European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is. Has conservatives Clarence Page Quot were we go again a the said. She said. A Okas one of Clarence Thomas tormentors i admit it looks bad for Bill 1m Clinton. But like Thomas Clinton also de serves a Chance to defend himself Paula Jones sexual harassment suit against president Clinton is drawing unavoidable comparisons to Anita Hills sexual harassment charges during the confirmation hearings for supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas. Bot i men deny the charges and at Bottom it is their word against their accusers. Jones a former Arkansas state clerical worker charged Clinton with making unwanted sexual advances in 1991, during a Brief encounter in a Little Rock hotel room six months before he announced his presidential candidacy. Hill charged Thomas with making unwanted sexual remarks More than a decade before his supreme court nomination. Both women said they hesitated to leave and declined to file charges at first because they feared for their jobs and they feared they  be believed. And if there is any aspect of the two women that is beyond dispute it is that both have become Modem totems of partisan politics. Hill is the heroine of liberals feminists and the. Owners of cars that Bear a i believe Anita bumper stickers. A a. A a a a a a a. A a a Quot a v. A. Jones is the heroine of conservative talk show hosts and political operatives. The press conference at which Jones went Public was orchestrated by the conservative political action caucus. Newspaper ads demanding More Media coverage of Jones charges were placed by the conservative Media watchdog group accuracy in Media. Her Story first broke in the conservative american Spectator. And now that Whitewater has failed to seize. Much of the Public a interest Paula Jones has Given Clinton washers something new to talk about. Jones told More people at the time than Hill did and her charges Are More recent and More eyeball poppin Gly vile she claims Clinton touched her thigh dropped his pants and asked for Oral sex. Where her defenders ask Are the liberals and feminists who went after Justice Thomas or Republican sen. Bob Packwood now that a reasonably Credi ble woman claims to have been sexually harassed by a leading Liberal but where might i ask in response were Jones supporters when Anita Hill was looking for help if sexual harassment is a vehicle for Witch Hunts it is an equal Opportunity vehicle. The big problems with Jones Case Are not unlike Hills she waited Long past the Federal governments six month sexual harassment statute of limitations her timing like her new found friends has a political Angle to it and a the smell of Money a As one of her own Sisters put it in a to report is suspiciously in the air. Thomas sitting safely in a lifelong appointment must be getting quite a Hearty if private laugh now that the More Liberal Clinton a Champion of won ends rights finds himself on the hot scat. But those who heave the charge should remember better than most How quickly it can whip around and bite them or one of their own once again. A a. 7. Chicago Tribuna. A letters with hands out and blinders on Andy Rooney most everyone who writes me wants something but sometimes its not Clear what they want. Quot i Hope to turn a 60-acre farm North Quot of Forrest City Arkansas into a place where people Over 55 can live and work together a writes Sarah Lange. A being a realistic person i know this can to be done by myself alone so i am in citing you to share in this Endeavor. Time knowledge materials and Money Are All  she ends by asking god to bless me for my kindness. Ill Tell you what Sarah for the time being until i know More about it hold off on asking god to bless me for my kindness because i Haven to decided yet whether to be kind to you. This has a sort of Whitewater sound to it and i suspect you a rather have my Money than my time or knowledge. This is the Complete Tetter written to me by a woman whose name i guess ill withhold a dear Andy a i would like to borrow $250 from you since i am unable to pay the rent this month. I would greatly appreciate it. A please let me  she signed her name with an address and a phone number in new Jersey. I called at 8 30 this morning and the woman who answered said the letter writer was still in bed. A a she a my daughter. Ill get  it turned out the younger woman was a charming nut who wrote me on a whim. She works nights As a practical nurse. She s 43 and her Mother is 85. She has two Brothers in their 60s whom she helps be. Cause they Arentt doing too Well. Do i loan this woman $250? after some things i wrote about the movie Schindler a list and the horror of what i saw at the Buchenwald concentration Camp in 1945,1 got a surprising number of letters denying there was Ever such a thing. A a you be been hoodwinked into believing the holocaust actually happened a writes Jack Profrock of Lakewood Calif. How does someone get himself into that state of mind i suppose if someone denied the Sun came up yesterday he could get a few people to believe it if it had been Cloudy. Another vicious letter said the pictures of piles of corpses at Buchenwald were the re sult of american bombing. In one Long letter a writer proposes a change in the Way we pay our taxes. He says that normally a company sends us a Bill for what we owe. He contends that a the Way it should work with taxes. We  have to spend Days figuring out How much we owe the government. The government should Send us a Bill. Instead of the irs telling us we made a lot of mistakes on our tax forms wed get to Tell the irs they were wrong. I be misplaced the part of this Good letter that had the Many a name on it. R. Charles Avara a member of the Maryland legislature Points out that a shipping and handling charges on some items Cost almost As much As the items themselves. He sent along a Good Batch of clippings from Magazine ads to make his Point. A Tacky plastic 16-drawer a Handyman Chest with a selection of nuts bolts and screws is advertised for $2. A add $2.75 shipping and handling  a Wristwatch that tells you How far you be walked Sells for $9.95. A add $3.75 shipping amp  i did no to thank or. Avara. I did no to know whether to Start a dear Charles Quot or a dear r.  Logan Ott writes me from san Diego. He s 15. A a How docs writing affect your life a Logan wants to know. A my English class is doing a school  it May not be what you want to hear Logan but i d say writing does no to affect my life half As much As my life affects my writing. Tribune Media services Andy Rooney is a former stars and stripes reporter. May 22, 1994 sunday Page 9 a a