European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday apri 8, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11ann Landers dear Ann Landers now that tax time looms Large on the horizon we Are reminded that tax Laws and regulations must be obeyed. As a Law abiding citizen it is my responsibility not Only to follow the Laws of the internal Revenue service but to adhere to those Laws when i prepare tax returns for my clients. What appears below is an interpretation of the internal Revenue code by the . Treasury department. It is designed to help establish guidelines for professionals. A. Best regards from a suffering accountant. A Michael Librach Scarsdale,. Passive loss regulations a part ii Section a 469-4t 0 4 Iii c 22 a if paragraph f 4 Iii a of this Section applies to a supplier undertaking the supplier undertaking shall be treated As similar to undertakings that Are similar to the recipient undertaking and shall not otherwise be treated As similar to undertakings to which the supplier undertaking would be similar without regard to paragraph 0 4 Iii of this Section. 3 if paragraph 0 4 Iii b of this Section applies to a recipient undertaking the recipient undertaking shall be treated As similar undertakings that Are similar to the supplier undertaking and shall not otherwise be treated As similar to undertakings to which the recipient undertaking would be similar without regard to paragraph 0 4 Iii of this Section. Dear suffering in Scarsdale what you have sent would be hilarious if it weren t so dumb. Every accountant who is fed up with this totally incomprehensible gobbledygook should tear this column out of the paper scribble across it a i agree Quot and Send it to the american Institute of certified Public accountants. The address is 1211 Avenue of the americas new York . 10036-8775. If a huge number of letters arrive they will be forwarded to Chicago s own Dan Rostenkowski chairman of the House ways and Means committee which is where All these Laws Are written. You can bet your Bottom Dollar that Danny boy will  an end to this craziness. Dear Ann Landers i was struck by the letter about the disabled fellow who was a Nickel Short at the checkout counter and the cashier gave him a hard time. When he asked the Man behind him if he could help he was turned Down. I had a similar experience Back in my salad Days when i miscalculated my purchases and discovered at the checkout counter that i was 12 cents Short. I fished around in my Coin purse hoping to find a Tew Loose coins but there weren to any. Sheepishly i asked the cashier to take off the last item. Letters a stranger behind me in line politely handed me a Quarter and insisted that i take it because a the same thing had happened to  that Small act of generosity made me feel so Good i smiled All Day. Jul  Quot there a a lot More kindness in this world than mean spirited Ness a and i truly believe it. Maybe if we All made an Effort to a do unto others a we could push the Scales a Little More in the right direction and Feci better because of i dear Kelly Kelly in . Letters like yours help me keep my Faith in the goodness of humanity and make me smile All Day. Thanks Tor the upper. C creators Syndicate a parents teachers need to work together a Kina Roo Linn Tkal i a. While Reading the letter a Dodds teacher has Short quiz for parents Quot i noticed something was missing. What happened to the positive questions for three years i worked As a teachers assistant two years in a Dodds school. During that time i met Many parents with a genuine interest in their child a education and welfare. I also met mothers who came in to Volunteer Day after Day. These parents were very dedicated to their jobs without pay. This included taking work Home to finish at night. I also met parents who were More than willing to come to the school and rationally discuss with their child a teacher problems that May have Arisen. Its about time teachers and parents Start working together for the Sake of our children. Our children Are our future. They will be the teachers doctors lawyers Etc. Of tomorrow. They will carry the attitudes whether positive and constructive or negative and critical into the work place of tomorrow that teachers and parents instill in them today. We will then gain or pay for the things we teach our children about respecting one another. How about it teachers parents. Lets Stop stereotyping one another. We have to work together to keep the Battle grounds off the school grounds thus leaving our children As the victims. A Judith Rogers Stuttgart West Germany after Reading your quiz for parents i soon recognized that All too familiar tone. You see my wife a Side of the family is about 80 percent teachers. You can imagine the interesting family reunions that brings with talk of being underpaid Over stressed and picked on by everyone. I must say that i have Learned a lot from these discussions. I understand fully what the teacher in the letter is trying to say. Sometimes we As parents Are Quick to lose our patience and reason when it comes to our children and what we think might be mistreatment. I appreciate the teachers who so patiently educate our children. However concern is not unwarranted. One Only needs to read this paper to hear of stories about the teacher Locking the child in the closet or sexual abuse from a teacher and much More. Why my own mild mannered father in Law took a Walkman radio from a student and threw it across the classroom breaking it into Small pieces. Would this teacher like parents to remain like mushrooms in the dark and show no concern for our children when they come to us with their problems concerning school i would Hope not. I will continue to ask and demand answers when it comes to my children. I refuse to sit like a mushroom having Complete Faith that All teachers and other adults in their lives Are without fault. By the same Token i will never hastily approach a teacher blaming them of misconduct until i can calmly seek the answers to my questions. I agree that there arc some parents out there who will without thinking Rush to blame the teachers for everything without getting to the real cause or reason for the problem. There Are a few a bad apples among us parents but i know from what i read there Are a few in the teaching ranks As Well. I think our kindergarten teacher Here in Izmir said it Best a if you done to believe All the stories your children come Home and Tell you about school i wont believe All the stories they Tell me about  she went on to say that whenever there is concern please conic and lets talk. I Salute All you teachers for your dedication to a most Noble profession but excuse our haste when it comes to our most valued  a sgt. Jeffrey d. Wassmer Izmir Turkey a a air Force Grunt explains his Mission role a recent stars and stripes report conveyed to the Public that air Force Glam units Are a the Only units in the air Force that come to the Field with a specific ground  in a sense this is True. And in a sense it Isnit. There is a Job for air Force enlisted called a tactical air command amp control specialist a or Romad that has a very definite ground Mission. We live on army posts throughout the world. We were conceived on the front lines such As they were of Vietnam. We go to the Field whenever the army elements deploy. We also have our own Field exercises. A few years ago we were spending a week or two per month in the Woods but that has decreased with the defense budget. We go to Grafe Wohr live fires and we spend several weeks each year at the Hohenfels training area with the army units we directly support. We go to the Field in hummers and my i3a3 a pcs. We jumped in with the rangers at Panama. We do . We re sometimes called air Force grunts. We Wear Black berets which we earned during 14 fun weeks at Hurlburt fab Fla. We re the 275s. We just thought you should know. A name withheld Kitzinger West Germany remarks from Wil Flecken Exchange As an employee of the Wil Flecken Post Exchange i would like to comment on a recent letter. First All of our employees and ordering clerks do the Best they can to serve All our deserving patrons. Our Price changes come from cafes in Munich. When Price changes reach our store they Are distributed into the departments. Then the sales associate from the department changes them. If the Price goes up on the merchandise the sales associate will change Only the Price in the stockroom a not on the sales floor. If the Price goes Down on the merchandise then the Price will be changed in the stockroom and on the sales floor. This is so our customers will Pav the lowest Price possible. The single soldiers Are not being neglected. We try to Stock the items that we think All patrons would want and need. But if a person wants to go to another Post Exchange there Are buses that go to larger facilities. It is not a punishment to be stationed in Wil Flecken. I could think of worse places to be your stay is what you make it. A name withheld Wil Flecken West German the a in fold ripes european edition col. Gene e. Townsend Usan commander editor in chief it. Col. Suzanne l. 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