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Show EX-SERVICE MEN RUN BUSSES Former Soldiers and Sailors Are Re-Employed Re-Employed by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. The Fifth avtnue bus in New York Is a national institution. It is as famous fa-mous as Broadway, Fifth avenue, Brooklyn bridge and the Woolworth building. The busses which ply through one of the most congested thoroughfares in the world are manned largely by ex-service men. This fact vas discovered recently when employees em-ployees of the Fifth Avenue Coach company, operators of the busses, applied ap-plied for a charter for an American Legion post. "We have found the ex-soJdk , and ex-sailor to be excellent bus i said John A. Ritchie, president o the coach company, in a recent interview. 'The ex-service man may have been a little restless when he came out of service, but wasn't everybody a little restless after the war?" asks Mr. Ritchie. Mr. Ritchie re-employed every man Df his organization who had gone to svar and In putting on new employees has given preference to ex-service men. His company recently started a "civility" campaign, the purpose of which was to bring about a more friendly relationship between tho patrons and employees of the bus. The campaign has resulted In virtually eliminating complaints of passengers, and, according to Mr. Ritchie, proves that "there are two sides to nearly every complaint" |