European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse Pfluge 14 the stars and stripes january 1981 letters to the editor aint nut Hin like Gettin a letter Ive Only been in Germany for a few months but i have discovered that a lot of people Are not As fortunate As i in receiving Many letters from i would like to share one of mine with others through your de Archillus Ima Scottin Down hear to write you All of the past events what happened hear the last few Days sos youse can keep up with the happen ses of Yoe family Down Yore Uncle Zeb fell Offen the Corn crib and broke his Laig bad and now Hes onery As an old get that Ole cat outa Shes onery As an Ole sore headed Shes been outa snuff the last two you guns shoo them chickens offa that there get in my hogs head in a trying to Tell you but things keep Gettin in my Way i caught the you guns behinds the barn smoking Corn Silks gave pm a go take that bucket of Corn cobs out to the that old Sears and Roebuck Catalon done got All wet and you bring an armful of Wood in How do you sped me to Cook these hog jowls and blackened peas Afore Yore Paw gets Here Fer supper you take of Bullet and go get that Bloomin cow up outta the pasture Afore it i Shore do miss you Milkin that old As i was aint nut Hin happened Here lately but Yore grandpa is Hes in the county he got Burnt trying to put out the fire when the barn Burnt Down Tother i done lol you to git of Bullet outa hear once and for All or ill break his other you member Tham folks what live up on the Hill the storm Blower their roof off and they been hear nigh on two weeks with their eight you you guns stir up them thar Beans i done Tol you i cant so much annoyances you member that of doctor what comes by hear oct a month the old coot wanted a Dollar a minds you to pull Kellys tooth one minds i tied that of tooth to the Doorknob and a Moungun run it and out she clean As a were Gettin ready to go to the barn dance at the county fair i made Allison and Nancy dresses outa the purties feed sacks i could you you guns go Wash up now cause we Wagon Burnt up in the and old Shes gone lame on tomorrows thanksgiving and As i done Tol the we got lots to be thankful for this lordy hear comes Yore Paw in the rain and my sack of flour done got wet go milk that of Shes Goin wont be much but therell be less Afore theres Happy thanksgiving from Yore family hear in these states of ours Baggette Germany Why the Beret for just a few rams Buchwald Washington it is very perplexing for foreigners to understand How americans change i happened to be watch ing the Swearingin with a military attache from a South american country who was seeing his first he was quite bewildered by the what is president Carter doing up there on the platform he wanted to Hes watching the new president of the United states being sworn int he under House arrest we dont put our exp residents under House i told its much More cruel to make them see their successor take Over the How come there Are no colonels up on the platform Why should there be colonels on the platform we always give the colonels who Over throw our government the Best our colonels didst overthrow the gov the president was elected by the but didst you have the Junta oversee the elections we had no people just went to the polls and voted for the candidate they How can you do that under martial Law we didst have martial i but if Carter knew that Reagan was going to overthrow his Why did t he declare martial Law and round up All the people who were supporting Rea Gan our system is not that sophisticated every president takes his chances that he can win once the voters have that it Doest make any sense that a Man in Power would not have any knowledge that the opposition was planning a what happened to the generals who were support ing Carter Carter didst have any generals support ing him in that explains it but surely the secret police could have tortured the Reagan peo ple and found out what was going were Way behind when it comes to Tor Turing political we just let everyone have his say and then we select the person we want to be our president for four you mean Reagan is not going to de Clare himself president for life he the Constitution wont permit but surely he can change the cons Titu we do it All the too much i being president of the United states for four years can seem like a when do the trials of Carters Cabinet officers begin there Are not going to be any most of them will go Back to their Law practices or head up Large How can Reagan be sure they wont work clandestinely to overthrow him they but not until i dont see any tanks up we never have tanks at a presidential they make potholes in the pay you could learn something from what Good would it do when i make a report to my no one in the Junta will believe c los the chief of staff acted on some bum advice on this one can anyone Tell me Why would the Beret be authorized for air borne soldiers and not for others Ive tried to answer that myself but have had it be the fact that the airborne divisions needed such a boost for their mor ale arid unit airborne units Are among the few in our army which already enjoy some of those distinctive items that the chief rightly believes contribute to morale and soldierly in of course referring to the glider Blac dolls complaint throughout the Usa eur Cele Brates native american National hispanic and Black history As a Black american i was impressed with the programs and presentations made Dur ing which is Black history i find the army celebrations of minorities to be highly pretend one example of How Little the army values minorities can be seen in the purchasing policies for cafes As the Mother of a Fivey Earold i take exception to the Lack of Black baby dolls in the to land Christmas As an Early shop per i was there for the much heralded grand opening in september for the Christmas i was appalled at the fact that there were merely a handful of Black Barbie dolls and no Black baby dolls at this is not just Preva Lent in Usa eur but in state Side ones As this was True As of 1978 when i was at our last duty i Felt compelled to write this letter because As a relatively new army i am astounded that this Type of discriminatory practice still there was an excuse during the 1960s when i was growing because the companies simply did not make i Challenge the army to put up or shut Black americans do not need your celebrations of minorities for a week or a if the rest of the year we Are a non Lundy Germany editors note William merchandising a replies cafes has made a strenuous Effort to obtain not Black but ethnic products in general and we regret your unfortunate experience in not finding a larger assortment of Black dolls in your in addition to the four types of Black dolls in our Basic cafes procured ten additional models of Black dolls for the 1980 Christmas pro Safe Europe makes continuous Effort to balance our product assortment to meet the need of our ethnic customers 52 weeks a when you have a problem locating a please notify the facility manager and give an Opportunity to assist jump wings with and Blouse boots when in class a the fact its the ground Man Euver units which can use such a moral lifting its interesting to note that this As it currently will not touch the greater number of soldiers assigned to Usa eur except the battalion in most of whom have jobs that Are equal if not More demanding those in airborne neither could the chiefs decision be based on the airborne Long tradition of wearing the Maroon airborne units were not among the first units to Start Wear ing the Beret Back before if hed spent some time researching How All that started he would have found its beginnings at fort along about mid if he was drawing on the traditions associated with our sister services elsewhere in the hed have found that the Armor branched of the free worlds armies have had the tradition of Black berets As or longer some airborne dont get me the chiefs decision was great except it was directed at those or so soldiers who least needed maybe there is still if we can believe the news reports which hint that further changes Are being May be the door to this one is still i Hope that the great silent majority of army All who Are working daily to improve As Best they can the morale and cohesion of their will take a moment to write a letter of then maybe that part of our army which it the most will realize the morale boost that the Beret can Dennis Crumley Germany editors note Michael news Public information department of the replies general Meyers decision in the matter of the Maroon Beret is but one of Many innovations currently under these studies Are designed to take into consideration All factors to improve morale and achieve cohesion in the the areas under consideration Are Many and include the army other changes As a result of the continuing study will be announced by the chief of staff in the fun european edition Cou 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