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tf. B-2 Friday, fpwmhr 28. 1979 HONOLULU ADVERTISER 9 Jordan case will test new 'Watergate law Osser told the Christian Science sociation and chairman of the ABA In previous recent White House New York. This is what Jody Powell is saying is unfair. But there have cases from the Nixon administration Watergate Inquiries to the Carter administration Bert Lance affair special prosecutors were chosen by the Justice Department.

In requiring by statute that investigations be made and that special prosecutors be appointed by a judicial panel, framers of the new law intended to avoid a conflict of interest between Justic Department officials and the White House, at whose pleasure they serve. White House spokesmen suggest the new law is "unfair" because even unfounded charges can prompt full Investigations that put an administration on the defensive. "I don't see how the law is unfair," said William B. Spann, former president of the American Bar As committee that designed much of the eventual special prosecutor statute. Spann is an Atlantan, and three members of his law firm have Carter administration connections.

"The statute stands close on the toes of the president," Spann said, "But that is the intent of the law. "If charges are made against a Cabinet officer or his White House official and they must be investigated, the investigation itself is not a proof of guilt. If Mr. Jordan is innocent an investigation and exoneration is better than if the charges are left hanging as allegations. "Admittedly, it causes a good deal of inconvenience to the president.

But that is part of the game. "These are said to be trumped-up charges by criminal elements in been trumped-up charges since time began." Some who helped frame the new law on Capitol Hill say the administration, by delaying the decision to recommend a special prosecutor, has allowed speculation to build over Jordan's alleged conduct at parties on the East and West Coasts. Appointment of special prosecutors for the so-called "peanut warehouse" and Bert Lance cases earlier in the Carter term promptly quieted public anxiety, they say. Backers of the statute say they hope Jordan will not feel pressured to step out of his official post, perhaps to join the Carter-Mondale campaign, merely because the special investigation is under way. mill ii i ill mm mmmmmtM UPI (new Hamilton Jordan By RICERD J.

CATC AM Oirjti Scirnre Monitor Serne WASHINGTON Allegations that Hamilton Jordan, White House chief of staff, has used cocaine are uv the first major test of the new "Watergate which sets a procedure for investigating criminal complaints against White House officials and for appointing a special prosecutor to handle cases. Politically, the accusations against Jordan though leveled by questionable sources for apparently self-semng reasons deeply disturb the Carter administration. Within two weeks. Justice Department officials suggest, a decision on appointing a special prosecutor will be made. If a prosecutor is recommended, Jordan will have to decide whether to step asit from his key post as the president's right-hand man.

or to stay in his job until, presumably, he is exonerated. White House spokesmen say he In-tends to stay actually indicted original drug-use allegation was made by owners oi a New York discotheque who are under indictment for tax-evasion. Then, Lana Jean Rawls, a Texas resident, told the Justice Department two weeks ago that she observed Jordan sniffing cocaine in X977 at a Beverly Hills, restaurant. But on Wednesday a West Coast lawyer for Mrs. Rawls said she has "no direct evidence" to back her charge.

However, the lawyer Irving Monitor his client is not backing down on allegations that drugs were used at the dinner party and that her testimony still is relevant to the case. At stake for Carter is potential loss of his most trusted aide and ablest political strategist; partial discrediting of his mid-July attempt to revive his administration by energy initiatives and a Cabinet and staff reshuffle, with Jordan in command of the latter, and, if public attention to the affair builds, a further drag against gaining momentum for the nomination battle with Sen, Edward M. Kennedy. In further developments, congressional sources report that the print and television press have been hounding associates of Jordan, Carter-Mondale campaign director Tim Kraft and pollster Patrick Cad-dell, in an "unseemly hunt for scandal" and attempts to broaden the drug inquiry to include members of Congress and their Meanwhile, supporters of the new Watergate law say it so far appears to be working as intended. The law, formally called the Ethics in Government Act, was passed by Congress last fall and signed by Carter Oct.

28, 1978. It calls for: (1) prompt Justice Department inquiry into criminal allegations against White House officials, and (2) either a Justice Department finding of no merit in the charges, or a recommendation to a panel of District of Columbia Court of Appeals judges that they appoint a special prosecutor. iJL HQ SAND ISLAND 'OWIt SAT. SUN. IM gff'w im ijp jwyiwRwfe wi.

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