European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 20, 1992 . The stars and stripes b Page 7navy warns Gays on Roth scholarship by the new York times Washington the naval Reserve officers training corps is requiring All Roth midshipmen to sign an affidavit saying they can be discharged and forced to pay Back their scholarships if they Are found to be Gay. The military services and service academies have for years required their members to say whether they Are homosexual and whether they had Ever engaged in homosexual activity. The hew Navy policy seems to reinforce the regu lation and make it Clear that it Means to recoup education and training costs if an officer is discharged for homosexuality. For years an army and air Force form has required Roth students to answer questions about homosexuality. The service academics use the same form. The services have threatened to Force students discharged Over homosexuality to pay Back their scholarships. But Legal experts said they believed none of the services had recouped Money. The timing of the Navy a policy has prompted Gay advocates to accuse the Navy of a vindictive Campaign against Gay men and women in the military in the waning Days of the Bush administration. President elect Clinton has said he will lift the nearly 50 year ban on homosexuals in the military sometime after he takes office Jan. 20. A i consider this inquisitorial affidavit a totally unwarranted intrusion in the private lives of american citizens a rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., and a senior member of the House armed services committee said in a statement. Schroeder sent a letter to defense Secretary Dick Cheney on tuesday protesting the affidavits and asked that the Pentagon suspend the requirements that Roth students at colleges and universities sign the document. There Are 7,109 midshipmen in training programs according to the Navy t hey Are commissioned As Active duty and Reserve officers. Other Gay advocates said the policy represented an increase in efforts to enforce the recoupment policy. It costs an average of $52,907 to train a Roth midshipman the Navy  fan of smoking now Janei Sackman once a pitch woman for Lucky strike and Ches 33 years of smoking led the protest at the site of Werfield cigarettes holds an advertisement featuring her during the Viiginia slims championship seeking an end a demonstration outside new Yorkus Madison Square Garden to the company s sponsorship of women s Tennis on wednesday. Sackman who developed cancer As a result of see tournament Story on Page 25.Relief group fights hunger in us. Boston apr the famine Relief organization Oxnam which operates in Africa Asia and latin America is turning its attention to the hunger problem in another Region the United states. A a you done to have to go overseas to find the third world a said of Fame a John Hammock. A a the third world exists in the United states and in Urban As Well As Rural  Oxnam scheduled fasts and other activities for thursday to kick off its . Initiative. Celebrity studded a hunger banquets will be held in Boston Hollywood Minneapolis hit. Paul new York san Francisco Seattle and Washington . In september the Tufts University Center on hunger poverty and nutrition estimated that hunger has increased by 50 percent in the United states since the mid-19s0s and that 30 million americans now go hungry. Hammock president of Boston based Oxnam America said the organization will provide development assistance rather than direct Relief in the United states starting in Rural sections of the South. Oxnam begun in London during world War ii will focus its . Efforts on arranging credit for Small Farmers providing Money and technical assistance for local advocacy groups organizing mortgage guarantees and supplying labor to build housing. Requests for emergency food assistance increased 26 percent in major american cities last year according to the . Conference of mayors. There Are an estimated 50,000 food Banks and soup kitchens operating in the United states according to the organization bread for the world. They serve 20 million people at one time or another every  placed on Pentagon s Friendly list Washington up the Pentagon has listed Russia among those nations considered Friendly to the United states in a test program for foreign military equipment. Wednesdays announcement said the defense departments foreign comparative testing program for the current fiscal year would try out a russian aircraft ejection seat to Sec if it might be Worth buying for . Jet fighters. A under the foreign comparative testing program a the announcement said a selected. Defense equipment produced by nato and other formal allies and by other nations considered Friendly toward the United states is tested and evaluated to determine whether such equipment satisfies defense department requirements. A in the past it was unheard of that the . Military would include Russia or its predecessor the soviet Union on a list that included a a Friendly countries such As Britain and Sweden. The announcement said the evaluation a is encouraged because a Purchase of readily available foreign equipment May satisfy the requirements of the . Military services More quickly or at a More competitive Cost than a full scale . Research and development Effort. A foreign equipment included in the program must be no developmental meaning that it is already known to work. The russian ejection seat the k-36, proved itself before a crowd of thousands in a spectacular escape at the june 1989 Paris air show. There soviet test Pilot Anatoly Kvetch or was making a Low level pass Over Lebourget Airport in his Mig-29 Jet fighter when its right engine stalled and the plane flipped into a crash dive. Kvetch or ejected at an Altitude of less than 580 feet. Two seconds later the plane hit the ground nose first buried itself up to its Tail Section and exploded in a Bright yellow fireball. The pilots Parachute deployed and he landed nearby with Only minor injuries. One of the desirable characteristics of russians k-36 ejection seat is that it senses the pilots position relative to the ground at the time of ejection and propels him to an Altitude where his Parachute can open safely. In the Paris air show escape however it worked even better than it was expected to do. Of the other 21 items of foreign equipment that the Pentagon selected for evaluation eight were developed by Britain three by Germany two by France two by Sweden two jointly by Britain and Sweden and one each by Australia Canada an italian israeli team and an International nato consortium. Army corps of engineers to Cut Washington a the army corps of engineers will slash 2,600 jobs and close division offices in five major cities in a nationwide Belt tightening officials announced thursday. Corps division offices will be closed in Chicago Dallas new York san Francisco and Omaha neb., the corps said in a statement. The work of those offices will be performed in restructured offices in Poston Atlanta Cincinnati Vicksburg miss., port land Ore and Honolulu officials said. The corps is the nations largest engineering Agency with about 40,000 civilian and military employees. The cuts were brought on by the nations budget crunch and resulting pressure on the Pentagon to slim Down. The first phase of the reorganization beginning in february is aimed at streamlining corps Headquarters and division offices. A the plan will result in an annual savings estimated at s115 million and the reduction of 2,600 positions in corps offices across the country by 1995," the statement said. A the plan is essential to the future of the corps and the benefits Are significant a said it. Gen. Arthur e. Williams the corps commander and chief of engineers. A reorganization will demonstrate a Strong and continued commitment to our people our customers our partners and our  Williams said the corps has developed a placement program to find new jobs for those who Are affected by the cutbacks and do not wish to relocate should they want to remain with the corps. It is possible they could find jobs in 15 new technical centers being established in several cities and five administrative centers. A we Are committed to providing every authorized Benefit for our members who Are affected including moving expenses Home purchases and flexible schedules for reporting to new assignments a Williams said