European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday november 19, 1973 letters to the editor song of the South outdated Art Buchwald for several months i have watched with a great amount of very concerned interest As the movie song of the South played the army Community movie circuit about one time every two months in the Heaters in our area. My interest has been in the area of race relations and equal Opportunity. It is my opinion that the movie has a negative effector the families and Home environment where attitudes and feelings Are nurtured in the Are of Black White relations. We have been trying very hard with the service member to in fluence attitudes toward minor Ity groups by involving him i race relation seminars by visibly and verbally telling the world that the armed forces is an equal Opportunity employer and by writing All the regulations and doing All those activities which enforce our position. Now in my own mind one film is undermining All our Good intentions and truthfully making a liar of us All song of the South is a Walt Disney production and i have Learned to respect the products of the late or. Disney s Genius. How Ever times change and people Are enlightened. To picture the Black slave family As a Unity enjoying its subservient position and being Ever so willing to re Spond joyously to the White Mas ters is offensive and i think misrepresentation if not a Bla Tant distortion of the fact of slavery in the South. Looking even further into the movie Back ground i have found that the illustrious creator of brer Rabbit was a sort of racist in his downright in the articles and essays which he wrote which were for More adult audiences. Look him up in the Library Joel Chandler Harris. What i would like from you other readers is some sign letter to me of positive support so that i will be Able to approach those people who can take the film off the circuit. Chaplain James h. Mckinney he 2nd in 4th in Apo 09154 editor s note an army and air Force motion picture service spokesman said song of the South is an entertainment motion picture first and Foremost. Tour Job in a amps is to provide entertainment through the medium of motion pictures. The Crucible of entertainment value is the Box office where this picture has been outstanding in its performance both in the com Mercial and military sectors. Originally released in no vember 1946, the feature was a smash Success. Who can forget zip Pety do Dah zip Pety a first heard 25 years ago Disney kept it on the shelf until Early 1972, then released it on a trial basis in of All places Heaters in Southeastern United states where it was Given exposure in local Heaters patronized both by Blacks As Well As Whites. The re sults convinced the Disney organization that song of the South was acceptable to Blacks in a big Way and they splashed the coun try with opportunities to see this entertainment classic. Despite a bit of racial stereotype dispute Early in it s run it was the most successful reissue in 1972. According to variety Jan. 3,1973, a big rental for conus commercial Heaters is $1,000,000. In 1972, alone song of the South brought in $5,900,000. The a amps procured the picture because of its com Mercial track record. We Here leased it 10 sept. 72 in Europe. It earned so Well that it would have been ridiculous not to play it As a revival which began the current Cycle 22 july 73. Coincidentally it was revived at a amps the aters in conus 22 sept. 73. With ail due respect to his Opin Ion the final paragraph of the writer s letter has an ominous ring. We in a amps Are not censors. We believe our patrons can recognize that song of the South presents an outdated concept of Black people. Further we question whether it is in the inter est of enlightenment to withhold pictures from exhibition that por tray minority groups in other than an Leo approved favourable manner. We would prefer to let our patrons make their own choices about a film whether to go see it in the first place and form their own opinion rather than making those decisions for them by not showing the  animal lovers today i read my second article about stray dogs and cats. I m really glad to see that som people care. I am animal Lover myself audit broke my heart to leave our dog at Home. I loved her so found a Home for her with my sister in Law and two children where i know Shell have a goo Home. While people Are Here before they get their dog they should find out about How to get it  have some information that i found out for myself. On the air line Twa it costs $4 a Pound total weight of the dog and crate. You cannot take left Over baggage weight. Some dogs and most cats if they re Small enough can be carried on the plane As hand Luggage in a Boxer baggage of course. But about stray dogs i read Avery Good article today in the october Issue of cosmopolitan. In it they list a few addresses of associations who care about animals All animals. You can pay a yearly fee of $5-$10 and they Send you current  of Bills going to con Gress about animal treatment animal care and other useful in formation for people who car enough to help. I copied the addresses and Here they Are for those of you interested enough to help. Just write for an application. Driver insurance Ever time i read article about insurance rates and policies i can t help think about the poor i who is involved in an Accident with a military  government has gone to great lengths to help its service men in Many areas. Each Man can choose Sigli government life insurance at a Small charge. Why can t the government come up with a group plan to insure it Drivers the Cost of damaging a military vehicle in some cases could ruin a Man financially. The m151 jeep costs the govern ment $3,400. If this vehicle were damaged and it was found that the Driver was at fault the Driver would be required to pay the full amount for the vehicle. If the government could   a group insurance plan in which each military Driver could voluntarily contribute a set amount of Money perhaps $5 or$10 each month to cover the Cost of this insurance it would help every Driver considerably. The government would be compensated for repairs to All vehicles involved in misdemeanours and the Drivers would be covered if any Accident were to occur. Wo1 John h. Thomas Miessau Germany friends of animals 11 w. 60th Street York . 10023the society for animal rights 509 Madison Avenue York,. 10022 fund for animals 140 w. 5th Street York,. 10019 humane society of the ., 1604 k Street n.w.,Washington, d.c., 20006 the american humane association,. Bpm 1266, Denver colo., 80201.just remember this problem in t just in the ., it s a prob Lem Here. Animals have feelings too. Karen a. Dismukes bad Kreuz Nach Germany not trusted Plato said he loved Greece and preferred to die accepting the few faults he observed in its Polit ical system rather than to live in another land. Not the  seems intent on destroying America to protect or at Leas not to risk exposure of his behaviour. For Many reasons i have hoped that he would somehow escape being blackened my Pride made me feel guilty As i voted for him. Now i disown him. Why be cause he cannot stand tall an explain himself. What he did Dur ing the watergate period Means Little to me it s his not trusting me and the country to be fair that destroyed my feel Ings. I Hope we can get rid of him and maintain our balance. A. W. Huning Bonn Germany loves cats i was getting bored so i thought i would try to write to you. If you answer this please include a picture if possible. I dig Bowling and swimming. I love cats and have two. If you Are lonely and Don t want to disappoint me please write to Suzanne Orr 816 Lepper or. Denison Tex. Reminder All letters to the editor must con Tain full name and address of the writer and must be signed. Washington everyone is coming up with methods of helping during the Energy crisis. Some ideas Are nutty but others Are very practical and should be called to the attention of the gov  Heinrich Applebaum has been studying methods of sharing heat and has jus written a paper titled bundling and the Energy crisis which represented to the society of thermostat  told me after giving his report the place where we waste the most heat in our Homes is in bed. America can no longer afford the luxury of hav ing one person sleep in bed All by himself. If we can persuade people to voluntarily share their Beds we could turn Down the thermostats in our Homes  would these people have to remarried i asked. In Normal times i would say yes. But. This is the biggest Emer gency our country has Ever faced and i think people should be Given waivers if they Aren t mar ried at least until the crisis  then you consider Beppo Lingas a major solution to the heating shortage absolutely. We must make americans feel unpatriotic i they go to bed alone. We must instill a spirit of bundling Inthis  it sounds great on paper i said but suppose people refuse to share their Beds with others Applebaum pursed his  the government will have to step in and take forceful Mea sures. These could include putting a surtax on citizens who insist on sleeping alone. This tax would be so High that it would be very unprofitable to refuse to bundle with somebody else. We could also give tax deductions to those who Are willing to Pool their Beds. For example if Bob and Carol and Ted and Alic Ewere willing to bundle together they would get 10 per cent off on their income  what about people who have to sleep alone such As policemen doctors and newspaper reporters they would have a special sticker put on their Beds exempting them from the bundling Laws. This sticker would be give Only to people who could prove their work is so essential they cannot bundle up with  How do you think the Ameri can people will take to Force bundling i think the american people will be willing to share their bed with others once Nixon explains it to them. Body heat is still the greatest resource this country has and we can get through the Winter providing everyone and i mean everyone co operate with each  suppose you have a Large empty bed and no one to bundle with what do you do then we Hope to set up  centers All Over the country. A you would have to do is Call a number and we d Tell you who is looking for someone to share a bed. These centers would be open 24 hours a  it sounds complicated isaid. But i guess it s Worth  Applebaum said it will work. To get the people to co operate we will have an advertising Campaign on  what will be your slogan every time you share your bed this Winter something in an Arab Sheik  c los Angeles times Syndicate the St is and Slio european edition Captain Edward g. Mcgrath us editor in chief it. Col. Gary l. Werner Usa Deputy editor in chief Mer Proctor managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for  Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the  Government the department of defense or the  European command. The appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorsement by the department of defense including the military departments. 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