European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 23, 1969 the stars and stripes Page f indians to world Perry Flippin staff writer Washington is the Sioux Indian nation made peace with the . Army Way backing the 1800s,. But until recently there had been no treaties Orp arlies with the air Force  May become a remarkable Community Industrial relations project the air Force has let a $706,000 contract for overhauling and repairing Mland m2 carbines to a group of indians in  Sioux and Assin Ibonie the indians live on the three million acre fort Peck Indian reservation near Poplar  government standards they Are considered  order to overcome financial difficulties on. The reservation Indian leaders organized a firm called the fort Peck tribal industries last year and began sending out scouting parties to look for contracts that would employ the Indian labor , the air Force Noti fied the Small business administration in Washington that it had a maintenance Job repairing More than 44,000 carbines. Sev eral agencies including defens contract personnel. Air Force Materiel Bureau of Indian affairs and private companies were consulted to find out the most suitable firm. When negotiations concluded the Indian tribesmen at fort Peck had won and so had Theair Force. Maj. Gen. A. J. Beck commander of bobbins fab ga., and whose weapons the indians will repair met with in Dian councilmen in january to discuss How the operation will be handled. As weapons arrive at the reservation representatives of a commercial corporation and air Force procurement will be on hand to advise the tribal Council of of cite Jet Fri by raft jul pc met jmj jy5tr-j a _. Us. Jon ipanag oiment  and Oiler assistance needed. Besides the immediate Bene fits of professional economical maintenance off their carbines the air Force is hopeful that the contract with the tit ten firm will  to compete commercially and thereby improve their own living conditions by their own initiative. After Parley maj. Gen. A. J. Beck Warner Robins air Materiel area ga., com Mander chats with Joe Day Secretary of for Peck tribal industries after contract award. Signature headcount problems com z takes new look at Soldier palates by Amis Nixon staff write Worms Germany is eating habits of today s service Man and qualifications of Cooks Bakers and mess stewards Are under scrutiny seventh army in com mess Halls Anzac cording to food service officials Here. New programs Are b e i n tested in various mess Halls. The newly inaugurated Signa Ture headcount system has revealed some problems which can be solved and a need for closer consideration of mess Steward qualifications. Mess stewards must have executive ability As Tho new head count system requires More efficient management said it. Col. Charles s. Furuya chief Oucoin z s food services Branch. The mess sergeant of yester year must be a mess manager  Cook must have Pride in his work be dedicated to misfield and motivated to improve his abilities continued fur Una. Any food service plan within unit must have Complete com Mand support for it to be successful he said. Another fac Tor is food control. This mus Start with the ration request and go through the breakdown of rations when they Are issued to the me shall. Each step must be controlled to enable the mess Steward to produce satisfactory results. More milk Bucon local menu boards Are use Ful additions to the  of them Hus helped the mess Halls of its area by return ing Money saved in the form of More milk Bacon and bread forthe men said Furuya. It is my opinion that factual data on the eating habits of to Day s soldiers is needed and Are evaluation of the basis for is sue be made because eating habits have changed and the estimated 30 to 40 per cent pad Ding of headcounts which existed before the new signature head count system May have diluted the basis for Issue Over the Yea Sand inflated the Basic Issue Mak ing it invalid for today he said. The mess Steward of the 3rdbn, 79th missile in disclosed his opinion on the system an problems of a mess Steward. Eddie j. Gopher. There Are More i their Heads in agreement.  p60,?1 on sep re one official goes even further. A opt non personally i would like Tosee a More careful selection of apprentice Cooks he said. At the present time the aptitude area Falls in the it which is called we have to feed double our Normal number during the ensuing Field problem. We have not prepared for this big in crease so we fall Back on creations. 22 million 61s served Byth Euso editor s note this is an other in a series of Brief articles outlining the purposes and pro Grams of those associations 22 in All which have combined this year in an America wide a peal for support of the common welfare. The combined federa Campaign will be conducted Over seas from feb. 15 through march31. United service organization the United service organizations Uso is a federation of six voluntary agencies through which the american people preserving the social spiritual and welfare needs of a second Genera Tion of fighting men throughout the  agencies dedicated to service regardless of class or Creed Are the Young men s Christian association the National Catholic Community serv ice the National jewish Wel fare Board the Young women s Christian association the Sal vation army and the National travellers Aid society. Close at hand from Saigon to Spain fro Mathens to Alaska from puerto Rico to Japan and throughout the South Pacific wherever our servicemen and women Are on duty the Uso is close at hand. And in the United states through121 service Points and local councils Uso is providing its traditional Home away from Home to the 2 million Young men an women training stateside. More than 22 million Ameri cans who have served their coun try in the past 29 years through world War ii and Korea through the crisis in Berlin and Dow through the perils of Vietnam have passed through the Welcom ing doors of a Uso club or listened delightedly to program provided by the great and near great of the entertainment world. One sunday we prepared 100 i requires mechanical aptitude orations and Only 79 showed for perform first Echelon main ten breakfast. We Are overdrawn by i Ancen Fod service machines21 rations among those problems were the Steward. I its Sfurm 4-hf re Nurr rt/1 4 to a it if t revealed one mess i a a equipment. Requires inter est in food service he cited. Shortage of Cooks and the in experience of those on hand. In experienced Cooks use More  others problems included additional duties of mess stewards such As holding motor stable for the mess trucks which he is required to  system works in Garri son but Field problems pose Sev eral obstacles said sgt. . We prepared 50 rations and Only 36 showed for breakfast said another. We Are Over drawn by 14  All food service officials and mess stewards agreed that sol Diers who enjoy cooking and take Pride in their abilities As Cooks Are the Best selections Dur ing Basic for future me shall As supervisors agree that a Cooks Sig ments. And Bakers school in Europe it appears that the selection should be considered. One mess i is made after All other area Are Steward when asked what should offered and food service is last be taught at the school replied on the list complained one mess Basic principles of  j Steward while others nodded the other sergeants nodded their Heads in agreement. United service organizations Supply course training aids empty boxes hold si2.000 savings by Glenn Mays is Augsburg Bureau chief idea. Nearly everything is done to half scale according to it. Oberammergau Germany col. John m. Holko logistics is a warehouse Here is filled with empty  officials at the . Army school Europe say the empty boxes in this half size Ware House Are saving the government about $12,000 annually which could have been spent on Fiel trips. The boxes Are used As training aids in the school s logistics department which teaches several courses in Supply and warehouse  warehouse located in the basement of the student billets was set up by school instructors and was  . John j. Boron s department  pallets normally 40 x 48 inches Are 20 x 24 and Clear Ance distances Are Cut in half for the pint size warehouse. The warehouse is used Primar-1 have to properly store it Accord ily in two Days of practical sex ing to the systems they learn in excises in the two week Supply j the  for both officers and pm from All Over Europe. During the exercises a 30-member class is separated into three  of one group act As which costs less than $1,000 to shippers another group As re set up. J Seivers and Tho third group the simulated storage area is works on warehouse inventory. The original idea for practical exercises for the courses Accord ing to a school spokesman was for the students to visit a Ware House in Munich. However the Lack of a closer warehouse Loca Tion spurred Boron s approach to the practical teaching by Simu set up As any warehouse is sup one part of the exercise in Outing other facets of Supply opposed to be according to army eludes properly loading and in orations such us direct Exchange regulations procedures and Stor j loading a simulated rail car age systems. Originally Only the which is also half size. During nine digit locator system was used but the warehouse is now being altered to teach both theold system and the seventh army card processing system sea Capra spokesman said. The operation the shippers loathe rail car which must be loaded exactly right to get Al the boxes and Cartons into it. Then the receivers unload the cur and the warehouse workers said. Items a simulated second floor storage area and one stockroom which is set up  May be stored Here in a half size manner but they a Dup to a full size saving for the government the spokesman