European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Small potatoes but big yield weather or Irish letters to the editor seem of muddle through coexistence of Spanish Hugh Mulligan new York a the no was spilling out of a Black and a wind that would shave you was blowing in off Dublin the praties at lunch probably were and the Beer warm and a taxi  Stop if you were the Cardina archbishop of you do get an occasional Day like that in it was probably on just such a Day that Robin the cultural affairs and press officer a contradiction in terms there at the embassy in poured out his rain Sodden soul to a Friend in a private he sobbed into his is pretty Small potatoes compared to the rest of a great place to visit but the High Cost of their Una Vail the dreary the constant strikes and the dark and Damp win ters Combine to gnaw away at ones enthusiasm for being the amazing he was that the Irish manage to muddle through with such Good Pluck and inventive even if the most gripping Issue among them seemed to be whether presi Dent reagans ancestors really came from As the Luck of the no Irish would have a copy of the letter was mistakenly put in a packet of press releases and wound up in the hands of the Irish a not to the Irish Are a tolerant Berrington which sounds like an English name was already on his Way to a new assignment in Japan before the provos could hasten him on his Way by adding a touch of realism to that old celtic Blessing about the Road rising with you and god holding you in the Palm of his your As they say May have spoken the one or two Days out of 365 May be a trifle on the beastly Side in the Auld its not every morning one can open the window and exult like the 17th Century philosopher physician John Locke an in european edition Rose Usa editor chief editor chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer production manager Henry Epstein circulation manager this 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the Day i got in i was standing in the doorway of a Dublin Rooming House waiting for the taxi to take me to the Railroad station for the journey North into Green Hills of a the skies emptied out like opening Day at Boulder a Dustman called out to me from beneath a soggy Tweed Cap what do you think of the weather Here in this yank i executed a nimble linguistic hornpipe even if i do say so its Fine for the be a grand he if they put the roof on if the weather was worse when we reached the tiny Stone Chapel in the Shadow of Sliede Gullion which didst show its head or shoulders from beneath those dirty Gray Clouds All the rest of the a Brave said the who looked As if he had lived All his life beneath that huge a said my father Slawin leading the Way to a pub across the Road to fortify me against the elements and the impending a soft said the who wore a plastic rain shield Over his Small potatoes i suppose those Small Fields on that tiny Island May not produce your jumbo but those same Fields in that sometimes dreary landscape managed to nurture a William Butler a Sean a James a George Bernard a Brendan an Oscar a John Millington a lord a lady a Frank a Samuel an Oliver a Laurence a Richard Brinsley a Liam a Sean those Small potatoes had a Way of from Irish 15 presidents from John Adams to Ron Ald Reagan got to occupy the White House designed by Kilkenny architect James Hoban and modelled after la instr House in the Home of the old Irish nine signers of the Declara Tion of Independence were of Irish ances including four born Henry Knox and 21 More of George Washington generals were from these Small potatoes nourished the fore bears of Daniel Davy Edgar Allen Stonewall Sam Horace Robert Fulton Stephen Foster and to close abruptly a list that could go on end Lessly Charles who commanded old the uss cons Titu in the War of 1812 and whose Beautiful married a Chap named Parnell and gave birth to the great Irish Leader Charles Stewart Diplomat Berrington should find Tokyo to his liking the the the commodity the raw the crowded the lilting the courteous the cultural Richess of sumo wrestling and Geisha the bowing and after theres always for the i would like to make some comments regarding the letter to the editor on the subject of the prohibition of soldiers use of Spanish during duty hours what happens too often when a commander i dont want any of you Guys speaking Spanish around Here is that what the soldiers actually hear is i want you to improve your English because it will be Good both for you and the As Weinrauch suggests your language is no Good and you Are no a commander will not have an explosive situation if he shows his hispanic that he values their language and culture and then proceeds to instruct in a very positive on the need for being fluent in English on the hispanic soldiers would be much More Likely to speak English if they had More of an Opportunity to learn English although the army has an on duty esl program for soldiers whose native language was other than the program is not used to its full about half the eligible for esl classes arc not released by their commanders to participate in esl to paraphrase the any commander worthy of his insignia should insist that All of his eligible become enrolled in esl being linguistically competent in the native language of the students she is is a competence which an esl teacher is expected not to keep As suggested by the but used fully in the esl a teacher who can give her students the meaning of abstract concepts very quickly saves them a great Deal of time spent in floundering and guessing the Correct this is time which students can use More effectively in improving their Oral this is especially important in a program where the student is allowed 120 hours of instruction in which to become fluent in a few words regarding his statement that one of the Basic requirements for equal Opportunity within any Given society is the ability to express oneself effectively in the language of that the Point is that America is no longer a country with one it is fast becoming a country with two English and what we hispanics want is not to replace our Spanish with English but to add it and thus become what we want is to have a bilingual cultural Way of life not As something that we hispanics value but As something that is valued by All Gladys Valcourt Germany Auto registration complaint since youve had some complaints about Auto registration please add this and lets get the process the a form 1598 Calls for an organization and an the registration is returned by mail to whatever appears in these two but unit mail Call went out several wars we All have individual mail and the people who run the official base distribution systems Tell me that they cannot handle mail addressed to so other mail is returned to sender or the Post Al folks eventually find your personal Box and tack on a Little note to notify correspondents of Correct what do you want registrars unit plus mailing or just the letter a new form is Long Skilling Kapaun air Germany editors note Frederick registrar of motor replies the Reader is mistaken in that All personnel have mail there Are Many units and installations in Usa eur that do not yet have this system available to All Usa eur pamphlet Drivers handbook and examination manual for Germany has just been rewritten and includes instructions on completing the required forms for registration of vehicles and mentions the inclusion of Box numbers in Block to avoid any difficulty or confusion we request that personnel completing a form 1598 application for motor vehicle registration and Allied transactions in clude their Box number if applicable along with their organization in Block 19 of this we can Only Forward documents based on the address provided us in Block frequently personnel change address and fail to notify the registry of this correspondence such As re registration forms Are sent to the last known address and subsequently returned to the we request that readers keep the registry informed As soon As any changes occur in any information that is provided on a form so that we May provide accurate and timely service to the custom who Are we kidding on cars waste in conflicting Regula buy american sound familiar the joint travel regulations str pre vent a service member from purchasing a foreign made vehicle while on an overseas tour and shipping it to the next duty station at government str also prevents shipping any vehicle Back if one was not shipped the initial fact Sheet i received encouraged me not to bring an american made vehicle to Spain because of poor to nonexistent spare parts availability and repair a had i heeded that advice i would have found myself paying to ship a vehicle the Ive received locally indicate these rules were made by Congress to encourage service members to buy american and Stop the Gold what it indicates to me is that the government will cheerfully pay to ship any vehicle any where but not the final blow was observing the local transportation department receiving a new Fleet of japanese built pickup trucks to re place the retiring Fleet of Dodges and an informed source indicates the department of defense has contracted to Purchase million Worth of foreign made now who Are we kidding will Congress decree next year that service members May Only Purchase Chrysler k cars Smithwick Spain pen pals i am 19 years old and i want to correspond Wlter i enjoy Alya 1 Rue Dull que Carthage Yrsa Tunisia in looking for pen in 22 years savers 29 Walpole place Lendon 18 England