European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 1987 the stars and stripes Paga 9 administration defends a budget would Cut funds to treat category c veterans Washington a the head of the veterans administration told con Gress tuesday the Reagan administration would dim male Money for medical treatment of veterans with income above certain Levels and who Aren t otherwise entitled to cure. A administrator Thomas k. Tum Ige old a House committee thai head ministration s budget request Tor the next fiscal year and its request Tor a Cut in current year a spending would eliminate funds for the so called category c Veteran. Veterans in that category have the lowest priority for a Hospital Core. But under a by passed by Congress last year they Are still eligible for treatment As space is available and if they agree to pay pan of the costs of their care. They in clude veterans who hav no Scricc re la cd disability have incomes or More than $20,000 if single and $25,000 if married and Aren t otherwise entitled to free care As a former prisoner of War or for another reason. Funding would not be provided far the care of those whose annual income exceeds Icse Levels Turnage told the House veterans affairs  administration believes that As a Rule when veterans illnesses Are completely unrelated to their military service and they Are financially Able 10 provide for their own health care they should do  Turnage said that while Money for treatment of those veterans would be Cut put the a will Stilt furnish care to themis certain cases in locations where re sources and space remain  however he said 97.5 percent of Allva Hospital patients have lower incomes or Are entitled to care because of service disability or other reason. An analysis prepared by the commit tee staff said the proposal was inconsistent with congressional intent and would require a reduction of nearly 10,000 patients and 3,810 medical employees. It said eliminating Money for care of the lowest priority veterans while Slit admitting them in some cases could cause care lube denied to some veterans with service injuries if Beds Are filled when they seek admission. The practical result of the proposed policy is obviously the denial of some medical care to All Cage topics of Veter ans the report said. Major veterans group have opposed the cutback. Former a chief medical director or. Donald Cuilli told the panel it would take an increase of s800 Millionth continue the current level of a health services next year. Responding to a Reagan administration proposal con pen Latt year enacted legislation Selling maximum income lev Els for a care except for those in category  that category include Veter ans with service connected ailment former pos veterans exposed to Radia Tion or toxic herbicides during service and veterans of War prior to world War ii. Category b veterans those with in comes of Between $15,000 ind 120,000 if Tingle May receive can As space is available and with no requirement for payment. Violence among youth to Rise T in mid-1990s, study predicts bad habits when they Start new York a suicide and homicide rates among Young people should remain stable into themid-1990s, when they will Start rising again says a new study that ties such violence to pressures fro growth in youth population. Preventive Steps May help head off the predicted increase in violence among people aged 15 to 24 As that population swells from the kids of baby Boom ers study co author or. Paul Holinger said tuesday. The study found historical evidence that the larger the 15-24 age group is in terms of percentage of total population the higher its suicide and homicide death rates. Year by year data from 1933 to 1982 were Analysed by Holinger associate psychiatry professor at Rush pm Tenan St. Luke s medical Center in Chicago and or. Daniel offer and Eric Ostrov of the Michael Reese Hospital and medical Center in Chicago. The population of 15-Lo-24-Ycar-Olds doubled be tween 1955 and 1980, when it reached about 42 Mil lion. Holinger said. Estimates show the population then declined to about 40 million in 1984, he said tuesday. The homicide rate in that group peaked in 198p, when it reached 13,6 deaths per 100,000 people in the group compared to 3.5 in 1935, Holinger said. The rates declined to 12 deaths per 100,000 in 1984, he Laid the suicide rate peaked in 1977 with 13.6 per 100,000 in the age group and declined to 11.9 per 100,000 in 1983, Holinger said. A burgeoning population of Young people May encourage violence by increasing Competition for jobs College Entrance and academic and athletic honors increasing the number of adolescents who fail those goals the researchers wrote. Combine thai with the age group s Lack of political and economic influence and it could increase the potential for violence among teens who Are psychologically vulnerable because of Low self esteem or other troubles Holinger said. Holinger said because of the effects of wars and he Economy an suicides and homicides it will take dec Ades More of study to understand population influences. The historical trends imply stable or declining Sui cide and homicide Rales among the Young until themid-1990s, followed by renewed increases As the youth population grows Holinger said. But society could intervene by being ready with More psychiatric services for the Young and More jobs and educational oppo unities he said. Marvin Wolfgang professor of criminology and Law at the University of Pennsylvania said the theory of linking violence to increased pressures from a swelling segment of the population has been applied before to several kinds of violent crime. . Moviegoers getting japanese View of Wii new York a american audiences Are telling a glimpse of How world War ii looted from the other Side of the Pacific in 2 series of 27 japanese movies made from j937 to 1947 that emphasize Honor and Stoi Liioi against an enemy As impersonal As unfit.-. _ Japan at wan rare films from world War it opens a window on the social cultural and intellectual life of wartime Japan. The series which starts wednesday and runs until april 17, is sponsored by the Japan society a non profit organization that studies Japa Nese culture. The movies Range from powerful Sto Ries about decimated families to Clumsy historical allegories designed to prepare audiences for an Allied invasion that never came. Unlike american world War i films which sought to Foster hatred of a fanatical slant eyed Buck toothed enemy the japanese films focus on their own troops and civilians in order to reinforce traditional values of Loy ally patriotism and self sacrifice. When the enemy appears he does so As a  albeit malicious Force of nature spewing gunfire or bombs from afar. Americans have never had a Chance to see How the War was portrayed to the Folk on the enemy s Home front said David Owens a Japan scholar and film Buff who organized the show. We be come to the Point where a whole generation in Japan and the . Has grown up without memories of the War. We wanted to begin to fill thai  the movies which Are subtitled fall into three categories those made from 1937 to 1940, when the japanese government simply censored them Inoc made Between 1940 and 1945, when the government controlled the movie Industry and those made after 1945 under censorship by the . Military occupation government. Seven of the nine films making their . Premieres were confiscated by the . Occupation government in i94s and were preserved in the Library of Congress. Chocolate and soldiers a 1938 movie by Takeshi Sato provides one of the Best looks at the family in wartime Japan. The devoted father of a Downtrodden family is sent off to Light in China. While at the front he repeatedly sends Home chocolate wrappers to Bis Chil Dren who redeem them for toys. One Day however the boys receive heir final package chocolate wrappers enveloping a notice of their father death. Grieving Ibe Man s wife holds her children and accepts the death wit Correct stoicism. The film s Power conies from its honesty Owens said. It s not manufactured propaganda. It served the government s purpose but it s also about Good old fashioned Homes Yfe  the film so impressed . Military forces who confiscated it that they added explanatory narration to the sound track and used it in military training As a piece of  a. Director Frank Capra said the american Cinema could not equal such propaganda. The other Side of the Coin is the divine wind blows an allegory made by Santaro Marine in 1944, when the government controlled All aspects of the film Industry. The film is set in i sin Century Japan during the mongol invasions which were repulsed not by japanese warriors but by typhoons off the Western Shore that destroyed the enemy Fleet the movie designed to provide hopeful inspiration to a populace fac ing certain destruction in the liter stages of world War ii. Fails miserably. Critics say. It s so obvious and mechanical that it s unconvincing. In just looks to lipid Owens said. Between War and peace made in1947 by Fumio Kami and Sauvoy a Remoto exemplifies the democratic and anti War genres mandated by the occupation government. The movie which portrays the de pression betrayal and sorrow faced by japanese veterans As they re entered society was withheld by american Cen sors because of it leftist Content. Scheduled to commemorate Japan s Constitution in november 1946, the film finally premiered in 1947 to Crit ical acclaim