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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, September 27, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 27, 1991 at a glance convicted War criminal Klaus Barbie has died in a French Hospital at age 77. Here the Man called the a Butcher of Lyon a poses in his nazi uniform. See Story on Page 10.Senate spares b-2 the stealth bomber program narrowly survived an attempt in the Senate to kill it but the plan to build 75 of the b-2s appears in  Page 4 vote on Thomas today the Senate judiciary committee announced wednesday night that it will vote today on the nomination of Clarence Thomas As a supreme court  Page 5 Aid for jobless sex gis Congress moved closer to extending unemployment benefits for separating service members As the Senate approved a package of jobless  Page 6 curfew imposed in Zaire fearing famine and growing unrest zairian officials ordered emergency food plans and a dusk to Dawn curfew thursday following deadly military led  Page 8 Job applicants needed merchants National Bank in Europe is experiencing a Sharp drop in qualified applicants for positions. A Bank official blames the decline on the military a draw Down. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces in places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 s Black leaders express disapproval of March by Luke Britt Staft writer some Black leaders in the United states and Germany said thursday that they would not support a March protesting alleged civil rights violations in the . Military in Europe. A spokesman for the Headquarters of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said the army from Page 1 Garding commanders possible decisions in this regard a Woodhouse said. A those kind of matters Are decided on a Case by Case  the March organized by the european conference of the National association for the advancement of coloured people is scheduled to begin at 10 . Saturday in downtown Frankfurt. Arthur Diggs president of the european a act said thursday that military authorities had not opposed the March until an article appeared in the stars and stripes on wednesday in which he was quoted As saying the event would be a a landmark  �?o1 look at this bickering Over the word a demonstration As a form of harassment or intimidation intended to thwart our efforts a Diggs said. A a we re marching for Freedom Equality and Justice in the department of  organization did not authorize or support the March scheduled to take place in Frankfurt on saturday. The March has been organized by the a acpt a european conference. The chairman of the . Commission on civil rights Arthur Fletcher stated in a letter addressed to Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army in Europe that he a was not pleased to learn of the  in a Telephone interview from Denver Fletcher told the stars and stripes that the March would do More harm than Good. A at this stage of the game 1 feel an open and Frank discussion with general Saint is needed. In be asked him to set the Date and ill arrange to be there a Fletcher said. Arthur Diggs president of the european a act and the March a leading organizer said he would Call off the demonstration if Saint agrees to the meeting. Dissent also surfaced thursday among various european a act leaders including those close to Diggs. A of course All the issues of disparity and discrimination Are valid and marching might be a viable Means of addressing it. However we have to go about such a thing in the right Way a said Mike Lambert first vice president of the european conference. Quot if we March it must be with the Blessing of the National  if military members civilians or their families choose to participate in the March they should do so individually and not in the name of the a act Lambert said. A Frankfurt is not where this March should occur a said Robert Mann a act member and former president of european conference. A the Frankfurt Community has always been supportive of the  the March would have More meaning if it were held in Heidelberg near the Headquarters of the . Army in Europe Mann said. The a act Headquarters in Baltimore gave Diggs a list of guidelines thursday which if met could Lead to official support from the organization said a act National spokesman James Williams. However until the guidelines Are met the March is not sanctioned Williams said. The organization would not reveal the guidelines saying it was an internal Issue. Following an August visit to several installations in Germany Fletcher criticized the military a system of combating civil rights and equal Opportunity abuses. Diggs has credited the publicity generated by Fletcher a report As the inspiration for the March. In his letter to Saint however Fletcher said the March a will prove to be embarrassing if not humiliating to the military and America As a  staff writer Janet Howells Niemey contributed to this report from Washington women from Page 1 Tain Grade Levels a she said. Nelms who entered George Washington University a Law school in 1978 at 46 after her retirement said institutional Bias is not Likely to Ever vanish. A was Long As people run institutions and people have personal biases there a going to be institutional Bias a said Nelms a because what you think what you believe what your values Are will undoubtedly affect the decisions that you make in the  people treat an institution As if it is simply a building she said. A but its not. Its the people who make the management decisions a she said. A a that a not just Here in Europe. Its the private sector and the Federal government. Whether its deliberately set in motion or whether its just the result of other things in the system 1 done to know. A i think there a lessening of concern about the underdog a lessening concern about women poor people and  Nelms who spends about 40 percent of her time working with the government acknowledges that people Are leery of the government controlled equal Opportunity complaint system. A if i say that the department of defense discriminated against me the defense department gets the first look. And gets the Chance to say whether or not they discriminated against me a she explained. In the private sector she said complaints Are handled by Neutral parties outside the organizations involved in the complaint. A that objectivity is not in the Federal system a she said. But Many people in government fear Independent agencies would undermine its system she said. A if its worked in the private sector it can work in the Federal government a Nelms said. Uncertainties caused by the military draw Down and its associated Rumor Mill have intensified anxieties she said. People Are a not getting enough information to make a considered judgment about what might happen to them a she said. Ultimately a your mind is no More on the Job than the Man on the Moon. And i would bet you that 90 percent of the people in Usa eur now Are right  but in the Long term she said the growing numbers of minorities and women entering the workplace will Force All top management to change equal Opportunity practices. A people Are going to Start saying a hey we re coming in we re not stopping Here at the door. We re moving on through and we re demanding change in this  a it has to happen that Way because change will not come from the goodness of Peoples hearts she said. A very few people Check Down and say a my hearts not in the right place. Let me move it Over and make these wonderful  most people make changes because of pressure. A groundswell that comes up through organizations. A i Tell people a you can to become inoperative because the system is nol doing what you think it ought to do. There is some difference you can make. And you need to Start looking at your situation and making that  a Iraq from Page 1 Zuments if . Officials decided they should do so. A fall we need to know is what arc the guidelines and what is practically required and Well worry about finding ways to do it once policy is set a he said. The inspectors have been held in a parking lot outside the iraqi atomic Energy commission building since tuesday when iraqi authorities demanded they surrender documents detailing the country a secret nuclear weapons program. Kay said the documents were secured in one of the cars a in the Center of our Little  the persian Gulf War allies have stepped up pressure on iraqi president Saddam Hussein to comply with . Truce measures calling for the destruction of scud missiles As Well As any nuclear biological or chemical weapons or production facilities. Additional . Forces Are being sent to neighbouring saudi Arabia amid the escalating tension. The United states on wednesday began moving Patriot anti missile units to the persian Gulf in Case the Security Council orders military escorts for  teams searching Iraq. On tuesday Iraq gave the Security Council written Assurance that it would no longer interfere with . Helicopter surveillance flights a another demand of the United nations that Iraq had initial ignored  
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