European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday september 18, 1991 make profit or else mar chief says program managers urged to serve family s needs by Randy Pruitt staff writer garm1sch, Germany a army business ventures such As clubs and Bowling centers should fold if they do not make a profit the commander of the army Community and family support Center said tuesday. A if family support programs fail to Foster self Reliance and growth we ought not to be doing them a Brig. Gen. Raymond t. Roe told managers of morale welfare and recreation programs. The general who is based in Alexandria va., said it disturbs him to look at a military organizational Chart because he sees a growing bureaucracy and resulting higher overhead costs that have flourished Over the last 10 years. Managers of mar programs that generate Money should Check again to see who provides a service and who does no to Roe said. A in some places you go into a gym and there arc nine people standing around a he said. A i avoided use of the word  we be got to realize we re paying for these persons and we be got to give them a meaningful  Roe got laughs when he asked a do we really need to pay for an id card checker at every installation in the . And Europe do we need a fellow whose Job description is wipe the weights off ? then we have a contract cleaner come in. We be got to get real on How we staff these  Roe stressed More efficiency at the installation level. A each level in the military seems to grow a Branch chief a division chief and of course give me a chief and 1 will give you a Secretary a he said. A give me a chief and the next thing you need is a Deputy chief and he needs a Secretary a Roe said. A you have two secretaries and you need a Secretary supervisor. Soon you need another person in the civilian personnel office to work personnel issues. This Damn thing grows and grows. Soon you need an  Roe a former brigade commander in Giessen said managers would not be Able to pin Down profitability until they re examine the efficiency of their work forces. Reducing operating hours is not the solution he said. A we need to get Tough and recognize the programs our soldiers and families want a he said. He defined want As a where the people go what the people Are willing to pay  Roe said he loved clubs but that too Many managers had a romantic notion about their building camaraderie and promoting Esprit do corps. A i think we re living in the past a he said. A we need to look at clubs differently today than we did in 1955.�?� operation desert storm also taught him some lessons about future family support services he said. A my Effort is to create a program that enables the Soldier and family member to become Independent and self sufficient so the Soldier becomes responsible for the preparation of his family should he become deployed a Roe  director for of snuffs out cigarette funds by Randy Pruitt staff writer Garmisch Germany a despite approaching hard times the air Force s new morale recreation and welfare director says there a one source he wont accept Money from a tobacco companies. A a it a the Only product that when used in accordance with the instructions will kill you Quot col. Kenneth r. Neher said. His comment received an immediate round of applause from mar leadership attending the fifth annual european mar workshop and Trade show where those attending know that appropriated funds As a source of Revenue Are about to dry up. Neher who said his father died of lung cancer about 0 years ago made the statement in response to an audience question on the ethics of commercial sponsorship for mar activities. Under air Force policy commercial sponsorship can be accepted from alcohol and tobacco companies. Signs advertising specific brands of cigarettes or Beer have become fixtures at Many mar events from Chili Cook offs to Bowling tournaments. A i have no problem with alcohol companies a Neher said. A if used properly it is a recreational product and its Fine. I have yet in my tenure to take any Money off tobacco companies and if i can avoid it i m going to  b he said his views a a also consistent with an air Force policy to discourage airmen from smoking. Most of the speeches during the four Day event which began monday have entered on coping with less Money when appropriated funding disappears from mar budgets in about two weeks. Congress issued the mandate in 1987, making it effective at the end of this fiscal year. Neher described the mar Field As a a declining growth Industry Quot which he admitted seems a contradiction. He predicted that the future air Force command in Europe would be about the size of the 17th air Force which has its Headquarters at Sembach a Germany. . Air forces Europe is presently trimming its mar staff from 74 to 56 and will rely More on Cross training and duty sharing. He said there will be More emphasis on generating Revenue command wide and cited a �?o100 Days of summer Bowling promotion that brought in $175,000 More in business this year than last. Efforts Are being undertaken for audio photo and club dining room promotions and a Winter Bowling Campaign he said. The air Force has about 8,000 mar employees on 25 bases. Some 1,100 work at Ramstein a. Starting last october Neher said Safe Headquarters transferred proceeds from Slot machines and class i stores to the bases. A that implies a change in philosophy that Headquarters is not going to be there to bail us out any More a he said. Senate oks Bill to prohibit spending on Croton base Back Home televangelist Robert h. Schuller Waves and tells reporters he feels a a terrific As he is unloaded from an ambulance at the University of California Irvine medical Center in Orange on monday. Schuller returned Home from Amsterdam Netherlands after spending two weeks in a Hospital recovering from emergency surgery to Stop cerebral bleeding. Schuller arrived in Amsterdam on sept. 1 to begin a four nation european tour. Aides found him unconscious in his hotel room the next Day. Washington a the Senate approved an $8.4 billion military construction Bill that moves Money president Bush wanted to spend on overseas bases to improving Domestic National guard armoires and Reserve facilities. The Bill passed monday on a voice vote prohibits the president from spending any . Money on a new nato air base now under construction at Croton Italy. The administration contends that the base is critically needed to protect american interests in the Mediterranean. Sen. Jim Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the Senate appropriations subcommittee on military construction called the Croton fighter base a an extravagance in the View of world  a the administration still envisions a full service full time base with 6,500 . Personnel and their dependents a Sasser said. A your committee does t agree with the Pentagon and the state department that you can accomplish a build Down by building  the bit cuts from $558.8 million to $254.4 million what Bush wanted to spend As the . Share on nato construction in the fiscal year that begins oct. 1, and slashes his total overseas military spending proposal by a total of $250 million. Sasser said More overseas bases should be closed in View of the diminished threat to National Security from the breakup of the soviet Empire. The Senate More than doubled Bush a request for building new and upgraded National guard and Reserve facilities in the 50 states. The House had earlier increased the amount from $281 million in the president s proposed budget to $471 million. The Senate raised to it to $663 million. Differences Between the House and Senate versions of the military construction Bill must be ironed out by a conference committee of the two houses before a single text can be presented to Bush for his signature or veto. Among the additions to Bush a request were $18 million in new National guard and Reserve facilities in Tennessee and $39 million for similar projects in West Virginia Home state of democratic sen. Robert c. Byrd chairman of the appropriations committee. Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas was permitted to Amend the Bill to add $55.2 million for rebuilding a Hospital school and recreation facilities and military housing at Mcconnell fab near Wichita kan., damaged by tornadoes last april. Altogether the Bill includes More than $3.5 billion for military housing. In addition it provides $971 million a $238 million More than Bush requested to pay for base closures approved by Congress in 1989 and to initiate a new round of closures recommended by a special commission earlier this year. Included in the Money is $242 million for environmental restoration of abandoned bases and $84 million to help compensate military personnel and Federal civilian employees Tor losses incurred in the Sale of their Homes in areas where base closures depress local housing markets