CLINTON VOWS TO PROTECT FARMERS

Visiting Iowa today ten months before the presidential caucuses, President Clinton promised to protect farm subsidiesfrom the deep cuts proposed by the GOP. While Clinton wants to cut the $10 billion program by $1.5 billion over the next five years, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind) has suggested cuts ten times as large. The President stressed that planned GOP spending cuts target programs needed by small family farms.