European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 20, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Ator writes Mas agony. ,. He. _ 4mf Washington a Clarence Thomas was so tormented during the Anita Hill sexual harassment hearings in 1991 that he often sobbed before Friend Sand once writhed on his bedroom floor according to a new Book by his Senate . John Danforth r-mo., also wrote that his own Fervour to see Thomas confirmed to the supreme courted him to Cross the Boundary of propriety in trying to destroy the credibility of Hill a University of okla homa Law professor. It was a departure from anything anybody would Saywas fair Danforth said in an interview. But if you re the de in an Alley and people Are throwing rocks you pick up a  As Missouri attorney general he hired Thomas in1974 but of Yale Law school in Connecticut and later made him a top Senate assistant. Danforth was the prime Senate sponsor of Thomas nomination in 1991 to replace Thurgood Marshall on the High  narrowly won Senate confirmation despite allegations by Hill that he had sexually harassed her when they worked together at the education department and the equal employment Opportunity commission. Danforth and Thomas remain friends. Thomas won the court seat Danforth is retiring after three Senate terms to practice Law and work with the episcopal Church in which he is an ordained  the Book s most poignant scene Thomas Dan Forth and their wives trooped into the senator s Russell office building bathroom to Pray before Thomas made his first statement denying Hill s allegations. With the four of them standing in a Circle Danfort wrote that he turned on a tape recording of the mormon Tabernacle choir singing Onward Christian  pushed the Stop but ton put my hands on Clarence s shoulders and spoke As a minister Goforth in the name of Christ trusting in to firepower of the holy Spir it " the Book  they left Thomas was quoted in the Book assaying he Felt As though 1 Thomas was armed for Battle  was still scared but i Felt that god was with  the very title resurrection to be published by Viking in mid october underscores Danforth s theme that religious Faith saw Thomas and his supporter through dark Days. It was a Case of having no place to turn but to god and having those prayers answered Danforth said inthe interview. But it was t at All certain whether Thomas would Bear up under the intense pressure that followed Hill explosive charges just before the Senate confirmation vote. " Thomas grew distraught when it became4 Clear the Senate would re Stone the vote to hear Hill s  sobbed in the arms of his wife Virginia crying out Why Are they doing this to me Virginia Thomas told Danforth that her husband was a broken human being sometimes lying sleepless inbred in the fetal position and one night writhing on the floor of their bedroom like something was inside of him physically like there was this Battle going on in Side  -.".-. Danforth said he included such searing personal scenes to show the pain caused by bitter political fights. Danforth disliked his own behaviour during the period. V /./. At a meeting of Republican senators Danforth said he exploded in anger As it became Clear there Wouldhave to be a delay. Completely lost my temper in a table pounding shouting red a the face profane rage Danforth wrote. A v. 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