European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday november 23, 1973 letters to the editor Al few Ai l1 ii41 a i of our misused language aka Buchwald the writer made a Good and overdue Point in writing about our use of English which is in essence Lazy. All languages suf Fer this problem and it is a big reason languages change slowly Over the years and is also Why Shakespeare would t under stand us if he made a return to life and Why few people can understand his work As he wrote it. We Are in varying degrees Lazy in our use of English and so it changes. Through misuse the meaning of words get twisted to describe what they originally did t and new words come into use to convey ideas older words describe quite Well. A by product of disciplined use of the language would be less misunderstanding and that would be Nice. There is a form of misuse of English the writer did t mention yes refused to Gas car hark we have a three Day weekend. What a great Chance to shake off the Barracks rat image and see parts of Europe. There is no better Way to Start your Day than to Stop at the bad Kreuz Nach yes service station at 0850 and have or. Harper and his Crew of two assistants refuse you service until 0900 hours which is opening time. I was in formed however that the gentle Man behind me was merely pay ing a Bill from yesterday and they could wait on him. Not one to waste time i promptly returned to my car and washed my Windshield and win Dows. When the clock struck nine i entered the service station and Low and behold someone had purchased Gas Stamps prior to me on the Ledger for that Day 1 sept. 73. I must admit that i was not surprised. Furthermore i was told they were out of Esso extra which they could have mentioned at 0850. While i am on the subject i would like to men Tion that on a different occasion another member of the illustrious staff requested permission to step in front of me at the class i store so he could return to duty. He mentioned that it was the Day before the Price of gasoline was going up and he was going to lock his door on a Long line of people at closing time. Strange that a Man could leave his place of duty to Purchase booze however he could not remain at work a few minutes late to help his fellow americans overseas. What exactly is the affiliation of the . Army with yes and Why do we continue to tolerate if not even subsidize their inadequacies that myself and Many Many of your other read ers continually write about specifically does the . Army of department of defense have any managerial control Over yes or do we have an invited advisory Board capt. Joseph e. Oder bad Kreuz Nach Germany editor s note it. Col. Robert c. Glass yes director command and Public relations division said investigation revealed that the customer who paid the filling station attendant prior to opening hours was in deed completing a transaction that occurred the previous Day. He did not receive service. One customer was allowed to Purchase gasoline coupons prior to opening of the station because the attendant considered the action of an emergency nature. The customer was taking his preg Nant wife to Lan Stuhl . Army Hospital and under the circumstances this action appeared  filling station attendant s remarks in the class i store were made in jest actually the filling station stayed open three and one half hours past its nor Mal closing time on . 26 to service customers who wished to Purchase pol coupons prior to gasoline Price revisions. The army and air Force Exchange service of which yes is a part is a worldwide Organiza Tion which had been designated As an instrumentality of the . Government deriving its author Ity from the Secretary of defense. The secretaries for the army and air Force jointly and co equally share responsibilities for the Exchange service. Maj. Gen. C. W. Hospelhorn . Army com Mander army and air Force Exchange services the designated executive agent of the cafes Board of directors and is responsible for operational management and supervision of the world wide Exchange system. Brig. Gen. Arthur j. Gregg . Army is the commander of the european Exchange system who exercises managerial control Over its operations. In Addi Tion to its civilian staff the european Exchange system has army and air Force personnel assigned in accordance with applicable directives. The army does not subsidize the army and air Force Exchange service or its subsidiaries european Exchange system Pacific Exchange system or the alaskan exchanges. Earnings which Are generated by All of cafes Are distributed Back through the army and air Force secretaries to provide recreational facilities such As Garmisch and Berchtesgaden. Last year yes recorded net earnings of $6,650,000, which was 1.6 per cent of sales totalling $413,793,000. Yes sales com prised 20 per cent of Over All cafes sales for by 1973. During by 1973, cafes made dividend contributions of $54,000,000 for army and air Force welfare fund  g. Kirchheim of Esso . In Hamburg said no Esso service station is involved. Our company makes supplies of regular Esso and Premium Esso extra Only to some stations of the yes network. The bad Kreuz Nach yes service station does t have Esso but equivalent  the yes spokesman said in turn yes service stations obtain gasoline in bulk from four companies by Shell Texaco and Esso depending upon Geo graphical area and other factors. All the gasoline products Are of the highest Quality regardless of  and it is seen More and More particularly with the . Govern ment and it is loaded with potential for misunderstanding. Here is an example of what i mean in the event an individual s initial attempt at achieving Suc Cess is frustrated attempt at tempt  that s nonsense of course but we speak and write nonsense just like that every Day. We write additionally when we mean also subsequent to when we mean after at this time when we either mean now or Are using present tense and need t use either. Our written communications Are loaded with wrong words and too Many words and we generally defend the practice by claiming it is More precise which is More nonsense. We should learn to think when writing something which Many people will have to try to under stand. If our reason for comm. Nichting is to be understood and official communications can have no other purpose then let s speak and write Plain English. There really is such a thing As  James w. Steeves Madrid Spain this is in reply to the letter murdering English languages a nov. 6. If the writer had to live in one of these Little villages with no american to he would t care who murdered the English language just so he got to hear a few words of it once in awhile. Colleen Thurston Pitburg Germany alarmed i am writing this letter As a concerned american. I am Horri fied by the present situation of our executive Branch of the government and fear the possibility of a dictatorship. Two Hundred years ago a revolution was fought in the Usa to create a government of the people for the people by the  i cannot accept a president who refuses to abide by the people s court Rul Ings rejects the very people he appoints because they refuse to be patsies and yes  i am in favor of impeachment proceedings being filed against our president Richard Milhouse Nixon. I have written my con Gressmen. I urge All other americans to please weigh the situation and consequences and write write your congressmen write your senators Tell them How you feel be it in support or opposition of impeach ment. If you Haven t the time for an involved letter simply write i am in favor of impeaching the president or i am not in favor of impeaching the  Send it it your representative in Congress co Capitol Hill Washington . Let your congressmen truly represent you. Laurie k. Schneider Neu Ulm Germany reminder All letters to the editor must contain full name and address of the writer and must be signed. Washington one of the things the Nixon administration was noted for before watergate was its neatness. It s hard to be Lieve on the basis of recent reve lations that the president has run one of the Slop Piest White houses of anyone in our history. Records get lost. Tapes Don t exist. Notes Are misplaced. It s not enough to impeach the presi Dent but it certainly scares the Heck out of you. I can just see the president buzzing his private Secretary Rose Mary Woods. Rose Mary get me that Tough note Brezhnev sent me during the Mideast  yes sir or.  Twenty minutes later. The note seems to be missing or. President. There s nothing in the Brezhnev folder except a Tele Gram congratulating Princess Anne on her  did you look in the Princess Anne folder yes i did and there is Noth ing in her folder except John Mit Chell s resignation As attorney  Good grief i have to get a copy of the soviet note. Did you look in my folder yes i did or. President. The Only thing in your folder is your Tough note to  Well at least that s some thing. Let me see  Here it is or.  this in t the Tough note i sent Brezhnev. It s a summary of Kis Singer s talks with Golda  oops. Sorry about that. It was written on a shopping bag so it was hard to  perhaps we could get out the tapes of my conversations with soviet ambassador Dobrynin. I think he summed up the Brezhnev  ill Call the secret service and have them sent up right  a half hour later. Or. Presi Dent did you speak to or. Dobrynin on oct. 24 or 25?" Why do you ask because the tapes marked conversation with Dobrynin part i seem to be a Telephone Call you made to Bebe  did you Check the Bebe re Bozo tapes yes and they turned out to be a conversation you had with emperor Haile Selassie when you were vice  dammit Rose Mary we seem to be running a Loose ship around Here. Get me the tapes of my conversation with Mao tse  Bob Haldeman took them Home with him last  Well did t he bring them Back he can t  Okay forget the tapes. Give me the notes i dictated after my meeting with the congressional leaders on the Energy  Here they Are or. Presi  hold it. These Aren t my notes on the Energy crisis. They re the plays i worked out for the Washington redskins in last year s super bowl  or. President if you Don t like the Way i m doing my work i la be very Happy to  now Rose Mary Stop crying. I think you re doing a wonderful Job. It s just that every once in a while i can t seem to find some thing i m looking  you know this is not the easiest Job in the  Rose Mary Rose Mary. Pat and i think the world of you. Now you just go Back to your desk and forget All about the Tough note Brezhnev sent me. It probably was t important  c los Angeles times Syndicate european edition Captain Edward g. Mcgrath us editor in chief it. Col. Gary l. Werner Usa Deputy editor in chief Mert 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 . 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