European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns v. The stars and stripes wednesday. December 2.1987 Carl Rowan Wright putting his political future on the line Secretary of state George Shult is kicking and screaming that House speaker Jim Wright is usurp ing his authority Ai Secretary of stale when Wright talks to Nicaragua president Ali incl Onega and others about slopping a grisly War in Central America. La is too bad that Shull was t a protective of his Lurf when Oliver North John i Index scr Albert Hakim Kkt hard Accord and other self styled Palm Iris Werc adding a a nigh they were Secretary of Flatt. We could have avoided an Iran Contra mess that is a lingering embarrassment to president Reagan not to mention a it of unnecessary deaths in the countries to our South. The people who have made the history books by Hungling a caper to sett Arian 10 the Aya Loulah Khomeini s Iran and use the mom. Of topple the sandinista regime in Nicaragua now have the audacity to Tell us thai by cooperating Wilh nicaraguan Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo Wright has messed up the Reagan administration s peace  those Crocodile tears shed by Shultz and Reagan s spokesmen have nothing to do with their search for  they have everything to do Wilh their embarrassment at being out mane Vered by Ortega and with their fears of the political fallout in 1988. Republican party chairman Frank Fahrenkopf or. Assailed Wright As the Point Man to secure the Best possible Deal for the sandinista and Ortega. Why did t he just Flat out accuse Wright of being a tool of the Mamels or soft on communism a Washington times column isl called Wright a red neck  the Washington past questions whether Wright is being suck Rcd by Ortega and asserts that by insert ing himself into a negotiation in a Way that a cups president Reagan out. Wright overreached  Well dont jump to the conclusion thai this a tips Section of criticism Means that everyone thinks Wright has been behaving outrageously and foolishly. Let s look at a few of the issues his critics have raised is Wright being taken to the propaganda cleaners by Ortega j in Wrignol did t get to he speaker of the House because he is either dumb or soft on communism. Wright is from Texas where a lot of voters Long ago swallowed the line hat unless Ortega and the sandinista Are overthrown the communists will be in Galveston and fort Worth be fore anyone knows it. So Wright was taking a political risk in meeting with Ortega Cardinal Obando and other Cen trial american leaders. Mas Wright inserted himself into this Central Ameri can mess no. President Reagan Drew the speaker into a Ceni Rai american  a while Huus scheme to sucker Wright into backing a plan under which the Onega regime would either agree to its own demise or face William Buckley distributed by King Foa Turet Syndicate worldwide isolation. But it was Cagan who got Blind sided when to his Surprise Ortega signed a peace plan developed by Costa rican president Oscar Anas Sanchez and proceeded Gin Gerly to keep a Promise to restore press and Racli Sioui freedoms to Pardon some 1,000 political prisoners and Grant amnesty to other foes of he sandinista. Or i pkg a May turn out to be playing a duplicitous game. But so far the Reagan administration has been Oulman neutered and left looking like a Bunch of truculent warmongers. The Washington Post talks about a negotiation that keeps the president  Wright has t kept the president out of anything. Reagan himself and Shutlz refused to meet with Ortega when he was in washing Ion getting in heavy propaganda blows. The president had White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater say we Don t believe it s in the interests of peace to have the . Negotiating Wilh the sandinista after a Stormy while House meeting Wright made the pungent observation that some people in the admin St a  Tion arc scared to death Hal peace will break out.". I wonder if a foreign policy rift of Iii magnitude could have occurred regarding Central America if there had been no Iran Centra debacle. Nobody in Congress will soon forget that former National Security adviser John poin Duxler testified thai he authorized secrecy and lying during the Iran Contra mess because he did t want any meddling by lawmakers. This is hardly a time for a while House in disarray to Tell inc speaker not to  Wright seems to have made up his mind that Clandestine operations by hired guns offer no solution to the dangerous and costly conflicts of Central Ameri Ca so he has put his reputation his political future on the line by talking to Ortega and others who Are being sullenly ignored by president Reagan Shutlz and other lop Reagan aides the alternative to what Wright is doing is to gird for a wider Central american War into which . Troops Ullin Sudy will be drawn. Given the Choice i urge Wright to forget the silly demands thai procedure Rule Over substance. He must continue to talk talk  ammo i synd Ciu. Inc Don t punish Toshiba for subsidiary s mistake John Lehman who was Secretary of the Navy when it All happened i9s4 86. Was asked did Toshiba know about in by Toshiba most of the world Means the Toshiba t rp., 50.8 percent owner of the Toshiba. It aching co. He said they did. But in n Ponse to the same question after investigations were con ducted attorney Leonard garment says flatly that such was not the Case. Toshiba did not know that tic Toshiba machine co was illegally Selling 10 the soviet Union technology of such huge importance As severely to pc Pardue these purity of our submarine Fleet. Leonard garment is to be so arc serving As counsel for Toshiba in the ruckus now none of these  implicated Toshiba corp. The us. Govern ment has concurred in these conclusions. The corporation punishment against the tic wrongdoers has been severe. What exactly will be the punishment meted out by inc japanese government one docs not know. But we should be reminded Hal since about the Lime Gen. Macarthur left the japanese make their own Laws and As a result of .-Japanesc discussions Fol lowing the Toshiba tic revelation their penalties against a violation of the Export code Are now As severe As our own. Which brings us to sen. Jake Gam. A has asserted the guiltless Ness of Toshiba Osl confidently. Moreover the japanese conducted a police investigation As did the japanese ministry of Trade and Toshiba designated a Blue ribbon panel of truth seekers who will be guided by Independent american counsel. Their joint Mission to ascertain whether evidence to the contrary notwithstanding anybody in Toshiba did in fact know what was going on. And to find out How Many people in tic knew what was going on and who they were. Shiba. If one correctly understands him his position is that a Parent company is responsible for the activities of its subsidiary. But in the Law the Burden is against such derivative responsibility. The Constitution specifically holds parents innocent of crimes committed by their progeny and the Export administration act specifies thai no sanctions can be imposed against the Parent body of a subsidiary provided it is established that said Parent body is As innocent As Toshiba insists in is and will be proved to be by investigators. Even so sen. Gam wants to impose a breathtaking penalty on Toshiba. He has backed legislation thai would ban Toshiba exports into the United slates for a period of five years. At the going rate at which Toshiba docs business Here that could amount to a $10 billion Fine. To gel the measure of the contemplated severity if a . Is Porter is found guilty of violating the code in is subject to a Fine equal to five limes the value of the illicit Export. If a commensurate Fine were imposed on Toshiba never mind that in was an innocent party inc Fine would come to $200 million the value of the treacherous economic transaction was $40 million. We need to be very careful about excesses on this order and the reasons ought 10 be obvious. We have exporters in Ameri Ca who have sold sensitive stuff usually via fake corporations to the soviet Union. I would gladly vote if in Congress to string such types up on a sour Apple Iree. Now. To apply against Toshiba punish ments we Are not willing to apply again tour own malefactors is to do an injustice first Al the obvious level Toshiba unlike tic is presumed innocent. It is also to be unjust at the level of disc proportionality. And this begins to smell a Little like reconstruction Era Justice against Blacks if the while Man rapes the girl Tell him he should t do it if a Black Man rapes Hie girl Lynch him. It should not Surprise us if the japanese however mortified by what tic did. Should deeply resent . Intervention of so draconian a degree. But Here is More there than xenophobia for the japanese to suspect. We Are talking about a major exporter and everybody in Japan As in the . Con or Csc knows that there is resentment in America Over the imbalance in our Trade Wilh Japan. Inevitably japanese who Are satisfied that Toshiba is innocent Are going to suspect that we have come up with a Way to invoke Protection without calling it a Tariff. And we would appear to be doing it to the wrong company. Toshiba is willingly Al work to cooperate with the government on Model legislation to Fine tune Export control. And Toshiba has for years led the Way in investing in America and in hiring . Labor and technicians. We should not punish japanese malefactors by a miscarriage of Justice against japanese who arc innocent