European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 1987 the stars and stripes Page 11 Anri Landers Star Ann Landers a member of our Santa Barbara chapter has drawn our alien lion to your column in a recent edition of the news press. You printed a letter from an Anonymous Reader concerning an Inci Dent of child abuse that he or she witnessed and that the police advised should be reported to 911. May we give you and Jour � Mcaden an alternative option f child help Usa operates the Only National child abuse hot line in the country. It it around the clock service toll free and coven every stale including Alaska and Hawaii. The number is 800 4-a-child and we offer professional counsel ing referral to Community service agencies in the caller area and educational information. We counsel the abused and the abuser. If a child Calls and our counsel or recognizes an emergency that child can be patched in to a local number for immediate help. We would be grateful if you would print this information in your column. Child abuse is one of the great tragedies of our society and child help its Sla Fand Over 1,000 Volunteer members is working continuously to alleviate the problem through prevention treat ment and research. Sara o Meara chairwoman Yvonne Fedderson president National child help Usa Woodland Hills Calif. 91370dear friends i a rain try the hot hoc before i suggest it to my readers and your la right on the ration. I spoke with Jill who is gradual it Dert in psychology i posed a hypothetical question Init asked jul what should be done. Her a Dolce we Sperb. It s Gratifying id know that my Reader will be getting High Quality to Eillce. Dear Ann Landers two Small diamonds fell out of my wife s wedding ring last week. She feels it is Rny responsibility to get the ring fixed because i bought it for her. Also she says m to blame Tor buying a cheap ring. That remark just slipped out. When i became Uewl. She said she was Only kidding. I told her the giver is not responsible for fixing a present when it Breaks. Nevertheless i agreed to Lake the ring to a local jeweler and get it repaired. Well that is not acceptable. My wife claims it would Cost much More to get the ring fixed locally than if we drove to downtown los Angeles one hour away and tried to get the jeweler who sold it to me 10 fix to for nothing. I run my own business and am very Busy Ann. I do not look for occasions to spend half a Day trying to get something done for nothing that 1 am sure we will have to pay for in the end. My wife says if i am not willing id Lake a half Day to get her wedding ring fixed i must not care very much about her or our marriage. Ii there some feminine logic Here that i in missing please unscramble this Puzzle. Confused in California Detron Fotty it b highly a Likely tint the jeweler who sold Yon the agree to repair 1l moreover i do not feel that you Reft naj to drive to lot Angela new that Yon do1 cart very ranch about Rwy trite or the marriage. If this problem it Temple of wad you two fight bait i suggest that Yon both go Back to the Clergyman Wka performed the ceremony and get a better pc Pec Freo who marriage ii All about. 4 a Angola to byrdus local hire employee wants allowance too t am writing due to recent developments in the appropriated funds and non appropriated funds Post Al Lowance same As the Servic member s Cost of living allowance. 1 was completely sane when 1 decided to come Backoo Germany to live and i knew what i was getting into. Now that 1 am paying the Price for the Choice i made i blame no one. Recently the stale department decided to give appropriated fund employees and stateside hired Naf employees a Post allowance. This Post allowance was derived from a Survey conducted by the army and the . Consulate retail Price Survey and was based on the living expenses difference Between Germany and the Washington d.c., area. My first of Many questions is if this Survey was conducted on the basis on the Cost of living for the appropriated fund employees and the stateside hire no appropriated fund employees living in Germany by does t this Survey include local hire tourist status As they Call us Naf employees granted t recently read that now after the others have received i heirs the Dod is considering including Naf local hire for this Post allowance. Why weren t we considered from the beginning did someone just remember we live Here also from the Way this decision was made we were totally overlooked. The majority of the work Force for non appropriated funds is local hire. If any group deserves needs a Cost of living allowance Post allow Ance it is the Naf employees. I m not saying the of and the Naf stateside hire employees Don t need a allowance. Maybe they do. The proposed s355 a year or $29 each month in t much but Naf local hire employees Are currently getting nothing. This article fails to mention those persons involved in making this decision. Was there any representation for the Naf local hire employees it s obvious there was t. So who represents us How Cana decision be made for some employees and not others what Are these decision makers in the higher grades doing to assist the lower Grade employees or is it i be got mine you gel yours where do i write to get some say so about these questions is this the Way Naf employees can expect management to handle us in the future excluding us from surveys among other things is this True i Gei the feeling As far As focal hires Are concerned we Arcon our own. Nobody told us to come Here nobody sent for us to come Here therefore we Are not entitled to the same privileges Asaf or stateside hire Naf employees. Why not. R with an allowance of say $129 monthly which is my rent. Yes i m Day dreaming. Or even a one Quarter 163, this would offset the bad Mark ral somewhat. Naf employees arc not asking fora hand out. This could be Given for those who have been working within the system for Vcra years the pen pals amount we get could be determined like our annual leave is determined a certain number of years of service times a percentage and you have a fixed amount of Money or it could be Given to All of us who work for Naf Manga Mcnol i Call. 1 think All employees should get this allowance not just a few. If we can t have an allowance to offset these costs Why can t we get another Job within the Naf system Why die regulation limit us to working Only 80 hours per pay period i m not Rak ing in the Money. I would be willing to take another Job to stay afloat and i m sure other Naf employees Are willing to do this. I think it s about time we got some help from the system for which we work. 1 think the department of defense and department of the army can do a lot More to improve our Quality of life and Standard of living in Germany. As i be stated before we Are not looking for handout. What we do need is a helping hand. Heidelberg editor s note Carlo Burghardt director Naf pm ant policy office. Office of is awl Sun Secretary of defense replies in the simplest terms he Cost of the allowance cannot be justified by Ibe management Benefit obtained from Inch payment. Locally hired Naf employees generally fall into one of two categories my locally hired Naf employees Are dependent of or in tilt company of military civilian employee who i entitled to such Benefit pm to Quelly the payment of the additional allowance serves no useful purpose since the objectives for the Benefit ate Folly realized when paid to the principal with whom the locally hired Naf employee u Man dated by re Rene of dependency or otherwise. Other locally hired Naf employee an either Loral nationals or is. Citizen who riveted to lire i that foreign Economy. The fond instrumentality for wham these persons Wert represents the employer of Choice from among la local employer who do not As a matter of business practice pay cola which seeks to offset the disparities Between the local Economy and the is. Economy which b the bails for the salary schedule for those paid from appropriated funds or from which a Lakeside hired Naf employees Are drawn. 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