European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 Russell Baker e life is Tough comply but nobody likes a whiner be people with imagination and can still lick anything they come up l and wind up on top of the 10 Why i Admire people like used to be Martin when she first came was suffering from an Onset of inn he could not get his checks listed because he didst have a Drivers ii 1 As he tossed on my the for his disturbance gradually line it made no sense to him that Jie should need a Drivers License to he what is the first tool you would acquire if you jeering into he bad Check Racket a Drivers i since by would Ever Cash my bad checks bad evidence that i could drive cried and conver v the fact that i do not have a Drivers e must be proof that 1 am not in the of explained his explained that so did not operate on principles of n which made life Tough and but that people with land nerve could gel to the top Heap if they yielded to i lit 1 recommended he learn he could Cash his Lud always refused to learn Pigpen faded that if he Ever got behind e wheel he would kill but i fed out that once he had Pasiwk his test i could cub he would never re to drive i admirable he agreed to society on its own terms and take Tail during his fourth lesson he drove the r into a department store kill i Hli instructor and critically injuring vim i saw him in the Martin i he required extensive sur a he had been Given the of no surgeons to choose which i these surgeons should i he u explained that in american society no Tver told a Layman any other doctor t no this information was very held within the professional there was no Way anybody i Gln Access to 11 without becoming a 1 dont want to be a with the Issue of the Panama canal treaty up for i urge our nations policy makers to review the history of the Channel our first try was with a civilian construction Force headed by John Findley the record showed that when yellow fever struck the construction not nearly As bad an epidemic As any that the French had something like a panic men were quilting right and kit and simply got on ships and went our second try was led by another civil Ian John big smoke Ste Vens was an excellent organizer and actually got the construction started with a work Force of almost however a Dis agreement Washington occurred and As anybody in the canal zone would Tell he sent in his resignation dear or president if you Are going to build the canal in Washington and ship it Down Here better use of maps is urged m dim i Neil x or t a win h t h met Phituk ii h h san witty to Dutton at mini my we Clr Iun Mil to new in nov mou01 l v Mui 5m1 Munu cell i Martin i want to become a Middle management executive Wilh an Early retirement i would you risk your life in the hands of a possible in competent rather than spend a few years in medical school Meeker spirits would Nave but not he went Back to College to improve his organic gained admission to medical school by methods i prefer not to discuss in this and five years while was entrusted with the identity of the most competent surgeon in his armed with this secret he withdrew from Medicine and went Back to Junior planning to accumulate enough Money w enjoy the services of this flawless disclosed that the surgeons fees were such that no Junior management Man could afford Martin asked for promotion to Middle he was very near a breakdown when next i saw him on the his com Pany had told there were openings in Middle but the under government pressure to end sea Dis was reserving them for he resisted when 1 pointed out that it was not difficult for a nun to become a woman i dont want to become a be his wife didst want him to become a woman and he didst know How be could Ever explain it i his 1 you didst want to learn to but you saw that so titty left no Way out if you wanted to get your checks you didst want to become a but you saw that society left no alternative if you wanted to Tell the Good surgeons from the you we rent a whiner if you become a whiner you can say goodbye to All your dreams of ending up on lop of the when next we Martin had become she had a Job in Middle had enjoyed the Best surgery in town and was resuming driving lessons so she could finally get her checks she was a Holdup Man taking getaway lessons at driving school had told her that if All she wanted was a driving License to she could have gotten a forged License from a bad  shop and saved herself a lot of trouble As Well As a Exchange of i Are you going to whine because you had the integrity not to take the dishonest Way de cause you had the imagination and nerve to conquer the challenges of society with out cheating but its All so she Mnew then that she was cured and 1 would not see her she understood at  nato group hears Appeal from Pope Vatican City Upil Pope Paul i asked teachers and students of the nato defense College to work for peace in the awareness of the dreadful consequences of modern some of you have known personally the violence of War and Llavet feels on families like your and this memory will certainly linger with you for the Pope told the who came to the annual audience with their wives and All of by your Are Well dreadful consequences of modern and Btte expressed Hope reminder the new generation will be imbued with a rejects War out All let Len to the co nub forms of violence and full printed name for they so methodically and of and mod Lel it cutely prepare the Way Tor letters to the the canal and retirement in this is where i get off who finally built the Channel the United Stales army corps of engineers the military got the Job because when the going got unlike the civilian the military  just quit and walk by the when you come to a decision and Settle the Issue of the canal please do not be naive in believing general torn Jos has always held the Congress and Senate in Awe or can be persuaded by any of our civilian me Wilt listen and negotiate because he knows that your decision Wilt be backed up by the sweat and toil of our military and to now Here comes my real you cannot equate military with any civilian organization even in peacetime construction let alone in time of so please quit tampering with our retirement Cheng Germany my preparation of this letter was prompted by a news article 1 slating that it would be Between two and three years before an effective Antiterrorist Force could be developed for military to this i say bunk the military has Long been called the largest police Force in the our past history reinforces the but for too Long the military has Over looked those o us who police the Polk the military Why charge a Green Beret with the task of researching this when there Are those in the Mili tary police who have received this Type of training received from Tyilian police departments include the Federal Bureau of training that the to my does not re the assets of special weapons and tactics teams we speak of the terrorist the City of los an Geles Lone realized this fact and devel oped ask the Sla the effectiveness of this Why does the military now wish just to research this Type of reaction let the police handle the problem just As they have been called to do All Over the perhaps the new concern for this Force was prompted by the outstanding action of the German Antiterrorist unit the Bun Delgren schuts groppe9 in ele ment of the German Border this is one mans not a reflection of All local Chambers Germany inefficiency statement disputed theres just one thing id like to add to the letters i read this morning concerning on the subject of Walter pages state the current military retirement system amounts to inhumanity because it consists of holding out a bribe to a service member to make him do something which he hates like and gets no satisfaction on of his Job which nukes him an inefficient if Bis statement is True then u logically follows that All retirement plans Are a form of to Lake it it can be said that the paycheck Telf is a form of what difference is it if received bimonthly or she seeks pen pal i i Irving to Lind v a Triune Mim huh Pori Wilh me l i eng Lluis he till it or a Gnu is in it but i my twi in Hru ills or Eftang poll Iii we ii muru ii it i inti us it also logically follows that All employ  we should Allda the work we Mast but practically it Doest always work every  person when selecting Job or career mat consider the monetary rewards and Bene i assume that Page Wario for monetary rewards and benefits and has a retirement 1 must conclude that if he believes his own statement than like every other person who for wages and is the victim of a bribe and is inefficient As Germany for try n Aid at seminar my it and Ixl Rill pm to mid to oui Tohl Lwy