ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, March 20, 1996              TAG: 9603200069
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A-2  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON

PEROT PROMISES TO RUN IF SUPPORTERS WANT HIM

Ross Perot said Tuesday he would run for president again and ``give it everything I have'' if members of his new Reform Party want him as their candidate.

His comments came as aides worked to put Perot's name on the November ballot in Texas, Florida and other states.

Top Perot aides said the Texas businessman's name was being used only as a ``stand-in candidate'' until a Reform Party nominee is chosen in September. But most of those organizing the effort have made no secret they want Perot to run, and he said flatly Tuesday that he would answer such a call.

```Let's assume the dust clears, and that's what the members of this party want,'' Perot told WOAI radio in San Antonio, Texas. ``Then certainly, I would give it everything I have, because probably there's not a luckier person alive in this country today.''

- Associated Press

LENGTH: Short :   29 lines
KEYWORDS: POLITICS PRESIDENT