European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor 1_ wednesday october 12,1994ihesalpes european edition _ col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Oab Orab Aba her new editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manee City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 64278 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. 208,400. Education Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326,. R news bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bat Hen. Room. 1t7, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 3707010 or civilian 06221-23421 Telela 06221-10554. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer end Doyle Tillman. 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European command the appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services standards even though the army has Many double standards the one that is at the beginning and the most prevalent is its attitude towards women and men in the military. The Basic Rule of thumb for the foundation of our society is that All men and women Are created equal with inalienable rights and responsibilities. Even though the original reason for people to come to America was in search of religious Freedom our founding fathers and mothers saw to it that All freedoms were guaranteed in the Constitution. The double Standard of women in the military starts with draft registration. All american males at the age of 18, Are required to Register for the draft. All american females should likewise be required. The reason that this is not currently taking place is to fill out the combat arms specialities during time of War. Hello. If you include women in the draft they could be placed in the noncombat support specialities freeing up More males for the combat arms. This brings up my second Point women should be allowed to serve m any military specially As Long As they can meet the same physical and mental standards for that specially. This definitely includes combat arms. Now the reason our leadership uses to dismiss this idea is that women s bodies Are built differently from menus. Just like in Basic training women a physical conditioning can be brought up to Standard or else change the standards. Once a woman chooses and meets the standards she should be allowed in any mos this is still an All Volunteer Mili. Tary. A a. A a a a a a a a. The american military should be setting the standards for american society by leading the Way. Women for years have complained about equal pay for equal work. How about equal work for equal pay if the military is going to pay an e-6 female in a medical Field the same As an e-6 male in the infantry the female should be allowed to choose her profession As Long As she can meet the same standards. A after serving in the . Army for More than eight years seven with Many awards and commendations i have seen Many double standards. However none with As much clarity As this. Until the military starts treating people uniformly Ana not As individuals this will truly not be a great military or society. David e. Wustermann Lan Stuhl German misleading information i would like to Correct a few errors in . To pay to return retirees bodies sept. 29. The first and most glaring error is the headline. No one will pay for the return of the retirees bodies but the families of the deceased. The Bill however authorizes the shipment of the remains from an overseas port to a . Port of entry on military aircraft on a space available basis. This action while costing the government nothing could save $1,000 or More for the family of the deceased. The second error was to credit Only the army for getting this legislation passed. The Safe Retiree Council has backed this proposal for As Long As the usar eur Council has had it on their Agenda. In recent years we be had Tri service meetings Here in Europe and Nav eur has added its support As Well. All three services have taken repatriation of. Remains to the respective service Retiree councils and requested department of defense support for this humanitarian Issue. A a t we re proud that Congress has seen fit to Grant retirees this privilege and we re proud of the work that All three service Retiree councils have done to help bring it about. _ Norman a. Hershfeld Kaiserslautern Germany done to have a problem with that at All but i do have a problem finding a proper Container without having to drive 25 minutes to get to one. I work in the 115th postal co at the equipment service Center Kaiserslautern Eckand we get a lot of plastic bags when the mail comes in. We reuse what bags we can and the rest we have to throw away but the problem is that in the whole Eck area there is Only one Small Container. Every time we try to take the plastic bags Over there it is full already and it seems like they Only empty it once a month. I drove on Kleber Cavern and i believe what my eyes saw. Some of the containers were locked up and the ones that weren to were full of trash spilling out and a big reject sticker on it because they had mixed trash in it. What Are you supposed to do when you have garbage we done to have time to always drive to Vogel Weh. Why can to they provide More containers if you want us to Recycle our trash then put out More containers. And for those people who Are not throwing their trash in the proper Container Stop. You re making it harder for the rest of us. Curtis n. Thibodeau Kaiserslautern Germany l to our readers recycling problem if you have Ever tried to take your trash out you would have noticed that nowadays they want you to Recycle. Now 1let us know what you think we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary health care push Sank Clinton reforms a by Scripps Howard news service knee deep in the wreckage of almost passed Bills Congress has headed Home. The nearly Complete failure of the democrats 1994 Reform Agenda can be traced above All to one source. A clearly decisive was president Clinton a overreaching on health Reform. The push to enact Universal health insurance never recovered from the unveiling of the presidents unwieldy health Security act. The More politicians commentators experts and citizens Learned about the complexities of the health care system the less they trusted government to design a comprehensive overhaul without making matters worse. The failure of health Reform had other repercussions. The Lack of bipartisanship in the first lady a health care task Force Early in the process alienated an already naturally wary opposition on Capitol Hill. As the debate unfolded and the White House was weakened republicans Long frustrated by minority status were pm v bold ened. Even As it mired in deadlock health1 care monopolized Washington a time arid attention. By the time other issues came up for final votes a combination of divided democrats and energized republicans smelling Victory in november a midterm elections brought most Bills Down to de a feat. A a a a it would have been unrealistic to expect any other outcome. Still the gop filibusters would not have succeeded without Congress irresponsible habit of cramming every Bill full of dubious provisions and publishing the legislative Lam Guage at the 11th hour a take the Surprise last minute drive to Block lobbying Reform. A the final Bill contained regulations on nonprofessional lobbyists onerous enough that a once publicized by fax and radio in the last Days of the session a they provoked a Public outcry. Organizations ranging from the american civil liberties Union to the Christian coalition were incensed at elaborate registration and reporting requirements burdening anyone who was paid More than $2,500 or who spent More than $5,000 of their own Money in a six month period to Contact High Federal officials. Regrettably gop mobilization came too late to Stop another Bill. A rare item passed last week was an education Bill that goes far beyond renewing Federal Aid to elementary and secondary schools. It imposes sweeping new Federal requirements on schools despite the presidents lip service to local control. Congress disbands much More polarized than it convened this year a which is Fine going into an election the democrats Laid out their inflated ambitions the republicans mostly stymied them. Now let the voters choose. Sip John. Youre probably w0nperjn6-who is1he re Al Michael Roy or. ? Well he s a Seuah who feels passionately that elective of Ces Are for Sale \. I believe in that message in fact Pur no my House Campaign 1spent to for every vote i got just to get that message out now there will be cynics doubters. Who say a Senate seat can to be bought. Buti motto prove that they re wrong wrong wrong goo for you say coup 1 have my. 80bucks upfront sure where s my Wallet boy hey Kip Over Here
