Show LET US INVITE LETTERS FROM THE BOYS IN CAMP FATHERS AND MOTHERS especially those of rural communities are tearful fearful of what the army may do TO their sons they would be pleased to know what the army can do and Is doing FOR their sons the one place where the ardys public relations or publicity Is fall ing down Is in connection with that 50 per cent of america which Is rural there Is greater interest in such guch sections in what the army is doing FOR its personnel than is tobe found among the masses of the cities if the army could encourage the young men to write letters to their home town newspapers each telling in his own way of what he does of the other young men he meets where they are from his interest Inte in his dally daily routine and what it Is much would be accomplished people of each rural community are proud of their young men who are in the army all of the people of the community know each and every one of these young men they are the boys not only of rather father and mother jones but of every other father and mother A letter from any one soldier to his horne home town newspaper is a letter to all ali the people of the community it is in no way an impossible problem to induce the soldier boys one ona or more from each community each week to write such a letter to his home town paper every editor and every reader would welcome such letters from reading them all fathers and mothers would soon realize what the army is doing FOR their boys without its being a matter of censorship sor ship company commanders could easily see sec that such letters did not contain anything detrimental tu the interests of the nation our army Is entitled to the enthusiastic support of all americans it caa can have that per cent support when those at home realize what their soldier boys are doing tor for the nation and what the army is doing FOR the soldier boys letters from the boys to the home town papers will do the job and every editor of such a paper would welcome them 0 0 A MILLION MEN in the array army means a cost of better than 1000 a year but a billion billio Is small change these days 0 0 i |