European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday novembers 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 army replacing some civilian guards with German labor service personnel by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington Security prob lems Al key . Installations in Ger Many have been behind the army s Deci Sion to begin replacing some civilian guards with German labor service personnel. The action follows a report by con Gressional investigators who found Secu Rity poor at several army ammunition Sites in Germany. Among the weapons in those Sites were stinger missiles and anti tank rockets. A Usa eur spokesman said the command hires non military guards from Ihrck source. For its munition Sites labor service members local civilian hired by the United states and civilian Security guards working for German firms hired through the . Army contracting Center. The spokesman said Usa eur is switching about 500 civilian guards to labor service positions. Usa heur would not reveal at which installations the changes will take place. The labor service employs civilians who Wear uniforms and who work in units loosely organized along military lines. Much of inc criticism from the Gener Al accounting office watchdog was directed at inc physical surroundings of weapons storage for failing to meet Secu Rity requirements but the investigators also came Back with problems about the guard Force. In Europe part of inc guard Force now is contractor provided with the army contracting with a German firm Bob Lane of he Gao said  be had quite a bit of problems with these  one recent Cao inspection found a guard absent from the guard Shack with a note attached to the door which read Back in five  and another inspection by he v corps internal review office found four of six guards in the guard Shock and two of them playing cards. The remaining two guards could not be found and could not be contacted by radio. Other problems included invalid to non existent background checks failures to qualify in the proper handling of fire arms lax entry controls inadequate numbers of guards and failure 1o Check storage Bankers on Lime. It Wai not the first Lime investigators have criticized the civilian guards at . Installations overseas. Bui this time Lane said something is being done. Army officials in Washington referred All questions on the guard Issue to Usa eur however army spokesman maj. Philip Soucy pointed out that no weapons were actually lost at the installations the Gao visited and he defended civilian guards. There s nothing inherent saying civil. Ians arc less qualified than Soldier or said. There May be a problem with the civilian guards in Europe but that does t mean it is because they re civil  most of the world is run by civil ians he said. The Security Flap in Europe led sen. Pete Wilson r-calif., to introduce legis lation last week requiring the defense department to provide a comprehensive blueprint to Congress on inventor management its weaknesses and ways to improve the  Wilson who called for the Gao investigation said on the Senate floor that readiness is the Pentagon s primary i Sion and military Supply inventories arc valued at More than 1150 billion. Nevertheless serious Supply system deficiencies do exist that arc so pervasive that inc opportunities for theft of sophisticated and dangerous Supply items arc abundant he said. Army criminal investigation come officials Are offering a j 5,000 Reward inthe heft of 12 Claymore anti personnel mines that disappeared oct. 29 from Asl rage facility near Schweinfurt Ger Many. In addition to requiring the Security blueprint Wilson s Bill also would re quire the defense department to report the theft or loss of any ammunition or explosive to the Bureau of alcohol to Bacco and firearms and would enhance and clarify Law enforcement measures designed to apprehend and punish individuals who steal from the Supply sys tem. Army probing harassment charges at Lan Stuht Daryle. Green Valsera Autera Bureau Lan Stuhl Germany charge of harassment a id reprisals have spurred an army inquiry into the treat Neil of a civilian employee Al Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Janyce Thompson a medical clerk at the Hospital said six months of harassment at work drove her fro two jobs after she blew the whistle on a military super visor in february for falsifying a civilian Lime  s car was vandalized and she received an Anonymous phone Call warning her against pursuing the complaint. Thompson got the army s inspector general involved in her Case by writing letters to her representatives in Congress As Well As to the department of the army and the while House. Col. Daniel Kimball the Hospital commander said he Decidrio look into Thompson s claims before relearned of the army inspector general s involvement. While the in then said the Hospital could investigate the results must be sent to Washington a Hospital spokeswoman said. Kimball told the stars and stripes that Thompson has raised some issues and we will look at  but until the matter is closed Hospital officials who Are involved in or named in the complaint said they had no other comment on Thompson s charges. Thompson said her problems began when she complained that her military supervisor charged her leave without pay even though she had annual and sick time available. The supervisor later falsified a Lime card giving unearned annual leave to a White civilian employee Thompson said in her complaint. If i was White i probably would never have had to file the Trifu Nal complaint said Thompson who is Black. And if i was White i Don t think i would have suffered the reprisals that i have for filing hat  a March 16 enlisted evaluation report on the super visor was coded Relief for cause and prepared after Thompson s charges. Among other allegations inc re port said the supervisor. Failed in performance of his duty to appropriately record and report authorized absences of subordinate civilian personnel.11 the supervisor was subsequently removed from his position As Ward  supervisor s evaluation was being reviewed and officials said they could not comment in the results of the review until the investigation into Thompson s allegations is  two years of employment Al the Hospital Thompson found another Job in a  clinic claiming that harassment drove her away. She claimed the harassment continued at the clinic which is under the Hospital s jurisdiction. Thompson now is filling a temporary position at the Hospital in the patient admissions  said to the 1c i could not work at the vog Chweh clinic under the pressure and Deal with the reprisals coming from Here Lan Stuhl she said. I said i wanted to be retrained into another position but until the investigation was Over 1 wanted to be moved and this is a result of  5 polish dancers defect in Canada seek Asylum Faar of the fire polish a tit Satin who def Ewd in Canada unite Qew Tina from Nett ten u Otrante. From kit us Ballet Dumn Are Robert gland to Jan Izadi Nowicz Dunta Gaji Truka and Mank Piotek. Toronto up five accomplished polish bal let dancers defected in Canada and were seeking Asylum to pursue artistic Freedom the dancers and friends who helped spirit them from their hotel said. The four men and one woman All were soloists with the Warsaw National Ballet and left the troupe from a hotel in Hamilton Ontario about 40 Miles West of Toronto sunday and Earty tuesday said Lynn Cromb who helped them escape in the Back of a Van. It s not like Russia there s no Kab Cromb said. There was no problem walking out of heir hotel. The pro 1tm 5 they can t go Back to Poland but there s no one alter  Cromb said two of the dancers left Hamilton for Toronto late sunday Afier performances in Hamilton saturday night and Kitchener Ontario sunday night. Before that the troupe was in Chicago Buffalo and Detroit. The three remaining dancers travelled to Toronto Early tuesday Cromb said and All plan to seek Asylum. They spent much of tuesday at one of Canada s immigration offices in Toronto she said and four of their visas expired tuesday night. Cromb said one dancer Marek Wienek 23, got a sin month Extension on his visitor s visa but that did not allow him to work. The dancers said through an interpreter they missed their families but were positive about their decision. They said they wanted artistic Freedom including the Hance to try new techniques in dancing. I want to come to Canada to develop my career said Fiertek who left Hii Mother father four Sisters and two Brothers in Poland