The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-29
REFLECTI0 Ms

Los ANGELES ,l-AIfp-G Grant
cd this is sorry mess in which
we mud ourselves Granted we
haze war aud wanted no part Of
his Nnt being sure ol the nric. o.
pea,e. We diiiied along anil h. re
We're in 50 We are sounding
like mad 10 get uui 1.-THE most OBJ
yions way.
suddenly aware aud pcnlienl that
We have not .ach done our pa;i
for the peace. women dash fever
SHY from class TO group To center
and back again finding in these
places newer and more varied ways
~ ncglccting onr homes than we.c
previously provided bv the bridge
foursome within hours Of one
afternoon We learn 10 snatch the
cap on bubhling soldier and hand
him 10 splintrd coke while-twit-
ierins- consolngly 10 = not-real'y
compound fracture All in or
breath.
Confusing. isn't H.! Yeah. Well.
~ i the h, packed round
of activities in which the average
woman. grie,ed nv the sacrifices
10 which the men oi today are
called. tries 10 do her part. Al
though ridiculous when viewed IN
the extreme. these efforts. within
ID. realm ri carefni planning and
physical endurance. are worthy.
SIN the very hysieria OF thei,
furry shows many To be well
aware that there remains better
part -thc role for which women
ave always destined. Any enc {
10 avoid The acceptance OF this
role for the reason that il mean
facing pain and sordidncss and sci-
ing them in their proper relation
io lie. simply reduces the stature
~. women and preSages the dwaif-
iag % men. r., idence points 10 ihc.
fat thar man stands his talle~t
whore women are AZ heir hest.
And women are AZ their best
whether mother playmate Girl
oud. or teacher when they aro
helping men 10 attain or regain
their Sersc If personal value in a
world which appears TO be uncon-
sclous 90 such value
Today II II soldier wrestling
with the collapsing structure oi his
per.nnai social pattern ~ he tries
10 H. hi pcacc-ilme considerations
~ human brotherhood and respect
for life and property into the con-
irn>ilng Wartime pattern Of de-
structlOn.
II isn't enough TO face this man
with q smile. a coke and pack
age ~ cigarettes and twiticr.
so bic and strong IN vonr KHAKI
suit n isn't enough 10 tell him
g.lbly 10 your best sunday meet
ng manner that this life is iusi
drc~~ rehearsal for better one
and 80 he should welcome the no.
sihiliiy ~ heins taken in hurry
Nor can yon say 10 his cares ami
fears We'll. look who's worrying,
! with was going 10 see all those
countries observation-disclosures here
Poor women All We do Is stay
here while YOU men cut ont To ev-
crvWhere'
tta breakfast meeting oi NWCt
club women last sunday morning
I was asiuunded that - Jew had
thought ~ the true role III women
IN wartime. hut I WIS pleased nj
the fruliiulness of few moments
thinking.
For the man who is afraid h
WONT come hack the say Poiar
out To him thar all life is hazard
Gus Considering the automobile
death rate he a. lot safer in =
dugOut on Kamponcha Island Than
trying to board a street car at 5ih
and HE Then there is the pros
pect OF having your shoe etring
come united on a stairway or fall
ing In your hath--two fatal poss,-
hliiies here At home Faced al
ways with the certainty ~ death.
people 20 right on expecting life
and life expectancy remains high
despite the increased or intensified
hazard ~ war. And the moot un-
adycnturcsome assurance As that
most people die in bed war or n,
war.
The man who Is afraid h Will.
come hack presents women with
their real test Tho feeling ~
m'illiy which possesses many men
~ The thought OF their return
stems from two things which
women must face as their par.
and nrottv words won't do n Mon
In their job a. soldiers mrsi stard
ready 10 Kill This j. 2 violation Of
tho star dards OF humanity
Vet this i the mission which
they perform earnestly In an ef-
fort 10 defend our frontiers which
have receded ~ ~ ~ eneircle the
rlobe. F,e- cited ~ The weRter.
the de"endent. women are a. these
men the perSonlficailoR Of that
ior which they fight. " l. for those
women md their children that men
permit hammer labeled ~ FREQ
doms" ~ he fastened 10 their hav.
oWets; NAM II fhem have pever
known freedom. so n Il for these
women end children that they Nil
and dream.