The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-18

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 They both laughed and hung up
 It was that bad in the beginning but by dint of 8 lot of sweating bleeding and crying, the once oi Civilian Defense thinks 1t has ar organization it doesn't have to apol- ogiZe for, and no one can call MT Daniels Sucker" now and get away with 1t.
 Tn the days when the Civilian Mobilization was getting started, the civilian population generally was asking What can I do2 I'll sweep floors, drive a truck, sit up nights work in a hospital, or anything" Sc or 10 million people signed cards listing their abilities, and nothing happened except that everyone got sore at OCD.
 The emphasis has changed since those pre- Pearl Harbor days. Today OCD is questioning the volunteer and the tenor of the questioning is Gan you do it?" There are specific jcbs to be done, and 1t isn't just the run-of- the minute dope who can do lot of them. Consequently, many of the incompetents have been weeded out, and the nine million volunteers have been reduced to a potential working organization of two or three million qualified de- fense workers known as the Civilian Service Corps.
 BANS
 BOONDOGGLING
 Civilian Service Corps was ere ated by OCD = it was really Jona- than Daniels idea - to provide a useful and not boon n-doggling, fam t.a.lcing, co-ordinated bowling, or similarly silly outlet for the energies of people who wanted to do some little something to help win the war. The old name of the Division of Voluntary Participation was sim ply too much of a mouthful to be practical, so Civilian Service Corps. was born. It stressed "ser- vice" and it had the semi military character of an Army corps" A formal order creating the corps was handed down about two months ago. Members of the corps are selected from their qualifications listed on the mobiliza- ton card. They're hand picked for particular jobs. They must agree to take orders and they can be fired if they don't. They must be fingerprinted and they must take an oath to support and defend the Constitution, swear ing also that they do not and have not, since May, 27, 194l, advocated the overthrow of the Constitu- tional form of government of the U. s. by force or violence.
 That was put there in response to demand that there be an anti Communist provision.
 MAKE DEALS
 FOR JOBS
 Next, OCD made deals with other civilian war organizationS-Oflce of Price Administration, Offlce of De- fense Transportation, the salvage and conservation committees of the War Production Board - to use Civilian Service Corps people in their work. For instance, Schen- ectady wanted rent survey. Local Civilian Service Corps people made it and it didn't cost cent. ODT wanted car pooling and emergen- cy motor transport organized. The job was let to Civilian Service Corps. Some of the price ceiling educational work was done by CSC women. And so on.
 The fact that OPA or ODT or some of the salvage outfits get the credit for these jobs is perfectly agreeable to OCD, which got toe much publicity back in the fam dancing days.
 Gradually, these OCD Civilian Service Corps people are to be given insignia. Not armbands such as are reserved for air raid wardens, plane spotters and the Defense Corps, but plastic lapel buttons and pins bearing within the OCD triangle -in-a circle, the small red letters 0 D, for Civilian Defense, with a big red W for Victory as well as Volunteer - ir the middle.
 The plastic buttons or pins will cost about a dime. In silver plate they'll cost about 30 cents, but il Tiffany wants to make them ir platinum and cloisonne to sell fol 30 bucks, that will be okay. Any thing members of the Civilian Service Corps will be proud tt wear is okay. Building respect for the organization and its worl