Senate mulls over vote
after weekend hearings
WASHINGTON
(AH) Supporters
of Claronct! Thom
us worktui Mon
day U> preserve Senate support
for his Supreme Court nomina
tion as senators "pained and
perplexed" bv sexual harass
ment allegations decided how
to vote.
The vote is scheduled for
Tuesday night after eight hours
of debate time.
A key Southern Democrat,
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston of Lou
isiana, reaffirmed his support
for Thomas, saying the allega
tions by University of Oklaho
ma lawi professor Anita Hill
had not changed bis mind
about the nomination.
"I believe Judge Thomas is
qualified I said so two weeks
ago. I know nothing that has
transpired in the meantime to
take away from that," said
Johnston, who led a group of
Southern Democrats to oppose
Robert Burk's failed Supreme
Court nomination in 1987
But others were wrestling
with the issue us another for
mer aide to Thomas, Sukari
Hardnott, told The Associated
Press that black women in his
office ut the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission felt
they were objects of his sexual
interest and physical inspec
tion.
“1 am generally undecided,"
said Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb ,
who had been a Thomas sup
porter before Hill's allegations
surfaced.
Hardnett, another former as
sistant to Thomas at the EEOC,
told Senate investigators that
some b 1 a c k women w ho
worked in his office felt they
were "an object of sexual inter
est" and physical inspection by
him.
Hardnett, who worked for
Thomas from 1985 to 198(>, did
not allege sexual harassment
but said, "If you were young,
black, female and reasonably
attractive, you knew full well
you were being inspected and
auditioned as a female."
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D
Conn . who had originally been
a Thomas supporter, said the
hearings left him undecided.
"I'm as pained and perplexed
as the rest of America," Lieber
man said on NBC. "It's quite
possible ... that we’re not able
to decide that anybody is ly
ing," he said.
Thomas would have 5 2
votes, barely u majority, if 41
Republicans and 11 other Dem
ocrats stick with pledges of
support made before Hill's alle
gations surfaced.
Sen. Dennis DcConcini, D
An/ , another Thomas support
or, predicted tho Senate would
approve ihu nomination in .1
vote that Ixith suit's expected to
ho clostt.
"I boliovo Clarence Thomas
Thtt American people boliovo
Clarence Thomas 1 have no
idea whoro tho votes .tr»i.' said
Sen John Dunforth, R-Mo , tho
nominee's mentor and champi
on on Capitol Hill
President Bush, who re
turned early from a throe-da\
weekend at Camp David to di
rot t the lobbying etfort, said
support for Thomas was still
"holding strong" despite Hill s
explosive allegations
Hill returned to her home m
Norman. Okie . where she roll
crated her charge and chastised
Republicans for attacking her
character.
"1 am not imagining the con
duct to which I testified." she
said. " The personal attac ks on
me without an iota of evidence
were particularly offensive,'
she said at a news conference
Tho White House strategy
was keyed at holding Southern
senators with large blai k con
stituoncies who accounted for
seven of the 13 Democrats who
had announced their support
for 'Thomas last month
In remarks clearly aimed at
these Southerners, Bush said
"It’s important to note that
among Afro-Americans, black
Americans, that the support is
very, very strong. That is sigmf
icant and I think highly impor
tant."
Senate Republicans and the
White House were pursuing a
strategy of persuading senators
that Hill's testimony produced
insufficient ovidence and that
Thomas deserved tho benefit ol
any doubts.
White House vote counters
were combing the list of 13
Democratic supporters, looking
for weak spots.
However, the conflicting tes
timony of Thomas and Hill in
three days of extraordinary
hearings did not appear to have
changed the minds of senators
on the Judiciary Committee,
which last month stood neutral
on 'Thomas' nomination by a
7-7 vote.
A senior administration offi
cial, who requested anonymity,
said that "among the senators
that are pledged, most of them
are firm, but thero are some
that have to be chucked with
and you huve to work on the
undecideds.”
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