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...York State alone, Perot paid about $1 million to hire 80 temporary workers through employment agencies and newspaper advertisements. Earning from $8 to $10 an hour, they crisscrossed New York City beseeching passersby to sign up before the state's Aug. 27th filing deadline. Elsewhere, Perot's bounty has subsidized the remains of his political operation. The Florida campaign, which has shrunk from 38 to 10 outposts, solicits donations through a newsletter. In South Carolina and other states, workers are hawking Perot bumper stickers, baseball caps and T shirts. But none of these offices could stay open without...
...shrewdest ploys for keeping Perot's name in the news was the % publication in August of his book, United We Stand, whose title is also the name of his newly launched advocacy group. The book contains the drastic economic prescriptions that Perot made public only after withdrawing from the race. Perot has won the attention and credibility he craves by helping to keep the slim volume on the New York Times paperback best-seller list. Volunteers, using the author's own money, are urged to buy the plan, then distribute it free of charge at Perot field offices, to public...
Fridrich and some other state leaders serve at Perot's pleasure. Without the advice of local volunteers, Perot headquarters has handpicked representatives, who are flown to Dallas for high-level meetings. Some of these leaders owe their positions to the dedication they showed earlier in the campaign. Others, however, belong to the tycoon's large network of personal cronies...
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...Navy Discharge. Perot, an Annapolis graduate, claims that he cut short his Navy hitch because his commanding officer wanted him to bend or break shipboard rules. The officer, now retired, flatly denies this. Another Perot explanation -- that he was shocked to discover that sailors used profane language -- belongs in the "didn't inhale" category...