European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 8, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 36th Fleet to stay in med Howe say Navy Leader sees . Presence for Long time by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a the Mediterranean is a a sea of instability that will require the continued stabilizing Long think that its presence is in american interests and nato interests and i think it is in the interests of the other nations along the littoral Quot said adm. Jonathan t. Howe commander of . Nava forces Europe and nato s Allied forces Southern Europe in an interview at a South Headquarters in Naples. Howe has headed both Nav eur and a South since May 1989. Vice adm. Jeremy m. A a Mike Boorda the Navy s personnel chief has been tapped for promotion to Admiral and named to replace Howe. Boorda is tentatively set to arrive in Europe in late november. The instability of the soviet Union on going crises in Yugoslavia and Albania and worrisome trends such As exploding populations and a Scarcity of water in poorer countries to the South and East of the Mediterranean make the regions historic instability even greater Howe said. A i see us being very Active in the Region a Howe said. A the problem of crisis is going to be constantly with  now is a time of great turbulence transition and unrest in Europe Howe said calling the present a a time for us to influence events in a positive direction. That a Why i feel an american presence in Europe and the Mediterranean is a stabilizing Force and an important contribution to  a we the ., need to be Here during this period and we have to pay attention to what is going on a Howe said. As the threat from the soviet Union to natos Central Region recedes Howe so pm the Alliance is paying More attention to possible threats to its Southern re As the . Navy gets smaller then the 6th Fleet will naturally see some Small size reductions a adm. Jonathan t. Howe fion from non soviet sources and is making efforts to Olster the regions defences by such Means As modernizing its weapons. Addressing the us. Navy a future in Europe and the Mediterranean Howe said forces will be adjusted and streamlined but that there will be no Large cuts in their Levels. A i would see us being Able to Cut Down a Little bit Here and there. We Are not talking about big numbers. We Are talking about adjustments of 100 Here and 50 there a Howe said. . Navy installations in Europe will remain in existence and largely unchanged Howe said a particularly during this very volatile transition  a we have studied the future As Best we can by looking at history and trends and we have put our Bias toward the South where the 6th Fleet is a Howe said a was the . Navy gets smaller then the 6th Fleet will naturally see some Small size reductions a Howe said. Howe said the 6th Fleet is doing More today with less than any organization he knows. An example of this is increasingly closer cooperation with the allies so More responsibilities Are shared Howe said. A the Navy presence Here in the Mediterranean is probably the most important most relevant and most Likely to be needed of any presence we have throughout the Globe a Howe added. Howe s next assignment and departure Date have not been determined but he is widely expected to succeed Robert Gates in the White House As the Deputy National Security adviser. Gates was confirmed by the Senate on tuesday As the new director of the Central intelligence Agency. When asked whether he will be taking Over for Gates Howe said a you know How we answer nuclear weapons questions i can neither confirm nor deny. 1 think that a really the appropriate answer at this time Quot Howe said adding a my evasive answer on the question really has to be 1 just can to comment about where in a going next but anyway 1 done to have any orders  historic civil rights Bill passes House Washington a ending two years of charged debate Over racial quotas the House on thursday overwhelmingly passed a major civil rights Bill that makes it easier for victims of Job discrimination to sue and collect damages the passage on a 381-38 vote sends the measure to president Bush who has said he will sign it. Speaker Tom Foley d-wash., hailed the House action As a a historic  a the struggle to enact civil rights legislation in 1991 has engaged us for a very Long time a he said. The House vote was to accept the same Bill passed by the Senate last week. It was the product of Long negotiations Between Bush aides and Senate sponsors. The Bill expands the rights of Job discrimination victims including the objects of sexual harassment to sue and collect damages. It overturns a series of supreme court rulings that had increased the burdens of proof on plaintiffs in Job discrimination cases. With approval a foregone conclusion the final action came after partisans on both sides debated who had blinked in the negotiations with the White House. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher a conservative Republican from California charged that despite Bush a claims to the contrary the Bill a enshrines race based  a this Bill is not a Retreat a its a Complete surrender a Rohrabacher said. Rep. Craig Washington a Black Democrat from Texas said Bush a quotas charge had always been a a red  he said the Success of Louisiana Republican gubernatorial nominee David Duke a former Kun flux klan Leader prompted Bush to abandon the racially divisive argument. A David Duke took the Sheet off the quotas argument a Washington said. The final debate was dominated by outrage Over a provision added by the Senate that exempts from its provisions the plaintiffs in one Case some 2,000 asian american and other minority employees of an Alaska Salmon Cannery known As wards Cove packing co. Their Case resulted in a 1989 supreme court ruling that significantly narrowed the rights of plaintiffs in some Job discrimination cases. Undoing that court ruling was one of the primary motivations of supporters of the Bill but Senate sponsors agreed to Bush administration demands to include the provision exempting that Case alone from the change in Law. In an emotional speech rep. Neil Abercrombie a Hawaii denounced the Compromise As an a a extortion that subjects two minority groups a asian americans and alaskan natives a to unfair treatment. He said Congress would never agree to such treatment for More politically powerful minorities. A do you think this would be happening if it was 2,000 Irish americans or 2,000 jewish americans a Abercrombie demanded. However the House voted to go along with democratic leaders who proposed a Rule permitting Only a straight vote on whether to accept the Senate Bill with out any amendments. They said Bush had threatened to veto the Bill if the exemption were removed. A this Bill is so fragile we re just afraid any amendment will sink it a said House rules chairman Joe Moakley a mass. The criticism prompted Foley to come to the House floor to Cool tempers. He promised to Back a separate Bill removing the exemption from the wards Cove Case and urged House members to accept the Senate Bill and the House leadership a Resolution ruling any amendments out of order. A it is not a perfect Bill a Foley said. A i will exercise every Effort on my part to see that it is  the Senate approved the measure a week ago on a 93-5 vote. Senators accepted changes that would apply the Bill a Job protections and those of other anti discrimination Laws to their employees and to those of the White House. In addition the Senate agreed to require its own members to pay any judgments in such cases out of their own pockets. The House adopted no similar provisions for its own employees. Blit House leaders contended their employees were covered already by Job rights Laws and have an office to hear complaints from House employees. House employees however have no right to Appeal to the courts As the Bill provides for Senate employees. The legislation has been in the works for two years since the supreme court issued several rulings in 1989 that made it More difficult for victims of Job Bias to win lawsuits against their employers. The agreement with Bush averted a second threatened veto. A year ago the Senate sustained Bush s veto of a similar Bill by a single vote. The Bill expands the rights of victims of sexual harassment and discrimination to sue for damages. They currently can collect Only Back pay and attorney fees. But As part of the Compromise such cases would be subject to Dollar limits on awards ranging from $50,000 to $300,000, depending on the size of the company. Victims of racial discrimination face no such limits. Some supporters have complained about the limits in sexual discrimination cases and they have promised to file a separate Bill eliminating those limits. The exemption applies Only to the Case against wards Cove packing co., a Seattle based Cannery operating in Alaska that is the defendant in a discrimination suit filed in 1974. Lobbyists for the company have pushed hard for the exemption and it was added in the Senate at the Behest of alaskans two Republican senators. A controversial 5-4 supreme court decision in 1989 in favor of the wards Cove defendants struck Down a precedent established by the court eighteen years earlier. The Issue involved How employers can justify practices such As physical tests and academic requirements that arc fair on their face but result in an Adverse Impact on a specific group of  of soviet diehards Marks revolution Date Moscow apr official ceremonies marking the anniversary of the 1917 bolshevik revolution were cancelled but that did no to Stop a few thousand communist diehards from marching into red Square on thursday chanting Lenin a name. At the same time several Hundred anti communists paraded by in czarist uniforms showing the bitterness at what they consider seven wasted decades under communism. ,. But most people ignored political expression on what had been the most important communist Holiday which traditionally featured a huge Parade showcasing the latest soviet military hardware. The mostly Middle aged and elderly communist crowd in Moscow angered by russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin a decree wednesday Banning the communist party rallied in october Square around one of the City a last remaining Lenin statues. They listened to speeches calling Yeltsin and president Mikhail s. Gorbachev traitors then marched with a brass band to red Square. Holding up red Flowers Many pushed their Way to the front of the mausoleum in red Square where . Lenin founder of the soviet stale is entombed. As the Kremlin clock chimed noon the crowd of 5,000 fell silent for a minute and then broke into emotional cries of a Lenin lives a and a hands off Lenin Quot As they dispersed hundreds of members of the anticommunist russian democratic movement marched through the Square