European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday March 27, 1990 justices agree to review decision excluding women from some jobs Washington api a the Sun Emp a emf a Ninn a. . A. _ Washington apr the supreme court accepting a Case that could affect millions of working women said monday it will review a ruling that lets employers exclude All women of child bearing age from some hazardous jobs. The justices agreed to study an automobile Battery manufacturers policy of Banning women who cannot prove they Are infertile from jobs that expose them to Lead. A decision is expected sometime in 1991. A Federal appeals court last year upheld the fetal Protection policy rejecting arguments that Banning women from High paying if hazardous factory jobs amounts to illegal sex discrimination. Exposure to Lead the principal material used in making batteries is a health risk to workers and to the fetuses of pregnant workers. Since 1982, the Battery division of Johnson controls inc., based in Milwaukee has barred women at its factories from jobs involving exposure to Lead and from jobs that through transfers or promotions could Progress to Lead exposed duties. Eight employees and the United Auto workers Union challenged the policy in court. Among the women who sued was one who had submitted to sterilization to preserve her Job. Another was a 50-year-old Divorcee. The suit alleged that the policy violated a part of the civil rights act of 1964, called title Vii barring sexual Bias in employment. . District judge Robert w. Warren in Milwaukee ruled for Johnson controls based on both sides pretrial arguments. No trial was held. The 7th . Circuit court of appeals upheld his ruling by a 7-4 vote last sept. 26. Judge John l. Coffey wrote for the appeals court that the differing treatment of women employees was based on a a business necessity a and added a we Are also convinced that Johnson controls fetal Protection policy could be upheld under the Bona fide occupational qualification  the appeals court concluded that the policy a is reasonably necessary to Industrial  three of the appeals courts four dissenting judges wrote opinions the most scathing of which was authored by judge Frank Easterbrook a conservative appointee of president Reagan. The fiery Glare from the air forces Delta 2 rocket silhouettes spectators on Cocoa Beach fla., As they watch the launch sunday night. The rocket carrying a $65 million communications satellite satellite sendoff a lifted off at 9 45 . From Cape canaveral after two delays last week. The payload is the seventh advanced Nav Star satellite launched in the past calling it a Likely the most important sex Dirrim a non Case in any court since. Congresses is ?  Easterbrook said a if the by one estimate 20 million Industrial jobs would a closed to women for Many substances in addition m Lead pose fetal risks. Lun 10 a the Law would allow employers to Concis women to a women a work while reserving beaters tag but More hazardous jobs for men Quot Eastern Fri said. A title Vii was designed to eliminate a her perpetuate such Matching of sexes to  he added a cases show that Many additional women Are affected by restrictions placed on othe jobs such As the a Ray technician jobs that exposed embryos to radiation. Concern about emissions from computers and their terminals has led to proposals Ihm could restrict Access even to traditional office jobs a a Johnson controls has Battery plants in several states. A California appeals court recently ruled that the fetal Protection policy is illegal sex discrimination under state not Federal Law. Thon8.5-?.is in Erna do Nal Union is. Johnson controls 89-1215. Americans a amp is lost $19.2 billion in 1989 i a the nation s savings and Loans lost $19.2 billion in 1989, the worst performance Ever and the third consecutive record loss the government said monday. With a $6.5 billion loss in the final three months of the year red Ink for All of 1989 easily topped the previous record of $13.4 billion in 1988. That had topped a record $7.8 billion in 1987. It Mes. Ereund acting chief economist of the office of Thrift supervision offered a Glimmer of Hope for this year pointing out that the bulk of the losses occurred at institutions either taken Over by the government or targeted for takeover. I would presume by this time next year. The Industry would be smaller and the losses would be smaller Quot he said. In the fourth Quarter for instance the 485 institutions either under government control or targeted for government control compiled All of the Industry a losses while the rest of the Industry 2,393 savings and Loans posted a slight profit of $28 million. Savings and Loans Are Banks that make personal and mortgage Loans. Because of Adverse economic circumstances and mismanagement hundreds of them got into financial difficulties in recent years. The 13,000 . Commercial Banks which primarily make business Loans were largely unaffected by the crisis the governments numbers revealed the Cost of the governments slow Start in shutting Down failed institutions. Losses on operations for the 485 savings and Loans under government control totalled $2.6 billion in ill october to december period a an average toss of $29 million a Day. Once these institutions Are closed or sold the Industry would no longer have to absorb that expense. A a it a a Vii i Ahtl in a i u Olliav Aspin seeks Cheney s Aid against automatic cuts by Janet Howells Tierney necessary a. By Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington rep. Les Aspin a it i s ur6ed defense Secretary Dick Cheney to Nelp him defuse a partisan fight Over the fiscal 91 budget by speaking out against automatic budget cuts that some White House officials seem to favor. To show the White House How much the automatic cuts can Hurt Aspin has blocked a Pentagon request to Transfer $8 52 million to military personnel accounts. The Pentagon already has endured three months Worth of across the Board cuts during the first Quarter of this fiscal year. Those cuts reduced its budget by $1.5 billion. The administration can shield military personnel accounts from the effects of across the Board cuts but decided not to do hat this year because deeper reductions in other accounts would have been necessary. Aspinw a tactic is painful As Well. As Many As 65,000 service members would have to be Cut before oct. 1 if the funds can to be shifted according to a Pentagon memo. In addition up to 33,000 planned reassignment moves and up to 71,000 promotions could be cancelled. By blocking the Transfer Aspin Hopes to enlist Cheney said in persuading other administration officials to Back away from allowing another round of automatic across the Board cuts in next years budget. In a March 23 letter Aspin urged Cheney to join him in publicly opposing the use of the cuts to meet next years deficit spending target mandated by the Gramm Rudman Hollings Law. Aspin referred to recent comments by Anonymous White House officials that the administration might veto any congressional spending plan not to its liking and allow the automatic cuts to take place. He charged that the administration is using the threat of across the Board cuts As a partisan weapon in the budget debate with congressional democrats. In the letter Aspin told Cheney about an unidentified White House official who had been Quot boasting of having the political High ground Quot and claiming that the automatic cuts Hurt the democrats most cherished Domestic programs More than those of republicans. Aspin feels Cheney might be willing to try to persuade president Bush and other administration officials notably budget chief Richard Darman that allowing v Ard cuts 10 happen in fiscal 91 would Hurt All concerned. The Pentagon source declined to comment on what Cheney might do. The memo said Cheney is faced with a no win situation because shielding military personnel accounts cripples other spending  example the memo said cuts in the operations and maintenance accounts would have increased from $6.7 billion to $ 11.1 billion if military personnel had been shielded during the three month period of cuts this year. With training time and maintenance resources curtailed Quot we would have kept All our people but Given them less to do. Leading the military Back toward the a hollow Force of the late 1970s,&Quot the memo said. The Pentagon a request to shift $852.6 million into the military personnel account is nothing new the memo said. Congress has approved such requests each year since 1985. The Transfer must be approved by the House and Senate armed services committees As Well As the House and Senate appropriations committees