European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes Friday. December 25, 1967 Ann Landers letters dear renders in 1955. The year Ann Landers began writing this column she wrote an no y for Chr Timas Day to ii Ike response i As extremely rewarding and she has re printed inc column annually with topical modification. This is Ann s Christmas Mes Sage for 1987. To play  Crim Friis. All about us a Furar a i of peace on Earth Good i w toward men. Yet we a troth Ivi Many parts of inc � loft one in Iha aimed Lara Tea i am a manna carps vol. Dik Airt i a of am be scan Ano ova flare a living 45 i am a Iyub Beach non two Law a Dir co Czuboy i Piowar lafitt air Sivery  33xoh Pimm Lii in you 00n Oal Cal in i Atn 25 yar5 Clit by  a read no.  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For years Ronald Reagan has harshly denounced the soviet Union and sought to Force a reduction in the spread of communism. He raised defens spending pumped funds into the contras and launched ski. Or. Gorbachev is not the table pounding ruthless Leader that we expected. He has made startling re forms and glasnost inc new openness is a drastic departure from the traditional parly line. He is not one of the old guard. He does television interviews and is witty and charming. He turned the tables by proposing arms reductions Hal or Reagan could not refuse. Or. Gorbachev seems to offer the peace we want so much. Is it for real is the Bear tame can the Eagle lie Down with the Bear if he does he d better not count on getting much sleep. We ought to be suspicious of the change in soviet policy. There has to be some motive for it. Or. Gorba Chev wants a reduction in defense spending so he can revitalize the Economy not to mention a Chance to catch up with the United states in ski research.  s reforms in inc soviet Union Are not pop ular with everyone especially the old guard. Aslo the reductions themselves the soviets Are no giving up much. The intermediate misses Are much More of a great to the . Than they Are to us. The Fershing ii misses can reach the soviet Union Ina matter of minutes. Their ss-20s can t come close to the United slates. Cuts in conventional weapons might hurl us the most As Wale. The cuts they would make would be i weaponry that dates Back to Wii and would Proba Bly never reach the Battlefield. We on the other hand have already phased out such weapons and would be losing More modern machines. Most important of All by toning Down the apparent threat from the evil  the probability of sus Taining support for a vigorous program of research and development such As ski would not be very Good. Nothing Hal the president and or. Gorbachev did that week can alter one Basic fact great Powers arc bound to be rivals. It is in the nature of communism to compete with Challenge and ultimately try to destroy capitalism. Nothing or. Gorbachev has done has changed that either. The soviets would not hesitate to attack inc United Stales if they Felt hey could win. For this reason it would be foolish for the United states to give up it nuclear deterrent. It would also be Foolhardy to allow a condition of Clear conventional inferiority to continue with or without arms reductions. If we do not maintain a posture of prudent wariness it could be up to the soviets to decide when they want to try to dominate the world. Zachary p. Dziedzic London i am writing in response to a recent letter in which the author voiced his opposition to the recently signed inf treaty. It s beyond comprehension not to mention morally repugnant that anyone could defend and therefore seemingly condone the use of nuclear weapons in any capacity. How could anyone possibly believe there could be any such thing As a limited nuclear re 14 year old my Hobie in no and going in Ihu  i am 31 Yuan old my hncg4 Aid Danan Harumi Box 7m7. Flat id urn Yasny Riddl turf. A Una Pilaia Hsi Row in you Pun pal co univ Ding pocket boo 115 listening to Misi Joun of has Al it main Yuter pan pal Culman i a ?7 cd 5 Obj my Jilb is Jie corking Ruring t of i anti  ,1. Ines and i Jit fling 1o Mulic i of a a j cd shirt i ii i0 Dasko Tunit Oiw j ont my Rig a Jya 0 gun major Mim cd u coir Nijen of a tsp Ahtl cjnt041jooaj no Catu cily.  rms 6401 i Lite a 20 your of Rufo nnuf5  music tji-.1cjri. And tons m to tits unit r nil Hub Dali in Thyl Qun Wayne by has co has Biq-3 to Flag . C 2s5j2 san Csc limited in relation to what an explosion of the Sun the writer makes Clear in distrust of the soviets and his fear that or. Goba Clev is running a  it s precisely this Type of recidivist thinking on both sides of the Ron curtain  has brought both our countries to inc Brink of dam Ruttman let s set moral considerations aside for the  Long does his Wriler believe the United slates and the soviet Union can  tidally sustain this in sane Rale of military spending the economics of Bothie superpowers already Are reeling under the Bur Den of Ever increasing  expenditures for defense meanwhile the so called Semn Dary Powers such As Japan Germany China and others Are Able to sit Hack and reap the benefits of Security while spending the bulk of their Money to bolster their economic sys tems and the stand a of living of their people. As Long As the world military Industrial Complex is permitted to perpetuate the myth thai we need More and More apocalyptic devices of destruction for the purpose of deterrence we arc forced to ignore or play Down serious problems which arc an immediate threat to the Well being of people the world Over. This is where moral considerations re enter the equation. Can we As people of Good conscience continue to allow our leaders to squander our resources and monetary reserves on systems of defense that insure Mutual destruction while we Are faced with such potentially catastrophic problems As world Hun Ger  nuclear Wasie disposal depletion of the Ozone overpopulation acid rain he deliberate destruction for profit of our oxygen producing tropical forests on a grand scale the widespread extinction of wildlife and on and on sooner or later if in is to survive the human race must become mature enough to understand thai United we stand divided we fall. Until Hal time arrives if Everi am proud to Call inc United slates Home proud of my service and grateful for the Many rights and privileges inherent incur form of democratic government. Yes we must maintain a vigilant defense. Yes we Musl always be on guard against treachery. No we must not be lulled into a false sense of Secu Rity. But we Musl not Lei paranoia and suspicion run roughshod Over our Hopes for peace. Personally 1 for one am in favor of any step no Mailer How tentative no Manor How insignificant that might Lead to a world without nuclear weapons. And perhaps one Day a world devoid of All Jinp tem its of War. I doubt i wih live to see such a Day bul i Pray that some Day my children or my grandchild run might.  Tilburg Germany in support of the user this letter concerns the 2,500 uniformed services disabled retirees who believe that they Are entitled to full retirement pay without reduction of their disability compensation. The army promised the user to percent of their base pay if they served Over 20 years. They did this but they have not received any of their retirement pay since becoming 100 percent disabled. No career Federal employees Are required to waive retired pay to receive a compensation except for disabled career military veterans. Federal Law j8 usc-3104 and 310s prohibits disabled veterans who qualify for military retirement pay from collect ing both their military retirement pay and a disability compensation Congress has just been granted its third raise of the year yet Many members Are unsympathetic to the cause of the user they feel Ilia since a is compensating them thai retirement i a should not even be considered. The uniformed services disabled retirees have retained the firm of Whitt Ord. Taler and Preston to assist them in lobbying for their Hill in Washington in 303. There Are Nan wily u5 members of Congress who Are co sponsors of this Bill. Over 200 co sponsors arc needed a Cafori the Bill will even lie considered for a hearing. Pet isl Jnson me in supporting Mac cause of the uni formed services disabled retirees Ante to your con Gressman and ask that he. Too. Hei Urne a co sponsor if Bill or j03. Patricia m. Cubic Kush Rulilo Germany