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FD-350 (Rev. 10-19-77) (Mount Clipping in Space Below) FBI'Sting Snares Several in Congress! By CharlesRBabcock One,of: the videotaped transactionswas . Washineton Post'staff Wrter ecent: as mid Januaryr Isources'said. An FBIundercoversting"operation, set up Sources,said the subjectaaf,the investigation: :to, catch organized,crime figures.selling.stolen ?securities and, art obJects, has:snared,sever. chairman.of.thxSenateLabor,Committee RepsJohnM Alurphy DNiy)chairmanof the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries charges,accordingtosources.,.3 Committee; Frank Thompson (DN:J.), manosytheHouse,AdministrationCommittec several,transactionsin.which,/different mem JohnMrtha (DPa) a,member. he~House bers ofCongressdiscuss their willingness to EthicsCommittee,. Shn"W Jenrette. Jr D-S.CandRichard The,Long Islandpaper, Newsday Teporte as.representatives-of Arab:businessmen! last:night thnt.RepsMichael/Mivers.and.Rav. The,investigation is,descrlbed as the largest mondF//Lederer;bothPennsylvania, Dem ever'involyingmembers..of.Congress..More, ocrats, also_are,subjectsof.the inquiry: thans400,000incashhasbeenpald.outto Several: state? and locals officiais. in, New. .. Oven,the past,year, sources. said.' nvolved:These.include.the.mayor.of.Gamden, United States; the sources said, briefqase. ., and a Newy Jersey State gambling official,. containing$50,o0o.washanded+toa-Murphy according.to:sources: associate:after the.discussion,they'added The political -fallout from the investigation' Murphy sald through an aide last night.that $980 could beImmensebecauseof the numben of Date: FeR 3 members.ofCongress involved, includingthree committee chairmen, and the apparent quality The. Camden mayor,. Angelo. J. Errichetti,, Edition of the evidence! wasa.key/figure.early in theinyestigation It. seems .certain- the case. will: provide new,sources: said. -ehergyto the dormant. debate about, con. He.offered help,in getting.an-Atlantic City. Title: gressional ethics. The last major scandal in-- volving Congress wasthe South Koreanin. ing.commission o fficial. was, ater paid fluence-buying scheme, which produced major' $100,o00, the sources added" congressionalhearingsbut few criminal QAn even, more central figure, was' Howard Criden,aPhiladelphia lawyerwho.was.the Character: go-betyeenin transactions involying Rens. or In, one case, for example, .a, videotape,. Classification: shows Murphy discussing with the undercover. . sources-said. 'agents how'to help their "Arab clients get permanent residency if they' entered the allegedly, told the undercover agents.he could; SLARCHED_ INDEXED SERIALIZED FILED rEDA 1980