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Friday • May 3, 1996 Politics Page 11 • The Battalion > al Is s, c- f- >d ils al n- rk ac- ed Fat ne A rer as id- ng ho to id- as he a ry. go ac- in ed ng de le- hi- ig- ed le- he le- all *e- at ia- he he vn Id he le- re he d- od its he 66 ne ng jo in le- he ve to GOP to fight abortion at convention Dole awarded two convention posts to straunch abortion opponents Bush, Hyde WASHINGTON (AP) — Try ing to dodge a revolt by anti abortion conservatives, GOP presidential challenger Bob Dole has given two top convention posts to Republicans who promise not to weaken the par ty’s hard line against abortion. Illinois Rep. Henry Hyde, who, as platform committee chairman, will write the new GOP platform, and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, who will pre side over the convention as “tem porary” co-chairman, both reiter ated their commitment to the platform plank that calls for a constitutional ban on abortion. Their appointments, an nounced Wednesday by the Re publican National Committee, dampened speculation that Dole would move to the middle on abortion. Any change risked a revolt by Pat Buchanan, who nominally remains in the GOP presidential race and has threatened a third-party candi dacy if the abortion plank were modified. “I don’t intend to weaken the pro-life position the party’s had for the past four elections. My posture is not one of retreat,” Hyde told the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights, Ill. "Good for Henry. I’ll stand with him 100 percent on that,” Buchanan said at a campaign rally in Indianapolis Wednes day night. Bush, son of the former presi dent, favors limiting abortions to cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. And while his own view is different, he said reassuring,” said activist Phyl lis Schlafly, who served with Hyde on the 1984 committee that wrote the existing abor tion plank. Dole had explored the idea of tinkering with the platform’s abortion language, nonetheless promising a plank that “will sup port the pro-life position.” His Dole had endorsed the idea of tinkering with the platform's abortion language^ nonetheless promising a plank that "will support the pro-life position." — BOB DOLE presumed GOP presidential nominee he believes the GOP should re tain a platform plank calling for a constitutional ban on abortion. “It was a winning platform in 1988. I don’t think it determined the outcome of the 1992 election. I think it’s important to keep it in,” he said. Anti-abortion conservatives welcomed the news. “Henry Hyde is very capa ble. It’s splendid, and yes, it’s campaign is not eager for a pub lic fight over the issue at the Au gust convention, which marks the formal kickoff off his gener al-election campaign for the White House. In other convention appoint ments announced Wednesday, House Speaker Newt Gingrich will serve as permanent chair man while Bush will share the prominent job of “temporary” co-chairman with another of the party’s rising stars — Gov. Christie Whitman of New Jer sey. Gingrich’s selection was in keeping with the Republican tra dition of having the party’s House leader serve as conven tion chairman. But some Dole advisers, concerned that nega tive public opinion of Gingrich would damage Dole, have sought to limit the speaker’s prime-time exposure at this summer’s na tionally televised convention in San Diego. Whitman and Bush, both pop ular governors from states with considerable blocs of electoral votes, will share the gavel with Gingrich in presiding over four days of convention activities be ginning August 12. In a statement, RNC Chair man Haley Barbour said the governors were selected to re flect the Republican commit ment to “moving power and money away from Washington and back to families, states and communities.” Furthering that theme, nine co-chairmen of the platform committee are to be drawn from state and local lead ers and announced later, Bar bour said. Perot continues to push for third party 1992presidential candidate says Republicans too busy playing games with reform issues WASHINGTON (AP) — Ross Perot said today he will step up his campaign for a new political party because Republicans “are playing games” with his ideas for reforming the federal gov ernment. Asked why he doesn’t sup port Republican leaders since they claim to agree on such is sues as term limits and cam paign reform, Perot said: They’re talking about it. But they haven’t done it.” “We want results, not talk,” Perqt said of his new Reform Party, which he hopes to put on the ballot in all 50 states. Speaking on Dallas radio sta tion KRLD this morning, Perot said Reform Party members planned to be across Texas today gathering signatures on a petition that could get them on the November ballot in Texas. Perot said a third party is needed to re store faith in government. “We’ve got to put our financial house back in order. Our country is in a financial mess,” Perot said. He told “CBS This Morning” that Republicans hold a majority in both the House and Senate “because independent voters gave it to them in 1994.” “When you’ve got a majority in the House and Senate, you can always push (legislation) all the way through both and put it on the president’s desk. This is not being done,” Perot said. Republican presidential can didate Bob Dole and other GOP leaders have said they don’t un derstand why Perot wants a third party instead of working with the Republican Party. “Things like campaign finance reform, things like setting the highest ethical standards in gov ernment, things like term limits ... they just don’t want to touch and they’re playing games with it,” he said. “The people feel that the two existing parties are bought and paid for by the special interests and that the peoples’ interests are not represented,” Perot said, claiming that “93 percent of the American people think that Con gress wastes their money and 7 out of 10 Americans feel that Congress is not acting in the best interests of the nation.” Perot said politics have be come “so mean, so bitter-spirited that the best people in our coun try are leaving it. 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