European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 14, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 German opinion of . Called favourable scholar finds Little evidence of anti americanism by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington anti americanism crops up As isolated incidents but can t be taken seriously As the feeling of the German people or As a Force that could alter Germany s political or military commitments says a German scholar who studied Public opinion polls going Back 30 years. A in All there is Little evidence for anti american ism in West German Public opinion wrote  of the foundation for science and politics in Eben Hauson. There Are policy disagreements and individual expressions of anti americanism but these Pale in the Light of the High Quality of German american relations which in turn rest on a solid foundation of favor Able Public opinion Schweigler said. He said what americans sometimes Sec As anti americanism appears at least to its authors As an entirely innocent display of political opinions harmless when measured by prevailing Community  Schweigler s article appeared this week in the Winter Issue of Washington quarterly a publication of George town University Center for strategic and International studies. It was prepared while the author was a senior associate at the Carnegie endowment for International peace. Schweigler cited new York times lbs polls from april and july 1982 and october 1984 in which fewer than 20 percent of germans of voting age considered themselves anti american. He notes 1984 studies in two German journals that show the proportion of germans who do not like Ameri cans As a people has hovered at about 20 percent since the beginning of the 1960s. The number of those who say they like americans has stayed at around 50 percent. This May be due to the fact that West German pub Lic opinion distinguishes rather clearly Between Ameri cans As a people and the United Stales As a country that at times pursues policies with which one agrees or Dis agrees Schweigler said. German opinions of the United states reached a High during John Kennedy s Ich bin Ein Berliner presidency and the years of Lyndon Johnson s great society Wel fare programs he said. The lows were reached during the Vietnam War and the watergate scandals. Schweigler said americans invite the criticism they see As anti american by setting High standards pushing others to follow their Lead and then failing to live up to their own standards. The response sometimes has been ridicule he said. According to articles in Liberal intellectual weeklies such As die Cit or Der Spiegel the United Stales is god s country but with 35 million people living in poverty. The shining City on the Hill also has rotting slums thai Are hotbeds of crime and drug abuse. Thelast Best Hope of Mankind has a stalemated political system that produces As president a Peanut Farmer or Hollywood actor. The sense thai America is a wasteful consumer and does not provide a Good example for the rest of the world is widespread 60 percent agreed in a Rma,,corf ing to a May i of Survey by the Allensbach Institute for opinion polling. But Schweigler said germans desire to hold on to their own traditional values is not anti Ameri  Points to . Information Agency polls Over the last 30 years that show germans believe Basic american and German interests Are in agreement although that belief declined drastically during the Vietnam War. He said the belief recovered during president Nixon s policy of detente with the soviets. Persistent and fairly widespread doubts about the effectiveness of american political leadership show up in polls from 1979 to 1984 by the Allensbach Institute Andem nid which regularly tests Public opinion for the German defend ministry. Many germans doubted the Wisdom of provident Reagan s hard line toward the Sovi ets Early in his administration Schweigler wrote. The reluctance of the Federal Republic to give full support to a new . Foreign policy and the concomitant insistence that West Germany be allowed to pursue in own interests even where they were in conflict with . Policies have produced a great Deal of friction in Ger Man american relations since the late 1970s, he said. Some americans complained that Germany was being disloyal to nato and even moving to a Middle poin Between the superpowers. But Schweigler said Allens Bach polls going Back three decades also show that 80 percent of germans have remained in favor or close cooperation Between Germany and nato. Eagle scouts by the stars and stripes four boy scouts in Europe have earned the rank of Eagle scout according to trans Atlantic Council boy scouts of America officials in Mannheim  Watson 18. Of troop 353, received the Eagle scout award from Rob Ert Strausz Hupe the american Ambas Sador to Turkey at the . Embassy in Ankara Turkey. Watson organized and publicized a summer program to attract new members to his  University of South Carolina Engi Neering freshman graduated from Ankara High school in june. He a the son of Heyward and Schniz Watson who live in Izmir  furry 14. Of troop 156, at Ramstein a Germany received his Eagle scout award after planning coordinating and supervising a bicycle safely , a ninth grader at Ramstein Junior High school is the son of maj. Wayne l. And Pat  Jasler of troop 293 developed several nature hiking trails for the Baum Holder Germany Community s Camp ground area to earn his Eagle scout award. Jaster 17, is a Junior at Baum older High school. He is the son of see. Gary Jaster 293rd engr in 8th inf div and Timothy c. Walls of Simonella Nas Sicily completed requirements for the award while a member of troop 178 in London. Watts 17, is now the senior patrol Leader for troop 53 in Simonella he is the san of senior chief Petty officer Robert Watts a weapons technician and Patricia Watts. Polo Lor Sis by Miller sol. A kurd a. Loll military abran Good morning in Frankfurt to the c w patriotic words in the Snow against an the person who took the time to make the in these Early morning Frankfurt background message was not identified. Broken pipe shuts Down Heidelberg mail room by Betty Bel staff writer Heidelberg the rupture of a water pipe on the second floor at  postal service Center Buffi monday a jul a wow by of in housing the postal Center is estimated at $13.500. Said it col Cecil o. Lock ear director of in if nearing am housing for the Heidelberg before but 1 knew we were in deep trouble when i saw water coming out from under the closed  said Sec. Tom d. Petty noncommissioned officer in charge of the postal  All the individual mailboxes received some kind of water leakage. Most of the enclosed letters were wet and a couple of parcels were destroyed he said. About 25 other parcels mostly books and magazines received some damage. Petty patrons were notified tuesday of the damage he  said Post engineers told him the leak also caused some electrical damage. We had live current running through the mailboxes. I Felt it would be an unsafe condition for people to come in and get mail from their  Petty said the mail that arrived on tuesday and wednesday mornings remained at the Post office at Patton bar Racks until his staff could handle  people were Busy trying to dry wet letters and clean out the water and debris inside the mailboxes until late tuesday Petty said. Wednesday afternoon the postal Crew went to Patton Barracks to sort the Campbell mail. All of that mail was placed in the mailboxes wednesday night he said. We put in Long hours to get the mail out. We re Back to full operation now even though All of the cleanup and repair work in t Complete. It seems kind of funny to have this happen Petty said. We just had new pipes put in last