European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers right on the heels of your column about Justice in the courtroom you quoted a highly respected judge who serves on the seventh circuit court of i read this item in Herb cans i dont know whether to laugh or please print it if youve got the and sign me ers harassment7 weigh heavy on some disgusted in dear line Short of nerve surely you jest the item by one of the Al time san Francisco Herb is imprinting it with rewrite All chutzpah definitions the daily recorder reports that assemblyman Alister Mcalister is introducing legis lation to prevent thieves from suing the owner of property they Are trespassing whydah in Redding last a burglar was paralysed after falling through a skylight of a school he was breaking he sued for charging that the school failed to warn him that the skylight was he got in an out court settlement plus a month for i would paraphrase William shake Speare and something is Rotten in the state of but this sort of thing goes on All if anyone has any Bright ideas on How such lunacy can be id sure like to hear dear Ann Landers three Hundred pounds of wet noodles to the nerd who suggested that fat women who Wear Bright coloured polyester stretch pants should be shot or banished to outer Haven you heard there is a conspiracy among clothing manufacturers to mass produce electric Blue and shocking Pink polyester stretch pants in the extra Large sizes faced with Choice of wearing Neon pants or no pants at All and getting arrested for indecent exposure most women opt for the it is outrageous the Way heavier than average women Are treated by the cloth ing i Hope you will print this letter the barbarians can see there is a big Market for goo looking Slacks for women of a certain if they were smart they get with fat Fanny in dear fan thanks for sounding take that and that and you miserable manufacture i receive a Load of letters from ladies who would love to buy Navy or White stretch pants but cant find pm in the larger for the voluptuous woman who has trouble finding pantyhose that dont rip after one there Are some wonder Ful ones they Are would you fat dear Ann Landers you have printed several letters explaining Why sailors wore the most recent in Case they fell overboard the Gold earrings would pay for a Chris Tian my whose old Man sailed the seas for 60 swears that and especially for centuries wore earrings because they believed it improved their this is not so crazy when one considers that the Point in Acu puncture corresponding to the Eye is the in dear mad your letter makes about As much sense As the and now no More weve beaten this topic to this letter is in reference to a army height and weight i have questions in regard to commanders interpretation and enforcement of this regu there is a Usa eur supplement to this i would like to know if every command in Europe adheres to this supplement or if commands Are allowed to alter the original regulation in any i have read the All ranks personnel up dates january 1985 which clearly defines the term maximum allowable satisfactory Progress As Well As Cri Teria for suspension of favourable in Reading the supplement and up i failed to see any indication that a company commander has As much discretion As some seem to where does fairness become legality become illegality where is the basis for harassment Section Para 20f of the All ranks personnel updates clearly states that com Manders will remove individuals administratively from a weight control program As soon As the maximum allowable weight or body fat Standard is removal of suspension of favourable action will be accomplished at that it also states that weighing will be made by unit personnel based on How can a commander Tell an individual is still on the overweight meaning remedial weekly weighing and other administrative actions until the individual meets the table weight if a commander can require what is the purpose of the test How can a commander Tell said individual cannot even attend any military or until the table weight is met when a 60031 states that schools not included in suspension of favourable actions Are other skill specially of duty Edu cation courses which Are funded at per Sonal expense through tuition assistance program or veterans administration Edu cation can a commander refuse to allow an individual to have name entered into the computer by the unit rep no for Choice of assignment upon Date of estimated return from overseas Deros just because the individual docs not meet the table weight if an individual meets the body fat standards set by health serv ices personnel but does not meet the Able can a commander require that individual to get a physical before re questing that Choice of assignment it seems to with the situation As serious As it is when it comes to being a commander would be will ing to give All the help and support to what would otherwise be considered an outstanding Why use it As a tool of harassment some people Are naturally prone to being overweight and being in the army is not going to change their natural there Are those who Are doing the Best they can and Are honestly trying to com ply with a what some commanders fail to or realize with is that some of those potentially outstanding soldiers Are going to voluntarily leave the service be cause it just int Worth the mental harassment or the emotional every one has a breaking Point and some commanders intentionally try to press the right usually due to personality is there anyone out there who can clearly define the administrative complications that seem to arise from so Many different commands within Usa eur what should and  commanders do regardless of whether or not it is 3rd support 21st support v corps or Vii corps withheld Frankfurt editors note a spokesman from the office of the Deputy chief of human resources Divi replies the referenced Usa eur supplement was rescinded May lat est correspondence encourages a get Tough another View on japanese imports i disagree with the article in a recent edition they Are sucking the world they meaning the japanese the legislators who favor either More tariffs or asking president Reagan to Reta Liate against Japan for its reluctance to allow products into the japanese mar Ket Are making three the As noted by opposing legis is and what the legislators who Are against japanese Industry Are trying to do is make Japan feel guilty for being oftentimes heard these Days is the there attacking us with another Pearl the idiots who say this see no difference Between bombs and the productive downpour of inexpensive Quality merchandise that could not be afforded at the otherwise expensive prices and Medio Cre Quality that the screw Turners of american no matter what John says to the comments such japanese get their Little Forks into us or chopsticks Are blatantly and do not belong in our Senate As a voice of american the second is that the Well being of our nations Economy is being threatened by the presence of inexpensive japanese quite the the afford bitty of japanese products has in doubly raised the Standard of living of Many can you see that Standard being raised by cars that fall apart and steel Mills 50 years into obsolescence what is among other fac the american Economy is the presence of labor unions that get their workers when they Are not on strike for being under exorbitant incomes for inferior and legislation cutting off imports and stif Ling american Industry thus raising the prices of All youd think Lee Iacocca would be against this but he is he its not Russia that laying waste to my business and the rest of business in this its our if then Why is he Selling the Mitsubishi built line of cars that has been very profitable for notice the double Standard involved its All right for him to sell the Mitsubishi but when general motors tries to sell Isuzu and Dat Sun tries to merge with i think Iacocca raises a in against All forms of govern ment but when there Are so called capitalists perhaps federalist would be a More appropriate term in rela Tion to Iacocca who get their friends in Washington to take them under their and smite the rest of the this is truly a Case of the double corrupt Laws Are whether they favor or Disfavour a the Point is everyone else the third is this legislators claim that they want the japanese government to lift restrictions on products sold i agree with the legislators on but it is a lost if americans wont buy their own Why would the japanese for example How Many Cadillac do you see Here in Germany not american owned As compared to Mercede benzes in the the Best solution is this a free Market bereft of government this is what the japanese should Tell our govern and it is also what we should Tell our Larente Germany policy by commanders because of the number of overweight soldiers reporting to army the department of the army evaluation of methods to measure body fat is in the final analysis current Caliper method is still in in a commander can and should do what is reasonably necessary to ensure he heal and readiness of the members of he since command ers Are and there All different youre going to find different interpretations and enforcement of some could be successfully hut we dont think that should he the our medical advisors Tell us that it is simply not True that some people Are naturally prone to being As Long As those people Are in a state of Good our sensing is that a Soldier who under stands and accepts the need for a High level of fitness to contribute to his or her and duty performance willingly exercises the self deter and willpower to eat exer Cise and avoid the abuses which Compromise soldiers who do those things because they believe that is the proper behaviour need not worry about being hassled or harassed into staying within the weight we find that those who Are unwilling to police their own and whose have to police their weight and fitness for complain of if you Are above the and Are always being reminded about it by maybe its time to reevaluate your own attitude about health and both you and your career will the european edition Usa editor in chief us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views or endorsed the the department of defense or the european the appearance of advertising in this including inserts or does not constitute endorsement by the department of or the stars and stripes of the products or services everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for or patronage without regard to National marital physical political affiliation or any other no Merit Factor of 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