European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes Friday june 5, 1992 Clinton urges More tax on top earner from wire reports los anglll5 a Arkansas gov Bill Clinton a Day after capturing the democratic presidential nomination said wednesday that the Only Way for the Federal government to overcome the deficit is with a a massive tax increase a Quot the deficit is so Large at the moment that the Only Way to do away with it in the next couple of years is a massive tax increase Quot Clinton told a National meeting of Abc television executives. Clinton Fielding questions from station managers and other highly paid television executives did not mince words on his plans to increase taxes on top earners particularly those with annual salaries of $200, 000 or More. A upper income people have had their income increase and their tax rates go Down a Clinton said noting that the Reagan and Bush administrations at the same time increased tax rates for the Middle class. President Bush campaigned by satellite from the White House telling a gop political event in los Angeles he was a ready for this  he said republicans need to stand a United against our real foe and that is the Liberal democrats who control the  meantime Ross Perot a aides spread the word that he was qualified to run As an Independent in Ohio Alabama and Kansas making it 15 states in All. Perot said hell stage a political show of his own sometime around the democratic and Republican conventions set for mid july and mid August a we will do something. It la be different a he said. T he candidates actions on wednesday began a general election under circumstances unprecedented in the nations history. Not Only has Perot mounted the strongest Independent presidential bid since Theodore Roosevelt bolted the Republican party to run on the Bull Moose ticket in 1912, but the two major parties Are weaker and their nominees Are held in lower esteem than at any time in several decades past geographic and demographic assumptions about the electorate could also prove irrelevant this year. Quot we arc at a time when the voters Are signalling their desire for forceful and dramatic leadership and the two parties appear to be More ill defined in the minds of voters and stand for less than at any time in recent history a less meaning nothing a said retiring rep. Vin Weber a Minn. If the primary season is any predictor the voters a frustrated angry and Independent minded a a have seized control of this election and the candidates Are Rushing to exploit technological changes that allow them to Appeal to voters As personally As possible. At this Point virtually every Assumption of planning a presidential race is up in the air. A a it Sas if you sat Down to play checkers and found yourself playing chess a three dimensional chess a said Ann Lewis a democratic operative. Among those unknowns Are the state of the Economy later this year the supreme court ruling on abortion expected in the next month and the durability of Perot As a National candidate. Perot Campaign manager Tom Luce left with advisers de Rollins and Hamilton Jordan on wednesday. Perot campaigners both outspoken Washington apr the two strategists Ross Perot picked to Lead his presidential Campaign have worked at the highest Levels for opposing political parties. But both Are outspoken and disdain convention a like their new Boss. Neither Democrat Hamilton Jordan nor Republican de Rollins has Ever fully fit in with the political establishment despite their key roles. Now they re co chairmen of Perot a Independent bid at salaries reportedly in the neighbourhood of $1 million apiece. A this is the first step  normalization of Ross Perot a rep Newt Gingrich a georgian who is the no 2 Republican in the . House said after the Dallas tycoon hired Rollins and Jordan on wednesday. Jordan 47, was the architect of the outsider anti Washington strategy that put Jimmy Carter into the White House 16 years ago. Jordan also was Carters chief of staff but remained something of an outsider himself. Rollins 48, managed president Reagan a 1984 reelection Campaign and two years later headed a presidential exploratory committee formed by Jack Kemp. Me has repeatedly irritated the Bush White House where his wife Sherrie worked until wednesday As director of intergovernmental affairs. He was one of the first republicans to criticize president Bush for choosing Dan Quayle As his running mate. And there was a falling out two years ago when As co chairman of the gop House Campaign commit tee Rollins advised his candidates to distance them selves from a tax increase approved qty Bush. Rollins said his defection was triggered by disappointment in Bush a handling of the los Angeles riots and in a a tiredness a Lack of vision a Lack of agendas he sees even among his friends in the Bush administration. Jordan also has a mixed electoral record. Carter lost his 1980 re election bid and six years later Jordan himself lost a democratic Senate primary. While in Washington Jordan then divorced developed enemies in Congress and a Playboy image around town. He was accused of using cocaine at a new York City nightclub though a Federal grand jury cleared him of the charge. In 1985, he was diagnosed with Lymphatic cancer but fought it off with experimental chemotherapy the disease has been in remission for More than five years. Earlier this year Jordan said his party could not win the White House unless it ran a somebody who has the potential to attract the kind of centrist democratic and Independent voters that have not supported the democratic nominee in recent elections. I think the South has disproportionately More of those types of  ironically the democrats have a moderate Southern nominee in Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton. But Jordan on wednesday dismissed both him and Bush. A emr. Perot a said Jordan a is the future of this  a non Issue in Noriega verdict Miami apr jurors at Manuel Noriega s trial denied a holdout was pressured during a prayer meeting to convict the ousted panamanian Leader and Noriega a lawyer has dropped the Issue. A there was no prayer session at All Quot juror Jean Hallisch told . District judge William Hoe Velci according to transcripts of the closed hearing wednesday. There was prayer for guidance. That a  some jurors had said prayer meeting was held during which Bernadine Cooper was pressured. Noriega laces sentencing july 10 on convictions of cocaine trafficking and Money laundering. Perot discussed business with Vietnam new York a Ross Perot discussed private business ventures with Vietnam a communist government after his highly touted trip to Hanoi in 1987 to locate american prisoners of War the new York Rimes reported thursday Perot on wednesday acknowledged a 1990 letter in which vietnamese foreign ministry officials designated him a business agent of their government once relations Between the United states and Vietnam were normalized l Imes said. But he said any business discussions were initiated by vietnamese officials and were a philosophical Quot in nature. The still unannounced presidential candidate insisted that he never pursued a commercial relationship with Vietnam and that he ignored the letter. Quot when the dust settles no Mallei How you write it you have my word my oath on it none of this is True. It did not none of this is True. It did not occur a Ross Perot occur Quot lie said. T Here Are still no diplomatic and Trade relations Between the two countries. Perot had gone to Hanoi to try to determine if any . Prisoners of War remained alive in Southeast Asia and if so to free them. Nothing about the purported business discussions was illegal the newspaper said. But officials dealing with prisoner of War and missing a action issues said they were surprised a a profs alleged business contacts. Retired Gen. John Vessey the presidential emissary for pow and Mia negotiations with Vietnam said Perot a private dealings could reinforce sentiment in Vietnam to delay cooperation on the pow Issue until a Trade embargo is lifted the times reported. A senior Vietnam official be Van bang told the times the government had been discussing business ventures with Perot since sometime after 1987. Bang said Perot and an associate Harry Mckillip had offered help in electronics computers transportation and real estate. Mckillip who made several subsequent trips without Perot said he gave Vietnam vice Premier Nguyen co Thach books on management and finance to help him develop a code of foreign investment