Someone is trying to “zing me”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millionaire rice
dealer Tongsun Park told House inves
tigators Tuesday that despite the implica
tions of a report found in Park’s home,
Speaker Thomas O’Neill never asked him
for campaign contributions.
Park angrily complained that someone is
“trying to zing me,” and said, “Who knows
who placed that document in my house?”
He repeated assertions that while he
gave hundreds of thousands of dollars in
campaign contributions on request he
never did so as an agent of the Korean
government. He said he never tried to use
his contributions to “twist arms” or buy in
fluence.
The document mentioning O’Neill’s al
leged request was seized by federal agents
in Park’s home last year after Park left the
country for Korea.
Park denies O’Neill’s requests
“He never made any request to make any
contribution to anyone, including himself,”
Park said of O’Neill. Park did acknowledge
that he paid for birthday parties for the Mas
sachusetts Democrat, including one in
1974 which cost $4,000.
The document found in Park’s home is
hand-written in the Korean language and
purports to be a report to Korean officials
recommending that they take certain ac
tions to increase the effectiveness of a visit
to Korea of a U.S. congressional delega
tion. O’Neill headed the group of visiting
congressmen.
The unsigned document stated that
many of the congressmen on the trip had
“contributed decisively” to electing O'Neill
as House majority leader.
"And therefore, Mr. O’Neill specifically
requested us to provide those congress
men with election campaign funds and their
wives with necessary expenses,” the
document said.
“This will be an ideal opportunity to hand
them the funds,” it said. “But should it be
impossible,’ we recommend that you pay
them in the near future.”
Chief counsel John Nields asked Park:
“Is that true?”
Park replied: "No.”
O’Neill confirmed Tuesday that commit
tee investigators have questioned him
about the note.
"I don’t know who authored it; where it
was written, where it went out or who exer
cised control over it,” O’Neill said. “I do
know, however, it is self-serving and a total
fabrication.”
O’Neill said he never requested funds
from Tongsun Park or the South Korean
government.
“The allegation that I wish to reward a
limited group that helped elect me majority
leader is absurd — I had no opposition and
was elected unanimously.”
Park complained that the federal gov
ernment violated his rights by searching his
home and office and carting away docu
ments.
Chicago 7 judge stirring
controversy in new trial
CHICAGO <AP) — Nine years
after he was widely criticized dur
ing the Chicago 7 trial, 82-year-old
Judge Julius Hoffman is again stir
ring controversy — this time in the
trial of Frank Walus, who could
lose his citizenship if it is proven
he was a World War II mass mur
derer.
At one point, the defense attor
ney accused the judge of falling
asleep in court. The judge has
threatened the lawyer with con
tempt citations.
And on Monday — before the
defense started its case — Hoff
man denied a defense motion for
acquittal by saying the
government's case “is dear and
convincing and unequivocal that
the defendant did commit war
crimes, was a member of the
Gestapo...and concealed infor
mation when he obtained U S.
citizenship."
That prompted the Chicago
Sun-Times to report in a news
story Tuesday that "Hoffman all
but declared him guilty.”
At another point, Hoffman ex
pressed exasperation with Walus’
halting testimony in both Polish
and English — prompting Jeff
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kiewicz, told a reporter he was
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happened during the Chicago 7
trial. Not a good feeling.”
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man had fallen asleep. He
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The diminutive, white-haired
Hoffman left the courtroom.
The defense says the charges
are based on mistaken identity.
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