AFT Affiliate in New York Among Top Backers of Clinton Campaign

The political-action committee of New York State United Teachers, that state's affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, has been the second most important source of campaign financing for President Clinton in his political career, according to a new book.

The state union's PAC has donated $101,819 to Mr. Clinton, reports The Buying of the President , which was written by Charles Lewis and the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan research group in Washington, D.C.

Only the combined contributions from Goldman Sachs, a New York-based investment-banking company whose employees have given Mr. Clinton $107,850,...