 120 counties. Carol Brown Hubbard said she is confident her husband will win renomination despite having bounced More than 150 checks at the House Bank and having chaired a savings and loan Industry oversight panel. A i done to think he a going to win by 75 percent but i think he a going to win a she said. A the is known for constituent service. When you be been in Congress for 18 years and worked your District like a Glove on a hand. Then they Are going to keep sending you  Republican leaders however see Carroll Hubbard As vulnerable. A the has a number of bounced checks a said state gop chairman Bob Gable. A a he a perceived As being the Best Friend the savings and loan Industry Ever had notwithstanding the perception of Public interest. That coupled with the bounced checks is a Factor. A i have to believe that by november the whole congressional scandal is going to be a major Issue in our congressional races a Gable  called to urgent platform meeting c a m by Patricia Cohen new Day new York a thousands of mail Grams were being sent monday to democratic party activists inviting them to an a emergency Summit meeting for a discussion of the party a platform and the possibility of staging a Large scale demonstration during the democratic National convention Here in july. The mail Grams a signed by mayor David n. Dinkins the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other Liberal activists a ask advocates and democratic leaders around the country to travel to Washington to discuss Urban issues and to map out what labor Leader Dennis Rivera a co signer of the mail Gram called a progressive platform to galvanize voters. The Call to arms was spurred by what Many characterized As an inadequate response by presidential hopeful Bill Clinton and the party to the Rodney g. King verdict and the subsequent spasm of violence in los Angeles Rivera said. He added that Many democrats Are concerned that Clinton May be headed toward defeat in november. A it was Clear the democratic party a response to the whole situation was not one that satisfied Many of the participants a Rivera said of the 100 or so democrats. Included were Dinkins top political adviser Deputy mayor Bill Lynch Coretta Scott King and rep. Maxine Waters of los Angeles a who met at Jackson a request in the nations capital two weeks ago. A reverend Jackson a analysis was if we do not have a dramatic change. We would not be Able to win the election a Rivera said. A May 14 poll conducted by the new York times and can had Clinton trailing Ross Perot and president Bush drawing Only 24 percent of the vote. Rivera president of local 1199 of the drug hospitals and health care employees Union accused Clinton and the democratic leadership of not paying enough attention to what he called the i arty score constituency Blacks latinos Tor and the poor. A plan for National health insurance a More progressive tax Structure and revised labor Laws Are the building blocks of a winning strategy Rivera said. A the labor movement endorsed Clinton because he a the lesser of two evils and he needs to energize people to come out and vote a Rivera said. He stressed that he spoke Only for himself but added that a Many of them think like i  the convention will take place at Madison Square Garden from july 13 to 16. I the Issue safer workplaces. A a s of editors note the associated press has been asking the mkt Nettal candidates for their views on a particular Issue end has Freert acted their responses. Here Ere the views of the major presidential candidate on the question George Bush last month Senate democrats accused the Bush administration of using a tortured logic Quot to argue that allowing dangerous materials in the workplace would Lead to healthier workers because their employers would have lower costs. In a letter to the labor department a budget official had said that new environmental rules for the construction maritime and agriculture industries could prove so expensive for companies that they would Cut wages and jobs thereby hurting worker health in the Long run. The labor department asserted that eight to 13 lives could be lost if the regulation is delayed. Patrick Buchanan a spokesman said Buchanan has not taken a Public position on the Issue. Democrats Jarry Brown Quot we need a Federal commitment to improving workplace safety which Means a political commitment to placing the safety of workers Over the profits of corporations. It will require a breakup of the existing Washington establishment wherein corporate and special interests virtually dictate workplace  Bill Clinton Quot i support the Osha occupational safety and health administration Reform legislation pending before Congress because i believe we need to prevent tragedies which occur in the workplace Quot Perot s pay Back Rule called illegal gop has Hurt u.s., Detroit apr Ross Perot required employees to Promise to repay any training costs up to $9,000 if they resigned or were fired a practice Michigan officials say was illegal in that state a newspaper reported sunday. State officials investigated the practice after receiving dozens of complaints about it in 1988 and 1989. The attorney general a office pressured electronic data systems to change its policies in 1990 and says now that the program was illegal. Michigan was the Only state to look into the hiring practice used worldwide by eds. Perot poised to run for president As an Independent founded eds in 1962 and sold it to general motors corp. In 1984. Lie remained on Gmys Board of directors until 1986. Beginning in the late 1960s, new hires at eds in Michigan and elsewhere had to sign promissory notes agreeing to pay the company up to $9,000 if they quit or were fired within several years of their training. Quot they used this As a sword of Damocles hanging Oci these very Young kids in their 20s who  easily come up with $9,000,�?� Robert Janover a lawyer who represented one fired employee told the Detroit news. Morton Meyerson former eds president and now a Perot Campaign adviser said Perot approved the promissory note program in the late 1960s. A i looked into it to see if it was Legal and we tested it and we won All the cases a Meyerson said. A if they chose to join the company they did it with their eyes wide  Michigan Law forbids employers to extract Money or things of value from an employee As a condition of employment said assistant attorney general Christine Derdarian. The policy was needed because of the company a reputation for top level technical training said eds spokesman Mark Fox. Quot other companies and headhunters realized this was a world class training program and we found ourselves essentially being raided a Box  tells Church Little Rock Ark. A gov. Bill Clinton told a Black Church audience sunday that his solution to Urban problems was to a take care of our own folks. Clinton addressing about 250 parishioners at the greater Paradise missionary Baptist Church said Republican leadership in the last 12 years has weakened the country by draining Money from programs such As head Start and refusing to emphasize programs tha train and educate americans. Quot i have a simple program a lets take care of our   lets take care own folks a he said by giving businesses incentives invest in jobs. Creating an  program t Vest in jobs creating an apprenticeship program Tor Young people and allowing College students to Page College Loans through Public service. One  he said that feeling of belonging americans want to be part of a one comm Umu in  he said that feeling of belonging Asp Many los Angeles residents at Home while other i de and looted following the verdict in the Rodnic it a King beating Case. A Why because the people who us right thought they were a part of something Biggs a 11 themselves a Clinton said