CLINTON, DOLE DUEL OVER WELFARE

President Clinton told the nation's governors he wouldtoughen up welfareby barring recipients who refuse to work from getting additional food stamps. Moving to confront Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole's plan to transfer the lion's share of federal welfare monies to the states, Clinton defended Washington's role as crucial to poor children. "I believe we ought to have a continued partnership," the President told the National Governors' Association in Burlington, Vermont. "I am opposed to welfare reform that is really just a mask forcongressional budget cutting." Dole, who spoke earlier, said he would introduce legislation by week's end to convert Aid to Families with Dependent Children and some child care and job training programs into block grants. TIME's Sam Allis says Dole's plan drew enthusiastic support today from all 30 GOP governors. "Clinton tried to sweeten the pot significantly," Allis says. "But where he sees a federal role, Republicans still see entitlements."