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Show HOME FIRES , Since America was bombed into the war on December 7 we've seen some rough going for our side. We've had to take bad news as best we could, and it hasn't been easy. Hunched over our papers, bending close to our radios, we've all passed through some dismal moments of anger and despair. Before this war is ended we'll pass through many more. Even though our factories are speeding up their production of war materials'we won't have enough -to take the offensive on a big scale for many a long month to come. We're going to have to work harder thanjwe ever have before. We're going to have to face ugly facts with courage, shut our eyes and cars to defeat, dig in and do our jobs better than ever That's ihe only way we can win. Our war industries are trying in many ways to deliver the goods as fast as possible. In addition to all their other .iobs they're trying to keep up the morale of their employees, for during the last war, when morale sagged, production also dropped. To keep that from happening this time, some plants are serving between-meals "snacks" to offset fatigue caused by longer hours. Others are supplying free home-town newspapers news-papers to counteract homesickness in workers who are away from home. Pep rallies, special recognition for extra-hardworking employees they're trying not to overlook a single thing that will increase production. Keeping up morale is a job that all of us can do, however. It's bound to be tough, giving up many of our easy comforts, changing our lives under the impact of war. But we can do it cheerfully, and we must. For back here behind the lines we've got to keep those "home fires burning." We've got to accept what we must and keep going. Indeed, that's the very least that we can do. |