European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14si letters to the editor 1 tuesday november 30,1993 thes european edition a col Steven s. Hoffman. Usan Cotor Tartaf put Tisheff. Bernard a. . Edh. A a Quot news and Volt Oral of born a ats he Novra editor bin Eute Goan editor Bow Deltef sport editor Kaoro manat. Cited dior a to write us unit 29/tgo Apo a 09211 or pos Laeh 1114 3?. 04270 Darmstadt Germany a news Tel fax 06150-001416 to callus dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255, 282, 228,326. Sports ext. 225,269,263,332,321,22l features ext. 230.245,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education a cml Jones ext 226. Business news ext. 326. 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I done to know what he is thinking but Jiaqi pays for quarters of he wants to receive bad so the calculation is justified he should move out of quarters and on the a Economy. 1 also done to understand Why  pie who have two incomes that is Why Cou pics need child care most of the time can to . If you have a part time Job and you need child care but your fees come up to your part time income Why done to you quit or look for a higher paying Job. Tie letter writer says that Bas is to cover his food which i am sure he spends. Then he says that he has to feed his dependents out of his own pocket. Get real. Docs he expect the army to feed his dependents that is Why you work and make Money to support your dependents. The writer did not state if his wife works but if they can t afford the child care fees. O t of them should quit working and stay Home. This will save to Nam Money and the children Wilt have a Parent at Home. He says that it is unfair to dual military couples. I strongly disagree. I think it is Only unfair to single soldiers with children because they have no other Choice than to work and use child care they want Quality care and to finance better Quality you sometimes have no Choice than to raise the Price. Cd. Shivas. Sorg Hof Germany a a racist commandant i was appalled by Gen. Carl e. Mundy  racist explanation that Quot test scores show minority officers do not shoot swim or use compasses As Well As Whites a so apparently they Are not promoted along with their White counterparts. Mundy did no to want to say that Blacks arc less intelligent so he contrived some feeble explanation. A too bad that Young Black marines did no to find Mundy out much earlier because it May have saved them a lot of pain anguish and bitterness after repeat edit being passed Over for promotion. Dany Young minority marines put their life on the line just like their counterparts without knowing their commandant indulges in racism what kind of signal do Mundyk a remarks Send Toi Black officers and enlisted soldiers of the Marine corps or even worse what Type of message is he Send ing to prospective Young enlistees if i were  Black Man or woman and i heard the Quot top dog commandant of the Marine corps make such a statement in Public i certainty would not want to enlist in the Marine corps. In when i think about Mundy Nis ideology and his position As the commandant of the Marine corps it makes me sick to think of the thousands of Young hardworking and intelligent Black marines that May have gotten passed Over for  motion. The civil rights act was passed nearly 30 years ago but some racists will never change their demeaning attitude toward minorities. William Price Wiesbaden Germany described As our task Force Smith As a military professional i too share your concern about Quot the Price of failure a i will apologize in Advance if indeed you did your time in Mogadishu i have not and were therefore qualified to criticize our Brothers in arms if not then confine your criticism to your living room As you spend time Quot watching new footage of our troops moving through the streets of Mogadishu.�?�. I take grave exception to your criticism of Quot Junior officers and noncommissioned officers failed to enforce standards statement. While you were Quot watching new footage a i am sure you Felt the same fear and terror As those on patrol. It must have been frightening for you to fall Asi Cep at night amid the Small arms fire and impacting mortar rounds. It also must be extremely courageous for you to Deal with the Day to Day stress and fatigue of not knowing if a snipers round would leave your daughter without a father or a Mother without a son. It is an affront to the Brave men who lost their lives trying to satisfy in. And National objectives through military Means men who performed their Mission admirably a men who were there. A Ells Cov. Barrera Stuttgart Germany editor s note affront to troops in response to Quot task Force Smith nov 21ill make two assumptions on your behalf you Are a seasoned Veteran of operation restore Hope and you alone could have made a difference in Mogadishu since you understand All the problems associated with United nations operations beginning with our commander in chief to the Basic Rifleman. Having assumed what your qua Ifica. Tons Are i  agree with you More about taking a Quot hard look at what you we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published daily on this Page. All. Letters must by signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit tetters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. I commentary women s Hall of Fame by Kay Mills. Los Angeles times who among us remembers or in deed Ever knew that Alice Hamilton was the pioneering doctor whose investigations led to Laws protecting workers from harmful fumes and Lead poisoning or can recount one accomplishment of crusading journalist Ida Wells Barmett. Yet when i said that i was going to visit the National women Shalt of Fame established in 1969, More than one cynic questioned the need for a women shall of Fame. There Are baseball and football Halls of Fame a and friends just spotted a dirt Bike Hail of Fame. Nobody questions their legitimacy but such a flippant reply denies the educational Opportunity presented by the question and education is part of the halts Mission. When 35 women were inducted into the National women a Hafl of Fame last month even the women a history junkies e resent Learned of women about whom we and known virtually nothing. We heard from Helen Stephens about How she went from a school with no athletic programs for girls in Fulton mo., to capture two Gold medals in the 1936 olympics in Berlin. Stephens pointed to another rationale for this Hall of Fame. In the 1930s when she had to scrounge for a sweat shirt and pants and run in floppy old Tennis shoes Mildred Quot babes Didrikson Zaharias was already winning athletic events. Quot i thought a if she can do it so can a a a said Stephens. Quot there was somebody out there making a  Zaharias path led to her induction to the Hall in 1976. Today Young women seeking inspiration can see both Zaharias and Stephens achievements enshrined on Walls near plaques honouring Eleanor Roosevelt actress Helen Hayes or artist Mary Cassatt the Hall also honors women who have helped preserve their own culture or protect working people. Katherine Siva Saubel of Banning calif., spoke in the Cahuilla language that she has helped record while receiving her award. Dolores Huerta co founder with Cesar Chavez of the United farm workers urged More research into pesticide related cancers she said Are killing Field hands children. The Hall of Fame is located in Seneca Falls n.y., site of the first . Women s rights convention in 1848. That session at which women demanded not Only the vote but also educational opportunities and the right for married women to own property was convened by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. They too arc enshrined in the Hall. History is one of those subjects that must be nurtured in every conceivable Way. That is what is so important about the Park service museum and the privately run Hall. One Way or another you have to draw people into an understanding of their past or they will spend years reinventing the wheel. I hum. H m v nor pm no a 4 pc to at of Uoka met pm lot it Olaf