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national Battalion/Page 10 February 18,1983 * ■ Ex-EPA aide snubs committee LATE SHOW TONIGHT & SATURDAY 12 MIDNIGHT United Press International WASHINGTON — Environ mental Protection Agency Chief Anne Gorsuch sent allegations of possible misconduct by ousted aide Rita Lavelle to the Justice Department for investi gation within days of her firing, sources said Thursday. In related developments, Gorsuch went to the White House to give President Reagan and his top officials an updated look at the EPA situation. Lavel le, former head of the EPA’s tox ic waste unit, snubbed a congres sional committee investigating the controversial operations of the EPA’s $1.6 billion cleanup program for the second straight day and the administration appeared willing to relent on its “executive privilege” claim in order to let lawmakers look at secret EPA files. Reagan said Wednesday night he no longer could assert the privilege claim if the public suspects it is being used to cover up wrongdoing. Federal sources disclosed that Gorsuch referred three allegations of possible miscon duct involving Lavelle to the Jus tice Department in early Febru ary, before her firing by Presi dent Reagan. Lavelle, who was asked to res ign on Feb. 4 and then fired three days later, evaded one congressional subpoena on Wednesday by locking herself in her suburban Washington apartment, a subcommittee aide said. But her attorney, James Bier- bower, was served a separate subpoena demanding that Lavelle appear Thursday before a House Energy subcommittee headed by Rep. John Dingell, D- Mich., and bring her appoint ment books. Bierbower gave the appoint ment books to the Senate En vironment and Public Works Committee. A Senate aide said the books would be copied and given to any House panels in terested in them. The books, showing Lavelle had numerous meetings, including luncheons and dinners, with officials of chemical firms under investiga tion, were made available to re porters today. Sources said Gorsuch wrote Deputy Attorney General Ed ward Schmults on Feb. 2 asking him to investigate possible im proper contacts by Lavelle with officials of Outboard Marine Corp. and Monsanto Chemical Corp. more charges to Schmults. They ilk Neither ex-EPA aide Rita Lavelle nor her attorney appeared at the hearing. Rep. fames Broyhill of North Caro lina, who is on a House Energy committee, noted that Lavelle had said she had done no thing wrong. Sources said that on Feb. 8, the day after Lavelle was formal ly fired, Gorsuch referred two included allegations Lavelle had a conflict of interest in the hand ling of the EPA’s negotiations with more than 100 firms for a cleanup at the Stringfellow Acid Pits in Glen Avon, Calif., and that she may have committed perjury in sworn testimony to a House subcommittee. Lavelle has asserted that be cause she formerly worked for Aerojet General Corp., which may be held responsible for some cleanup costs at a waste site, she withdrew from all in volvement in the case June 18, 1982. Lavelle’s appointment books indicated she met with represen tatives of Monsanto, Aerojet and other chemical corporations on several occasions. Neither Lavelle nor her attor ney appeared at the hearing. Rep. James Broyhill of North Carolina, who is on Dingell’s committee, noted that Lavelle had said she had doner wrong. “If this is so, it would seed me Ms. Lavelle would wj opportunity to come for* and tell her story,” Broyhia Dingell said Gorsuclil complied with a subpoena a provided the appointij books and other pap Lavelle that were keptbij EPA staff. Dingell said the subcor tee will give Lavellearease chance to cooperate before'; sidering c i t ing her for contea Before adjourning their ing, Dingell tookaiookaro the room and said, “The(i inquires is Ms. Lavelle pres The chair inquires is Ms 1 le’s counsel present?" ml there was no answer, hea “The chair regrets thatgrea Dingell said the subcom tee stall is examiningb? appointment book. JVI s c. New jobless claim rate declines again HELD OVER 4TH WEEK PUTT CINEMA ( y\GGIE r^INEMA^ presents RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK pg Fri. & Sat. 7:30 & 9:45 p.m. Feb. 18 & 19 Theater (co-presented w/MSC Cepheid Variable) Sponsored by the Ford Motor Co. ONLY $1.00! CATCH 22 PG Fri. & Sat. Midnight Theater SWAMP FEST Sun. & Mon. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 & 21 Theater $1.50 w/TAMU I.D. Advance tickets at MSC Box Office Mon.-Fri. 8:30- 4:30. Also 45 minutes before showtime. J.L. United Press International WASHINGTON — The Labor Department reported Wednesday that new claims for unemployment benefits de clined for the fifth time in the first six weeks of 1983, but the number of people already re ceiving state benefits went up. The number of initial claims to determine eligibility for state unemployment insurance drop ped by 7,000 to 510,000 for the week ended Feb. 5 after seasonal adjustment, the department said. The previous week had shown the only increase so far this year, a jump of 52,000 claims. The initial claims identify ab out half of the newly unem ployed, with the other half not eligible for state benefits and counted only in the monthly re port on unemployment. The latest monthly report for January showed a national un employment rate of 10.4 per cent. With military personnel counted as employed the rate was 10.2 percent. 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