European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Panel finds inefficiencies in Europe Apo mail system ily John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington a congressional subcommittee says it found Gross inefficiencies in the military mail system in Europe during an investigation there ear Lier this Charles chair Man of the commented on the april 718 investigation in a three Page statement released to the stars and is rips Wilson listed slow mail delivery from the to shoddy mail Roces sing equipment and the fact that Many servicemen mail order packages arrived in Europe heavily damaged As some of the problem areas found in the chairman of the House personnel and modernization sub commit our servicemen arc being treated like a poor stepchild by the parties which participate in the military mail pro Gram the Pentagon official who oversees the military rail system said wednesday he has Riad the Wilson statement and that Dud is aware of certain he said the subcommittees findings will be investigated Wilsons subcommittee has made Simi Lar investigations on previous trips to Europe and the far in Early the subcommittee released a 267page report of its hearings and inspections held during the latter part of according to the previous hear Ings and inspections demonstrated that there Are Many problems in the military postal this latest inspection trip closely examined other aspects of the military mall Wilson Congress has always maintained that the Serviceman is entitled to the Best postal service during War and Wilson now that our coun try is not engaged in a hot the depart ment of defense and the postal service and those private entities that serve the military overseas mail system Are giving the american Serviceman the Short end of the it was very disheartening to witness continued on Page 21 gripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 11 april 1977 if 21855 a army recruiting Boss says draft return unlikely soon Tymi Kesier staff writer Germany Sis the Al Volunteer army is recruiting adequate numbers of Quality men and and the Chance of a return to the draft is unlikely in the near the army top Recruiter said Here Eugene chief of the army recruiting said the army continues to have the Large number of High school graduates that were present during the draft that High Quality women Are entering the army in increasing numbers and that the number of recruits who have limited train ability is in the women entering the army now arc of higher Quality across the Board than the men because the army can be More Forrester he added that the army is recruiting More women to make use of the vast Reservoir of on the possibility of a fighting role for women in the Forrester said the idea is repugnant to but added there is no doubt in my mind that women can serve in that is not the the Issue Are the american people prepared to see women come Back in body bags it is a National policy it is one that merits the most severe testing and Forrester said one his primary concerns while in Europe is to find out if soldiers Are getting what they were i want to he i try 9 Bel All recruiters to handle All recruits like i would want them to handle my sons or on other Forrester said that a High percentage of High school graduates in the Al Volunteer army is important and that higher quotas for them have been set each year since the Volunteer army concept began in the 1974 goal recruits was reached and of them were High school he our primary objective is to focuses senti ally on the same Quality of Soldier that we had during the draft Era because we found that it was a pretty Good he he added that the most important single measure the army has is the High school we found out if you take 100 High school diploma graduates and March them through the army for three at the end of that time youve got Between 78 and 80 he if you take the same number of no High school graduates Over the same period you have Between 65 and 70 he adding the differential Between 10 and 12 costs us a lot of Forrester put the figure at Between f 135 million and in 1975 the High school graduate quota was and were he the number of recruits who had limited train ability was reduced to 14 per continued on Page 2j Toucan do drama Henry Lebrun clings to the outside of Iii burning third floor apartment in As his wife Gladys bits precariously on the window Sill As they try to escape a two alarm they were rescued by a fire department ladder after about five tense minutes in this after having dropped their infant daughter into the hands of a by vol photo and on rare a Little typing new York map the next time your Boss has you feeling think about the Secretary who cleans her employers false Teeth or clashes to the newsstand every Day for a refund on his morning or the Secretary who had to Chase All Over the City to buy chocolate covered marshmallow cookies for the eating pleasure of her Boss and his another Secretary had to pick up her employers wife at the Hospital along with the couples new born baby since the father was too Busy to be present at the those Are some of the 100 entries in a contest to find the most ridiculous personal chores performed by american secretaries and other women for their the entries come from clerical key punch opera clerks and some other chores listed spent two Days with temporary help writing out Christmas cards and stamping spread Mayonnaise on the leaves of the Boss put drops in his ears or got scolded for not knowing the voices of the women who Call so As not to confuse the Boss wife and girl