European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 4, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 33 soviet republics sign treaty to set up free Enterprise system Moscow apr three soviet republics formally signed an economic treaty replacing Kremlin dictated Central planning with a free Enterprise common Market news reports said thursday. The landmark agreement was signed late wednesday by leaders of Kazakhstan Uzbekistan and byelorussian according to soviet news agencies and newspapers. They were among the republics that tentatively approved the treaty earlier this week at a meeting in the kazakh capital Alma Ata. Four other republics indicated they would endorse the treaty after consulting their governments. Russians former prime minister Ivan Ilayev who Heads the committee now running the National Economy said the economic treaty was a the Only guarantee against the chaotic disintegration of the  in a related development All of the republics agreed in principle to jointly fund the Bai Konur cosm drome the Cash strapped soviet space Center in the desert of Kazakhstan the soviet news Agency Tass said. Grigory Yav links who is writing the Market treaty predicted thursday that the Ukraine and three Central asian republics of turkmen a Kadzhi Kristan and Kirghizia would sign the treaty before oct. 15. The huge russian federation has no a objections in principles to the document said Deputy prime minister Yevgeny Saburova but it would be up to the republics president Boris n. Yeltsin to decide when to sign. Meanwhile political and ethnic turmoil continued in several soviet regions. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev dispatched two of his top advisers to try to restore Calm in the Central asian Republic of Kadzhi Kristan where thousands of protesters have been demonstrating for the removal of communist leaders. More than 10,000 pro democracy pro islamic protesters have occupied the main Square of Tadzhili stand a capital Dushanbe for a week. Among then arc scores of hunger strikers demanding the resignation of president Rakhman Nab Icv and new parliamentary elections. The Muslim republics located in the soviet unions Southern Underbelly adjoining Iran Afghanistan and China Long were considered the country a most docile. They were the slowest to declare Independence and the most economically dependent on Kremlin subsidies. But they have exploded in a people Power demonstrations in the past month. In Azerbaijan about 40,000 people chanted and waved their fists during a rally wednesday near parliament to demand multiparty elections. The rally was the largest so far in a growing popular movement to remove president Ayaz Muta Libov Azerbaijan a former communist party Boss who became president in an election on sept. 8 in which he was the Only candidate. Tadzhili stand a legislature bowed to a key opposition demand wednesday and suspended the republics communist party As Well As its Legal heir the Tadzik socialist party. But demonstrators remained on Liberty Square a formerly Lenin Square a to insist on a by eve a removal. The communist dominated parliament installed Nab Icv the republics former communist party Boss after the previous president tried to abolish the party last month. Backing Down wednesday the lawmakers themselves suspended the party by a vote of 126 to 54, Tass  accused of mishandling complaints by Jimi Jones staff writer a former chief Counselor at an air Force equal employment Opportunity office in Germany said he became so frustrated two years ago with How discrimination complaints were handled that he resigned. What bothered Norman Daley he said was officials failure to address the complaints. A the complaints Content Wasny tas much looked at As were technicalities such As timeliness Daley said. A there was no action taken. The paper Mill. Was slowed Down in cases. The complainants were simply pushed aside a said Daley whose Job it was to screen complaints and assign them to one of five Counselor on staff at the time. With a masters degree in education and a 25-year air Force career Daley said he had Felt he a had the right kinds of tools for the  a i just did no to see Leo counselling As being paperwork a he said but an Avenue a to identify those situations that Are perceived to be of a discriminatory atmosphere and work to solve  since he retired from the air Force in 1984, he has worked for the defense department As an employee development specialist a management analyst and As a personnel specialist. Currently a management analyst for he . Air forces in Europe a manpower directorate Daley served As chief Leo Counselor for about a year for the former 316th air div on Ramstein a Germany. A a lot of the complaints that i dealt with instead of being brushed aside for an administrative reason could have been talked about and resolved a Daley said adding that this a did no to seem to be  complainants also were advised to use various other agencies to resolve their problems he said. One such Agency was social actions he said which addresses discrimination complaints but usually Only those involving military members. Those complaints Ai 2 generally resolved within the military command. Daley a cases involved civilians family members and a few military he said. More counselling less paperwork prescribed by Jimi Jones staff writer resolving an equal employment Opportunity complaint can be a lengthy and frustrating process said former chief equal employment Opportunity Counselor Norman Daley. Daley contends that the process could be seeded up with More counselling and less paperwork. Complaints he said a can be resolved and they can be resolved quickly if Counselor Are allowed to have the latitude to bring these folks together managers and employees a in counselling sessions to resolve them. The Leo process works in stages Daley said. A person has 30 Days after an incident to file a discrimination complaint with an Leo Counselor. The Counselor has at least 21 Days to investigate the complaint in its informal stage Accord ing to . Air forces in Europe officials who estimate informal inquiries alone average about 30 Days. After an initial screening by the chief Counselor a complaint that appears to have some basis in fact will be passed on to a Counselor who gathers facts about the Case Daley said. After that fart finding the parties involved sometimes meet to try to resolve the Issue. If the complaint is not resolved in that informal discussion the complainant must file a formal complaint which is investigated by the . Air Force civilian appellate review Agency at Wright Patterson fab Ohio. Investigators visit overseas bases Only about twice a year. Their findings and recommendations Are made to the next authority usually the base or Wing commander. However the commander is not bound by the Agency a recommendations. If the complainant wishes to pursue the Case even further the charges then can be taken to the equal employment Opportunity commission Leo whose Headquarters arc in Washington. The Leoc a . Government Agency created by the civil right act of 1964, has two main purposes. One is to end discrimination based on race color religion sex or National origin in hiring promotion firing and other conditions of employment. The other is to promote voluntary action programs by employers unions and Community organizations to put equal employment Opportunity into actual operation. The Leoc receives written charges investigates the charges and attempts to remedy the alleged unlawful practice through conciliation conference and persuasion. If All else fails the Leoc May bring suit in a Federal District court. Allegations of civil rights abuses and discrimination in the . Military recently came to Light when Arthur Fletcher chairman of4he . Commission on civil rights visited Germany in August and gathered complaints during stops at five military bases in Germany. In a preliminary report released sept. 11, Fletcher cited complaints of discriminatory practices in the military overseas schools system the armed services and the defense departments civilian personnel system. He said Federal workers particularly criticized equal employment Opportunity programs. Daley echoed those workers concerns of an impotent unresponsive system that often turns on the victim and ignores the perpetrator. Often he said allegations of racially oriented or sexually oriented name calling and other remarks Are Tough to prove because they generally Are made in private. A a it a just one persons word against another a. Those kinds of things were happening i.e., male female Black White a Daley said. A a it a very frustrating to have to sit there and continuously Tell people that those Are the kinds of things that if they complain about then ultimately the Burden of proof is on the person making the complaint a Daley said. The civilian personnel system also is not set up to Deal with Equality issues in the workplace Daley alleged. Complainants told Daley he said that civilian personnel representatives advised managers How they could get rid of an employee. When Daley confronted civilian personnel representatives he said they told him it was their Job a to work with  Daley agreed but said it a does no to seem appropriate if those actions presented the perception of a deliberate conspiracy against employees. Because of such perceptions he said he had suggested to base officials that the Leo be a separate entity from the civilian personnel office. Complainants told him he said that the Leo officials had often been a perceived As a tool of the civilian personnel  that perception a fostered distrust among those people that would turn to an Leo Counselor a Daley said. High turnover and regular transfers that Are inherent in government employ ment also work against assuring fair and equal treatment for complainants Daley said. If a Case does reach the Leo commission investigators often have difficulty tracking Down people with knowledge of the incident he said. A a it a a frustrating situation but one that with managerial cooperation can be seeded up and i think we can get results a Daley said. In Daley a View proposed hearings in Europe on civil rights issues would be timely in Light of military draw Downs. A i see an Opportunity for a lot of people of color to be pushed aside again a lie said unless the situation is a looked at at a High enough  he said an outside investigation into the numerous discrimination complaints was justified. A some of the complaints have me 1 it and some done to. In some cases people Wil exaggerate a Daley said. Quot i Don t want to exaggerate a Point or situation however do think there is cause to take a Good look at what is happening Here. A we need to see things As they Are and when something s wrong we need to fix