European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday february a 1994 at a glance a resident along the Pacific coast Highway surveys the Lake of mud created by the latest natural disaster to Pound California Down pours of rain. See Story on Page 6. Harding hearing set Tonya Harding will face a . Olympic committee hearing next week that could Lead to her ouster from the Winter games. Pages sex teacher opens fire a Florida teacher who resigned because of stress fatally shot his for Mer superintendent monday before killing himself. Pages official found dead a legislator who belongs to prime minister John major s party has been found dead reportedly wearing women s stockings and Garter Belt trussed with Cord and with a plastic bag Over his head. Page 11 buyout plan approved the defense department has approved a voluntary Early retirement plan and a buyout option Worth up to $25,000 for its school system. Page 12  fight sent packing after a one Day walkout by some members the teamsters Union has settled a weight limit dispute with United parcel service. Page 16 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 24 classifieds. 25-28 comics. 22-24 commentary 15 crossword 24 education. 12 faces a places 21 focus. 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 a act from Page 1. 1971, and a report prepared in 1992 by Arthur a. Fletcher chairman of the .commission on civil rights. While acknowledging the military s efforts to improve race relations the report concluded that people still Are concerned about issues that were prime topics in 1971 racial discrimination racial insensitivity and unfair treatment. The report detailed a crumbling equal Opportunity system that was founded with great Promise in the 1970s out has eroded to become Little More than a commander s program.". When asked about the to complaint system a noncommissioned officer with19 years military service described the to program As a puppet show " the re port said. The inspector general system took the Brunt of the criticism about the complaint process. During the 1992 hear Ings participants exclaimed that the in s primary purpose was to prevent embarrassment to senior and local com Manders the report said. The equal Opportunity system also came under fire for being chronically slow in dealing with issues and for failing to provide feedback to people filing claims. � to rejuvenate the program the report concluded the military must invest the human and financial resources the pro Gram enjoyed in the late 1970s. One fell swoop is not going to take this enemy out the report said. The military s overseas school system was criticized for failing to hire More minority teachers and for not tailoring Edu cation to meet the needs of minorities. The a act report focused on the re sults of two aptitude tests administered plan from Pagel him. Well i that. That s not a prob Lem. That s a Washington policy won Deal. No serious person out Here in the real world will be too troubled by that Clinton told reporters after making speech on the plan in Louisiana. The co s assessment came As con Gress opened hearings tuesday on Clin ton s Federal budget for fiscal 1995, which he unveiled monday. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen de Claring the american Job machine is now up and running was the first adm Nistra changes urged to fight Bias Here Are some recommendations by the National association for the advancement of coloured people on ways to fight discrimination in the military in Europe the defense department should establish an Independent complaint oversight and Appeal Agency to ensure objective reviews of cases. Equal Opportunity Counselor should be freed from command influence by removing them from the supervision of commanders personnel officers or organizational directors. The military should Grant employees Relief pending review of the investigative findings of the Case commanders should be responsible for timely investigations. A new to system should include penalties for missing time limits on cases. A for Mal report also should be presented to each person filing a complaint. Permanent full time Independent Counselor positions should be created in Germany and trained at the defense equal Opportunity manage ment Institute. Community outreach program should be established in which com Manders would hold open forums to hear complaints and concerns. Senior commanders should establish equal employment Opportunity advisory boards composed of leaders from schools the army and air Force Exchange service the military and private organizations. These would meet monthly to review affirmative action plans and focus on Community problems. The a act recommended that the overseas military school system wage an aggressive continuing minority teacher recruiting  establish an affirmative employ ment and education program. The program should address teacher recruitment career development an educational issues. Establish a credible equal employment Opportunity complaint sys tem. Counselor and administrator should be full time employees devoted to the equal Opportunity process. To Dodds pupils. The results showed that children in elementary grades scored similarity despite ethnic background. In the test results for High school Stu dents however White students scored an average of 850 while Black students scored an average of 675. Thei a act noted that no Agency had investigated the reason for the difference in scores. . Army Europe officials said they would not comment on specific details of the report until the a act makes a for Mal presentation of its findings. However the command said the report is a Chance to take constructive Steps for Ward toward racial Harmony said a spokesman col Dick Bridges. What May be More important than the report itself is the spirit in which Chavez delivered the report Bridges said. This is a no adversarial positive step for the command. It is common ground for us to build  the air Force concurred. Along with the a act we seek a proactive versus reactive role in discrimination issues said col. Linwood h. Snell . Air forces in Europe person Nel director. Tion official to seek support in Congress for Clinton s budget saying it would keep deficits declining and boost the Standard of Liv ing for millions of americans. With lawmakers of both parties signalling months of Tough bargaining ahead Bentsen made his Case for the Day old spending plan. We be Cut spending and we be Cut it a lot he told the House budget committee. Meanwhile in testimony prepared forthe House ways and Means committe co director Robert d. Reischauer said the Clinton health care proposal would boost National spending on health in its Early years. But he said the plan would reduce spending for health in the longer run and could reduce the deficit after he estimated the plan would reduce the deficit by $10 billion in fiscal 1995, but then increase it from 1996 through 2000 by More than $80 billion. The co estimated that the subsidies for employers would Cost $58 billion in the year 2000 alone or "$25 billion More than the administration s figure of $33  sen. Pete Domenici of Arizona ranking Republican on the Senate budget commit tee said the co has confirmed what Many of us recognized months ago the Clinton health care Reform plan requires substantial new taxes $1.4 trillion in new taxes by the year 2000 and increases not decreases the Federal budget  pay from Page 1 fiscal 1995 contains a 1.6 percent military pay raise effective next january a reflection of Clinton s plan to limit raises for All Federal workers As part of his deficit reduction Effort. "1 think it s disingenuous that the Bud get is already being sold As one protect ing readiness yet the very same budget penalizes military personnel who rep resent the Backbone of military Readi Ness said rep. Floyd Spence . Current Law Calls for setting Federal pay raises one half of a percentage Point below the Rise in the department of la Bor s economic Cost Index a measure of Cost of living increases. The eci is expected to Rise 3.1 percent which under Normal circumstances would result in a military pay raise of 2.6 percent next year. In the five year budget plan he unveiled last March Clinton proposed freezing Federal pay in fiscal 1994 and then limiting increases Over the ensuing four years to i percentage Points below the expected Rise in the Cost of  would out the fiscal 1995 military pay raise at 1.6 percent which is what the administration has proposed. Last year s freeze proposal did not set Well with Many lawmakers. After lengthy negotiations that went on throughout the summer Congress funded a 2.2 percent military pay raise by shifting Money from other areas of the defense budget. If Spence s comments Are any Indica Tion at least some lawmakers will also take exception to the administration further efforts to hold Down the size of the raises in the next few years. Of All the controversial issues in the defense budget the military pay proposal Best illustrates the growing discrepancies Between presidential rhetoric and the reality of defense cuts Spence said in statement. With thousands of Servic members stationed around the world on peacekeeping and humanitarian missions and with increasing tension in such potential Flash Points As Korea and Bosnia and Herzegovina Clinton s military pay proposal is simply incomprehensible Spence said i m afraid that the message this Bud get sends is Clear providing adequate pay for the men and women in uniform who answer the commander in chiefs Call is not a priority for this administration he said. Pentagon officials some of whom privately express unhappiness about the Mil itary pay situation say their hands Are tied. For the next four years unless some thing else changes any members of con Gress who Are unhappy with the military pay situation will have to do what was done last year and alter the defense Bud get he said. The Odds of that happening Are Likely to be longer than they were last year when there was a threat of no pay raise at All a House staffer said. This increase while relatively modest May be easier to Swallow because people can say Well at least the troops Are get Ting something " the staffer said. It s hard to say whether there will be the same level of sympathy As there was