European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday August 28, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 nuclear guards paid workouts assailed by the Seattle Post intelligencer Washington payers have been paying As much As $15 million a year for Energy department Security guards to jog and lift weights at nuclear site around the country. Guards at some Sites Are paid overtime to do unsupervised exercise at Home. Other guards Are provided with annual allowances for exercise clothing. And the department has hired guards to relieve other guards so they can work out during business hours according to a sharply critical audit by the Energy department s in Spector general. The Energy department has fitness standards for its guards1 at nuclear facilities where Wear outs components and wastes Are stored it says staying in shape is Essen tial for guards who must protect the Sites from intruders. But the audit said that organizations with similar requirements do not pay people to exercise. Three police departments in the Washington d.c., area do not do so nor does the Tennessee Valley authority other civilian .,nuclear plants or two Large private Security firms surveyed for the audit. It concluded that the Doe program was not Cost effective and could be scaled Back to gain substantial sen Patty Murray a Wash said that As a general principle it did not seem proper to pay Federal employees to exercise. It is very appropriate for Doe to take a very close look right now at. This Cost and re evaluate. The mis Sion for Richland Hanford nuclear Complex in Central Washington has changed dramatically and they need to look at their policies for today not yesterday Mur Ray said. She added that in the Post cold War climate with the Hanford Complex shifting from bomb factory to nuclear cleanup and research site the need for physical Security is less acute. Here Are some details on the pay for exercise pro Grams. At the Rocky Flats colo., nuclear Complex guards Are paid overtime for 2.4 hours of unsupervised exer Cise each week and Are allowed to do it at Home officials said. At the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California senior guards get As much As $26.25 an hour to exercise on overtime said an official there. At a Remote desert site in Nevada the department assigned 12 physical fitness instructors to provide supervision 24 hours a Day according to the report. At eight of 10 Sites surveyed guards were paid an Nual allowances of $70 to $240 for exercise clothing. Distributed by scrupps Howard nows service v Jackson rips into Clinton May seek his Job Washington a Jesse Jack son accused president Clinton on Friday of turning his Back on Black and Urban America and said he was strongly consid ering challenging Clinton in 1996, either in democratic primaries or As an inde pendent. Jackson who has had a tumultuous relationship with Clinton for several years assailed the president for Selling a draconian crime Bill As a Wolf in sheep s clothing and for abandoning position Jackson said had earned Clinton Black have not made a decision to do it but All options Are open Jackson said in an interview. One of the ways to get the attention of this administration and the country is to Challenge the direction and priorities of the Jackson said he had no timetable for making a decision. He said he had recently asked for meeting with Clin ton to discuss his concerns but we have not been granted that Audi As he ponders a 1996 run Jackson who unsuccessfully sought the demo cratic presidential nomination in 1984 Jackson and 1988, said there were three options. The first is that the administration will change course but that appears unlikely because the Republican Alli Ance seems to be set he said referring to the democratic leadership Council a centrist group that Clinton headed be fore entering the presidential race. The organization pointedly refused to allow Jackson to address its 1991 annual meet ing saying he did not reflect its moderate Agenda. The. Second option is the primary route Jackson said. But the option that would have the most Impact would be the Independent option in the general several democratic party officials noted Jackson has made similar grumblings before and predicted he ultimately would not run. But they conceded that his criticisms were particularly harsh and that a Jackson candidacy could be dam aging especially if he ran As an inde pendent and attracted sufficient financial support. In getting 19 percent of the vote in 1992, Ross Perot drained Republican voters away from George Bush in several critical states. 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