European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday february 5.19bb rift Over promotion policy denied Mil far reaffirms fight on sex Bias b William j. Hartman Washington Bureau Washington a in air Force personnel official thursday dented thai military Leader Are divided on Collinu ing a tradition that Favi irs promising married officers wow wives subordinate their personal lives id further their husbands Carters. Deputy chief of Italy fur personnel to. Gen. Thomas 1. Hickey s denial of he dispute came during a hearing by he Home armed services manpower and personnel subcommittee concern ing what the Pentagon is doing 1o help military women further their careers. Dunns the hearing personnel leaders from each of the services reaffirmed new defense department policies announced this week designed to better fight sexual harassment within the services and open up More than 14.000 new Pom Lions for women in the Navy air Force and marines tin Arm has been instructed 10 re assess in current pal Iasi which keep women out of certain combat related Roll s. The army s personnel chief it. Hen. Allen k. Ono. Could Only say the sen ice Mill continue to recruit a steady flow of 15,000 females each year. While the hearing was intended to focus on military women subcommittee chairman Beverly Byron. D-md., is pics cd disappointment thai Hickey did nol mention a recently completed report by a special air Force panel that suggested changes in Stltt service s Altitude toward military spouses noting thai the air Force has received much bad publicity lately on ils attitude toward military spouses Byron told the general "1 understand that the top air Force leadership and their wives were briefed and rejected the report. Is his true7" after Pentagon assistant manpower chief David Armor interceded to state thai there were some exceptions raised to the report Mickey told Byron la is nol Rue that the recommendations of that group were rejected by the senior leadership. Nothing is further from the  air Force and defense department sources closely involved in family policy issues continue to say however thai a Irue Battle Royal has been Tak ing place Between Secretary of he air Force Edward Aldridge or. And Gen. Larry Welch air Force chief of staff. Over the report. The general reportedly is resisting Welch s efforts to end he unwritten policy thai favors married men for promotions to command positions. The sources say lop officers and their wives arc resisting the report and there is division among the services civilian leadership where some officials arc for Mer air Force officers themselves. Byron said she had heard examples of unmarried officers being turned Down for commands they were Well qualified for because they did nol have a spouse. Mickey said there Are now too com Manders in air Force squadrons thai Are nol married have never been married and will never be  when Byron said she understands such people Are Given far Flung overseas posts such As Okinawa Mickey said he did not believe hat to be True. The air Force spouses Issue erupted into controversy last summer when Sev eral wives claimed commanders had tried to pressure hem to quit their jobs and dedicate themselves to their Hus bands advancement following the bearing Ono said the continuing recruitment of 15,000 women per year will result in an increasing num Ber of positions opening up for females. But he could nol say How Many Posi and no one was Hurt a Pinto the wreckage of 1 Jackman Milne train wednesday in left a jumbled up mrs but no one As injured in the wrecked curried propane Gas but there Denim int. Two at he 29 curs that As no leakage after be Accident. Lions might open up because inc army is just beginning a revaluation of its direct combat probability coding sys tem which uses the inherent dangers of the assignment location As a Way of determining whether women should be assigned. Rep. Pat Schroeder a Colo expressed doubts that a belter definition of sex Ual harassment for the military and bet Ter monitoring of the problem would encourage women to report such Inci dents. Schroeder said military clap Laisiu have told her that All too often women Are just unwilling to report harassment for tear of retribution and doubts thai the com Manders will act. She expressed concern thai findings of harassment will be covered up by com Manders who Don t want their com mands to look bad. Armor said inc system will count on qualified commanders who Are to be educated under inc new policies of the importance of preventing sexual harassment in the services. Sexual harassment reports played big role in fostering the new policies on women which were drafted by a special task Force chaired by Armor. Prober says he classified Meese note Washington a the inde pendent counsel investigating attorney general Edwin a desc Iii thursday Aid he had classified a memo on a is billion iraqi pipeline that mentions payoff plan involving an israeli political party. This office obtained. Information the disclosure of which Cou a affect the foreign relations of the United slates said James Mckay. Mckay also disclosed that a inter Agency task Force is being formed in the government to review and reassess the classification of any information related to Mckay s pipeline investigation. The classified memo by longtime a Csc Friend e. Robert Wallach to the attorney general is a Central part of Mckay s criminal investigation of Meuse. A Csc has refused to discuss it in de Tail on the basis that in is classified. The attorney general said he Moestl i recall Reading the portion of the mid 1989 memo dealing with a payoff plan and said that in Reading it now be does t believe the document irn Piet Hal a violation of the Law was committed or contemplated. Military court sets aside adultery conviction Little Hack Ark. N with an enticed Man wild did they had ii in a missile silo in a Kauv my attorney Morgan Welch of North untie Kock. Welch said he our Appeal the remaining conviction u the court of Mili tary appeals Anil to the . Supreme court if necessary. We consider Iii 10 be a Victory Welch said. We just blew the legs out from under half their  Welch said Haye was a victim of sex Ual harassment since the men with whom she was accused of fraternizing remain in inc service and enjoy privileges and  while inc is an a Sellau leave. Which Means she is out of the air Force unless she is  we will make the air Force face this Issue of sexual harassment at same  Welch said. Ill go wish Naomi Haye As far As the desires logo. I think she s a Jowien a raw do and it s starting to unravel on the air  Welch said he was not Able to reach Haje on wednesday to discuss he Deci Sion and an Appeal. She is living in the South Pacific with her husband who is in inc air fora and with the couple s i to children Welch said. However Welch said Haye told him in a letter this year that she wanted to pursue appeals of the Case. Welch said he was Lold if the ruling wednesday Hyll. Col. Patrick Sweeney Olaje s military lawyer. Hayi was convicted nov. 10. I so after a court martial at Little Hock a1 b. Where she was assigned to a Titan ii Inis Sile Crew. The review panel reversed Hay s conviction of having an adulterous relation ship with Capi. Robert j. Bums and affirmed her conviction of commuting adultery with tech. Sol. Thomas Bush Welch  and Burns also were assigned to the 308th strategic missile Wing at the base in Jacksonville Ark. Welch said the reversal was based on his argument that Haye was co crowd into making a statement that led to the charge of a relationship Between her and bums that statement prejudiced the jury about the second adultery change he said. We will be arguing on Appeal la Iii there is no Way the court martial could have heard that Paf