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Bradley

( From Page 1 ) he's a Protestant, but declined to specify his church affiliation. WHILE MOCHARY DEPENDS on the Reagan coattails. Bradley never mentioned Mondale-Ferraro, and indicated he doubted a potential Reagan landslide would hurt him But he also separated himself from Mondale Sunday by saying he does not support his proposed tax increase. "New Jersey voters historically are ticket-splitters." said Bradley The state is 45 percent Democrat, 20 percent Republican and 35 percent independent, he said. Bradley apparently agrees with his opponent that New Jersey is "doing very' well" under Reagan, but he adds that

there was a deep recession two years ago. "The economy is much better today than in '82," he said, "but I want to make sure it lasts. We're now in recovery, but a good part of that comes on the back of a mountain of debt, over 1700 billion in the last four years." And he said the "real" interest rate — the difference between the prime and inflation — is higher than the interest rate in

1980. HE SEES "PROBLEMS on the horizon: the debt, international financial fragility, the export sector hurt by the value of the dollar." He had "major reservations," he said, about the government rescue of Continental Illinois bank "That sent ^signal that •the government would step in and bail out a big bank, but it has let small ones fail. If you read between the lines, you put your1 money in a big bank . And local banks are a strength of our system." Bradley called his "Fair Tax" proposal his "major legislative initiative." He said it would restructure the income tax from 14 rates to three — 14, 26 or 30 percent — eliminate loopholes, and, although 70 percent of taxpayers would pay the same or less, according to Bradley, it would raise more money than the current law. BRADLEY CONCEDED Mochary's charge that he voted against a balanced budget amendment. He said it "gave 40 senators, who could represent 20 to 25 per...a mountain of debt... cent of the population, life and death control over the economic and national security of this country ." ' But. he added, "I voted for legislation that would require the president to submit a balanced budget." He denied Mochary's charge that he voted against efforts "to rebuild our national defense." " I strongly argue against that," he said. "I have a very strong defense record both on strategic and conventional forces. 1 did vote to better spend money on defense." The two also differ on aid to Nicaraugua . Mochary would support the rebels "with ! arms and money . " Bradley said -he does not support "covert aid" to the rebels. BRADLEY CALLED Mochary's charge that he came late to the support of the Super Fund "ludicrous. I was instrumental in it. We held hearings in the finance committee when it was essentially dead. I went and pushed for it." He denied Mochary's charge he has ignored New Jersey and his constituents. "I have lived up to my pledge to represent all 74 million people," he said. "I don't ask their party. I'm accessible. I held town meetings in every county. I opened the first office in South Jersey (in Turners ville)." He said his staff has "helped" more than 55,000 constituents since he took office. "I've gotten things for New Jersey," he said. "I saved Ft. Dix. I got two carriers refurbished at the Philadelphia Naval Yard, which meant 3,000 jobs for South Jersey." BRADLEY'S OFFICE calls him an "ERA champion" and he cites his sponsorship of the Child Support Enforcement Bill which makes it possible to garnishee wages and confiscate state and federal tax returns from spouses 30 days late with child support. The senator said be supports freedom of |

choice on abortion. And, he said, he has voted for the death penalty. The senator's office calls his Fair Tax bill, his support of the Super Fund to clean up toxic waste, and his pro-education measures his key stances, in that order. BRADLEY W AS BORN in Crystal City, Mo., came to New Jersey in 1961 when he enrolled at Princeton University , where he was an all-American basketball player. He played for the New York Knickerbockers the National Basketball Association for 10 seasons. He's been a full-time resident of the state since 1973. He won his Senate seat by 220,000 votes in 1978. He's married to the former Ernestine Schlant, a comparative literature pro-

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lessor at Montclair State College. They have one daughter, Theresa Anne, 74, and live in Denville, Morris County. The senator said his family twice in the last four years looked at summer rentals in Avalon-Stone Harbor, but ended up at Long Beach Island, where they've gone for years.

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( From Page 1 > That means an administrative budget - in addition to his $72,600 annual salary — of about $9<j0,000 a year (based on the state's population ) which pays for a staff of 45, 33 of them in Washington, a dozen in the state, the closest in Turnersville, Gloucester County. * The Democrat also has a paid campaign staff of about 25, and growing, compared to Mochary's dozen. A CALL TO the senator's campaign headquarters in Union to request background information brings a thick packet of laudatory articles from prestigious publications: the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Philadelphia Inquirer, Louisville CourierJournal, Newsday. His face beams from the cover of NewJersey Monthly with the comment, "Does this look like a future President of the United States?" And he is one of three "neoliberals" ( with Rep. Timothy Wirthof Colorado and Sen. Gary Hart, both of Colorado) pictured on the cover of Esquire ' ("Man at His Best") magazine of February, 1982. A similar request of the Mochary campaign in Montclair brings a handful of news releases, a photo of her seated across the desk from Ronald Reagan, and a tearsheet from a newspaper called "Eighth Hungarian Tribe." She and her husband, Stephen, are of Hungarian descent. The ar-

ticle concludes, "Come election time this year, why not vote Hungarian?" THE MOCHARY CAMP looks at all this, plus polls showing her well behind Bradley, and finds things "extraordinarily encouraging," to quote her press secretary, John Samerjan. The key: Ronald Reagan and his 20 percent lead over Walter Mondale in NewJersey according to recent polls. Samerjan said Mochary polls show the voters prefer Reagan Mochary to MondaleBradley. Of course that's not the way their names will appear in the voting machines. "Sixty percent of the people will puli the GOP lever at the top," said Samerjan. But there is no one lever at the top in this state ; one must vote for each office individually. "If can make her case over the next six weeks, we've got a real shot," said Samerjan. SHE CLEARLY TOPS Bradley in one area; she is fluent in six languages: English, Hungarian, German, French, Spanish and Italian. A Rhodes Scholar, /Bradley's nevertheless limited to English. "My wife is the linguist," he said. Unable to schedule an interview in Cape May County, Bradley, 41, was interviewed by telephone from a room off the Senate floor. He had laryngitis. Mochary, 42,' on the first of two visits to the county so far, was inteviewed in the Herald-Lantern office. It was 9(7 degrees and humid, and she had just completed a 14-mile yog through Avalon-Stone Harbor.

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Mochary

' From Page 1 ) "women's vote" out there she can count on. SHE FINISHED in July a four-year term in Montclair city government, her only previous elective office. Her fellowcouncil members chose her as mayor, a part-time job that paid $2,600 a year. She said she worked 50-60 hours a week

at it and says her administration cut crime three consecutive years, revitalized the business district, "maintained" quality education, and "effectively addressed" environmental problems. Her answer to national issues, however, and to her problem of getting elected, involved Ronald Reagan. Cape May County, for example, will have economic development if Reagan is reelected since he will "keep the countrymoving" by "keeping inflation and interest rates low." Obviously not everybody is better off than four years ago," she said, "but 90 percent are." SHE LEARNED the county also had a problem with high utility rates, she said,

but "I can't do anything about that." Another problem, she said, is that the county "is part of New Jersey," a state that "has to become attractive tobusiness." After a quick briefing by government leaders in resort communities, Mochary said "coordinated planning" was an answer to local sewage problems, but

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"there are no permanent solutions" to beach erosion. She indicated there would have to be continual repairs, "as there is for roads." Comparing her (by necessity) lean staff with Bradley's larger campaign staff, plus his administrative offices, Mochary said that showed "why I know there can be better efficiency in government." SHE SAID SHE SPENT $400,000 ($250,000 a loan to herself) to beat an opponent in the Republican Primary while Bradley spent $700,000, through unopposed. Mochary holds to the Reagan position that there will be no tax hike. "No tax rate hike," she specifies. "We might have to close some loopholes, do away with some credits and deductions that no long serve a

purpose." But the answer to the budget deficit, she said, is "to cut more spending, get rid of waste and inefficient management." She calls herself a "moderateconservative, pretty conservative on financial issues." DESPITE HER TIGHT hold on the .Reagan coattails, she finds herself with different positions on three key issues. She supports the Equal Rights Amendment Reagan opposes. She is "Morally opposed" to abortion, but "only a woman can know what her circumstances are, and I support the right to make a choice." Reagan opposes abortion. Finally, Reagan has proposed (and Bradley backs) tuition tax credits for attending private and religious sehools. Mochary says no. "We have a budget deficit," she said, " and this is just another subsidy. I don't believe we should increase spending. Our public schools are in a crisis. This is not the time to send signals we are abandoning them." MOCHARY SAID something has to be done about the fact that the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey is "probably the dirtiest water in America." She cites sludge from the cities of New York and Philadelphia and says people have to be "educated." > She didn't like the federal rescue of the failing Continental Illinois bank, but "We had no choice. It doesn't make me happy as a precendent. Chrysler worked so well, but one of these days one won't work so well." Mochary campaigns against Bradley as "a decent man," but "out of step with the majority of our citizens." She links him to the Carter-Mondale administration, says he voted against Reagan's economic recovery program, and claims he was a late supporter of the Super Fund that provides money for cleaning up hazardous waste sites, of which New Jersey has 800. "It was introduced in July 1979 by Sen. Culver of Iowa," said Mochary. "Bradleyshowed no enthusiasm until a year later. He had nothing to do with it. I'm offended when he says if it hadn't been for him..." She also charged Bradley "does dot speak out for New Jersey. He turns his back on the municipalities and businesses that ask for help. So many never even get an answer." f \ THE MOCHARYS HAVE £ daughter, Alexandra, 17, at Wellesley, where Mrs. Mochary got her BA in economics, and a son, Matthew, 15. She said she's workeaall her life, except when her children were "very, very small." They are 18 months apart. + "I have wonderful children," she said, "knock wood." She said she loves to campaign, but is a "beach person" when she has spare time, which is seldom. Her hobbies include skiing; running; going tO/th6~lheatfr, art | museum, etc. ^ \ "I could fill my life with bobbies," she said. "I love life." J J Although she's been jogging three .times a week during this campaign, die's also been gaining weight (she's 125 potkjds on 5-foot, 4-inches). "That's because every time I stop, I geP something to eat," she laughed.