Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-11
MR.. PIC KERING


They wouldn't get caught in the
machinery"
We offer this idea 10 the Ford
girls free Of charge. AS our
contribution TO settling TINS
controversy
AFTER READING about tho
mess IN Los Angeles. Sot Of by
the seFaNhipF- elements -eHthn-
zoOt SUIT gangs YOU can help
wondering what effect this rs
having on the man in uniform
Anybody who goes farther
from home than the corner mail
box knows how we'll behaved
our men In uniform are. lis =
little short OF amazing 10 sec
such large group Of men TAX
InC their recreation when they
can. and being gentlemen about
IT, No, the fighting men aren't
!. the ones who pick fights
j SO n can we'll be imagined
how much irritation. not 20 say
violent crime, the 2oot suffers
pcrpetratcd before the sailors
rotalatcd.
TT Is hard Ia see how any
one can be 80 dense. 80 I'M
grateful, 40 malicious as 10
commit such acts ~ the root
suffers have committed. A. In
all such cases. the net result
will he a ranking sore In the
hearts 81 thousands ~ soldiers
and sailors understandable,
thew will wonder whether the
civilian population In general
II NJ such stripe.
They have no way 81 know
inE whether this - limited 10
10 per cent, or 5 per cent. or
per cent of the people at home.
They know only that somebody
NJ home showed the most cal
Ious Indifference To the Sacri-
Aces ~ the soldiers. Such seeds
of resentment might root. and
last \ lifetime with some Of
these men.
HERE Is a sample one ~
many letters that | have Rad
from time 70 time. indicating
the feeling among fighting men
The letter Is from Betty Walt
Of Lincoln Park, who writes
Following is an excerpt from
a letter ! received from my
brother who il ON active duty
with the naval mir corps.
Are YOU still working on
your defense job" Above all. do
not Sympathize with any agita-
tors or strikers. They are scum.
They either don't realize or
don't care about the suffering
that others are going through.
In either case. I wish them all
I'm hell with broken backs.
Iion't see how some people can
face their own conSciences.
u ~ interesting IN note that
he SAYS 'sgItatOrS or strikers
and does moi rebuke labor a. =
whole In this case. the aEl'a
tors hear the same relation -
workers As the FOOT suffers do
10 the general public Small, bu'
dcteStabie.
FROM ANOTHER reader
Marie 6 Brown, comes A copy
Of Hlcksm Highhghts, = paper
published by troops ~ Hickam
Field. which vas battered bv
the first assault Of the JapS on
HAWAII.
II carries on its cover a car
toon Of John l.. Lewis demand
ing Two dollars raise or we
strike" Below u II p dead sol ="
dier In n machine gun pit. and
the caption. Two dollars a day
buys lot In the South Pacific
BUDDY"
on ANOTHER page is
long poem written by Pfc.
James A. Johnson. Without
quoting 10 all here are four
lines which show the general
tone
So III rount my post with
my riff, and buckle my belt
about.
I'm only 4 common dog face
but I'll see this damned thing
out
And II a bullets GOT my num-
Der III Just die without a
moan
But | want 10 dedicate this es-
peclally TO my pals who
stayed al homo.
THERE WAS 2 bullet with
Pfc Johnson $ number on u.
An explanatory note says
curtly The author was killed
IN action shortly after this poem
was written on the beach Al
Coma New Guinea
To get back so the beginning
and the outrage Al Los Angeles
we might best admit that when
things of this kind happen. We.
all of US, are responsible.
Not responsible for starting
u. bat We arc responsible for
seeing that II is stopped