President Clinton will visit Cincinnati March 10 to attend a Democratic fund-raiser at the Amberley Village home of lawyer Stanley M. Chesley.
Mr. Chesley, who gave and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in 1996, said Thursday that the president will probably schedule a public event for his visit.
''Part of the reason for this is to raise money,'' Mr. Chesley said. ''But it's really a way for myself and my friends to show appreciation to the president and show him we support him.''
Mr. Chesley said neither a guest list for the event nor admission price has been set.
Ordinarily, when the president or a vice president comes to a city to raise money, the visit is paired with some public event. In March 1996, when the president was last in Cincinnati, he addressed a rally at Xavier University before going to a $5,000-a-plate luncheon DNC fund-raiser at the Maisonette. Mr. Chesley was the
host at that event.
Mr. Clinton went from Cincinnati to Columbus, where he was the featured speaker at an Ohio Democratic Party rally and at a private reception for major DNC donors.
Federal Election Commission reports show that Mr. Chesley and his Cincinnati law firm gave $252,000 to the Democrats in the 1996 election cycle.
Mr. Chesley helped the DNC raise well over $1 million more with a series of Cincinnati area fund-raisers in 1996 featuring the president, Vice President Al Gore, Hillary Rodham Clinton and the vice president's wife, Tipper Gore.
The Cincinnati lawyer's largesse with the Democratic Party has earned him frequent access to the White House during the Clinton presidency.
In April, when the Justice Department and congressional committees were investigating Democratic fund-raising practices, the DNC and the Clinton White House released documents showing that Mr. Chesley was among 56 donors and fund-raisers who were provided trips on Air Force One or presidential helicopters in 1995 and 1996.
President Clinton appointed Mr. Chesley's wife, Susan Dlott, to the U.S. District Court bench in 1995.
Mr. Chesley said his wife will not attend the fund-raiser.
