European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday february 13, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i am a woman 26years old. I at tempted suicide twice last year after having spent several months in a psychiatric Hospital. I wanted to end my life because i Felt isolated unloved and unsure of myself end i was tired of being rejected. A Friend told me about a suicide Preven Tion network hotline. He said it was staffed with experts and urged me to give it a try. I called and got a recording saying All the Counselor Are Busy. Please try i called five minutes later and the line was still Busy. After four More attempts i Felt deeply depressed and More frustrated than Ever. I became extremely agitated and worst of All i Felt rejected. Six Busy signals in a Row from an Agency that was suppose to help met what better evidence that no one cared if i lived or died i had the pills in my hand when i received a Call from a Friend who said he had arranged an appointment for the following Day with a psychiatrist who specialize in bipolar disorders. I decided to hold the pills until after i had seen the doctor. That one visit saved my life. I was Pat on medication that performed a Miracle. I now know that manic depressives need not live forever in hell. But the Point of my Tetter should not be lost because of my Good Fortune. It is this hotlines that Are supposed to help people should do just that. If my Friend had t called i would have been a from the Depths of despair dear mrs. A i am Gaul you wrote for several reasons. First a rec Erwi Many coast arts Abou Busy a finals. Hotlines. 1 checked them myself Aad of Tom those complaints to be Vali. Soap Eta Sycora fee Joae about instant wit fees As recruiting additional volunteers. Second your experience with doctor was we Worth repeating. I frequently suggest to deeply to Ream a pfc they seek professional Beta. Me Flea on can change the Yves of Mac depressives. Your letter was a splendid testimonial and i an grated to you for writing. Dear Ann Landers i was delighted to see your answer to apoplectic in you told her to mob. I too live in a Pigsty and my family Doest seem to mins. I work full time and pay 50 percent of the Bills. I found out years ago that it was impossible to clean the House up As fast As they could mess it up. So i decided if they can stand to live in a place that looks like a Cyclone hit it i can stand it too. I saw no Point in being Short order Cook and providing round the clock maid service for a a he 800- . 1 offender i confess marked to myself a lot before was Able to come to terms Vij hiring of american civilians in Germany explained _. _. A Felt of Leta Avnell Fml Al a funny thing happened to me at the civilian personnel office in Frankfurt. When i got there they told me i m not an american born in new York City and serv ing six Yean on Active duly in the us. Army How can this be Well sit Back enjoy your Coffee and hostess twinkle and i will explain last tour of duty was in Germany. During this time received an army commendation medal. Released from Active duty at fort Dix n j., in the fall of 1983,1 looked for employment while my German wife waited in to honorable discharge in my right hand a letter of recommendation from my commanding officer in my left hand i at tempted for six months to obtain a position. The results of my efforts were that none of the organizations to which i applied were interested in anybody fresh out of the Mili tary. The is. Post office hires veterans but Only after an indefinite waiting available funds did not last. So 1 left the Stales and returned to Germany and established residency in Frankfurt in july of 1984. Crazy clean women out see nerhood. Peace find i Texas and Loving it up a " a ration available to veterans Here in Frankfurt. I was accepted and ready to begin work. The following Day i received a phone Call from co. The lady from co said we Are sorry to inform you that our office made a mistake in the processing of your application. You Are not acceptable for employ ment. According to the status of forces agreement any american who has established a one year residency in a foreign country cannot be hired for any positions open to american citizens. The fact that Lama Veteran and my wife is a German citizen made no difference. So now with a stroke of a pen co took away my Job and for Alt practical purposes took away my . slap in the face to veterans. Ben Grossfield Frankfurt editor s note a spokesman from the civilian personnel division of fice of the Deputy chief of staff person Nel replies you Are an american living in Ger general Rule of Law is that a country s Laws apply to everyone in that country. Except u modified by the North Atlantic treaty organization status of Force agreement German Law applies to every one in Germany. Thus German tows on admission into the country German Lawson employment and German Laws on taxation apply to everyone unless the Ger mans agree germans have exempted from some of their Laws certain defined category esp people covered by the nato sofa. The idea behind the nato sofa is to give a special Legal status to people who Are in Germany for the purpose of performing the nato nato sofa covers three groups of people. The first group is members of the Force. That Means military Persona in Germany in connection with their offi Cial second group is members of Ibe civilian coat went thai is those civilian employees of the United Stales who Are not Germau nationals Are not nationals of a country which does not belong Tonato and Are not ordinarily resident the third group is family members of members of the Force or the civilian component. Additionally there Are some exceptions in Germany for technical experts and employees of some government con tractors. Readers comment on King Holiday so the nato sofa excludes from coverage anybody who u ordinarily Resi Dent in Ibe receiving state but does not define the term. Our supplementary agreement to the nato sofa with Ger Many does not define 1974 a Standard was arrived at by Usa eur and recognized by the Ger mans. That Standard Stales if Yon have been to Germany for More than a Yea without sofa state or if you have been in Germany fuss Sihau a year but you have work permit to work on the Canaan Economy then you Are considered to be ordinarily reseat in Ibe Federal re Mibuck of Germany. Now what does this ordinarily rest Dent rate mean to you u you Are ordinarily resident in Germany Yon must be on the local National payroll. This of course would mean that you Are not a in Ember of the Cham combo heat and Are Folly subject to All Host Tou atry tows Law regarding employment. However under american Law the actin us. Citizen can be employed in an appropriated Toad tax Dolhar Pau Job at local National pay Scales. It s alright car America Law fora us. Citizen to be of the local National payroll in Noa Apple plated fund Jostons. So when you put the nato sofa together with this ask Tricia Taw the result b that except for non appropriated fund lobs the us. Forces cannot hire you i you Are ordinarily resident in Fri. This catch 22" or inability on your Pareto take a local Nalto naj a an App rated nato sofa. It is a unilateral Legal restriction imposed by a us. Government thes a Helpes sub omut Bomon a lot of people queston the Law by of Baving a Federal Holiday for or. Martin Luther King or. I think it is extremely important to understand what or. King stood for and not for what personal things he May have done in his lifetime. During the sixties violence was common place. For someone to not advocate an Eye for an Eye a tooth for a tooth u incredibly awesome considering the opposition King faced in the country s civil rights move change is often associated with violence. Were to not for King Black Leaden such a Malcolm x and Eldridge Cleaver author of soul on ice and the Black Panther organization would have gained a higher Lotorie helped bring segregation to a More peaceful end. Although violence continued. King convinced the nation that change could be brought about peacefully. Granted it was t arrays peaceful with War and segregation. I was seven years old when i fun Sise Ueo tear Gas As rioters battled in our backyard at fort Dix. , i was Able u go through school and have Black friends without having racial Wall Between us. I can talk to Buck soldiers and we can communicate to each other without feeling a racial Barrier be tween us. Thank you. Or. Martin Luther 2nd it Tomasy Tracy in regard 10 or. Martin Luther King or. As the first Black and or minority to receive an official National Holiday to or around prejudice and still continue to practice it. In their daily routine As Well As those that tend to ignore it. And feel they do not have to Deal with it. They know who they Are in addition to this i d like to state that some of us tend to ignore and hot Deal with situations As Long As they Don. T directly involve our families friends or some of us in the military Wear masks every Day to work. Those people need to Stop pretending and make Revi Sions toward their Outlook on racial prejudice and begin exercising the fact that being real is the Only Way to be. For instance if not being prejudiced were stressed even one Quarter As much As we stress it we be won one Quarter or even half the Battle. Some say things Wilt never change but things have changed considerably since i was a Little girl but still not enough. There is still room for improvement and there s still quite a Long Way to go. I d like to be optimistic in stating that i have Hope of better Days to come. I Loo Forward to the end of racial prejudice not just on the birthday of or. Martin Luther King but everyday. Spec.4sonjav.bracey Vicenza Italy Tuto h minor lot a Nohew Puj Tolton for news Hummus rat inn thanks for the Short course. Fitch Oll Ciar Naii Unni Nwa like to express my appreciation tall those involved in every aspect conducive to the Celebration of or. King s birthday and them utter to the editor T to editing. Naii0ato Woff like to remind All people especially those in the military regardless Frank. We All were once reminded when we first raised our right that there is supposedly no color in u my of us forget and need to be reminded from time to time. This goes especially for those who were raised with the response in tuesday s paper fro the Neucom comptroller s office dealing with restrictions on buying Marks or Deutsche Mark negotiable instruments when the rate drops five ten bugs or More. Was incorrectly edited. An editor Mistak enly inserted the words Mark Money or Ders to clarify the term Mark negotiable Deutsche Mark Money or Den do not exist said it. Col. Robert Brus Neucom stars and stripes regrets the error. . . -.wummilon, Momm Mil i us. Cat Curmon offices wirsmlg.rr424030 _ a Yacai aimed. 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