European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1983, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday december 9,1988 Hoyse demos pick Wright As speaker Washington Al House democrats Mon Day chose Jim Wright Izard working legislatively savvy texan with an  As the new speaker of the House. A accepting his party s nominal Antwright vowed to demonstrate to the american peopled. That we democrats have our act together. The House will be Content with nothing fuss than the whole truth about the Reagan  s arms sales to Iran and the surrounding  said. Bui that won t be allowed to preoccupy us note to paralyse us nor to distract us from the important work we have to  Wright listed Trade legislation farm pro Gram Reform welfare re form and budget prob lems As the top Domestic priorities. The ascension of right currently the House majority Leader to the Post being vacated by retiring speaker Thomas p. O Neill jr., was approved by acclamation. The full h9usc must ratify the nomination on Wright in is briefs Jan. 6, when the 100th Congress begins. Democrats hold an 81-vote majority and party allegiance in such a vote is nearly  speaker Wright will be second in the line of presidential succession behind Only the vice  s move up cleared the Way for rep. Thomas Foley d-wash., to move up to become majority Leader. Foley was unopposed As was Wright and was elected by , in a separate meeting. House republicans unanimously re elected their leadership minority Leader Robert h. Michel of Illinois and minority Kun hip Trent Lett of Mississippi. Che Only real contest monday was for Foley  whip the third highest House pm end plut and a Job designed to promote  the float a rep. Tont Cuelho d-calif.,  demo cratic congressional Campaign Colp Littee. Was the front runner in at face against it Stcharles ranged-n.y., a Deputy hous whip. Jet rep. Richard Gephfeds-mo., and rep. Maryrose Dakar a Ohio pm shoo ins for re election As caucus chairman and Pretl  arse acting dithers and organizing this week. The  with 2smaembere to the re publicans if also will vote to proposed Rule changes ugh dog Banning age i Cronin action  and allowing Mcd a to mention the word Senate on the House floor. They now must Call it the other  to the prohibition against making Specif a mice tothe Senate dates from 1801, wheat pros Jefferson compiled parliamentary maj main  changes approve do be democratic caucus will go to the Hout Caprar a , 63, Pilot whose first Ambi Tion was Tampa football player is a flowery and some times pkg ended orator who relishes Tho language Hes his own , 57, a genial Spokane native with h liking for be music is considered knowledgeable capable and fair by democrats and republicans Fiske. The race for democratic whip pitted Coelho a four term congressman from California s if cultural Cen trial Valley against rang who has Xen representing new York s Harlem for twice that Long. Raniel 56, has been a Deputy whip for the past fou years. His supporters said he would add geographical balance to the leadership which has no members East of the Mississippi River and he would be the first Black to hold the whip pos for his part Coelho 46, touted the revival of the Campaign committee he took Over in 1980. He has developed direct mail fund raising techniques and has distributed unprecedented amounts of Money another help to congressional candidates Many of whom won and were among those voting in the whip race. Britain gets 5 ski contracts London a defense Secre tary Caspar w. Weinberger said Mon Day the Pentagon has awarded five contracts for strategic defense Initia Tive research totalling $10.1 million to Britain s ministry of defense. The announcement followed hours of private talks Between Frein ,8nd British defense Secretary r a younger. Three of the five contracts for ski. Star wars As the program to develop a space based anti missile de sense is called involve research that could be used in Europe against Short Range nuclear missiles. Parity refrains soviets say Moscow a to senior so Viet officials on Mondry said . Violation of the Saline treaty has no changed the strategic parity existing Between the Safe Powers but the Kremlin will Jfe watching for an threat to Ilse purity. The Szwet Union is a powerful proud Jal nation which will never comp poise its Security or ind Epen . Nikolai Cher Oriold conference called to discuss so r reaction to the . Violation. The United states last week exceeded the limits of the treaty which was never ratified by the Senate when it put into operation its 131stbomber equipped with cruise mis Siles without disarming a Poseidon submarine. Deputy foreign minister Alexan Der Bessmer Nyoh told reporters that the delivery of a single bomber has not upset the balance of strategic Power Between the two countries but that the action could Lead to further disregard for Salt ii and other arms limitation accords. Fra from Page 1 ten by Alain a Chaquet the sinister for higher education who submits this res ignation on saturday. X French High school graduates no allowed to enter any University wish. There is a modest registration and students have to pay for their own housing and books but there is no Tui Tion and everyone receives a similar state diploma upon graduation. The proposed legislation would let universities set their own admission and curriculum standards. Universities would also be allowed to Orient Stu dents into a Field of study corresponding to the student s aptitude and not necessarily to the student s wishes. Airlift from Page 1 senior state department officials that our military people Are not even going to be close to the  some 700 nicaraguan soldiers Crosse the Border into Honduras according to a . Embassy official in Tegucigalpa the honduran capital. In Nicaragua on sunday foreign min ister Miguel d Escoto denied that any nicaraguan troops were in Honduras Boi claimed instead that . Warplanes 1 two nicaraguan villages sunday Dan Howard a Whitehouse so Desman discounted d Esco to s Asserati saying it s not for me today what s happening. It s for the govern  forces Chas rebels known Asis Are frequent a ment reports but forces ordinarily ment in hoi incursions ing the nil contras into i cording to .the honduran stay out of the fight the latest crossing sandinista reported in i the fifth by thei months. Shultz from Page 1 testimony but said it was not cleared in Advance wit presidential aides. What we re going to do is let Shultz do his testifying. Whatever Shultz tells will certainly be his View and As Best As he s been Able to determine Speakes  about Reagan s weekend statement that mis takes were made in the affair Shultz said it was mistake to get involved in the illegal. Funds trans  he said he did t want to appear to be Spe Kingas a judge but he added from what i have seen Ana what the attorney general said some things took place that were illegal 1 Shultz said that not Only was the diversion illegal but it served to confuse american foreign policy to Ward  other disclosures in testimony Given under oath the first time in 10 years As a Cabinet official tha Shultz has been asked to formally swear to Tell the truth the Secretary denied that he had personally appealed to the Sultan of Brunei for Money to help the contras. But redid not deny that other state department officials did so and be said a Law against . Military Aid to the Contra rebels did not preclude activities of the department of state to solicit humanitarian  declined to provide a direct response when asked bout newspaper reports that Iran was involved in the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon in 1983 in which 231 servicemen were killed. But be said Ira seems to have been involved at least in some fashion. In the most recent hostage taking of  americans have been taken hostage in Lebanon since september. Said it was outrageous if ousted National Secu Rity Council aide Oliver North persuaded business Manross Perot to Post a Cash Reward for the release of american hostages in Beirut i know nothing about it he said of news reports about the reported action. Testified that the . Ambassador to Beirut John Kelly discussed efforts to free american hostages in Beirut with National Security Council officials i Washington but circumvented the state department in doing so. I am to put it mildly shocked to Lear this " Shultz said adding that Kelly has been ordered Back to Washington and told to bring his records wit him. Disclosed that be already has been questioned by Justice department officials looking into the arms Sale and diversion of funds to  said he was prepared to cooperate fully with the committee in its probe into the Reagan administration s foreign policy controversy although be said some information could Only be discussed in secret session. I am firmly in support of what is taking place namely the president s determination to make the facts available to the appropriate committees of Congress and investigators and to Deal with any wrongdoing he  Reagan is a Freedom fighter and the world knows it and i stand with president Reagan Shultz told the panel. Let us show the strength of our free institutions by showing every detail of this Iran episode. But As we do so let s keep this coun try moving ahead to meet the dangers and challenges in the  meanwhile in Bern Switzerland the Federal prosecutor s office opened an inquiry monday into whether any of the . Arms shipments passed through Switzerland. Additional details of the inn Contra affair surface Din news reports based on Anonymous sources the new York times reported that former National Security adviser John Poindexter persuaded Reagan to resume arms shipments to inn after Reagan had decided in december 1985 to end them. Poindexter argued during a Jan. 7 meeting that re suming sales was the Only Way to free american hos tages in Lebanon the times said. Newsweek however said Poindexter was Neutral on resuming shipments. The Magazine said Cia director William Casey pushed for the arms shipments at the meeting. The times account said Casey s position was unclear. Newsweek said Casey solicited contributions of$200 million in 1984 and $240 million in 198s from saudi Arabia s King fahd. The Money Newsweek re ported went to Cia Swiss Bank accounts primarily to finance the ant communist resistance in Afghanistan. Newsweek also reported that some Money from the a i Iran arms Deal went from Swiss accounts to Israel where it was used to Purchase weapons largely soviet made for the contras. The Washington Post said Reagan and hit top advisers failed to Tell their own secret  group they were seeing arms to ban