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GRAPEVINE, Page 17
By JANICE CASTRO
Not So Fast, Rookies!
So far, 170 Congressional candidates have accepted
California Republican hopeful TOM HUENING's invitation for new
members of Congress to meet in Omaha on Nov. 23 to fashion a
House reform agenda. Even though Huening may not win, both
parties are rattled by the notion. House aides deny any
connection with the Huening summit, but Speaker Tom Foley will
effectively pre-empt the powwow by traveling next weekend to Los
Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago to meet with all Democratic
winners. His agenda: new committee assignments and
(coincidentally?) reforms.
Hanging On for Dear Life
CIA Director Robert Gates is determined to hold on to his
job, even if Bill Clinton prevails. Gates has told friends that
he's been staying out of town -- on trips to Eastern Europe and
Russia -- to avoid the Iraqgate controversy. He also reminded
them that, after all, predecessor Richard Helms served both
Presidents Johnson and Nixon. Forget it, Bob. Clinton insiders
say Gates will not be forgiven his agency's role in withholding
from Congress and the Department of Justice information that
showed the scope of the scandal.
Some of His Best Friends
If Bill Clinton moves to the White House next January,
some established black leaders will lose influence. Clinton's
strongest ties in the black community are with younger elected
officials from the South, like Congressmen JOHN LEWIS of Georgia
and MIKE ESPY of Mississippi, with whom he shares the experience
of building black-white coalitions. Many Northern black leaders
represent urban districts with far fewer whites. Observes a
black friend of Clinton: "They don't have to win white votes,
so they're more suspicious of Bill, particularly when he courts
white Southerners."
Take Your Mitts Off My Carrier
During a visit last week to Beijing, Ukrainian President
Leonid Kravchuk was trying to peddle the 67,000-ton aircraft
carrier Varyag, nearing completion in the Ukrainian port of
Nikolayev. Selling the carrier may be difficult, though. The
Russians, not the Ukrainians, paid for construction of the
922-ft.-long vessel, and can be expected to assert ownership.
Equal Opportunity War
Everybody knows that Vietnam was a class war, whose burden
was borne disproportionately by the inner-city and rural poor
and minorities. Well, it seems that everybody is wrong. A new
study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, co-funded
by the U.S. Army, shows that the 58,000 Americans who died in
the war represented a good cross section of the nation. By
analyzing the family income of those servicemen, the M.I.T. team
found that 26% of the casualties were from families earning in
the highest third of the income range, vs. 30% of casualties
from the lowest third. The most prosperous servicemen, in fact,
died at a slightly higher rate, mostly because they were more
likely to be pilots or infantry captains and lieutenants.
CAMPAIGN QUIZ
Q
Two of the three major presidential candidates (Bill
Clinton and Ross Perot) changed their names early in life. Which
of the following U.S. Presidents changed their names?
A Ulysses S. Grant
B Grover Cleveland
C Woodrow Wilson
D Calvin Coolidge
E Dwight Eisenhower
F Gerald Ford
A
All of them. Previous names:
A Hiram Ulysses Grant
B Stephen Grover Cleveland
C Thomas Woodrow Wilson
D John Calvin Coolidge
E David Dwight Eisenhower
F Leslie Lynch King