European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Bows to . On Ira possible american military role put on hold Washington a the White House playing Down the . Role in the tense standoff in Baghdad deferred thursday to the United nations on iraqis conditional offer to free weapons inspectors detained by iraqi soldiers. A the . Has to determine if that a satisfactory or not a said presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. His comments were in line with the administrations efforts Over the past few Days to lower expectations for imminent military action despite the militant warn Ings president Bush issued last week. Bush had threatened to Send . Warplanes Back to the persian Gulf if necessary to Force Iraq to comply with All . Ceasefire terms including unfettered inspections by . Weapons experts. Earlier thursday Iraq offered to allow a 44-member team of . Weapons inspectors to leave the parking lot where they have been detained for three Days a if they would Catalon documents they plan to take on iraqis nuclear program. Fitzwater suggested the Fate of the in Fitzwater suggested the Fate of the inspectors is in the hands of the . Security Council and not the United states. A a we la have to wait until they finish their analysis a Fitzwater said. But Fitzwater expressed frustration with what he said was iraqi president Saddam Hussein a persistent Defiance of . Resolutions. A a he la resist and try to cheats Only to Back Down at the last minute the spokesman said. A a it a a continuous process of trying to get him to live up to his commitments. So that a the Basic problem we have to consider a he said. On wednesday Fitzwater had said Bush was putting on hold plans to provide . Air Power to escort . Helicopters after Iraq promised in writing not to harass them. For now that Issue a has been resolved by virtue of the written Assurance from Iraq that the helicopters can Fly wherever see Iraq on Page 2senate oks Bill to Benefit jobless sex gis by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a Congress moved one step closer late tuesday to extending unemployment benefits for separating service members As the Senate overwhelmingly approved a package of unemployment provisions. The main thrust of the Bill would authorize up to an additional 20 weeks of benefits depending on a states Overall unemployment rate. But it also contains a change to current rules under which service members must wait four weeks after separation to apply for a maximum of 13 weeks of benefits. Under the proposed change service members a like other unemployed workers a would have to wait Only one week to begin drawing up to 26 weeks of benefits. The 69-30jvote cleared the Way for a House Senate conference Ori the Bill which could take place this week. Congressional aides say the conference is Likely to be Stormy because of an Effort by some lawmakers to push the legislation even if it Means busting last years budget agreement Between the White House and Congress. President Bush has vowed to veto any unemployment benefits Bill that would Force Federal spending above previously agreed to Levels. In fact Bush signed a nearly identical Bill into Law in August but then refused to declare a budget emergency As required by last years budget agreement to allow $6 billion in funds to be spent. That effectively killed the program. One congressional aide said that maintaining spending limits will be a key Point in the upcoming conference because the latest House version of the Bill approved last week by a vote of 283-125, would automatically declare a spending emergency. The House version contains the same provision to extend unemployment benefits for my Italy personnel. A senators pushing this Bill seem to have enough see Senate on Page 2 a fiery escape professor John Cartwright his clothes aflame runs from a burning barricade thursday in South Africa. The Dean of the University of Cape towns arts department suffered slight leg Burns after trying to extinguish the Blaze set by Black students. The students barged into lecture Halls and danced on tables in a bid to shut Down classes in support of striking maintenance workers at the predominantly White , minorities face ceiling made of Cement adviser says by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt Germany a women and minorities working in government say the limit of their Advance often called a a Glass ceiling a is made of much sterner stuff says an attorney who advises government and private agencies on equal Opportunity matters. A you know what they Tell me its not Glass baby its Cement and you re going to need a Keg of dynamite to get through a said Dorothy e. Nelms a private consultant who specializes in equal Opportunity Laws and programs. Nelms said that opportunities for minorities and women in the Federal government especially the defense department have improved since she joined the government printing office As a gs-2 photo negative stripper in 1950. Much of the change was brought on by equal Opportunity Laws first passed by Congress in 1972, said Nelms who retired in 1978 As a gs-15 in the department of housing and Urban development. Nelms who is holding two weeks of equal Opportunity and motivational workshops in Frankfurt said civilian and government managers act As though Laws have fixed the problem. A a it a not fixed a she said. Managers complacency has created several problems ranging from mistrust in the equal Opportunity system to the perception of a a Glass  a i truly believe there is some kind of Glass ceiling that a cutoff Point is established and very few Blacks and women hispanics and it Cetera went beyond certain Grade Levels a she said. Nelms who entered George Washington University a Law school in 1978 at age 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 see ceiling on Page 2