European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 25,1987 it my be one War to capture headlines but the Oili Erwith its Bead Stock id i Fence does t Stem unused bar the mentions eau calf police officer . Frost reigning cats and dogs took the Fence Post with Ultra to the animal shelter when officers freed it saturday and hounding photographers with a Campaign sticker is sen. Bob Dole s a up Pho ii pet. To Kansas Republican and his  were on band to it Verlise a show at the children museum in Washington. Dedication Speaks for itself in Philadelphia Philadelphia a washing ton s Delegate to Congress on saturday dedicated an 18-Inch-High wooden Soapbox near the Liberty Bell As a Symbol of Freedom of speech in festivities marking the 200th anniversary of the constitutional convention. I speak on behalf of the citizens of America s last Colony said Waller Fauntroy he non voting District of co Lumbia Delegate. He stood atop the offi Cial Soapbox As he plugged for a 51ststate. The dedication was part of a series of events some entertaining and some serious thai will continue through the Yea to Mark the Constitution s Bicentennial. It was exactly 200 years ago monday that the constitutional convention was convened. The first person on the Small wooden Soapbox platform built by local High school student and scheduled to remain in place through sept. 20, was Folk Singer Wendell Gunn 44, of Stamford Conn. Freedom Ain t free they Don t give it away Gunn Sang. We have to win it anew and protect it every  to the applause of about 200 people Fauntroy stood on the 3-by-4-foot plat form and shouted that taxation without representation is tyranny in 1987 As sure As it was tyranny in 1776," Roger Chon we of Zimbabwe presi Dent of the african bar association Fol Lowed Fauntroy saluting the United Stales Tor this spectacular human achievement and hoping we can duplicate it on our continent meanwhile a Block away in front of Independence halt several thousand people ignored a sudden Thunder Shower to watch a re enactment of the arrival of constitutional convention delegates from 12 of the 13 slates Only Rhode Island did t Send delegates to the Origi Nal convention they paraded on horseback to the statehouse building unlike 200 years ago when not All of the delegates arrive Don the same Day. The reason the convention started late was because of roads muddied by rain and today it s like history repeating itself said Hobart Cawood superintendent of Independence National Park in the Street 20 members of the first Virginia regiment portraying the Origi Nal infantrymen assigned in guard the delegates stood at attention in soggy co Lonial uniforms. A few left their posts As the rain and lightning increased. The weather did t deter visitors however who came to enjoy events such As a re creation of life in 1787 Phila Delphia with demonstrations of 18th-Century crafts and foods. The Constitution Bicentennial Bash is expected to Cost a City backed committee $20 million by the time it wraps up More than 260 events this year. Court shares blame in slavery Ssue official says Washington a assistant attorney general William Bradford Rey nolds said the supreme court was As much to blame for perpetuating slavery and racial inequality As were the authors of the Constitution. Reynolds remarks delivered sat urday during it Vanderbilt University luncheon in Nashville came in response to criticism of the founding fathers by supreme court Justice Thurgood mar shall. Reynolds said that Marshall is Correct to Point Oul the importance of the 14th amendment passed after the civil War guaranteeing equal Protection of the Laws for both Blacks and Whites. But he said we ought to respectfully decline what he characterized As mar shall s invitation to consign the original Constitution to the Dustbin of  Reynolds added it is one thing to be reminded of the Compromise on slavery during the making of the Constitution. It is quite another however to encourage the View that there Are two constitutions the one of 1787, the other consist ing of the Bill of rights and the 14th amendment that the old one is so thoroughly defective that it did not sur Vive the civil War and that the new one alone is worthy of  in a speech in Hawaii on May 6. Mar shall noted that the original Constitution condoned slavery and denied women the right to vote. Reynolds head of the Justice depart ment s civil rights division for the past six years said there is no excuse for the original Constitution s failure to repudiate slavery. But we ought to recognize that on this Issue the Rimers were faced with a Hobson s Choice Reynolds said. At least two of the states refused to consent to ratifying the Constitution unless the slave Trade was  Reynolds said that a significant part of the responsibility for the nation s Early failure to make Good on the principle of Equality under the Law should be As signed to the supreme court s interpretation of the Constitution and less to shortcomings in the original document Fri probing charges of corruption in . Washington Dpi an undercover Fri probe is investigating alleged corruption in the District of Columbia government including charges a firm was asked to make payoffs o gel two Mulli million Dollar contracts . Attorney Joseph Digenova said. The investigation began in january 1986 when representatives of a local contracting firm contacted Dige Nova s office alleging that an attempt had been made to extort payoffs from them Digenova said saturday. The investigation also used court ordered wiretaps and the probe ranged from contracts for services to the awarding of lucrative redevelopment rights the Washington Post reported saturday. In a statement  Nova said the investigation has focused on allegations of fraud regarding he administration of both Federal and local contracts in the District of Columbia he said payoffs were requested in return for the rewarding of two multimillion Dollar contracts the firm was trying to acquire  the latest probe could ouch mayor Marion Barry now seven months into his third term. Barry has weathered several scandals during his Stormy political career just Friday a former . Deputy mayor Al Phonse Hill pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and to defrauding the City government by steering at least $260,000 in auditing contracts to a Friend s firm. Hilt who resigned from the Post in March 1986, became the second Deputy mayor and the 11th . Government official to be convicted of a crime related to official duties since Barry took office in 1979. On Friday Fri agents acting in part on information provided by undercover agents working in the City s contracting process searched the business offices of a local contractor John Clybur. Also searched was the residence of Karen Johnson former Low level City employee described As a woman with whom Barry had a personal  Johnson served an in month prison term for con tempi of court after she refused to testify before a grand jury in 1984 about allegations she sold cocaine to Barry. A subpoena was delivered late Friday to the District building office of Secretary of the District David riven custodian of official records and former director of the . Department of human services. It could not be Learned if the subpoena accepted by Barry s lawyer Herbert Reed was served in connection with Rivers employment Wilh the City or for his per Sonal records