European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 8, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 13commentary Leon Daniel t those with Mia clues urged to step Forward rep. Stephen j. Solarz n.y., believes it is time for those who Trade in the tragedy of . Service members missing in action during the Vietnam War to put up or shut up. His Case gained strength monday when . Government investigators in Cambodia reported new evidence that recent photographs purportedly of mias Are fakes. A if it develops that unscrupulous persons Are seeking to profit from this tragedy by callously fabricating or disseminating fraudulent information or materials a Solarz said last week a then i will make it a personal Point of Honor to see that these individuals Are brought to  Solarz was outraged that several peo pie a who claim to have information bearing on the Fate of our american heroes stubbornly refuse to share it with appropriate officials in the government a which is to say his House foreign affairs sujth., committee on asian and Pacific affairs. Solarz found it a utterly incomprehensible that these people a declined our invitation to testify before his panel investigating the Fate of the mias. The congressman publicly criticized Jack Bailey a retired air Force lieutenant colonel for not appearing before his subcommittee. Bailey recently released a photo of a Man he says is an army special forces officer missing since l971. Solarz said another potential witness Hamilton Gayden a circuit judge in Nashville tenn., a chose not even to return our repeated phone  Gayden claims to have information on the Fate of a Navy Pilot shot Down in 1972. Eugene a a red Mcdaniel a former Navy Captain and prisoner of War in Vietnam did not hesitate to testify. It was Mcdaniel who recently released to the press the Blurry photograph of three men that reopened the Mia mystery. Asked by Solarz if he believes . Service members still Are held captive in Indochina Mcdaniel looked the congressman in the Eye and said under oath a a absolutely with every part of my  few doubt that Mcdaniel a legitimate Sharon Timmons distributed by King features Syndicate . Hero is sincere but his american defense Institute has been criticized by the Pentagon for exaggerating its knowledge of the Mia situation. Another zealot anxious to testify was Bill Hendon chairman of an organization called the pow publicity fund. When the former North Carolina congressman chanted from a list of reported a live sightings of missing men Solarz interrupted a emr. Hendon this is not a tobacco  unfazed Hendon demanded that the panel go to Cambodia to investigate the photos. He insisted that . Nationals Are held As slaves and Are a eating pig  Solarz exploded in anger calling Hendon a proposal a a outlandish and a a publicity  exploitation of the Mia mystery has become a cottage Industry in the United states and Southeast Asia. Fund appeals based on faked photos and dog tags Are part of a lucrative Racket fuelled by the lingering Hopes of Mia families. That is Why Solarz and others demand that those who claim hard evidence of Las in Indochina put up or shut up. A c United press International slow Congress Hung up on fast phone change n a i a a i. ___11 _ _ iia i. It it a i a a m re a 1 Congress often finds itself trying to catch up with new technology a fact of legislative life that has made the Telephone a hot topic during the current session. Advances in telecommunications have involved lawmakers in issues ranging from the obnoxious proliferation of computerized Telephone solicitations to the massive phone system failures recently caused by a Blip in a microchip. Congress will most Likely offer Consumers at least some Relief from computerized voices pitching aluminium siding and perhaps even some Avenue of escape from those live phone Pitchman who Are always interrupting dinner. But the Telephone innovation known As caller . Is a More thorny matter on Capitol Hill. That a because it not Only delves into the heart of americans cherished right to privacy but also raises the ticklish Issue of whose privacy is More important. Caller ., currently available in 12 states is a relatively new phone company offering that allows those receiving a Call to see the Telephone number of the caller on a Small display screen. The phone companies Are Selling the service As a nifty Way to choose which Calls you want to answer or to quickly identify those making Crank or harassing Calls a in other words a measure of privacy. But what of the privacy of the caller what if say you Are a psychiatrist calling a rather deranged patient from your Home phone or simply want to place a business order without getting solicitations from the store in the future if you re calling a phone equipped with caller ., Well your number is up. Its perhaps ironic that the proposed solution to the privacy problem posed by this technological Advance is to legislate the availability of yet another technology. The House Energy and Commerce committee has already approved a Bill sponsored by rep. Edward Markey mass., that would require phone companies Selling caller . To also offer customers a Means to Block such identification on a per Call basis. A a blocking technology is already available in Many areas allowing callers to preserve the anonymity of their phone numbers at the touch of a Button. Despite its approval Markcy a Bill Drew heated debate in committee port ending a possible Battle on the House floor. _ portraying the Issue As a Choice Between the rights of the a caller and the Callee a rep. William Dannemeyer sided with the Callee. Noting that he had often been harassed by callers unhappy Over his votes on varied issues the California Republican argued for the ability to identify the culprits. Rep. Thomas Bliley r-va., agreed. A you done to open your door without seeing who it is a Bliley said. A it should be the same Way with your  Markey argued that the Bill a will give Back to Consumers some control Over their phone number and in so doing some control Over How personal information triggered through knowledge of ones phone number is used and disseminated in our  he said other existing phone services such As a Call Trace a could just As easily uncover harassing callers. Discarding the caller Callic privacy rating forwarded by his Republican colleagues rep. Matthew Rinaldo r-n.j., sided with Markey based on what he called a the higher right to privacy of Consumers with unlisted phone numbers. These folks should be at the top of the privacy totem pole he said because they Are already paying their phone companies for the extra privacy of unlisted numbers. Depriving them of Call blocking he said would allow the phone companies to charge them for the privacy of an unlisted number while at the same time charging others for caller . To take it away. While the a who has More right to privacy debate is Likely to continue on the floor Congress May find its cumbersome process is no match for the swiftly advancing tit for Tat technology of caller identification. Witness a committee amendment added to Mark eyes Bill at the last minute. It cleared the Way for use of an even newer device called a Block the  for the insistent subscriber of caller ., a Block the blockers will refuse to accept Calls from those blocking their number from identification. C United press International the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the v news o the stars and stripes or the United slates government