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Show The Sail Lake Tribupe U.S. Civil Rights Panel, Once Powerful, Waits Demise Tuesday i By Don McLeod i. f, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The U.S. Com-missio- n on Civil Rights, which, has Hpnckqd the public conscience for 26 mu go pci on f rTuesy. There may be a successor, but it will not be the same, In jls heyday the commission waV , onfe'pl the most controversial, hflj i ultiiutely influential, forces on the I national scene. It confronted 4ate and 4ical authorities in the- $Jbth and fpeused national attention on . the emerging struggle of blacks fc equai rights as Americans. Often it farced reluctant polij to set despite resistance ahd political risks. Most of jts major recommendations eventually became law, from voting rights to equal L right in schools, public aecommo- datiqns and the work place. More recently the commission 5tad declined in public visibility as vei; - . riore economic and lest cpnfrodta- iionL er ; fron? 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Prudential Federal Savings offers you the opportunity to use Discount Brokerage Service'' a sen ice or more in brokerage cortimissions. v. . that can saveyiju lip to 70 A ' Examine just how much you can save. Just before it adjourned for the year, Congress moved to break the impasse by creating a new commission under joint congressional-presidenticontrol and with members SAN FRANCISCO (AP) protected against political firings. Even That bill is still on Reagan s desk. barrier could prevent though collisions on the Golden Meanwhile, the clock is ticking head-o- n Gate Bridge, an engineering study, for the old commission, which technically expired in September. A y says it would cause so many probwinding down period runs out On lems that it shouldnt be built- Tuesday and the old commission Already narrow bridge lanes goes completely out of existence would be narrowed even more, slowthen, no matter what happens. ing down traffic so that delays dur-- . Legal Provisions ing peak weekday hours would jump Friends of the commission, on the from one hour to 2 4 hours. At the one hand, believe the principle of a same time, safety would be imfederal civil rights watchdog will proved only marginally at a cost of have been saved if Reagan signs the $12 million, consultants Sverdrup & bill. But the informal assumptions Parcel and Associates Inc. concludthat have made the commission an ed in a report commissioned by the independent spirit free from politi- - Golden Gate Bridge District. cal interference have been replAeS he study, whici cost about, j by legal provisions flhai could fnjitf $5f 000, said Uiatiwhile the 'barrier uncomfortable oversight from Con- - would save some lives, it would increase other accidents by a third gress and the White House. Reagan is in a dilemma. If he fails and increase fatalities in other than to sign the bill, he could make a head-o- n collisions by 10 percent. And because emergency vehicles martyr of the commission on the eve of a presidential election year. no longer could cross into oncoming lanes to reach accidents, it is exBut the White House also sees serious legal problems in signing itas pected that a number of serious injury accidents will deteriorate or bethings stand. The administration to the come fatal due to the increased that compromise agreed response time of rescue vehicles. shaped the new statute, but is worried about a lawsuit filed to block The speed limit also might have to Reagans firing of three members of be' cut again because a barrier the outgoing commission. The Juswould further narrow bridge lanes, tice Department is appealing a rulthe consultants said. The limit was ' ing in U.S. District Court that the cut last month from DO mph to 43 firings werfe illegal because Conmph. gress intended the agency to be inWhile a barrier appears unwardependent. ranted, the publics view that reIf Reagan fails to challenge a rulducing fatalities is important may ing that ne could not fire members be the deciding factor in continuing of the old commission, the administo plan a barrier, the consultants tration fears, it might create a legal said. precedent against removal of others But, they added, ... we. as engithe administration considers the neers, cannot recommend the use of subordinates of a president any the barrier on the bridge president. Could Moot Case Simply signing the bill could moot the court case as far as this commiy- sion is concerned, but it could leave a dangerous shadow over presidential prerogative since the opinion of U.S. District Judge Norma H. Johnson would be left on the books. The administration would rather see it overturned, but there may not be time. The White' House has indicated Reagan will not sign any bills except emergency measures before returning on Sunday from his Thanksgiving holiday in California, Since its creation, the commission has been made up of six members appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. It originally r life. Few was given a doubted it would be renewed regularly, but, after a few controversies in the early years, it always was. The idea for a federal agency lo watch over the state of civil rights in America dates at least to a 1947 committee appointed by President. Truman. That group suggested two !' federal civil rights agencies, one in the executive branch and a joint committee of Congress. It took another decade to get n from Congress, but on Sept. 9. 1957, President Eisenhower signed ' the first civil rights act since the Reconstruction measures that followed " the Civil War. Passed after a record-- ; setting filibuster, it included sions for the Civil Rights Commis- sion,' an advisory body that had subpoena powers for investigations but no enforcement authority. Sponsors of the bill dropped the ' idea of a joint congressional committee. But the commission they created was not entirely a child of the executive branch; it was required to file Its reports with both the president and Congress. The law w as silent on removal of the members. , The law permitted no more than al I V Golden Gales Barrier Gets Panel Refusal tember- vlmm - . 'I rnm Krailr! J VikVA r dent and had "a right to be heard.' One of Reagan's points of difter- ence with the commission has been its atttacks on his administration s civil rights record. In what could be, its final report, the commission said last week that real spending fell otf last year in the major federal agen-cie- s responsible for civil rights en- foreement. mission expected to emerge from the current feud will be bigger, possibly more politicized and probably less likely to focus as sharply on specific problems and solutions. Rather than accede to Reagan's claim of control over the commission, Congress declined to enact the routine reauthorization that comes up periodically and was due in Sep- tocK maricet Ytujw.aC HI (jiiipUne . "Kennedy, opposed issuance bf the (' x ' m 1 pro-form- - wf It? 't three members from either political party. Most of the time it has been evenly divided, although there-hav- e been occasional independents. But re important, most of the1 appointees have been " scholaJs, college . presidents.' civic leader retired office holders and others attuned po issttes but not di- rectly connected nlth gnvenBueitt' or party activities. , The'status . of the- corarmssioiiers had. never been clear. When .Eisenhower left office, MenybeVs offered a resignations just as cabi- net officers did, and the meml offered similar resignations, when .President Johnson. Sucrjecffd fgo-.-i nedy in 1963. But no one was replaced and the custom died. The independence of tfe commission was never seriously challenged until this year. The landmark test came i 1963 when the commission suggested that the president and ftvvwdbn f ir m t. 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