The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-06-06

que things out
with this unpredictable old party.
and who is TO try to control his
flights, nonstop and otherwisep
There's more TO women's army
than meets the eye. Before a wo-
man joins the colorS, she must de-
termine whether she can serve her
country better by volunteering for
army duty, or by staying home and
having babies. AS you've no doubt
read, WAC candidates may be
married or single, so you see babies
do present a problem and one that
must be approached and ruled upon
before one signs up. You can't be
soldier and produce other soldiers
at one and the same time, although
those who are mothers and can
prove their children will be taken
care Of, can join the Army, which in
itself is a controversial subject.
Babies or Bayonets?
The Army has already ruled that
women who are going TO have ba-
bies will be discharged honorably
from the service, but Mrs Margaret
Sanger, founder Of the Planned
ParcnthOod Federation Of America,
points out that 1T is up to the WO-
man to decide whether she wants TO
go in the Army or have her baby.
She has no right TO do both. A wo-
man should definitely make up her
mind which she wants.
Babies are not the problem Of
1Nn e in ~
cause since 1882 women there have
had access to birth control infor-
nation, .he said.
Mrs. Sanger believes that child
spacing should not be made a re-
ligiouS issue, that 1t has direct
bearing on public health. and that,
lit is up TO the government TO fur
niSh army women with scientific
contraCeptive information and not
force them TO rely on back-fence
gossip or folklore.
1T is a health issue, as protective
to a WAAC's security as vaccina-
ton secures her against smallpox"
Mrs. Sanger said.
Without dwelling on the several
aspects of the case, it is enough TO
say that the hand that rocks the
cradle has enough TO do without
trying out other methods OF ruling
the world, and that the member OF
any women's army would find 1t
difficult task to be at one and the
same time an efficient soldier and
an eXpeCtant or nursing mother.
Fighting Females
The two roles just don't and can't
keep step. so obviously before sign
ing up for the duration one must
sign off as a wife. All this should be
pretty obvious, but apparently
number of the patriotically-in-
spired hadn't stopped to think
about it.
On the first day Of application
for a commission in the WAC,
women in New York StOrmed the
doors at what Appropriated the
crack of dawn. They were herded
into waiting rooms by soldiers, who
pronounced them a swell bunch.
Few were under 25, although the
minimum age requirement is 81.
Candidates may be married or
single, and If they don't get $
berths they'll be eligible l.
commissioned duties. w IN
As to 40 are eligible for o. Jsts
but not for the non comm. Ioned
work.
Each woman who joins releases a
soldier for combat work. and many
of the women insist that they can
and will do anything, including, il
necessary. digging bitches. Some OF
the eager volunteers explained that
they came from long line of SOL
diers or have mothers who served
as nurses or ambulance drivers in
the last war. As in almost every
thing a woman does, there is a per-
sonal motive behind most of the
volunteers.