As part of our coverage of the New Hampshire primary, we will
provide you with accounts of how the New Hampshire press is
covering the campaign.  This week The Manchester Union
Leader is examined for their coverage from April 21-26.  The paper
has the largest circulation in the state, and is the only state-
wide daily paper published in New Hampshire.  Its daily circulation
is 72,000 and Sunday it is 110,000.  Campaign coverage was fairly
light this past week, as was campaign activity.  The candidates in
the state this past week were Alexander, who opened his
headquarters in Manchester last week, and Buchanan, who traveled in
the state on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

	This review of the coverage by The Manchester Union Leader was   
prepared by Corey Panunzio of UNH.  We look forward to any comments or 
requests regarding our press digests.  
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     On Friday, April 21st on page A2, the Union Leader published
an an article written by Dan Balz of the Washington Post, "Wilson
Recruits Weld For His '96 Campaign," .
     The paper notes that "Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld
became the first Republican governor to sign on to the Presidential
campaign of California Gov. Pete Wilson yesterday" as national
finance co-chairman.  The paper reports that "Weld aides said he
would play an active role in helping Wilson raise the money needed
for the campaign as well as a less-defined political role."
     The article also notes that, "Wilson will soon tap Craig L.
Fuller, a former top aide to George Bush as his campaign chairman." 
According to the paper, "Fuller, senior vice president for
corporate affairs of Philip Morris Co. in New York, is expected to
take up residence in Sacramento in early May.  He will be in charge
of overall campaign operations."
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     On Saturday the 22nd of April, a staff written article,
"Alexander Says Next President Must Confront Terrorist Threat"
appears on p.B2.
     The paper notes that "even though the Oklahoma City bombing
has apparently turned out to be domestic terrorism, Presidential
candidate Lamar Alexander says it should serve as a reminder that
`international terrorism is not far away.'"  The Union Leader
quotes Alexander as saying in an interview, "This is a watershed
event in this country," and that the Presidential campaigns "should
be all about recapturing our confidence in the future . . .[paper's
elipsis] The most important fact about this election is that the
person we elect will be sitting in the White House on the first day
of the year 2000 leading into the next century.  This is a campaign
about the future, and the President's job is to help us recapture
that future."  
     The paper says that "Alexander has spent most of his time thus
far in the budding Presidential race addressing domestic issues." 
In addition, Alexander "said that as someone who is well-traveled
and well-informed, he is capable of directing foreign policy far
better than what he termed the 'amateurism' of the Clinton
administration."  In response to terrorism, the paper notes that,
"Alexander said terrorism should not be accepted 'as an inevitable
part of our way of life.'  In cases when it is sponsored by a
foreign government, 'we're obligated to respond militarily.'"
     The paper says that if Alexander were president, "he would
support legislation mandating the death penalty for terrorism and
speed up trials of terrorist cases in federal courts."  "They would
come to the head of the line so there would not be any long delay,"
Alexander is quoted as saying.
     In relation to other issues, the paper mentions that
"Alexander is an advocate of moving programs out of Washington and
giving states outright authority over them.  But he said that the
federal government should do a better job of controlling the
nation's borders.  He would be willing to give the FBI and the
federal immigration service additional money, if necessary, to do
the job effectively,"  and that, "he also said he favors "beginning
research into an anti-ballistic missile defense to share with our
allies."
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     On Tuesday, April 25th, an article titled, "Jerry Brown
Supporters Hope To Draft Their Man," by Union Leader correspondent
Beth A. Marchese, appears on page A5.  
     In a meeting at Wadleigh Memorial Library in Milford,
according to the article, "We the People of New Hampshire took the
first steps last night to draft former California governor and
Presidential candidate Jerry Brown to run for President again in
1996."  The meeting consisted of 10 people including the state
chairman of the group, Larry Hennessy, and it was, as the paper
states, "what We the People spokesman Ray Pasquale called an
organizational meeting."  The article mentions that "Hennessy and
Pasquale said at least 20 other state organizations of We the
People have joined in the draft effort."  Hennessy is quoted as
having said, "What we want to do is build up a consensus," and the
paper states, "Hennessy said he and Pasquale held the meeting on 'a
whim' to see what would happen and the gauge feedback on another
Brown Presidential run."  According the article, "Each packet for
the 'Draft Brown '96' campaign included a general petition for
door-to-door supporters to sign up people who want to put Brown on
the Presidential ticket."
     The article goes on to say, "Although Brown has expressed no
interest in running for President in 1996, Hennessy said Brown told
him in a letter that he would rethink his position if '10 million
people' drafted him as a candidate."  According to the paper,
"Brown is now in Oakland, Calif., working on a center for the
homeless."
     The article also mentions Brown's '92 campaign by stating,
"Though Brown only got 8 percent of the popular cote in the last
election, Hennessy said that he didn't believe that made the effort
a losing one."  Hennessy was then quoted as saying, "Jerry Brown
served as a lighting rod for a lot of issues, such as a flat tax,
campaign-finance reform, ethics in government.  All these things
that people are talking about now, he talked about first."
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     Also appearing on Tuesday, April 25th, is "Buchanan Denounces
Bombing In Oklahoma City as `Barbaric,'" on page A6, written by
Mark Hayward, an Union Leader correspondent.
     The article states that "about 80 people turned up at the
Keene luncheon yesterday, which was sponsored by the Cheshire
Republican Women."  The article opens by saying, "Republican
Presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan yesterday denounced as `barbaric'
the bombing of the Oklahoma federal building and complimented Bill
Clinton for reacting 'very well' to the tragedy."  In the article,
"Buchanan called the Oklahoma City bombing a `sickening atrocity.' 
but the resulting volunteerism, concern and blood donation `told us
something good about America.'"  The article also says that,
"Buchanan called for the death penalty for the perpetrators, who he
stressed do not reflect conservative ideals."  The article then
quotes Buchanan as stating that, "Cold-blooded, mass murder has
nothing to do with conservatism.  There's nothing conservative
about what was done out there.  It was barbaric."
     According to the article Buchanan, "also said `the President
has handled himself very well' in rallying the country, calling for
swift prosecution and reflecting the anger of all Americans."  The
paper notes, "Buchanan took just one swipe at Clinton.  In the
beginning remarks, he said any of the Republicans in the race would
do a better job `than the character we got up there now.'"  The
paper states when "Asked about the citizen militia groups, Buchanan
said laws on the books, even laws in the state of Oklahoma, can
bring the perpetrators and conspirators to justice."  According to
the article, "he did not respond to a suggestion by one diner--
Carolyn Bodwell--to `eliminate' militia groups that advocate
government destruction."
     In other areas, the article said that "Buchanan's campaign
staff was gleeful about a straw poll taken Saturday at the annual
convention of the Arizona Republican Assembly, a forum for
conservative groups in Arizona."  The paper gives the results by
noting that "Buchanan garnered 96 votes out of 126 cast; Texas Sen.
Phil Gramm, who was introduced by Arizona Sen. John McCain, got six
votes."
     Other political issues were covered, according to the paper,
"Buchanan drew applause when denouncing the welfare system for
bankrupting the federal government and destroying communities."
The article goes on to state "He called for turning the main
welfare programs--Aid for Families with Dependent Children, food
stamps and Medicaid--over to the states along with federal block
grants that would diminish over time.  States, he said, would pick
up the responsibilities."  The article concludes with, "Yet
Buchanan wouldn't go as far as denouncing the welfare reform plan
now in the Republican-controlled Congress.  He compared it to
supporting a tax cut while simultaneously pushing for a flat tax."
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     In the Wednesday edition, on page of A6 of the Manchester
Union Leader is, "Buchanan Wraps Up 3-Day Campaign Tour"  written
by Union Leader staff member John DiStaso.
     The first paragraph begins, "The setting was tailor-made for
Presidential candidate Pat Buchanan: Manchester's last remaining
shoe factory, where the owner says he fixes his own equipment and
pays his workers every 10 minutes what Chinese shoe workers take a
full day to earn."  Speaking at the Omni Footwear Corp., and "at a
forum at the fashionable offices of the McLane, Graf, Raulerson and
Middleton law firm, Buchanan yesterday sent three messages crucial
to his Presidential aspirations: I am exactly what I say I am; I
know this state and its people better than any other hopeful; and,
I am a viable national candidate who knows how to parlay limited
financial resources into a Republican nomination and a general
election victory."
      Buchanan was "wrapping up a three-day campaign swing in the
Granite State," and according to the paper he "said the GOP
sweepstakes will come down to "Bob Dole and the most articulate,
most persuasive and most authentic conservative--and I think that's
me."  
     The article continues "In a clear swipe at Texas Sen. Phil
Gramm and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Buchanan warned of the
emergence of a third party of 'social conservatives who will take
the Republican Party down just like (Ross) Perot did' in 1992
unless its nominee stands firm on social issues such as abortion
and the right to life, school prayer and homosexuality in the
military.
     While Buchanan was at the Omni Footwear Corp. Factory,
employees also got a chance to speak.  The paper quoted Ida Soucy,
"a Merrimack piece worker who cuts fabric for fashionable women's
shoes for weddings and other special occasions" as saying, "We're
a dying breed.  We just can't compete."  Buchanan was then quoted
as responding, "Why are we sending jobs over there?  Jobs should be
coming here . . . [article's elipsis] our trade policies are
killing us."
      "If elected, Buchanan said, he would cut tax rates for small
businesses below the rate paid by large corporations and deregulate
small business."  The paper quotes Buchanan who "said he would `get
out of NAFTA as quickly as possible.'"  The article also states
that he would "work to get the U.S. out of the World Trade
Organization set up under the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (GATT).  He called those deals and the Mexican bailout
`insane,' and noted that Dole and Gramm supported them."  Buchanan
is quoted as saying, "When the American people wake up and learn
that the WTO is imposing sanctions on us because we're cruel to
imperial Japan, that will be one of the last days of the WTO."
     The article concludes with the hopes of George Sansoucies, who
is as the article points out, "Omni President and CEO."  Sansoucies
"said a federal Small Business Administration loan (of $200,000)
kept his 60-employees business afloat, but the hoped Buchanan would
`take some of the money they're sending overseas and help small
businesses,' perhaps with federally-funded worker training
programs."

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     Also appearing on Wednesday, April 26th, is a short article by
a staff member, titled, "Carmen Backs Dole," on page A9.  The paper
states that "Gerald Carmen, an ambassador during the Reagan
administration and a long time Republican activist in New
Hampshire, had joined a host of GOP leaders as national co-chairs
of Sen. Robert Dole's Presidential campaign."  The paper quotes
Carmen, who says, "Bob Dole embodies the leadership and character
qualities that America deserves in its President."
     The article also mentions two other members of Dole's
campaign, "Jeane Kirkpatrick, former United Nations ambassador, and
Lyn Nofziger, Reagan's former assistant for political affairs."
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