European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 18. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 retired hispanic officer suing military says minorities promoted less often.  n.i-, a or or f Rte Arr he ice ail of q nit men in Itab qssi21san Francisco a hispanic and Black army officers have been promoted 10 to 50 percent less often than Whites Over the list 11 years says a re tired hispanic officer who has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the military. Former maj. Chris gon Alco of san Rafael who said the statistics were de Rived from army figures filed his Law suit Friday. Minority officers arc disproportionately weeded out of the promotional pro Cess and White officers arc disproportionately promoted said Gonzalez 44, who left the army in 1985 after 20 years and now is a High school Roth instructor in Oakland. Maj. Greg Rixon. An army spokes Man said the promotional system to de signed to ensure hat we Don t have Dis  disparities in the number of Low rank ing and High ranking minority officers arc probably due to officers leaving the service voluntarily Tor a variety of Rea sons including discrimination in local communities Rixon said. The army has 94,769 commissioned officers including 1,270 i spams or 1.34 percent and 9,916 Blacks or 10.46 percent he said. Out of about 16,000 officers with ranks of lieutenant colonel or higher about 4.7 per Cuni arc Black and 0.9 per cent arc hispanic of Dixon said. The 376 generals include 29 Blacks one of them Brig. Gen. Fred Garden the newly appointed commandant of West Point and no Lisa ifs Rixon said. A Usa eur spokeswoman in Hei Delberg told the stars and stripes that the command has records of 28 female and 173 male hispanic officers and 433 female and 1,446 male Black officers As signed to Usa eur. She said these numbers Are based on voluntary information provided by the officers Gonzalez a native of puerto Rico who received a Bronze Star for Vietnam duty in 1969-70, said he was frequently Given menial Job assignments during Liis Ca reer such As passing out basketballs in Korea and running copying machines in the basement of the Presidio in san brands co. He said he wound up his career at Tori Campbell. Ky., where his Job had a Vari Ety of High sounding titles including affirmative action officer and human re sources manager but Little substance. Gonzalez said he had been promoted from Captain to major Only after filing suit and was seven years behind his Peers with no prospects for advancement when he retired. His lawyer Carlos Duque said Gonzalez was a Man of considerable ability with an 1q of 142, a uphold cruising to a new place of Honor the sorrel Union s Neva River in be the Aurora fired the first shots to Sig p ans Maneu vers with Jordan Cairo Egypt a Egypt and Jordan will hold joint military Maneu vers later this year and have offered to hold similar exercises with any Arab country defense minister Abdul Hatim Abu Ghazala told reporters Sun Day after a meeting with army officers in Ismail a Midway along the Suez canal. He gave no further details. Small units from both countries held exercises after Jordan broke Arab ranks and resumed full diplomatic re lations with Egypt in 1984. Jordan and 16 other Arab states Sev ered tics with Egypt after its 1979 peace treaty with Israel. Since Hosni Mubarak became Egypt s president in 1981, relations Between Egypt and most Arab countries has greatly improved. Abu Ghazala also was quoted As say ing that Egypt is ready to hold military exercises with any Arab country that re quests them. In a Brief reference to five Days of a Nevers with the United states which were supposed to have started saturday Abu Ghazala said thai Egypt benefits from them because of the Large facilities provided by the american army and Navy a news blackout has been cast an the Maneu vers dubbed Bright Star 87, apparently to avoid increasing ten Sions in the persian Gulf. Egyptian and . Officials won t acknowledge whether the Maneu vers started As scheduled. Law is Nof a luxury Meese tells China conference Beijing a . Attorney general Edwin me Csc opened a three Day sino american Confer ence on economic Law monday by saying that adherence to Law is an indispensable precondition to Commerce and Prosperity. Mccase was addressing 900 americans including about 600 lawyers and 650 chinese Legal and eco nomic officials at the great Hal of the people. Law is not a luxury that a society can defer until in is prosperous enough to afford it Meese said. Law is the indispensable precondition of development growth Commerce and  China is holding the conference on Trade invest ment and economic Law amid efforts to establish a body of Law that can promote its economic reforms and open door policies. The country did t have its ministry of Justice until eight years ago and ignorance or flouting of the Law is still a nationwide problem. American and other foreign businesses interested in investing in China have complained Abou fuzzy Laws concerning contracts repatriation of profits and taxes. Law is the underpinning of civilization Meese said. It subdues the human impulse to destroy and in liberates the human desire to  he said economic lies have improved dramatically since China and the United states resumed contacts in 1972. Bilateral Trade topped so billion last year and americans have invested More than si.5 billion in China a figure topped Only by Hong Kong. Me Csc said the remaining problems include Domestic protectionist pressures questions about civil aviation and maritime issues slow Progress on a bilateral investment treaty and delays in . Technology transfers to China. Many american investors in China report frustration at High costs arbitrary pricing Light foreign Exchange controls limited Access to chinese markets complicated bureaucratic procedures Short Ages of qualified personnel and unpredictable com Mercial practices Meese said. He asked the chinese to remember Hal Ameri can View property As extensions of personality and Hal . Businesses must be assured of Protection for property rights including intellectual prop erty. There must also be fair and regular procedures for resolving disputes he said. Slate councilor Zhang Yingfu expressed concern about Trade protectionism in the United states say ing Hal China won t be Able to pay for american imports if the United Stales does t buy More from China. He mentioned two particularly sensitive areas textiles and technology transfers in which China is critical of . Policies. Zhang noted that in recent years the United states has taken Steps to Case air sanctions on sales of High technology to China. He added that " he extent to which the United Stales slackers resin Lions on technology transfers to China will reflect the extent to which the United states understands the importance of its economic relationship with China