41/76 g6ws Af --ZAic /14 if Clements, hit for 't Post Austin Bureau AUSTIN — Thirteen state representa- tives and four other candidates for the House, all Democrats, attacked Gov. Bill Clements and House speaker candidate Gib Lewis of Fort Worth Friday for threatening to fight their election in November. The statement released by Rep. Bill Caraway of Houston said Clements and Lewis were trying to intimidate the 17 candidates, who all face Republican opponents in the November general elec- tion, and stop them from supporting Rep. John Bryant of Dallas for House speaker. "Gib Lewis has become a pawn in the effort by Govenor Clements to take con- trol of the Texas Legislature. . . . Rep. Lewis, a Democrat, is seeking to defeat us with Republicans because we do not support him for speaker," the statement said. It also predicted victory for Rep. John 'Bryant in his bid for speaker, which will be decided in January when the Legisla- ture convenes again. And it also predict- _ . ewis 4: •.., •..r; rea ed victories in the November general election for the 17 state representative candidates. "We are not tools or pawns of Bill Cle- ments or Gib Lewis and are not intimr- dated by threats of reprisals at the ballot box," the statement said. According to Caraway, those who join- ed him in signing the statement were Reps. Gene Green, Al Luna and Ralph Wallace, all of Houston; Gonzalo Barri- entos and Mary Jane Bode, both of Aus- tin; Ed Watson of Deer Park; Jerry Benedict of Angleton; Matt Garcia of San Antonio; Arnold Gonzales of Corpus Christi; Bill Keese of Somerville; Don Rains of San Marcos, and Froy Salinas of Lubbock. The non-incumbent candi- dates are Tommy Adkisson and Joyce Dorrycott, both of San Antonio; Jim Coate of Pearland; and Clint Hackney of Houston. Bode said she gave Caraway permis- sion to use her name, but she did not be- lieve Lewis was a "pawn" or guilty of "chicanery." , • State AUSTIN LAWYERS Randall B. "Buck" Wood and Doitald W. Ray — suddenly mum because of a gag order Imposed by a federal judge — surren- dered to federal authorities in Austin on Brilab charges. House Speaker Bill Clayton said he still wanted a speedy trial, expected to be found innocent of the charges, and thought he would be re-elected speaker in January despite his legal troubles. Page 12A r • • DISTRICT JUDGE Herman Jones has refused to dismiss a lawsuit back- ed by Republican Gov. Bill Clements and four former Democratic attorneys general trying to block the, multimillion-dollar Austin welfare headquarters building the governor calls a "Taj Mahal." The suit chal- lenged incumbent Democratic Attor- ney General Mark White's rulings up- holding appropriations for the proposed Texas Department of Human Resources Building, which also would house the Texas Youth Council's main office. Page 20A . .Post Austin Bureau , AUSTIN — District Judge Herman Jones has refused •to dismiss a lawsuit backed by Republican Gov. Bill ,Clements and four former Democratic attorneys genet.- Al trying to block the multimillion-dollar welfare head- quarters building the governor calls a "Taj Mahal." The suit challenged incumbent Democratic Attorney General Mark White's rulings upholding appropriations for the proposed Texas Department of Human Re- sources Building, which also would house the Texas _Youth Council's main office. Jones notified attorneys on both sides of the suit Friday that he had overruled several motions by the 'attorney general's office to dismiss the suit and had re- jected motions from both sides for summary judgments -deciding the case in their favor without an evidentiary ,trial on the merits of the controversy. : Lawyers for the plaintiffs and White argued the mo- tons for about three hours in a preliminary hearing :June 6. THE JUDGE NOTIFIED THEM by letter Friday that he had overuled attorney general dismissal motions claiming that the plaintiffs lacked standing to file the suit, that the suit could not be brought without permis- sion of the Legislature, and that the court lacked jursid- iction to hear the case. Jones held that the suit should be decided after a trial with witnesses and full presentation of evidence, rather than on the basis of briefs and arguments by the lawyers for a summary judgment. Former Attorney General Waggoner Carr, one of the plaintiff lawyers, said he expects the case to come to trial in the next few months. The suit was filed March 15 against White, officials of the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, the Texas Youth Council and other state officials involved in pay- ment of state contracts. , MOST OF THE PLAINTIFFS ARE leaders of Texas 13, a tax-relief group headed by Carr. Former Attor- neys General Gerald C. Mann, John Ben Shepperd and Will Wilson, a former Democrat turned Republican, joined Carr as lawyers for the plaintiffs. The suit, which Clements has called an important test of the governor's constitutional veto power, stem- med from White's rulings that Clements had no power to veto the 1979 Legislature's appropriation for the pro- posed building, which is estimated to cost $40 million or more. White held that Clement's veto was invalid be- Cause the appropriation was not a "line-item" one sub- ject to veto. The plaintiffs also contend the appropriation was unconstitutional even if not subject to veto.