European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday january 22, 1969 the first thing we do. Kill All the lawyers by Gloria Wolford new York up1 the first thing we do let s kill All the  Shakespeare wrote that Linein Henry i nearly four Cen Turies ago and it has been echoed Down through the Ages by less Bloodthirsty but just a severe critics. The latest is writer Murra Teigh Bloom who has been pinching attorneys with h i Sprose since 1958. The trouble with lawyers documented with quotes from authorities in Side the profession with Statis tics and with cases was published monday by Simon an schuster. Among his tales Are such cases As a lawyer and a judge who teamed up to take thousands of dollars in Legal fees out of the estates of the Agua Caliente indians in California before Interior Secretary Stewart Udall put a Stop to it. R the Minnesota businessman who tried to probate a will him self in order to save $3,500 in be Gal fees but was ordered by a judge to get a lawyer or therase would not be heard. There was no Law against the Many rotating the will himself but As Bloom Points out most judge were once lawyers. A Long Island couple duped out of their $20,000 Home be cause of a $330 Bill owed to a department store. Revisions made by the new York state legislature in Laws governing sheriff s sales made it possible. Clarence o. Jackson of Phoenix ariz., who lost his Home business and wife be cause of a Bill of less than$1,000. Jackson s property was Worth $250,000 but it was bought at a sheriff s Sale for $647 by Dummy corporation set up by a lawyer hired to collect the debt. The new York trial lawyer who after collecting his fee illegally took More than $200,000out of the negligence award Given to widows and orphans of puerto rican soldiers killed in a plane crash. Most lawyers Are not evil men Bloom said. But he added few of them think that what they Dorin the name of the organised bar is wrong on the  think they aft4tftiffitf, bjfffissio6iationsare unduly la tend vilified by the press  Bloom said lawyers who Dohl Legal things Are too rarely Dis barred and when they Are it i never permanent. Attorneys have practice while awaiting sentencing on criminal charges. In addition to state bar associations reluctance to discipline errant members there ii also the matter of Price fixing Bloom said. Most state bar associations fix a scale of minimum fees actually rather High for the work expended which some times amounts to a lawyer Secretary filling out forms. The associations censure member who charge less. Lawyers Point out that this discourages people from shopping for attorneys Bloom said. For toolmakers steelmakers and other manufacturers such Price fixing brings Down the Wrath of Justice department attorneys but for lawyers it s be Gal. With lawyers dominating the court benches Legislatures and Congress Bloom sees Small Hance for Reform unless Public anger is aroused and he Hopes my Book will do just  info Otley a tide the profession working for Reform wine re enforce d with the known Edge that the Public i awake. Their hand will be strengthened Bloom said in Are publication interview. Something has to be  devotes one chapter to the cozy relationship betwee judges and lawyers on Tho awarding of trusteeship for estates and he proposes Federal regulations requiring Publica Tion of the names of All lawyers receiving such  also proposes that news papers pay More attention to lawyers and Force bar associations to publicize disciplinary cases and funds where they exist to reimburse clients taken in by their lawyers. Such funds have been established in a few states but few people know about them. To the editor my sharing the Cost recently my husband and 1were involved in an automobile Accident and both needed Emer gency treatment. We live on the Economy and the Accident occurred in the town we live too Many Miles from a military Hospital when lives Are involved. The nature of the emergency treatment was profuse bleed ing. We were immediately taken by an ambulance to a German Hospital where the stopped the bleeding set my husband s nose and put approximately 40 stitches in my leg. Later we were taken tothe Wiesbaden of Hospital. Now we have been billed bythe German Hospital and told that if we took the Bills to the Safe Hospital registrar s of fice it would be paid by Theair Force. We did just that and were informed that my husband s Bill would be paid by the military but that i mus pay the first $50 of my Bill since my treatment was considered part of medicare. How can emergency treat ment be considered As such neither of us were Able to Usea Telephone or operate our car How could we Contact a Mili tary Hospital i was left with the impression that our medical expenses were and 1 must use that past tense one of the so called  show me the Regula Tion under which emergency treatment is considered medi care. It was through no fault of ours that we received this so called  wife Wiesbaden editor s note the in formation Given you at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden tothe effect thut you must Bear part of the Cost of emergency treatment for yourself in this situation is essentially Cor rect a i Safe Haj spokesman  husband As an air Force member is protected by government payment in All emergencies regardless of whether he treatment was Given at a civilian or military Hospital lie said. The Safe official explained however that depend eats of Active duty members retired military members and dependents of retired members also have Good Protection but in is based upon the Prin Ciple of the individual Aud the government sharing the Cost of civilian medical attention. This has been covered instars and stripes articles concerning provisions of the civil Ian health and medical pro Gram of the uniformed serv ices champs. In this connection although you do not give the amount of your Bill the following Rule apply with reference to civilian hospitals outpatient care the depend ent of an Active duty service Man pays the first $50 deductible in All cases including emergencies plus 20 per Centof he charges Over the deductible amount. The maximum deductible fora family of two or More is $100. The government pays the balance with the charges and deductions accumulative overreach fiscal year. In other words for outpatient care of one dependent the government pays 80 per cent of the Bill after the first $50. A family with two or More dependents pays the first $100 and 20 per cent of the remainder of the Bill. Inpatient care the depend ent of an Active duty service Man pays the first $25 or $1.75a Day whichever is greater in a civilian Hospital for each period of hospitalization. The government pays the remainder including professional fees. Champs is spelled out by detailed joint service regulations afr 168-9, a 40121,Sec Nav instruction 6320.8c. For the military dependent the Safe spokesman said a Small purse size Booklet do pamphlet pa-3a, contains the same information in Clear con Cise abbreviated form. The pamphlet should be available upon request at All military hospitals he added. Prescription i feel compelled to reply tothe officer who did t have the courage to use his name and signed off As Wiesbaden Whites a Jan. 8 what that proud White air Force officer with a relatively Short air Force career needs More than anything Elsei can think of is to drink two Imperial quarts of Mott Spruce juice. Capt. Willie wilsonf100 fighter Pilot Torrejon Spain asking fairness like so Many others i have a complaint i wish to voice. I do not feel that it is fair to place the people returning from Vietnam and Korea into per manent housing ahead of those who have been on the waiting list for months. My husband is a career a Coho also served a tour in Viet Nam. Upon his return to . He was riot granted any special favors nor did he expect any. We Are not asking for favors now just fairness for All service families. In foreign countries where there is a shortage of housing quarters should be assigned Ona first come first serve basis. I believe Many others will agree with me on this subject. Perhaps this ruling can be re considered and we again can have fairness in allocation of government quarters. Temporarily distraught Frankfurt distinction i purchased my Volkswagen in the states and delivered from a european factory to Frankfurt. I have documentation substantiating that the Pur Chase Price remained in the states thereby not affecting the flow of Gold. Am i authorized to slip my Pov to the states at govern ment expense since it was no physically transported to Europe in the first place James e.  Germany editor s note no you will not be authorized to ship your vow to the United state sat government expense. If you purchased the car inthe states and took delivery there later shipping it to Europe then you could return such a foreign made automobile via Mats the chief of vehicle processing at Bremerhaven explained. This restriction is contained in Usa eur Reg 55-71 and is stipulated in Usa eur reg55-355 Safe Reg 75-4 and Nav eur instruction 4609.7 which is a spell out of the joint transportation and traffic management legs and contains the provisions for shipment of foreign made pos. No More Dan jets on a recent trip to a Collegetown near Here i happened to pass a rather Ordinary looking building that was scrawled with the various anti establish ment Graffiti that Mark these limes. What caught my Eye and set this one building apart from the others was this Grey stucco facade bore the name amerika  of Yankee go Home murderers Assas sins and child Raol Esters " left at  shivered in disgust and wondered to myself if those people who now walked past me in unobtrusive silence Felt that i As an american was a murderer Assassin or child molester. Certainly America is not perfect but this is a reality which her leaders recognize an strive to overcome. It some times seems that the harder we try the further we sink into the murky Depths of world hatred and indifference. It has even reached that Point today where Many americans doubt their own country s abilities and course of actions. Until recently i myself expressed some scepticism along these lines. That doubt How Ever dissolved on new years eve when i met a Young Amer ican girl in Munich. She had been travelling through european had been in Vienna at the time three american Astro nauts circled the Moon. He Reyes sparkled As she told me of the Pride she Felt As europeans gathered around her to give their congratulations and pay homage to this epic. Many told her they had searched several hours for an american any american be cause they Felt that such a deed was a gift to All Mankind an that it was the least they could do to give thanks and show their support in some Way no matter How trivial it might  night i Felt a certain glow of Pride within me. I put As Ideall previous thoughts of the amerika Haus for i realize that this was not the real eur  As i travelled through the crowded streets to my hotel no longer wondered what the people Felt about my nation orits people for i had found the real sentiment of the True european. Spec. 4 James  Germany a reminder All letters to the editor must contain full name and address of the writer and Mustbe signed. All correspondence is confidential. The writer name will be deleted upon re quest. The editors Reserve the right to edit and condense let ters. European edition it. Col f. S. Michael or. U8af editor in chief Mert Procto managing editor Elmer d. Fran production manager Henry 8. Epstein circulation manager thl newspaper it an authorized publication of the department of defense for . Armed forces Oversea. The stare and stripes ii published by the com Mander in chief . European command in support of the command internal information program of the department of defense. 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