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Confirmation h hard questions By Associated Press WASHINGTON ? The senators who will fHI ritnoii: Ia rnrtfA o? r>i w?v v.. TTMI I'lVV ?V .1 III IIV3-1 IU 1VI *W ?"? CI V torncy general this week may find themselves agonizing over what might be called the people-in-glass-houses dilemma. Do the things that they do look improper to others? That subplot developed during Meese's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. I Hi: SPOTI.Kfll I' swung 10 the senators themselves as they questioned witnesses ? and sometimes themselves ? about the ethical implications of donations from political action committees, speakers' lees Irom special-interest groups and congressional pay raises I tout themselves. "I do think people have problems," said Sen. Orrin hatch, K Utah, a staunch Meese supporter. "It may he iconoclastic to say, hut (they have them) even in the United States Senate." All week long, senators ciitical of meese r%'<Miwvu ?"ii; t?? vmiv |'WJllt. .*IVVU 1 IliumciuI dealings with associates who later landed positions in the Reagan administration had the appearance ol impropriety, even if they were not criminal violations. Hatch broached the potential for senatorial hypocrisy after getting David Martin. director of the Office of Government ' thies, to acknowledge that a number of congressional activities pose at least a potential appcarancc of conflict-of-interest. mi: Utah senator did all he could to make that an issue. "I! you receive a I'AC contribution and then vole a certain way, couldn't that he seen as having the appearance of conflict?" he asked Martin. "In my view it would," the ethics dircclor replied, "even if the vote was honest and well-intentioned." First Time Ever! Only C WIS-TV and The Palmetto S prose Tonight Show Bandi Doc Se\ y* r* \ ? with the South Carolina baturday, rebruary The To All Scats Reserved: $15.00 Orchestra 2 $12.50 Second Bali Tickets available at the Colum 1132 E G The South Carol 1500 Henderson St. (Rear do< For reservations or inf< earings raise [ for senators Hatch: "What if a member of Congress acccpted a job on the outside from someone who had given him PAC money?" | MARTIN: "YES and maybe a criminal violation." Match: "What about an honorarium from a trade association (which has an interest in legislation a lawmaker is mulling)?" Martin: "That clearly raises an appearance of impropriety." Match: " . . .And if a member of Congress assists a constituent in getting a public job or secures an ambassadorship?. . .All of these things happen around here . . .but you could do that with anybody." NO NEW charges against Mecse surfaced and the hearings focused on allegations ti>,. .ini r..u i,?, ...? i MIMIII1.1NVI HIV |HUI Kill \FJ nil IIIUV|;UIIUVII? [> counsel us unworthy of prosecution. Still, lie ' was questioned sharply about his ethics ? a separate matter that independent counsel Jacob Stein said was not in his power to consider. / In particular, Meesc was questioned about his participation in White House personnel meeting involving discussion of a government job for John McKcan, a San Francisco accountant who arrarnged $60,000 in loans for meesc and was named to the Postal Service Board of Governors. He also was quizzed about his relationship to Thomas Barrack, a California real estate agent who contributed over $80,000 of ;his own money to help sell mecsc's house in L.a uii."* i ? aiv.? MiM'qucriiiy goi <t nun- | presidential position at the Interior [ Department. Mccse testified that if he could relive the past four years, he would have done some things differently. 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