European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday May 17, 1992some lawmakers won t keep funds Washington apr thirty departing House members Are eligible to leave with leftover Campaign Money a hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases a lining their pockets. Most say they wont tap the funds for personal use although their pledges Are not binding. Instead they re promising to pay for scholarships contribute to Charity finance political campaigns and return donations to contributors. This is the last year that retiring House members elected before Jan. 8, 1980, May pocket any remaining Campaign Money. In the future  have to use it for charitable or political purposes. Still there a no indication that decisions by 55 House members to leave the chamber a modern record were motivated by the Chance for a Money grab. Many said they quit out of frustration with political partisanship and Congress inability to grapple with the nations problems. Some were Hurt by a devastating Check overdraft scandal at the House Bank. Seven have lost primaries. Others Are running for another office. Rep. Edward r. Roybal d-calif., chairman of the House select committee on aging is eligible to use nearly $200,000 for himself. Instead hell finance scholarships for students interested in working with the elderly. A a he a hoping corporations or foundations will be panel protests Grant rejections for Art projects Washington apr a review panel suspended its work for the National endowment of the arts on Friday to protest the Agency a decision to reject Grants for two projects with sexual themes. The seven panel members in Washington reviewing applications for Grants to be awarded later in the year said they could not continue their work because the decision to reject the applications made a a a mockery of the peer review process the first of three reviews for Nea Grant applicants. A the criteria used to judge Grants have been altered and have been subjected to concerns neither stated nor defined in the program guidelines a the seven members of the sculpture review panel said in a letter to Nea acting chairwoman Anne Imelda radice. No longer is the Agency committed to funding works based on a excellence in Art. Not compromised by political considerations a said Richard Fleischner a Providence r.i., sculptor. A we have no desire to participate in a puppet  in response the Nea issued a statement saying it regretted that the panel members had ended their deliberations a Day Early and would determine whether the panel had completed enough of its work in its four previous Days of deliberations to make recommendations to the National Council on the arts the next level of review. Since radice rejected the Grant applications tuesday other protest actions have included a Boston based Beacon press withdrew its application for a $39,000 Grant which was pending before radice to protest the rejection of a $10,000 Grant to the list visual arts Center at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. A artist Trust of Washington state and three individual artists rejected $17,000 in Nea funds that were to be used by two visual artists a dance program and other projects. A Murry n. Depillars Dean of the arts school at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond resigned As a member of an Nea review panel to protest rejection of a $10,000 Grant to his schools Anderson gallery. A peer review panel had recommended the Grant applications for approval on separate votes of 6-4. The National Council recommended the Mit Grant 11-1 with one abstention and the ecu application unanimously. When she turned the projects Down radice said they a did not measure up when evaluated on the basis of artistic excellence and artistic Merit. Thus she said they a Are unlikely to have the Long term artistic significance necessary to Merit endowment  Days before she told Congress and the Media she would overrule the advisory panels if necessary and reject funding for projects in which sexual Content overshadowed artistic Merit. Former Nea director John Frohnmayer was fired by the Bush administration in february after conservatives and religious groups charged the Agency with funding pornographic and blasphemous works. Rap. William l. Dec Kinton r-aia., the ranking Republican on the House Arnad services committee la a in no hurry to Rush into any  spokesman Mike Lewis Able to match the Money a said Roybal aide Jorge Lam Brinos. He said the scholarships will go to students attending California state College los Angeles where a gerontology Center is named after Roybal. Rep. John Paul Hammer Schmidt r-ark., will return recent contributions and May establish an educational Trust fund. A i will also use some to try to elect republicans to Public office a he said. Hammer Schmidt could make personal use of about $403,000. In a break with other retirees 26-year Veteran Walter b. Jones d-n.c., has said hell use the Money for his retirement. He could take just Short of $300,000. Some lawmakers were not talking. Rep. Larry j. Hopkins r-ky., who could convert about $660,000, a has not made any kind of decision at All a said an aide who insisted that he not be identified. Rep. William l. Dickinson r-ala., the ranking Republican on the House armed services committee is a in no hurry to Rush into any decision a said spokesman Mike Lewis. He has just Over $300,000 in his Campaign Kitty. Rep. Glenn Anderson d-calif., wont have to think too hard about disposing of the Money. A i have no idea what he a doing with the $20�?� left in the Campaign Treasury said legislative director Robin Traylor. Congress voted in 1979 to ban future House members from converting excess Campaign Cash to personal use but lawmakers then serving were exempted. A 1989 Law ended the Benefit for those veterans after this year. So far 30 of the 1992 retirees and primary losers have been around Long enough to qualify for the conversion. The list of 19 democrats and 11 republicans is Likely to grow through november As More members retire or Are Defeated. The Federal election commission says 163 current and 23 past House members Are eligible for the conversion. The Senate does not allow personal use of leftover Campaign Money. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy left leaves the Juk Library with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the Gorbachev. Gorbachev lauds Juk s vision during last Day of . Tour Boston apr Mikhail Gorbachev on Friday ended a two Weck fund raising tour for his pro democracy foundation with visits to two local institutions named for John f. Kennedy president during some of the darkest moments of the cold War. A this Appeal peace need not be impractical and War need not be inevitable a the former soviet Leader said of Kennedy. Kennedy was president during the cuban missile crisis in 1962, the closest the world came to nuclear confrontation Between the two superpowers. In ceremonies at the Juk Library the Kennedy family presented Gorbachev with copies of notes Kennedy made at a 1961 White House briefing on a nuclear test ban treaty. At that time a most politicians were dominated by a different logic that of total confrontation in the arms race a Gorbachev said. A should we be surprised that John f. Kennedy also paid his dues in this respect a but he continued a at the height of the cold War Kennedy was Able to wrench himself and his thinking out of this vicious  Kennedy provided a a serious intellectual breakthrough to a new world vision a said Gorbachev who later spoke at the John f. Kennedy school of government at Harvard University. Gorbachev his wife Raisa and their daughter Irina left the United states about 11 . On a flight to Moscow. During a question and answer session at the Kennedy school Gorbachev was confronted by Nicholas Dan Iloff who was a . News and world report correspondent when he was arrested in the soviet Union on spying charges in 1986. He was released a month later. A i would like to know who in your apparatus thought up that Bright idea a he asked. A specifically i cannot Tell you anything other than that it was a retaliatory move a Gorbachev said. A soviet National working at the United nations had been arrested on espionage charges just before Daniloff was arrested. Gorbachev strip was a fund raising journey for the foundation bearing his name. It was founded in january and its goals include the promotion of democracy in the former soviet Union. In introducing Gorbachev sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., brother of the late president praised Gorbachev As a a Leader for the Ages. The father of the modern russian  Gorbachev sat next to former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis at lunch. Others who attended fridays events included John f. Kennedyjr. Ethel Kennedy widow of sen. Robert f. Kennedy their son rep. Joseph p. Kennedy ii a mass. And Victoria Reggie the Washington attorney who is engaged to sen. Kennedy