Show 4 A Saturday April 6 1991 WASHINGTON Standard-Examin- er IT'S THE LAST DAY OF THE SALE THAT'S NOT TO BE MISSED! Commission urges Bush to avoid use of racism Racial quotas increasingly explosive factor in politics Mary Frances Berry whom President Jimmy Carter appointed in 1980 argued that the commission should ask the president and Congress not to use the issue of racial quotas in political cam- Knight Rdder Newspapers WASHINGTON — Members of the federal Civil Rights Commission on Friday agreed to send a letter asking President Bush to set up a summit with congressional leaders to disavow the use of racism in 1992 political cam- paigns Quotas and federal assistance programs aimed at blacks and Hispanics are the only way to reverse inequities in health care Berry said and the commission should not “skirt the issue" with bland language that simply advocates a better life for all races But William Barclay Allen whom President Ronald Reagan named to the commission in 1987 said the commission would send a red flag to political enemies by specifically mentioning quotas By targeting key issues — infant mortality education and the like — the commission can help all people he said including minorities “If helping people helps people we want to target there is no need to define our enemies” Allen said Quotas are an increasingly explosive factor in national politics Bush vetoed last year’s civil rights bill saying it would lead employer to establish quotas in paigns The group decided not to endorse including language in the letter explicitly supporting racial quotas and federal programs that assist minority groups The letter is an attempt to head off what one member predicted would be ihe most racist campaign ccr It will be “urging and encouraging" Bush to meet with members of Congress before the 1992 election cycle which will include presidential House and Senate races More than an hour of debate over the larger issues of racial quotas preferential treatment for minorities and reverse discrimination preceded a final decision on the language of the letter One faction argued for specific language supporting quotas and programs that benefit certain minority groups but opponents said such volatile language would only heighten political tensions over minority programs the workplace and supporters of the bill are once again fighting to overcome the impression that the legislation would lead companies to hire a set percentage of blacks Last year Sen Jesse Helms was widely credited with R-N- C on the winning strength of a TV commercial that showed a white man crumpling up a job rejection letter that said the employer had been forced to hire a black Other candidates are expected to pursue the same strategy in 1992 said Thad Beyle a University of North Carolina political scientist "They're going to use it” Beyle said “It works Nothing in 1990 told them not to" Chairman Arthur A Fletcher whom Bush appointed to the commission last year said racial concerns are affecting more than elections Administration officials are even reluctant to target poor blacks or Hispanics for important health services he said because they fear the programs might be interpreted as quotas “This quota problem seems to have invaded the entire administration’s infrastructure” Fletcher said “Race is interfering with the act of governing” t ALL eotianspandsx active separates Tanks Newspapers curity Moynihan touts his plan as a break for the middle class that could save an individual taxpayer as much as $2300 over five years Conservative Republican supporters regard it as an elixir for a sickly economy a tax cut for business that could create almost million jobs in the course of the decade Opponents see it as the pinnacle of fiscal irresponsibility at a time when the government is running a $318 billion deficit Under the plan the 62 percent payroll tax — divided between employees and employers — would be cut to 57 percent on 55 percent on Jan July 1994 and finally 52 percent in 1996 The maximum wage now subject to the tax $53400 would gradually rise to $82200 by 1996 The tax cut would reverse the policy of building a surplus in the Social Security trust fund to cover the retirement of the Baby Boom generation Payroll taxes would have to be raised again in 20 years or so after Baby Boomers begin retiring in large num WASHINGTON — Sen Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s plan to put more money in people’s pockets by cutting the Social Security payroll tax faces a crucial test vote in the Senate this month that could thrust the tantalizing and controversial scheme to the top of the fiscal agenda again - Amid signs that the public is overcoming its initial reluctance to tinker with Social Security an odd alliance that includes the conservative Heritage Foundahas been tion and the AFL-CIDemoYork New the pushing crat’s plan “We have assembled a winning coalition for this tax cut” boasts Sen Bob Kasten MoyniIn han’s Republican the House Reps Frank Guarini D-and Dick Armey have introduced identical legislation But President Bush and the Democratic chairmen of the concommittees gressional remain steadfastly opposed to “messing around" with Social Se- - 1 O 1 is or tax-writi- 1 bers Some unintended help for Moynihan has come from recent budget law changes Since Social Security is now leand out of the gally off-budg- et deficit calculation Congress would not have to compensate for the revenue loss from the payroll tax cut by raising other taxes or reducing spending That makes the plan all the more attractive “This is the one and only tax that you can cut that does not require an offset” said Eduard A Lopez Moynihan’s top staffer on Social Security issues Befitting his unofficial place as the Senate’s resident eccentric professor Moynihan has devised an ingenious strategy to move his proposal forward It involves a p legislative two-ste- Opponents of the tax cut thought they had built a “firewall” around Social Security by erecting procedural obstacles such as a requirement that approval of changes in financing the retirement plan requires 60 votes 30 crop tops bike shorts more (dl 7292 7297 7293) OFF Misses’ cottonfepandex pants from Season Ticket® Reg (4 7247) PsCte career coordinates from Russ® end Koret Choose jackets skirts' pants and mom (d 72S7) 1 Moynihan’s Social Security plan is facing crucial test in Senate Kmght-Ridde- r for Juniors spring looks (± — ' dresses for larger atees A collection of Find 4- - 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