European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 14, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 to ads with gun toting irs agents refused a television commercials portray i m bringing the Law breaking and the violence of management committee decided the ads were in inn a in i. it in. Is into the Liduino in not of America and i the Flam Satorv. Inappropriate. And Only served is Atili. Television s Porton ing internal Revenue service agents As Pun Lolin have been refusal by in talc vision stations. The Seattle is . Kiro to decided to run the spots As did Able news network. In one of the spots cameras room in on a covering Man spread simple on his Lawn surrounded by a group of hard faced men brandishing weapons. In another a housewife and her Small child watch a gang of armed men burst into their Kitchen later the woman s husband freezes As the men storm into his woodworking shop waving m-16 rifles and sub machine guns. These arc the lax collectors As portrayed by for Mer Idaho rep. George Hansen. The commercials produced by the new Continental Congress which Hansen founded arc aimed at raising Money for the anti lax group. I he irs into the living rooms of America and let the Public be the judge Hansen said from the Washington dc., office of his consulting company. Right now the president and the Congress Are talk ing about lax reforms. While we re talking about cleaning up our tar. System let s make sure we clean up the the ads Cost �10,000 to $20.000 each to produce Hansen says and have been running in cities around the United states. Each ends with a few frames of president Reagan criticizing the tax system or a shot of the . Constitution and a pitch for a donation of "$20 or More to fund action against this growing Seattle Abc affiliate King to and Abc affiliate Komo to refused to run the ads. De Lackner Komo vice president for corporate affairs said a management committee decided the ads were inflammatory e. To undermine the Public s Confidence in the govern ment. Period " King to s Hub Glover general sales manager said the station has a policy not to run commercial Advertis ing soliciting Money. These spots arc Strong no question about it says Hansen. He says he s been fighting the irs since 1976. When irs agents went to Idaho to claim capital gains taxes from dam disaster victims who had received insurance settlements. Hansen was Defeated for re election last year after he was convicted of tiling false financial disclosure statements. Thai Case is on Appeal he says. The irs is reviewing the ads but has no immediate response a spokesman said. Chamber of Commerce takes aim at rail airline unions Washington a organi cd labor is the Large of a Campaign by the chamber of Commerce that would make it easier to get rid of unions representing nearly half a million workers in the airline and rail industries. The chamber which represents 180,000 employers has filed petitions in the past month asking the National mediation Board which monitors collective bargaining at airlines and railroads to change Federal procedure and allow for desertification elections. The chamber proposal is the Type of thing that will encourage employers to foment unrest and that always leads to strikes said Robert save Lson co counsel to the air line pilots association and the association of right attendants. The three member mediation panel will hold hearings on whether to re draft its poli cies. The 1.9 million member teamsters the nation s largest Union has responded by asking the mediation Board to Institute new election procedures that would Aid unions in winning organizing drives. Under the proposal by the teamsters a Union would have to win a majority of the ballots cast at an airline or Railroad. Now the vote for unions 1981-84 m percent
