European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. March 9, 1993 . 1 the stars and stripes Page 7wide diversity not seen in appointees Washington apr despite efforts to create a government that a looks like America a president Clinton a earliest appointments Are not much More racially diverse than the Bush administration an associated press analysis shows. Of the first 157 White House staffers and sub Cabinet appointments announced 86 percent Are White 13 Percetti arc Black and one person is asian american. Of the group 4 percent Are of hispanic origin. According to 1990 census figures 80 percent of americans Are White. A nearly two thirds Are men. Americans population is split evenly Between the sexes. T a the average age of the appointees is 45 years 10 months. More than half of Clinton a appointees the Cabinet included Are White men 35 and older. Near the end of the Bush administration in september 1992, 87 percent of the 3,402 political appointees were White 6 percent were Black and 4 percent were hispanic the office of personnel management said the analysis also showed Clinton has relied heavily on the Washington establishment a 56 percent of his first appointees come to the administration from other jobs in the nations capital. Quot i done to know anyone in the know who Ever believed that Clinton was an outsider a said Larry Sabato political science professor at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. A the was a charter member of the insiders club even though he Wasny to from  As president Clinton can fill about 3,000 jobs through appointment. The jobs filled so far Are All in the top ranks of Federal agencies or on the White House staff. So far he has named the most diversified Cabinet in history five women four Blacks and two hispanics. But his sub Cabinet appointments so far have been less racially and ethnically diverse than the Cabinet itself the a review found. White House spokeswoman Lorraine Voles said Clinton intends to keep his Promise. Quot the appointment process is ongoing a Voles  of minority groups said they plan to wait to Sec How Clinton rounds out his appointments. Quot we re not looking for trophies. What we re looking for is a Chance to participate to be involved to be included a said Lisa Navarrett of the National Council of la Raza a hispanic civil rights group. However one women a group Leader said she wont be satisfied until half the appointees arc women. A what we want to see what we have always wanted to see is racial and gender parity a said Rosemarie Dempsey National vice president of the National organization for women. Congress pay freeze a Bow to expediency Washington a members of Congress Are fretting Over their pay. So what else is new its a 200-year tradition. During their history with the delicate Issue lawmakers often do what a expedient a take a Cut in pay during rough times or Ratchet it up during a Boom. Last weeks self voted pay freeze a which keeps lawmakers pay at $133,600 for a year rather than boosting it to $136,405 a came just a few years after Congress voted to give itself yearly automatic pay increases. A a it a a shallow attempt at showing the american people that we want to sacrifice too a said rep. John a. Boehner a Ohio who abstained on the vote. Congress voted itself the automatic Cost of living adjustments in 1989, largely to insulate itself from Ever having to vote again on a pay raise and endure the political backlash that customarily results. V Pacific bound an unarmed peacekeeper missile streaks through Clear skies above Lompoc calif., last week alter being launched Grom Vandnberg fab. The intercontinental ballistic missile travelled for 30 minutes to the . Army a Kwh Jallen missile Range in the Marshall islands located in the Western Pacific. Lawmakers hoped they would be done with the Issue once and for All. But then came president Clinton s Call for sacrifice. No one voted against the freeze although a Survey showed a majority of lawmakers thought they Are underpaid. But no one likes to say that out loud. A a it a easy to say a of those bozos they re cowardly and expedient a a said Thomas Mann of the Brookings institution. A rather than make fun of them i sympathize with them. There a no reasoning with the american people when it comes to congressional  voters Don t think lawmakers Are in touch with their needs when they perceive them to have big salaries Mann  to Clinton earn lower salaries by the Washington Post Washington the White House has released a salary scale to support its claim that everyone except the president makes 6 to 10 percent less than people in comparable jobs were making in the Bush administration. The 17 assistants to the president Are the highest paid with wages in the $u0,000-to-$125,000 Range. Deputy assistants the next rank Down Are paid $85,000 to su0.000, and special assistants Are paid $45,000 to $85,000. That Means White House communications director George St thanopoulos makes something like $125,000, which is $8,000 less than what his Bush counterpart Marlin Fitzwater was paid. On that theory the a sacrifice Quot of last week s pay freeze does not amount to much. Lawmakers will still get about $2,569 a week before taxes. Many scholars argue that Congress is not paid enough. They note that most lawmakers have to keep up two residences. If they Aren t paid Well Congress would just be a getaway for  some Gore critics waste begins at Home by the Washington Post Washington a vice president a1 Gore probably is going to regret Ever getting into the waste fraud abuse business. Hours after president Clinton named Gore to head the commission the Calls started coming in. Seems some people a including some doing the work a think the renovations being done to the vice presidential Home Are a Little on the lavish Side. One source reported that a $900,000 contract to upgrade and repair the ventilation system includes solid brass floor vents a at a Cost of $5,00q More than the More Ordinary Metal ones. 1 Gores spokeswoman Marla Romash was Honi fied that anyone thinks Gore is ordering brass floor vents or state of the Art porches another element of the upgrade. What a More Romash insisted the grates were not real brass and were not More expensive. Gore does not yet live at the residence. He and his family will remain at their own Home until the work is done this Spring. Gore had nothing to do with the work part of a Piaster plan to upgrade the victorian mansion. Homage set for Thurmond 90 sen. Strom Thurmond Washington a sen. Strom Thurmond at age 90 a Symbol of seniority and change was being honoured today at a million Dollar dinner that dramatizes the Way he has dealt with changing times president Clinton a Symbol of the modern South was to be at today s dinner to Honor the South carolinian who was once a Democrat ran for president As a states rights Dixie rat and then became a Republican. More than 1,000 guests will pay $1,000 a seat a raising More than $1 million to finance scholarships and medical research at five South Carolina colleges including historically Black South Carolina state University in Orangeburg. Few would have believed years ago that such a diverse group would Assam ble to Praise a Man who ran for presi Dent on a states rights platform in 1948 and said on the stump a but i think in the Best interests of Law and order for the integrity of the races Whites and negroes should be kept separate in schools Heaters and swimming  during an interview Thurmond said he followed the Laws of segregation and changed when the barriers came Down. A a you be got to respond to changes Quot Thurmond said. Roger Wilkins a professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax va., said Thurmond Only changed when Blacks won the right to vote in Large numbers. A the s an anachronism who made the adjustment the shifting electorate required of him to survive a he said