European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday july 23, 1991 on let Senate do its Job group s from wire reports Atlanta a the National Urban league will not oppose the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the supreme court the first major civil rights group to take that stance its president said sunday. A i think it is important Thal we have a racially diverse supreme court even if he is not my candidate a John e. Jacob said. Jacob said the Urban leagues position a is not to oppose him not to be his advocate not to be his defender to simply let the Senate do its  the Urban leagues representative Assembly endorsed the move saturday after Daylong debate Jacob said. He said the decision reflects the ambivalence that Liberal civil rights advocates feel about the appointment of Thomas. The Black conservative is opposed to traditional approaches to civil rights such As affirmative action. President Bush nominated Thomas to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall a Liberal and the courts Only Black member. A i compliment the president on the shrewdness of the appointment a Jacob said. A i think the president checkmate the african american Community with the  the congressional Black caucus opposes the nomination. The National association for the advancement of coloured people and the Southern Christian leadership conference have postponed taking a stance. If Thomas is seated on the supreme court the Urban league Hopes his a Mere presence will change the nature of the discussion and the debate Over issues of interest to minorities he said. Quot even Clarence Thomas cannot deny his ethnic standing a Jacob said. Hopefully Jacob said Marshall a legacy to i Homas will be that a the has a unique role in educating the other members of the court on the Basic facts of life in a population they know Little  Jacob made the announcement before the Start sunday night of the Urban leagues four Day annual conference which was expected to draw about 15,000 people. In his keynote address to the conference Jacob said the United states must be prepared to Deal with the new wave of immigration swelling cities where Blacks already Are becoming majorities and a slowed workforce More dependent on women and minorities. He cautioned that rethinking past issues does not mean a shopping of the bandwagon of fashionable trends. But carefully re examining positions in the Light of changing  Jacob also challenged the Bush administration to get behind a new civil rights act a it opposes one pending in Congress a because the supreme court no longer stands by our Side. But is now on our Back. It is removing the gains of the past and building new barriers to our  Jacob called on Bush to play the same a Good game of quarterbacking in dealing with the crisis in the cities that he displayed in dealing with iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein in the persian Gulf War. Jacob said Bush should develop Clear objectives to end poverty and renew Urban America. Commit the necessary resources and target them to develop the human resources of youth and people on the margins of  efforts with coalitions of the Public private and voluntary sectors with Clear chains of command. President John e. Jacob addresses the National Urban leagues conference in Atlanta on sunday Wilson vows to survive California budget fight by the los Angeles times los Angeles gov Pete Wilson appearing on National television sunday likened his first state budget experience to Gen. George Custer a confident and ill fated ride into the Valley of the Little Bighorn in 1876. But he said the difference was that a a in la  and so will California. On that Point Wilson and democratic Assembly speaker Willie l. Brownjr. A a Veteran of nearly 20 years of state budget Battles a were in agreement. Neither accepted the premise of a special edition of the Abc television news program this week with David Brinkley that California no longer is the National indicator of positive trends and a developments from movie culture to politics. During sundays show which aired from los Angeles instead of Washington Brinkley focused on California issues rather than National issues while playing Host to Wilson Brown and a third guest author and commentator Ben Stein. Quot this is now a scary place Quot said Stein citing escalating crime pollution gridlock and an exodus from Southern California to other states such As Oregon or ices crowded and troubled areas of California. Stein said californians proposition 13, which slashed property taxes and severely restricted future increases illustrated the selfishness of California voters. A key part of the program s theme was that the states $14,3 billion deficit this year came about As a legacy of the anti tax crusade that californians launched in 1978. But Wilson argued that at least two thirds of the deficit resulted from the economic recession and the rest stemmed from a structural problem in which automatic spending increases Rose faster than Revenue increases. Proclaiming himself the victim of ambush the governor said no one could have expected during the election Campaign last fall that the budget deficit then estimated As Low As $1 billion or $2 billion would soar to More than $14 billion. Or that he would have to support tax increases. Car clouts preying on . Park visitors Wellfleet mass. A picture a National Park full of towering firs Crystal Clear Brooks an occasional cub a and thieves ready to break into your car. While not a National Scourge the Quot car clouts a As Park rangers Call them can wreck vacations. Quot if you re from Kansas and you see your car windows been smashed and your cameras gone it will ruin your whole trip a said maj. Robert Hines of the . Park police in Washington. Pat Ozment criminal investigator at Yellowstone National Park said that the thieves know that tourists often carry a lot of Cash and that rangers cannot adequately watch parking lots. In the 1980s, authorities broke up a ring of thieves operating along the Cape cod National seashore a string of beaches run by the National Park service. But others took their place. Quot we be probably had eight or nine break ins since april and we Haven to caught anybody a said Gary Carter a Ranger supervisor at the Cape. Quot we done to get a lot of sophistication in car clouts. They smash the window grab the stuff and High Tail it out of there a said sgt. Michael Blandford of the Park police at Lake Mead National recreation area in Nevada. Blandford said his Park averages about 300 reports a year of thefts from cars or boats. Many go unsolved. A a in be got All kinds of unsolved smash and grabs a he said. A a we la never find a lot of the property because people done to know the serial numbers of their  even if thieves Are arrested prosecution can be a problem. Victims May be unwilling to travel Long distances for the trial. But some clouts Are caught especially ones who operate in groups or Are connected to drugs or gambling. Ozment and his rangers benefited from one such arrest. Last year authorities seized a motor Home full of drugs after arresting a clout at Yellowstone the thief was prosecuted and Ozment and the rangers now use the motor Home for surveillance a to catch More clouts. House urged to defeat Helms plan on aids Washington up rep. Henry a. Waxman says the House should reject a Bill calling for stiff penalties for doctors who work while knowing they have the virus that causes aids. The California Democrat said sunday that the Senate approval of two measures on aids testing for health care workers including a 10-year prison term for doctors appeared to leave the decision up to the House. The prison term plan is sponsored by sen. Jesse Helms . A that seemed to me quite irresponsible a Waxman said on cd so face the nation. A that Helms amendment should have been superseded by the leadership proposal which was adopted unanimously. There  have been a Helms amendment.,. The House has got to reject  Waxman chairman of the House health and environmental health committee said Young people need to be educated about risks while the government Steps up testing of individuals at risk of exposure. But such efforts have been thwarted he said. Quot we re being stopped from doing some of those things by the right wingers who Are now trying to impose criminal penal ties on doctors where there is no evidence that any of the doctors Are uncooperative in trying to do what a prudent under the centers for disease control guidelines a he said. Or. Anthony Fauci director of aids research at the National institutes of health said efforts to impose criminal penalties could drive some doctors to a cover up or avoid these types of  Fauci said the medical Industry generally has taken a responsible course in policing itself and he said that based on the evidence so far risks Are greater for doctors than for patients. But or. Sanford Kurvin an infectious disease expert who has urged mandatory testing for acquired immune deficiency syndrome said the failure of the medical Community and Public health policy leaders to Deal with the Issue forced Congress to act. A the reason we need mandatory testing is number one because of the failure of voluntarism a Kurvin said. A if you can to test for it you can to Trace it. If you can to Trace it you can to treat it. If you can to treat it you can to prolong