European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday december 27, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers Derann Landers will you help me deliver a very important message please Don t identify my cily or a it i want the fathers who Road this letter and feel uncomfortable to wonder if i could he riling about them. Dear dad i saw your Duehler today. She was the sad eyed Little girl in my daughter s class. T was National school lunch week and i went to Cai lunch with my third grader. Slie was so proud As she escorted me to the playground and showed me at the thing third graders do during recess. I could t help but notice your daughter. She seemed so alone. When i smiled at her she immediately attach cd her Solfio me. It did t take Long fur her to Tell me about your divorce How you broke lies with the family and her mom s remarriage to u Mun who was mean. And then mom s decision 1o leave the children with the grandparents. This 8-year-old figured it had been about 10 years since she had seen you when i Lold her 1 had logo her lower lip began to quiver. She puddled up and threw her arms around my neck. I hugged her Ami she Clung to me for the longest Lime. Since that sad parting i Haven t been Able to get rid of the ache in my heart. 1 am haunted by that Little girl s hunger to he loved and her longing for a father who will pay atle Lioti to her. I fantasize about bringing your child into our Home where she could lie a Pari of a real family. But 1 have no rights to that Little girl. Vou Are the one she looks to for acceptance and hugs and love please. Dad be there for her in a Way you Haven t been for a Long time if Ever show her she is important. Hug her and hold her. That terrible need i witnessed on the playground gives credibility to the fear that it won t be Long until an overwhelming need for love and acceptance is expressed in promiscuous sexual encounters. She could easily be an other pregnant teen Ager. Another welfare statistic. Please love that 8-Ycar-old while there is still time. She s a Beautiful child but she would be so much prettier if you could erase the sadness from her eyes. Classmate s father dear father think you far allowing me to deliver thit message. Your own daughter is Lucky in have a dad like you and now to nil you fathers Oul there who saw this plea and Are wondering if your Little Ger feels like this one 1 say that if there is a question she Proba Bly does. If you Don t knot in a to open up my advice is just ask her if she d like a hug. The response will warm your heart. Go Abend and try it. Today dear Ann Landers can you stand another anecdote thai illustrates people s limited knowledge of other cultures As Well As ignorance about geography when i moved to Texas from England four years ago my British accent was considered quite a Novelty 1 was left speechless on one occasion. When i told a new acquaintance hat did indeed come from England her cat question was did you speak English before you came Here . Dallas weird Tali Benl Ifni. Ii reminds me of the Ign i us in the window Ott troll shop in London. It mid English spoken. American writer shares research on draft dodgers your recent letters have expanded on the draft dodger Issue. Significantly the responses contain some truth but historical study shows the Issue to be Complex. As an undergraduate studying in Canada i was sur prised by the dearth of with this period of history. I scrounged through universities in on Lario and the Eastern United slates and finally assembled a sizable Quantity of primary and secondary sources including information books for prospective draft dodgers immigration Laws Etc. An estimated 40,000-100,000 this figure usually seems to vary according to the aug tier i ideological Bent draft dodgers went to Canada. Searching in on Lario particularly several larger cities i was Able to find several draft dodger who agreed to be inter viewed. My interviews confirmed what the readings stated. Thew draft dodgers some consider this a pejorative term and prefer draft re Sishere were predominantly a Well off educated group of individuals although some did come from Blue Collar families. Why did they go to Canada the answers for this vary from individual to individual. Some certainly feared going to War. However a Large majority of the writings show a fundamental dissatisfaction with american action in Southeast Asia. This was a turbulent generation the time of Woodstock Kent state. Bob Pylan the violence at the 1968 democratic convention and a Host of other events that indicated a questioning of America s leaders and what the country represented in the world. Some of the draft dodgers were disowned by their families. Others were supported wholeheartedly. One draft dodger i interviewed stated his parents told him to go to Canada after the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and or. Martin Luther King or. Because they believed America had become Loo the Canadian letter writer slated we did not want your undesirables then or that is partially Rue but in an ironic Way Canadian immigration Law then was based on a Point system which granted Points for such things As education Job skills Etc. This favored the educated draft dodger. The Liberal party under prime minister Lester Pearson and then Pierre Trudeau was in Power at the Lime they wavered on the Issue. In fact Pearson a Nobel prize Winner and Wii Veteran was physically assaulted by president Johnson after a speech in which Pearson questioned american Aims in Southeast Asia. As horrified aides looked on Johnson the Gruff texan grabbed Pearson and said you pissed on my some immigration officials in Canada were korean War veterans and were notorious for preventing Young american males from entering the country at the same Lime Era ups of Young canadians tested immigration entry Points and found out where draft dodgers could most easily enter. Like americans canadians were divided in opinion on the Vietnam War. Since the 1920s, it had been common for Many educated canadians to emigrate to the United states essentially producing a brain in the late 1960s Carly 1970s, when the majority of draft dodgers went to Canada As graduate school deferments ended can Ada found itself receiving a predominantly Well educated group of individuals this created problems at some Canadian universities where Canadian bom professors and students sometimes resented the intrusion of this foreign group As with the Canadian letter writer some canadians were resentful of americans coming to Canada Only to use it As a Way station Back to the United Stales when the War ended. However after the War ended Many draft dodgers stayed in Canada and icy can now be found in the larger cities such As Toronto and Vancouver. The draft dodgers were As the writer noted often woefully ignorant of Canada and Canadian history. There arc recorded cases of draft dodgers arriving at the Border in summer with piles of Winter clothing. Unfortunately As any realistic student of Canadian american relations knows this is nothing new. For example president Reagan has at least twice referred to Japan As America s largest trading partner when in fact Canada tills thai role. Scholars write of the elephant and the mouse and regrettably Canada is Oflyn ignored when the elephant Rolls what s most interesting in this whole Issue is its complexity. Young students of history can take this emotional Issue As representative of Many events in history. The letter writers touched on some important Points. However research which will hopefully in crease in the future indicates the truth lies somewhere in he Middle. Christopher a Schettmar Ansbach Germany civilian worker leave entitlement queried my concern is one which when answered will Bene fit the entire Community. Al has to do with the consecutive overseas tour cot which is currently being granted to military members. 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