European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 24, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 Walesa refuses to run for parliament Warsaw up Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa on sunday rejected an offer 1o run in june parliamentary elections and called on the Cream of the inde pendent Union to compete for scats and help build the foundations of Poland s future. In an opening address to the 100 Mcm bar citizens committee which rep resents All segments of the political apposition Walesa said Solidarity would face hard limes following its re legalization april 17 and added thai he would focus his efforts on leading the Union. He rejected a proposal by Adam Mich Nik a Solidarity adviser to run for either a scat in parliament or the Senate. I must have a free hand to conduct a political game and 1 must stay where i am Walesa said adding that serving As Union Leader was the Only position he intended to hold. But i order All of you to run for parliament or the Senate the Cream of the society to build the foundations of the future Poland he said. Solidarity agreed to Lake part in the parliamentary elections under a historic agreement it signed with the government april s. The government in turn agreed to implement reforms and re la Galic the Union which was crushed by Security forces in 1981,. The elections to parliament will not be fully democratic. The government coalition formed by the communist party Allied with the democratic and peasants parties has been allotted 65 percent of the scats in the 460-member Paul lament and the rest go to the opposition. The elections to the 100-Mcmbcr Senate however will be fully democratic and Solidarity has a Chance to dominate it. The cilia cons committee discussed a list of candidates Many of him Union leaders or advisers from 49 provinces. Before the meeting Walesa marked the 46lh anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising by jews against the nazis. We Are building a new democratic system and we cannot forget about the victims of inc monopolistic system of Power he said at a Monument to inc uprising. We will come Here  from the Monument he drove a mile Losi. Slanislawa Kostka Church to Pray at the Tomb of the Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko a priest who was assassinated by four secret police agents on Oci. 19, i9b4, for his pro Solidarity sermons. All four killers received Long prison sentences. A government spokesman recently confirmed however thai one of them Waldemar Chmielewski will he freed in the last week of april. Walesa said be could not comment on the authorities decision saying i am Loo emotionally involved in inc Case and i cannot be an impartial  a said Solidarity will be Legal when comic Liwski is freed and that fact win serve As further punishment for him. He punished himself Walesa said and i Don t know How he will be Able to live. Cutback of military a continued from Page 1. Alone supports 168,000 family members including 7,000 children with special education or medical needs who arc enrolled in the military s exceptional family member program -. While Many key legislators who would be involved in approving the proposal oppose the idea an Issue like this can be self perpetuating once it gets rolling on Capitol Hill. This year Stevens has been joined by fellow commit tee member , Dennett Johnston d-la., in flues lining the Wisdom of keeping almost As Many family members As military personnel abroad Al a time when the defense budget is Light and the nation is reviewing us overseas commitments. Pentagon officials.  to studies show ing a Clear link Between family separation and the satisfaction of spouses with the military Way of life. Spouse satisfaction often determines whether a member stays in or gels out a Pentagon personnel official said. A 198s Pentagon Survey showed that 54 percent of enlisted spouses and 47 percent of officer spouses were dissatisfied with family separation in the military. Among id aspects of military life family separation. Ranked second with dental care ranked highest on he spouses list of dissatisfaction. And we be largely fixed dental care since then a family policy official said. A 1987 army study showed that 63.3 percent of enlisted spouses and 51.2.percent of officer spouses said that gelling along when the Soldier is away was a problem for them for spouses of Junior enlisted members he figure was 72.2 percent. If we want to maintain a Quality Volunteer Force we can t expect our people to sacrifice their personal lives said Barbara Pope Deputy assistant Secretary of de Ferric for family support. We have a terrific Breed of pc Opte who Are Imere sied in serving their country but they re not going to do it at the detriment of their  the connection seems obvious said an aide with the Senate armed services committee whose Mem Bers show Little enthusiasm for the appropriations committee s initiatives in this area. You can t argue that retention would t be affected if you Force Mem Bers to Lake unaccompanied Tours  the committee s manpower and personnel panel chaired by sen John Glenn Donio has not con fronted the Issue in detail but the aide said he doubts there would be much support for  Gen. Crosbie Saint the commander of Usa eur told administrators in the department of defense de Pendents schools system in March that he is aware Hal providing for military families is crucial to retain ing Quality soldiers. Bui he said his command is Al ready overtaxed trying to provide services to special needs families such As dual Soldier and single Parent families and families with exceptional family Mem Bers. The question is How much of the army budget can we devote to a welfare stale we can Only provide right now to percent of the child care requirements he said. The demands on the command from families with special needs Are so great that Saint said he would soon ask army officials in Washington to Slop assigning a category of person i cannot  in response to questions from the stars and stripes however. Saint added i have not nor do i intend to ask the Pentagon to separate soldiers from their Fame  soldiers and their families should remain together he said and families overseas should have the proper support.". Still Saint said that in the future he May have to look at a limited number of unaccompanied hours under certain circumstances.  have to look at some geographical areas of the entire . Army in Europe Aslo whether we want to make thai location an unaccompanied tour because the resources and facilities really Aren t adequate and i m not going to gel inc resources or inc Money and. Therefore we May have to have Short Tours Saint old eur army Magazine in february. In the same interview. Saint said families with Spe Cial needs arc taken care of by Federal or stale agencies but i Don t have them Over here.,. In such cases it ". It s a question of whether i can properly care for  Gen. Cromble Saint might be Wise not to assign a Soldier to areas of usar eur that cannot accommodate the family he said. I m telling you a decision must consciously be made whether they should slay in the Continental United slate so they can be cared for. It  a question of me not Loving them or anything like Hal but it s a question of whether 1 can1 properly care for them and when the answer comes up no then they should remain where they can be cared for where the system will support it because 1 can t bring the United slates to Germany. I mean that s the reality of the  our concern in providing Tor the family. Allows a Soldier to. Focus on the primary Mission knowing that the family is taken care of Usa eur spokes Man col. Sam Floca said. At a congressional hearing in Lale february Johnston of the Senate appropriations committee s a cd up on the Issue when he sparred with Gen. Johnavin repeatedly questioned the nato commander about the necessity of maintaining Large numbers of family members overseas. Calvin defended their presence in Europe and the Pacific and said it is a natural outgrowth of the All Volunteer military Force. He said the Best the military could do would be to deny command sponsorship to troops meaning sol Diers would not get government family quarters or be paid for their families trip overseas. That would create new headaches Calvin said be cause Many Servic members would bring their families with them anyway preferring to live in near poverty rather than endure a separation. We Sec it All the time right now in Korea the Pentagon official said. And it would be even More widespread in Europe which is far More advanced in terms of off base amenities. Many military families. Will endure almost anything to stay together at a March m hearing attended try the services top enlisted advisers Stevens floated a plan to create a two tier system that would provide Lull support serv ices Only to those military families whose sponsors agree to slay on Active duty for four years or longer. To the Surprise of his Peers sergeant major of the Marine corps David sommors agreed thai limits arc needed and even suggested a return to the old policy of having commanders approve requests for marriage by enlisted members. Money spent on families takes away from some thing that might  of my marines alive in combat sommors said Bui a House armed services committee aide who handles military manpower issues said reducing inc number of family members overseas would be completely contrary to everything we re trying to  she said neither rep Pat Schroeder a Colo. A leading congressional advocate of reducing the .military commitment overseas nor rep. Beverly Byron d-md., head of the committee s Man Power and compensation panel would support such an action. Either we decide that the threat has changed that Europe is Strong enough that we can afford to u ill draw some troops and their families together or we bile the Bullet and keep them there the aide said. We d just Hun ourselves by moving Only family Mem  the Senate armed services committee aide agreed the fact is you can t Cut the number of existing de Pendents Short of shooting them he said. If you Don t support them overseas you have to support them in the United  the military child care system for cd applet. Is overburdened jus As much in he United states As it is overseas. You can argue that it s More difficult to support dependents overseas and that May be True in some respects. But when everything else is taken into account you have to keep in mind that every action brings a reaction and the reaction May make he Situa Tion worse than before.". Pope admitted that there Are areas of family support that have problems 1 we need to get smarter and we re trying to get smarter in the Way we provide for families she said. If we want people to make careers out of the Mili tary then we have to show them thai the military Way of life is a healthy one for their  panel had proposed family cuts continued from Page 1 whether the committee members will insert language in their version of the fiscal 1990 defense funding Bill As they did in last year s Bill. All we be done so far is hold hearings so i can t really comment on what we May or May not do with regards to our Bill said one committee staffer de Clining even to discuss the provision on family Mem Bers deleted from Las year s legislation Well they be been asking us for More information and statistics on dependents overseas so would think they have ," said Barbara Pope Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for family support education and safety