European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 4 the stars and stripes . Tuesday january 19,1993 Clinton problems put on hold As his big Day nears Washington it a Bill Clinton relished the cheers of supporters As he stepped toward the presidency with a visit monday to his old Campus and a talk to foreign ambassadors. But the reality of the problems con fronting him intruded on the Celebration As . Forces led new raids 6n Iraq. Clinton togged before Dawn in a capital that crackled with anticipation Over wednesday s ceremonial installation of a new Young president who had been shaped by neither global War nor economic depression. �?o1 Don t want to talk this morning. I la have More to say later a was his Only re Sponic when asked about the latest raids on Iraq. Clinton jogged 2.9 Miles shaking hands with onlookers and workers putting the finishing touches on the stands for his inaugural Parade. Quot Beautiful a was his one word reply when a worker asked the president elect How he liked the reviewing stand. Clinton said he was surprised by the size of the crowd a a third of a million Strong a that turned out sunday to Greet him vice president elect a1 Gore and their families. A i Hope they All come to the mall today a he said for the second Day of a Folk life festival that is part of the inaugural Celebration. Throngs of democrats were Cal Carat ing the first inauguration of one of their own in 16 . Clinton embraced it All sunday throwing his head Back in laughter hugging old friends giving the thumbs up signal. The crowds seemed hardly aware of the renewed raids on Iraq ordered by president Bush in the final hours of his presidency. When Clinton returned to Blair House on sunday night he was briefed by . Army Gen. Colin a Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. There was another round of bombing against Iraq on monday morning. Clinton a hours until his investiture at noon wednesday brim with purposeful symbolism touching All bases a a word with the diplomatic corps a tribute to the slain Martyr of Black americans a meal with some of society s victims. Quot in the first such session Clinton and Gore arranged to meet monday with 180 foreign ambassadors at Georgetown University a school of foreign service. In the 1960s, Clinton was a student on that gothic Campus while working part time in the office of his Home state s erudite senator j. William Fulbright. Clinton planned to observe Martin Luther King  birthday with students at federally supported Howard University in Washington the nation s Premier Black University. And he and Gore invited to lunch 53 citizens who in one Way or another had been struck by adversity during the Campaign. The citizens told of illnesses Job losses and crimes they had encountered. Bush stayed out of sight at the presidential Retreat in the Maryland mountains. Over the weekend he entertained members of the supreme court and Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney his wife and three children. The Bushes will meet the Clinton at the White House shortly before the inauguration. �?�1 done to have any resentment in my heart a Bush told reporters. But defense Secretary Dick Cheney warned in a television interview that the slow Pace of Clinton appointments to jobs below the Cabinet level could spell trouble. A a it a very important to try to have some president elect Clinton and his wife Hillary nightstand with vice president elect a Gore and his wife Tipper in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington on sunday. Continuity a he said. Iraq was Only a one of a Long list of  on sunday Clinton and Gore took one of their trademark bus trips to Washington after starting their Day at Thomas Jefferson a Home in Charlottesville a. To the mass of people at the Steps of the Lincoln memorial Clinton mentioned the hatreds on display in Bosnia Somalia Iraq and elsewhere. He said the Virtues of diversity still evasive in places in America had not yet been Learned in those foreign places a was we see today so  speaking this party s More Clinton s style by Ruth Sinai the associated press Washington the idea was Down Home casual informal. Sort of like Bill Clinton. The idea also was to show snooty washingtonians what a real party looks like. And so it was that the absolutely unofficial Blue jeans Bash was born a Funky $50-a-Licket Celebration sunday night to Honor the arkansans and washingtonians who volunteered for the Clin ton Gore Campaign. There was native son Don Johnson a no he a not from Miami a who with wife Melanie Griffith acted As the official on stage hosts Clinton Wasny to there. But Bob Dylan was. So was the band his onetime backup band. And Bruce Springsteen a former sax player Clarence Clemons. And Stephen stills. It was one of the first parties of the we Klong Clinton inauguration festival a party Bill and Hillary might Well have preferred to the Black tic affairs in their Honor this week. This was a different kind of Tuxedo but just As much a fashion statement. A you can Wear them anywhere Darling except to Church and your grandma s funeral a one part goer allowed. There were acid washed jeans. And Stone washed ones. And tapered and baggy jeans pants and dresses skirts and jackets. Denim Denim everywhere. Denim with so Quincy jackets. Denim with fur stoics. Denim with leather tassels and brocade. Liz Claiborne and Armani. The ripped at the Knees ones were expensive. A i can to Tell you How much but they Cost More than some unborn jeans a said one Bare knead wearer a we look for old levies those Are really Vintage now the More broken in the better a said Liz Lerner a Volunteer for the Clinton Campaign. For her mid-20s crowd Denim jackets Are out Denim shirts a in. Also a a in is the entrepreneurial spirit. Its no longer uncool no longer a Republican province. David Pryor the son of the Arkansas senator and the owner of proud pig productions that put on the Blue jeans affair is a proud Symbol for the Young Clinto nites. A a we re a big umbrella now a said Susan Levine a member of the Arkansas travellers who crisscrossed the country As volunteers campaigning for Clinton last year. A a we re not ashamed to have Money Quot among the Catfish a 4,000 pounds of breaded deep Fried files a were some fat cats including Don to son Arkansas Chicken King. And judge Jack Holt Arkansas chief Justice was there in Snake skin boots and jeans. A they Cost less than $30,�?� he insisted. He a known Clinton since 1966, a and in a disciplining myself to Call him a or. President. A Public interest groups seek delay of Baird hearing Washington up a representatives of Public interest groups have asked for a delay in the Senate confirmation hearings of Zoe Baird As attorney general because she hired undocumented aliens to work in her Home. But George Steph Nopoulos a spokesman for president elect Clinton reiterated Clinton a support for her calling the episode a an embarrassing  Baird and her husband Paul Gewirtz were fined $2,900 by the immigration and naturalization service on saturday for hiring a peruvian couple who were in the United slates in violation of . Immigration Laws. Baird has also admitted failing to pay the proper social Security taxes for the couple. She paid a Lump sum to the irs after she w As nominated. Ralph Nader and others said sunday that Baird a action had a raised extremely troubling questions Quot about her judgment and suitability to be attorney general. The group asked sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., chairman of the judiciary committee to postpone today shearing for at least a week because of concerns that committee members do not have adequate information to judge the nominee. It was not known whether Biden d-del., will delay the hearing. He has said the incident should not affect Baird a confirmation. Joining Nader in the request were Public citizens Congress watch taxpayers against fraud the National insurance consumer organization voter revolt and others. Steph Nopoulos was asked sunday on the lbs program face the nation How Clinton can have a full Confidence in someone who now must supervise the immigration service and Laws that she has already violated. He replied a Well this was a mistake and Zoe Baird has said it was a mistake. She regrets it. She has paid in  in addition the spokesman said that a the weight of her whole career must be evaluated against the transgression. This was an embarrassing mistake. She said that but its time to move on a he said. As for Clinton he added a the does have Confidence in Zoc Baird and Shell make a great attorney general