European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers please print this letter to the other i know she reads your column every Day and she is entitled to this dear you know who you Are i have every reason to believe you Are hav ing an affair with my the evidence your Tele phone number was found in his Wallet last fall about the time a strange House key appeared on his key of course he denies but dont they always if any additional coincidences occur i suggest that you do the following Clear out two Large closets for his clothes and have a room ready for his fur be prepared to accommodate the total inventory of his which he will operate from your he requires approximately Square feet for file he will require a car on which you will be making the payments plus insure you will absorb All household expenses including be aware he has no insurance and will be excluded from coverage on my pol icy As soon As you both should know i rewrote my will last should i he receives nothing that was not his before be aware that Dreamboat has been twice once then i came and now its i have every Rea son to believe his desire for variety will last be prepared to use your vacation time to entertain his you will launder and chauffeur they Are Boring and but you must be gracious at All if you complain All hell will break fool if you want this bum for your very own please move him in because Ive had wife dear wife let me know if picks up on your id like to print the sequel after Shes had Dreamboat for six dear Ann Landers this is for Sis in whose brother is putting himself through College by waiting on tables and was stiffed when a party walked out without you have stated that you do your damnedest to educate it appears that some of the waiters and waitresses need some that Young Man and others who wait tables should be aware that making an employee pay for walkouts is a violation of the fair labor standards since it would reduce the employees pay below the required minimum the College student in Oklahoma and anyone else who is forced to pay when deadbeats take a hike should Contact the nearest Federal wage hour office for dear according to Dorthy manager of Media relations at the National restau rant association in legally the restaurant cannot deduct from the waitress or waiters pay Check the Cost of the Tab when customers sneak complaint about army emergency Relief program recently my wife and i went to the our vacation had gone i live near the Philadelphia i signed up on space available flight 20 Days prior to our we started out at number 157 so i was assured by the representatives i would have no problem to make a Long Story Short i had to extend my leave twice in the Hope that i could get a flight the air Force representatives no youll get and i was now number 30 on my last Day of my second it was Midnight no flight so i went to the army emergency Relief he and i it looks like youll just have to buy a that the advice he i if i had the Money dont you think i would have left already he replied with a Nice smile and turn yourself in As awol and the army will give you the Money to Fly i started talking to other soldiers All army who signed up 45 Days in Advance and just  get a flight there must have been 20 people or More who were in the same this is crazy Are is for the Soldier who is in financial Why is it that you work As a you provide thousands of people with vital information every and answer hundreds of it instills or is supposed to instill Pride in yourself As Well As the you donate Money to something that set up for your needs in a time of and they dont have the professionalism to help you or not to make a joke out of something very it turned out to be the worst experience in my military As Well As an embarrassment to the now i ask you How much does the army care for its soldiers you cant prove they care by withheld Heidelberg editors note Leonard har Mon Deputy National head army emergency replies we appreciate the Opportunity to address and clarify the particular matters cited in the letter in order to ameliorate the concerns of the writer and at the same time to further awareness about Are by your since this letter addresses events that occurred at Philadelphia International we talked with the commander of the personal assistance Point Pap at the Airport and with representatives of army military personnel Center and National american red these contacts were necessary to per Mit a proper response to the circumstances cited by the writer because Are has no Section or representative present at the but does provide Are assistance to army members referred to us by the american red Cross arc and Navy re Lief society under extent agreements and when the majority of soldiers and their dependents travelled to and from usa1r eur via Mcguire the Are Section at Dix was readily available and responded to soldiers needing emergency we commenced planning in May 1984 for the Transfer of the and the majority of from Mcguire to Phila Delphia International prior to the Transfer a three tiered support system was the arc represent collocated with the Pap would accept requests from soldiers for Are financial assistance for telephonic relay to National Are for timely it was affirmed that the Navy Relief society auxiliary in the Phila Delphia Navy Yard would also Telephone these requests for Are assistance to our and soldiers who wanted to Avail themselves of the limousine service to Dix could get assistance from the Dix Are the writer indicates that at Midnight on a sunday he spoke with the army Emer gency Relief representative who told him to turn himself in As we have been unable to identify anyone in an offi Cial capacity or any other capacity who did or would Tell a Soldier we have confirmed with the commander of the Pap and with the their recognition that Are does assist soldiers and their dependents in time of valid emergency we Learned from our inquiries that the Pap closes at 10 daily and the arc office in the terminal closes at 8 and is thereafter represented by the arc chapter in at Midnight the Only information Center regularly open at the Airport is operated by the salvation army which does not represent nor have any affiliation with to preclude the possibility of an in stance such As that described by the writer from recurring the arc is reiterating to their personnel the availability offer assistance to soldiers and the procedures established to rapidly obtain army Mil percen is preparing a message to All paps to remind commanders of How to refer soldiers for Are assistance when there int an Are Section near an we believe that Are has a safety net available to soldiers wherever they May at their duty on Temporo on permanent change of station or on Emer gency or Ordinary in the Case of the writer it appears that he spoke to an uninformed or More one who did not really represent any valid organization present at the Airport to assist aers objective is to meet every valid emergency financial need of soldiers and their there Are agencies at or near the Philadelphia Airport and at other airports prepared to process soldiers requests for Are on this basis Are is Able to fulfil its fundamental Mission of helping the army take care of its the Basic indicator of the extent to which this Basic Mission is being fulfilled army wide is the significant trend of in creasing assistance since capped by another amount in 1984 of Over in Are assistance to Over soldiers and their it is hoped that this information serves to clarify aers availability to assist sol Diers in the circumstances described by the Are belongs to the writer and to All other army Active and re and their aers sustaining capability to fulfil its sole Mission of helping the army care for its own depends on the in involvement and support of the writer and All army the european edition Usa editor in chief us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager Reader favors Aid to contras i would like to comment on the highly publicized controversy concerning Aid to the Contra i believe in president Reagan and his policy of supporting countries that Are will ing to resist the United states has a history of supporting All countries that resist the cold hand of communism and if these Small underdeveloped countries cant count on the big democracy for Aid and support How can we expect them to Ever become democracies we have always provided Aid in such cases As sex Afghani Why should this Case be different i feel that the Only reason Congress has shied away from Nicaragua is due to the results of the conflict in we cant let one mistake dictate All of our future foreign As i understand the president Reagan has asked for military Aid in the form of dollars not Why should this Congress be allowed to reverse years of continuous support for a solid foreign All due to the mistakes made in Vietnam How can we convince other countries to resist communism when we wont do it our selves the message that this Congress is sending to the soviets is the same one they were Send ing prior to and that the smaller and weaker nations Are there for your go right ahead and take your without the backing of the american people and the president Doest have a Chance against soviet if the american people put As much Energy into supporting the president As they did when they unanimously reelected he would have no problem dealing with communism or the soviet 4 Joseph Herald Germany pen pals i would like to correspond with i am 17 years old and have Many Rakem 7 Rue do Levant Al Mourada Algiers Algeria i am a 24yearold algerian and i would like to have pen friends from All Over the world who speak i like Folk country traditional camping and Leece 21 Rue do a Lellard Balala 06 Algeria i am a 20vearold 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