The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-03-16
Opinions Of

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come to the attention of all the peo-
: pie it is possible to reach.-Yours, R.T.
Editors Note: Clipping below
"BAck-TALk:
BEST letter of the week is this one
from Red Cross girl. We were so
impressed that we are giving it all
our Back Talk space:
Dear Sir:
After Is months in Asia with the
American Red Cross, | recently re-
turned to the u S. on a medical rec
ommendation. | could not go over
seas again TO rat least four months,
since it takes one little time to get
over malaria. And so it occurred to
me that l should get a desk job while
waiting
Yesterday l started looking for a
job similar to the one | had before
going overseas. My first call was on
one of New York's leading employ
ment agencies. walked into a lux
urious room entirely empty of appIi-
cants and was Immediately granted
an interview with smartly-cIad fe-
male executive. She handed me the
usual QUESTIONABLE.
"Q wrote: college graduate, bust
ness course, one year studying adver-
Using copy and layout, five years ex-
perience in the advertising depart
ment of a leading national publica-
tion.) She asked where l had been
for the last two years. told her
you will find this hard to believe,
but it's true. She twirled her novelty
wrist watch looked out of the window
and said, You must realize that while
you've been overseas, the girls at
home have been getting experience
which makes them much more quail
fled for the salary you ask. suggest
you take a cut in salary, since your
business value has slipped. In a year
you may work up to where you were
before.
81 thought, This is actually hap
pening! The soldiers in Burma and
India and China said it could, and
they worried about it. We discussed
the soldiers future employment sta
tus, his ability to take up where he
had left off-or, for the younger ones,
to start out against experienced work
ers.'
$50 | wondered If this was typical
reception and if 1t was awaiting all
those boys . :. Your value has
slipped
Good Reason to be Mad
81 looked at the employment exec
ltive's half-inch nails and SNUG face
and was mad. OF what use those
hands in making fire from the rot
Of the junglel Washing a thousand
coffee cups each day in chlorinated
waterl Tucking in the mosquito net
ting of sick soldier My business
value had slipped doing thatl
"And so when she consolingly said,
Don't be discouraged, my reply was,
I am discouraged-bu not with my
self. It's with you and those like you
who have something very important,
very delicate to handle. Is this what
awaits our returning servicemen?
Your value has slipped' If they get
this reception now, when employment
IS booming, what are you going to say
% them later on, when it isn't?'
The lady had no answer, and left
Ter office A cold wind was blowing
| still feel cold
To-day they are the men of the
first Army and the Third Army and
he Fourteenth Air Force. Remem-
'er, they're fighting with grim deter
nination now, and you like to hear
hat on the radio. Tomorrow they
will be ex-soldiers looking for a job,
md they won't lose that grim deter
nination in fighting-not for a while.
And America. had better be prepared
M. j., New York, NY"