HEARING FEELS HEAT FROM BAKER

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CIA-RDP90-00552R000707260002-9
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March 7, 1986
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/23: CIA-RDP90-00552R000707 ARTICLE APPEARED l~~.W ruxn llH1L7C 1VtWJ 7 March 1986 ON AGE :9 - STAT UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL WASHINGTON- Normally unflappable Treasury Secretary James Baker lost his temper yesterday, during a clash. with a congressman and admonished the lawmak- er: "I don't come up here to get yelled at." Rep. Frank Wolf (R- Va.) pressed Baker, whose department oversees the Customs Service, to act more forcefully, under the 1930 Tariff Law, to ban imports from countries that engage in slave labor, notably the Soviet Union. At first Baker noncom- mittally said the issue was under "active review" but "it is a multifaceted issue. . .and not a one- country specific ques- tion." He expressed concern that lack of evidence would jeopardize chances of winning such a case in court. Wolf exploded: "Bring a case ose it! Bring a u and see... The CrA case is will tell you~Tiere is proo . our people Baker re- e W111 gressman. and then theme won't let y you use it." o accuse aker of "shirking your re- sponsibility." Baker shot back: "I don't plan to bring a case if I get shouted at one more time by you." When Wolf repeated his demand Baker responded: "I don't come up here to get yelled at.... I'll be the judge of wiat,. liga- tigq an+o en You jpok V1 ,steps backward." Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/23: CIA-RDP90-00552R000707260002-9