European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday March 14,19b7 vows to War Cri m in a is to to i a i Ottawa a at least 20 people suspected of nazi War crimes arc living in Canada a judicial commission reported thursday and the govern ment promised to enact Laws to prosecute them the commission of inquiry on War criminals headed by judge Jules pc Schenet also said the number of War criminals in Canada has been grossly exaggerated and there is no need for a  office of special investigations instead of 3,000 to 6,000 suspects As jewish groups allege the panel said it found about 900 cases to investigate most of them East europeans. Its two years of work Cost s3 million. The Long awaited commission report said it found sufficient evidence for the government to act immediately against 20 people either deporting them or putting their to trial Justice minister Ray Hnatyshyn thursday told parliament the government would propose legis lation to change the criminal  permit prosecution of War criminals in Canada for crimes they committed elsewhere. He did not say when the government would pro pose the Bill. The legislation is expected to pass easily in parliament where prime minister Brian Mulroney s conservative party has a Large majority. Healy Obyn rejected negotiating new extradition arrangements with countries seeking the return of suspects such As Israel and the soviet Union and said the  would not strip suspects of citizenship retroactively As the commission suggested. Canada will seek evidence from witnesses in the soviet Union and other countries but will follow us customary judicial safeguards Halyshyn said. According to the report 698 casts were dismissed for Lack of evidence or because the people died or never reached Canada. It said further investigation is needed in 218 cases. No names were included in the 966-Page Public report. Sol Littman Canadian representative of the Simon we Semha Center which Hunts Naii War criminals accused the commission of wholesale dismissal by  he expressed doubt of the government commitment to prosecute even those cases in which atrocities can be proved. We re going to watch and wait but not Wail very Long because the biological clock is ticking away and Tome criminals May cheat Justice by dying Littman told the associated press. He said experience in other countries showed Normal police procedures Aren t adequate for this kind of crime and Only special nazi Hunting units can track Down War criminals in hiding. Irwin Cotter spokesman for the Canadian jewish Congress backed the idea of Canadian trials for War criminals. The Deschenes commission has Given the government the remedies he told a news conference. It if now the responsibility of the government to exercise the requisite political will in new York Abraham h. Foxman associate National director of the anti defamation league of b Nai b Rith said Canada has shown a commit ment to securing Justice and a warning that Canada will not allow itself to be a Haven for Hitler s Perse  the report claimed to have established beyond a reasonable doubt that Josef Mengele. The sadistic Auschwitz doctor known As the Angel of death never entered Canada or applied for a visa from Buenos Aires Argentina As rumoured since 1962. Mengele drowned in Brazil in 1979, its 776 documented cases included one in which no evidence was found to confirm that the suspect headed a police unit responsible for killing 8,000 jews in Eastern Europe in 1941. Representatives of Canada s 800,000 ukrainians expressed Relief Over the finding of no evidence against the Calicia division of nazi Germany s Laflen is. More than 1,000 ukrainian members of the Divi Sion entered Canada after the War and hundreds Are still alive. Jewish groups have accused the division of murdering thousands of jews. Among the commission s recommendations was the hiring of lawyers and historians to strengthen the Justice department staff in Hunting War Crimi nals. If that is not done it said the work might As Well be abandoned. Defense spending boost needed if arms poet reached Burt says Cologne Germany a . Ambassador Richard Burt said a 3 percent increase in Allied defense spending would be desirable if the super Powers reach an agreement reducing nuclear weapons a Cologne published newspaper said wednes Day Bun said the spending increase would be needed to offset the soviet superiority in conventional weapons the Cologne express reported Burt also said president Reagan would like to meet with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Dis cuss reductions in medium Range nuclear missiles As Well As the elimination of chemical weapons and Short Range missiles the express said. From All our allies in Europe not Only from the Federal Republic Germany we expect an increase in their defense budgets by about 3 percent if Possi ble inc newspaper quoted Burt As saying. Because after a reduction of nuclear warheads the predominance of soviet conventional weapons such As tanks would become so significant that we should do something about it the newspaper quoted the ambassador As saying. The United states Hopes for an agreement to abolish medium Range nuclear missiles in Europe As soon As possible Burt told the newspaper. The president would also like to meet or. Gorbachev As agreed upon in Geneva Switzerland year ago in Washington in order to discuss not Only those inf intermediate Range nuclear forces but also the elimination of chemical weapons and Short Range missiles,11 Burt was quoted As saying. Now there is Quick Progress possible including an agreement about the 50 percent reduction of strategic weapons on both sides if the soviets accept adequate verification measures Burt was quoted As saying. He said Reagan will give a major speech about the future of East West relations during his visit in june to West Berlin. The president is going there to Lake part in festivities observing the City s 750th anniversary. World today rip in pants saves Man from falling 7 stories Berlin up a Hale in hit pants saved Man from falling seven floor to the ground the East German news service adn said thursday. The unidentified 27-year-old Man lost hit bal Ance while cleaning his windows and fell out a window of Hii Flat in Potsdam outside Berlin a rip in his pants caught on the Edge of an outside ledge and held him the news service reported two policeman saw the Accident and broke Down his door Wilh the Aid of two passers by. They hauled the Man who had passed out Back inside italian officials tripling fines for traffic violations rom Jap in an Effort to Deal Wilh wors ening traffic congestion in major cities the lit Ian government has decided to triple fines for parking and driving violations. Fines for parking in forbidden areas the most common infringement of italian Drivers were raised to 36,000 lire about is from 12,000 lire about $9. However municipal authorities have been authorized to increase fines tip to 10 times or be tween i 20,000 lire $90 to 300,000 lire