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...last week Baker did. Though Reagan claims that Fahd offered his contra contribution voluntarily, Baker asserted that the President would have been within his rights to ask for the money outright. "I've been absolutely astonished to hear people say that it was illegal for . . . the President to solicit funds for the contras," the chief of staff declared on NBC's Meet the Press. The Boland amendment, he said, "never mentioned the President...
...preachers have a voracious need for cash in order to stay on the air, and they have been stubbornly unwilling to report what they do with all the donations they receive. Evangelical Theologian Carl F.H. Henry predicts a "growing pressure for public financial accountability from all religious broadcasters who solicit funds over the airwaves . . . The personal life-styles of those who appeal for sacrificial support will also come under more scrutiny by the churches and by a skeptical society." To Presbyterian Minister Ben Haden of Chattanooga, Tenn., a pastor and radio-TV speaker, such changes will be good for evangelism...
...time the contributions began, it was not illegal for the U.S. to solicit money for the contras. Why, then, did McFarlane take pains to write about the contributions when he was on the point of taking his own life? Says Garment: "Bud wanted to make complete disclosure. He wanted to clear the air." A source who has seen the letters adds that McFarlane "felt he may have created the atmosphere" that prompted North and others to solicit funds for the contras that were at best legally dubious. In any case, the letters make clear McFarlane's despair. Says one source...
...letters of support from across the country, and some $60,000 has been donated to the Oliver North Legal Assistance Fund, established by North's friends in the Marines. The Conservative Caucus, a right-wing lobbying group, is also using North's name as a hook to solicit funds for the contras. The confusingly named Oliver North Defense Committee has raised $40,000 that will be used to lobby Congress for more aid to the Nicaraguan rebels...
...Foundation plans to solicit donations through mailing and fundraising appeals directed towards the Filipino-American community in Boston and nationwide. Ezpeleta estimates that half a million Filipino-Americans live in the U.S., of which approximately 3000 live in Boston...