Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-04-27


his Uncle got him fixed up for
a boat ride. He says that he
will be appearing as regularly
as possible and promises sew
eral more columns in the next
few days.
Hi FOLKS
We are at sea, but tomorrow
we land-in France JUST
WHERE I'm not allowed to
say. Everyone is glad of it
-. landing, I mean.
l think the next few months
will be the most educational
ones I'll ever experience. Now
that I'm in it, / wouldn't want
to miss it for anything. Its not
fun, but 1t is a great exper-
fence. l regard the whole
thing as one exciting adven-
ture, and money couldn't pur-
chase the experience, besides,
who'd want to pay for it any
how when the draft boards are
willing to furnish it for free.
Yep, tomorrow will be a big
day. Back there in Toledo
everything will probably be
about the same as yesterday
and the day before. But here,
we will be foreigners in a
strange new untry, and
every tomorrow" will prob
ably be bringing something
different. You know, don't
think it has been half as much
fun being civilian during the
past two or three years. 1t
seemed as if all the life was
taken away when so many
young guys left the scene. The
old town will be popped up
when they come back.
That seems to me now to
have been the whole trouble
for the past few years, almost
everyone was gone. What I
am bemoaning this for I don't
know, but think how the
young girls must feel.
READING
/ have been doing a lot Of
reading! Those two-bit pocket
editions really are good. Yes
terday / sat out on the top
deck reading Arsenic and
Old Lace" / would burst out
laughing every few minutes
and the rest of the guys sat
around looking at me like
they thought was nuts. May
be l am, I'd have to be to en-
JOY this boat ride.
/ also have an uppity-pup-
pity piece of literature
THE Autocrat at the Break
fast Table," by Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Can that guy coin ex-
pressions and throw SMILES
and metaphors all over the
place. He wrote one article In
defense of the Mutual Ad-
miration Society" as he called
it, which I would like to rec
ommend to some people
know.
But enought of this. Who
am l nyway-Hemmingway,
Deems Taylor or Pvt. Duck?
Back to your pup-tent, Dog
face!
ANTICIPATION
Boy, when this things all
over it sure will be nice to
take advantage of all the op-
portunities there will bel No
gasoline alto ming, good
steaks, summer resorts boom
ing, no overtime to monopol-
ize the week-ends, and q gen.
eral feeling of relief for every
one--those who are fighting,
and what Is just as important
those who are doing the
waiting and worrying at home.
This trip makes me think of
the last meal that l had at
home. 1t was a swell meal,
but me, (what a dope / turned
out to be) couldn't eat but
little bit. l lost my appetite
from liquid refreshments,
and now, ! still have visions
of that chow steaming before
my hungry eyes. My thirst
wasn't hindered any, but I'll
still settle for a good meal.
It's time to close, but / just
want to say one thing-re-
member, the good days are all
ahead for US so don't let any
thing get you down. I'll be
writing my column regularly
now and hope that they can
appear each week. 1t might be
a little CT in tone, but I can
never forget that / am a men,
ber of the Auto-Lite Unit and
Local IL, and still think that
the UAW-CIO Is the greatest
union in the world.
Believe me folks, most of
the fellows who belonged to
unions before entering the
Army are looking forward to
the day when they can return
to their homes and jobs
and take up where they left
off. There is a big Job to do