European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Page 16 letters to the editor monday August 1,1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hop Man Usa commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor _ news and editorial Deborah aether nows editor Bui Walker european editor. Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to  us unit 29480apo a 09211 Orost Facell 143764278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 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 Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Hei Oelberg Germany Joseph own room 117. R6morstr, 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23.421 Mel fax 06221-27239. 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Pride in country recently we have All been hearing a lot about How America is going Down the  every Day in the news we hear about murder unethical politicians and  rates. But i ask one question How could anyone not be proud of our country America s beginnings were based on the foundations of Freedom. Our found ing fathers Long ago realized that the Only Way to live was to live Freenot forced into a Reli Gioli or lifestyle they did not choose. Imagine travelling thousands of Miles spending several months on a crowded snip with Little to eat or drink Prog Ressing Only toward Freedom knowing nothing about the place you Are going to spend the rest of your life except that you will spend it free to choose your own Reli Gion and lifestyle knowing that it is up to you to build a Home and Plant a Garden to feed your children. But even in the face of All of this these settlers were willing to risk everything they owned and everything they were to reach the land of Freedom called Ameri Ca. Maybe these Early settlers saw some thing in this land that modern Day americans have forgotten. Against All Odds driven Only by the be Lief in the absolute rightness of the Home they had created a Young country with tiny army and minimal supplies Defeated the English arid won the very Freedom " and Independence we enjoy today. We have certainly made our mistakes tragedies such As the civil War Hiroshima and the Vietnam War made their in of fan us Marks in history but we Learned from these mistakes and moved on. Today the United states of America is probably the most powerful country in the world and again we Are seeing  ple fleeing to America on crowded boats with no food and no idea about their future but still these people risk death for their Chance in our  if we spent enough Tim searching we could rediscover what is so special about our country. Maybe if we stopped taking for Grante Ehne Freedom that our forefathers fought to give ust we could again feel the Pride in Pur country that she deserves Christy Carpenter. " Simonella Italy _ _ saluting medics i feel Many times it is overlooked when a military medical staff does a great Job. You hear More complaints than anything else. This time a Gudit is Gwen Whereat is most definitely deserved. Our daughter was in the 95th combat support Hospital in. Heidelberg Ger Many for 10 Days. We had the worry for our sick child and the stress of where we were going to stay so we could be close to her taking into account we were 145 Kilometres from Home the Gasthaus was no big help. To be Frank the staff was extremely rude the heat inside the Hospital and out was miserable for everyone but through All this the staff in the emergency room night shift the intensive care unit Ward 5, social services and Many others were All great. _. I Frame never been in a Community where everyone is so pleasant and caring. I cannot stress enough How important this attitude is and the atmosphere it pre sents. C Kristine Pyell. Freiburg Germany invade ., instead invade Haiti if the president is so hellbent on get Ting rid of thugs and criminals in our hemisphere he a got work enough right in the United states. Forget port aut Prince we could use a Domestic search and destroy operation or two in Atlanta Cleveland Detroit Miami and los an Geles. Invade Haiti absolutely not. Jim Purkhiser Rhein main a Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters 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 Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601 463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary Congress bogs Down on its own Reform when in doubt about a name the Reform minded Republican said he refers to democratic congressmen As or. Chair Man figuring that there Are so Many committees it s a Good bet the title will fit. There Are 266, counting subcommittees House and Senate. Since. Democrats head them and there Are 312 democrats in _ Congress California rep. David Dreier s bantering guess gets Good Odds. He talked about it in the House com. Planning of inaction on congressional re form legislation that would Cut the number of committees As part of an Effort to improve the Way Congress operates. Much of the legislation is inside stuff procedural parochial and easily shelved in the final weeks of a Congress that has More compelling business at hand. Items like committee realignment to web year budget ing and curbs on proxy voting Don t mean a lot away from the Capitol. But Reform does especially after ethics episodes like the House Bank overdrafts. The Reform Issue took hold in the 1992 Campaign and is a challengers theme again this year. All that helped get the joint committee on the organization of Congress created in the first place to draft changes that would make things work bet Ter. After a year 36 hearings and 240 wit Nesses the panel proposed relatively mod. Est changes for each Branch including one aimed at reducing congressional payrolls by about 12 percent Over the next five years to match reductions that Are supposed to be made elsewhere in government. _ Walter r. Mears there was to have been action Early this year but the Reform package is stalled in part because of other priorities in part because changing the system has to affect somebody s pow ers and the eld ers who have it Don t yield it willingly. There some thing flattering about being addressed As or. Chairman even if it is because the other Guy forgo your name. And it s More than a title because committees have staffs and the chairman is the Boss. Politically the Best Selling item on the Reform list is a measure that would make Congress subject to the Laws it passes on employee rights civil rights health safety the whole array of requirements the government sets for Pri vate business. That s a marketable Issue a sure fire applause line since the 1992campaign. Dreier said there s a Guaran teed standing ovation for the Congress Man or candidate who tells the crowd Congress should t be exempt from Law that cover everybody else. So a Bill on that score is Likely to be approved but separately not As part of the Reform package. That would strip away one of the Selling Points for the More technical Side of congressional re form. But even that is Complex. Critics object to any provision that would subject Congress to regulation by the executive Branch agencies that make the rules for private employers on grounds that it would breach separation of Powers. To get around that problem there would be separate compliance offices in Congress. So it still would t be the sys Tern that covers everyone else. Even so a compliance Bill could put a popular re form vote on the congressional record be fore the nov. Selections. Republicans say they want More seeing an Issue in All  blame the democratic establishment that controls Congress for inaction on broader Reform efforts. It is ironic that the majority leadership appears to be in favor of just about every kind of Reform. Except re form for the Congress itself said rep. Bill Emerson of Missouri As House re publicans tried unsuccessfully to Force action on the whole package in mid july. _ and there Are Republican proposals for Jar More drastic changes in the name of Reform term limits the balanced budget amendment and item veto Power. Republican rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan is campaigning for a National referendum system so that voters could Tell Congress what they want done on such matters. Get ready,-1 he told the House. C the associated press mrs.d7jerbw he i woj Vathap thzmd5t&makki  you think a  u6ht? Jet 6&t i would them Peak i accept. Hou it what if weft Toff makpjag6 proposal jul tops Orr