European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 06, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday August 6, 1978 the White House and drugs this letter concerns the current drug scandal at the White House and the Aston Ishing White House position in View of its Access to the Best medical brains in the county that it has no effective Means tits disposal to determine who of the White House staff uses  White House should be Happy to know that the . Army has a simple an absolutely infallible solution to its dilemma. The White House staff should be compelled to undergo the same humiliating Uri analysis tests that former presidential drug advisor Peter Bourne thought was appropriate for the enlisted men and women of the army. If the White House staff will not be required to undergo these tests then i con tend it is improper to compel . Army enlisted personnel to undergo these same  my opinion and considering the con fusion that has been coming out of the White House these Days the need to establish reliability at the White House where strategic decisions bearing on National survival Are formulated is at least equal to if not vastly More imperative than the need to establish reliability of that armed forces which must carry out these Deci  president Carter does not recognize this this Means that inside the Whitehouse position privilege and discrimination continues to rank above National Secu Rity Equality and Law. That watergate was i in fact nothing More than a political Ven Delta rather than the beginnings of a new morality to uphold National Honor and in grit. If president Carter is to avoid what for to president Nixon was charged with he i no Choice but to investigate prosecuted uphold the Law. S we forgave him for Burt Lance. West Hamilton Jordan s escapades. Fie gave him the Benefit of the doubt in the suspect Marston affair involving Totive flood and his  a my ii vim Wiick Luuy run Vul Sou smear the honorable senator from us i. We Are trying to be tolerant of an s�ua5"tpeter Bourn  its stench of drugs and corruption the 6 highest office of the land is just too Khz to Swallow. Michael Ivanchak  Hekleberg a recent Story slated. Several jul Flor members of the White House staff Pri ties eur Ortan coition n i urea T Laws to �sss5s� . M2i la jul a at Arlous Levels of the government and the a Community Ciao lib Inid that administration officiate Are upset at journalistic inquiry m this if is not my purpose in this letter to Dis cuss the relative merits of drug use or abuse. Since it is illegal to possess or us marijuana i have not Ever done so. I fully expert and demand Hal no official of my government do so either unless and until it becomes  has been much discussion about the drug problem we have Here Wilh in troops in Europe. As a noncommissioned officer in the . Army i am expected to prevent drug abuse in my unit and to detect and apprehend those who use drugs i violation of regulation and Law. Yet the paper tells me that a High offi Cial of one executive Agency uses Mari Juana occasionally himself knows at Leas two employees who smoke marijuana on the Job and is quoted As saying. Of course marijuana is widespread Here. His explanation is thai Job performance in t impaired a White House official is quoted As saying. It involves people s per Sonal lives not their ability to do their  have heard the same response from the troops and i have replied that the Law must be obeyed that those who disregard it must suffer the consequences. Can i continue to say that recently there has been a great juror Over the question of forcing troops stationed in Europe to submit to extensive urinalysis testing on a random  suggest that before i and my fellow sol Diers Are compelled to submit to this Indig nity the White House and the rest of the executive Branch line up. Bottles in hand for a chem local analysis of their bodily flu ids to determine which of them have been flaunting the very Laws they have sworn to execute and uphold  Robert , Germany 1 would like to add a few comments on the recent article entitled president warns staff on  to the last part of this article where House speaker Thomas o Niell said be would not tolerate use of marijuana during duty hours by anyone on his  is speaker o Neill really trying to say does he tolerate marijuana use after duty hours is it All right to break the Law after duly hours altitudes and perceptions Are killing us in our Effort to effectively combat drug abuse. The Soldier in Europe what abuse drugs does not think it is wrong. This sol Dier rationalizes his drug use by saying t does not effect his Job perf0rmas"fnnadit forming everyone else he associates �sl,?s2 letters to the Uit Effort of heatedly support these altitudes Are folded Laree perception that is developed Lou thebe Iwert thou =. -i.7 Poco Wro from Uichi Washington. Pership and Lack is sss1 of course. That would take ima.,.,.too" course sin my. Gene , Germany leadership. 0 about command sponsors i am writing in Hope that someone can give us a straight  wife and i Are both Ess with More than four years in service each to second tour in Germany and both times  lust tried to get government furniture for our Economy  Iii i thing we Are asked Are either one of you command sponsored Why Are there if we Don t have enough time in service left to be command sponsored the Only reason i can see is it s the army s Way of getting us to stay in Lonow that most people will extend to bring their families Over. R. You hear that they Are trying to make it easier for families on the happens if you have to move into an unfurnished apartment Are they for us the army is looking for ways to save Money. Then Why Don t they put Mai me tiers into government quarters. Instead of paying us both extra. Take i there Are some who would rather collect the extras but Why can t they make 1t it can t anyone Tell us Why we have to be command sponsored to get government furniture of by the Way when we were Here two years ago in a different area 1 Way wife an e2 and we had a whole Economy apartment full of government Fui can t we get it now the army wonders Why it loses Good  service members Kaiserslautern German editor s note col. Fred l. Wegley or chief engineering and Slon Hausa eur replies i to be eligible for assignment to government quarters a service n Grade e4 with two or More years service or above and serving the panted Lour of 36 months. This is the requirement to insure proper utilization of government  o permit the service member serving the accompanied tour to receive Benefit of government quarters occupancy. This policy also recon Iii thai member who has been assigned with less than a Complete tour to serve will be Venlen ced than a service member with a Complete  government furnishings program has been established primarily to ble personnel command sponsored. However it is possible that due to reduction of population supported or receipt of new replacement items and equipment items May become excess to the needs of eligible per Sotor military Community. Jutt"8",?" for or a i Porto eligible personnel at other Essex we a u"6 clonal boundaries of the respective off Hufcut a to lne Lieble personnel. Including ored individuals. Therefore depending on requirements excess available to no command sponsored members income Mca but not i Pupil discipline need Backe eligible Persoma Trifi at fifth Eig else. If we continue to bi7e"tvhiniential.w.1lch we hi8her lower system becomes meaningless diplomas whether eyed or not. 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