MORRY TAYLOR OFFERS CLEAR VISION
CANDIDATE KICKS OFF NH CAMPAIGN

Portsmouth Herald
8/23/95 pg. A3
By Steve Haberman, Herald Staff


    PORTSMOUTH - When asked for his feelings on the ``New World 
Order'' concept espoused by former President George Bush and the 
activities of the Council on Foreign Affairs, Illinois businessman 
Morry Taylor replied, ``I don't belong to either of them. I don't 
know what else I can tell you.''
   That kind of no-nonsense, straight-from-the-shoulder response 
appears to have appealed to potential voters all across the country 
as Taylor pursues his bid for the Republican nomination for 
president. Taylor came in sixth in the Iowa straw poll conducted last 
weekend, beating Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, California Gov. Pete 
Wilson and California Congressman Bob Dornan, and Pennsylvania Sen. 
Arlen Specter.
   Taylor was in Portsmouth yesterday to kick off his 30-day, 89-stop 
tour of the state in preparation for the New Hampshire Primary. He 
was coming off a monthlong, 99-stop tour of Iowa preparing for the 
straw poll and the Iowa caucuses scheduled for early next year.
   He told the small crowd of well-wishers and media gathered at 
Barker Wharf what he had learned on the campaign trail.
   ``Seventy-six percent of the American public thinks something is 
wrong. Whether it's the Democrats or the Republicans, people are fed 
up with politics,'' he said.
   Taylor said he has a four-point plan that will turn things around. 
The first step is to control the deficit by cutting the federal 
bureaucracy by one-third.
   ``The federal payroll is $200 billion a year. That's out of 
whack,'' Taylor said. He advocated cutting the bureaucracy from the 
top.
   The second point is to bring back the country's manufacturing base.
   ``When people tell you this country is moving to a service 
economy, that means the standard of living is going down and down,'' 
Taylor said. ``We're giving away the wealth of this nation.''
   Taylor, who owns the nation's largest steel-wheel and tire 
manufacturing operation, also owns factories overseas. He contends 
that knowledge gives him the experience to deal effectively with 
foreign trade issues.
   ``When you're dealing with any foreign country and it is not 
dealing fairly, all we have to do is put two customs officers at (an 
abandoned air base) in Nebraska and say, `Everything clears through 
here.' That's what they do to us,'' Taylor said.
   The third step would be to revamp the income tax system.
   ``Any of you here today could have come up with a better tax 
system than what we've got,'' he said.
   Morry is proposing flat tax rates of 2 percent for anyone earning 
up to $20,000 a year, 10 percent for income earners at the $20,000 to 
$35,000 level, and 17 percent for anyone earning more than $35,000. 
He also would impose the 2-percent tax on welfare recipients.
   ``If you're on welfare, you should have the same responsibility to 
pay taxes,'' Taylor said.
   The fourth step would be to get rid of all foreign lobbyists and 
political action committees. Pointing to the six mobile homes in 
which he and his entourage travel around the country, Taylor said, 
``There's no PAC money in my campaign, and I'm the only candidate who 
can say that.''
   A self-confessed ``toolmaker and welder by trade'' who went to 
school for mechanical engineering and went on to become a 
multimillionaire, Taylor hopes to convey a simple message during his 
monthlong tour around New Hampshire.
   ``We've got to start to take care of America and Americans 
first,'' Taylor said, ``and that's been what's been kind of missing.