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...speech, Packwood also criticized the Democratic Party for what he called a "conspiracy of silence" regarding bribes allegedly paid to Democratic members of Congress by Korean investors...
...always thought there was more to Koreagate than came out." Packwood said. The matter was not fully investigated because the Democrats controlled the Congress, he said...
...Packwood has been targeted by Right-to-Life as the number-one public official it hopes to defeat in 1980. "Right-to-Life doesn't need to get 55 per cent of the vote to win," Packwood said. "In a swing district, if you lose just 4 or 5 per cent, you've lost the election," he added...
...Packwood said he expects anti-abortion groups to contribute 10 to 20 out-of-state volunteers and more than $200,000 in the effort to defeat him. "I'll try to turn this into a strength," Packwood said. "I'll say, 'If there's going to be war, let it be here and let it be now,'" he added...
...Packwood, who is ending his term as chairman of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee, predicted there would be five additional Republican senators--and perhaps a Republican president--after the 1980 elections...