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Show , . J5 From where I sit . . . Vp ' Jy Joe Marsh VERY OFTEN these days, I get to thinking about the soldier boys at camp. And the sailors, too. What worries me is . . . what happens when they get a day oft after working their heads off all weVT They go to town . . . and Vhat then? What happens? The answer is .-. . mostly nothing! Because mo.-t towns near army camps just don't have nearly enough entertainment facilities to take care of the soldiers on leave. So the boys just stand around, leaning against lampposts or sitting on doorsteps. And sometimes, some-times, the local townsfolk find themselves wondering what's changed the town . . . instead of pitching in to help the boys have a goud time in decent surroundings. In many towns, however, the situation is better. Many towns have nice, community places where a soldier can go sit down and "chew he fat" and enjoy some cake and mi'k, or maybe a good glass of beer.The boys like that. And they're not likely to get in trouble . . . because common sense tells you nothing can be wrong about a couple of glasses of beer. There's another reason, too. The beer industry is cooperating with the army and with the law-enforcement officers to help keep the places where beer is sold, clean and doccnt. The brewers don't want their beer sold to soldiers in places whore bad conditions exist . . . and they're right. Seems to me that we Americans ou;rht to got together and do everything we can to make things pleasant for the boys who are in training. They're doing their duty . . . maybe ice have some duties, too, in this direction. There are lots of ways of helping. help-ing. We ought to support them all. All of us have our part to play in winning this war and making life a little easier for the boys in camp is something we all can do something about. |