| Show i What hat Readers Think Where Would We Be Without Army Reader Asks Editor r Telegram In your paper of August 7 Mrs JEW of Salt Lake City says in part Soldiers have an extremely p or reputation so far as I am concerned and Ive I've told my daughter ter that if she ever everso so much as as' goes out with a soldier on a date Ill I'll make her wish she Poor girl Its It's Just such mothers moth moth- ers who Instill evasive and misleading misleading misleading mis mis- leading reports In their girls in regard to their evenings evenings' ties And Just such mothers who are responsible tar for a lot of the discontent of some of our boys in the army And where would we be without these same boys in the army A year ago these same boys were clerks bookkeepers mechanics me me- salesmen etc earning a e. f fair ir wage But now in the uniform uniform uniform uni uni- form of Uncle Sam at 21 a month Its It's its it's so different Why Yet the soldiers are cleaner morally physically and mentally than 75 per cent of your present present pres pres- ent eat room pool-room dance hall bottle toting Lotharios who are In 85 per cent of your drunken drivIng driving driving ing crashes and run hit-and-run es es- es- es How many soldiers have been arrested for drunken driving driving driving I ing ups hold burglary etc The soldier Is subject to rigid discipline and comes out of the army a better man than the shell that went In I have worked among soldiers for three years have a son who served a four- four year hitch at Fort Douglas and Hawaii and know whereof I speak I have two daughters of my own and should the time come when either wanted to date a soldier I never would object ob 01 object ob- ob on the grounds that he was wasa a soldier providing he passed the same inspection as a civil civil- ian If a t mother cant can't instill the correct standards in a girl by bythe bythe bythe the time she is 18 and has to watch and govern her every move then God help that girl when she does bust loose Frank E. E Settle Base Morale Officer Answers Critics Critic's Letter Editor Telegram It would be unfair to the men of this command command com corn mand and of the army navy and marine corps if this office were to permit Mrs J J. J E. E Ws W.'s letter in August 7 7 paper to go unnoticed unnoticed unnoticed un un- un- un noticed and unanswered Mrs J. J E. E W. W may I ask you youa a question or two First have you had the pleasure of meeting and knowing our men Secondly Second Second- ly do you sincerely believe that when your neighbors and friends' friends sons or any of these fine Salt Lake boys were called to the colors that they reverted from fine young men to the type you insinuate that a soldier is Thirdly do you honestly believe that a suit of clothes makes a difference in the breeding or of a man Fourth are you ashamed of the uniform the men wear the men arent aren't Fifth are you one of those that that because because of refusing these men strangers men strangers at your doorstep proper companionship companion companion- ship drive them to such im improper improper improper im- im proper companions and then point fingers of scorn at them Mrs J. J E. E W. W our men have pride an and ani do not riot go where they are not wanted and its it's sure that if you would divulge your name they wouldn't attempt to date your daughter On the theother theother theother other hand if you could let me know your name I would be benJy only too happy to e escort cort you to toone toone toone one of our Y W C A dances for instance to our service lounge to our entertainments so that you may see for yourself that our boys in uniform are Just a bunch of swell cut clean-cut American American American Amer Amer- ican boys Just like the kid next door Charles L. L First lieutenant air corps Base morale morle officer All men are created equal reS regardless regardless re- re S of ra race e creed or color end and whether a man be Jew or Gentile he may think what he hed hed d deems e e ems rn s fit Representative Re Michael New York in his last speech in the house a afew afew afew few minutes before he died of ofa a heart attack Mother Advises Critic to jl Me Meet t Daughter as Friend 1 Editor Telegram I wish to i voice my opinion on the letter written in the August 7 Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram by Mrs JEW I do not agree with with Mr Mn JEW about all soldiers having heving i poor reputations I do not riot be believe be lieve that a person can general genena ize about the morals or 1 tion of any anyone one group and condemn con them because of the mis InIs deeds of a few offenders The selective service and end the army are calling young men men from all walks of life and many fine boys are leaving goo good homes where they have been properly trained to meet life lile and are going out into strange surroundings and duty and these boys because of a uniform will wui willbe be no less gentlemen than then they were in their own homes and I Ifor Ifor Ifor for one would have no qualms In having my daughter meet them From her earliest girlhood girlhood girl girl- hood she had the training which prepares a girl of 18 years of age to conduct herself properly and if any woman does that she need have no apprehension about men whether they be soldier sailor marine or civilian As a mother of a grown son and daughter aughter I would advise Mrs JEW JEv to meet her daughter daugh daugh- ter as a friend and a confidant and she would not hav have to threaten her with dire consequences consequences conse conse- in event she disobeys disobey We all hope sincerely that the boys will not have to be away from home long but If they are areaway areaway areaway away a long time and become very lonely I cannot help but feel that they will be much happier and much better men for the friendship and confidence dence of some lovely young girl who knows how to bring the nicer t things ings into his life Ilfe ARK j Soldier Expresses Belief s Critic Has No Sons Editor Telegram Im I'm a soldier of small importance but Im I'm M u asgood good a citizen as any civilian in Salt Lake City Im I'm afraid Mrs J. J E E. W. W has overestimated her ability to see both sides of a question Evidently Evidently Evi Evi- dently she doesn't realize that we were civilians before we were soldiers What she said is throwing throwing throw throw- ing a slur upon the mothers of the boys who have ave signed away awayan an Indefinite p period of their lives to protect the lives and security of da daughters and sons of mil mu lions of of other parents not riot to mention the parents themselves Perhaps she thinks that at my ray mother mother- didn't raise her son or orthe orthe orthe the hundreds and thousands of other mothers didn't raise their children as efficiently or as well as she raised her daughter daughter- that's a matter of opinion but I Ii know that I myself and thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of the other boys will put th their ir mothers' mothers ability at being betag mothers against her or any other other- woman who feels that her hed h daughter is too good for a sol sol- sol sol-i i dier Perhaps she would prefer to tOA have this great army dIsbanded Perhaps she thinks the boys would be any different than they were in the army Perhaps she thinks this nation needs no pro pro- If so she stands alone Nobody is forcing Mrs J. J E. E Ws W.'s daughter to go with a sol soi- sol sol- dier diem She has a mind of her own If she were a boy and Mrs J.E. J.E. J.E. J. J E. E W. W apparently hasn't any ani ant would she want him to sit at home because other women women thought their daughters were too good for him R. R D. D Father of Enlisted Man r Deplores Womans Woman's Attitude I Editor Telegram As AJ the father father fath fath- er of an e enlisted n 11 5 t e d man in inthe inthe the Field artillery medical med med- ical detachment I want to say that the letter Jetter of Mrs J E. E W. W is an unwarranted scurrilous scurrilous ous attack on the men who wear the United States uniform who are sworn to protect their country country country coun coun- try and unfortunately women like Mrs J. J E. E W. W All I can say is God help a daughter with a mother like that Dick Thompson |
