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Withdrawal/Redaction Sheet Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 001. schedule Schedule of the President Wednesday, April 19, 1996 (partial, pp. 6- 04/19/96 b(7)(E), b(6) 7) (2 pages) 002. letter To Mrs. Sylvia Payne from Hillary Rodham Clinton (3 pages) 04/12/96 Personal Misfile 003. letter To Maggie from Diane re: project (2 pages) 03/14/96 Personal Misfile 004. note To Maggie from Carol Hampton Rasco (1 page) 04/11/96 Personal Misfile 005. invitation Re: reception (1 page) n.d. Personal Misfile 006. clipping Re: advertisement (1 page) n.d. Personal Misfile 007. memo To Lisa Caputo, Maggie Williams from Angela C. Davis re: notice (1 04/09/96 b(6) page) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Maggie Williams (Subject Files) OA/Box Number: 12632 FOLDER TITLE: Maggie Personal File 2013-0359-S ry1490 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information |(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA] b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA| an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information |(a)(4) of the PRAJ b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information |(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA| b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. MA661E WILLIAMS - OFL Box 3 I Clips-EMR 2 Clinton / Gore Debate Prep 3 WH Conferences 4 Meeting Notes 5 MAW's Clips 6 Newsclips 7 David Brock 8 Letters of Support re: Testimony 9 Maggie Williams Miscellaneous I 10 Maggie Williams Miscellaneous II 11 Maggie Williams Invites 12 Rose Law Firm 13 HRC Board Resignations 14 Children-Family Talking Points IS Maggie Phone Log 16 HRC Staff 1992-93 17 Maggie Personal file ENCLOSURES FILED OVERSIZE ATTACHMENTS. 12632 NARA 10001 Removed from box, returned to margaret Williams 3/7/03 Rfw ER MA661E WILLIAMS - OFL Box 3 I Clips-EMR 2 Clinton/Gore Debate Prep 3 WH Conferences 4 Meeting Notes 5 MAW's Clips 6 Newsclips L David Brock 8 Letters of Support re: Testimony 9 Maggie Williams Miscellaneous I 10 Maggie Williams Miscellaneous II 11 Maggie Williams Invites 12 Rose Law Firm 13 HRC Board Resignations 14 Children-Family Talking Points IS Maggie Phone Log 6 HRC Staff 1992-93 17 Maggie Personal file ENCLOSURES FILED OVERSIZE ATTACHMENTS 12632 NARA 10001 THE WASHINGTON POST TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1996 E5 Perspective ing. And so I became yet another of ory or turn of phrase. Then the and black people." Will pondered a the people whom Barbara Jordan Rev. Mr. Cofield spoke. He had a moment. "Yes, you're right. But I'm touched, and altered. captive audience of many dignitar- not one of those white people." His Thank You, Barbara Jordan As we met over the years, I ies. Barbara wouldn't mind, he said, friend looked thoughtful, then nod- became more at ease with this re- if he gave a real sermon, since ded his agreement. On such small markable person. First African everyone else already had extolled moments hinge the building blocks American to be elected to the Tex- her virtues. of a truly tolerant society. Barbara By Linda Aaker mother's son. My son is shorter, as senate, she also was one of its An extraordinary sermon in the Jordan understood this. Special to The Washington Post blond, with an engaging open de- first female members. After she Southern Baptist tradition of loud Over dessert, I asked the jazz trio meanor. On the evening Barbara Jordan retired from Congress and elective shouting and hushed oratory kept to play something in honor of Bar- was buried in the State Cemetery, I Boys, gear and I made our way offices, I asked if I could attend one the congregation spellbound. Cof- bara. The old piano player knew from the bar into the dining room. A sat at a bar in a restaurant in Union of her lectures at the LBJ School for ield admonished us to keep our hope exactly who Barbara Jordan was. jazz trio played. We sat directly in Station. Drained from an emotional Public Affairs, where she taught. in the Lord, to be careful about front of them. Music made Barbara He began a soft riff of the notes to day of flying from Washington to The answer was a resounding "No." Jordan's loss pound in my chest. climbing the ladder of success lest the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Houston for her funeral and back, [ The boys asked about the funeral I was taken aback, but she was too we find at the top that the ladder As the guitar and drums joined in, ordered a glass of wine. The bar- service. President Clinton, former modest to explain why. Years later I had been placed against the wrong the music grew louder, filling the tender looked sympathetic, SO I Texas governor Ann Richards and a learned her class was so popular building. Barbara Jordan always room. mentioned to him that a great wom- variety of folks had tried to capture that students were chosen by lot- knew where her ladder led. Lance On this day of her funeral, I'd an had died. He didn't know who the dignified essence of Barbara tery to be the lucky few. Students and Will now also listened to the been in two of Barbara Jordan's Barbara Jordan was. Too young to Jordan. She lay before us in the were the most important people in preacher's message. favorite places-Washington, seat have seen Watergate unfold, he coffin, dressed in a black suit with PHOTO BY CAROL PRATT her classroom; interlopers were just Watching those two boys dive of power; and her beloved home. simply missed Barbara Jordan. And gold trim. her glasses and her presi- Barbara Jordan speaking at the that. into unexpectedly grand "grown-up" She changed both places and forced a lot of history. dential Medal of Freedom both Kennedy Center in March 1993. I told my young dinner compan- food and surroundings, I remem- us, demanded of us, that we be Sipping wine, I waited for my perched serenely on her body. How ions these stories and tried to re- bered an overheard conversation better than we knew how to be. She friend Phyllis to appear and hand could this immobile person be Bar- Barbara embraced as warmly as the count the high points of the funeral between them. They had seen the would approve of this funeral dinner over our 11-year-old sons. She bara? first. Fifteen years ago, I had called service. After many speeches, only movie "Geronimo" and were dis- celebration. baby-sat for me while I made the My husband was Barbara's friend Barbara to seek her endorsement some of which were listed on the cussing it in the back seat of the When the last notes of the piano trip; now I would take the evening for 30 years. They served in the for my husband's campaign for gov- program, the minister of Barbara car, divided from mothers by the quietly stopped, my tears didn't. shift. The boys, Lance and Will, Texas legislature together and ernor in the primary. Fingers trem- Jordan's Houston church came to invisible back seat/front seat cur- President Clinton said it best when arrived with basketball gear and fought battles for justice when the bling from dialing up God, I awaited the pulpit. We'd all sat there nearly tain. The African American boy said he looked at her flag-draped coffin athletic bags in tow. One boy is tall lines were clearly drawn. I was a her response. The Voice boomed an hour and a half, mostly in tears, to my son, "White people have done and said, "Barbara, we, the people, and black and beautiful, clearly his latecomer. a second wife whom out, "Of course!" I resumed breath- occasionally laughing at some mem- some terrible things to the Indians will miss you." DIPARTMENT OF COMMERCE UNITED STATUS OF SIGNATURE The Brown Family together with the United States Department of Commerce welcome your presence at the funeral service for Ronald H. Brown on Wednesday, the tenth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at twelve-fifteen o 'clock Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia Use west door entrance Admit One Non-Transferable Please present for admittance or COMMERCE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The Brown Family together with the United States Department of Commerce welcome your presence at the funeral service for Ronald H. Brown on Wednesday, the tenth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at twelve-fifteen o'clock Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia Use west door entrance Admit One Non-Transferable Please present for admittance A Celebration of Life in memory of Ronald H. Brown on Tuesday, the ninth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at six o'clock in the evening Metropolitan Baptist Church 1225 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. All unoccupied seats will be released at 5:40 p.m. Admit One Non-Transferable Funeral Service for Ronald H. Brown on Wednesday, the tenth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at twelve-fifteen o'clock Washington National Cathedral Use west door entrance All unoccupied seats will be released at 12:40 p.m. Admit One Non-Transferable Following the funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral interment will be at Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia A repast will immediately follow the interment at the Brown Residence 2722 Unicorn Lane, N.W. Washington, D.C. Admit One Non-Transferable Officials release woman can in asylum test case A 19-year-old woman who fled Togo to avoid genital mutilation is free yesterday after spending 1½ Fillersonal years in U.S. prisons because she arrived in this country without proper entry papers in a bid for asylum. Justice sets precedent "I'm SO happy. I feel great. I in suing municipality love everybody," Fauziya Kasinga said, weeping as she emerged The Justice Department from prison Wednesday wearing charged in an unprecedented jeans and a T-shirt and carrying lawsuit yesterday that an Okla- boxes of her belongings. homa city illegally denied Her hair was only half-braided residents and businesses access because she had been given just a to its water and sewer service un- half-hour's notice of her release. less they agreed to buy electric- Her bid for asylum in the ity from the city. United States goes before an ap- This was the first monopoly peal board May 2. abuse case ever brought by the department's antitrust division against a municipality, but Assis- Perot calls for end tant Attorney General Anne K. to attacks on Clintons Bingaman said her division is in- vestigating similar practices by Ross Perot says President Clin- other cities in Oklahoma and ton and his wife should be spared The Washington Times other states. "These practices personal attacks from Republi- may be widespread," she said. cans and other critics, suggesting FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1996 The city named in the suit, Stil- such jabs are "demeaning the of- well, Okla., has a legal monopoly fice of the presidency." on water and sewer service, but If someone did that to a pet, its electric power system faces the Humane Society would have competition in some areas from them arrested," he said during an Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperat- interview with David Frost. The ive, a consumer-owned utility Interview is scheduled to be based in Fayetteville, Ark. broadcast this evening by the Public Broadcasting Service. Mr. Perot had some kind words Senate panel approves for Mr. Clinton, suggesting he chemical weapons ban had grown with the job and put a more effective team in place. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved a resolution to ratify the treaty Pena seeks limits banning chemical weapons de- on young pilots spite the strong objections of the committee chairman, Sen. Jesse New limits probably will be set Helms of North Carolina. on young people flying airplanes, "I do not believe that the treaty including a ban on their trying submitted to the Senate is verifi- to set airborne records, Transpor- able. Nor will it reduce the ar- tation Secretary Federico Pena senals of terrorist countries and said yesterday. other nations hostile to the Mr. Pena ordered a review of United States," Mr. Helms said rules covering young pilots after before the 13-5 vote sending the the fatal crash of 7-year-old Jes- measure to the full Senate. sica Dubroff, who was trying to He said countries that the become the youngest person to United States believes are devel- fly across the country. oping chemical weapons - in- cluding Libya, Syria, Iraq and From wire dispatches and staff reports North Korea - have not signed the treaty. Illinois House approves Weaver, two others stopped by FBI same-sex marriage ban SPRINGFIELD, III: - It is now as they try to negotiate with Freemen in the hands of Gov. Jim Edgar to decide whether Illinois govern- ment should make a symbolic JORDAN, Mont. (Reuters) - federal agent also was killed. "[Attorney General] Janet Reno statement that same-sex Three would-be mediators, includ- The Freemen standoff began could have a bad hair day any day," marriages are unacceptable. ing former federal foe Randy when two leaders of the group, Le- Mr. Gritz said. The Illinois House, by an 87-13 Weaver, were turned back by the Roy Schweitzer and Daniel Peter- "We don't want to have a confla- vote, yesterday gave final legisla- FBI yesterday as they tried to sen, were arrested and charged gration here like we did in Waco," tive approval to a bill outlawing meet with anti-government Free- with threatening the life of a fed- he added, referring to the 1993 marriages between persons of men militants embroiled in a eral judge, taking part in a finan- siege of the Branch Davidian com- the same sex. month-old standoff with federal cial scheme to defraud businesses pound in Texas by federal agents Current law says marriage agents. and public agencies of more than that ended with the deaths of must be between couples of dif- The three drove on the gravel $1.8 million, and stealing TVequip- about 80 sect members. ferent sexes to bei legal, but law- road to the ranch but were halted ment. "The first thing we've got to do makers, urged on by the Illinois at a checkpoint about 10 miles The Freemen reject the validity is get by the government. The FBI Christian Coalition, said that away by FBI agents and state po- of government and refuse even to is not going to go away, and neither wording leaves the state open to lice. They were told to return to the register their cars. They have de- are we," Mr. Gritz told reporters. recognizing the marriages of ho- FBI command post near Jordan to clared the area around their farm- He said he did not know wheth- mosexual couples sanctioned by seek permission to enter the con- house sovereign territory. er the Freemen would allow him other states. trolled area. Their followers, some charged into the compound but he brought A Hawaii appeals court is con- Mr. Weaver, a white separatist with the same crimes, refused to Mr. Weaver with him because sidering a case that could legal- whose wife and son were fatally leave the ranch and are believed to "Weaver is a guy they have to listen ize homosexual marriages there, shot by federal agents in the siege be heavily armed. Since the initial to." and the Illinois legislature sought at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992, was arrests, three other members have The Waco and Ruby Ridge con- to act before the ruling. joined by former Green Beret Bo surrendered peacefully to author- frontations led to changes in FBI Gritz and Jack McLamb, a former ities. operating procedures and contrib- Phoenix police officer with re- The three would-be mediators uted to the low-key approach the ported links to the militant militia landed in a light aircraft at an air- FBI is taking with the Freemen. movement. strip near Jordan. Shortly after- Messrs. Gritz, Weaver and Mr. Gritz, who has his own radio ward, they headed for the ranch, McLamb arrived shortly after two talk show, played a part in persuad- 30 miles from Jordan, where about negotiators had held talks with the ing Mr. Weaver to surrender dur- 20 Freemen are holed up, ringed Freemen on the ranch for a second ing the 1992 standoff, in which a by 100 FBI agents. consecutive day. The Washington Times FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1996 INSIDE THE BELTWAY By McCasin pack. Thank God "That is what happens in Wash- It was a productive, encourag- ington. These folks need to go ing week for all parties in Wash- back home so they can continue ington, with agreements finally to be good folks, because when reached on budget and health they get together the association care bills. Term limits was an- causes some real inefficient and other story, with the Senate fall- irresponsible results." ing two votes short of forcing a vote on a constitutional amend- Whitewater, et al. ment to limit congressional terms Sen. David Pryor, Arkansas to 12 years. Democrat, recently asked the Without a doubt, the most com- FBI to rank its top five cases cur- pelling case against term limits rently under investigation, based was made by Sen. Robert C. upon the amount of resources Byrd, West Virginia Democrat: spent and number of personnel "For to whom is the inexperi- assigned to each case. enced legislator to look for guid- In order, the senator was told: ance if all of his colleagues are 1. The Oklahoma City bomb- inexperienced?" ing. The senator, serving in his sev- 2. The Unabomber. enth term, cited honest, hard- 3. Thriftcon (embezzlement). working, term-amassing veterans Rep. Patricia Schroeder can't 4. Whitewater. from both parties, past and pres- resist making a political 5. The World Trade Center ent: Sam Nunn, Everett Dirksen, point, even in a eulogy of sorts. bombing. Bob Dole, J. William Fulbright, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Sam "And I find myself trying to as- Ervin, Richard G. Lugar, Howard sess why I'm therefore here to- $4.25 is not enough Baker, Alan K. Simpson, Ted Ste- day. One is that perhaps you Rep. Patricia Schroeder, Colo- vens, Edmund Muskie, Arthur have no confidence in [Robert J.] rado Democrat; never misses an Vandenburg, Pete V. Domenici, Giuffra, the chief counsel of the opportunity to advance her Thomas Hart Benton and Rich- Senate banking committee, who causes, as she did on the House ard Brevard Russell, "who was took my testimony. Any lack of floor this week while saluting here for 38 years." faith in him is unfounded. He is Erma Bombeck. And for lawmakers still in incredibly thorough and tedious. Mrs. Schroeder called the late doubt, Mr. Byrd reminded: "Mo- "I noticed only one shortcom- humorist "a wonderful woman ses would not have led the Isra- ing of his. While both he and I ex- whose loss I will certainly, cer- elites from Egypt through the perienced frustrations about de- tainly feel, and I think all Amer- wilderness to bring them to view tails I couldn't remember from ican women will, whether they the Promised Land - he led 10 and 12 years ago, he had fre- are getting the minimum wage or them for 40 years - if there had quent memory lapses about whether they are working at been a limit on service. He would things he had asked me only home with no wage." have been out a long time ago." hours before." Pack animals Speak for yourself Losing sleep The Washington establishment It's not easy being a senator, The former chief of staff to Ar- was blasted again on Capitol Hill especially when not much is kansas Gov. Bill Clinton, Betsey this week by freshman Republi- growing upstairs - a reality "Guv, we have real problem here. cans in the House, one of whom pounded home time and again for Wright, was called back to testify came up with an interesting com- Sen. Alan K. Simpson when con- before the special Senate White- parison. ducting town meetings with Wy- water committee yesterday. She "You know what I think of, hav- oming constituents. wasn't overjoyed with the invita- ing been around a lot of teen- "When I ask for a final ques- tion. agers?" offered Rep. Jack tion," the Republican noted this "I appreciate the opportunity Kingston, Georgia Republican. "I week, "I will often say, 'I will take to share some thoughts I know a lot of teen-agers who in- a final question from the gray- scribbled down last night while dividually are fine folks, but haired gentleman in the back.' trying to sleep," Miss Wright told when you get a pack of them in Then the fellow will respond, 'I'd Senate investigators. "I've now your living room or a pack of rather have my hair turn gray given nigh on to a jillion hours of them in your kitchen, strange than turn loose!' - which is dis- testimony to this committee, and things happen and all those indi- turbing, when you look at my most of the questions put to me vidual good people turn out to do hairline, that I have to take that were repetitive and duplicative. some pretty stupid things as a kind of terrible abuse." Reporting or Stalking? 'Inside Edition' Appeals Court Ruling guard that they were trespassing. The Wolfsons quickly By Howard Kurtz made plans to go to a family vacation home in Jupiter, Washington Post Staff Writer Fla. This case has it all: a shadowy The next day, "Inside Edition" agreed in court not to television crew in a tinted-window follow the Wolfsons or their children around. Still, the van, a boat with a boom mike, bo- crew went to Florida and used aliases to register in a ho- gus names, a semiautomatic weap- tel. (Wilson says they were worried because the attor- on and surreptitious pictures of a neys for the Wolfsons had subpoenaed the crew's hotel man in his pajamas. records in Pennsylvania.) And it was all too much for a From a rented boat, they spied on the vacation home federal judge, who ruled that the from the adjacent Intracoastal Waterway. The police "Inside Edition" crew was "hound- were called but declined to intervene. ing, harassing, intimidating and Reporter Wilson says they expected only Abramson to frightening" two health care exec- be there. "Frankly, we wanted a picture of him sailing his 102-ton yacht," he says. utives. In an apparently unprece- While the crew used binoculars and a "shotgun mike" dented injunction, he ordered the designed to pick up distant conversations, Nancy Wolf- journalists to leave the couple son drew the curtains and took her two children upstairs. alone. "It was horrible because it was a beautiful day and the King World Productions, which kids want to go outside and play," she testified. I syndicates "Inside Edition," yester- felt like a prisoner in my own house. I still feel that I day appealed the ruling by U.S. can't live a normal life." District Judge Raymond J. Broder- The shotgun mike recorded the crew saying: ick in Philadelphia, setting up a ju- "That's him right there. Bedroom door, far right dicial clash over the limits on un- "He's wearing pajamas." dercover television reporting. "Well, he may be our man As is often the case with news- "Stay on him." "Shoot him, John." See INSIDE, G2, Col In the invasion-of-privacy suit, Judge Broderick ruled INSIDE, From G1 that the crew "deprived the Wolfsons of the right to live their life quietly and peacefully." He said the intent was magazine programs; the battle is not about the substance apparently "to convince Mr. Abramson that his consent of the story-allegations that health care honchos are receiving excessive salaries. It's about dramatic visuals, to be interviewed on TV would bring an end to the hound- and the lengths to which some TV reporters will go to ing and harassment of his daughters and grandchildren, get them. who are the objects of his affection." "We felt we were doing nothing wrong," said "Inside The judge said "Inside Edition" engaged in this harass- Edition" sleuth Steve Wilson. "We weren't out to harass ment not for legitimate news-gathering purposes, "but to these people. We never jumped out of the van and chased try to obtain entertaining background for their TV ex- them and did the classic ambush interview. But we did pose." want the pictures." Jane Kirtley of the Reporters Committee for Freedom Dean Reigel, a King World attorney, said last week's of the Press concedéd there is a "cringe factor" to this injunction has had a "chilling effect" that tells journalists case. But she criticized the injunction, saying: "These guys "you're potentially in peril if you follow people to get were never anyplace but public property. Anybody who's their pictures or photograph their houses. It's not clear been subjected to a media frenzy has had the not-too-fun what goes over the line. It's not clear there is a line." experience of having journalists camped out in front of John Elliott, a lawyer for the couple suing "Inside Edi- your house." tion," says he will seek several million dollars in dam- Marc Rosenweig, a King World vice president, said, ages. "I can't believe responsible journalists would do the "Those pictures were necessary to illustrate who these types of things they did. It's the type of stuff that people are, what their lifestyle is like. In electronic gives the First Amendment a black eye," he said. journalism in the '90s, people want to see what you're talk- The subjects of Wilson's piece are Leonard Abramson, ing about. I want to see the guy's mansion in Palm Beach chairman of U.S. Healthcare, his daughter, Nancy Wolf- County." son, and her husband, Richard Wolfson. The Wolfsons "Inside Edition," which recently won awards for report- are both officers at the giant health maintenance organi- ing on Medicare and Bosnia, has been trying to shed its zation in Blue Bell, Pa. Abramson earns nearly $4 million old, trashy image. But its hardball tactics have clearly a year, while the Wolfsons make a combined $550,000. thrown the program on the defensive. "This is not a case about terrorists or stalkers or malevolent malefactors," its Wilson and his producer, Paul Lewis, repeatedly asked legal brief begins. to interview Abramson in February but were turned The flamboyant Wilson, known for ambushing the likes down. According to the judge's summary of the charges of Sam Donaldson and members of Congress, says the sto- in the Wolfsons' lawsuit, the following transpired: ry will air next week. Wilson and his crew-in a van whose windows were "Even if you buy the other side's argument that we're'a covered by black cloth-secretly taped Abramson and sleazy tabloid broadcast, we didn't do anything here that is his wife boarding their private Gulfstream jet. The crew outside the realm of journalistic ethics," Wilson said. also obtained surreptitious footage of Richard Wolfson leaving his office. The next target was a very pregnant Nancy Wolfson, whose family has received anonymous threats. Early one morning, producer Lewis, pulling his Jeep Cherokee out of a driveway next to the Wolfsons' house, peered into a THE WASHINGTON POST car in which a bodyguard was taking the couple's 3-year- old daughter to nursery school. The bodyguard notified FRIDAY. APRIL 19, 1996 Nancy Wolfson, who became "extremely anxious." When Lewis followed Wolfson to work, the bodyguard became so concerned that he took his semiautomatic weapon from underneath the seat and placed it on his lap. Wolfson was, in her husband's words, "close to tears." After U.S. Healthcare learned from a car rental agen- cy that the Jeep had been rented to King World, Steve Wilson called Nancy Wolfson, told her he was a reporter and that he meant no harm to her or her children. Wolf- son took it as a "threatening" phone call. The crew later shot footage of the Wolfson home from the driveway, rejecting a complaint from the security The Reliable Fersonal By Ann Gerhart and Annie Groer The Lady Wore Black City bombing anniversary or maybe she's Joy Over Jackie 0 the auction of more than 4,000 pieces of pregnant and thinks black is slimming. art, furniture, jewelry and household The big question in Japan, after President No to all three theories, said Neel objects begins Tuesday. and Mrs. Clinton's two-day visit, was: Why Lattimore, Mrs. Clinton's spokesman in M onte Durham has pictures of The day he got his tickets, Durham ran did the first lady wear only black? The Washington. Jackie 0 papering his powder screaming out into the street in his quiet second big question was, why did she say so "She's not in room, propped upon the piano, Belle Haven neighborhood. His next-door little? mourning. And at filling dozens of books on the shelves of neighbor popped open a bottle of She deplaned wearing a black coat. She least once a year his big, white Virginia house. champagne. wore a black suit to a dinner Wednesday someone He has a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis "I'm going to the biggest yard sale in night with Prime Minister Ryutaro speculates that Halloween mask and a substantial America, Isn't a trip?" he said. Of his Hashimoto and his wife, Kumiko. She wore Mrs. Clinton is Waterford crystal bowl commemorating fascination with the iconic former first a black gown to the state dinner at the with child. Last the Kennedy presidency. He has a dog, lady, Durham explained, "I just admire her Imperial Palace, and a black knit suit to tour time the tabloids named Keegan Bouvier, who looks like so much. She was very understated and a Chrysler dealership with her husband said it was a space the Welsh terrier she used to have, and he very elegant and so ladylike and graceful. yesterday. alien baby." has Jackie 0 bubble gum cards from the If you think about what she had been The black attack and zipped lip baffled the Many Japanese '60s. He had a copy of her wedding gown through in her life, she did what I think Japanese, who expected a more voluble first women had hoped- made, which he wore in a personal was a remarkable job." lady. What they got was Stealth Hillary, to hear from Mrs. ceremony with his late partner; he has He has his eye on three items up for reported The Post's Kevin Sullivan and Clinton, whom BY ROBERT A. REEDER-THE WASHINGTON POST manly rings inspired by her wedding auction-a black necklace, a folding Mary Jordan. Durham, on adding to his Jackie they admire as a bands. screen that stood in Jackie's White House The Sankei Shimbun, a sober daily not collection: o boy! role model for And still he wants more. So tomorrow, dressing room, and a copy of a given to fluff, ran a Page 1 story on the independent- Durham will feast his eyes on all the limited-edition memoir Onassis and her suggested all the memorabilia might go into issue, as well as photos of three outfits with minded young Jackie 0 loot up for sale at Sotheby's in headlines reading, "Covered in Black" and FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1996 THE WASHINGTON POST sister, Lee Radziwill, wrote in 1951 after one Jackie 0 room. women in a New York. The 39-year-old hairdresser their grand tour of Europe. "Far From Her Fancy Image-Why?" male-dominated and Saks personal shopper won the Durham's current partner, Jack Evans, "A room?" scoffed Durham. "I told him, T The paper hazarded some guesses: She's society. Sotheby's lottery to attend the preview; tolerates his passion but has gently want to build an entire Jackie 0 wing!" mourning Commerce Secretary Ron Brown's death, she's marking the Oklahoma "I think they represent a new style of couple," NOW YOU KNOW. one housewife said. "She is very President Clinton is a secret sumo fan, "He still has a high center of gravity," to vote is." on the Rappahannock River. Last week, intelligent and one and during his state visit to Tokyo he met Clinton observed. Forms are available on the World Wide singer Don Henley dropped $2,500 on the can see that noted wrestlers Akebono and Musashimaru. . Singer Sheryl Crow dropped in at the Web at http://netvote96.mci.com and organization. President Clinton Chatting with reporters on Air Force One Capitol yesterday to help kick off a voter http://www.rockthevote.org. . Prosecutors and lawyers for F. Lee Bailey loves and while traveling from Japan to Russia, Clinton registration project on the Internet. "I . Saving George Washington's boyhood have reached an agreement to free the appreciates her briefly mimicked the characteristic crouch believe this to be an even more exciting home from Wal-Mart is becoming quite the famous attorney, jailed for more than month talent. I wanted to wrestlers use to lower their center of event than Madonna's pregnancy," said the cause célèbre. Now the band R.E.M. has gravity, and explained the secret to the sport because the federal government claims he be like that, but I Except for a "is a leverage deal." Sometimes little 34-year-old singer, a registered Democrat. sent a check for $500 to the Historic owes itmillions, the Associated Press couldn't." ladies' lunch with 13 prominent Japanese wrestlers can flip bigger ones out of the ring "But having just come back from Bosnia, it Fredericksburg Foundation Inc., a nonprofit reported yesterday. As part of the pact, the At a luncheon women hosted by Joan Mondale, wife of with speed and agility, he said, but "that strikes me every day how precious the right group fighting to preserve the Virginia farm government now owns Bailey's yacht. for the Clintons, U.S. Ambassador Walter F. Mondale, the Hillary's attire first lady never went anywhere without her doesn't happen very often." was a hot topic, husband. "Maybe she is trying to fade into The Chief Channel-Surfer said he was fascinated when he discovered sumo with some guests the background before the election," one wrestling on cable and watched it for three wondering about a Japanese woman said. hours, reported The Post's John Harris. link between the Said Lattimore: "This was a state visit, Clinton, whose occasional paunch would one-hue wardrobe there was a lot of protocol, a state dinner, hardly be impressive by sumo standards, and the arrival ceremonies. You don't have much related with astonishment (and possibly silent-spouse time for outside activities." envy) that Akebono had to put on 240 routine. pounds to get to his wrestling weight. Maggie Ms. Williams SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1996 FINAL APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER: STEPHANIE STREETT HOME: 202-332-5650 OFFICE: 202-456-7560 WHCA PAGER: CELL PHONE: EVENT COORDINATOR: PATRICK STEEL HOME: 202-462-1544 OFFICE: 202-456-2920 WHCA PAGER: 4786 PRESS DESK: ANNE EDWARDS HOME: 301-565-3101 OFFICE: 202-456-2921 WHCA PAGER: 4208 LEAD ADVANCE: CHARLIE DUNCAN (National Cathedral) HOME: 202-332-8797 WHCA PAGER: 4684 LEAD ADVANCE: ED EMERSON (Arlington National Cemetery) HOME: 202-667-1760 OFFICE 202-456-5314 WHCA 4721 WEATHER: Washington, DC Partly to mostly cloudy with a slight chance of an of an afternoon rain shower. Wind north at 10 to 20 knots. Low 29 to 34. High 45 to 50. SCHEDULE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1996 FINAL NOTE: Staff buses depart at 11:30 am from the West Basement for Washington National Cathedral. tba MORNING RUN 9:00 am- MEETING 9:45 am RESIDENCE Staff Contact: Evelyn Lieberman 9:45 am- PHONE/OFFICE/DOWN TIME 12:10 pm OVAL OFFICE/RESIDENCE 12:10 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady proceed to the South Portico 12:15 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady depart the White House via motorcade en route Washington National Cathedral [drive time: 15 minutes] 12:30 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady arrive Washington National Cathedral Greeter: Sarah Maddux, Head Usher, Washington National Cathedral 12:35 pm- VISIT WITH THE BROWN FAMILY 12:45 pm THE SLYPE Washington National Cathedral Staff Contact: Alexis Herman Event Coordinator: Patrick Steel CLOSED PRESS NOTE: The Brown Family, accompanied by the President, the First Lady, the Vice President and Mrs. Gore, receive the casket at the North Transept at 12:45 pm. 12:55 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady proceed to the Nave of Washington National Cathedral Note: The President will escort Mrs. Alma Brown to her seat. 1:00 pm- FUNERAL SERVICE FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE 2:15 pm RON BROWN WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL Remarks: Jonathan Prince Staff Contact: Alexis Herman Event Coordinator: Patrick Steel POOL PRESS Note: The Vice President and Mrs. Gore will attend. -- A processional hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God", is played. - Bishop Ronald Haines offers the opening prayer. -- The Very Reverend Nathan Baxter, Dean, Washington National Cathedral, presider, offers a prayer. -- A reading is given by Robert Johnson, CEO, Black Entertainment Television. -- An anthem is performed by Santita Jackson. -- A reading is given by George Fisher, CEO, Eastman Kodak Corporation. - A hymn is performed by the Howard University Choir. -- Prayers are offered. -- "Amazing Grace" is performed by Santita Jackson. -- Michael Brown makes brief remarks. -- The President delivers the Eulogy. -- A solo is performed by Wynton Marsalis. -- A reading is given by Alexis Herman, Director, White House Office of Public Liaison. -- Dean Nathan Baxter delivers a homily. -- An anthem is performed by the Washington National Cathedral Choir. -- The commendation is offered by Bishop Ronald Haines. -- "Lift Every Voice" is sung. -- Sentences are given and dismissal is read by Dean Baxter. -- The casket is recessed from the Cathedral. NOTE: The Brown Family will proceed with the casket to the back of the Cathedral, as the recessional hymn, "Fanfare for a Common Man", is played. - The President and the First Lady depart. 2:25 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady depart Washington National Cathedral via motorcade en route Arlington National Cemetery [drive time: 15 minutes] 2:40 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady arrive Arlington National Cemetery 2:40 pm- DOWN TIME 3:10 pm TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER Arlington National Cemetery 3:15 pm The President and the First Lady proceed to the burial area NOTE: The President and First Lady will greet Mrs. Alma Brown and the Brown Family when the Caisson arrives at the burial area. Honors will be played as the casket is removed from the caisson. The President will escort Mrs. Alma Brown and the Brown Family down the hill to the burial plot. 3:30 pm- BURIAL CEREMONY FOR SECRETARY OF 3:50 pm COMMERCE RON BROWN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Staff Contact: Alexis Herman Event Coordinator: Patrick Steel POOL PRESS Note: The Vice President and Mrs. Gore will attend. -- "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is played as the casket is carried to the burial plot. - Reverend James Tate delivers the opening prayer. -- Three rifle volleys are fired. -- Taps is played. -- Eight members of the Honor Guard fold the American Flag, accompanied by "America the Beautiful" and present it to the President. -- The President presents the American Flag to Mrs. Alma Brown. -- Mrs. Alma Brown, Michael Brown and Tracy Brown place flowers on the casket. -- The President escorts Mrs. Alma Brown, Michael Brown and Tracy Brown from the burial site to their car. -- The President and the First Lady depart. 4:00 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady depart Arlington National Cemetery via motorcade en route the White House [drive time: 15 minutes] 4:15 pm THE PRESIDENT and the First Lady arrive the White House 4:30 pm- BRIEFING 4:45 pm OVAL OFFICE Staff Contact: John Hilley, Melanne Verveer Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 001. schedule Schedule of the President Wednesday, April 19, 1996 (partial, pp. 6- 04/19/96 b(7)(E), b(6) 7) (2 pages) COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Maggie Williams (Subject Files) OA/Box Number: 12632 FOLDER TITLE: Maggie Personal File 2013-0359-S ry1490 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)| P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA| b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA| P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information |(a)(4) of the PRA| b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA| personal privacy |(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. 4:45 pm- MEETING 5:00 pm OVAL OFFICE Staff Contact: John Hilley, Melanne Verveer CLOSED PRESS Note: The President will veto HR 1833 during this meeting. 5:00 pm- STATEMENT ON HR 1833 5:15 pm ROOSEVELT ROOM [001] Remarks: Terry Edmonds Staff Contact: John Hilley, Melanne Verveer POOL PRESS - The President enters the Roosevelt Room. -- The President introduces participant tbd. -- Participant tbd makes remarks. -- The President makes a statement. -- Upon conclusion of the statement, the President departs. NOTE: Staff vans depart at 5:05 pm from the West Basement for the Reflecting Pool. 5:35 pm THE PRESIDENT proceeds to the South Lawn Note: This departure is closed to staff and guests. 5:40 pm THE PRESIDENT departs the White House via Marine One en route the Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone, Baltimore, Maryland [flight time: 25 minutes] (b)(7)e (b)(6) 6:05 pm THE PRESIDENT arrives the Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone, Baltimore, Maryland 8:25 pm- DINNER FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 9:45 pm COMMITTEE MAIN DINING ROOM Cave Valley Golf Club Staff Contact: Doug Sosnik Event Coordinator: Patrick Steel CLOSED PRESS 9:50 pm THE PRESIDENT departs the Cave Valley Golf Club via motorcade en route the Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone, Baltimore, Maryland [drive time: 5 minutes] 9:55 pm THE PRESIDENT arrives Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone, Baltimore, Maryland 10:05 pm THE PRESIDENT departs the Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone via Marine One en route the White House [flight time: 25 minutes] (b)(7)e, (b)(6) 10:30 pm THE PRESIDENT arrives the White House BC AND HRC RON THE WHITE HOUSE 6:15 pm THE PRESIDENT departs the Pikesville Reservoir Landing Zone, Baltimore, Maryland via motorcade en route the Mayor's residence [drive time: 20 minutes] 6:35 pm THE PRESIDENT arrives the Mayor's residence Greeters: Mayor Kurt Schmoke Dr. Patricia Schmoke Katherine Schmoke Gia Bladerman Larry Gibson 6:40 pm- RECEPTION FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 7:55 pm COMMITTEE PATIO Remarks: Terry Edmonds The Mayor's Residence Staff Contact: Doug Sosnik Event Coordinator: Patrick Steel CLOSED PRESS NOTE: The President will do a photo receiving line with 100 people upon arrival in the living room. - Don Fowler makes remarks and introduces the Mayor Schmoke. - Mayor Schmoke welcomes guests and introduces the President. The President makes remarks. Upon conclusion of remarks, the President departs. NOTE: The President will pose for a group photograph with the Schmoke Family upon departure. 7:55 pm THE PRESIDENT departs the Mayor's residence via motorcade en route the Cave Valley Golf Club [drive time: 25 minutes] 8:20 pm THE PRESIDENT arrives the Cave Valley Golf Club Greeters: Michael and Jessica Bronfein Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 002. letter To Mrs. Sylvia Payne from Hillary Rodham Clinton (3 pages) 04/12/96 Personal Misfile COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Maggie Williams (Subject Files) OA/Box Number: 12632 FOLDER TITLE: Maggie Personal File 2013-0359-S ry1490 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - |44 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - 15 U.S.C. 552(b)] PI National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA| b(1) National security classified information |(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA| b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency [(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute |(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA| b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information [(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRAJ b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA] b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. Withdrawal/Redaction Marker Clinton Library DOCUMENT NO. SUBJECT/TITLE DATE RESTRICTION AND TYPE 003. letter To Maggie from Diane re: project (2 pages) 03/14/96 Personal Misfile COLLECTION: Clinton Presidential Records First Lady's Office Maggie Williams (Subject Files) OA/Box Number: 12632 FOLDER TITLE: Maggie Personal File 2013-0359-S ry1490 RESTRICTION CODES Presidential Records Act - 144 U.S.C. 2204(a)] Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)] P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA] b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA] P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office |(a)(2) of the PRA b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of P3 Release would violate a Federal statute |(a)(3) of the PRA] an agency |(b)(2) of the FOIA] P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA] financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA] b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President information |(b)(4) of the FOIA] and his advisors, or between such advisors |a)(5) of the PRA] b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy |(b)(6) of the FOIA] personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes |(b)(7) of the FOIA] C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions |(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA] RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. PENITMENT (is COMMITTEE EMITED STATES or CANADA The Brown Family together with the United States Department of Commerce welcome your presence at the funeral service for Ronald H. Brown on Wednesday, the tenth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at twelve-fifteen o 'clock Washington National Cathedral Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W. Washington, District of Columbia Use west door entrance Admit One Non-Transferable Please present for admittance Funeral Service Funeral Service for for Ronald H. Brown Ronald H. Brown on Wednesday, the tenth of April on Wednesday, the tenth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six nineteen hundred and ninety-six at twelve-fifteen o'clock at twelve-fifteen o'clock Washington National Cathedral Washington National Cathedral Use west door entrance Use west door entrance All unoccupied seats will be released at 12:40 p.m. All unoccupied seats will be released at 12:40 p.m. Admit One Non-Transferable Admit One Non-Transferable Following the funeral service at the Funeral Service Washington National Cathedral for interment will be at Ronald H. Brown Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday, the tenth of April Arlington, Virginia nineteen hundred and ninety-six A repast will immediately follow at twelve-fifteen o'clock the interment at the Brown Residence Washington National Cathedral 2722 Unicorn Lane, N.W. Use west door entrance Washington, D.C. All unoccupied seats will be released at 12:40 p.m. Admit One Non-Transferable Admit One Non-Transferable A Celebration of Life in memory of Ronald H. Brown on Tuesday, the ninth of April nineteen hundred and ninety-six at SIX O clock in the evening Metropolitan Baptist Church 1225 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. All unoccupied seats will be released at 5:40 p.m. Admit One Non Transferable Fillsonal At Montana Standoff, F.B.I. Spurns Aid of Far-Right Groups By JAMES BROOKE Nodding assent at the wind- of the Freemen and state leaders to chief prosecutor. JORDAN, Mont., April 25 - Pos- whipped checkpoint were Randall negotiate with members of the Their first meeting was held on turing for television cameras, three Weaver and Jack McLamb. Three group, and most have done so with- folding chairs by a barbed wire fence visiting media stars of the far right years ago, Mr. Weaver's wife and out pausing to be interviewed by the at the edge of the compound. Their angrily protested today when agents son were killed by Federal agents in dozens of reporters staked out at the second visit was in a mobile home of the Federal Bureau of-Investiga- a siege in Idaho. Mr. Gritz, a retired checkpoint. inside the compound. Today, the two tion turned them back at a check- Green Beret, helped negotiate an end So far the most successful negotia- state officials were received in a to that siege. Mr. McLamb, a retired tor was Butch Anderson, a local white ranchhouse that the Freemen point here, rebuffing their offer to negotiate the surrender of about 20 Arizona police sergeant, seeks to re- rancher who has never been photo- call their "supreme court." members of the Freemen. cruit police officers to fight "the New graphed or interviewed by the press. The militia leaders seem to have World Order" through the sale of his "Janet Reno could have a bad hair Concerned about his daughter, Val come in part for the free publicity. book, "Operation Vampire Killer Stanton, and his 5-year-old grand- One man came twice last week, re- day any day now," one of the men, Bo 2000." daughter, Mariah, Mr. Anderson turning apparently to have cameras Gritz, said, referring to the Attorney F.B.I. agents, following their policy made several visits to the Freemen film a repeat refusal of entry. General. Recalling a 1993 siege in of not. talking to reporters here, did compound soon after the siege be- "You come up to Northern Michi- Texas that ended with about 80 not explain why they blocked the gan. Adding to the pressure, a dele- gan, mister, and I'll see you in my deaths, he added, "We don't want to rightists at the checkpoint 10 miles gation of relatives delivered to the cross hairs," Norman Olson bel- have a conflagration here like we did from the compound, where members Freemen on April 3 a petition for lowed to an F.B.I. agent last Friday. in Waco." of the group have been in a standoff their surrender. Dressed in green camouflage fa- FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1996 THE NEW YORK TIMES with the agents since March 25. Two days later, Mrs. Stanton and tigues, Mr. Olson said he was "com- But a leader of a Montana citizens' Maria left the compound. Within a mander" of the Northern Michigan group applauded the move. week the loneliness proved to be too Militia. Unabom Request Rejected "Bo Gritz and Randy Weaver - great for Mrs. Stanton's husband, "There are many, many angry most of these people are coming in Ebert, and for his mother, Agnes people in this country," said Mr. OI- By The New York Times here because they want to get their Stanton. They surrendered and were son, who was accompanied by a sole HELENA, Mont., April 25 - A name in the papers," said Evan Bar- immediately arrested on outstand- fóllower. Federal appeals court has refused a rett, co-chairman of the group, the ing Federal warrants for bank and On March 31, an Idaho group, the request by defense lawyers to bar Montana Anti-Extremist Coalition. mail fraud charges. Freemen Patriots of the Northwest, prosecution of the suspect in the Un- Under the slogan, "Fight Back, Mon- Another negotiator is Karl Ohs, a announced that 800 "patriots" would abom case, Theodore J. Kaczynski, tana," the group plans on Friday to Republican state legislator. Over the converge for a Freemen support ral- because of Government leaks to kick off a statewide drive here to course of five visits in three weeks, ly in Lewiston, a town 125 miles west news organizations. Without hearing gather signatures for a ballot initia- the lawmaker, who wears a cowboy of here. Only 8 showed up. arguments, a three-judge panel from tive that would protect citizens from hat and boots, has gradually won the "We'll be staying until the F.B.I. the United States Court of Appeals extremist groups. Freemen's confidence. leaves Jordan," vowed Edward LeS- for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francis- The F.B.I. has blocked access to "We have made some progress," tage, an organizer. CO, said that, with rare exception, it the site to a series of high-profile Mr. Ohs told Reuters on Wednesday The Lewiston police said the eight had no jurisdiction over someone leaders from far-right militia after driving away with his fellow protesters were gone by the end of who has not yet been indicted. groups. But it has permitted family negotiator, John Connor, Montana's the week. By ROBYN MEREDITH Mr. Ohinouye disputed the law- suits' contention that offensive inci- NORMAL, III., April 25 - As the gray sky brightened this morning dents had gone unpunished, saying that Mitsubishi had dismissed 10 and Kelli M. Harrison hurried to male workers for harassing women work, she paused to give her views with four fired this year. Since 1987 about accusations that hundreds of when the plant opened, Mitsubishi women here at Mitsubishi's automo- has investigated 89 charges of sexual bile assembly plant had been sexual- harassment. Many resulted in verbal ly harassed. or written warnings, and in addition "You can't stop guys looking at to the 10 dismissals, three men have women or women looking at guys," been demoted. Four complaints by ual harassment in the States, like crude language. A woman brought the first sexu- al harassment lawsuit in Japan in 1992, and there have been few since. A court ruled that a compa- ny and one of its male employees had violated the woman's rights because of crude remarks that drove her to quit her job. As for the lack of women on automobile assembly lines, indus- try executives say the reason is that Japanese law prohibits wom- en from working late at night. Jap- anese automobile workers alter- nate every week between the day shift and the night shift. But Mitsubishi has a few em- said Ms. Harrison, who works in the ployed on assembly lines that only make one part and do not operate at night. Some women are also women were found to be without working on the assembly liner plant's body shop. She insisted that companies that have merit, he said. shift hours, so Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of A company spokesman said to- Few at Mitsubishi Are Silent Over Accusations America had been unfairly accused. night that some workers had been But then she discussed the time, disciplined for bringing the party just after she started working at the photographs into the plant. plant in 1989, that some male co- Here in Normal, the accusations workers left a note for her on the have provoked strong emotions. factory floor that asked her to bare her breasts. Another man took the Most feel the harassment charges are overblown. note to a supervisor who met with the Donald C. Shelby, vice president of authors of the note, and that was the the United Auto Workers local, said end of it, she said. The company the union was surprised by the com- encouraged her to file a complaint, mission's estimate that hundreds of but she refused. "It is not worth women may have been harassed. "It some man losing their job." seems like the numbers are a lot Few Women on Japan's Assembly Lines tive at the Mitsubishi factory in Normal, denied that cultural dif- ferences played a role In the way female employees were treated. He said the company did not toler- ate sexual harassment. There is evidence that women face sexual discrimination in Ja- pan. In help-wanted advertise- ments, companies often specify the sex of employees they want and set an age limit for female applicants. It is said that some companies will not hire single women that live alone, but only those who live with their parents. There are very few women in the üpper or even the middle ranks of management. Some young wom- en are moving to Hong Kong, the United States or other countries in search of better employment op- Anecdotal evidence also sug- that there are many cases in of what would be sex- Ms. Harrison said that since then she had had no problems at the fac- higher than what we are aware of," he said. portunities. tory, where about one-fifth of the "Sexual harassment shouldn't be 4,000 employees are women. As for tolerated at all," he added. other people's accusations, she said: Mr. Shelby also said Mitsubishi "A lot of it I think is the women's had tried to improve the workplace fault. You have to stop it right for women in the past year or year away." and a half. That is when he and his But 30 women, some of whom still co-worker were told to remove the work in the plant, have filed a civil pictures of models from the Sports lawsuit against Mitsubishi in Fed- Illustrated swimsuit issue they had eral District Court in nearby Peoria, pasted up near their workbench. By POLLACK TOKYO, April 25 It would be to assume that there is little sexual harassment on the assem- bly lines of the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in Japan. That Is be- cause there are virtually no wom- en on the assembly lines of Mitsu- bishi and other automobile manu- In the Japanese workplace, many women are confined to sub- servient roles like pouring tea for their male colleagues, with many of them called office "flowers." Most women have no hope for pro- motion and no guarantee of life- time employment; they are ex- pected to quit when they marry. Some industry analysts have speculated that such differences might have contributed to a toler- ance of sexual harassment at Mit- subishi's factory at Normal, III. Ohinouye, the top execu- that describes routine groping, sexu- Ms. Benassi said that female al graffiti and degrading remarks. workers who heard about and saw Their complaints were echoed earli- the party photographs felt that "it er this month in a lawsuit brought by was one more indication of how the Equal Employment Opportunity women were treated there." Some facturers. Commission against the company in women were uncomfortable be- what may be the nation's largest cause, "You see your boss giving sexual harassment case. oral sex to the strippers, and this is Both lawsuits contend that Mitsu- all in your workplace," Ms. Benassi bishi has allowed offensive incidents explained. Some women and men to go unpunished, fostering an atmos- who saw the pictures were disgusted phere conducive to harassment. by them, she said. A lawyer for many of the women But some Mitsubishi workers said THE NEW YORK TIMES who filed the civil suit, Patricia C. they saw nothing wrong with the Benassi, described some of the activ- parties, though many conceded that FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1996 ity at the plant. She said one woman it was not a good idea to bring the was bruised when a male worker photographs into the plants. fired an air gun between her legs. Whatever people feel about the Male supervisors and line workers parties and photographs, most are rubbed their genitals against female angry about the resulting publicity workers, she said. Other examples and the harassment charges. include male workers "pretending to The women who filed the lawsuit or actually masturbating," she said, have received further harassment at as they stared at the women working work because people are so angry along side them on the assembly line. about the charges, Ms. Benassi said. And then there are the photo- Earlier this week, one received a graphs. Routinely, male workers death threat. All have refused to gathered to watch women dance na- comment about the case. ked and perform sex acts for pay at Workers interviewed outside the private parties away from the fac- plant this week reacted to the tory. Photos were taken and prints charges as if they - not a giant wound up in the plant. Some were company headquartered halfway stacked up in some of the break around the world - had been person- areas, Ms. Benassi explained and ally accused of such wrongdoing. others, including officials of Local And they were incensed and embar- 2488 of the United Auto Workers, rassed because they felt the reputa- confirmed. Some show production tion of all workers had been tarred line workers and managers perform- by a few people. ing oral sex on young women. Some Arthur J. Stefanelli, a line worker, party-goers wore their Mitsubishi said, "I am a part of that conglomer- uniforms to the parties. ate." Mitsubishi, he said, "is me 1 After indignantly protesting the am being demeaned in my communi- harassment charges - and encour- ty. aging workers here to do the same - Some workers said the women fil- Mitsubishi changed its tack today. ing complaints were too sensitive, Tsuneo Ohinouye, the company's and may have sometimes mistaken chairman and chief executive said it good-natured teasing for more than wanted to settle the Equal Employ- it was. For instance, at a certain spot ment Opportunity Commission law- on the line, cars whose seats are suit. The civil case, he said, "could be covered with plastic pass by, and an ongoing issue." workers must sit in the seats to per- Mr. Ohinouye said that while there form the next assembling task. had been cases of harassment at the Among the women's complaints is plant, the numbers do not approach that male workers pour water on the the hundreds suggested by the com- seats so women will get wet when mission. About 60 Japanese nationals they sit down. work as managers in the factory, Mr. Stefanelli agreed that such which builds two Mitsubishi models incidents had often happened. He de- along with three marketed by Chrys- scribed them as pranks, and said he ler. Mitsubishi Motor is a subsidiary had been the brunt of the joke as of the Mitsubishi Motors Corporation well. Such stunts were "totally uni- of Japan. sex" he said, and not harassment. Today, the commission chairman, Gilbert F. Casellas, said the panel was encouraged by Mr. Ohinouye's statement that he wanted to settle the lawsuit. Commission officials "remain open to discussions that may lead to resolution of this very serious matter," Mr. Casellas said, The Presidentand Mrs. Clinton request the pleasure of your company at a reception to be held at The White House /CN/ Saturday, April 27, 1996 at four thirty o'clock Black Tie Please present this card withphoto dentification at THE VISITORS INTRANCE The White House a On the occasion of the Twenty fifth Anniversary yof The John F. 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Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of of gift. financial institutions [(b)(8) of the FOIA] PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information 2201(3). concerning wells |(b)(9) of the FOIA| RR. Document will be reviewed upon request. FROM FNMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE 202 752 6013 1996,04-17 16:31 #965 P.03 Personal Opening Statement of Representative Paul E. Kanjorski Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises Oversight Hearing on Government Sponsored Enterprises April 17, 1996 Mr. Chairman, I have long believed that the Congress does not, as a rule, conduct enough oversight over the entities it has created and the laws it has passed. Our hearing today, and the two additional hearings you have scheduled for this June, are evidence of your commitment to strong and effective oversight. I had intended to use my opening statement today to discuss some of the major policy issues before us as we examine the performance of HUD, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since the passage of the 1992 law which dramatically rewrote their charters, authoritics and obligations. I am compelled instead, to take public exception to an article entitled "Grow Up, Fannie Mae" which appeared on the op-ed page of yesterday's Washington Post, authored by James K. Glassman, a journalist whose opinions I generally respect. Both the tone and substance of this article unfairly impugn the integrity of Franklin Raines and Fannie Mae. They are unworthy of both Mr. Glassman and the Post. The implication of the article is that Fannie Mae used its power to convince the President of the United States to nominate its Vice Chairman, Franklin Raines, to be the Director of Office of Management and Budget in order to protect itself from user fees. The article would have us believe that Mr. Raines is willing to take a 95% cut in his pay in order to protect Fannie Mae and its stockholders. This is a conspiracy theory so wild that it reads like outtakes from an Oliver Stone screenplay or excerpts from the Unabomber's manifesto. I do not know Franklin Raines personally. I do know that his professional reputation is first class, and his record of integrity is unquestioned. I do know that he has served with distinction at OMB in the past and that he is eminently qualified for the position to which he has been nominated. I also know that it is precisely because of unjustified attacks like this that it is FROM FNMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE 202 752 6013 1996,04-17 16:31 #965 P.04 2 becoming increasingly difficult to attract high caliber individuals from the private sector to serve in the government. Mr. Glassman owes Mr. Raines an apology. In addition to its snide innuendoes about Frank Raines, the article is fatally flawed because it focuses only on the advantages that accrue from GSE status and not on any of the obligations that are imposed on GSEs as a result of their public charters. The article does not mention that the housing GSEs are required by law to offer services across the entire nation. They do not have the luxury that other firms have to pick and choose their markets. They had to operate in the Southwest when the bottom fell out of the market in the 1980's, in the Midwest and New England when they have had their financial problems, in California when housing prices fell, as well as the poorest sections of Appalachia and the farthest flung sections of Alaska. The article neglects to mention that the housing GSEs cannot offer the range of products and services that other firms can offer. For safety and soundness reasons, their range of products and services is tightly controlled, and they must obtain approval from HUD before they can offer new products. Even in the housing area, the GSEs must live under a maximum mortgage cap. While one of the GSEs has unwisely recommended that this cap be eliminated, it remains in place, and allows other firms to skim the cream off the top of this market. The article unfairly implies that while a lot has changed since Fannie was chartered in 1938. the GSEs and their regulatory structure have not In fact, the Congress has dramatically overhauled their operations and regulations on a number of occasions, including as recently as 1992. We have imposed significant new regulatory requirements on the GSEs. The article neglects to mention that the housing GSEs must comply with very detailed affordable housing goals for low- and moderate- income housing, housing located in central cities, rural and other underserved areas, and housing for very-low income families and low- income families in low-income areas. The final rules on these housing goals took up 159 pages of very fine print in the Federal Register. Financial institutions across the nation complain loudly about the requirements of the Community Reinvestment Act. Yet the CRA is nothing compared to the affordable housing requirements imposed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The article neglects to mention that the two housing GSEs may also be the only private sector firms that have an entire agency, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Översight, established to look over their shoulders to make sure they are operated in a safe and sound manner. The Office imposes special requirements on them and has the ability to oversee their operations and request data in ways that no other federal entity imposes on any other firm in the financial services sector. And finally the article neglects to mention that no other firms in the financial services sectors have significant proportions of their boards of directors appointed by the President of the United States, instead of elected by their shareholders. There are not a lot of other firms that are anxious to give up such a large proportion of their boards to public sector appointees. FROM FNMA EXECUTIVE OFFICE 202 752 6013 1996, 04-17 16:31 #965 P.05 3 Mr. Chairman, I do not want to leave the impression that the housing GSEs are perfect. I think we can and should be pushing them to do more. I believe they have paid too much attention to our largest cities and high growth areas and not enough attention to neglected areas like Northeastern Pennsylvania. Data I have seen from 1994 and 1995 indicate that both companies are substantially underserving my Congressional District and areas around it. While the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton MSA has a little more than one-quarter of one-percent of the U.S. population, and nearly three- tenths of one-percent of the owner-occupied housing in the United States, it is receiving only a little more than one-tenth of one-percent of the housing GSEs business, or roughly one-third to one-half of what it should receive. I also believe that as two of our nation's foremost advocates for housing, they should be doing more with their intellectual and technical knowledge to promote the job growth and economic development which is an essential precondition in many areas to the development of affordable housing History has shown us that if we can develop good paying, stable jobs, housing will follow, and, conversely, when job opportunities are lost, housing deteriorates. I know that we are all jealous, as Mr. Glassman is, of the housing GSEs generous salary structures. That makes it even more amazing that someone would criticize an individual who, like Mr. Raines, would voluntarily forsake a seven-figure salary in order to return to public service for only 5% of his previous salary. Finally, I also want to note that the Subcommittee has received complaints about atleast one GSEs performance as a landlord of multi-family housing in New York City and Hartford and hopes to work with them to resolve these concerns. Mr. Chairman, I look forward to working with you, HUD, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and the two housing GSEs to improve the performance of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But whatever complaints I have, they should be put in the broader context that the housing GSEs, at no cost to U.S. taxpayers, have built the strongest housing market in the world. As a result of their operations American families, no matter where they are located, have access to lower cost home mortgages than anyone else in the free world. This system has served our nation very well in good economic times and in bad, and we should not tinker with it lightly. USA TODAY MONDAY, MAY 6, 1996 Church's faith withstands the fire Effingham, S.C., and vulnerable - black institu- tions. And it hurts. has joined "Whoever did this needs punishment," declares an an- together, trying gry David Johnson, a 74-year- old, black retired farmer, who to overcome the says that he'd "put him behind a truck and drag him until his tongue hangs out." arson at the all- But outrage isn't the overrid- ing emotion here. black church "There's no need in getting mad," says 65-year-old church By Gary Fields deacon Willie McKever. His and Richard Price concern: "To get it rebuilt. We USA TODAY haven't had an adjustment with the insurance company, so EFFINGHAM, S.C. we're just at a standstill.' For McKever the disruption rom the road, it looks is particularly disturbing. He F as unspoiled as the day has attended services here all it was built 114 years his life. Five generations of his ago, a little Baptist family have done SO. His grand- church tucked among trees father sat in the church the day the Lynches River. the first service was held. But behind that postcard pic- Leaders of Florence County ture and the simple wooden (pop. 115,000) have courted a doors lies the latest chapter in Photos by David Ackerman, Florence Morning News AP progressive image that a story that has disturbed Effingham Baptist Church: A tank of diesel fuel thrown through a window ignited a fire that gutted the helped lure industry. Hoff- people of every color in vil- sanctuary, burned through the roof and scorched the Bible. mann-LaRoche is building a lages like this across the South. $500 million research and As darkness fell 10 days ago, pharmaceuticals manufactur- a half-hour after choir practice 26 N.C. in this all-black church, some- Effingham ing facility. The area worries about a hate-crime image. threw a tank of diesel fuel through a window and set the S.C. Beyond that, this is a region 85 Florence of devout churchgoers who church on fire. Flames gutted sympathize with the victims of the ctuary, burned through Columbia a crime against a church. the roof and scorched the Bi- White residents have contribut- ble Charleston ed heavily to the church's re- It's the 26th arson of a pre- building fund, Shaw says. dominantly black church since "We're going to make this Jan. 13, 1995. The FBI and ATF right," explains Gregg, whose have begun a massive probe. sheriff's headquarters is a As with the other fires, locals mile from the church. "This is have been reluctant to call this By Elys McLean, USA TODAY not a community of racists." racially motivated. Flor- about 50 miles southwest of At the high school, where ence has crime problems in- here last June at the Mount blacks and whites mingle volving gangs and drugs, but Zion AME Church and the ly on the lawns, principal Cur- racial crimes have not been an Macedonia Baptist Church. tis Boswell says he has at In fact, the community The latter pair led to the ar- nothing to suggest any racial ) is Ronald McNair, the rest of Gary Christopher Cox, unease. "This surprised all of black astronaut killed in the 22, and Timothy Adron Welch, us," he says. "We just t 1 Challenger explosion. 23, who carried a card identify- have trouble of that sort." So people look for other rea- ing him as a member of the The same befuddlement ex- sons. Just a bunch of stupid Christian Knights of the Ku ists all over town. At Floyd's kids, some say. A racist copy- Klux Klan. Both were charged Grocery, a half-mile from the cat "who had too much too with arson, and federal civil church, a pair of female clerks drink," suggests Florence rights charges are pending. - one black, one white - County media coordinator Jim- Is it possible the fires shrug. They don't under 1 my Owens. One rumor holds throughout the South are part the fire. a personal vendetta was of a vast conspiracy? Authori- At Effingham Feed and going on inside the church. ties don't think SO. Seed, a ramshackle, 123 Others suggest it may have Earl Woodham of the Bu- old general store that looks like burned for insurance. reau of Alcohol, Tobacco and a parody of the old South (al- Even the 53-member con- Firearms says agents have though the potbelly stove gregation finds it incredible. ruled out a tie between these been electrified), 18-year-old "There was no indication 'No need in getting mad': Willie McKever, Effingham Baptist fires and three other South Car- Christopher Allen thinks it's anyone wanted us out of Church deacon, looks down in dismay the morning after the fire. olina blazes. But even lacking a "just one of those things. It here,' says the Rev. Troy direct link, no one can dismiss don't mean nothing" Shaw. "Nothing racial, nothing. already has dismissed most Pausing, he adds, "I can't say a racial message. The congregation is looking 1 boggles the mind." motives from his list. "It wasn't for sure it was racial, but I can't Physically, the toll has not ahead. Now holding services in The head of the local for insurance," he says soberly. rule it out, either." been great - no deaths or inju- the church cafeteria, which NAACP calls the fire "devastat- "They didn't have nearly Gregg and federal authori- ries which may explain why was spared in the fire, ing" but avoids racial allega- enough. And we've looked ties are exploring whether this it took time for these fires to bers are "focusing on rebuild- tions. All Calvin Thomas says closely at the congregation; fire is linked to three others - net national attention. But emo- ing" Shaw says. And "trying to is, "It takes a sick individual to there was no trouble inside the one across the state at St. Paul tionally, the cost has been con- stay together, and dealing with do something like this." church, and there were no Baptist Church in Lexington siderable Churches are the the challenge God has put be- County Sheriff James Gregg fights going on with outsiders." County last August and two South's single most visible - fore us." California comeback "LA. is what New York was at the turn of the century - the great port of entry," Kotkin says. "Except its The Golden State's economy is in turnaround after its worst recession since World War II, a immigrants tie it to some of the most devastating earthquake and the agony of the 1992 riots. dynamic countries in the world." Evidence of that entrepreneurial COVER STORY economic base, southern Califor- drive can be seen on downtown Los nians are busy building a new one. And Hollywood is leading the way. Angeles' east side, where Chinese The movie industry now employs business owners, many of them im- Hollywood some 134,000 people in the Los Ange- migrants, have turned an old ware- les area, up 40% since 1993. Enter- house district into Toy Town - a tainment jobs now outnumber aero- major toy distribution center. "Not too many cities have such a culture sparks revival space jobs in the region. Pay is generous: an average $54,000 a year of diversity," says Charlie Woo, pres- ident of MegaToys, one of about 400 firms in Toy Town. "Everybody here in Golden State COVER STORY speaks the language of business." Minority communities also may for movie production workers, com- help provide the missing ingredient in southern California's comeback: a re- parable to aerospace manufacturing. 'L.A. is what By Bill Montague Case in point: The DreamWorks vival in the housing market. While studio, the $150 million brainchild of home prices have stabilized, many USA TODAY New York was director Steven Spielberg, former homeowners remain trapped by huge LOS ANGELES - In a de- Disney president Jeffrey Katzenberg losses, unable to trade up to more ex- at the turn of serted aircraft factory a few and recording executive David Gef- pensive homes. "You've never had a fen. The studio will feature the latest recovery in southern California with- miles from the Pacific out a big bang in home starts," says the century' Ocean, some. of the biggest digital film technology, linked by a fi- names in Hollywood are ber-optic network. In a bit of histori- David Hensley, an economist for Salo- helping write the script for cal symbolism, the cavernous hang- mon Bros., a brokerage firm. er used to build the Spruce Goose - The turn may be at hand. Home southern California's eco- nomic future. the world's largest wooden airplane sales have surged recently, driven in - will house four TV sound stages. part by minority buyers. One survey Call it "The California Dream, Part II" DreamWorks officials say they ex- found Hispanic surnames accounted The plant - where Howard Hughes assembled his leg- for nine of the 10 most common endary Spruce Goose airplane - is the future home of pect the studio and an adjoining of- DreamWorks SKG, the first major U.S. movie studio to be fice park to become a magnet for names of Los Angeles home buyers last year. The tenth name was Asian. built in at least 50 years. It's also a tangible sign of the re- new firms spawned by the growth of multimedia technology. "We see this Minority buyers are even making markable transformation unfolding in southern California, their presence felt in the affluent San home to 18.3 million people and 7% of the U.S. economy. project giving us a huge competitive The story line is a movie favorite: The comeback against advantage," says Michael Montgom- Fernando Valley. "The valley is heading toward being an Hispanic- long odds. After its worst recession since World War II, a dev- ery, the DreamWorks executive in dominated community," says Chuck astating earthquake and the agony of the 1992 riots, southern charge of the studio project. Lamb, a Northridge Realtor. "It's 10 California is on the mend. In Los Angeles, unemployment is The advantages for southern Cali- or 12 years off, but it's coming." down to 8.3% from a peak 11.1% in early 1994. Home prices, fornia also could be. considerable. The streets surrounding Lamb's of- which plunged in the early '90s, have stabilized. Ernst & Young, the accounting firm, fice show barely a trace of the 1994 For President Clinton, the timing couldn't be better. Cali- predicts DreamWorks will fuel cre- fornia has 54 of the 270 electoral votes he needs to win re- earthquake even though it reduced ation of nearly 32,000 jobs by 2001, election this fall. The state's recovery appears to have given much of the area to twisted wreck- 57% of them in southern California. him the edge: The latest statewide polls give Clinton a dou- age. But signs of renewal are hard to The/movie boom also is reviving ble-digit lead over GOP candidate Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan. find in the south central Los Angeles Los Angeles' commercial real estate Local leaders, meanwhile, have recovered some of the districts scarred by the 1992 riots. market. Rents are soaring in the boosterish optimism that once defined the southern Califor- A reconstruction drive led by for- modern-day movie district (the nia business community. "We've got the best climate, the big- mer baseball commissioner Peter "beautiful downtown Burbank" gest retail market, the largest port, the most modern free- Ueberroth was criticized for inac- made famous by the '60s TV show ways and highest percentage of college graduates of any big tion. The group, Rebuild LA, now is Laugh-In). "What's happened over city in the country," boasts Los Angeles Mayor Richard Rior- working to bring grocery stores and the past year is remarkable," says dan, 66, a Republican businessman who took office in 1993. other services to the area, says Linda Rob Maguire of Maguire Thomas "We're going to do whatever it takes to convince business Griego, the current director. "We're Partners, one of the city's best- people it's in their own selfish interest to come here." taking a bottom up approach." known developers. The Dream- Griego says Rebuild L.A. also has Works studio. will anchor his Playa Please see COVER STORY next page formed support networks for hun- Vista development - the first major dreds of small manufacturers locat- Continued from 1B commercial project to break ground ed in south central Los Angeles. But in Los Angeles in at least six years. some African-American business Such talk would have seemed in- On the drawing boards: a planned leaders say not enough is being done sane a few years ago. Hammered by community with 13,000 homes, to lure high-tech firms and jobs to the the Cold War's end, the state's aero- 600,000 square feet of retail space, 6 area. space industry lost more than half its million square feet of low-rise office "We need something more than jobs from 1990 to '95. The office va- space and 260 acres of restored wet- janitorial services and retail stores," cancy rate in downtown Los Angeles lands - product of a carefully craft- says Mary Ann Mitchell, president of hit 26.3% in 1994, fourth highest in the ed deal with environmentalists. "Ev- CC-OPS, a telecommunications firm, USA. By 1992, a factory was moving erybody recognizes the old southern and president of the National Black out of California every 1.6 days. California approach to development Business Council. City Hall, she To, some observers, the state doesn't work anymore," project adds, is doing little to help. "I don't seemed doomed to decline. "The manager Doug Gardner says. "This think Mayor Riordan has a clue." pessimism, even among the state's is how communities are going to de- Riordan declines to comment on business and political leaders, was incredible," says author Joel Kotkin, velop here in the future." his relationship with the African- The future will look different in American community, but admits a senior fellow at Pepperdine Uni- another way. Immigration, and the the riots, and the racial sores they re- versity's Institute of Public Policy. The road back has been painful, diversity it brings, is reshaping south- vealed, have hindered efforts to re- ern California. Hispanics now are furbish Los Angeles' business image. particularly for southern California. 37% of the area's population, Asians "When your reputation is tar- While parts of northern California 10%. Result: a growing mass market. nished, you don't get it back quickly," benefited from a computer industry "Southern California's minority mar- he says. "You have to earn it inch by boom, Los Angeles and San Diego ket is growing the fastest, and it's see- inch. But Los Angeles is doing that." paid dearly for their reliance on the ing the fastest growth in income," Pentagon. Of the 185,000 California says Daniel Villanueva, chairman of aerospace jobs lost in the defense Bastion Capital, a Los Angeles invest- downsizing, at least two-thirds were in ment firm that funds companies Los Angeles County. While California serving Hispanics. "There are some home prices fell roughly 15% from 1990 to 1995, in Los Angeles they positive stories out there." USA TODAY But immigration remains the ulti- plunged 30%. The '94 Northridge mate hot-button issue here. Almost MONDAY, MAY 6, 1996 earthquake caused up to $40 billion in damage; the '92 riots, over $1 billion. 206,000 legal immigrants entered California in 1994, the last year for But having lost a big chunk of their which figures are available. Federal officials estimate 1.6 million were living there illegally. Critics say the flood is straining social services and forcing down wages. But other ana- lysts give immigrants credit for cre- ating a flourishing network of small and medium-size businesses.