European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 16, 1980 the stars and stripes Poge 11 peacetime draft registration Carter plan lacks Only tinal Congress Accord Washington a president Carter has won All bul final approval from Congress for the $13.3 million he needs to renew peacetime draft registration. The funding legislation passed last week by the Senate already had been passed by the House but must be approved again probably this week because of a minor amendment added by the Senate. Carter s plan will resume mandatory registration halted since 197s when then pres ident Gerald Ford signed an executive order putting the selective service system in deep  an estimated 4 million men aged 19 and 20 will be required to Register at Post offices probably in mid july. An exact Date will be announced , in question and answer form is an explanation of How the program will work q. Who Mast Register a. Young men who were born in 1960 and 1961. Beginning next january All 18 year Olds will be required to Register and the program will continue enrolling 18 yen a Olds each Yea r. Q. What about women a. Congress decided not to require women to Register although president Carter had proposed including them. Q. Is the exclusion of women Legal a. There s some argument about that. The american civil lib crities Union says any registration program that does not in clude women is unconstitutional and that it will file . How will i gel details about when and where to Register and what i Bate to do a. Selective service is sending information to More than 7,000 radio stations 700 television stations and 2,500 daily and weekly newspapers. It is counting on them to carry the material As a pubic service announcement at no Cost to the govern  will not gel an individual notice telling you what to . Where will Young men Register a. Registration will be conducted at the nation s 34,000 Post offices. Q. What will i hate to do a. Registrants will be asked to fill out a form giving their name address Date of birth Telephone number and social Secu Rity number. The forms will be sent to the selective service system where the information will be stored in  who Register will receive a letter confirming that they have been registered and asking that they notify selective serv ice of any change in . Will everyone Register the same Day a. No. The program will be spread out Over two weeks one week for 19-year Olds and one week for 20-year-Olds. In addition your registration Day will depend on your birth month. Persons born in january february and March will Reg ister on monday persons born in april May and june will Register on tuesday and so  will be a makeup Day. Q. Will i Rune to take a physical and be classified As to my eligibility for Venice a. No. That is not part of the program. Q. Will i get b draft card a. . What happens if i refuse to Register a. Failure to Register is a felony punish Able by a maximum penalty of up to five years in prison and a $10,000 . What about people who fail to Regis Ter during the two week period because they did t know about it or could t get to a Post office a. Selective service director Bernard Rostker said they technically would be in  he said however that Post offices have been directed to allow persons to Register late after the two week . If there � draft what about exemptions and deferments a. Congress in 1971 eliminated Many of the Broad categories for  or exemption such As family or occupational  student deferment was replaced by a postponement whereby a student would be permitted to finish the semester in which he was enrolled. A senior would be allowed to Complete the year. European edition col. Rose stauber Usa cd the Mol it. Col.  Taylor u1af_d�i� Mert Proctor mm.9w Edir Elmer d. Frank Hemmy s. 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While this is of deep concern i feel that there is a More serious deeper problem retention of the professional or career Soldier commonly referred to As the "lifer."historically, during peacetime the armed forces has had a Small hard Core profession Al army which was to act As the nucleus for a rapidly expanded Force to meet wartime requirements. A person May be a Corporal one Day and a first sergeant the next with a company of recruits to train. Let us take a look at what we offer our career Soldier today.1. Annual Cost of living increases drastically below the government provided Cost of living Index Cli. I will not even try to equate 40-hour-per-week civilian jobs with the "40" hour week of the Soldier because it can not be done adequately. By. Act of con Gress in 1972, All Federal employees were to receive annual Cli increases equal to the Cli.2. Medical care being degraded not Only for dependents but for military personnel As Well. There Are fewer doctors in the armed forces and our president wisely saved Money by killing a proposed professional pay increase to induce doctors to enter or remain in the service. Champs docs not cover dental work Ai All. Looking at the Retiree medical care is even More  Promise to the Retiree has been broken. The regulations at one time stated that the Retiree would receive medical care at Mili tary facilities. Now they May if the service is available receive medical care. Addition ally after age 65 the Retiree is not permitted to use military medical facility its but must go through medicaid for care.3. Exchanges and commissaries Are continually under attack and each year the Prospect of losing them has everyone aflutter. The prices it must be admitted May in Many cases be beaten by stores Down town if you Are in conus. That is the shame of it. These stores we were led to believe were to be used to help offset the difference Between our paycheck and the Economy. This is one reason we Are not paid More.4. Of Bill unless the run out Date for the Vietnam Era go Bill is changed the fact that it expires in 1989 will encourage Many to retire at 20 or for those Between 10-14 years to determine if they stay in or get out. If the whole 48 months arc unused a person must get out in 1984 to take full advantage of the program. 5. Military toy and pcs pay. The amount of funding provided for regular pcs moves is totally inadequate to cover Cotts of moves and the Soldier must pay out of their pockets for the what May be unwanted move. Travel pay for Dac s is Ioc per mile. For soldiers 7 per mile. Per Diemon try is another sore spot with soldiers. 6. Miscellaneous the Cost of military clothing is increasing much faster than the clothing allowance. The Day of Grace on leaves is lost. And Many doctors and Hospi tals will not accept champs. 7. Real or perceived the Lack of concern for soldiers and military families by senior service members. Congress and the presi Dent is seen by soldiers. In the army Navy and air Force times the stars and stripes and in National magazines. We see proposed cuts on this and that. Lip service Given by All but no action. Then of course if a senior person Speaks out they run the risk of being  Sec first line Navy ships docked be cause of a Lack of Petty officers warrant and commissioned officers. The army re Calls aviators. Dod sets up a Retiree recall program. The president Caps and kills favourable legislation. The list goes  this gloom very much so our elected leaders Are going to have to gather some intestinal fortitude recognize the financial needs of the Soldier Al thru 0-10. And take positive action to provide realistic compensation not election year platitudes. One government Leader Felt that if we did t like it then we could vote with our feet and get out. Unfortunately increasing numbers of career soldiers arc terminating their career at the 8-10-13 year Mark Caus ing grave Middle management shortages. Prime reason Lack of adequate compensation and degradation or extinction of prom ised  have All seen those campaigning for election shaking hands and politicking at factories Etc. Have you Ever seen one doing that at military installations or in military communities apparently we Are consid ered of Little importance to the election. May i encourage each service member to write his congressional representatives to give his feelings on compensation Etc. Then write to your friends and relatives and try to influence their timing and vote. For in stance there Are four registered voters in my House. I have 62 close relatives of voting age in eight states that May listen to my views. We Are not  Gary d. Bright Worms Germany. Be willing to Compromise i de m. Slut Wal mini Tooi of nuts. Mccu Latium of prices ,.�. Si7. A Witiw we i. Clvn7ijl.ll-v . Ogunquit Maine up theater owner Graham Cookson put up the mar Quee sign Polly Cookson smokes pol with the intention of stamping out his wife s bid for local office. Instead he lit a fire under her . Cookson. 69, who was collecting signatures for her petition to run for the town s governing Board of selectmen was surprised but not much bothered by the words blaring from the Ogunquit Square  husband s a wild Man. He told me if i took out nominating papers he d fix me she  minister at Church said to me so you smoke pol do you " she said. My Standard reply has been. If you had my husband you would too " villagers erupted in amusement Defi Ance or Bolh and flocked to sign the Peti Tion for Cookson s wife of 47 , who insists politics u a Man s Job had planned to mount other signs Polly Cookson hates children and pets since his wife is on the animal welfare Board and Polly Cookson is against so a  Al Unity by Hen his Fis slogan pc Jeup. He backfired he so crapped the idea. I am writing this to All of the enlisted people out there who feel confined and imprisoned within the army s institutional message for muffin while Back in the states. I would take out an and every year in the local newspaper wishing my daughter a Happy birthday when the time came. There was no special reason other than the fact that i love her and wanted her and everyone else to know. Now that i m in Europe however i find that my Little custom is going to be rather difficult to accomplish. I would appreciate any information you could give me on How i could do this with the stars and stripes or if you could find a Small place in your paper on june 16 just to insert Jennifer Happy birthday muffin i love you daddy any help or information you could give me on accomplishing this would be great. Sol. Mark Mano i Stuttgart Germany sorry but stripes does not normally carry Auteri isling of this Type cd. System. I myself have not been in the army very Long but the Short length of time i have spent in army greens has Given me the Chance to meet people of Many different backgrounds beliefs and of course differ ent attitudes of what they think the army should be like. What Many of these enlisted people Don t realize is that they make up the complexity of the army and that in Harmony we must be willing to Compromise. Sure rank plays a major role in the army but those of us who arc members of the lower enlisted personal should not have o alienate ourselves from those who rank far above us. Don t be afraid to take the initiative. When you see something wrong do some thing to change it. So that we can wipe out All of the animosity within the ranks of our enlisted people. Spec. 4 David a. Ferguson Kuz Angeo Germany because of the Large volume of mail this Page recent is daily. Idlers that Are Brief and to the Point Haic a much belter Chance of being published