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Show n e , wausrv wausrvThe The Private Pnvate Paper Papers PapersOf $ 01 0/ 0 0a 01II / a II Newspaperman NewspapermanThis This Is a personal pefSonal messaee message to a afew afew few irresponsible American Amencan womcn women womcnwho womenwho womenwho who do not realize real1ze the headaches headachesthey headachesthey headachethey ! they are re causing some of our Com Corn Commandmg Cornmandmg Cornroandmg mandmg Officers-by Officers by Officers - - by causing heartaches heartaches heart- heart heartches - - aches ches to our fighting men Thusmessage TIlls Thus TIllsmessage Tlusmessage message was suggested by Govern Government Governmeat Governmeat ment meat and war leaders who appar apparently apparently apparently ently are concerned about a certain certainmatterand certainmatterand certainmatter matter-and matter and - and here it isA isA is isA A fighting fightmg man is only as good ashis as ashIs ashis hIs fighting fightmg heart And inside insidehis insidehis Insidehi his * heart he carries carnes the woman he heloves heloves heloves loves Anybody in the armedservicesfrom armedservicesfrom armed | services-from services from services - from the hard boiled bolled topsergeants topsergeants top topergeants ergeants sergeants to the understandmg understandmgchaplainswill understandmgchaplainswill understandingchaplains chaplains-will chaplains will - will tell you that a fight light fighter lighter fighter er can best protect our country when whenI whenthe whenthe whenthe I the woman he loves is protecting protectmg his hisheart hisheart I Iheart heart . . . It is the source of a sol soldyer soldier I Idler dler dyer s greatest strength-and strength and strength - and it Is Isalso Isalso isalso also the possible source of his great great- greatest greatest greatest - - est trouble troubleThis This means that a certam certain certamthoughtless certainthoughtless certainthoughtless thoughtless smaU small percentage of ofAmerican ofAmerican oAmerican ( American women must do their theirduty theirduty theirduty duty to their country-by country by country - by gtving giving gtvingtheir givingtheir givingtheir their absent fighting men more moreconsideratIon moreconsideration moreconsideration consideratIon It n Is an ex extremely extremely extremely tremely sad occurrence when wI-en wI en - atelegram a atelegram atelegram telegram arrives In some Amer AmerIcan Amertcan Amerlean Ican tcan home-WIth home WIth home home - with the news that thatan thatan thatan an American fighting man Is a acasualty acasualty acasualty casualty It is also sad when whenan whenan whenan an American fighting man-on man on man - - on a afirmg afiring firing firmg l1ne-recclves l1ne recclves bne-receives bne receives line - - receives a letter tell tellIng tellbig telltag Ing big him that his affection alJectlon for forthe forthe forthe the woman he loves is a casual casualty casualty casualty ty back home borne Think tbatover thatover that tbat thatA over - _ A Washington paper , reportmg reportmgthat reportmgthat reportingthat that Joe Kamp and Ed Rumely were weretrymg weretrying weretrying trymg trying to have Congressional indictments Indict indict- indictments Indictments - - ments against them dismIssed dismIssedQuoted dismissedquoted dismissedquoted Quoted their counsellors as saying sayingthe sayingthe sayingthe the Indictments should be thrown thrownout thrownout thrownout out on grounds that the subpoenas subpoenaswere subpoenaswere subpoenaswere were addressed to the House sergeant ser sergeant sergeant geant at arms and not the defend defendants defendants defendants ants ' Oh don t change the subject sublecti sublectiMany ! ! ' Many 1'tIany 1tIany soldiers are writing ' this thisreporter thisreporter ( histeporter reporter because they do not un understand understand understand derstand the GI Bill of RightsThe RightsThe Riehts Rights RiehtsThe The V U S S . , Gov t owes Its Itsflghtmg itsfighting itsfighting flghtmg fighting forces the same thor thorough thorough thoroug-h thoroug h ough - education in their civIlian civIlianrights civilianrights civiliazirights rights that it insisted upon-in upon in uponintheir uponintheir upon - intheir their military mlhtary duties The TheAmerIcan TheAmerican TheAmerican AmerIcan people expect each eachfightmg eachfighting eachfighting fightmg fighting man ta to get as much as as@lIstance assistance asgistance @lIstance sistance @ under nnder the GI Bill of ofRights ofRights ofRights Rights as that fighting man gave gaveservice gaveservice gaveservice service under the articles of ofwar ofwar ofwar war This Gov t owes . it .t t to toeach toeach toeach each fighting man to bring as asmuch asmach asmuch much mach attention to his ws return t to tocivil tocivil cIvIl life bfe as It put forth to brmg bring brmghim bringhim bringhim him as a civilian into mto the armed armedservIces armedservices armedservices servIces , . It U If the Gov t is able ableto ableto ableto to seek out a deserter to pUDIsh punish pUDIshhimIt punishhimit punishhim him-It him It - it ought to be able to seek seekout seekout seekout out Its heroes to reward themEacb themEach them themEach Each Eacb fighting man Is en entitled entitled entitled titled to expert advice at Gov texpense t texpense texpense expense This Tws Thus Is more than thansimple thansimple thansimple simple justice It is sound na natlonal natfonal natlonal tlonal tfonal policy pohcy policyIt It is easy to understand why theofficIals theofficials the theofficials officials ( responsible tor for the transportation trans transportatlon transportation portatlon portation of our returned men ) had hadthem hadthem hadthem them ride in coaches while whlIe pnson prison pnsoners prisonera prisoners ers era of war rode in Pullmans PullmansThis PullmansThis PullmansThis This excerpt e'Ccerpt eCcerpt ' trom from a soldier reveals revealsthat revealsthat revealsthat that higher ups give more consider considerauon consideranon consideratlon auon anon to prisoners pnsoners Look Gallbach GallbachAustria GallbachAustria GallbachAustria Austria Yesterday I saw something somethingthat somethingthat somethingthat that burned me up I went for a arIde aride aride rIde along the Alps and saw Ger German German German man soldiers who had surrendered surrendered(120 surrendered120 (120 120 (120000 120000 ( ( ( 000 in all all ) ) who had never been beenput beenput beenput put in a II prisoner prisoners s cage Instead Insteadthey Insteadthey Insteadthey they were living lIvmg In the best hotels hotelssWImming hotelsswimming hotelsswimming sWImming sun bathing bathmg riding ndmg ve ye vehicles yehides vehides hicles hides and probably got their gas gasfrom gasfrom gasfrom from us men they had all theAmerican the theAmencan theAmerican Amencan American ciggies clggles and food they theywanted theywanted theywanted wanted They also carried carned small smallarms smallarms smallarms arms such as pistols rifles and ma machIDe machine machine chIDe chine gats Can you imagine Imagme that that7This ? ' T1us This through the courtesy of the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American 7th Army Maybe I m on onthe onthe onthe the wrong side IThis I * This is ft a sbo short t and ugly story storyabout storyabout storyabout about a war hero His name is Cpl CplEdward CplEdward CplEdward Edward Majeski MaJeslu Ma3eski of Hastings Hastmgs Mmn Minn MmnHe Minnlie MinnHe He lie was the first soldier trom from the the1st the1st the1st 1st ward of that community to toleave toleave toleave leave for combat duty He served 4 4years 4years 4years years m in uruform-most uruform most uniform-most uniform uniform - most of that time timein timein timela in actual combat overseas-18 overseas 18 overseas18months overseas18months overseas overseas18months - 18months months of which wmch he suffered sutered ! in a aNazi aNazi aNazi Nazi prison pnson camp He was waswounded waswounded waswounded wounded When he returned to toHastmgs toHastings toHastings Hastmgs Hastings there was no crowd at the thestation thestation thestation station no cheering cheermg no bands no nopaper nopaper nopaper paper or confetti shower no noflags noflags noflags flags No nuttin nuttm Only thisgreetmg thisgreeting this thisgreeting greeting greetmg from a storekeeper who whohad whohad whobad had the police pollce hand Majeski a sum summons summons summons mons and complaint . . CorporalMajeski Corporal CorporalMajeski CorporalMajeski Majeski was fined tined $10 10 $ and court courtcosts courtcosts courtcosts costs tor for riding a bike on a Hastmgs Hastings Hastingssidewalk Hastmgssidewalk Hastingssidewalk sidewalk Whewt Whewl Whew WhewtSecond ! Second Thoughts Thollghu on 011 Some SomeSecond SomeSecond Second RatersHitler Raters RatersHitler Hitler BlUer , , according accordlog to the Moscow Moscowmighties Moscowmighties Moscowrnighties mighties Is a suicide the first vic vie victim vietim vietim tim of his killings people can be beglad beglad beglad glad about j3ut but the tragic part of ofIt ofIt It all is we could have had him deadby dead ! by ms his own dirty hand a decade deadI ago agoi agoHad I i Had one nation - France Britain Britainanybodypulled Britain.anybody Britainanybody . . anybody-pulled anybody pulled - pulled a gun on him when whenhe whenhe whenbe he marcheq marched marched into the Ruhr Hltier Hitler Hltierby Hitlerby Hitlerby by compact with the High Com Corn Command Cornmand Cornmand mand was pledged to blow his hislooney hislooney hilooney * looney top off _ |