European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Pago i tetters to the editor wives question cafes deferred payment plan cafes has now added one to the list of Many discriminatory practices faced by the army wife she has to have a Power of attorney for now cafes wants a special Power of attorney for the deferred payment plan it is Good for Only 120 Days and she can Only use it when her husband is in the Field what a Case of Well you can keep your App program i can use my own established credit Brown Germany i recently encountered a problem that has me baffled beyond my Hus band applied for the deferred payment plan App and it was that we have kept our spending so As not to run up too High a Bill on our up until i was under the impression that the App was i wanted to use the App to do our Christmas shop we were told by our jag office that i needed a special Power of attorney to utilize my husbands he went to the Ansbach App office and was in Buchwald Washington the lists Are Start ing to come the National hairdressers association decided that Nancy Reagan was much better coiffed than Rosalynn How on Earth did Carter lose first place what Many people dont realize is that these lists and almost every Industry has one Are made up by Public relations peo ple who know that on a Dull Day every news paper in America will print provided the people Are this years Archie who has the National toothpaste association has been working for a month now on the list of those who have the Best smiles in he told me in his where he was rearranging names on a Large that it was a Tough Ive had to drop Jimmy that a i i thought he had a very Nice Reagan has a better Reagan has the Best smile in but for four you claimed that european edition Rose editor chief Usan Deputy  Mert Proctor editor production manager circulation manager Elmer Frank Henry Epstein this newspaper is an authorised 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Arylne and Gary Raf Apo military Auto on extensions or civilian ill Denham 0638 713882 telex 817885 Grace Oas spa the room Washington Tel 202 circulation offices Germany civilian Mil 6187 Bremer Civ my 8119 Civ 692050 Civ Mil Vogel Weh 6050 Civ 6901503 or Mil 6556 Civ Mil 7256 North German Rhel Maln my 7103 or 6025 Civ Mil Greece Civ Italy Vicenza Civ Spain Madrid Civ 2057546 or Torreon air base my Turkey Istanbul Civ telex 26174 sans United kingdom Greenham common Civ Newburg 0635 military Newbury 0635 46263 Jimmy Carter had the Best Carters Teeth Are too reagans Teeth have just the right bite the toothpaste association never lets politics interfere in the selection of its Best smile i also had to drop Fritz Mondale he has a weak who have you replaced him with George when he he lights up a de Muskie has a Nice is he still on the list he didst make we also had to drop Zbigniew How could you drop Brzezinski Hes got one of the great smiles in the 1 wish i could smile like he i would have kept him on the list but i had to make room for Al weve had our Eye on Haig Ever since he worked for finally we decided he deserved to make the its i never saw Al Haig smile when he was working for he smiled a it want an Earth ear but it had a Nice quiet dignity to i dont see Teddy Kennedy name on the Board Teddy didst make we gave that Slot to Strom we think Strom has the most ingratiating smile of anyone in the i cant argue with you did any women make the list Nancy Reagan and Rosalynn Carter How did you know it was a Lucky Maureen Reagan eased out Amy Carter by six that was a i see you put sugar Ray Leonard in place of spectacular that was a Tough spectacular bid has one of the finest sets of Teeth in the but when it comes to a great sugar Ray Leonard now has him wait a have you replaced Wal Ter Cronkite with Dan rather Dan rather has Beautiful so does Walter but when rather you also see his weve been scouting rather for some time we decided his time had i noticed you picked Larry who plays Ewing on he has the Best molars in show Busi i must say you picked an Allstar there int a has been on weve got one Slot and i cant make up my mind which one would do the toothpaste business the most what Are the choices Phyllis Schlafly or the Jerry fal c los times formed they no longer gave out Power of attorney to family members for with the exception being when the sponsor is try or away from the family for an extended period of i called the Ansbach App office and since my husband did not utilize my income As part of the incoming Money when he applied for would it be possible for me to apply for App in my name the women asked if i was my own i told her i was a family Mem she told me that since my husbands social Security on my id it would be impossible for us to both be on the same my husband gave me a general Power of attorney a few years this Power of attorney gives authority to do whatever i see fit with my husbands if he trusts me enough to give such a then what in the world is the matter with App they say that even that Power of attorney does me no Good when it come to Watts Germany we recently received verbal and writ ten notice from our Exchange that our current Power of attorney House App would soon be the manager allowed me to make my purchases that but advised me that Only my husband would be allowed to Purchase under the App in the both my husband and i wholeheartedly protest this recent i would not expect or even ask my husband to Pany me to the Exchange to buy childrens school clothes or Stock up on material from the sewing it is just absurd to plan a shopping trip around a husband who works 1214 hour Days and alternating we have completed a new App Power of but i am very distressed that it can Only be used during his try trips or Field Aldrich Germany after an unusually successful shopping Day at the Exchange i approached the App desk Only to be told that i could not charge my i had a App Power of attorney signed by my husband and i  understand further questioning revealed the Fol lowing a new policy states that Only Active duty members May use the new policy has not been cafes will not accept a general Power of the new policy is to protect the service person from being put in debt by their i was then told there Are two exceptions i could use the App account if my husband was try and in Case of War i could also use the last place id be in Case of War is at the hopefully someone at cafes can explain the new name withheld Germany editors note Richard director of cafes com Mand and Public relations he replies the cafes deferred payment plan App was established to permit Only Active duty service civilian Spon sors and military retirees to make Pur chases using the As originally the App did not contain provisions for purchases by anyone other than the our Deci Sion to limit purchases under App to sponsors was based on the positions of the judge advocates general or the army and air Force that the sponsor must have absolute control of purchases made on the this provision protects the financial status of the sponsor and also eliminates problems of making involuntary collections from the sponsors pay in the event the account becomes this is an important consideration As cafes must protect the assets of the military Community in its cafes earnings Are the primary support of the military mor welfare and recreation we realize that under Emer gency such As extended Tempo Rar duty As distinguished from Short absences the on behalf of the should be permitted to make Pur chases under the the question of honouring a general Power of attorney to permit App Pur chases presented several a Large number of sponsors have Given their spouses general Powers of but the wide variety of language used in these instruments could defeat the Basic intent of giving the sponsor specific control of purchases under the a general Power of attorney would also raise two Legal questions As to whether the Grant or intended to permit Pur chases under the App when executing the general Power of and whether the instrument actually Grants authority to the spouse to make purchases under the the most logical and convenient method to extend the privileges of the App to the spouse and eliminate these Legal questions was for cafes to Snake the special Power of attorney there is no question that our special Power of attorney actually Grants authority for spouses to make purchases under the App As agent of the the special Power of attorney and de tailed instruction on How to Complete the form Are available at the deferred pay ment plan administration office of each the completed form can be executed before commissioned officers authorized to administer oaths under the authority of title we have two special Power of attorney forms one for the As an to open an account and use it to Purchase merchandise in the absence of the sponsor and the other to make Pur As an on an existing App both special Powers of attorney Are valid for 120 Days and upon expiration the sponsor can execute a new special Power of if for the these procedures Are relatively convenient for the permit the sponsor to retain financial control Over purchases under the plan and protect the interest of cafes in performing its mis our sales clerks recognize the special Power of attorney form and the customer can Complete the Purchase without we Hope this information will help you understand Why the special Power of attorney is the most convenient and safest method by which App can be extended to a spouse during an absence of the Spon m reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy especially if they desire a fast because of the Large volume of mail this column receives letters that Are Brief and to the Point have a much better Chance of being