European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. June 18. 1980 the stars and stripes Page 11 Russeli i Baker t he military academics which turnout future generals and admirals graduated their first women offi cers this Spring. And now when think is still Damp on their commis Sions Here arc Congress and president conniving to keep women out of the lower Mili tary ranks. I refer to the president s draft registration program being pushed through at the Capitol which specifically excludes women from the right to be registered for the Opportunity to do some service to the state. The president took the Sinish male Posi Tion Al the outset on this one declaring thai he did not want women registered for the draft. Congress followed enthusiastically As befits the last bastion of the Spittoon and Thor this raises an awkward question if women refuse to accept the disagreeable right to become draftees what Justice entitles them to insist on the right to attend the military academies and move Inlo the cat Bird seats of military command by what logic Are they entitled to have it both ways it is a certainly that some Young Man will raise the question in court As soon As draft registration begins and that he will argue that the registration Law discriminates against him because of his sex. It s hard to guess How the supreme court might finally Rule. The court As or. Dooley noted Fol lows the. Election returns but not always the latest election returns. The present court is still following the election returns of 1968. In any Case part of the court s Genius is its Talent for rationalizing its Way to politically acceptable solutions. The More troublesome question Here however is not whether the Laws against sexual discrimination should extend to the letters to the editor. Imi glad to return to american soil the Well chomped Cigar Bull. Such a Brazen show of contempt for a woman s right to Equality has not been seen since alumni of old Eli burned their Skull and Bones cards when Yale went coed. Why have the politicians chosen the right military draft but whether the desire for an to be drafted As the area in which to flaunt egalitarian society should require that Wom " in be exposed involuntarily to the kill and be killed duties of combat. To put it another Way do we really want a nation in which the Only distinction be tween men and women lies in their reproductive functions this reopens the ques Tion of sexually defined roles in american life. Is there a Point Al which americans prefer to recoil and say this is no place for a woman if we draw Hal line at the draft Board declaring Hal Only men have a duty to be hauled away by the state and subjected to blood letting saying that a society that forces a Bayonet into a woman s hand is nol the civilized society we Are talking about Aren t we reopening the whole question of the fitness of each sex for certain roles a civilized society docs nol draft women for combat can it countenance female their sexism they were enlightened enough when it came to the question of admitting women to West Point Annapolis and the air Force Academy. Some of these women 20 years hence will be generals and admirals. Well let us not by Arch about it. Neither the president nor the Congress spent More than two seconds worrying about the inconsistency of their position on equal Opportunity and the draft. Once the question of a draft was raised and somebody said. Of course under every principle enunciated in equal rights Law we will have to draft women Loo somebody else said Are you try ing to get us All Dis a tested that settled the Mailer without Dis Cussion. Great principles that become in convenient at election time Are discarded As enthusiastically As Long underwear in a i am an e-6 in Supply stationed in Ger Many and in March i9hi. I will be leaving the army and resuming to civilian life Afler almost ii cars of Active sen ice. I have made this decision and take full responsibility for in because i am an Ameri can and have chosen to live in the United slates rather than in West Germany. When i sep aral next year. I will have completed 129 months of Active service. 92 of which were spent in Wisl Germany. This adds up to 74.2 percent of my Lime Over seas and 25.8 percent of in stateside. I have nol coun cd Basic and Advance training since i Csc would have been up Cal slate Side regardless. I had a five month Lurn around Lime be in can my first and second Lour and two years Al fort Rucker Balw can the second and third Lour. Al the end of each overseas Lour i have believed in my simple trusting naive la. Hal i would draw a Lour of Compa Rable duration a Lakeside. Bui in has turned Oul that overseas duly is the Rule rather than the exception. Three years stateside for Ihrck years overseas would be quilt fair and i would be satisfied Wilh this son of a Irac off. While i am Well aware of the reasons for this is Why the courts have become so lied up in political issues. The politicians prefer in thai Way. The Nasty political implication for feminists of course is thai a Iol of women Don t want to have Equality extended All the Way to the right to be drafted. Obviously a Iol of men Don t want Ihm to be drafted i thes european edition col. Rose stauber. Salt. Col. Jux. Taylor. Sap Deputy i Mert Procto Relmer d. Frank Henry s. Epstein. 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News bureaus i in by or m5i.b-, a once you reopen the question of where a woman s place is you arrive Back at the Point from which the fam isl movement has Laboured so hard to escape Back at the Point where there is a Man s place and a woman s place and the iwo places Are nol in same. The More Delco mind Fumi mss who Don l want to end up Back Al Square one insist on the equal draft and equal combat for women.,the women Are going to be left Oul this Lime. The Young men who Are going to be registered and possibly drafted once the election is Over will have one More grudge against womanhood when they go Inlo civil Ian life and find themselves working for female Bosses or into military life and find Ihms Clvis restricted to Barracks because Perl Young ensigns and lieutenants in Skirls disapprove of Lhoir show shines. Cd new Yor Tamal lawmakers addresses would Slars and stripes please print the names and addresses of our members of Congress so Hal concerned cilia cons May while to Ihm if this is impossible could you Tell us where to gel this information thanks and keep up the Good work. Susan Christian Lunau Germany editor s note tellers May a directed to your congressman Long Worth House building. Washington , 20515. A Large american military presence in Europe i.e., a Strong readiness posture to counter soviet aggression preserving a Way of life. Etc. It still remains somewhat in comprehensible 10 me that in order to serve my country i cannot live in it. If i were to remain on Active duty i would probably be assigned to a a Lakeside Post next where i would probably remain until at least the end of by 81. But. Considering the world situation. My mos and my previous Irack record. I be Lieve Hal As sure As god made Lillic Green apples Hal i could expect to be packing my bags for yet anole or Lour in the Federal Republic before the end of by 82. I love America and am proud to Call my self an american and therefore i have chosen to spend the remainder of my life there rather than remain a military emigre in Europe. I realize that in is no bed of roses Back Home but As Long As i have my health and can work i will be Able to earn a living and live a reasonably Content life in my own country which is As i believe in should be. In its concern Over the Large numbers of Middle Grade cos leaving the army be fore retirement. I believe thai the depart ment of the army would do Well to consider the importance of whal a feeling of Home and a place in one s native land can be. If Iii cannot be reconciled with military necessity Ihnn i am sure military necessity will prevail. I will be Content to let the rootless Adyn lurch continue to help maintain America s presence overseas. I have chosen fort Home Usa. As my a Cal permanent assign Mcnol. A sgt. Michael f. So liars Hanau Germany fight for Freedom this is in response to a recent idler appearing in the Slars and stripes. The Freedom achieved during the last world conflict was the result of a number of countries efforts nol just the United Stales. The fight for Freedom was also for the Benefit of America As Well As the Rusl of us. Remember the United Stales made a unilateral decision to bring the former Shah of Iran into America for medical treatment and Percsi Donl Carter is nol the Only Leader who makes decisions Hal perhaps Don l agree Wilh everyone. By the Way we Don t want anole or world conflict and there is More than one Way to Prev Cal in. . Southern Giessen Wlcsek Germany a Brit working for and with Ibe . Forces in Europe. Apo win. Mim Arv. Raf my dental. 10. Extent tort a Trai 7tia. 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