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Physic a Handicap of Caf Raffl Kalfon or any other non Mam a Dor Ltd tie Purche Eer user or doing the Job this is in response to the recent readers action line a How to minimize pcs nightmares May 26. The writer states that during his recent reassignment to Germany he had several items missing. Why did he have to write the stars and stripes does no the have claims Legal and personnel offices on his installation Why did no to these offices answer his questions sounds like someone is not doing his or her Job. In Man aircraft technician. If i done to perform my Job drastic events can happen and i would be held accountable. But service members who work in these offices can make mistakes a or something even worse not provide a member with the whole picture about career moves reassignments finances Etc. A and then something drastic happens. It seems they Only give the Basic information and the rest is one big secret. Then we must resort to writing newspapers to get the information. A staff sgt. Phillip s. Willoughby a Germany a thanks for being Here As my wife and two children Complete our fourth and probably final tour in Europe we particularly want to thank and compliment everyone involved with arts armed forces radio and television service the stars and stripes newspaper and a amps bookstores. There were hundreds of organizations supporting us and other military families Here in Europe but none that contributed More on a daily basis to our Quality of life than these three. You helped a lot. What you do is important. Thanks again. Chief warrant officer 3 Dennis l. Driver Numberg Germany a abuse of authority this is in reference to the article a disabled sex Sailor loses Appeal Over hazing May 18. In this age of civil rights and Public awareness How can our government and the american Public countenance such flagrant violations of civil and human rights the justified outrage Over the Rodney g. King Case Speaks to this Issue. Four policemen bludgeon a Man on the ground and get away with it. Now sailors on the aircraft Carrier Forristal hang a Sailor upside Down take turns hitting him in the stomach and later hold him Down while another Sailor jumps repeatedly on his Back. The sailors Back is broken. He is discharged from the Navy with even his personal injury claim denied by the Navy. His subsequent suit against the Navy is dismissed because of the 1950 ruling that Shields the government from being sued for injuries received incident to military service whether the result of authorized activity or not. Something is shamefully wrong Here. My fifth Grade students Are studying Early american history and our Early heritage and Pride in Freedom of speech and of the press the rights of the individual and of society. What am i to Tell them about fairness and Justice after an incident like this we observed memorial Day in rightful Heartfelt gratitude to the Quot magnificent men who gave their All a As Gen. Georges Patton would have said. How about a moment of tribute for those whose hearts and lives Are broken by abuse of authority meant to protect and provide for those very same men How about Justice for them a Shirley ice Ascham Tinburg Germany editor s note a it letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters 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. 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, Apoate 09211.fight racism together after the verdict in the trial of the officers who beat Rodney g. King i be been increasingly concerned Over the state of affairs in America. Justice seems so far from the reach of the common Man today. In be read the letters in the stars and stripes with much interest hoping to find some intelligent suggestions of How we As reasonable people might band together and fight such injustice. One of those letters May 30 prompted me to write. The writer describes his feelings when he first saw the infamous video and later during the trial. I Felt the same sense of outrage anger and disgust. When the verdict was announced i was sickened As i was when the riots began. But i must differ with him when he said he Felt a tempted to take the. Action the people of California he goes on to say that its time for a viable alternative to hate bigotry racial inequity and senseless violence. To All this i agree. But to espouse exactly what he condemns is inexcusable. All those who killed and beat the innocent looted burned and destroyed during the los Angeles riots brought themselves to the same level As the animals who beat or. King. How one can say that the loss of life was necessary is beyond me. Change must be made and quickly. And not a band Aid for a social Haemorrhage either. We All must Register to vote and use our rights As americans to change our society. Or. Martin Luther King showed us that non violent protest can be effective. The responsibility is upon our shoulders to make our society Safe and just for All people regardless of race. But change does not take place on its own. We cannot fight racism with racism. We must work together and raise our voices As one if we Are to Ever get ahead. A a. Farkas Ettlinger Germany done to Point Finger a act this is in response to a Pitfalls of racism May 15. There a More to poverty than Lack of motivation. The fact is Blacks in America have been mistreated for about 373 years. In various forms from blatant to the More Subtle discrimination is still prevalent today. The minority programs that impeded the writers education exist if things like Jim Crow Laws Hadnot existed. The inner City strife be so profound if not for this same racial injustice. Go there and see if people get the same education or if youths worries of survival Are the same As other adolescents worries. Ethnicity in the forms of to shirts and slogans is a response to the racism and part of ethnic Pride but in a lot of instances they do just exacerbate the problem by going too far a for example a a it a a Black thing you now Blacks and Whites Are stinging from the Rodney g. King verdict and the following riots have shown America and the world just How racist both can be. Blacks and Whites Arentt the Only people in America though. Koreans hispanics asians jews iranians native americans and others All share this melting pot. People Are discriminated against in varying degrees but we should Stop pointing fingers and act productively. Vote protest and March. Draw the governments attention to such problems As health care education and poor communities that Are screaming for help. A Richard Coppage Wiesbaden Germany a a a not gratuitous killing the controversy Over the Monument to sir Arthur Harris which commemorates the Brave men of the rafts bomber come is another attempt by germans to either ignore or rewrite history to suit themselves. The Central Point in their outcry is a look How we the very least the bomber Comdr a assault made military sense at the time As an attempt to Force Germany to surrender. The bomber War was not gratuitous killing in support of a governments theories of racial superiority. Yes the germans did suffer but not As much As those upon whom they inflicted their aggression. Please remember that for whatever reasons . Taylor notwithstanding the germans started the War. The British saw the War As one of survival Between the forces of tight and civilization against the dark tyranny of fascism. I think the Raf bomber Crews deserved better than they received and should have a Monument to commemorate their sacrifices to halt a foul tyranny from overwhelming Europe. A Warner Stark Heidelberg Germany a a a Zama High reunion we Are looking for students who have attended Zama american High school in Camp Zama Japan. Please Contact Zama alumni association co Miya take 99 Teaneck rd., #307, Ridgefield Park . 07660. Phone is 201 6412105. The reunion for All classes is scheduled for june 26 in Arlington a
