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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by me department of defense or the Star end stripes of the products or services advertised. Toys waste space what a going on 1 1 have been embarrassed by my coun i -1. Tryman and their perceptions of other people s problems but none More so than when a French officer asked me Why the United states is wasting precious cargo space on Relief flights to bring toys into Bosnia and Herzegovina when the United nations cannot even bring food to its own soldiers How Many thousands of people Are going to die this Winter from starvation and hypothermia because food and heating fuel is not available but Barbie dolls and crash test dummies Are whoever came up with operation Santa Quot did so with their hearts and not their brains. Relief convoys have All but stopped since a . High commissioner for refugees Unher civilian was shot by one of the warring parties on oct. 25 this year. Even though an agreement was reached by mrs. Ogata last week in Geneva Only a fraction of the new convoys have been allowed in. Heating fuel is Worth Over $10 per liter on the Black Market and . Soldiers have been shot at checkpoints because they have no food on them. If people Are so keen on doing something to help those people in Bosnia and Herzegovina donate food and clothes Start collections to buy fuel tanks and diesel or other specific necessities give Money to establish Relief agencies Ana lobby the croatian serbian and Bosnia and Herzegovina governments to Stop the fighting sending toys to this Region makes about As much sense As the War that is going on Here and sadly Only supplies a few More Good intentions that Are paving the former Republic of Yugoslavia s Road to hell. A capt. Brian Freeman Zagreb Croatia according to a Hessen state spokesman the Frankfurt Post Exchange will be replaced with a new police Quot Presidio Quot which will House 2,500employees. I m a Little unclear on what s happening Here. From previous articles i thought the germans wanted the pm site so they could build apartments to ease their acute housing shortages. Now you Tell us our German neighbors Are going to tear Down Burger King Etc and build a Spanish penal settlement run by the Poti Zei what gives a Jim Purkhiser Rhein main a Germany Stop the Back stabbing when my husband first went Active duty in 1988, people in the military were willing to work together. If you did t know How to do something or needed help doing something someone would be there to help. At that time you could admit you were not perfect. Now with the draw Down people in the military Are less helpful. Military people Are afraid to help others for fear of making themselves less valuable workers. They fear for their jobs. Instead of helping they Start stabbing people in the Back. Now you feel that you must be perfect or you lose your Job. I thought the military was supposed to be a team. You can to be a team if people Are not working together. In a team people have to help others when they Are needed. A team does not Stab each other in the Back. When a person helps another person does t that show that they Are a valuable worker i feel that a person who is willing to work with others and willing to work As a team is a really valuable worker. To me that is a person who is a real asset to the military. To me the person who is out to get others in trouble is not a team worker and is d deficit to the military. A Trudy Moor Kapaun air station Germany Way out of proportion i can understand that we May need an increase in child care fees but Why so much Why did my child care fees go from $194 to $280? i done to know what inflation rate the government was using that would cause ones fees to increase $86 a month $1,052 a year the letter writer of Quot stay at Home Quot nov 30 ends with Quot they want Quality care and to finance better Quality you sometimes have no Choice than to raise the  notice some new toys which is Good. I do agree to the Price increase but the rate of increase should have matched our pay Rise of two percent. A Patrick Austin Seibech a Germany editor s note j the Holiday season has produced a Short age of letters therefore this feature has been abbreviated. In place of letters Well present comments by our stable of columnists. Meanwhile we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us expressing viewpoints or opinions that Are published daily on this Page. All Fetters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Resene the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes,un�29480,Apo a 09211. Commentary Case against Joe c. Is going up in smoke by Paul Farhi the governments Case against Joe Camel appears to be burning out. Almost four months after its staff recommended Banning advertising featuring the cigarette puffing cartoon character the five member Federal Trade commission remains divided of whether to take action. A a we re in gridlock Quot said one source Friday. The commissioners a Haven t buried the Matte but its gravely ill a health organizations and Public inter est groups have been pressing the Etc for several years to seek a ban on Joe Camel ads asserting that the Campaign by  Reynolds tobacco co. Encourages children to smoke. Attorneys general from 27 states also have petitioned the Etc to begin Legal proceedings against the ads the Etc has never officially confirmed it is considering action against Joe Camel although the staff recommendation has been widely known since Midsummer. Agency officials declined to comment. Joe Camel became a ubiquitous figure in magazines aimed at Youthful read ers beginning in 1987, and is often depicted As a the smooth character on billboards. Heavy advertising of Joe Camel helped revive re re a venerable Camel Brand. A a spokeswoman for . Reynolds which is fighting the would be ban said her company was unsure where the matter stood because Etc officials Haven t contacted Rwjr for weeks. But sources said the decision to sue Rwjr is languishing within the Etc because the matter raises thorny Legal issues advertising Trade organizations As Well As the american civil liberties Union have argued that government efforts to banish cigarette advertising Are a violation of the first amendment and would set a potentially dangerous precedent. A a this is not a Cut and dried Case a one source said. A it s on the Periphery of settled Law and that is difficult for the commission,., i think its an ugly baby that showed up on their Doorstep. They done to know what to do with  the commission s inaction has frustrated anti smoking advocates who say they too have seen indications of a stalemate within the Etc in recent weeks. A when you consider that 3,000 kids Start smoking each Day to have the commission sit on something of this magnitude is really a Public health travesty Quot said Scott Ballin chairman of the coalition on smoking or health which includes the american cancer society american heart association and american lung association a these ads Are clearly targeted at kids to sell an addictive and dangerous  anti tobacco groups cite studies including one in the journal of the american medical association in 1991 showing that children As Young As 3 years old can identify Joe Camel and link the character to cigarettes. But Reynolds counters with government surveys showing that smoking among teens has declined in the past five years. Spokeswoman Peggy Carter also said no research has proven that simple awareness of a Brand leads teen agers to smoking. The company s Camel character she said is aimed at smokers of Legal age. See Honey 1�?~mpolng the theorists a favor. 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