European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 25, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 a the draw Down a a certainty a. We re going to lose a lot of Quality soldiers sailors and airmen because that uncertainty makes them very nervous. Our real Mission Over the next couple of years is to make sure that women Are not disproportionately Cut in the  a Meredith Neizer or not to quit careers by Effie Bathen a Furnberg Bureau Forth West Germany a the head of a defense committee on women in the military is cautioning female service members against abandoning their Ca Reers before the details on upcoming troop cuts arc worked out a the draw Down a a certainty. That a a guarantee a said Meredith Neizer the chairwoman of the defense advisory committee on women in the services. A your concern As we talk to Many of the women is that they done to jump ship before the decisions Are made because they Are thinking that they want to beat the Rush out a a we re going to lose a lot of Quality soldiers sailors and airmen because that uncertainty makes them vent nervous. Our real Mission Over the next couple of years is to make sure that women Are not disproportionately Cut in the  Neizer a committee has been credited with opening up the service academies to women and More recently winning maternity leave of up to six weeks. The nine members of the executive panel Are in West Germany As part of a seven country visit that is expected to include interviews with 2,000 women in uniform. On tuesday the panel visited with about 180 women from the Numberg area. Troop withdrawal issues Are among the most serious concerns of women in the military since the perception is that Many military women Are in jobs most Likely to be Cut she said. Those who will make the cuts should consider a some of the inequities in the system that have prevented women from getting certain positions that make them competitive with their male  a they should not set up quotas but certainly understand that combat exclusion has had its negative Impact a she said. Heavy cuts in the support Fields for example would Impact More heavily on the relatively High number of women in those jobs. Women who Are mustered out will leave the scr ice with valuable skills that Are marketable in the civilian world she said. She cited particularly the value of Early leadership development. In the civilian world one said workers generally done to get a supervisory position until they Are 30 or 35 years Oja. In the military service members receive such responsibility much earlier. Minority women with military experience Wilt have an advantage in the increasingly female workforce of the next decade she said. Troop withdrawals Are an added problem for women already facing such traditional Quality of life issues As child care and medical service Neizer said. Although enlisted women More often ask for improvements in those Fields female officers arc also concerned she said because a they Sec the fallout of not having soldiers available when they need  it. Lisa rankins a Field artillery officer who talked to the committee on tuesday said she had seen a children sleeping in the Back of cars in the parking lot while parents went to physical training. Rankins assigned to the 210th Field arty brigade at Monteith Barracks in Furth also address ctr the Issue of missed training opportunities for women. A a it a been an emotional roller coaster for the past three years because no one can make a decision As to what they want to do with women in the Field artillery a she said. A a in a in Lance artillery and can Only be in a Headquarters or service Battery. I can to be in a firing Battery. As far As my Peers go a Guy can move up and a woman  despite some criticism earlier in the tour that the panel does no to spend More Lime with women Scricc members Neizer said the committee is Well versed in the issues that servicewomen bring to the 80-minute sessions. Besides she said the committee works fast. Its recommendations Tike the maternity leave Extension for example can be implemented within one year. Quot that a Good for military bureaucracy Quot she  countries require International Drivers License by Norm ze1cler travel outdoor writer the . Embassy in Vienna is reminding american travellers that they must have a valid International Driver s License to drive in Austria. A consular official at the embassy said some americans have had to pay Small fines because they did not have an International License when they were stopped in Austria. A Usa eur or stateside License alone is not. Acceptable in Austria because those licenses a a done to reflect All of the information they the austrians require a the official said. This inform Quot a a a of vehicle for e Type is valid. Tion includes the which the License the consular official stressed there has been no crackdown a we just want to be sure that people Are aware of it the requirement Quot he said. In Germany service members May obtain an International Drivers License in tempt Conaler Fyhr Erschen. They should Check with their local my office to find out what office issues these licenses. Application must be made in the locality where the service member is stationed. Application forms Are available in English. Service members must present a valid Usa eur Drivers License and a passport size photo. Family members and civilians must have passports. In the United states International Drivers licenses Are available through the american automobile association. In Austria americans can obtain a free written translation of their stateside or Usa eur License from the austrian automobile motor and touring club of amt. Hans Stepan head of the customs Section at the clubs Headquarters in Vienna said the translation can be substituted for an International Driver s License. It is available at of amt offices in All austrian state capitals. Greece Spain and Turkey also require american tourists to have International licenses. Norway Luxembourg and Denmark require an International License Only if the Driver docs not have a valid stateside License. Denmark also requires that a photograph be included on the stateside License. The Netherlands requires an International License for family members of . Service members driving a Usa eur licensed  Salute a intense revival in Eastern Europe Paris apr boy scout and girl scout programs Are reviving in Eastern Europe after decades of repression the world organization of the scout movement said tuesday after re admitting Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Scouting s status in Eastern Europe was a major topic during the first full Day of the 32nd world conference of scouting. The we Klong meeting has brought together about 1,000 officials of National scouting organizations in More than 100 countries. A in the past two years there has been a spectacular renewal of scouting in Eastern Europe. A spontaneous intense movement a the world organization said in a memorandum. The conference opened monday night with a welcoming message from French president Francois Mitterrand read by his education minister Lionel Jospin. Mitterrand hailed the movements Quot universality and said its Renaissance in Eastern Europe a shows that scouting does no to exist without  Quot you Are the upholders of an Ideal of peace and Solidarity Quot Mitterrand said. Hungary and Czechoslovakia were among several countries accepted this week As members of the world organization. Others include Guinea Comoros and newly Independent Namibia. Hungary and Czechoslovakia had scouting programs until the 1950s, when they were suppressed by communist authorities. The programs persisted clandestinely with occasional Brief periods of legalization until restrictions were lifted in 1988. Hungary now has about 10,000 scouts and Czechoslovakia More than 70,000, according to the world scout Bureau. It also summarized scouting a status elsewhere in Eastern Europe a the soviet Union there were nearly 100,000 scouts before 1917, but the movement was suppressed after the bolshevik revolution. Now scouting has revived in the Baltic republics and the formation of scouting groups elsewhere is considered Likely in coming months. A Poland an Active scouting program existed be fore world War 11. In postwar years the movement dropped out of the world organization but a Campaign began this March to qualify for readmission through policy reforms. A East Germany Romania and Bulgaria scouting movements in these countries were persecuted systematically by the nazis and their allies in the 1930s, and were never re established fully. East Germany a program is expected to merge with West Germany a after unification but in Bulgaria and Romania the world scout Bureau said Quot there Are still great difficulties to  the Bureau is the Central office for the world organization of the scout movement which represents about 16 million scouts in 150 countries and territories. The largest scouting movements Are in the United states with 3.9 million members the Philippines and Indonesia with about 2 million India with 1.2 million and Britain with 681,000