STOP LYING ABOUT OUR RECORD

Newt Gingrich says he's sick of "despicable demagoguery" by the press that depicts Republican reforms ascruel to poor women and children-- the same line Democrats have taken on the House floor this week. "It is shameful when the major newspapers of this country repeat routinely the lies of liberals who are saving the bureaucrats by using the children," Gingrich told 1,000 New York City government, business and civic leaders today. The truth, he said, is that Congress is increasing the school lunch program by 4.5 percent and increasing aid to women and children above Clinton Administration projections. Outside the hotel where he spoke, 10 protesters were arrested while hundreds of AIDS and welfare activists chanted.