European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes letters to the editor feels stronger sense of patriotism sunday. June 8, 1980 More election info is wanted there Are Many Welcome indications that thing. I believe that a us such As. Suggest the percentage of military members and de Pendents planning to vote in this year i elec Tion will be a substantial improvement Over i have recently been feeling Downtrodden about the general reaction concerning our country s foreign situations. Due to this 1 have never Felt a Monger sense of patriotism As i have been feeling since the . Embassy takeover and the crumbling foreign policy. There is no reason Why the american people should feel disgusted or disgraced. If we look Back in history anyone can Sec that our country was built firmly on a Strong foundation. An american makes our country what is schools praised i would like to share this excerpt from a letter written recently by a former Kaiserslautern american High school student who is now a graduate of one of America s most reputable military academics. His letter reflects a judgment that i often hear from former Kahs graduates. The end of the school year especially graduation exercises often prompts speculation about the Quality of education Stu dents arc receiving. Perhaps this Young offi cer s views will help reassure parents in the european Community that their schools Are providing Quality programs. And it May re mind teachers at this most hectic time of the year that it s really Worth it. 1 wanted to let you know that your hard work it Kahs is not in vain. 1 am amazed How Little so Many College grads know of the literary classics. A the books we read in High school English seemed matter of fact to me at the time but now i realize that those classes were head and shoulders above College English. One thing i have seen from the Young troops Here at fort. Is that High schools stateside arc far inferior to the dependent school system in Europe not just at Kahs but at harm and Pitburg Etc. Kids today Are not getting much of an education around this part of the country. They Are being robbed. Don t let this go to your head but Wilma counts kaisers Lauvern Germany hostage kids fund i have been advised that some of the fam Ilies of our hostages in Iran have authorized the Sale of aluminium wrist bracelets in scribed with the name of the individual under which is the statement free the any profits will go to a scholarship fund for the children whose fathers were killed in the Rescue attempt. Persons desiring bracelets should order from voices for Freedom capt Fred Wyatt user 10250 Moorpark Street Toluca Lake Ca 91602indicate the name of either col. Schauf or it. Col. To Cdr or capt. Needham All Usan As desired on the Bracelet. Enclose return address and a Check or Money order for $3 per Bracelet. Make checks payable to voices for Freedom. The families of these officers will particularly appreciate the support of their fellow americans in this expression of concern. Donald ii. Bolt Vaisin Jjon go Rainy is. We have More influence across the world than any other nation. An american is a Strong and proud per son. We do not enjoy being mocked or bul lied but now As Well As in the past even our allies have stepped on our docs. We Are the Only nation in the world that Ever lends a hand in most disasters. We Are not a perfect nation. We arc entitled to our mistakes. And yet we Are criticized for our efforts. There is no doubt we accomplished More Good than bad throughout the world. Why then arc we continually ill treated americans Are a free people and humane people. Now More than Ever we must stand tall and show we arc Strong. We need not Bow our Heads in condemnation but stand As a real american should and show the rest of the world we Are still the greatest country in the world. Naomi Alvarez Ben Waters England reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters. But a Mill withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. Because of the Large volume of mail this Page recedes daily letters that Are Brief and to the Point hate a much belter Chance of being published. That of the past. There is no doubt that this will in the Long run be beneficial to the country in general and the military in particular. Con Gress and the administration listen to the loudest voices and the volume is determined by the vote count. While the increase is very positive it still needs a Little help. For Many of us. It has been a Long time since we were in the particular state where we arc registered to Vole. The available news Media helps us keep up with politics on the National level and the general state of regional affairs but the ballot contains More than the. Presidential candidates. Would it be possible for you to publish possibly a Center Section feature a list of addresses at the state level where we could write for information on congressional candidates state issues Etc.? perhaps a list of the state Headquarters the National party Headquarters Campaign Headquarters for presidential candidates and some of the special interest groups with a Broad Range of interests such As common cause Many of us have specific areas of con Cern and i realize that it is just not possible for the stars and stripes to cover every a that was Good friends suggested i Send you this Pic Ture of our son on his first birthday. His name is Justin Edward Smith. His father is capt. Jack Edward Smith jr., who is stationed at flak Cavern in Lud Wissburg. Justin was born at the St general Hospital. All i can say is that he thoroughly enjoyed his chocolate cake and ice Cream. A. Christine Smith Ludwig Surg Germany Mlp those of us who will be voting to cast a More informed vote. Sec Ond and perhaps More important an influx of questions on either general or specific subjects might make the people who will be asking for our votes a Little More sensitive to the concerns of a potentially significant Vot m82nd u. Michael a. Carter Aviano a Italy editor s note Lei us Tell you a St Eie Cllon we wrote to every party Headquarters in every slate 100 letters and asked them to Send us note real on the slate election issues and if posse of. Pictures of Ribeir party s candidates. We enclosed self addressed stamped envelopes with photo self fenders already inside. You know what happened we heard from 16. One the Republican party in Alaska came Back marked now we will go to the National commit tees again As you suggest and get the addresses of the stale organizations but do not expect to be deluged with information when you write the stars and stripes usually gets wire service state splits which go into some detail on local election issues probably More than you la get from the party. The Best bet for anyone who wants to get the information you seek would be to write to Hometown newspapers and ask for clips. Oart Buchwald Washington whenever i get de pressed about the Economy i go Over to visit with one of the administration s leading forecasters Arnic Hackle. Arnic shares his office with Madame Tula the Fortune Teller Over Doc Dalinsky s drugstore. He could have an office at the White House but he needs the use of Madame Tula s Tea leaves o make his predictions for the next fiscal year. You economists blew it again i said to Arnic. How did we blow it he asked. You predicted a mild recession and you wound up with a i think you re just reacting to the bad economic news that has been coming out. It s True the depth of the recession is deeper than we predicted and the Speed of it is faster than we thought and it s sharper than we expected but in the Long run we expect to Sec a turnaround after the sum Mer is Over providing the erosion of Pur chasing Power is reduced. I understand that i said. But can t you Carter people even organize a Good re cession the Model we used checked out perfectly in the lab. What we failed to take into consideration a that the consumer Price Index driven up by higher interest Rales on mortgages would reach a Peak where no one could afford to buy a House. Now that mortgage rates Are sliding Down we expect to see an upturn in the building Industry either before or after the end of the but by the time they come Down every one will be out of work and no one will be Able to afford a House at any interest that is the conventional Wisdom but we economists have to ignore it if we Ever Hope to gel the big Bubble out of inflation. Once we get the Bubble of we can go to High single digit is the Bubble the underlying cause of the rate of inflation no but it is the thing you can see in an inflationary Cycle Arnic said. Once the Bubble is broken then you can Start work on monetary and fiscal safeguards to main Tain the status your unemployment figures were Way off Arnic. What happened there when we planned this recession we made allowances for a 7.5 unemployment rate which we Felt the administration could live with. What we did t count on was that More people would be out of work than we allowed for. They threw our Model All off and now we be had to re calibrate our Fig that must have caused the administration a great Deal of it in t easy to make a recession work if the people refuse to cooperate by violating our can you see the recession bottoming out in the near future it might after a few More dips. Then again you would t want it to Bottom out before we get our inflationary expectations too from what you be told me the Carter economic game plan is right on i would say so providing we reduce inflation balance the budget and gel people Back to work As soon As possible. Taking into account that All these factors will be operating in the next year and factoring in the Price of Oil and food we should have the Economy on the track by 1984, providing no one asks for a raise and c Yong buys a new what docs Carter wan. Us to do until then Trust lot Anoe ies time european edition col. Rose stauber Usa. It. Col. . Taylor Usan Deputy Edmor to chm Mert Proctor managing cd hot Elmer d. 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