HEARING FEELS HEAT FROM BAKER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000707260002-9
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 7, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED l~~.W ruxn llH1L7C 1VtWJ
7 March 1986
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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."
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