European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 3, 1990 the stars and strides Union s lawsuit funny the recent article titled a teachers Union files lawsuit on revised school Calendar Quot is the funniest thing in be Ever read. As a Dodds teacher and As a member of the overseas educators association the Union ask Gen. Crosbie Saint the parents of our students and interested others to a forgive them for they know hot what they  my Union Nas forgotten who our clients Are Gen. Saint and or. Joseph Blackstead have not. How could sea president Jack Rollins and the of fice of dependent schools officials who produced the original worldwide Calendar fail to consider the traditional Holiday period of the military this is when the military families take leave if school is still in session children Are taken out of school. I commend Gen. Saint and or. Blackstead for Carin about learning As Well As teaching. Gen. Saint is charge with the welfare and Well being of All those under his command in Usa eur. In a sure to an interested commander in chief this includes looking at potential clashes Between the school and military calendars. At the school level we do this routinely. Any school which schedules open House without first looking at Field exercises is bound to have Low attendance its painfully obvious that this routine needs to be considered at the ods level As Well. In a disappointed in our sea lawyer Mike Bauern Feind. Surely interest in promoting the welfare of the military family is not seen As interference if this action of changing the Calendar is viewed As a direct interference in the bargaining relationship Between sea and Dodds then perhaps sea needs to review the Pur pose for having overseas schools. After All we Are Here in support of the military Mission they Are not Here to support us in our european lifestyle. A military school fits its scheduled Calendar to the needs of the military a not the other Way around. A name and location withheld editors note a Michael Bauerfeind sea general counsel replies in 1946 the three military departments started an education system for dependents of military personnel serving overseas. Each department managed a different geographical area. The army ran the schools in Europe. The diffusion of management control and Lack of uniformity within the school system caused considerable concern in the Congress. In 1976, Dodds was established As a sole entity responsible for operating the school system. A the military departments were left with the sole function of providing logistical support  Gao report to the Secretary of defense nov. 4, 1982. Whenever military commanders seek to control and manage the department of defense dependents schools they do so in direct opposition to the Public Law. Dodds educational managers operate the schools not military Field commanders. Beginning in the fall of 1989 Dodds Headquarters solicited input from the military and from the sea the teachers association on the school Calendar for 199091. The sea suggested several changes. The three Mill tary department commanders provided input in feb Ruar of 1990. On March 5 a to vex message was sent to All commanders and interested parties by Dodds stating a after Caref til consideration of a variety of recommendations it has been determined that the following Calendar will be adopted by Dodds for the 1990-91 school  the Winter recess would be from . 22 to Jan. 6. Quot a a a a without any further Opportunity for educators to respond the military leadership was Able at the european schools Council meeting in London on March 15, to Force a unilateral change in the Winter recess. Recess begins now mid week on . 20 and runs until Jan. 3. In forcing Dodds in Europe to change the school Calendar the military leadership challenged another Law. The civil service Reform act of 1978 guarantees to Federal labor organizations the right to collectively bargain Over changes in the working conditions of employees. Once the Calendar was agreed upon and adopted any further change should have been discussed with the teachers association. This was not done. Hence Legal actions were taken against Dodds and the military. The Reader s statement a a military school fits its scheduled Calendar to the needs of the military not the other Way around a is inappropriate. Dodds is a Public school not a military school. The mls Sidn of Dodds is to educate students not fulfil the needs of military commanders. This is the will of the Congress not the  a a a a a a. R ?. Quot y. A Quot a Reader denounces Asylum for terrorist the French president has demonstrated very Well How to encourage terrorists worldwide to carry on their attacks knowing that they will have a place to Dine and wine. Granting the ousted Lebanon terrorist general Aoun political Asylum at the French embassy in Beirut Lebanon is by itself state sponsored terrorism. General Aoun had murdered thousands of innocent people demolished half of East Beirut ripped off Over $60 million in Cash from various Banks companies and individuals yet is in a Safe Haven Courtesy of the French president. A a a a the iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been the main supplier of Aouni a two year resistance against the lebanese government As Well As the people. This explains Why More French nationalists have been freed from Iraq than others and this explains Why Saddam Hussein in his letter to the iraqi parliament said the legislators should discuss freeing French nationalists held in Iraq and Kuwait. He said such a move would be a sign of iraqis Friendship with France. The French government however has been Well known for its fishy diplomacy with some Shady groups in Lebanon and this is not to be taken for granted. As a lebanese american and proud of Iti think the ousted general should be put to trial for All it of his crimes without the intervention of the French government or anybody else for that matter. This is a lebanese Issue and should be dealt with accordingly. I was not against the idea of allowing his family to leave Lebanon but Aoun should be handed Over to the lebanese authorities. If not Lebanon should suspend All diplomatic relations with France and the lebanese army should storm the compound and pull Aoun out by his ears. A. A a Aoun is a terrorist and should be brought to Justice. Please let us not forget that Justice should always prevail at any Cost. A name and location withheld Pago 11arm Landers dear Ann Landers i read with interest the comments about overcrowded ladies rooms men seem to have no such problem. My social life takes me to events ranging from football games to opera and Ballet. The Long lines i encounter outside the toilet facilities Are a terrible nuisance. 1 have wet my pants More than once. When i get desperate 1 enlist the help of two or three women and we invade the menus room which is invariably vacant. One woman stands guard while the others go in. Its a shame that we must subject ourselves to this indignity. There ought be a Law. A puddles in Wilmington dear puddles there is a Law no Wand soon there will be others. Read on v a a a. Dear Ann Landers Tell your female readers in California new York Virginia and Washington that recent legislation a dubbed a the potty parity Bill a a squatters rights and a restroom equity a mandates that in new Public buildings there be at least As Many toilets for women As there Are toilets and urinals for men. Your readers in Illinois Michigan Georgia Mississippi Vermont Pennsylvania and Mariana should know that similar Bills Haye been introduced. Men As Well As women in other states ought to urge their Legislatures to support these efforts John f. Banzhaf Iii professor of Law George Washington University Washington . From Santa Barbara i was married for 20 years and raised two daughters. I can attest to the fact that women can attend to their bodily functions quite rapidly when they Are forced to. So Why do they take so Long because they Are. Make up combing their hair applying perfume an hand lotion straightening their stockings and probably on a gossiping. Chicago several years ago students at the Uiti Versley of Chicago did a time study and found out that it took a woman three times longer to relieve herself than it did a Man. One reason ninety percent of the women washed their hands. Fewer than 30 percent of the men did Pensacola Fla its biological Ann. Studies at Cornell University showed that females average 80 seconds at the fixture while males average 45 seconds or. Sandra Rawls research at Virginia polytechnic showed females averaged 179 seconds in the bathroom while males average 85 second Columbus Ohio please read the riot act to the owners managers architects and builders of stadiums Arenas Heaters restaurants schools shopping centers museums and All Public places that must have restrooms they owe it to the Public to have adequate facilities. St. Petersburg when is America going to grow up in Europe bodily functions Are considered natural. 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