European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Quotas hitting White men in government by Paul Craig Roberts Scripps Howard Acial quotas Are strictly illegal under the 1964 civil rights act. Despite their illegality quotas Are prescribed policy in some universities corporations and the 1 . Government. As the result of the quota policy White males Are increasingly suffering discrimination in employment and promotion. The quota policy is so strict that highly qualified White males Are routinely turned Down in favor of unqualified protected  recently Catherine crier reported Ori Abc to s 20/20 news program that . Forest service Job postings specified that Only unqualified applicants will be considered and that Only applicants who do not meet standards will be  crier reports that these unusual Job requirements meant that the Job openings were reserved for women who filled 179 put of 184 openings during that hiring period this does not mean that All women Are unqualified for the jobs but that filling a gender quota was More important than the real qualifications for the Job.  -. / the same thing is happening throughout the government. Crier cited on the news program a depart ment of defense memo that says in the future Spe Cial permission will be required for the promotion of All White men without  it has reached the Point where a qualified White male can t be promoted unless he pokes an Eye out or cuts off a hand. Do you remember vice president a Gore s re cent buyout of High paid senior civil servants which was part of his reinventing government pro Gram to save Money the Federal aviation weekly employee newsletter of nov. 15 suggests that it was impart abuse to Clear White males out of the top ranks of the civil service so the positions could be filled with minorities and females. The newsletter says that since the buyout air traffic management has filled More than 50 percent of critical positions with diverse  associate administrator Bill Jeffers says that this Tor wham the Beu curves is in line with air traffic s commitment to fill one out of every two vacancies with a diversity  on oct. 6 the department of Energy issued its strategic plan for  and Energy Secretary Hazel o Leary says in the introduction that our commitment must extend far beyond simply reducing or preventing  included in the commitment Are quota privileges and subsidies for the favored races and gender. Among the achievements to Date of the Energy department s diversity commitment 65.1 percent of the spaces in the senior exec utile service candidate development program Are Given to minorities and women. Set asides for minority contractors on a noncompetitive basis. $128 million in Grants during 1994-95 to Black colleges. Y v $200 million in Energy department funds deposited in minority financial institutions. A $250,000 Grant to the United negro College fund. $25,000 Grants to four Washington d.c., schools to raise hispanic educational achievement. The Energy department has its diversity commit ment so out of focus that it is acting like a private Charity giving taxpayers Money away to causes that have nothing to do with the department s specific business. The Energy department was not set up As an Aid giving Agency to Black colleges and hispanic High schools or to support male enhancement for  Congress is failing in its oversight functions not Only in enforcing the civil rights act s prohibition against quotas but also in making certain that the Money it appropriates is used for authorized Pur poses. -. V. " " Congress failure to hold bureaucrats accountable is one of the main reasons that government is but of control. Congress has permitted diversity to be come an excuse for overriding the Law. The civil rights act does not cover sexual Orien tation. But that is the Law that is on the books. Energy Secretary o Leary has her own version of it when she writes discrimination based on sex Ual orientation violates the Law As Well As the poli cies of this department there is an Opportunity for White males in p Leary s rewrite of the civil rights act. By claim ing to be homosexuals they can claim a quota Slot in her department which goes to show How Capri Cious Law has become in the United states. Clarence Page is on sabbatical. Paul Craig Roberts former assistant Secretary of the . Treasury. Is chairman of the Institute for political Economy and a distinguished fellow of the Cato Institute. Getting a read on Andy Rodney. Letters from angry lawyers Are coming in Over one of my recent 60 minutes commentaries. Here Are letter excepts do you really believe that defects in the Ford Pinto the general motors pick up trucks the Dalton shield silicone Breas fim plants. Would Ever have been exposed without the. Contingency fee system Ujj. Davids san fran Cisco you say that there Are. Fewer doctors than lawyers out of 4,000 applicants Urcla medical school admitted less than 150,1 would argue that the medical profession severely limits the number of persons entering medical school for the sole purpose of keeping Competition at a  Andrew Sigal Van Guys Calif. -. ". The recent Case of an elderly woman successfully suing Mcdonald s for Burns suffered when the cof fee she was holding Between her legs ii a car spilled is an excellent example of placing blame elsewhere Anne Palmer Yarmouth Maine. V did you Ever wonder How someone can like their own lawyer so much and yet be so critical of every one else a maybe it s because there have been Law yers around for the past two centuries in this nation to protect our first amendment  George Bushnell president american bar association that s interesting. I always thought it was the Constitution that protected our first amendment rights. " you said you would Trust your lawyer with your life but not your  Anthony Piazza Stam Ford Conn. No or. Piazza. I did t say anything like that. You must have been watching the football game. " " a not everyone guilty of killing someone is guilty of  David Diamond Montebello Calif. Maybe or. Diamond but if you re the dead per son this is the kind of Legal technicality that s very annoying. Most lawyers Are much More honest than Many of their  Jim Mangan Overland Park a. -.  re absolutely n get. However i m just As Dis gusted with your  Fay Casterline Avon Lake Ohio you were  Dave harrier Spokane Wash thank you Kir. Hamer. That s something that needed to be said. Tribune Media services Andy Rooney is a former stars and stripes reporter. Page 20 sunday december 11, 1994