    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book I)]
    [March 30, 1995]
    [Page 432]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Remarks on the Major League Baseball Strike and an Exchange With
    Reporters in Tampa
    March 30, 1995

        The President. Since I'm here in Florida, it might be appropriate to
    say something about the baseball situation. The judge is going to hand
    down a ruling, apparently, pretty soon. And I would just say, if the
    injunction stays and the players do again state their willingness to go
    back to work, then I hope they won't be locked out. I think it gives us
    a chance at least to start the baseball season in a good way and without
    the replacement players.

        Ultimately, of course, they're still going to have to work this out,
    and they're going to have to do it by some mutual agreement. But we may
    be given an opportunity in the next couple of days to have a baseball
    season. And if that opportunity arises and the players are willing to go
    back, then I hope the owners won't lock them out.

    CIA and Guatemala

        Q. [Inaudible]--CIA covered up the murder in Guatemala?

        The President. Well, we have no information to that effect. We are
    looking into all the allegations. And I have taken exceptional steps to
    make sure that there is a good investigation and to make sure that the
    records are secure. I think I should do that. As you know, this relates
    to events that occurred before I became President. But we need to know
    the facts, and we're going to do everything we can to find out the
    facts.

    Haiti

        Q. Is there any evidence that--any evidence that Aristide's people
    were behind the assassination?
        The President. President Aristide immediately asked for help to
    investigate the action. Indeed, the people who were down there were
    working before to try to head off any political violence leading up to
    the handover this weekend. And as soon as the killing occurred, he asked
    for help, and we had dispatched immediately a substantial team from the
    FBI. So I think that is significant evidence that he wants to get to the
    bottom of this and that he's keeping his word not to support political
    violence.
        There are many factions there. They've done a good job of keeping
    down political violence. They don't need to start it again. What they
    need to do is to keep things calm, maintain a low crime rate, continue
    to work with the United Nations, and rebuild that country. We only have,
    I think, 6,000 of the 35,000 factory workers who were working before the
    military coup back working. So we need to keep working on building the
    country. And that's what I'm going to say when I go down there.
        Thank you.

    Note: The President spoke at approximately 3 p.m. at Tampa Bay
    International Airport. In his remarks, he referred to President Jean-
    Bertrand Aristide of Haiti and to the March 28 assassination of
    President Aristide's political opponent Mireille Durocher Bertin.