European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. May 8, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 North in first Post conviction speech blasts Congress for usurping Power Miami a Oliver North at tacked Congress before a cheering crowd of supporters saturday saying too Man members interfere unconstitutionally in foreign affairs. But he avoided any men Tion of his Iran Contra conviction. The event was sponsored by conserva Tives among Miami s nicaraguan and cuban immigrants who arc helping  North s Legal Bills stemming from a 2 i year Battle against charges that he misled Congress and illegally accepted Money from arms merchants. It was the former Marine lieutenant colonel s first scheduled Public appear Ance since a Federal jury in Washington convicted him thursday on three of the 12 counts he faced during the three month trial. North used most of his 20-Minutc speech to criticize Congress suggesting it was giving Central America away to the communists and accusing House speaker Jim Wright a Texas and other Mem Bers of acting like secretaries of stale. They have too Many people in it who decided to become secretaries of stale. And too Many who would usurp the Powers of the presidency that were granted to inc president in the Constitution North said. We have a situation today where the speaker of the House feels like he has a role in negotiating with the adversaries of this country he said. North contrasted Congress support of those fighting a soviet backed govern ment in Afghanistan with its refusal to do the same in Nicaragua. As a consequence of that thousands of Young Brave men and women of the nicaraguan resistance were abandoned in the Field of Battle he said. When the revolution without fron tiers that has been promised in Central America by the sandinista succeeds it won t be on my watch. It will be on our children s. North s Only reference to his Legal situation was indirect coming when he criticized the Congress and the special prosecutor s office for spending $40 million on investigating the Iran Contra affair. He said the Money would belter have been spent supporting the contras. Silting at the head table with North was indicted Cia agent Joseph Fernan Dez. North called for inc audience to give financial support to Fernandez who faces trial in Virginia on charges of Ille Gally aiding the contras. About 850 people cheered and applauded North giving him a standing ovation and chanting Ollie Ollic when he was introduced for his speech. North was convicted of supplying Congress with a false chronology of the Iran Contra events shredding documents to cover up the deceit and accepting a $ 13,800 Home Security system from retired maj. Gen. Richard Accord who still faces trial for his part in ship Ping weapons to Iran. The $ 100-pcr-Pcrson fund Raiser was sponsored by concerned citizens for democracy led by cuban american importer Carlos Perez and the Miami medical team. The groups Hope to raise $500,000 for North. Former maj. Gen. John k. Singlaub whose fund raising efforts for the contras also surfaced during a congressional probe of the affair is listed As a member of the first group s advisory Board. Singlaub has Long been Active in raising Money for anti communist causes around the world. Miami . Headquarters for the con tra fighters that the former National Security Council aide worked to support remains a hotbed of pro North senti ment. But the area also helped Lead to his downfall. In Early 1986, months before the crash of a c-130 cargo plane in Nicaragua helped Lead to the Iran Contra plot s in Raveling the Fri and the . Attorney s office Here were investigating illegal arms smuggling in the contras. Then assistant . Attorney Jeffrey Feldman in prosecuting a routine weapons Case stumbled on connections among drug dealers the contras now jailed Costa rican rancher John Hulland various . Agencies including the Cia and the National Security Council. Feldman eventually Drew up a Chart with North s name at the top of the Ille Gal gun running Effort and tried to pursue a Legal Case against those involved. That later led to charges that then attorney general Edwin a Csc tried to halt the investigation. That Case is still in the hands of the special prosecutors s office in Washington. Gifts smell trouble to Congress by Sara Fritz los Angeles times Washington with the current emphasis on ethics in the nation s capital even the sweetest per fume can sometimes Lake on inc smell of corruption. That s what happened recently when some members of Congress discovered that their wives had received a one ounce Sample of a new perfume called red. Valued at $175, from Giorgio of Beverly Hills earlier this year. Members of Congress Are prohibited from accepting gifts Worth More than $100 from corporations that have an interest in legislation and that Rule is clearly on the minds of most House members these Days be cause of the current ethics investigation of House speaker Jim Wright a Texas. Fearful that the Chic Rodeo drive retail outfit s per fume gift might violate the Rule a number of House members decided last week to mail the samples Back according to sources. It was not known exactly How Many bottles were returned. It shows How the ethical climate has changed in Washington remarked one House Democrat who re turned his wife s perfume but declined to be identified. In the past nobody would have thought twice about accepting a free Sample of  he said he was shocked when he discovered inc retail Price of the new perfume from Giorgio a women s clothing and accessories firm that inspired the Best Selling novel scruples and already markets a phenomenally Success full perfume. Giorgio  he said that both he and his wife had been unaware of its value when they opened the gift in january after returning to Washington from the Christmas Holiday. Initially House members said they were advised by employees of the House ethics committee that the per fume should be returned if the bottle was still More than half full. If More than half was used they were told to Send $175 to the perfume manufacturer. However a commit Lee spokesman said chairman Julian c. Dixon a Calif. Ruled Friday thai the gift did not violate House rules because it was received before the perfume went on inc retail Market and thus had no known value then. It could have been $2, it could have been $2,000," the committee aide said. At Giorgio Headquarters in Santa Monica Calif., company spokeswoman Jackie Cohen said that her company had not yet received any returned bodies of red from members of Congress. 59 arrested in anti Trident protest St. Marys. A. A police arrested 59 anti nuclear demonstrators during a peaceful protest sat urday at a base in Southeast Georgia that is Home port to submarines carrying the new Trident 2 missiles. Sponsors said 300 protesters appeared outside Kings Bay naval submarine base making it the largest of 28 demonstrations at nuclear facilities around the country Over in weekend. Pax Christ a National roman Catholic peace group based in Eric pa., organized the protests to Mark the anniversary of a 1983 pastoral idler from . Catho Lic Bishops that opposed the development of first strike nuclear systems. The Tennessee the first of 10 Ohio class subs that will operate from Kings Bay arrived in january. Each submarine will carry 24 Trident 2 missiles. Hard hat talk Florida state rep. Luis Morse a Miami Republican wears a hard hat while talking on the Tele phone in his Tallahassee office. Florida lawmakers were Given hard hats by the latin builders association to Mark Dade county Day in the state capital. Wis. Sportsmen protest Indian spearfishing Butternut wis. A sport fishermen shouted racial slurs at nine boats full of Chippewa indians protected under treaty rights As they slipped into the Waters of a Northern Lake to begin spearfishing saturday. About a dozen Wisconsin department of natural resources boats cleared a path for the spearfishing boats through dozens of Craft skippered by anti treaty protesters at Butternut Lake. The crowd protesting the indians right to Spearfish on off reservation lakes was estimated at 1,000 people. The protesters shouted go Home and racial Cpl his and ridiculed a group of indians and their supporters who Gath ered around a drum playing tribal music. Spearfishing under the treaty begins during Spring spawning ahead of the general fishing season. It is far More efficient than traditional Rod and real fish ing. As a result the state had to limit Rod and reel catches of Walleye Pike on 254 lakes. More than a Hundred opponents of the Chippewa s treaty rights were arrested Friday on inc eve of the sports fishing season when a crowd crossed police lines at a Trout Lake boat Landing. The arrests in the Cluster of lakes in Wisconsin s North Woods were inc most in a Day since the tribe began spearing fish on Northern lakes five years ago under a court upheld guarantee of 19th Century treaties that ceded much of Northern Wisconsin to the United slates. George Meyer administrator of enforcement for the state s natural re sources department said he had moved 90 percent of inc 173-Wardcn staff to Northern Wisconsin to Deal with the in creased number of boats expected on the water. Al Soik president of Slop treaty abuse Wisconsin said opponents of the treaty rights were wailing to Sec what action gov. Tommy Thompson would take. If he slops the spearing Iacre won t be any reason for us to go out there he said. If he does to Well be  the Republican governor tried unsuccessfully Friday to gel . District judge Barbara Crabb in Madison to order the end of spearfishing before the action began. Thompson testified that violence could erupt and could Lead to deaths if both the Chippewa and the state fishermen arc allowed to fish on the same lakes. Crabb denied Thompson s request saying she would not allow violent and Lawless protests to interfere with the tribe s rights. Thompson said the state would Appeal. Meanwhile hundreds of people Gath ered at the Lac do Flambeau tribal Center to show their support for Chippewa treaty rights. Organizers said the group planned to counter demonstrations against Chippewa spearing