European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann the enclosed was Given to me several years ago and i ran across it while cleaning out the drawers or an old desk. Because or hat is happening in financial circles these Days t thought perhaps you might find it interesting enough to share with your readers. Sign me a Reader in Independence Ore. Dear Independence aim the More Ihnn change the More they Are he same. Thank Yon for sending this intriguing information my Way. Look at what happened to t. A Man who was head or one of the world s Greatcoat monopolies. 2. A Man who was one of the most successful speculators on Wall Street 3. The former president of the largest Independent Eccl company in America. 4. A past chairman of one of the country s largest Utility companies. 5. A former president of the largest Gas company in the United Stales. 6. A Man who was once the president of the new York Stock Exchange. 7. A former president of inc Bank of International settlements 8. A Man who was a member of president Harding s Cabinet. Here arc the names that go with  1. Ivar Knic Ger head of International match corporation known As the match Kin died a suicide or was murdered. The truth was never established. 2. Jesse Livermore the most wondrous of inc boy wonders of Wall Street died a suicide 3. Charles m. Schwab chairman of Bethlehem steel died broke. 4. Samuel Insull chairman of Commonwealth Edi son company and other Utility corporations was acquitted on embezzlement and mail fraud charges. He died in Paris in modest surroundings. 5. Howard Hopson. President of the associated Gas and electric Utility Empire had been in prison for mail fraud charges and died in a sanitarium. 6. Richard Whitney president of the new York Stock Exchange served Linie in sing sing for grand larceny. 7. Leon Fraser president of the world Bank for International settlements died a suicide. It. Albert fall Secretary of the Interior in Hii Dingy Cabinet served a prison term for accepting a bribe. Now Ann is speaking i wonder where some of the super Rich beleaguered Wall Street inside trait will be to jews from now. I suspect history will repeal itself. It often does. Dear Ann Landers i d love. Id meet the idiot who planted the idea that a firm handshake is the sure Way to succeed in business. 1 have arthritis in my hands and one firm handshake can leave me with excruciating pain that lasts for hours. 1 Wear a conspicuous piece of adhesive tape on my right hand to Ward off those Bone crushing hand shake but people ignore it. Please Ann Ell your readers that a firm handshake Means Only that the sadist applying it cannot recognize swollen arthritic joints. . In Hernando miss. Der Acmando i be told them several times in this space Over the Yam but apparently they Don t care to listen. A be you la Haft Butler Luck. Have a heart folks. Us Al Gator tronti  drum gift Landano com four bit Orlyle at my b or Utt 01 tin sufi ii Ger text Apo 09211. Us Fotch Tom ahm Mtnor no it a Max a i a  m. Improvement program lost Reader says what has happened la the Usa eur mip7 when the program began in v corps it was a Way to gel Good ideas to lie Boss Only the commanders could disapprove. Apparently the successes of the program have been perceived by staffers As a threat to their Domain or to the Hierarchy As they have moved to kill mip by converting ideas is inc suggestion program  keeps the Mips away from the Bosses gives the staffers More time and Opportunity to kill them convert them to test programs doomed to failure or just Send them out into the Black holes of the bureaucracy never to return. The adding of rules to m in has effectively killed inc program. Mip was the one program that offered a Way to break through inc tangled web of procedure and sys tems that bump and conflict at the operating level and expect to gel an answer within the same overseas Lour. Can t we keep it working name withheld Frankfurt vital Germany editor s note de inn Maritto a in Bement analyst mip Branch management division office ref the Deputy chief of Start resource management i in Usa eur replies we Welcome the Opportunity a talk about what happened to the Usa eur Mil the Model installation program mip is alive and Well in every . Military Community throughout Europe the original Usa eur mip which began in1985, applied to too Model inst Limion Lanau and Neu in Len. The program was so popular that effective april is 1987, it was extended to every Community in usar eur making them ill Model installations the name of the program has now changed to the i pms reflecting the combining of the mip and inc army suggestion program Asp. Since mip ideas and Asp idea arc All ways to improve inc Way the army does business it was decided to apply inc same Stream lined procedures to the Asp that Hae nude the phrase Don t like it mip it famous through Eul Usak eur. When a suggests a � Row idea it should be submitted to the m in Asp coordinator located in the Community resource Maiu Gemeyl office. The mip Asp coordinator sends the proposal in the functional office for evaluation. The evaluator has three choices approval immediate implementation or test Forward to Usa eur us Jar command for evaluation far ideas that Are not within the Community s jurisdiction and that the Community commander would like to see implemented recommend disapproval decision must be made by the Community commander Deputy commander or chief of staff. Now 1 trill address some of inc specific concerns of the writer. With the mip Asp today More ideas Actu ally net to the Boss for decision mip rules now apply to suggestions As Well. Only the Community commander Deputy Community commander or the chief of staff can disapprove an idea. At the Usa eur major command level and at Liq Usa eur the idea is processed in the same Way with Only the command group having disapproval authority Al Liq Usa eur the Dep Lily commander in chief personally reviews All disapproval. We have Given suggestions inc mip benefits of Thor Ough review Quick turnaround Lime Opportunity to be tested and High level disapproval authority. Certainly we want to avoid the Black holes of the  turnaround times arc monitored closely the goal is 30 Days at each level of command. However Complex proposals requiring extensive coordination or additional information do Lake longer. We Loo want to keep it  operation of the i pms is continuously monitored to ensure that it does keep working Al All Levels tit command. Writer touts benefits of laser discs i think that cafes in answering the idler about laser discs did a disservice to Ilsel f and laser discs. The customer asked several questions. I d like to nil in the Blanks. The Exchange spokesman said thai they carried 170 different laser discs. The writer stated he d been waiting several months for what he ordered some one unfamiliar Wilh the laser s Edge in technology would be dissuaded from buying such a player. There inc several thousand titles available the bulk of the titles arc manufactured in Japan another 3,000 manufactured in the .a. All compatible. I would be  recommend several mail order businesses that offer Seiw can 10 and 25 percent Dis counts. With inventories far exceeding thai of inc Exchange and at equal savings and then some. I would recommend people buy inc video disc player Al the Exchange and order nor movies through the mail. Anyone interested in expanding their libraries can do so by writing me i Voltl be glad to Send a listing of the most  average delivery Lime is about two weeks. I am in no Way affiliated with any of i Csc firms. Bul think Ihal one should know thai when you buy anything from inc Exchange whether it be Var. Dise player Compi incr. Or. Typewriter a time will come when you Wil have 10 buy ribbons discs by some such software that the of Chongc no longer stocks. Laser video discs arc not going to in the Way of 8 track players or Beta Max veils. Vidu simply can t gel a belter cheaper picture or sound. With current movies Al prices Arounia Sio you just cannot beat in sol. 1st class Mike Mcclusky has. Virv . 09026 editor s Noie it. Oil. Charlie White Pablic affairs officer i in Aakko Europe replies you re Correct. In addition la the 170 laser disc lilies Navnil Nolc from our record distribution system in Allan thu cafes has flip not a order contract  laser i corp of America there Are Over 1,000 movie lilies available Limur customers under this con tract. Thanks Lor the Chance to clarify the pretious response. Pen pals i no it attn old and would us to Luw of in Pala. 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