European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 23, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11. Zeanes 6ao report shows need i a Bow Midi / ears for More Fra legislative Ajo the editor control Over cosmetics rudeness of clerk draws protest Washington not a woman Mav car,.min. ._ ,. Recently i entered the Patch Barracks Mal dim cafes need comm a Wom about to go out for the evening washed her hair then dried and combed it. She the applied a flammable hair Spray and at tempted to Light a cigarette. Her hair an clothing immediately ignited resulting in such severe bums that she died a few Day Slater. Another woman was giving herself Home permanent and inadvertently left a solution containing sodium potassium arc mates in the bathroom. Her daughter Swal Lowed a teaspoonful poisoning reports Are becoming frequent. Shampoos that Are toxic to Eye tissues chemicals in Bubble Baths that irritate the skin Cologne containing alcohol that ignite from cigarettes and stoves Talcum powder inhaled into the lungs feminine deodorant Spray that irritate the lower urinary tract report detailing the toxicity of cosmetics an being received by fed eral agencies by the the Genera accounting office Gao. The investigation Arm of con Gress has issued a new report snowing the need for additional legislative author Ity to enable the food and drug administration i Fra to better insure the safety of cosmetic products in interstate com report noted that the 9 Bulion a year cosmetics Industry has been found Tobe using 125 ingredients suspected of causing addition about 25 Are suspected of causing birth defects and 20 May cause and verse reactions an the nervous system including headaches drowsiness convulsions the report said & then detailed other potential sources of trouble such Ashe identification of impurities in Coset is which themselves Ore suspected of causing cancer. Cosmetics such As makeup perfume baby lot Ion and powder Bubble Baths hair dyes and toothpastes May pose Sig if Kan Liaw to coosum7 the report Laid then went on to Potot oat that Al though there is increasing evidence that some cosmetic products and ingredients May carry a significant risk of injury to Consumers the 1t a does not have an effective program for regulating cosmetics. Loopholes in the Federal food drug and cosmetic act do not require the Maers of cosmetics to file data on the ingredients in their products keep lists of cos Metic related , the Gao found that be tween 1969 and 1975 Only about half the cos Meuci plants had been inspected by the Fra while since then 1,000 additional thes Cumo Manintin 1 c01-mu.yi.shu4ouii.ut ? hot Toto. Bumch mrs. Nartin. I a m own must amm on. My a it Miami Zimmt of. To an in pm Omu. " a nor a it . i a. Of Muir. Do of come. Mimi a the Agency were Agency was chided for failing to establish criteria to determine whether adequate facilities and controls Are used in All phase of manufacturing and distribution of further Between 1975 and 1971 the Gao found that that the Frahad not started a single prosecution of a cosmetic maker although the Agency sown inspectors had found hundreds of Vio lations of . Donald Kennedy the Fra commissioner commented that the regulation of foods and drugs warranted far More Seri Ous attention because they presented health hazards that were far More serious than you have important Public health responsibilities i three different areas and if each of them has Laws compelling claims to your resources and in one of these area you have manifestly statutory authority and in the other two it is at Leas better then a Wise Man is going to allocate More heavily to where he is going to get return Kennedy said. Recent 1 e path Exchange to Purchase 50 liners of Gas Cou it was my turn i asked the lady who was working the counter if she would t mind me paying for most of my Purchase in dimes for i had $4 replied in a sarcastic tone of voice. Yes i do mind. I have to count this Money when i close in the i can t understand Why an inconsiderate person like this is allowed to work for minor note if i Only had change would i have been denied the Purchase be cause she would have had to count All that change in the evening when she closed concerned no Vai Huwen Germany editor s note Claybank Wuo Anu jr., general manager Stuttgart area Exchange cafes Europe replies first let me thank you for being concerned since s comments both Good and bad to help serve our easterners better. Now Down to business. Dime Are Legal tender the same As Dollar to or pennies and the employee a wrong to treat you la such a rude manner. She should have accepted your dime with no complaints or sarcasm. To preclude recurrence of such Inci dents All employees have been counselled that change in any am will be accepted in payment Fer any merchandise offered few Sale us Raduf atoll be coupons Andenes on the part of cafes pm is it and cannot be tolerated requests that any easterner u treated Randy by an employee lot Down the employee s name and cafes Europe employees Are required la Wear name tags and bring the matter to the attention of the local Exchange manager m corrective action can be taken after 45 minutes letter mailed recently i had a bad experience at Teapot Heilbronn. I went in to mail a certified letter. I arrived at 2 30 . And there were a few people i line. In time i got my Chance atthe window. At which time i was told to fill out the forms for receipt for certified mailand reply requested after oiling out the forms. I got Back inline which bad approximately 15 people now. After some time. I was fifth or sixth and was told that the window was closing. So the clerk could go to lunch. Everyone Art Buchwald Art Baeb Wau b a it of to for afew Wek try Taf to bad to 11 there Are or cd troops of be do. Re left be had i a ume favorite co tans Washington this i government of reports and studies. No matter what happens in this nation the first solution isto appoint a commission to study it. Toe commissions take one year two years some even longer and then they make their report to the president. If the presi Dent agrees with the report it s released to the nation. If he or his staff disagrees within it is buried. But where just by Chance i discovered the secret burial grounds of reports and studies made by presidential commissions. The Ceme Tery is located on a Hill overlooking the up per Potomac. It is a quiet and deserted place and Only the chirping of Birds or the Call of a Boot owl can be . Gottfried Neu Enraca has been caretaker of the burial area for govern ment reports Ever since the Harding administration. And after i had assured turn would not dig up any Graves he let me in All time buried or. Soel wild me. We be got report that Cost j20 million and we be got reports that Cost �-000 but in the end they All wind up Here. Buried six feet kind of reports Are resting be better to ask what kind of buried Here. We have re the communist threat. You. President is Al commission to study i Fina. Re Sung now. Lots of times the president has no intention of paying any attention to the report and it s dead before it s even written. Other times someone on the president s staff reads a report banded in by a commission and says. This stuff is dynamite. We have to kill it in some cases the president says let s release this report to the press an then Bury it occasionally a report will just die of Heartbreak because nobody pays any attention to it in any Case after the report is dead Tibas to be buried because if you re presi Dent you Don t want someone finding it at later Date and using it against you. So every week each report that has died is placed in a Pine Box and loaded on a government Hearse and brought up Here where we have a simple ceremony before lowering it into the h s a Blue ribbon panel report that s been killed in action we give it a 21-gun Salute. Otherwise we Lay it to rest with As Little fuss As cemetery goes for Miles and i said no one knows How Many reports have been buried Here by the different or. Nellenbach this is a Beautiful cemetery and very impressive. But Why does the government go to so much trouble and expense to keep it up for nothing More than paper reports you must understand that most of the men asked to serve on presidential com missions Are very important Cit Ixena they spend months and Yean working on these reports and they fed very close to them. When their report Are killed or buried these men fed a personal loss. Many Days you will see them sitting Here next to the tombstones of their studies tears rolling Down their Cheeks. No matter How Long you work Here it still gets to you " had to change Short tune later a sergeant came out and said that he was sorry for the inconvenience but tie was now Down to one clerk. After spending 45 minutes at the Apo i finally got my letter mailed. Now my question is this is it proper forthe Patron to fill out the forms for certified mail and reply requested should for Stamps certified mail or registered mail have to wait in line while some one fills out a customs form also Why can t the Apo have two clerk son duty during heavy loads brads snub aug he Obyran Germany editor s note u. Col. Roy s. Johnson Iii chief. Postal div he usar eur replies the postal officer of the serving Apo has taken data to Centre that two postal clerk Wio be erring patios in the Hal bran Apo during the Peak period Between 11a.m. To 1p.m. When Patra arrives at the postal it Odra Etta a pared Bat does t have the a Boom tag convicted they Are asked to step aside and Complete the tag. Owe the Patron Bas completed the tag they will be served Withnol having u a i the end of the Vitae. Other Patron will be served Wue the customer i computing the Cottons when a Patron request certified mall service the clerk u responsible Lor Elhag in the needed Monnat. On a Retan re capt requested u is the Patron s Resa a Ress an theto fill to the Retura Addre l Derk i Rapens ble f outage in Taw . These requirement Are slated in the . Postal service Maranal and Are my bang enforced lathe heu Broon Amelco praised for a change let s write something Posi Tive about american express. The payday lines Are inevitable particularly ii customers Don t opt to use the Check to Bank route which is so Muchmore convenient. However something can be done about the Deposit system As a result of an employee suggestion Amelco in Karlsruhe installed a Deposit Box within the banking facility. So All we have to do Here is fill out the Deposit slip clip u to the Check and drop it in the Box. Takes about two minutes and no Wahman inline while i m on the subject of Amelco. Flike to add that i be always had excellent courteous service both from the Bank an the travel Branch. Kathleenj. Tucker Kuis Rabe Germany
