European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 letters to the editor tuesday november 29.1994 european edition col. Steven 3. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski. Editor news and editorial a both a Thor news editor Bill Walker european editor Bobbi ctr sports editor Torg Man City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 orpostfach11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to callous 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. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effla Bathen room 117, Flome str. 104. 69115 a Kjelberg it Sophon Dan 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 0622mos54. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty and Doyle Tillman. 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Death Row re Marks Here i am Reading the article on the death Row inmates nov. 14. Here we have six service members who were convicted and sentenced to death. They ate multiple murderers and schemers. They drowned their children beat their wives to death and stabbed their military superiors. All awaiting their Day of death. Why was it important for the writer to mention All but one of these inmates Are Black it s irrelevant. Also army staff sgt. Bridget Mcgill the death Row guard supervisor feels it s necessary to keep up with what s going on with  in t she a guard she says Shell Start pry ing to see if there is a problem with them and just talk to them. Excuse me in t this the Job of the mental health staff of fort Leavenworth i think she needs to be a Little More cautious of these inmates or has she forgotten Why they were sent to death Row in the first place staff sgt. Mcgill also said it s no big Deal these Guys Are just regular  hmm. Think about that. Regular folks. So what then Are irregular folks 1 i Jarro Mccaw Hohenfels Germany postal solution As a longtime Reader of stripes would like to share the solving of one of my problems with my Apo mailing address. I have never received timely delivery of any of my Magazine subscriptions although they Are sent first class. As an example i have a subscription to Forbes Magazine and it always arrives in Bunches for example i recently received five biweekly issues in the period of 25 Days. These should have arrived Over a period of eight weeks. It gets disgusting when you receive the 12 sept. 94 Issue and the 24 oct. 94 Issue both on the same Day 21 oct. 94. One was on time the other six weeks late. Then i found out that Forbes does not charge any extra postage for two and three year subscriptions so i changed my mailing address to my civilian address and the last two is sues have arrived on time. Promptly 12 Days before the Issue Date. So i be changed much of my correspondence to my civil address and so far get very Good  just think the Active duty personnel have not complained loudly enough to the right people. John c. He Ogeman Ramst Einab Germany magazines and mail working for the postal system i am very familiar. With the condition that Many of the magazines arrive in. That condition has very Little to do with the Apo Fpo mail handlers. Most of the magazines arrive in containers having been shipped the cheap est Way possible bulk rate. By being shipped in this manner they Are placed in Canvas mailbag by the company shipping them. They sometimes Are banded together sometimes not. They Are sometimes wrapped in plastic sometimes not. Mostly they Are placed loosely in the bag and delivered to the Container for the Ocean voyage. If you have been to sea you know that the ride across the Atlantic is not the smoothest and since the containers Are not packed full there is ample room for the boxes and bags to be tossed around. So they beat against each other and the poor Magazine gets the worst of the Deal. So after 30-plus Days on the open sea they have not received the finest of care still not in the hands of the Apo Fpo system. Once they finally arrive at the Post of fice of designation we have the task of offloading them then a bagging an sorting them. Maybe you could see the truth by taking a Short visit to the local Apo Fpo when the next Container arrives and assist them in this process. You could develop a firsthand knowl Edge of How they arrive and the care taken to fix the bad ones and to find a Home for the ones with half a Label. What the Magazine polishers do hot understand is that Many of the magazines they pay to have delivered second class Are mistakenly shipped via the bulk route thus arriving late and sometime two issues at a Tim e. The Way to cure that is to write to the publishers the address is inside the mag Azine and let them know How the magazines arrive and the condition in which they arrive. Also offer to change subscriptions if they do not upgrade their service to your zip code i.e., first class or second class individually wrapped. This would allow you to receive you magazines in a much More timely manner and in better condition. Remember it is better to walk a mile in someone else s shoes pitch mail a Day or two prior to con Dehning them. And remember also do not shoot the Messen Ger just because the news was sad bad. They Are Only delivering the product that was handed to them. Joe Simons Naples Italy to our readers let us know what you think 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. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary pullout from Arras embargo a Good step by Scripps Howard news service in a modest step required under an act of Congress the president has or dered american ships to cease participating in the arms embargo of Bosnia. While this change will have Little prac tical effect it has symbolic importance in dissociating the United states from an illegal and immoral embargo. Imposed by the . Security Council in 1991 on All parts of the former Yugo Slavia the import ban froze in place the then prevailing distribution of Arma ments among the several players. In reality it left some parties heavily armed with continuing sources of sup ply and others virtually defenceless. In particular one newly Independent former yugoslav province Bosnia and Herzegovina was rent by War Between its three major ethnic groups. The bosnian serbs were Well armed and steadily supplied from Serbia proper. The less numerous bosnian croats were reinforced from Croatia. Only the largest predominantly mus Lim group which wanted to preserve a multiethnic Bosnia had no heavy weapons at All and very few guns. In this situation the . Embargo prevented the bosnian from Arm ing themselves in self defense except by smuggling. The embargo itself became a flagrant violation of the . Charter which guarantees states the right to self de sense. In the past 24 months some 42,000 ships have been challenged in the Adriatic and searched for contraband. Only three were carrying weapons for the bosnian. And Only three of the 19nato ships enforcing the maritime embargo Are american. Thus the . Withdrawal from the Effort will make Little difference. Nor should it dramatically alter relations Between Washington and its maj Ornato allies. Britain and France have Long disagreed with the United states about the Wisdom of allowing the bosnian to acquire arms. Those nations have legitimate concerns for the safety of their thousands of . Peacekeepers on the ground in Bosnia which the United states would be Reck less to disregard. The United states has played Only a supporting role in the West s response to the bosnian crisis. Washington lends Airlift and humanitarian supplies to the . Opera Tion contributes planes to nato s rare enforcement actions and ships to the embargo but essentially defers to the euro Pean Powers on the policy. That policy is unsatisfactory on Many counts but the United states has Little appetite for leading a More vigorous intervention in the Balkans. For now disengaging from the Embar go is one of the few positive if tiny Steps America can take. Mark i Hearth not absolutelyanptha7 &n7& up fi�c1ku7h, a5 for. His  Wrev / /�vv3� Lynx Pont ask man&.pi5hon of think by. A my. So Linton on _ a for 7wofb&._ Flost