European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 a amps Elfie Bathen Ursula Hahn who had to leave her children in East Germany Waits at the Schoandorf Border registration  germans still heading West from Page 1 pcs and managers from East Germany a he said. A one was a supervisor of 2,000  others such As 30-year-old Kerstin Steps left just before the elections. Steps who lived near Karl Marx Stadt in Southern East Germany said she had been planning the move since december when the Border first opened. A a lot of East germans come because they have Money but they can to buy things that they want a said Steps who shared a two room apartment without Bath or Kitchen with her husband Uwe and 8-year-old daughter. A the new parties did no to have the right program to help us. And there were so Many of them we did no to know which to choose a she said explaining a amps Vince Crawley Gabrielle Reinesch with Nancy a. 1 have to learn so much Why they did not stay to vote. Instead they made the five hour drive to Fischbach in northeastern Bavaria where they had already arranged for work and a place to live. They came in their new trabant car delivered less than a year ago but on order for a decade and a half. Their friends Are not Likely to join them. Steps said. A Many of our friends have two or three children and they have fear a she explained. A they already have a Little Flat in East Germany and they done to know if they would be Able to get jobs in the West. Employment remains the biggest problem facing new arrivals from the East Fuchs said. Many come Over with few marketable skills most do not know How to find a place to live or a Job on their own. A they Lack self Reliance. In East Germany the government always told them what they had to do a he said. A they can to fill out papers. They done to know How to go to the employment office or apply for an identification card. Most done to know How to use a Telephone in West Germany. They must  Gabrielle Reinesch 29, is one of those with plenty of questions. Like Many of the people still crossing the Border she is joining a family member already in the West. Her husband left East Germany via Prague Czechoslovakia in october and has found a place for them to live in Lichtenfels 15 Miles North of Bamberg. �?o1 have to learn so much a she said thursday at the Schoandorf Center where she and her 10-year-old daughter Nancy were registering. She said that her life in the West is better but it still has plenty of frustrations a each Day i have to go to fill out Many papers. We re not used to  Reinesch is also worried about finding a Job. She was a railway worker in the East but she a found that men fill most of those jobs in West Germany. For now. She a working part time As a cleaning woman. Ursula Hahn a 54-year-old who worked As a nurse in East Germany is having similar problems. Hahn who crossed the Border in the past week needs six months of training before she can be certified for nursing in the West. Her children aged 13 and 15, a were afraid to come until 1 had a Good Job and apartment a said Hahn a Divorcee. She a willing to take a Job As a Baker to help support the children who Are living in an East German children a Home. Such family separations will Likely come to an end As the two Germany move closer to Unity Fuchs said. West Germany in fact plans to close its relocation centers this summer and relocation allowances for re settlers Are expected to be stopped later this year. Since the elections. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has implored East German citizens to remain in the East and help rebuild their country. A we think then that when people come from Leipzig or Dresden it will be like when they go from Munich to Hamburg a he said. A a change of  House orders review of broadcasts Washington apr the White House has scheduled a review of All of the government s overseas broadcasts to determine what changes should be made in response to the political upheaval in Eastern Europe. The review to be headed by the National Security Council will examine the radio programs of the voice of America radio free Europe and radio Liberty according to a letter from president Bush a National Security adviser Brent scowcroft. A the president strongly shares your View that the dramatic opening of Eastern Europe and the soviet Union requires us to look afresh at All our broadcasting activities a scowcroft wrote rep. Dante Fascell. A fla. Chairman of the House foreign affairs committee. Among its other tasks the review panel will consider a suggestion by Fascell that a presidential commission be appointed to offer recommendations about the Long term future of the radio stations. Scowcroft said. Since world War ii the administration has used its radio stations As instruments of foreign policy to influence events around the world especially in communist countries. An alternative to the strict state controlled Media in those countries the american stations Drew a Clandestine following of millions of listeners. The . Programs were often jammed by communist regimes. Voa broadcasts in 43 languages around the world. Radio free Europe radio Liberty based in Munich. West Germany targets Only Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. Their combined budgets Are about $400 million. The stations have already begun to change their programming to reflect the changes in the communist world. Growing emphasis has been placed on a How to programs that instruct listeners in one time communist countries about life in the Western world. Members of Congress have proposed a Bill that would re examine the direction of the government s broadcasting which has been hit by increasing budget problems in recent years. Radio Host slurs Connie Chung Washington apr a radio talk show Host in a Small station outside the nations capital has twice referred to lbs television Anchor Connie Chung As a Connie  says a published report. A i referred to her As Connie chink because i thought she was making fun of president  Cliff Kincaid who had been criticizing Media coverage of John Poindexter s trial told the Washington Post on Friday. A i was making fun of her liberalism and 1 joked about her name. In a sorry if people were offended about it. But my Point was to draw attention to the offensive Way she had referred to president Reagan s videotaped testimony in the Poindexter  Kincaid said. Quot its a play on words on her last name. Its a Slang term. Its not a vulgar  Kincaid said his comment contained Quot perfectly acceptable language and that he did not consider the word Quot chink Quot racist because it Quot is like the term  Quot Kincaid son air remarks came while discussing Chung s appearance on the Quot lbs evening  he said Quot the Dan rather Bias was t there no. I guess he was on vacation. Connie chink us. Chung us. Chung was sitting in for him. I m sick of people in the Media like Connie chink getting on his Back Quot Kincaid made the comments during his conservative talk show on the Low powered radio station in Silver Spring md., just outside the nation s capital. The station is owned by former presidential hopeful and televangelist pal Robertson. Melinda ice executive director of the organization of chinese americans said Quot we will Call for a Public apology to the Chi Csc american  the stations program director Michael Del Giorno. Said Kincaid would not be fired. Quot it was a Slang not a  Del Giorno said