Dodger Front Office Backs Ueberroth Plan

Fred Claire, the Dodgers’ executive vice president, expressed support Friday for Peter Ueberroth’s proposal to implement a drug-testing program under the direction of the commissioner’s office.

Roughly half of the Dodger players currently under contract have drug-testing provisions, Claire said.

“Where we want to get is to have testing accepted by all players, and the players’ association,” Claire said, “but I’m not going to say we’ll not sign contracts that don’t have them.”

The Dodgers had planned to implement their own drug-testing program under the supervision of Dr. Forrest Tennant, the team’s drug consultant. But Claire said that the Dodgers had no objection to the commissioner’s plan.

“I think it can be well handled in that fashion,” Claire said. “Certainly with more consistency. . . . We thoroughly believe in drug testing.”

Said Manager Tom Lasorda: “He’s the commissioner, he makes the rules and we have to abide by them.

” (Now), we’re going over to the field, gentlemen, to work.”