European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes wednesday april 1,1992tusllpfs cd Roper Edmon cot. Gcn8 8. Towns no u8af commenter usher Cennano a. Nov Krotki editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Waleker  sports editor spool a sections editor to write us unit 29460 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237, 255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225,269, 263,332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Kan Otu Aon building 103, Carl sebum Chaam Apo a 09069 tale Phona ets 342 0659or it Man 0471-59752. 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I received All three letters on March 18. It is Clear to me that mail is being held up somewhere along the Way and not being dispatched in a timely manner. I got about the same service during desert shield desert storm under the old system. Clearly the new system is not delivering As promised. A Gordohn. King Bremerhaven Germany a a a outraged by scandal Are our politicians above the Laws that they create it seems like More and More politicians have no Pride nor do they have any qualms about breaking Laws. Only now that the general Public is concerned about the amount spent in bad checks Are most politicians coming Forward. Its no wonder the United states is having trouble balancing the budget when its politicians can to even balance their own Check books. And to make the situation even More unacceptable the politicians will in All probability receive a slap on the wrist. Meanwhile Many soldiers and civilians who Are convicted of writing bad checks Are treated As criminals. As an american citizen and a former Soldier in a outraged by politicians who were allowed to abuse the system. A Laronia Neu Bobingen German double standards could you please explain to me Why some 350-Odd members of the government can Bounce checks repeatedly some for As much As $8,000, and nothing happens to them on the front Page they were trying to justify defense Secretary Dick Cheney a Check problem. Then on the next Page there was a report of an airman going to jail for six months reduced to lowest rank and sentenced to forfeit $200 a month. What kind of punishment will happen to All these members in the House of representatives a spec. Christopher s. Weiss Mannheim Germany a a a Brace for a Witch Hunt it will be amusing to read the Many letters of indignation from the righteous readers Over your article a it faulty Usa eur Job grades if we read past the headlines on the front Page we see that maj. Gen. . Fiala chief of staff at Usa eur from 1984-88 reported that positions were misclassified and graded too High in 1987. The pea civilian personnel evaluation Agency study in 1991 found that the 87 percent grading accuracy in Usa eur was higher than the 83.7 army wide. Does this Tell anyone something sure its the system. The two cases reported As examples in Frankfurt and Stuttgart present the questions what has been done about them and much More poignantly what was done to the officials that flagrantly disobeyed standards and directives probably nothing More than a slap on the wrist. To placate the allegations of this article in a sure All the pos civilian per letters to the editor sonnet offices Are going to go on a Witch Hunt starting with the gs-3a who should be gs-2s, while the is 11s who should be gs-9s remain protected by the system. My sincere compliments to Joseph Owen and David Tarrant for the Well done article. A Robert l. Stevens Firth Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are i published daily in this space. All Etters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Too letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Apfell to Jael Soonbo sets example now that to Jackson has retired from both of his sports i know that people Are going to say he was a failure. The injury was what brought him Down but it was not due to All of the pressure of being in football and baseball. The injury that to had could have happened to any other nil running Back. Out of the few athletes who have Ever had the capability to play both football and baseball to definitely had the most Success All around if More people would read his Book titled to knows to then maybe More people would appreciate what he has done not Only for sports but in setting an example for children growing up. A James Holley High Wycombe England a a satisfy starving Eagle i support . Efforts to provide Aid to foreign countries to a certain extent. With our Federal deficit soaring How can we possibly be responsible for exterior progression while we neglect our own Interior recession our first concern is to sift foreign Aid through a Sieve and direct the bulk of the Money toward our own needs. It is True that we spend $3 billion to $4 billion on welfare each year but if there Are still homeless on our streets then apparently we need to spend More. I think its Fine to a feed Hie hungry Bear a but Isnit it about time we first satisfy the starving Eagle a Steve Vuillermet Berlin stick with it Guthrie i recently read an article that told of Singer Arlo Guthrie a efforts to set up a Home for orphaned children and people with aids in a Small town in Massachusetts. The article then went on to say that some of the people of that town were totally a supporting and against his efforts. Well i say three cheers for Arlo. I Admire him very much for what he is doing and 1 feel that we seriously need More people on this Earth like him. 1 am astounded at the Small minded attitudes of some of the people of that town. A Kara Evers High Wycombe England pass letter on i sincerely Hope everyone who read the letter to the editor a follow Schroe Der March 23 will Cut it out and Send it to his or her congressional representative. 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