European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Has a right to attack Japan so business ways re a a Andy Rooney we be had Touchy business of late with the japanese. Americans Don t take the Dee. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor lightly. The japanese and americans Are big business friends these Days and we done to Call them japs anymore but there s a lingering american resentment of Japan and the japanese that 50 years have not erased. Its unlikely that this resentment will go away while there a anyone left alive who fought world War ii. We should have known the japanese were coming 50 years ago. There have been books written suggesting Roosevelt did know. It seems unlikely that we knew any of the details though. To remain undetected the japanese Armada approached the hawaiian islands along a route no one Ever used. They had even sent an Ocean liner on the same route the year before As a test run. The liner s Captain reported that he Hadnot seen a single ship on the trip. That s what the japanese High command wanted. Spies had Given the japanese an accurate report on the location of every . Navy ship in the Harbor. At 7 49 ., 183 japanese torpedo and dive bombers struck. By 8 12 ., our Fleet was devastated. The Utah was sunk the Arizona blown up the Oklahoma capsized the California sinking. A second wave of 168 japanese planes arrived at 9  And finished off the West Virginia. The Nevada was run aground by a Quick thinking Captain before it could sink. This 50th anniversary of those events has been a bad time for americans of japanese origin even though Many of them Are As Loyal americans As any of the rest of us. When i wrote about the Large amount of real estate the japanese own in Washington d.c., i got a dozen angry letters from people of japanese descent accusing me of encouraging mistrust and making life hard for them. I Felt badly about that but in a not in the pub Lic relations business. Facts Are facts. Japanese americans Are in a Tough position and no one forgets or would want to have us repeat our unfair treatment of americans of japanese descent during world War ii. Should i not have pointed out How much of our country is owned by the japanese because it makes us suspicious of them i heard someone involved in a to document try about Pearl Harbor say that with All the Jupa Frankfurt Bookstore flips through English by de Reavis staff writer Janet Kretz Dorny a newly opened English language bookshop in Frankfurt Germany is a Welcome addition to the cultural life of this Multi cultural City on the main River. A when we opened in May our concept was and has remained not Only to introduce English language books to germans but to provide books for americans and bilingual children. We want to be your Community Bookstore abroad a Kretz Dorn said. Kretz Dorny a store called the Little professors bookshop is a Small cozy place in Sachsenhaus san that part of Frankfurt devoted to Apple wine and entertainment. A we Cany All the american Best Sellers a she said. A your German customers like to read them in the original English. But we also order any Book in any Quantity which is a service for teachers. There a no longer a need to Call or write Home for that special Book. We sell our books at the Canadian Price in dollars which is outside the Usa Price or  the shop mirrors Kretz Dorny a education background. A graduate of new Yorkus Columbia University with a degree in education she a particularly interested in promoting Reading skills in children and the youth. One of her two shop rooms has children chairs for kids to relax and browse. A we know the curriculum guidelines for each Grade and we chose to Stock interesting books with corresponding formats to meet those goals Quot she said. A we also Hope to help Counselor develop thematic libraries As bibliotherapy for their  Krezdorn said she carries books for children and the youth with Subtle didactic messages. A we have All the classics but we done to have nose business interests in the  there a a lot of pressure to soft pedal the worst aspects of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. One thing the japanese can t accuse us of is having held any grudge that interfered with the business they do in the . We have been almost totally open to japanese business at the same time they have been almost totally closed to us. They won t even buy Rice from Texas Farmers. The japanese government and japanese Industry have collaborated in a Way that would be illegal in our country. Government help allows japanese companies to dump products in the . Below Cost until they be driven out american competitors. At that Point they can raise the Price As much As they want. Maybe the . Government ought to sponsor Ford. Chrysler and general motors in Japan. Pay them $2,500 for each ear they sell in Japan. Wed sell corvettes in Tokyo Tor less than they Cost to make and keep it up until there were two american ears in every japanese driveway and Honda was bankrupt. Maybe that would Force the japanese to open their Market to american products. The japanese Rise to world dominance since world War 11 and the British decline is one of the most amazing stories in the history of the world. There is no question the japanese have been doing things extraordinarily Well. Its too bad one of the things they be done Well is exclude . Products from Japan and its too bad we have to recall our past relationship with the terrible memory of Pearl Harbor. Tribune Media services Andy Rooney is a former stars and stripes reporter Janet Krezdorn heard James Baldwin say done to let others Tell you what you  s4s de fee Vii summary notes because children must read a she said. A we do have Shakespeare in the classic comic form and Many thematic Type books a for example the Sweet Valley High series which deals with problems of High school youth such As love interracial friendships and so on hut also the Well known series twins. Babysitters club choose your own adventure Encyl Pydia Brown Saddle club and Many  the shop also carries a line of children and youth books on the environment and All the hot subjects such As the Ever popular ninja turtles. Krezdorn said her literary interest got a Hoost from a Brief but unforgettable meeting with her neighbor s famous son James Baldwin. A i ran into him in front of the House in new York one Day. He was visiting from Paris. He looked Down at my full of books and said Janet always do what you want to do and done to let others Tell you what you  a a the Little professor s bookshop at Frankfurt s Diesterweg Strasse 10. Is not tar from the main River on the museum Ufer Shore Side it s two subway stops trom the Hautop tache going toward the Southi station Sud ban hot the shop is open from monday to Friday from 12.30 . To 6.30 ., on thursdays until 8pm and on saturdays Tram 10  to 2  in december the shop is open on saturdays unlit 6pm december 15. 1991 sunday Page