Show remember K K kakaty 1 slie was nations gal remember the bongi songs we were sinking singing back in 1917 the sentimental ballads of yesteryear have little in common with stirring ing patriotic tunes almost everyone more than 10 years of age knew the weds to bay buddy keep the home fires burning till we meet again and just a babas prayer at twilight on the lighter side we learned K K K katy and how ya gonna keep em down on the farm barbershop quartets have kept the songs alive i impact in add addition to a fighting alighting army of more than men the nation needs practically that many more people for air raid precautions work T three duir m million 1 more men will be needed n during the next year alone another factor mechanized warfare throws a harder punch at the civilian because it deprives him of commodities hes come to regard as necessities theres plenty of food this time fortunately but no new tires for your automobile indeed new automobiles are no longer longe r available aluminum frying pans have become instruments of war and plastics once made into phonograph records are now being used for tank gears and instrument pan hes convinced it pa americanism is the job ot of honier homer L chaillaux national chairman of the americanism commission of the american legion watching growing interest among fellow legionnaires in community betterment projects since the war began chaillaux is convinced the war has produced a deeper sense of responsibility in the average american els you cant even use your telephone as much as you used to because total war requires mobilization of all available communication facilities the situation is pretty well summed up in our attitude toward propaganda in the th e last war public opinion was whipped up from the start by motion pictures bearing such titles as the kaiser beast of berlin and to hell with the kaiser this time hollywood is concentrating cent rating on two entirely different objectives first providing entertainment for soldiers at camps and giving the public relaxation from war duties second turning out educational short subjects i to improve ampro v e morale to instruct new sold soldiers aers in various phases of warfare and familiarize civilians with their defense responsibilities in short the determination is already present america knows she has a job to do and needs no shot in the arm to do it |