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Show NEWSf1 NEWS ; . , BEHINm BJHINfi BEHIND- BEHIND BEHINDl : rites - ' THEfN BEHINDTHEfN TIlE BEHINmBy ( ( N E : l By PAUL PAULMALLON MALLON y yReleased Released by Wettem Western Newtpapcr Newspaper UnionWHAT Union UnionWHAT WHAT SIRVICIMEN SERVICEMEN SIRVICIMENARE SERVICEMENARE SERVICEMENARE : : ARE TJllNKlNGWASHINGTON THINKINGWASHINGTONOnly THINKING TJllNKlNG THINKINGWASHINGTON WASHINGTONOnly WASHINGTON-Only WASHINGTON Only WASHINGTON -Only Only - Only people free freely freely treely ly speaking speakmg their thell " minds these days dayson dayson dayson on the issues of the day are the men menat menat menat at the front or just backAlthough backAlthough back backAlthough Although they are millions strong strongand strongand strongand and will be the prevailing intlu influ intluence influence influence ence in m the country after the war wartheIr wartheir wartheir theIr views are seldom publicly re reported reported reported ported You can find out what they theythink theythink theythink think only by talking talkmg with W1th those at athome athome athome home on leave or reading readmg their let letters lettars letters ters tars to their famIlIesThen familiesTheir families familiesTheir Their Then ' common line of thought ( as asfar asfar astar far as I have been able to judge m in inconversations mconversatIOns mconversations conversatIOns ) is i fairly accurately accuratelypresented accuratelypresented accuratelypresented presented m in a letter from an army armycaptam armycaptain armycaptain captam captain received by his father a a13ewspaper ajiiewspaper anewspaper 13ewspaper jiiewspaper editor His views seem seeman seeman seeman an average of men who have rubbed rubbedelbows rubbedelbows rubbedelbows elbows with allies and matched fists fistsWIth fistswith fistswith WIth enemies to achieve aclueve a better betterrealIstic betterrealistic betterrealistic realIstic understanding understandmg of both as asI asfollows asfollows asfollows asfollowsThings I follows followsThings ' Things Thmgs look d fferent out here hereSouthwest hereSouthwest hereSouthwest ( ( Southwest Pacific ) ) and there is isI isplenty isplenty isplenty I plenty of time hme to reflect on past We life Webecause lifebecause lifebecause because life hfe out here is so prImItIve primitiveso so basic stripped of all luxuries and andI andmcet andmeet andmeet I mcet meet es that as American kids we wetook wetook took for granted as part of o1 our coun country country country try But now that we are glvmg giving glvmgI glvmgwe givingwe givingwe we have gamed gained a much finer per perceptIvea perceptivea perceptive I ceptIve-a ceptIve a - - a finer apprecIatIonAnd appreciationAnd appreciation appreciationAnd . And I for one do not desire to toquit toquit qUit until we ve ye wiped out-not out not out - not just justbeat justbeat justbeat beat do vn vu to an unconditional sur surrenderbut surrenderbut surrender render-but render but - but wiped W1ped out the youth of ofJapan ofJapan ofJapan Japan and Germany and Italy For Forit Forif Forif it if we do not we shall have ch Idren ldren Idrenwho ldrenwho Idrenwho who will m In 25 years have to fight fightthe fightthe fightthe the children cluldren grow ng up m In those thosecountnes thosecountries thosecountries countnes countries now-with now with now - with warped minds mmds mmdsBut mindsBut mindsBut But will America Amenca get soft sot ' 1 I 1belIeve Ibelieve Ibelieve belIeve she is yet and will go easy easyon easyon easyon on them I suppose the Amencan American Amencanpeople Americanpeople Americanpeople people still refuse refl1se to face Impen imperi Impenallsm imperialism impenahsm allsm alism But they damn sight hetter better hetterlearn betterlearn betterlearn learn qwckEnglIsh quickEnglish quick qwck quickEnglish English mandates are bemg being bemghanded beinghanded beinghanded handed back on a silver platter out outhere outhere outhere here to the English Engilsh governor as he hemoves hemoves hemoves moves m In agam-Islands agam Islands again-islands again again - islands practically practicallybathed practicallybathed practicallybathed bathed In marines marmes blood There IS ISone isone isone one I can think of at present and andback andback andback back to dear old England it goesThIS goesThis goes goesThis This all may sound bloodthIrsty bloodthirstyto to the average civilian very comfort comfort- comfortable comfortable comfortable - - able and safe m in an easy chair m a acarpeted acarpeted acarpeted carpeted home Changed9 Changed ' ? No I Ihaven Ihaven Ihaven haven t changed at all I al vays vaysthought vaysthought vaysthought thought thus I Just lust ] ust got acquamted acquainted acquamtedwith acquaintedwith acquaintedwith with primitive instincts Instmcts that I fig figured figured figured ured I would never have to know knowBut knowBut knowBut But I must rely on them now to pre preserve preserve proserve serve the civilization I learned atmherst atSnilaerst at atmherst mherst \mherst Snilaerst \ mherstIt SnilaerstIt It seems strange in a way to get getacquamted getacquainted getacquainted acquamted acquainted with the ways our old oldpIOneer oldpioneer oldpioneer pIOneer ancestors d d things thmgs We We1 1 . ke b.e be he they hew our homes out of the theforests theforests theforests forests live s mply and plamlyStrange plainlyStrange plainly plamly plainlyStrange Strange how habits stick to a afellowgood afellowgood afellow fellow-good fellow good - good and bad The des re reto reto reto to keep clean for instance mstance under underthe underthe underthe the most d fficult flicult of onditions ondihons They Theytell Theytell Theytell tell me marines marmes would bathe and andwash andwash andwash wash clothes in rivers nvers and streams streamsalmost streamsalmost streamsalmost almost under fire-so fire so fire - - so strong w was ts < the theJabit thehabit thehabit Jabit habit ! from ear earlier her training trammg to keep keepclean keepclean keepclean keepcleanEven clean cleanEven Even now washing washmg clothes IS ISpretty ispretty ispretty pretty primitive prlIDItIve I 1 usually do mme mine mmeon mineon mineon on the hood of a Jeep seep ] eep with the front frontend frontend frontend end half way into IDto the stream Makes Makesa a good wash board and a fast run runnmg runfling runnmg nmg fling river furnishes furmshes plenty of waterDon waterDon water waterDon Don t think Just ] ust because we are arein arein arein in the service we don t have opm opin opmIons opinions opmions opmionsYes Ions IonsYes Yes and they will be brmgmg bringing brmgmgthem bringingthem bringingthem them back-a back a back - a strengthened respect respectfor respectfor respectfor for the American way of life We a first firsthand firsthand firsthand hand knowledge of o1 the mterIonty inferiority mterIontyand inferiorityand inferiorityand and competition of other systems a ahatred ahatred ahatred hatred of political deceptions or orsmall orsmall orsmall small talk propaganda m in short a anew anew anew new realistic real1stIc knowledge of the theworld theworld .orld orld world . 0 $ > 0 ' 0 < > 0LEGISLATIVE < > LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM PROGRAMDEFIES PROGRAMDEFIES PROGRAMDEFIES DEFIES ANALYSIS ANALYSISIn In and out of o1 congress eongress the re react react react act on to Mr Roosevelt s many manysIded manysided manysided sIded new legislative program sound sounded sounded sounded ed partisanly squeaky or devastat devastatmgly devastatingly devastatmgly mgly ingly qUietThIS quietThis quiet quietThis This was almost necessarily so soThe soThe soThe The ideas themselves defied stra ght ghtcomment ghtcomment ghtcomment comment or analytical SIftmgFor siftingFor sifting SIftmg siftingFor For instance mstance the President pro proposes proposes proposes poses to get the power to draft peo peopIe peopie peopie pIe into mto Industry m order to pre prevent prevent prevent vent strikes But there already is isa isa isa a law supposed to prevent strikes strikesd d rectly the Smith Connally act actprovid actprovid actprovid provid ng a cool ng off period penod gov government government government ernment seizure and penalties ( Un UnIon Union Union Ion leaders shouted a few months monthsback monthsback monthsback back this was lascistic fascIstic robbery of oftheIr oftheir oftheir theIr right to strike ) Mr Rooscvelt Roosevelt Rooscveltdoes Rooseveltdoes Rooseveltdoes does not propose to amend that or ormake ormake ormake make it strongerTh strongerTh stronger strongerTh Th s new law which he now wants wantsIS wantsis IS not one to draft strikers into U t tl ! e earmy earmy earmy army or make them work but to al allow allow allow low him to draft everyone women women(18 women18 (18 18 ( ( to 50) 50 ) as well as men (18 18 ( ( IS to 65) 65 65)mto 65)into 65)into 65into ) mto into any work he chooses by proc proclamat proclamat proclamat lamat on Thus the proposition is to topunISh topunish topunish punISh all tor for the sins of the labor laborl.n1ons labort laborunions laborunionsThen l.n1ons ln1ons t . coons l.n1onsThen coonsThen Then again agam th s Aust n Wadsworth Wadsworthbill Wadsworthbill Wadsworthbill bill was proposed a few years ago agostrictly agostrictly agostrictly strictly as a manpower shortage shortagemeasure shortagemeasure shortagemeasure measure But the President did not notmention notmention notmention mention a manpower shortage as a aJust ajust aust Just ) flcatlon lication fication for attempting attemptmg to re reVlve revave revive Vlve vave It |