The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-29
CALLING DRAFTED
MOTHERS
Copyrighted 1871
BY ERAIEE TURIN

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now that war is a grim reality,
you and I have even bigger jobs
before US. We. like our soldier.
sons, have our own fighting to
,dn.-- You and I have many situa-
tons to cope wiHh-to overcome.
SftnasionS which are so vital to
U.s. a. drafted mothers, and
which should be vital to all of
those who consider themselves
patriotic Americans as well For
without our sons, what would
our freedom, our security, our
entire system Of democracy
amount to?
And while those sons must do
the fighting on the fronts of bat
tie, we, their mothers, must do
the fighting on fronts of a diff
ferent line Of battle. We must
keep their spirits so high, that
their fighting can win for us
lasting peace this time. Not an
uneasy peace-like the one IN
der which we have been smart
ing for the last twenty-three
years-but a peace that viii ce-
ment our civilization as civiIiza-
ton. sl
notwithstanding to the
many reports that have come in
from drafted mother-the mo-
rale in the armed forces appears
to have changed considerably.
Changed, one might say, over
night The soldiers now have a
definite goal to attain: a hercu-
lean victory for their country.
They no longer are informed in
camps for an undeterminate pe-
rod of time and therefore. they
have new interest in this new
objective. Yet withal, their mo-
rale must be kept even higher
than before. Because, during a
shooting war, the highest morale
must be maintained for the high
est efficiency.
And what we. the drafted
mothers Of our nation, must ever
bear in mind is that men still
are, and viii be, stationed in
camps. That is, as long as this
emergency continues. All are
not on the battle front. Thus.
we must do everything in our
power to keep that morale so
high that those still in mill
tary training are fitted to meet
the hazards awaiting them.
One of the main problems
our boys have to face-during
this interim of Trainings that
the girls with whom they would
associate, 50 often, disregard
them OF course, this applies
to those men who are
privates. The girls of our coun-
try have tendency to seek the
company of officers, and shame
fully neglect the privates. It's
been pointed out that such girls
fear the motives Of privates-
fear their intentions are not
always honorable Drafted moth
ers of our nation, you know as
well as l. that masculine inten-
tons are ever the same. whether
man is an officer. private, or
a, civilian So why should the
girls make such an issue of this.
when it's in their province to
conduct themselves with privates
as they would with officers or
civilians? Drafted mothers, you
above all, can make our girls
see that your boys IN camps
require suitable feminine con-
tacts-that, as long as they re-
main there, they should be Civ
en- those associations. Also you
can make the girls who consider
themselves patriotic realize. If
they win offer your boys their
coinpanionsnip-will give the
privates more consideration
they would be doing greater
service to their country than
knitting all the sweaters in the
kingdom. Sweaters can be
manufactured at a far less fig
ure than is the cost of carrying
soldiers whose spirits are brok-
en-.
Yes There are many jobs
that you and I can do on these
other fronts of battle. For when
our sons 60 into combat with
the highest morale. no victory