Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-24

That Is iND.H .t ,f.. |t.Nr.
TO-DAY tse -t4la. uft.~ta.
The untitled rohe w'l9' 0r'
and hIghCl V+. nobody Do 1888
them
But PIT out Of Your head
snv thought that this rather
tailored and lnft-l H. hMlldlns
IL ONLY an unprecedented filing
cabinet. You may, perhaps had
thought 30, but YOU W'rc
wrong
The CLERKS and interview
may seem 10 be impcrSonai, hut
they have eyes and ears for
the stories that march inNisibiN
in and out the doorwaNs. side
by side, with thr men and
women who hunt for Jobs. This
il QUO of them
RITA EGAN remembered me
Woman because of what She
wasn't
So many these days Who go
looking for lob> are dollar
patriots. Where they have
been for the last couple OF
years. nobody knowSl TIE dbl
lar patriotSLe6r "dollarsn.hour
patriots arcgthose loudly 'patr-
otto individuals. invariably Un-
skilled workers or al least IN
skilled n The kind OF work that
is crying 10 hc done today. who
announce blatantly that they
want 10 do their part in the
war effort, bur are hufflN M
suited when offered any lob
paying less -than 81 an hour
~ But THE Woman-the pa
triot-that Rita tells about was
not that kind. Admittedly she
was unSkilled. She hadn't been
working, and she hadn't had 10
work--nOt that She was Of the
moneyed class. but She WAS well
past 50. and she had a daughter
who took care OF her.
II WAS juSt---well, there was
a war on, and she knew of the
labor shortage. and was there
any jon that she could do
RiTAtSEARCHED her files
for something that frml
woman in her COS could do.
~ etttii tiirr-v0TTTdTT -TT7TT7C1 Work
Ing ~ A restaurant? There was
work that needed 10 be done
Said the woman. she d trv
any job they offered.
AWAY SHE went To ham
burger restaurant. She would.
Rita supposed. be put To wrap
ping sandwiches To 20 into the
black lunch buckets hound for
the factories. But the restaurant
man, perCeiNing. ~ Rita had,
that the frail woman had spirit,
Offered something better. Hos,
about being cSahiers II needed
brains hut no great physical
effor.
TIT WOMAN ws, 7f,,.-7-lE+.I
She didn't understand cash rel-
iSiers. AN right ihcn suppose
she sat beside another cashier
Tor a FEW hours a day Until she
learned how
For several day, ,he t.d So
until they thought She know
enough about D. Cone 10 work
Monday morning they told
her.
MONDAY CANk and went
woman -iuattF-r1u- Hurpyyr-
ance. Tuesday the same. And
the whole week 80. - >ou
might imagine. thcy were dis.
appointed to think that her URGE
10 work had petercd out 80
SoOH
Perhap, Tho, couIeciured.
she Was sick IL ~. she Vnuld
let them know in time. and
they siiH would give her the
ioh. They ~"n8 letter fo TO-
, mind her 81 that No answer
TItL -Ll.>I ste.r .....s
ard they gave be-. t.a.
"'1 wanted uu-r r,
a.crt ,H.H rp4 --s +----
was .sr pas t. ...r. $40
& f7f saar .-s.. f.4...
nav now Ha Vf .,.ae
another ID. tler re we'll
forget H..
BIT his time thc,\got an
answer. Nol from the fr,,f
woman. bur from nor daughter
ne letter Was simple
Mother WAS -o glad - nud
job that she could do. ia.
letter said. she wac va am
ious 10 get started, That Non
day morning she hurried out o.
work. She was on her t,av ~
me sireetcav wheu an auto
mobile Din her and she Vas
killed
q MODEST fo. B.rf
vrs'. 81 eu' Is j'lni., ta,d
tragedy fHef fslcrsf go |f,p
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