European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters to the editor pro lauds stripes rental advice Wos housing problems i wish to comment on the recent letter entitled protecting the tenants  the writer does the american Community a real service by publicizing and Sug Gesting membership in the Miete Schutz herein renters protective association. This Fine organization is recommended by the Kaiserslautern Community housing referral off ices Ramstein Vogel Weh and Donbach. We have no Way of knowing How Many of our people on the Economy have joined but i would like to see More do so. The writer however is mistaken in his belief that German Law requires a landlord to rent his facility for an amount of Money determined by the government. Statistical tables for different areas of Germany Are compiled jointly by land lord tenant associations and by individual communities based on size and location of housing age and condition of the Struc Ture plumbing fixtures and conveniences Etc. These Are published at a Mark per Square meter Price. However this is not used to control rent but is rather a compilation of statistics. It is my understanding that the various German state governments restrict pay ment of rental for state or federally subs if Zed housing at a certain percentage Over the actual expenses for the housing that in no Way constrains individual properly owners who rent privately financed rental units to the general Public. Every housing referral office i am familiar with uses these figures As a guide line in establishing the top limit to which they recommend a tenant should pay. If in the housing agent s opinion a unit is overpriced the agent will Mark the re ferral card overpriced but a prospective tenant May pay that Price if he wishes to do so. Hros will list Only units which meet cer Tain minimum requirements regarding Kitchen and bathroom facilities privacy heating systems Etc., but it is not within our Purview to refuse to approve contracts for units which do not meet our standards or Are. In our opinion too costly. I too was shocked to see some of the units reported by the stars and stripes in their recent series of articles. It is hard for me to believe that these units were listed through an pro. Health regulations and building codes vary from state to state. Questions regard ing standards of rental units May be addressed to the  or an appropriate governmental Agency. The great majority of landlords i be Lieve Are honest. For those of you who think you Are being victimized by Sharp or unscrupulous business practices by land lords and Don t belong to the meters Chut Verein 1 have this advice go to your pro for assistance. We cannot give you Legal advice but we can make observations and give you our  you Don t Tell us what your problems Are we can t help you. Mary e. Lombard housing referral officer Ramstein a Germany is Carter s policy disastrous during the past ten months i have been Here in Germany i hive seen the Dollar Ralu decrease constr r by. At one Point it has topped 32 pfennings. Once it was at a Low of do 1.38 for a Dollar. The reasons for these Sharp declines i believe is the Way president Carter is handling the foreign affairs of the United states and also the internal affairs of our nation. I am sincerely proud and honoured to be a i have held my peace for Long enough and now feel compelled to go Public with a problem that i have pursued through local and i Sarteur inspector general Chan Nels to what appears to be of no Avail. Specifically army regulation 210-50 As it is currently written and published makes no mention of housing accommodations for chief warrant officers 4, and thus through the years local housing managers and the 21st support come have placed cw4s with other company Grade officers. This unwritten Taw has persisted Over the last several years with no attempt to Ammund a 210-50 to Correct an assumed oversight. My questions regarding housing for cw4s stems from the fact that a 210 50 states that commanders May assign cw4s to Field Grade quarters. In recent years the training and Doc Trine come has mandated hat cw4s be As signed Field Grade quarters. Why Are cw4s accorded Field Grade quarters in the states and not in i Sarel a permit me to project this situation a bit further some commanders communities in Europe require cw4s to perform Field Grade duties and yet the same commander who requires this will assign a cw4 to company Grade quarters i contend that this represents contradictory premises and wonder How the com Mander can rationalize this colonels and sergeants major receive preferential treatment in quarters assign ment and Are guaranteed a minimum num Ber of bedrooms without regard to their family  believe the latter is justified since both grades represent the ultimate in their respective careers. What considerations docs the cw4 get along the same line since they too have achieved the ultimate in their career?1 understand in talking with  housing policy personnel that a 210-50 was to be changed in april and that cw4s . Citizen and to be serving our country with my Small contribution. But it is really disturbing to me when i hear that Carter is halting production of the Neutron bomb. He has already killed production of the by bomber and now because he feels that if he shows the soviet government his Good will by not deploying the Neutron bomb in West Germany they will Stop producing How valve an someone be the soviet i Hope you can help me because i am so government has no intentions of halting mad i am ready to explode their production As is evident in their Mill in december american express mad i"""?1 Vert entry placed my Check in the wrong a we did not discover this until a will be assigned to Field Grade quarters. This is great but does not represent the whole Story. It appears that  r now has two classes of Field Grade quarters category Iii and category Iii More desirable. Category Iii is the Standard variety of Field Grade quarters and the category Iii More desirable is duplex or equivalent accommodations. To compete for category Iii is straight Forward and usually by the Date departed the states and bedroom requirement. Category i More desirable is competed for based on a pecking order rank and Date of rank. In this latter Case cw4s Are placed on the list after promotable Cap  Short a cw4 could not expect to live Long enough or stay in one Job at a particular location to Ever be considered for assignment to category Iii More desirable quarters. My question is Why Are the 200 cw4s stationed in Europe Given no trappings of Success after All there Are approximately three times the number of colonels and sergeants major As there Are cw4s in the  John hitter Mannheim Germany editor s note col. Fred l. Weg Ley. Chief Engineer and housing division Hausa eur replies your letter surfaces a valid Point in that under current procedures a cw4 would rarely be assigned More desirable quarters. A 210-50 is currently under re vision and review by he Usa eur. Your suggestion will be incorporated in our comments to he department of he army due May 15,1978. Thanks for writing and making us aware of the inconsistency. It May do help you now but ii May help others later and you can have the satisfaction of knowing you affected the  Clearing up a checking problem .   a no pow h. Mil veg Ihnn 4o� Munkh. Cd Moi Job we. I Usi new Turg. Civ hum. Mil " Stutt. Ii Al Nam Civ saw. Spain Myrld or Tec Ralon air Izui Mil a. Turtur Kii Tan  common Civ before being caught by s about � minutes before israeli Terter Menachem begin was due 10 a entity was not immediately Avail Ablel was believed the Man entered the grounds with a group that had been cleared to witness begin s arrival. Count. Check was returned to us in january. Our Bank immediately corrected their error and sent a letter to he makes in Munich a copy of which we have. A week later we received another notice from Munich regarding a second Check. Again we went to our Bank again they wrote a letter. The general manager for cafes called Munich when our name appeared on the bad Check list. Subsequently a letter was sent out to cafes that our name was to be crossed off their lists. Some have some Haven t. Then we received a notice from the Stuttgart Check control office that we Are to have our id cards stamped Over and our Check cashing privileges will be denied for one year. We immediately went to our Bank and they again wrote a letter stating it was their error. Again 1 have a copy what do we have to do to get this straight i will not let them Over stamp my card. The red tape is too slow. We leave for the states in less than six months and i want this cleared up now. I feel we have been caused undue embarrassment As the forms come through my husband s company. Can you imagine the embarrassment of being told your Check is no Good we have never bounced a Check. Please help us As soon As possible. 1 am ready to see a lawyer. Candy Sollars Stuttgart Germany editor s note Fred Schonwetter comptroller he cafes Europe replies upon receipt of the Jan. 31, 1978 letter from american express advising us of Bank error we immediately re deposited your checks 191 and 197. We Aba made an entry into our com Puter to assure that your name would be deleted from the next Issue of the sus Pended Check cashing privilege list notification to be Stuttgart military Community which if reflected id their Fet Ter co you dated much 2,1878, was mailed by us on Jan. 13,1i7j."the reason for their delayed Motif la too to Yon is unknown to cafes. We Abo mailed to the Stuttgart Community a letter dated feb. I u7t, which indicated that your account was Clear. Your name does not appear on oar sus Pended listing dated feb. 24, 1978, and the Stuttgart Check control office was advised by Telephone that your privileges had been reinstated. We apologize for the embarrassment you were caused and Hope this matter has Dow been resolved to your  reminder All letters to the editor most contain full printed ume and address of the writer and Mast be signed. Uin coed let ten will not be considered for Pabli artion. Writer Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy address especially if they desire a fast  of the Large volume of mall this column receives daily letters that Are Brief and to the Point have a much better Chance of being published