European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday october 23, 1977 letters to the editor worker feels discriminated against because of her nationality today i received a letter from the civil Ian personnel office telling me that would be terminated at the end of septem . Its not that i Haven t done a Good Job. The Only mistake i apparently made at least everyone tells me that is that eight years ago i became an american citizen. Had i stayed a German citizen i would today have a permanent Job with All the fringe benefits doing the same kind of work in the same building that i am doing  have not Felt so humiliated in my whole life As i have since we were transferred to Germany and i started looking for a Job. Not for pleasure but Only out of need since living Over Here is very expensive and one paycheck does not allow the same living Standard that it did in the  do not know How Many times i was told by other dependents who stayed German for convenience How foolish i was to become an american. That seems to be my greatest  dependent who is still a German Citi zen has no problem in getting a permanent Job. I had to be satisfied just to get a temporary one that has been extended three times. It s been almost a year now. Ever three months it s such a thrill when you wonder whether you la be extended or  is discrimination by nationality. 1 am As Well qualified to do a clerk translator Job As any still German dependent yet i had to take a translator test which Mostof the still German dependents did not. I passed it. But it has t made any differ ence. I always Felt each country should Lookout for its own citizens first but i am get Ting stabbed in the Back by my own government. My husband s Check buys just As Little As any still German s husbands yet she is Given the right to help make a living while 1 am denied that right solely be cause of my nationality. This is injustice if there Ever was  the co bulletin it says that dependents will be Given priority regardless of nationality this is a big lie. I had believed that los Are those Ger mans who reside Here permanently and therefore Are More dependent of these jobs than we the military dependents who will leave again. However a still German dependent is considered As an in even though she will leave Here again just As i will. And is not dependent on her own  would like to have an explanation of these regulations which Are unjust and discriminating. I am sure that i am Only one of Many other american dependents who have been made to feel like second class humans Here in Germany. Heidi m. Stepp wet Ryburg Germany editor s note Willi Polte civilian personnel officer Wurzburg military Community replies All . Government agencies were provided Advance notification of the presidential limitation on civil Ian hiring in March 1977. As you know our new president has established a mandate to balance the nation s budget by the end of his term in office. One of the Means of cutting costs was to impose a ceiling on civilian employment strength in All agencies for fiscal year 1977 which ended sept. 30. Department of the army initially attempted to reduce civilian employment to meet its established hire ceiling by filling three positions out of four. Since this procedure did not suffice other Means became necessary. Wurzburg is predominately a part of Headquarters Vii corps located at Stutt Gart Mohringer and since All the employ is who were terminated were Vii corps personnel we must presume the writer was one of these employees. That being the Case we speak solely for Vii corps. Fiscal year 1977 was the first year that both a direct hire commonly referred to As appropriated funds . Spaces. Note appropriated funds Are those monies appropriated by Congress and a total end strength constraint was imposed upon Vii corps. End strength is the limit to the number of employees who May be on the payrolls of any organization on the last Day of the fiscal year. Due to the increased use of u. S. Dependents to fill vacant local National positions Vii corps was 375 direct hires in excess of the ceiling of 1594 which was authorized Vii corps. The Only possible Way to reduce to that end strength was to Termi Nate the temporary employees effective september 29. May i add at this Point that we have been Able to re hire All employees who were terminated with the beginning of fy1978. In the Case of non-. Citizen employ is whether they Are dependents or non de Pendents they must be administered under the Laws of the Host nation and not . Law. They Are classified As indirect hire and Are reimbursed from monies paid to the Federal Republic of Germany by the american government. The Federal re Public of Germany has deposited this Money with various defense costs offices who will pay . Government non citizen employees. By the same Token . Citizens must be rated for u. S. Civil service employ ment in accordance with the standards set Forth solely for . Citizens. While non . Citizen qualification standards Are lower than those required for . Citizens we must Bear in mind that our government expects its citizens to be of the highest Cali Bre when being employed. There must be a method used to evaluate these applicants and the Only possible measuring device is normally a written examination. One must Bear in mind that the aver age american is not bilingual and qualification standards Are written for the masses not for one individual. The entire Crux of the matter is that non-. Citizens Are employed under the Laws of the Feder Al Republic of Germany and . Citizens Are employed under the regulations of the . Civil service commission which have further been implemented by department of defense and department of the army. There can certainly be no discrimination involved when one considers that the Federal Republic of Germany has agreed to the employment of department of de sense dependents in positions previously designated for non-. Citizen incumbent  european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chiefly col. J. C. Taylor Usan. 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 . Government the department of defense or . European command. 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Russell Baker what happens to Joe College no that women outnumber men new York not for the firs time Ever there Are More women than men enrolled in american colleges. The immediate implications of this Are bound to upset people who need stereo types to preserve the illusion of stability in a chaotic universe. Joe College for example now becomes a false metaphor for the College student. Dis cussing College people collectively we must learn to Call them the College  woman s place is in the Home went the old saw women hated. Now they can say woman s place is inthe  what does it mean for football which has traditionally been to College what the Nightstick is to the police does it make sense for a College population dominated by women to have the bulk of its athletic budget spent on a sport that can be played Only by 200-Pound women with shoulders like stevedores and legs like Oak Trees of course not but then it has been a Long time since College football has made much sense to anybody except the professional league operators House it As a state subsidized farm system for developing Young players. Success Ful College teams now come almost exclusively from state universities whose Money comes from Legislatures run by old male grads to whom touchdowns Are sweeter than libraries. If the Rise of the College woman yields a generation of feminine achievers that fills state Legislatures with alumnae women May restore some sanity to the football scene by diverting Money to sports women can play and letting the Pittsburgh Steeles finance their own farm system instead of making taxpayers do it for them. The question is whether All this col lege will produce a generation of Femi nine achievers or a generation of disillusioned alumnae. It was not until after world War ii that College Educa Tion became an absolute necessity for people who wanted to get ahead. Until then most people went to College for variety of reasons that had very Little to do with becoming a corporate vice pres ident or a senator. Some went hoping to meet interest ing and possibly influential people. Some went because College seemed pleasant Way to spend four years. The usual people who wanted to be doctors and lawyers went because the medical and Legal guilds required a familiarity with Cicero and Racine before the would teach you their trades. Some went because their parents had gone. Afew even went because the Prospect of learning something seemed exciting. Until 1945, however the College Man was an elite figure and tycoons still boasted with or. Bounder by of the ignorance they had borne to the Pinnacles of Success. After the War College became the essential requirement for comfortable employment which High school had once been and with the passing years it fell into the ignoble role of certifying youth for employment. We cannot know of course what All the women now flocking to College Are seeking. We do know from the Success of the feminist movement however that there is a great hunger Amon women to become part of the achiever class. Paris is Worth a mass said the protestant King preparing to  and accomplishment women seem to feet is Worth nigh blood pressure and Early coronary. American men do not seem to Dis agree despite their grousing about pres sure and the rat race. There Are signs however that american men no longer View College As necessarily the Beltway to Start for the top. There even seems to be some redefinition of what the top May be now that the nation s vision of limitless growth is fading. For several years now College graduates have been finding that their de Grees Are brass Coin in the Job  letter columns could be filled with complaints from elaborately educated Young men unable to find jobs of the Quality to which they believe their educations entitle  More flexible of the Young have shifted their expectations moved in on jobs once thought inelegant for achievers taken to the trades Learned to Hustle and live by their wits rather than their degrees. Whatever the response there is obviously a growing suspicion that College May be a dead end for the upward bound and that it is time to adopt new methods of getting ahead. Guild controlled professions like Lawand Medicine still require preliminary College time but intense Competition for the limited number of professional school vacancies discourages increasing numbers from the struggle. Govern ment policies will give women As Wellas Blacks an Edge at getting professional education but surely All those women now in College Don t want to be doctors or  has been a hard struggle for women and one cannot help wondering whether now having become the Domi Nant sex on Campus at last they Are not once again about to find that Opportunity has passed them by