USOC TABS MITCHELL AS ETHICS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE CHAIR

          USOC President William Hybl appointed former U.S.
     Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell as Chair of the
     USOC's '97-2000 Ethics Oversight Committee.  Kenneth
     Duberstein, who served as President Ronald Reagan's Chief of
     Staff was appointed Co-Chair (USOC).  Mitchell, "once
     considered" for the MLB Commissioner position, said he
     accepted the non-salaried job because "I am a sports fan ...
     and an American interested in the integrity of the Olympics"
     (WASHINGTON POST, 4/16).  The committee was created by Hybl
     in '91 following conflict-of-interest charges that forced
     former USOC President Robert Helmick to resign after
     accepting payments from entities "with ties to the Olympic
     movement" (Colorado Springs GAZETTE TELEGRAPH, 4/15).