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Sweig was named in the suit as having arranged a meeting last May between the SEC and representatives of the Parvin/Dohrmann Co., a manufacturer of hospital, restaurant and hotel equipment with interests in Las Vegas gambling operations. The purpose of the parley was to end the commission's ban on the sale of the firm's stock; six days later, the stop order was canceled. Subsequent investigation persuaded the SEC to bring the suit last week on charges that the price of Parvin/Dohrmann stock was being manipulated. The case raised the specter of high-level influence peddling through...
...friend of mine, but he's not in my office much." Reporter Smith's investigation indicated otherwise. On Sept. 25, Smith asked for Voloshen in the Speaker's office. An aide said: "We haven't seen Mr. Voloshen today, but he may come in." The assistant also furnished the telephone number and address of the attorney's Manhattan office. Last year, in an interview with the Washington Post, Sweig called Voloshen a "very honorable fellow" who had been friendly with McCormack for about 30 years and was a visitor to the Speaker's offices...
Skimminq. In his dealings with the Parvin/Dohrmann Co., Voloshen has indirectly connected the Speaker's office to some unsavory individuals-though McCormack himself may never have heard of them. Chief of these are Sidney R. Korshak, a Los Angeles attorney and intimate of Chicago gangsters, and Edward Torres, a mob-affiliated gambler who was involved with illegally skimming gambling proceeds in Las Vegas. Both are members of a group that controls the company...
What will Congress do about the implications of Voloshen's presence and influence on Capitol Hill? Congress has always been reluctant to police its own ethical standards. But if congressional leaders pursue the Voloshen case energetically, they may catch a scandal of Bobby Baker proportions...
...Vietnamese are at once grateful for and hostile to the U.S. presence, which has placed enormous strains on the fragile fabric of their society. They would like to see the ubiquitous Americans go home-but not before South Viet Nam is more firmly established than at present. They may find the Americans an irritant, but many would scourge them as bugouts if they withdraw too rapidly, leaving South Viet Nam to an uncertain fate. More than a year ago, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky voiced that duality when he said: "If the Americans want to withdraw, they can go ahead...