European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday March 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 German census Sparks growing opposition from Pago 1 weeks in Germany has been a guide on How to cheat census without be coming liable to prosecution. More than 130,000 copies of what you can do against inc Micro and National census. Published by a Weilnau Send coins Versandi have been sold in he pail Tew weeks. People s initiatives have sprung Upin communities throughout the country to pass on tips for the Volks Boykol or Peoples Boycott. Boy girl Kph garlics arc being held to. Ive tips on How to drive the census lakers to the Brink of madness Der Spiegel reported. The Hamburg chaos compute club facetiously warns people not to spill Coffee on the questionnaire and above All avoid smearing a thin film of Graphite inc kind used in Auto shops against Nisi on the question Naire because it May cause the compute to the club also warns people to be careful not to remove a thin strip of paper from the top or the Bottom or the questionnaire because All the answers will slip one line up or Down making the entire Sheet invalid. Other groups who underwrite what they Call the Sofi Boycott or Marsh Mallow protest advise people to simply give false answers that cannot easily be checked. The alternate newspaper Tage Zeitung is encouraging people to turn in their untouched questionnaires to the nearest Boycott Center so the protester will havea Correct tally on the breadth of Resis Tance. This is an important Point because the government will probably not admit the number of persons who boycotted or sabotaged the census Green parly spokeswoman grit Mossmann said. As for the 10,000-Mark Fine she said Well see How far the stale is willing to go in this matter. We Are consciously breaking the Law in an act of civil disobedience. If we cannot do that we Are not living in a Democrat the Boycott movement Hopes to in a Tuno German census takers will go door to door with questionnaires and if necessary will help people answer some of the questions. Courage enough followers to make i unfeasible for the state to prosecute. Only sheep let themselves recounted declares an anti census pos Ter of the greens. Mossmann said he boy Cotters goals to prevent the state from having total information on its citizens making them puppets on invisible strings to the government s the Boycott groups argue that Al though information about Many Citi Zens is already in several data Banks inthe country the census will give the government for the first time unified information on All its citizens. We also do not believe the govern ment can As it promises guarantee the anonymity of the persons who fill out the questionnaires. And in the Light of the suggestions coming from Bavaria about registering aids patients rethink the census is More a threat to our civil rights than Ever Mossmann said. The government decision to Issue machine readable identity cards and to take other Security measures has increased fears in the population she said. Opposition to the census in part goes Back to a nazi Era census in 1939, when the data were used to uncover jews and regime opponents who were then packed off to concentration amps Manfred Gull nor director of the Dortmund based fora polling Institute told the associated press. Wuerzberger rejected the notion that anonymity could not be Guaran is no reason for fear he told the a. No one can tap into the data we compile. What we Nave is a political quarrel with gis Aren t required to fill out questionnaires Wiesbaden Sas although americans residing in Germany under the status of forces agreement will not be counted bythe German National census some May be asked to fill out questionnaires on May 25. It could happen that a census Laker might ask an american Soldier to Complete the 10 questions about his living quarters to save the census taker Lime in tracking Down inc House owner to obtain the information 1 said chief census taker Paul he or she is not obliged to fill out the form it would Only be a Wuerzberger said the German or third country National spouses of americans re siding in Germany under sofa except those working for consulates or the embassy will not be counted by the census. There will be some cases where thenon american wife or husband of a sol Dier who is working Here might be asked to nil out inc questionnaire because the Community feels she or he has been participating in the local Economy by work ing for a German firm and perhaps even participating in German elections he said. She or he May refuse to do so. I would be pure Courtesy to Kitzinger Mokes pact to Aid troubled families Kitzinger. Germany professionals in this Vii corps Community have made a pact to pro vide better help to families with problems. La. Cot. Gary l. Tucker who decides on disciplinary action against local family members who repeatedly get into trouble said it s Loo Early to say How successful the parents and children together Council will be. My intuitive guess is it s working he said. I we save one family from being torn apart in a year then we re pact was formed in november by professional from family services and personal counselling As Well As medical and Legal experts. The Council meet monthly to discuss cases of family problems involving children especially teen agers said Council head Jean Cameron Smith Kitzinger army Community service director. Cameron Smith and capt Dan Burgoine 1st ,15th inf adjutant started the Council after realizing it was t Clear who in the Community people could turn to during a crisis. I went through a suicide risk Case one time Burgoine said. I m driving this kid Home and he starts talking about ending it All. I had been through it before. I Nad dealt with suicide risks in the com Mand. But the Bottom line was when the kid made the statement in the car i was t sure who to Call first it s like a Maze i Call it Gary Mccuskay club beyond director said he does t waste As much Lime these Days finding some one who can help. Club beyond is a youth ministry program Active in the Wurzburg and Kitzinger communities. Before whenever a crisis arose i began going Ona Hunt try ing to use d discretion but thai toot a lot of Lime Mccuskay said. His contacts through the pact Council have put him in touch with the right people and have helped him to reach them quickly he said. One of the benefits of belonging to the Council Hsihe support and ideas members provide each other in handling problems said Ann Helton a counsel rat Wuerzburg High school. Beyond that the Council members May identify the cases that need to be handled in a different Way or by certain specialists Cameron Smith and Burgoine also saw a need for Parent support groups where parents with similar child problems could talk. The first group was formed this month in Wuerz Burg with six couples said Sheila Callaham Gay Kitzinger family services Council also tries to help troubled parents and interested adults Mctier understand teen agers by of Fering hour Long seminars during its meetings the fourth monday of every month. The seminars begin at 11 . In the acs conference room
