CAPITAL BULLETINS

STICKS AND STONES

Down in San Antonio they call him Henry B., but when he’s up on Capitol Hill Representative Henry B. Gonzalez (D., Tex.) calls his opponents a few names of his own—particularly HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce. Gonzalez, chairman of the House Banking Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development, recently threatened to subpoena Pierce for allegedly “refusing” to testify before his subcommittee since March 1985.