The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-07-28
The Facts in Our News

stories are ssying q very funda.
mental thing. AlthsutA u b being
sAi6 In 4 very detrimental way.
There are ssins uniaitAful wives
81 home. ana there are some sol.
aiers Wis are unfaithiul 10 their
wives. II sheuld b unAarstsed.
heWsver. sncs Ana fer oil BY oil Of
~ that the great majority 81 wives
are faithful ana ssll.sAesifieing In
relationship - their marriage
vows. The great ma jority Of Amer
lean soldiers are men 81 integrity
and decency In rslstisnship 10 their
family obligations.
Stories about the unfsithfulness
OF soldiers wives represent the
anxiety that exists when two people
who are in love with each other
are indefinitely separated. This
anxiety creates q fear on the part
of both individuals II is fear
born Of causes over which they
can exert no objective control Tnn
fear expresses Itself In imaginary
acs INDUCED in by one or the
other 81 them.
A story about the unfaithfui.
ResA II q particular wife told
among . sreup o. sel6iesA start
many other soldiers imagining
the werse about their wives.
Deep down inside, Aswevsr, the
soldiers may have confidence and
respect for their wives, but be-
eAuse Of the natural anxiety they
imagine the worse. When the
mind II without objective mate
rial In relatienship - IN anxiety
II provides it, swn material born
Of Imagination. Il can be liksned
unite . thiId whs 10 afraid Of the
dark. Such q child. II frightened
enough BY the DARK. can close his
eyes ana imagine all sorts Of
images, creatures ana friShtening
things.
Once Q child can be made TO
look effectively before him. the
fears he experiences and the OBJ
jects he thought he was afraid OF
disappear or are no lonssrthers.
They are no LONGER ,-tAAEe/becaus<
he Is seeking what thA facts are.
II IL the same with tws people
who Are In isve with each other
and have % Be separsttA through
no fault Of their swn. II . ssidier
o. wife will open Ms sr her eyes
"a the fact about the character.
the high moral purpose. and the
sincerity Of his wife or husband.
he will net b given 10 DARK and
unreasonable Ina einAtien. A ru-
rAef will net set soins In hh mind
cancellations that will give rise
70 uncomfortable anxiety. A GER
tain anxiety will always exist
whore tive people are separated
enc frem the ether. But such
anxiety II eontsellabis by the In
dividual II Ne will think and feel
In relation 10 the facts rather
than 10 runner and IMAGINATION.
We must undsrstsnd that where
wives or husbands are unfaithful
when separated from one another,
the cause OF that unfaithfulness ID
very rarely due 10 the separation
Itself. 1t is safe to say that almost
never is IL due 10 the separation
itself. Deterioration and dissatisfae.
ton in relationship starts long
before the period OF separation
caused by war.
In ether words. . wife does net
just begin 70 crack ~ because
her husband II In the army. The
fact that the husband 10 In the
army may give her the sppcr-
tuHity 10 complete q eraek-up
that began long before. The few
people, comparatively. whs eefn-
NIT Aets Of unfAlthfuiness In the
absence sf their partners are
emstionalIy unstable and have
been fer some time. They are
fearful ard have been % long
before the period 81 separation.
Husbands who use their state In
the army a. q license 70 haurt
every moral Obligation 10 their
wives are not rnotivated 70 do 30
by simply being in the army. Thar
moral and spiritual deterioration
was In process long before he en-.
tered the army.
The ssrpritint realisation about
all Of this 10 that the husbands
who have wives VINO have
cracked NJ since they have been
In the army. knew beforehand
that the wife was unduly suscsp-
tible 10 distractint influences be-
cause Of her dissatisfactien. frus-
tration. and fears. In ether words
the wives or husbands who are
unfaithful do not present their
mates with . cataclysnnie problem
at al ~ n concentrated by the
calmnsss and understanding ex-
hibited when The situation finally
comes V q head.
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