European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 3, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Jackson attacks apartheid from Falwell s pulpit Lynchburg a. Up the Rev. Jesse Jackson taking Bis crusade against apartheid to the Rev. Jerry Falwell s pulpit said he Anc the fundamentalist preacher want to find common ground to end South Africa s policy of racial separation. We do not want to Call and talk about each other but talk with each other and agree to agree or agree to Dis agree and to be civil and in search of common ground Jackion told parishioners sunday at Falwell s Thomas Road Baptist Church. We May not agree on Many of the political and social issues but we agree on this said Falwell referring to apartheid. We have the right to agree and disagree and to do it charitably and  Falwell has come under tire from Jackson and others for opposing economic sanctions against South Africa and Labelling Bishop Desmond Tutu a phony who does not represent the majority thinking of Blacks in South Africa. Falwell apologized to Tutu Bat insists sanctions Are not the answer. Falwell like president Reagan believes sanctions will Only Hurt Blacks in South Africa. Jackson invited by Falwell to address his congregation. Also called for a Christian solution to nuclear proliferation and urged parishioners to be sensitive to the poor. We won t be saved by a Gold Standard but a character Standard said Jackson who met privately with Falwell following an anti apartheid demonstration saturday out Side Falwell s Church. We know that a system built on race is ungodly and Unm Oral and it is immoral and cannot stand said Jack son who Shook hands Wilh Falwell before and after his 13 minute Sermon. It must end As quickly and. As blood Lessly As  Falwell referring to his recent trip to South Africa said we did t come Back endorsing president Pieter Botha s government rather 30 million South africans of All Colon who need total and equal rights and elimination of discrimination without handing another african government to the  he said there Are Many people who agree with what we re trying to achieve but not our  few sanctions applied critics say three. Jesse Jackson preaches to the congregation of the Rev. Jerry Falwell s Church. Falwell is at far right. Reagan viewed More lenient on affirmative action Washington not while the Reagan administration is moving toward relaxed requirements on affirmative action for Federal contractors the labor depart ment has quietly made deep cutbacks in its enforcement efforts according to civil rights groups economists and even some officials of the department. Last week for the first time in five years the department barred a company from bidding on government contracts the ultimate penalty for violating Federal guide lines on affirmative action. Critics Point out that the Carter administration used that Power 13 times in four years. Also the number of administrative complaints tiled against companies b the department which supervises the program involving Federal contractors has declined. Complaints decreased from 53 in the fiscal year 1980, to 18 in the first six months of fiscal year 1985, according to statistics compiled by women employed a Chicago based organization of working women. Labor department officials did not dispute the group s figure. The amount of Back pay awarded work in in affirmative action cases has fallen substantially from $9.3 million in 1980, to about $2 Mii in in he first six months of fiscal year 1985. Thi number of people receiving Back pay settlements has also declined from 4,336 in fiscal year 1980, to 211 in the first six months of fiscal year 1985, according to statistics from the labor department and women employed. There s been very weak enforcement in the administration in terms of any sanctions being applied said Nancy b. Kreiter re search director of women employed. She said under the Carter administration 13 companies were barred from doing business with the government. It s possible Kreiter said but it just does t seem Likely that All of a sudden there Are a lot fewer firms cresting problems unless they have different  the message being sent to the contract ing Community is that there s no longer anything to fear she mid. Susan r. Meisinger Deputy undersecretary for employment standards and head of the compliance office said reports that political appointees in the department had sought to impede the Agency s enforcement efforts were absolutely  she said officials Are told that if they can make the Case we will go to the Wall with  since 1968, thousands of government contractors have been required under an executive order to hire and promote Blacks women and hispanics in rough proportion to the number of available qualified Candi dates in a Given labor Market. The White House staff however has drafted a new order awaiting president Reagan s signature that would forbid the labor department from using statistical evidence to measure contractors compliance with general prohibitions against discrimination. The department has used the statistics for years to help assess whether contractors were discriminating. An investigator in the department s con tract compliance office said that Early in the Reagan administration he was Tola he should not vigorously pursue cases involving possible Job discrimination. We got verbal instructions to do essentially what a change in the executive order would have accomplished the official said. Essentially it was a policy of voluntary compliance he said. They allowed very Large companies to come Forward and say we re going to be Good " Virginia lamp a labor Law specialist with the chamber of Commerce of the United slates a Trade group that favors rescinding the existing affirmative action requirements also agrees that enforcement under the Reagan administration has been More  most businesses Don t have a problem with How the current administration is enforcing the regulation she said. What they Are con Cerne about is that enforcement is subject to change based on who is in  critics such As the chamber of com Merce have characterized the need for affirmative action requirements As misguided and have said it harms the intended beneficiaries creates needless paper work and often penalizes Well intentioned businesses. Labor department officials say the num Ber of companies reviewed by the compliance office each year has Mure than Dou bled since the Carter administration from 2,410 in fiscal year 1979, to 5,025 in the fiscal year 1985. Sharon Spigelmyer director of human resources and equal Opportunity for the National association of manufacturers a Trade association representing 13,600 companies said the increase in compliance re views had had a substantial positive effect on businesses. Engine cover Falls off 737 in flight Faa investigates Chantilly. A. A Federal investigation Are trying to determine what caused an engine Cove to fall off a Boeing 737 Airliner carrying 120 people minutes after Takeoff from Dulles International air port. The Pilot of people express flight 183, bound for Newark nj., with 115 Passen Gers and five  turned around Fust after 7 . Sunday when a passenger Laid he saw the casing for the engine under the left Wing Fly off according to airline spokesman de Stukane. The Pilot did not declare an emergency. Sturani said. He did the prudent thing and decided to return and have it checked out he said. The passengers were not in  the  Boeing 737-100 Jet is equipped with Pratt & Whitney jt8d-7 engines Stukane said. Last week the Federal aviation administration ordered inspection of jt8d-15 mod Els following an engine fire that caused a British air Tours 737 Jet to crash aug. 22 after Takeoff from Manchester England killing 54 people. A Day after the crash Pratt & Whitney said it had sent a message to All airlines using engine types j78d-1 to jt8d-15, re emphasizing earlier recommendations Cov ering inspections and maintenance of the  Stukane described the missing portion on engine no. 1 As a Cowling or an outer Shell toward the rear of the engine which he said May have exposed working parts of the engine. A photograph of the plane s engine showed an exposed fuel line. Federal officials hoped to find the casing in the area along the plane s flight path. A passenger noticed the problem and notified a customer service manager flight attendant who told the first officer Stu Kane said. Emergency equipment was called out to the runway but the plane landed without incident he said. Stukane said the plane would be grounded until repaired and inspected by the Faa. Faa spokesman Fred Farrar said the incident had nothing to do with the engine beyond the Cowling falling off. It s sort of like driving Down the Road with the Hood of your car off. It May be unsightly but it does t affect the engine. We will be carry ing out an inspection but not of the engine. We will Only be looking into Why the cowl ing fell