Evening star., 1944-08-31
Punishment, Indeed
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor Of The Star:
some time ago the Sydney (Australa)
SUNDAY Sun offered a prize of a ESQ
war bond for the best letter. of not
more than 200 words, on What I Would
DO With Hitler" So popular was the
competition that several thousand let
ters were received. The prize-winninp
letter, which was written by Mrs F
Turner, is as follows:
III the impossible were possible T
would give Hitler complete change of
heart. would make him a svnpathetic
Warm-hearted human being.
What punishment would that be?
The very worst, because, having
changed him, I would take him on a
tour OF every part Of the world that has
1elt the scourge Of war.
I would show him the devastation of
cities, villages and scattered home-the
desolation of lands that should be pro-
ducing food for those who now starye
would let him see into the broken
hearts OF women, the fear and bewilder-
ment OF little children, the hatred and
loathlng in which decent men hold him
Reminding him of his high promises
TO them, would show him, through his
changed eyes, the broken bodies of his
nations manhood, the minds bereft of
reason. would let him feel the weight
of guilt which is his.
knowing himself guilty of the great
est crime OF our age-seeing himself AZ
the world sees him-could any punish-
ment be greater?
Mrs. E. A. Turner. 50 Hinemoa ave-
nue., Normanhurst, Sydney"
The Sun reporter who visited Mrs.
Turner reported her as saying: eve no
doubt many people would want to tor
ture Hitler physically, but that would
only be bringing ourselves down to the
Nazi level. My children's lives have been
upset by this war, just as mine was in
the last. But I don't want it to make
them savage and vindictive."
M. E. KERN.
Pleads Case of Graduate Nurses
To the Editor of The STAR
The plight of the working graduate
nurse in Washington is sorrowful one,
While the graduate nurse is recognized
as having a professional status, the
wages she receives, after years of train
ing, are but tri1e more than those
paid a charwoman or other domestic
help who, indeed, are better compen-
sated as their employment is contin-
uous.
Almost all classes of workers are or
ganized and receive benefits in the way
OF accident and sickness compensation,
forced or inevitable retirement, etc. The
graduate nurses as organized in WASH
lngton receive no benefits through the
so-called Graduate Nurses Association
except through a registry, which re-
ceiVes and makes calls for nurses, the
maintenance for which service, an an
nual fee or dues of $l2 is exacted from
each graduate nurse.
In peacetlrhe when the graduate nurse
was at times greatly in need of employ-
ment. she had no protection against the
encroachment of so-called practical
nurses whose charges in some cases have
been known to exceed the scale of wages
to which the working graduate nurse is
limited.
The graduate nurses of, Washington
are among the very few. If not indeed
the only class of workers, who have not
been granted an increase in wages dur
Ing this war despite the high cost of
living.
Everybody is receiving high wages and
salaries-all except the graduate nurse
whose struggle for . decent standard
OF living will be even greater after this
war. NURSES FRIEND.