Thomas' fate hangs on hearings
Text Of Thomas' Affidavit
WASHINGTON (AP) -Here is the text of Clarence Thomas'
signed affidavit about allegations he sexually harassed a former assis
tant:
"As I told the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Sept. 28, 1991 ,
I totally and unequivocally deny Anita Hill's allegations of miscon
duct of any kind toward her, sexual or otherwise. These allegations
are untrue."
"At all times during the period sh? worked with me, our relation
ship was strictly professional. During that time and subsequently, the
relationship has been wholl/ cordial/
"1 am terribly saddened and deeply offended by these allega
tions/
vidual arc relevant."
He stressed that he was
unaware of any other allegations
I of sexual harassment against
Thomas.
Thomas' chances for confir
mation in a scheduled Tuesday
evening vote evaporated in the
face of concern over the allega
tions by Anita Hill, a University
of Oklahoma law professor.
Hill has alleged that after she
refused his request for a date,
Thomas made sexually inappro
priate comments, including
descriptions of pornographic
movies, when they worked
Thomas phone logs
prove key
. WASHINGTON (AP) ? In
controversies ranging from Iran
_ Contra to professional baseball,
telephone logs have played a key.
role as evidence.
Phone logs surfaced Tuesday as
the Senate debated allegations of
sexual harassment leveled at
Clarencc Thomas, President Bush's
nominee for the Supreme Court
Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo.,
released telephone logs^he said
showed that Anita Hill, a former
aide to Thomas at the Education
Department and the Equal Employ
ment Opportunity Commission,
contacted Thomas 1 1 times between
January 1984 and November 1990.
Danforth, Thomas' chief Senate
backer, characterized the calls as
inconsistent with the conduct of
someone who had been sexually
harassed.
Ms. Hill, a graduate of Yale
Law School, has been a law profes
sor at the University of .Oklahoma
since 1986. Prior to that she worked
at Oral Roberts University's law
school and for Thomas in Washing
ton.
During the Iran-Contra affair,
congressional investigating commit
tees wrangled with the Justice
Department to obtain calendars and
phone logs related to the arms-for
hostages scandal.
The material sought included
logs by former attorney general
Edwin Meese III that noted phone
contacts with former CIA director
William Casey, ex-FBI director
William Webster and Texas billion
aire H. Ross Perot.
More recently, in the wake of
the Pete Rose gambling scandal,
baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent
last year ordered every professional
team to keep track of calls in and
out of the clubhouse.
A Senate report released this
summer said phone logs of David
Paul, the ousted chairman of the
failed CenTrust Savings Bank of
Miami, showed at least 120 contacts
with elected officials and their staff
members.
In the federal bureaucracy,
many high-level officials voluntari
ly keep records of their phone con
tacts, said Richard McGowan, a
spokesman for the government's
. Office of Personnel Management.
The practice also occurs com
monly in private industry -
although at least one office-efficien
cy expert considers it a waste of
time.
"I think it implies mistrust,"
said Barbara Hemphill, a private
efficiency consultant based. in
Washington. "We need to get on
with what's important to do."
The phone logs released Tues
day by Danforth include what
appeared to be an exchange of
missed calls in ofte case. The earli
est included the noted message,
"Just called to say hello. Sorry she
didn't get to see you last week."
Other messages noted in
Thomas' logs indicated she was
seeking "advice in getting research
grants," and in August 1987, ^want
ed to congratulate you on mar
riage." From the logs, it was impos
sible to determine details of any of
Thomas' responses to the calls.
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sive over his panel's handling of
the allegations, pledged public
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HWhat concerns me as much
as the allegations themselves is
the U.S. Senate appears not to
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