European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New life Eastern germans head West continued from Page 15. And sometimes having to ask him in russian. Their 20-year-old daughter Eugenia is studying full time at a government funded language school. A next they will take a computer course to try to catch up in their professions though they Are no longer Young a he is 48, she is 43 a both Are still optimistic. Quot we grew up under hard conditions. We done to have Many demands.�?�. Keller said. He is sure they will eventually be Able to work in their chosen professions. Of the people they know who have emigrated from the soviet Union Quot we done to know. Anyone who Hasni to found work Quot. Keller said. Not everyone is so upbeat. Christina Bieganski sat at her table with teats streaming Down her Cheeks in broken German she poured out her troubles. Quot i work hard for 25 years in Poland. I i How Long must wait for work for  c a. Bieganski who is 48, came to Germany with her 12-year-old daughter Yvonne from Bydgoszcz German a Bromberg in Poland. She remembers Welt the Date they arrived sept. 10, 1989."i Haven to had a Normal nights a sleep in two years six months a she said. She worries constantly and takes pills far her nerves to that time they have lived in three Ceil Federil �?T��?Ttemporary1�?T worries a a a they have been at the Oberre Fenberg Center for More than two years. The scenery is wonderful rolling Hills and Evergreen forests interspersed with Patchwork Fields. But it is a mile to the nearest bus Stop and 10 Miles to the. Nearest major town. Frankfurt is nearly 20 Matfes away. She cannot get a Job because without a car she is too far from a City. She cannot buy a car because she has no Money. She cannot get any Money until she has a Fob. She wiped the tears from her eyes As she described her plight in More detail. The waiting the hopelessness her health problems she has High blood pressure and heart problems Quot no Chance. I have no . Quot we thought it was different Here. We thought we a would find an apartment Quot she  tells a Story of endless visits to government offices of officials who Are unsympathetic and impatient Over her poor German. It pains her that her daughter must accompany her and Quot translate everything hear All my  v. A 1. Quot i am a German my father was born in Germany. Why do i have so Many problems Quot she said. But the future looks brighter for the vast majority of the resellers. Maria Gogolin came to Darmstadt two years ago from Dzier Goviea German Oder aide Poland with her husband and her two boys. Now she has a third son. Her husband has a steady Job driving a forklift at the opel Plant in nearby Russel sheim. They have no regrets about emigrating. /.  Quot there is hardly anybody who has gone Back Quot Haben said. Oskar Keller was even More emphatic "nobody1 has a longing to go  action Lin explanation of fees at child care Center it i would like to Point out what i consider a serious flaw in the services of the child development Center system. A -. A. A. A a a a. Situation i received temporary duty try orders to it. Bliss Texas three Days before i was due to leave. My child attends full Day child care and has been for the last year. Due to emergency leaves of my baby Sitter and alternate baby Sitter i quickly opted to take my child to relatives for my period of try relatives in North Carolina and i am a single Parent. When i informed the child care facility of my plans i was informed that i had to pay for her space $200 per month or sublease it to a child her age. If i did t do this i had no space to bring my child Back to. I would be put on a waiting list starting from the Bottom which currently has hundreds of names and a wait of several months to a year. A a a. -. A i realize that the child care facility is also a Money. Making business and can t afford to let. Space be left empty but the overcrowding and Long waiting lists Lead me to believe that As a service to the Soldier family a feasible solution could be devised to assist soldiers for periods of absence due to official military orders by John Tagliabue new York times five months into German Unity tens of thousands of Eastern germans continue to ,. Embark in a Westward trek in search of fobs and what they Hope will be a brighter future. Most of those fleeing Are Young Mobile people with their children leaving behind a society increasingly marked by age and inaction a social scientists compare the dram to the toss of a. Young mate workers in underdeveloped regions of Europe. Be the. Italian South or. Eastern Turkey and warn that the immense population shift May irreversibly. A transform Eastern Germany a the very statistics of the Migabon have become mired in political haggling with focal leaders in the East stressing the continued flight to stir Aid to staunching the Haemorrhage a White their counterparts in the West strive a to play Down the numbers to avoid panic. What Tittle is known is that since Germany s currency Union last july 1, roughly 11.0,000 easterners have moved West according to estimates by the German Interior ministry in Bonn. A a a a. A a a they followed More than 470,000 who travelled Westward Between october 1989, when East germans began feeling through Hungary to West Germany and the Middle of 1990. East Germany had about 16.7 million people before the upheaval of 1989 and West Germany More than 60 Mufti in. A a a a a a a a -. To Saxony the largest and most populous of the states of the former East Germany and once the regions Industrial heartland. 8,000 to 10,000 people Are leaving every month according to government officials there. A though the statistics Are not broken Down government officials and Independent researchers agree that the vast majority of those Reading Are qualified people in their 20s and �?T30s with their children. A these Are highly qualified younger people who have a Good Chance of finding  said Robin Schneider an expert on migration patterns at the German Institute for comparative social research. Increasingly he said a pattern is emerging of. Husbands migrating to the West to and work  quarters to be allowed later by their wives and families. A the biggest problem is that in Small scale industries i was informed by the supervisor of the child care facility that they would try to assist in subleasing the. Space but i was still the person responsible and there. Was no priority to place me on the list when i return. -. As it turns out it will be a mighty expensive try unnecessarily and the Little bit of stability As a child family member is unnecessarily in jeopardy. A 1st sgt. Dorothy a. Albritton Hanau Germany Roger Mooney Usa eur child development Center program director replies thank you for the Opportunity to answer your question about child development Center fees during try. We Hope this will help others As Well. 1. Centers incur the same costs for staff and supplies regardless of whether a child attends. Parents who have children enrolled in army centers generally pay less than half of the full Cost of care and less than half the. Prevailing rate for comparable child care in Continental United states conus civilian communities because child development centers Are subsidized with appropriated funds apr. Despite this apr support centers still must base income estimates on projected Parent fees and budget a expenditures. If. Centers were to return Parent fees each time a child , Revenue would be substantially less than budgeted. A i a m to Fil Ipa City worker file Streetcar tracks in Leipzig. Pub tic transportation is greatly used in to Ftp depressed Eastern Region of Germany. And smash businesses the qualified people ate gone a Schne Kef said. A you will have to pay a High Price to gel them Back which for most Saab businesses Wilt be  at businesses which failed to create new fobs in the East. From existing factories in the West they have preferred instead to tap the huge new markets for consumer goods that opened with the collapse of communism. Indeed Large Western German mail order houses like Quelle and Otto bus in thousands of Eastern German workers daily to workplaces in the West where they handle the immense surge in orders from Eastern Germany for everything from dresses to dining rooms make in the West. A a while Western Germany booms recession unemployment and insecurity Are driving the East s a Young to pull up stakes and seek their fortunes in the West. Vav a. -. A currently some communities waive fees when parents Are on emergency leave but do not waive fees for try. In most cases when there is adequate Lead time the Community will fill the child a Slot temporarily and thereby not charge the Parent on toy to hold the space for the child a a a., a therefore you will probably not have to pay the fees from the Date the replacement child took  s. Space. When you return your child will be Able to go Back into that child care space. ,. A 1 a additionally a fee policy recently published by. Usa eur effective in october 1990, encourages communities to waive fees when personnel Are on official military orders including try. To write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort a a striving to answer some of the questions. About life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are. Not readily available. If you have a question and Don t know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 the stars and stripes monday March 25, 1991