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9'Jdrr.trlnp, )rure lGr 1971 TI1E WASIIiNGTON I'OST ~.....-... ._ . ' ` ~ ! .~e~~5~~'; 11ouse .~~•c~bel•s Qu~estioi~;.. Cc~,~~c~~-., Expert's E~~` , . ., ..... . , ,... , Ily Morton Mintz ' to lhe government initicnting that lte have served •oit tlte NCT Advisory then billed the ACS for $22,and the wptwnrton roet stnrt\vrrtcr I , may have cofleclod twice for sonie cx.- Board. government for $22• l 9louse invcstit;ators disclosed yes• i penscs.' '• hocs-the ACS run the NC17 won• Talking with re.porlers before they terclny thas llt•. Frank J, Ilauscbcr Jr., ; Itnuscher left the NCI in November, . dered Itep. ]a..Ii: Fouittnin (i7-N.C.), t! had n chance to examine ACS and ~ while direi`tor of the Nalional'Cancer .' j,b become senior vice presicleitt for rc-. chairman of the Ilouse Intergovern•, government expense accounts, Institute in 1073, billed the American search of the ACS, a largp, voltintnry ' mcnlal Rclations and Iltnnan Re- Rauscher said hr, had been aware of CanccrSoclety for expenses inCurred " organization. The move more. thatt sources Subcommittee . thc II1:W Stanclarcls of Conduct, by his wife when sbc accompanied doubled his S37,000 t;overnment sal, • pne hulicntion that ]lauschet ossl- . which warn of criminal penalties ht Itim to ACS mcctinps iri Montego Bay, ; at-y p '; bly ent;nf;ed In what Ilep. Hehry A. • the con[Ilct-of-inleresl law for fcdcrnl Jamaica, and Manhattan. II l L t 1 i U t ~l D C i'f t I"d 11 an was o a ) a d (- t. a spec a r a a ie t ng ta nxm ermcc ou t e e - employees who "acccp: clirectiy or 1n= nc~y salrl they were lolcl by the I~e- ' explored tics hetwecn the CS and the clipping".came from a cab bill on Dec. pai•tment df Ilcalth, P;ducatlon nnd . N(;f, which share many common gna}s 10, 1973. That night lhe NCI chief re- tlirecfly any .., thing of monet.ary, Welfare's l;eneral counsel that the ; and co-sponsored the much-ctlticized turnecl from Jamaicn, where he had ' vnlue from menthers of the public billings were "at least." a violation of pilot program to try to detect brea5t•t 'met•nt the Half .Moon Hotel with ~ with whom ho ha_s of[icial: the prohibition In lIF1N's Standarcls of • cancer with X rnys. Critics contplaiii about 35 sclentists whose resenrch is relatlonships...." Cunchtct of actlonn lhnt may create. that they neKlect environmentally ~ financed by the ACS. NCI grants ta and contrncls with the appcarance Of ft confllct of inler- . caused cancer other than smoking. At bulles' International Airport,' cst. The heat•ing brougr.t,out that nine Ilauscher, unable to find a limouine .:.thc ACS lolal ~t miltion in the fiscal In addition lo•..liillinq the ACS, high NCS offir.lals have scrved'ott•ke,y Uccause of a'snowstot'm, took;A taxi to -! years 1972 through 1976, inclucling. r Rauschcr submitted expcnse nceounls ' ACS panels, while.ei;ht ACS of[lcials•• his home in Rockville-~-a 'b22'ride: I•Ie r;.$275,000 in the year ltauscher nnd his; 1 IVT L m~de thc lri ps t at e .. , > .. ~ wt e, a R:iusCher salcl it was "lnnq-stan(ling j)olicy"•' for NCI of(icials to ncccpt ;' y cimliurscment from the AC[ for, WiveS who go along to ACS funclions. never occurred to me or others" ld h " . e sa t, r' A -that lhls could be improper, Jtt alsosaid that he billed the ACS '~~1 for "anylhing above lhc per diem" fot l/ kttbsistence and other expenses paid, • ' , by the government. SSTS64OpOt At. t.hc IInlf Moon Hotel, Rauschcr'5 • bill included a room charge or s30.t1II i;for one person and $21.12 for a sec- pnd, for each of four clays. Ile chargecl the ACS for the entire $356.20 bill while, the re,cords show, billing the 1governrncnt for full-day nud part•dny suhsistence totaling $144. In contrast, he declucted $ I5 "govcrnment allowance for my share of room" when he ancl his wife stnyed at the 1Valclorf-Astorla In Novenibct, i11973, ancl billed the A(IS for his wife's ~ :Share, $31.A0• iIJ tolcl reporters he.had i'(,+one to New Yorlc to receive the ACS' Nationnl Award. Rauschcr got the I award two years later.