European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday june 14, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7rostenkowski defends hiring of his friends Washington a rep. Dan Rostenkowski says there is nothing unusual about having friends on the payroll explaining that in Chicago a the people who work for us i mean they re our but in his first interview since he was indicted on Federal corruption charges the Illinois Democrat said he did no to know whether the personal tasks that the government says the employees did for him a actually happened while they were on the a i have a lot of people. Who work for me and work for the government that Are my personal friends a Rostenkowski said sunday on cd so face the nation. A in Chicago we have a very unusual association with the people who work for us. I mean they re our friends As Well. A my employees worked 40 hours a week when they were on the payroll a he said from Chicago. Asked whether they performed government work or personal chores Rostenkowski said a government pressed about whether they mowed his Lawn As the government alleges an irritated Rostenkowski said a i done to know that it actually happened while they were on the payroll. A a in a Here to talk about health care he snapped. At other Points in the program his answer was a a you la have to take that up with my Rostenkowski former chairman of the House ways and Means committee pleaded innocent Friday to a 17-count Federal corruption indictment. House democratic rules required him to step Down As chairman. A hearing in the Case is scheduled for july 8. His attorney Dan Webb of Chicago a former . Attorney and prosecutor in the Iran Contra Case has said he will argue that it is unconstitutional for the executive Branch to determine How Congress should spend its Money. According to the charges Rostenkowski padded the payroll with ghost employees who performed a number of personal duties such As taking pictures at his daughters weddings remodelling his Chicago Home doing bookkeeping for the family insurance company and mowing the Lawn at his vacation Home. He also allegedly bought custom painted chairs Crystal and Fine China for friends with Public funds. The indictment also says he obstructed Justice by telling a witness to withhold evidence from the grand jury. Rostenkowski said sunday that the items the government says he obtained illegally actually belonged to and were used by him and that he stored them in a basement in Chicago after he moved to a smaller office in january. Photographs of boxes of Crystal vases Luggage Beer mugs and wooden armchairs were published recently by Chicago and Washington newspapers. His first attorney in the Case had them taken because a we wanted to prove to the government that that was stored for the purpose of maybe getting into a larger office a he said. A because we had to move to the smaller quarters we stored the Abc restaurant owners in a Pinch Over lobster Boston a was it cruelty to crustaceans or a taste of gourmet Cook in8? ,. A animal rights activists Are in a Stew Over the dismemberment and sauteing of a live lobster on no cd a Toda show. The dish was lobster Fra Diadoto sicilian style prepared by chef Ger Aldo Andrade at the Boston seafood restaurant the daily catch. Today show Host Katie Couric looked away As Andrade pulled off the lobsters claws chopped off its Tail removed its innards sliced the upper body in half and threw the pieces into a hot frying pan with Olive Oil and Gar lie a what a Way to go a Couric exclaimed. The pieces twitched for several seconds in the pan. That Wasny to due to pain said Barbara Beltz an associate professor of biology at Wellesley College just a reflexive reaction of the Muscles to the heat of the pan. The May 18 episode reignited de Bate yer the most humane Way to kill lobsters a or whether they should be killed and eaten at All. A both the chef and the owner of the restaurant. Were just chillingly desensitized throughout this whole process. There was not a club that there was any cruelty taking place Quot said Michael Giannulli director of the Ark Trust an animal rights group based in Sherman Oaks Calif. The group asked Abc producers for an apology. A if a life is taken there should be a Good cause for it a Giannulli said. The organization people for the ethical treatment of animals based in Rockville md., plans to sue restaurant owners Maria and Paul Freddura for cruelty to animals said Mary Beth Sec Etlan petals director of investigations. 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