European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Art Buchwald Friday september 19, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 11 Washington it stems thai every evening 1 come Home i find my coat loaded Down with business cards of people i Don t know or Ever Hope to tee again. My problem is not that i accept the cards but i refuse to throw them away. There is something in me that say someday i will want to get in touch with the vice president of the Tim sure disposable watch co., or Thomas Furth Birdbath  the cards pile up on the dres ser and every once in a while my wife asks if she can throw them away. Are you crazy i yell. Every card on that Dresser is potential Friend or a customer or someone who can provide a  Shell pick up one of the cards. What can Clarence do whistle do for Yon Clarence if you must know sat next to me on the plane and happen to raise Ara Bian Bones. If we Ever go to Arabia he could provide us with a  there is a social pecking order to Busi Ness cards that Many people Are not aware of. Very Low on the scale Are those who have everything printed about themselves on the thes european cdit10m col. Rose Tausek us Yinwu olm to. Cot of. Cd Matt us of ulv Edmor Hommert photo mating in Ekner Elmer o. Frank. Pred Clail manager Ketton manage Henry v Epstein. This newspaper it an authorized unofficial publication for u.3. Armed forces oversell. The Slars and sir Loewit published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of  of the Start and of ropes Ere oof necessarily the official View of the the . Nov Emmen. Depart ment of defense or the . European command. The appearance of cts Petavs in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorse ment of me department of Detent Kkt Jdene in military departments. Military Doyess the Slan angst roles. Apo own. 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Finally at the top Are the people who have cards with just their name on it and no further identification address or Tele phone number. These people Are so secure they assume you la know who they Are and what they d and if you Don to Tough Luck for you. A few weeks ago i found one on my Dresser which just said Ira Harris on it. I stared at it for an hour Irving to remember who Ira Harris was and Why he gave me his card. I turned it Over but there was no clue there. Then i held it up to the Light hoping against Hope there would be an invisible Watermark that might tip me off. Nothing. Rather than forget about it i started to devote every waking moment to Ira har  if he had just put the City or state where he came from on the card i m sure 1 would have recalled what he did. I wondered if he had a family and whether he was having a Nice summer. Did he play Tennis or was he a golfer did he own his own business or did he work for a multinational it drove me crazy until someone gave me a card which just said Maude or Teton on it and nothing else. I immediately forgot Ira Harris and started fantasizing about Maude. Was she a "9," or was she a "10"? it wan much More fun trying to recall Maude than it Wai Ira. People Deal with other people s business cards in different ways. I have a Friend who keeps everyone else s business cards in his Wallet. When a stranger gives him his card my Friend gives him one from the stockpile he carries with him. He feed he s doing a Public service because he s keeping every one s business cards in circulation. I have another Friend who is a practical joker. Hell take a stranger s business card let s say a vice president of the Bank of America and hold it until a pal checks into the Beverly Wilshire hotel. Then hell give the card to the room clerk and ask him to put it in the pal s Box. On the Back hell write waited for you for two hours. Will be Back at 8 30 tomorrow morning. Please be in the lobby or the Deal is  the importance of business cards in american life cannot be overestimated. They Are to grown  what baseball cards Are to youngsters. I treasure every one i Ever got. I be been offered s400 for my Maude Urmston card by a collector in Seattle. But i m not Selling until i find out who the hell she is. C los Angeles Telmet letters to the editor charter flight cancellation policy in february i made a reservation with Milit air for my Mother to Fly from Seattle to Frankfurt on april 24. The total Cost was $294, which i paid in full at the time. On april 18 i was notified of the sudden death of my Mother. I notified Milit air in Frankfurt Fay Telephone he following Day and also mailed a written cancellation. My sister followed the same procedure state Side. After formally requesting a refund some time later i received a letter from Milit air extending their condolences and also stating that they could not Grant a refund. Ironically it was written on we care stationery. The terms governing a refund require that the flight be cancelled 15 Days or More prior to departure or that a replacement be found by either the participant or Milit air. Of course i did not know 15 Days prior that my Mother was going to die and when she r denied privileges i have a problem. I am a local hire with the Dodds Atlantic in England and have been refused base privileges by the British Home office under the status of forces agreement. I am not retired from the military and we have four children aged seven years to one month. We Are finding it hard to make ends meet. Now they Are saying that we might have to pay England taxes while working for the . Government overseas. Would t this be taxation without representation it is hard to see the reason behind this proposal. William ii. Dudley High Wycombe England editor s note James s. Bani Eft representative for he int Ems Revenue service irs replies article 19 of the new us treaty be tween he United states and be United kingdom exempts is. Government employees from payment of . Income taxes. This provision is similar to the one that was la toe old treaty and continues toe principle thai a foreign government does not tax the employees of another govern ment who re officially assigned to the Host country. On the basis of this article is. Government employees Are generally exempt from . Taxation am i know of no plan to change this position. It should be noted however that in certain instance is. Over Ament employee who is also . National and resident May be subject to .  did i certainly was t thinking of finding a replacement for the flight. Accordingly and legally within the terms of the contract i flair is keeping the $294. I urge anyone making reservations with Milit air to secure High cancellation insurance or take the risk of learning a very expensive lesson As i did. Mrs. J. A. Martin Wiesbaden Germany editor s note Becky soft Lusn reservation supervisor Milit air replies there b Little we can add la lib letter or our original letter to mrs. Martta. Had we been ame to resell in teat we would have Bee Deh feted to make a re fund to mrs. Martin. Or had mrs. Martin bad the foresight to take out trip a Tentrup lion Branc for her Mother she would have been reimbursed the Cost of the trip. Bat neither of these things was dose. We do take exception with her of Hank Lof we do not eve. Bee Rosc we do care we offer Fiji it  last ranch in oar sales offices. However most people do not think they will encounter n problem and so prefer not to spend the extra few dollars the is Annie costs. We wish we could make a Fud refund to everyone who has a situation arise like mrs. Martin s. But we Jast can t do it. Charter is not meant for everyone and perhaps older people with health problems fad into this class. Oar fares Are based of a Vlf an Actu Al a brr of seats folded and on having As much Tine is possible la refill the sett in Csc of i passenger cancellation. Can Tki tons within is Days Are hard to Reed and consequently necessitate our contract Rule that Only if we res0 inc seat or the Spon Sor passenger provides an eligible it puce a Wal can a refund be made. A copy of the contract conditions was Given to mrs. Martin at the tune she made the booking and she was fully aware of them. We Are indeed sorry that the flight did not work out to her  reminder All letters to the editor most Cental the fill printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters. Hot we will withhold Yoer name on rec pest and protect Yoer privacy. 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