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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday August 13,1986 panel finds Deaver testified falsely subcommittee to give special counsel evidence Washington a a House panel investigating Michael k. Caver s lobbying business voted unanimously tuesday to refer evidence of possible perjury by the former presidential aide to an Independent counsel. The House Energy and Commerce investigations and oversight subcommittee approved a memo finding that a Caver May have violated Federal criminal stat utes relating to perjury false statements and obstruction of a congressional investigation during his May 16 testimony before the panel. The vote to approve the report and refer it to Independent counsel Whitney North Seymour or. Was 17-0. The report found that Deaver knowingly and will fully testified falsely regarding his contacts with . Ambassadors and that his false testimony was Materi Al to questions asked by the subcommittee according to a memo by rep. John dinged d-mich., that accompanied the report. Dingell wrote that or. Deaver was questioned extensively regarding his relationships and contacts with United states ambassadors after he left the White House and became a lobbyist for foreign governments and companies. Deaver failed to mention contacts with the Ambas Sador to Germany Richard Burl and the ambassador to Japan Mike Mansfield Dingell wrote. Deaver also failed to mention a significant Tele phone conversation he had with then National Secu Rity adviser Robert c. Mcfarlane about tax credits for business investors in puerto Rico the memo said. The staff concludes that or. Deaver knowingly and wilfully testified falsely with regard to his Contact with or. Mcfarlane and that his false testimony was material dinged said. Dinged said the subcommittee developed information that contradicted Denver s testimony after he testified during a closed hearing. The panel also said Deaver knowingly and will fully testified falsely when he described his february meeting about the by bomber made by Rock Well International corp., with budget director James Miller Iii. Or. Deaver testified that he told Rockwell that he was going to Call on or. Miller and that he reported Back to them subsequent to the meeting Dingell wrote in his memo. But Rockwell officials later told the subcommittee investigators that the first time they Learned of or. Deaver s meeting with or. Miller was from the newspaper accounts of that meeting and that they were never told of it by or. Deaver Dingell wrote. The subcommittee had initially planned to Call Deaver Back to testify. However in View of the Possi ble pc Jurious testimony already Given we feel it would not be helpful or appropriate to receive his fur ther testimony Dingell s memo said. Caver s lobbying activities since he resigned As Deputy White House chief of staff in May 1985 have been the subject of several investigations including one by Seymour. Dinged said in his memo to subcommittee members that evidence developed through the subcommittee s hearings and investigation conducted thus far also indicate possible violations of the ethics in government act by or.  the panel s vote to turn the 47-Page staff report Over to Seymour came during a closed two hour ses Sion of the subcommittee. In a letter to Dingell Miller protested that Deaver was not Given a copy of his testimony therefore deny ing him the Opportunity to clarify or Amend it. Deaver s lawyers were not immediately available to comment tuesday on the report s findings. A Good Man Euver five year old Brent me hmm of Lynn Uch Man Euver when she began choking mass., was honoured monday by City on piece of Candy. Standing with the and state officials at a City Hall Cere two children u or. Henry Heimlich Mony in Lynn for saving his Friend Tanya Brandon 6, by using the Heun Developer of the technique. He called Brenta use  irs accused of laxity on cheaters abroad by the Cox news service Washington nearly $2 billion in revenues is lost every year because most american civilians living abroad fail to report their taxable foreign in come to the internal Revenue service a congressional investigation has found. The investigation conducted by the House subcommittee on Commerce consumer and monetary affairs also uncovered thousands of americans re siding in the United states whose failure to report foreign income robs the Treasury department of billions More in tax dollars. Subcommittee chairman Doug bar Nard d-ga., said the investigation con firms that unless the irs cracks Dowson americans abroad the entire world beyond our Borders will become a tax Haven for tax  a report on the subcommittee s investigation obtained monday showed that61 percent of the estimated 1.8 million americans living overseas who should be reporting foreign income have failed Todo so in recent years. Their forgetful Ness As one subcommittee staffer put it has been perpetuated by the failure of the irs to address the problem with any significant program aimed at recovering the lost tax dollars. As a result the subcommittee is urging the Treasury department to establish a matchup system that would require the slate department to furnish the irs with the names of the 250,000 Ameri cans who renew their passports each year through . Embassies and consulates. Those names would then be matched against irs records to determine which americans have been avoiding their tax  in addition the report which is highly critical of the irs for not mount ing a bigger Effort to recover the lost revenues also recommends strengthening the foreign information reports pro Gram which requires countries to Exchange income information on citizens who live abroad. The program in recent years the sub committee report noted has been a fail ure. For example most countries with which Exchange agreements have been negotiated including Mexico Central America Africa and much of Europe Don t bother to report at All. The prob Lem is compounded by the Small number of Treasury attaches who arc responsible for collecting information from foreign governments on tax matters. There Are Only 32 of them stationed abroad and the subcommittee would like to see that number More than Dou bled. The irs really is doing nothing about All this said a subcommittee aide. And what that Means is you Don t have to bother hiding your income in secret Bank accounts. All you have to do is just not report  Dith Buthod by Tawny. Tims legislators to seek of to use troops in drug  i j i _ ii a  if us an l hop no non inc a a we re not a Washington up a group of House Mem Bers proclaiming it s time to Call up troops to fight the War on drugs said monday they will introduce legis lation authorizing the president to Call out the nation Al guard and reserves to halt trafficking at the . Mexico Border. Reps Tommy Robinson d-ark., and Duncan Hunter a Calif told a news conference they would offer the measure tuesday As an amendment to a drug Bill being taken up by the House armed services com Mittee. The legislation directs the president to deploy armed forces and equipment sufficient to halt the unlawful penetration of United states Borders by aircraft and vessels carrying  radar aircraft would begin patrolling the Southern Border for drug trafficking at night within 30 Days after the Bill was passed and troops would be activated within 45 Days to locate pursue and seize drug Laden ships and planes and arrest the Crews. This gives us immediate resources and that s what people Are asking for said rep. Robert Walker a a. Military helicopters and fixed Wing aircraft would Chase drug smugglers and . Customs service and coast guard planes and boats would assist. Guardsmen and reserves troops would be authorized to shoot Only if fired upon first. Hunter said. Currently it s against the Law for military forces to Stop civilian planes and arrest the pilots and Crew. If we can t defend against Cessna we re not going to have much Luck with ski the strategic defense initiative Hunter said. He predicted the administration would have no problem with the bid based on a conversation he had with attorney general Edwin Meese. The mexican Border runs along four states califor Nia Arizona new Mexico and Texas but Florida and other Gulf states Are affected by drug smuggling by sea As Well As air. Hunter said the three agencies that locate track and catch drug smugglers the customs service drug enforcement administration and coast guard have trouble coordinating Haud off Maneu vers when one Jency turns Over the Pursuit to another  
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