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The House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 

 Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations, after 

 conducting extensive investigative interviews and reviewing 

 many pertinent documents, issued a report in September of 1988, 



The Subcommittee arrived at the following conclusions and 

 recommendations : 



(1) "The termination of Mr. Florian Sever for his 

 Congressional testimony of May 19, 1987, regarding H.R. 

 1516, the Tongass Timber Reform Act, constitutes the 

 obstruction of proceedings before Congressional committees. 

 The Subcommittee will refer this matter to the Department of 

 Justice for criminal prosecution under applicable law for 

 obstruction of proceedings before Congressional committees 

 on the part of Alaska Pulp Corporation, and Mr. Jess Cline 

 in his capacity as Industrial Relations/Personnel Manager of 

 the Alaska Pulp Corporation. This action might well be 

 brought under 18 USC Section 1505." (emphasis added) 



(2) "The sworn testimony of Mr. Jess Cline of June 30, 

 1988, will be referred to the Department of Justice for 

 review for possible criminal prosecution for perjury . The 

 review by the Justice Department should include but not be 

 limited to Mr. Cline 's sworn statements that Mr. Florian 

 Sever ' s testimony was not a factor at all in his dismissal; 

 and that the 'statements and activities' for which Mr. Sever 

 was fired was a single letter to the editor that was never 

 published." (emphasis added) 



