European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 the stars and stripes april 45 military contractors under investigation Washington not the pentagons inspector general said wednesday that 45 of the nations 100 largest military contractors were under criminal investigation by the defense the Joseph who was appointed to head the pentagons oversight activities two years ago after Congress established the told members of the House Energy and Commerce committees investigations panel that anybody who quotes me As saying things Are Good needs their bolts on the Issue of improper overhead expenses billed against government Sherick characterized the Industry attitude As we stole it fair and he recommended that David chairman of general dynamics and Gordon the Compa nys chief financial be debarred from military after the general dynamics issued a Brief statement saying As far As we Are there Are no grounds whatever for suspension or debarment of either the company or of its senior the investigations subcommittee has been examining in Public hearings the Billing of overhead expenses not incurred directly in the delivery of a warship or aircraft to the defense department by general dynamics and by the Pratt Whitney engine division of United technologies the subcommittee seeks to show that the improper Billing of overhead particularly entertain ment and has been practice by Many Sherick said his office recently warned the Navy not to use figures developed by the general dynamics electric boat division on subcontractor because an audit had concluded that the company consistently underestimated the amount of Price reduction it could obtain from its Ven he also told the subcommittee that he had directed his staff to conduct a full investigation of no Navy defense department officials who received gratuities from general this was believed to be the first official acknowledgement that senior Pentagon civilians were under such last House investigators released evidence that the company had Given jewelry and other personal gifts to Hyman who led the navys nuclear sub Marine program until his retirement in the whose electric boat shipyard is a major producer of sub has denied that the gifts were illegal Sherick did not name any of the companies under investigation by Pentagon in recent general dynamics and Pratt Whitney Are known to have been subjects of grand jury in the Gener Al electric was indicted on charges that its space sys tems division altered time cards in a Way that defrauded the Sherick said wednesday that he could not comment in detail about general for because of current grand jury also testifying before the subcommittee wednesday was Frank director of the general accounting offices National Security Conahan reviewed the conclusions of a 1984 Gao study that found the Pentagon did not adequately prevent improper overhead charges against its the Gao is the investigative Arm of these costs Are charged by All Conahan said of improper Billings such As personal travel and enter it is not even though Pentagon auditors might Challenge significant portions of such the study military contracting officers often negotiate settlements allowing millions of dollars More than the auditors in a review of Pentagon auditing activities at 11 major companies for 1978 through the Gao study found that Pentagon auditors questioned the propriety of million out of million in but negotiations Between government representatives and the contractors resulted in million of these challenged costs being reinstated and included in overhead Conahan said that ambiguities in Federal regulations permitted different interpretations of what expenses were Al negotiations Between government representatives and contractors generally resulted in a 5050 split of con tested he rather than an items item deter Conahan said the defense department recently drafted revisions to its regulations to remove these ambiguities and was circulating them among contractors for on the subject of general dynamics business Sherick told the subcommittee the naval investigative service and the air Force office of special As Well As my own defense criminal investigative service and the Federal Bureau of investigation have ongoing he said there were currently 82 open investigations relat ing to the nations 100 largest military Twenty three of the 45 companies associated with these cases Are being scrutinized under his the rest Are being handled by other Pentagon Burcham Dies 10 Days after implant Mac flights a Jack a retired train Engineer who pinned Hopes for an extended life on an experimental artificial died just 10 Days after becoming the fifth and oldest recipient of the plastic and Metal beset with problems with the implant from the died at according to Bob a spokesman for Humana Burcham had suffered kidney problems and was put on dialysis twice this week to cleanse his but Irvine did not specify the cause of he said details would be released later at a news conference at he Mana Hospital of be also had had difficulty when doctors discovered that the jaryik7 was too Large for his Chest Dur ing the april 14 implant and he suffered severe bleeding the Day after the he was the second artificial heart recipient to but his time with the device was the three men with jarvik7 William Schroeder and Murray Haydon in Louisville and an unidentified Man in remain tethered to the machinery that drives the device with puffs of related Page family members at the Hospital called Burnhams eldest Jack late wednesday night to Tell him of his fathers i dont think it had anything to do with the artificial heart the younger Burcham said in a Telephone interview from his be i really feel that dad was probably too weak to have Devries had said four Days before the implant that he considered Burcham to be the strongest of his four artificial heart can on Irvine had described Burcham As being right on the Normal track his kidney function is returning to but the younger Burcham said he believed that his fathers condition was not As Strong going into the transplant As doctors had he said he did not think the implant was a waste and that the program should con i think everyone should have a Chance to have a he Burcham suffered a near fatal heart at tack 9 while working on the roof of his until relatives and doctors said he had had no medical his condition began to deteriorate after and on March 28 he was readmitted to Joseph Hospital in with congestive heart the implant was considered after he failed to respond to aggressive therapy and but doctors encountered problems during the Burnhams Chest was too Small for the mechanical so doctors spent almost six hours removing cartilage and implanting it in his irregularly shaped Chest Burcham was rushed to surgery the next Day to Stem bleeding from stitches connect ing the heart to the by he had lost 42 pints of his weakened by a massive heart attack in were strained by the series of blood and he was put on dialysis on monday and wednesday to cleanse his earlier this doctors said his kidney condition was not life he had remained in critical a Jack Burcham condition and had to use a Respirator after the Burnhams wife of 42 Lavonne Jinx told reporters two Days after the implant operation that Burcham had been motivated by his love for life and for his when doctors told him he didst have Long to he was ready to try the she if they put it ill make it she quoted him As Jack was motivated by his love for life and for his i dont know if he was scared or he didst realize How sickle she had said that her husband was aware that after receiving the his life would never be she said at the we will have him with us a lot Barney the first lived for 112 Days before dying on March the second and longest living spent his 151st Day wednesday with the of remained at Audubon Hospital still hooked to a ventilator that aids his of is recuperating at an apart 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