European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 contracting Law with fangs proposed Washington a a bipartisan House and Senate coalition announced wednesday it will seek passage this year of a Law with fangs to promote Competition in defense contracting and end what one senator called War profiteering in peace the Bill is intended to discourage sole source contracts for major weapons systems and make competitive contracting it follows extensive publicity about Over priced spare costly toilet seat covers and Coffee and other alleged abuses in the defense contracting the procurement horror stories Are emerging said David d we see unprecedented War profiteer ing in weapons that dont virtually no Competition in defense procure More and More dollars buying less and we not Only need a Law with Teeth in we must now have a Law with Pryor told a news Charles said the Bill is intended to improve the current Situa Tion in which he said Only 5 percent of All Pentagon contracts Are the result of competitive we want to promote Good old fashioned american said Barbara in the name of in the name of american taxpayers Are being simply ripped the proposed which would take effect has these major components it would make sol source contracting compel the Secretary of defense to justify it and ultimately require a sole source contract to be specifically authorized by it would require at least two sealed bids on All other in competitive bidding on a major weapons the lowest bidder would be awarded the majority of work under the but the next Best bidder also would get a share of the contract to keep pressure on the Best bidder to keep prices Low and Quality the penalties of perjury would apply to false claims by o a contractor would be required to pick up All of the costs for the repair or replacement of defective equipment and the defense department would be prohibited from waiving that contractors would be required to Promise not to hire defense department employees who have worked on their con tracts for at least two years after the con tract has run the provision is intended to make the so called revolving door be tween the Pentagon and Industry More difficult to pass the Burden of proving what costs Are reasonable would be shifted from the de sense department to the and the definition of a reasonable Price would be changed from the current Reliance on what the Pentagon has paid in the past to any Cost not in excess of what a prudent commercial buyer would an analysis of the legislation prepared by the group of legislators said the change is necessary because Given some of the prices we in paid in the past the cur rent definition of what constitutes a reason Able Price is not chairwoman of Federal pane resigns under fire Washington a Marianne Mele chair woman of a government panel who has come under fire for her work on a Book that says Blacks insist on preserving their Jungle submitted her resignation the White House she thought that the Best thing to do would be to said Dale an assistant White House press Petroskey said Hall was not asked to resign but had been holding discussions with the White House in making her the press aide said he was not aware of Hall Ever talking to the president but that her resignation letter was addressed to As far As i it will be he More than 100 members of Congress had demanded Halls resignation from the Post As chair woman of the copyright Royalty tribunal in the Wake of disclosures that she was involved in preparation of a 1982 foundations of the Book said that As Long As american Blacks insist on preserving their Jungle their their avoidance of personal responsibility and their Abhorrence of the work there will be a continuing minority problem and a continued erosion of our Hall told a House panel last week that she was merely the editor of the but in documents filed with the Senate at the time her appointment was being considered she described herself As a she is also listed As a coauthor on the cover of the Mark spokesman for Senate judiciary com Mittee chairman Strom under the the senator feels she pursued the Cor rect course of the who previously had suggested judiciary copyrights subcommittee investigate the now believes Hall effectively closed the mat ter by Goodin Vic chairman of the House a collared during protest a photo a police officer restrains United Auto workers official Curtis Mcguire after the Union struck the Michigan ladder and set up Mcguire and two other Law officials were arrested after fighting broke out Between die strikers and sever Al nonunion employees who crossed their picket line the Union said it struck when its contract expired because of a pay and benefits proper nations subcommittee that oversees the copyright Tri she has done the right it is now time to move ahead on the important work of the but Charles Mathias chairman of the copyrights said he would continue his investigation with an Eye toward the while the resignation brings to an end this chapter in the tribunals it would be premature to close the Book entirely at this he the american peo ple deserve an explanation of How this episode was permitted to and a statement of what will be done to prevent a the inquiry commenced last week by the subcommittee on copyrights and trademarks will not to investigate but to examine the nomination and confirmation process that served the nation so poorly in this the authors recommended a separate but Superior school system for Blacks with retired Star athletes As wife sues after sailors body is sent to his Girlfriend Redwood a the body of a mar ried Sailor was sent to his Girlfriend instead of his who didst know about the other according to a suit filed by the Seamans the suit was filed tuesday against the san Mateo county coroners office by Maria whose died of a heart attack at san fran Cisco International Airport in the suit was also brought on behalf of their two and the suit seeks compensatory damages for mental anguish they claimed to have suffered Over the it also said a merchant Seaman fron Chula was buried in a cemetery instead of at sea As he san Mateo county Coroner Paul Jensen declined com ment wednesday on the the coroners office was contacted by the Elizabeth Rivera and wrote her name on the death certify the suit Riveras wedding passport and credit cards All went to the Girlfriend in los the suit the plaintiffs said they have been unable to collect Union Aid for the children or social Security because the death certificate lists another the family also has yet to receive Riveras personal effects and his Riveras double life apparently worked because the two women assumed he was away at sea much of the said Riveras Edward Rivera married his wife in 1958 and about the same time began living with the Mckinnon Rivera had one child with the the lawyer Chula Vista police informed Rivera about her husbands death while shipmates told the Mckinnon the police told the widow to Call the Coroner to make funeral she called on a saturday and was told to phone Back on when she called Mckinnon she was told everything had been taken care the body had been released to his wife and had been shipped to los