European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes i election �?T92 saturday november 7,199aexpect bold moves Early aides say by the new York times Washington president elect Bill Clinton Aims to convey an impression of boldness and change during his first Days in the Oval office by issuing a whirlwind of executive orders on abortion rights White House perquisites and government ethics his aides predict. They sketch an ambitious Domestic Agenda for Clinton a first weeks predicting the new president will quickly move on matters he can change with the stroke of a pen a like doing away with fancy dining room privileges for High officials and reversing the Bush administrations bans on fetal tissue research and abortion counselling at federally financed clinics Clinton a Agenda is still tentative and it is hard to Tell which of the aides describing it will be around after inauguration Day Jan. 20. And aides sometimes confuse their Bossy priorities with their own. Nevertheless interviews with Clinton advisers friends and Campaign aides in the last weeks of the Campaign suggest his first 100 Days will begin with several executive orders reversing Republican social policies they said the list could include All or some of these a ending the ban on homosexuals in the military and the ban on abortion in military hospitals overseas. A repealing bans on abortion counselling at federally financed clinics and research using fetal tissue a allowing the importation from France of ru-486, the abortion Pill. A establishing a family leave policy for Federal employees who want time off to care for children or sick relatives. A revoking the Reagan Bush policy of forbidding . Aid to foreign organizations that provide abortion services counselling or referrals. A trimming the White House staff. A requiring political appointees to sign a pledge barring lobbying of their government agencies for five years a tier they leave office. The current limit is one year. As for legislation the Clinton team said it wants Congress to pass within the first 100 Days a combination of tax incentives and Public works spending measures to stimulate the Economy perhaps delaying Clinton s Campaign pledge to Cut the deficit As for his other major legislative Aims including health care and welfare changes and Job training Clinton aides have Given themselves a 100-Day deadline to submit legislation in these areas. But they done to expect passage that  Jordan expected to Lead transition group Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton met Friday with his transition team and a source familiar with the planning said Washington attorney Vernon Jordan would oversee the transition process. Quot Jordan will head the team Quot said the source speaking on condition of anonymity. He said Jordan a a former civil rights Leader now in Legal practice a would essentially serve As chairman of the Board of Clinton a transition. The source also said los Angeles lawyer Warren Christopher will become managing director of the transition and would oversee the transition staff process. The moves would be Clinton s first personnel decisions As president elect signalling a shift from politics to the business of governing the source said Clinton had made the decision on Jordan and Christopher but could still change his mind. The two served on Clinton a vice presidential screening team and were named late last month to help with Clinton a pre election transition planning. Two Clinton aides said thursday that Mickey Kantor the Clinton Campaign manager who was thought to be in the running for a spot As transition director was unlikely to get it. However one of the aides said Kantor remained an influential adviser to Clinton. That aide like All others spoke on condition of anonymity. Earlier Friday senior. Adviser Bruce Lindsey said Clinton had not made any transition decisions. Quot it could be today maybe not Quot Lindsey said. Christopher was a Deputy Secretary of state during the Carter administration trying to negotiate Freedom for americans held in Iran. More recently he headed a civilian commission that looked into the los Angeles police department after the City a Spring riots which left 53 people dead following the Rodney King verdict. Jordan was president of the National Urban league from 1972-81 and later became a partner in a major Washington d.c., Law firm Arkansas state rep. Billy Joe Purdom congratulates fellow Democrat Bill Clinton on he survived being shot by a sniper in winning the presidential election. Clinton returned to the Capitol in Little Rock on 1980 in fort Wayne ind. Thursday to meet with staff members and begin wrapping up his duties As governor. Back in Arkansas some justices May be set to leave Dustbin of history a new Hampshire Republican family a placards were tossed into the garbage thursday in Concord. Presl Dent Bush lost to president elect Bill Clinton in the traditionally conservative state but Republican Judd Gregg was elected to the . Senate by the Washington Post Washington a Justice Byron r. While came in with a democratic administration and might want to go out with one. The prelude to Harry a. Blackmun a retirement speech was in last terms abortion decision. And All things considered John Paul Stevens would rather be in Florida such is the talk among court watchers who Are wondering who might be the first and possibly next justices to retire during Democrat Bill Clinton a presidency. Here Are some of the variables that might influence whether any of the courts four most senior justices retire soon a White 75, is the courts longest serving Justice appointed in 1962 by president Kennedy. Although he is now the Only democratic appointee. White Long has been considered a conservative. But in the last decade his conservatism has been eclipsed by justices named by presidents Reagan and Bush. As a result White often finds himself a swing vote. Stories have circulated that White is annoyed by the polarization among factions on the court and that he believes a because he joined the court during a democratic administration a it would be fitting to depart during another. Former Law clerks report that last term he said he was hiring clerks for one More session and after that Quot he would  a Blackmun will be 84 on thursday. Appointed by president Nixon in 1970 and formerly viewed As a conservative centrist Blackmun is now the courts most Liberal member. In an abortion opinion last term planned parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania is. Casey Blackmun wrote Quot i cannot remain on this court forever and when i do step Down the confirmation process for my successor Well May focus on the Issue before us  he was the author of the 1973 landmark opinion Roe is. Wade that made abortion Legal nationwide his Casey statement suggested he would retire soon but with an abortion rights supporter in the Oval office Blackmun might wait until later in the new presidents term a John Paul Stevens 72, was appointed by president Ford in 1975 and these Days finds himself characterized As a Liberal in comparison to the Reagan and Bush justices. Stevens spends the weeks Between Oral arguments at a Home in Florida working and indulging his numerous recreational pursuits. Like Blackmun Stevens has undergone treatment for prostate cancer. His health now is reportedly Fine. A chief Justice William h. Rehnquist 68, put on the court by Nixon in 1971 and promoted to chief Justice by Reagan in 1986, is often mentioned As a retirement possibility. But Rehnquist is known As a partisan unlikely to leave under a democratic administration. On a personal note Rehnquist a wife of 38 years died of cancer last year and people close to him said he has been deeply affected by the loss. The Only other Justice about whom there is retirement speculation is Sandra pay of Connor who is a comparatively Young 62 and who was chosen by Reagan in 198j. She underwent surgery and treatment breast cancer in 1988