European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Bik Wald Washington i would like to see president i told the Man in the frock coat and striped pants behind the in the Man the presi Dent is on his who is he on his honeymoon with i the american Congress and the every president is entitled to a Honey Moon after he is sworn into that i the presi Dent of the United states Doest have time for a there is too much work to be Hes working in the honeymoon but he is not to be for How Long it some presidents have had a honeymoon period for As Long As six others have had one for As Little As a i cant wait around for the president to have a honeymoon with the american peo ple for six Ive got a Job to the Man behind the desk said were european edition production manager manager Rose  editor chief Mert editor Elmer Henry this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars 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he was first sworn and so in supposed to Cool my heels in the lobby while president Reagan is drink ing Champagne and cuddling up to the american people i told the president is on his honeymoon with the american youve got four years ahead of whats the big Rush in writing about him now Hes the Only president Ive i owe it to my readers to Point out what Hes doing but Hes Only been president for two what could he possibly do wrong in two Days that what in trying to find  i just peek in the honeymoon suite and see what there doing its out of the the american people would never stand for if you busted in on the presidents they would have your ill bet you anything if columnist George will came in right you would let him go up to the we but that because Hes part of the honeymoon i thought this was a free country it that Why presidents Are permitted i dont suppose if i slipped you 20 Bucks you could Overlook the in afraid the presidential honeymoon suite is off lists to people like your and there is nothing you can do to persuade me to let you go political cartoonists Herb Oli and columnist Jack Ander son All came into the lobby at the same is the honeymoon Over yet Block asked Heck i As far As i can its Only just of said Are we in i gave Nixon a said in afraid this one could be a lot i might As Well sit in the lobby and did anyone bring a deck of cards c los Angeles times letters to the editor it i in supplies for chemical warfare i am writing in regards to a picture that was printed in the 28 Issue of the stars and it showed the 439th tac Airlift Wing base at Westover air Force playing softball in full chemical warfare which shows that Abc training is being conducted in the what gets me Ive been an Abc no for a and the items shown in the picture the american and boots have been on order for More than a along with the War my unit is just now getting the amount of Abc equipment needed for wartime mostly because we Are losing not by supplies coming we Are still training with the British Abc without the gloves and and so Are a lot of other units Here on the if the 439th tac Airlift Wing Only has enough personnel for a softball then i apologize in thinking the states were keeping stockpiles of the suits in Case of a chemical maybe they need them More than after were Only the front Grant Wright Germany editors note Robert Usa eur theater chemical logistics replies first i would like to commend the writer for his interest in the combat readiness of the army in View of the chemical threat in there have been significant improvements in Abc readiness at All Levels Over the past few Usa eur units Are required to have contingency stocks and training sets of chemical protective clothing on Usa eur is Given first priority on requisitions for Abc protective clothing issues from the chemical protective suit and Over boots Are on hand to fill requisitions As they Are received at 200th the protective gloves Are under production in conus and Are being issued when received in Usa eur to fill if the problem is in the Supply system i recommend that the unit Supply sergeant insures his requisition is then Contact Lind at we Bruecken military 6211 to determine availability of chemical protective training is indeed being conducted using the British protective suit by Many units in this is done in order to consume suits which have an expired shelf life and Are Good Only for training As these suits Are consumed in they will be replaced by the suit for use in shortages of chemical equipment affecting readiness should be brought to the attention of your next higher Headquarters if a critical shortage of chemical equipment does exist in this the writer May Call me at 21218437 for wasting a valuable defense tool weird sucks recent letter concerning language barriers stated that barring All hispanics from speaking Spanish will help those hispanics who have to learn English As a second Why penalize the vast majority of his panics who speak English fluently most of us encourage and teach our no English Brothers to learn by going Back and Forth Between the two languages we grew up learning in the same manner we taught them to those around this worked for millions of his panics except where Spanish was Prohic in those cases fluency in English want improved it Only resulted in Span ish being spoken More because of institutionalized discouragement of Span the majority of teenage hispanics speak Spanish poorly or not at rather than blaming a language for Mal functioning equipment or wasted we should be looking for the Root effective training and maintenance will prevent unnecessary loss of there Are enough bilingual professionals in the military to provide this if Only they were recognized As another resource instead of another we must realize that we Are not operating in a unilingual or bilingual envy but in a multilingual hispanics offer themselves As tools for americas to limit these tools is to waste one of the most valuable tools of 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