Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 24, 1994 TAG: 9407260014
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short
Lt. Darlene Simmons, in a letter written to the Senate Armed Services Committee, accused Adm. Henry H. Mauz Jr. of failing to act on her behalf, despite Navy reports that substantiated her claim.
``I believe Admiral Mauz has perpetuated the discrimination against women in the U.S. Navy with his failure to take swift and tough action against sexual harassment,'' Simmons wrote.
Mauz, commander in chief of the Atk Kelso narrowly won a Senate battle to retain his four-star rank and pension after questions were raised over his handling of the Tailhook controversy.
Pentagon officials last month were forced to withdraw the nomination of Adm. Stanley R. Arthur to command U.S. forces in the Pacific because of his handling of a case in which a female officer who complained of sexual harassment flunked helicopter pilot school.
The full Senate will have final say on whether Mauz is allowed to retire at his four-star level or whether it is reduced to two stars. If he retires at a four-star level, he will receive $6,890 a month, or $82,680 a year. If he is retired at two stars, his pay will be about $67,400 - a difference of $1,275 a month.
by CNB