European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday september 16,1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 combined Federal Campaign opens in Europe Stuttgart is the 12th annual overseas area combined Federal Campaign kicks off its six week drive in Europe tuesday. The theme of this year s Campaign is make someone Happy through your the Csc is the Only authorized on the Job fund Rais ing Opportunity for defense department personnel overseas to support the 30 participating National and International health welfare and service agencies according to a Neucom spokesman. Beneficiaries of the Campaign Are the people served by the american red Cross 13 International service agencies and 16 National health agencies. Contributors will help 75 million people a year at Home and abroad. In addition to expressing humanitarian concern men and women of the military Community and their families May receive direct service in times of distress from a number of the agencies sup ported by the Csc the spokesman than $3.6 million was raised during last year s Campaign in Neucom the spokesman added european Dod personnel May give Cash contributions Over a year s time or pledge through payroll allot ment plans during the Campaign the spokesman said. Individuals using an allotment May spread their contributions Over a year s time with the first deduction starting in january. Donors also have the option of designating Alt or part of their gift to agencies of their of participating agencies include Benefit Ting military morale and welfare at Home working for better National health conditions through research and helping hungry destitute and distraught persons another countries. The 30 agencies that Benefit from Csc Are the american National red Cross american kor asian foundation the american social health association boy scouts of America overseas Council care girl scouts of the Usa overseas affiliates Hope International Rescue committee National recreation and Park association planned parenthood world population save the children federation Uso United seamen s service Waif travellers Aid inter National social service of americ american cancer society american diabetes association american heart association arthritis foundation cystic fibrosis foundation muscular dystrophy association National association for mental health National association for retarded citizens National easter Seal society for crippled children and adults National foundation March of dimes National kidney foundation National multiple sclerosis society National society for the prevention of blindness United cerebral palsy associations National association for sickle cell Dis ease and the National Haemophilia foundation. Week stresses Lorfn american heritage Gen. Blanchard hispanic club leaders meet by Joann Man Heidelberg Gen George s. Blan Chard Usa eur commander in chief met with Jose Garcia president of the federation of latin american clubs Fla Europe and executive members of the Flag staff in a working breakfast Here wednesday. Garcia recently returned from the american i forum National convention reported that the convention helped usar eur establish Contact with Many Federal and private organizations in the m very enthusiastic about the Contact we made with hispanic organizations he said. They re going to be providing us with information and expertise. Several organizations such As the department of agriculture cultural awareness team were interested enough in our program to offer to come to Usa eur and conduct seminars at their own one of the most beneficial parts of the convention according to Garcia was the military affairs workshop. During this session general officers from each of the services presented a Brief Survey of the efforts being made to integrate hispanic americans into All Levels of the workshop drafted a Resolution Call ing for a department of defense task Force to study the problems of hispanics in the armed forces he said. They recommended that the task Force include notable his panic leaders As Well As military feel very strongly that a concentrated Effort by a Dod task Force is needed to remedy the situation said Garcia. There Are so few hispanic officers an knowledgeable people within the service we feel an Effort on that level would accomplish the Many Usa eur communities Are no celebrating hispanic heritage week. Some held their celebrations Early to avoid conflict with reformer activities. Turnouts have been tremendous according to flac in Heidelberg hispanic leaders Jose Garcia and Anita Troughton discuss events with Gen. George s. Blanchard. Is Whitted members. Even in the midst of reformer some communities have provided extra support for the programs. One Community brought Guys in from the Field for a show said s. Sgt. Nagil a. Tejedor Berlin flac adviser. The com Mand provided buses to bring them in and take them Back. It was Beautiful. We had Over 1,000 throughout Usa eur special Dis plays lectures and presentations Are under Way As Well As hispanic meals at dining facilities and clubs dances and Par ties. Guest speakers such As or. Renee Zenon de Amon humanities professor from the University of puerto Rico have been invited to speak. Although there s generally a lot of eating involved special meals and so Forth there s More to hispanic week than that said Anita Troughton of Giessen flac parliamentarian. Hispanic week is for everybody. We try to address the needs and concerns of Spanish speaking people but also to publicize and help others under stand what it s All hispanic heritage week is like buying tortillas said Troughton. It s for every body. Flac called by maj. Gen. R. Dean Tice Usa eur Deputy chief of staff personnel a professional kind of private organization has about 20 member clubs in Usa eur. Joann Mann is an information specialist assigned 10 the Usa eur he Public affairs office purpose of observances to enhance awareness Bubo Cullen staff write Heidelberg is National his panic heritage week is now being observed at military installations throughout the world. The purpose of it according Tocol. . Guertin chief Usa eur human resources development is to enhance awareness. There is always the feeling by us in the White male club to be Able to say Well we Don t think there should be these kind of observances because after All it s going to have that negative spinoff it make them separate but equal. And what we ought to do is assimilate them " he said that in the past the Stan Dard reply was let s just Don t make such a big Issue about it. Well just assimilate he continued unfortunately nobody Ever gets around to assimilating we feel that those of us in the White male club if you want to Call it that or at least those of us who Are not a minority group member would be better off to have this awareness brought to our prejudiced person who is glad when this week is Over because it s a paining the neck is the prejudiced Type individual that we want to get a hold of Ger tin said. In his talks to soldiers in Schweinfurt last month in an Early Observance of his panic heritage week or. Rodolfo san Chez National director of the coalition of Spanish speaking mental health organizations talked of the extended he said that the average hispanic Soldier de pends on the extended family Structure More than other . said that s a very valid Point. And it s also a valid Point for the Blac people and it s a particularly valid Point for the american said that was one of the reasons the theme institutional discrimination was chosen for the annual race relations conference this it Black hispanic or american Indian and for some of the others such a Oriental it s not uncommon for the father the wage earner to go off and work some where. The father of a family in Philadel phia May go off to work for the Tennessee Valley authority because that s where he can get a Job. Who is the male image or the pseudo father in that family normally in any one of those four i just named it s the wife s brother who moves in and really becomes the local father. Now when that boy As a Young Man comes to us in the army he knows that Uncle of his much better than he does his own father. Now say that Uncle Dies or becomes very ill. He in t in Loco Paren tis in place of a Parent by our White male army regulation club because he s not a Grandfather or the boy is not his son or anything else. He the Uncle just Hap pens to be the male image who just happened to be the father in that person Slife. Our Point from Here is and we have brought this to a s attention that when you say that a person can go on emergency leave Only when it s a Parent or an in Loco Parentis then that s institutional discrimination for 30 per cent of our Force
