European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Move to bolster Dollar january 1976 the stars and stripes Page 11 acted in answer to foreign pressure  hew York what will the governments intervention to strengthen the to the american Cai waiter and business Community Swen depend Bow Tono the government Sopp oru the Dollar and to what Hen Are some questions and  it Why i the acting the Dollar Hai dipped steadily Over past Yew As businessmen Tore Jan Raven meet officials grew mob  about chances for meat at a Energy conservation tint would Cut the Trade estimated at there also was worry Over the health of the Flat if Arthur bum were net a appointed chairman of the fed eral Reserve and later about the a Thule policies of the relatively unknown Midiam Burnt foreign of fat Iliin Fhi brought heavy pressure in the United to support the Dollar because they maintained a sound Dollar is a major Factor in world monetary perhaps More import is to the dollars decline Wade for Prouda More expensive Aad leu Jve in the important american and Many foreign companies had to Flash profit to keep from Rais Ingle air prices in the United there was some suspicion abroad that the United Stales was letting the Dollar fall to make its own products More competitive in overseas markets and help ease the foreign Trade the Goven Nebl doing to Sis port the Darfur do flan Ore traded in major foreign Exchange markets Here and Abmad much like Coffee or any other and the government is baying dollars to mate them More More when the government wants to buy it gives its order to the Federal he Bank of new which acts As its and Calls Banks with offers to Pur what web move mean to two i detion to Ironim him time in in  imported in japanese Elev ton sett and other foreign products could go Down in Price if there is a Lon term Rise in the value of the Dollar compared in other but this process would be because the Price of imported goods lends to be nosed on put costs of producing and the Impact of the Market fluctuations wont be sctt immediately because major importers and exporters hold con tracts for hire delivery of products m previously agreed upon Lon term effects also May depend on future intervention the yearlong slide in the dollars value has made foreign goods less competitive forcing Many foreign companies to raise their their profit mar or the governments support of the Dollar could reverse what will it Man to american trav  tourist Aad americans living abroad Wen Hurt by the fall of the Dollar because As it slipped in they had to pay More for foreign As the Dollar rises in american Money will buy More in other How will workers and Isdr Era players fed Tbs Impact of the new Federal it could mean Tor some american if the employee works for a company that Sells goods Over the strengthening of the Dollar would lend in the Long run to nuke the firms product More therefore less in foreign in an Industry that must compete in this country with foreign the company also could find that its product is less competitive with who pays for the purchases of Dol Lars the fed has two sources of Fisidas for foreign Exchange on wednes the government released an unspecified amount from the billion Exchange stabilization created in 1934 to pro vide Money for foreign Exchange intervene the fed Abo can draw against credits with the Swap an inter National of Central the urdu states largest lines of credit in the network Are with the Central Banks of England and at billion drawings under the Swap agreement must be usually in three fwd Khz ii a Imti of Tualii wit of met Juravic my Bonn Trva am cml 101 spam Fket of Tao Aumi Mumi in intr Stafura or hum Mil Amanni wit town a i to tug now letters to the editor improving Barrack conditions the Stan and has had several articles on or about improving family housing and the plight of married people in the How about at least one article about the plight of the single including the army regulations covering Bachelor housing Barracks and Why commanders Don t follow them As closely the regulations for family Are there going to be improvements in Bachelor housing to keep up with family housing when u Dod directive going Tobe put into effect in Uhar Eort jul Bachelor housing Ever come up to the present standards for family housing does Blanchard also plan to end discrimination because of marital status on the Chance that this letter might he printed and the questions answered since this letter contains no obscene language there should be no reason to delete or add to unless you Are planning to Transfer to the staff of i Michael editors note Thomas assistant Deputy chief of replies it a counted that mine soldiers la u3areur Are living la overcrowded con Duons faculties which Are invade Steps Are being taken to improve these h will take time and the first major renovation provided run Vatious of facilities at m from till laugh in at a Cost of its this work was aimed at 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myself now that the Dollar u no longer redly boo big Money on the you id split for a wine store in Paris and get what i thought was a bottle of wild Rose and then discover with the brat swig Back at my digs that the urn to mix up my pfennig and by then the Buck was living up to four letter and the coins Wen faring no and the usually Cool clerks would almost flip r languages never were my or funny or Weirdo ways of weighing and menu Civ Ulm pm Fem mall Vlf but it was fee store hours thai really freaked me out like closed for closed for midweek dosed for week closed for dosed for saints closed for summer dosed for Winter no wonder it waa always he Ash hour at the Orcus whenever f could find Supen Mercato open in with push carts so swiping each other in Toad of beating the tar out shopping in Germany was such a drug that sometimes Das 1st Kein de unches Geld there were other bad scenes that make on base facilities look groovy in compari take there i was always being beaten out of queues that British custom of Long standing by Little old ladles  or id get entangled in dog some shoppers always insisted on bringing in id continually be slipping on some shoppers always insulted on not curbing their or re almost be drowned by some crazies on apartment Balco Nies always insisted on giving their plants dil vial now the shrunken Dollar me away from such As 1 confine Rayudu to the comparative safety of the local logo whats that a you say the pm Doest open til noon a and the sary is closed for inventory 1 almost enough to mate a Guy forget the Exchange note and live Daog Emady on the Economy