The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-01
THE LOVE LETTERS OF A
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 Coral Gables, Fla: Dear MT. Wlnchell: have an honorable dis charge from the Army of the United States. You deserve con- mendation for the service you have rendered veterans of this war and I nope that you will get recognition. However, you serve quite bit of bushwash' along with your help. For instance: In your colm today you mentioned that few thousand servicemen, recently discharged, are among the unemployed. That is a very naive statement coming from you. Do you honestly believe any one Is out of work today because ne can't find it? AS an office man. ager I have tried to hire several men for six months. A short trip to the U. s. Employment Service here will unearth a long line of men and women waiting to collect their checks for unemployment. But just try to hire one of them and you'll be insulted In brief, no one is idle today unless he wants to be idle If you can find any discharged servicemen who want work, send them to see me. I could have used four today. Yours, for more straight dope and less bush wash, Walter.-Lloyd P. Soulier.'
 Dear Walter w.: The only times ! have not read you col'm were when the local paper didn't receive 1t in time. The only times I've missed you on the air were the few times I couldn't reach "a radio. l am one of the many who have done their bit in putting you where you gre in the Hooper and Crossley ratings. I am one of the legion who have come to regard you, not so much as a commentator, as that of @ friend who comes to our house to chew the fat and to help us keep the faith. Most of us have come to regard you as far too staunch to ever let us down, and to your credit, I think it is not an over statement to say until today you never have.
 If it were not so utterly tragic it would be laughable the way all of you journalists seem to feel that the first law of nature is to rush to the defense of some erring mem- Der, however sinking is his be- havior You know as well as we do that at the time the AP's MT. Kennedy was pledged to secrecy, the hostilities had not ceased . Any way, Gen. Eisenhower was well aware of this (the safety Of his men) even if you newspapermcn and MT Kennedy are not. am op- posed to your hypocritical defense of such people. I am also sore at Full ton Lewis, Jr-dammit, man-you make me feel like hell.-Lester Keene of St. Petersburg, Florida.
 "V-E Day. May Sth. 1945: Dear MT Wlnchell: I. Pfc. Erwin l. Hoff- man, self-appointed spokesman for GI Joes all oyer the world. would like to take this particular time on V-E Day to thank you for all you have done to help us all, I feel very sorry congratulations have to be extended by a humble soldier as myself and that they couldn't come from one Of our dlgnitarieS. But knowing you as I do from reading and hearing you, I think you'll ap- preciate 1t all the more. You helped so much to keep America on it's toes May you live long to carry out your laborious efforts to the very end PW Camp, No. g."
 The Red Cross in Washington on May 18th, 1945. sent message from American airmen held prisoners of war in Germany. The long de layed message was signed by Col. Chas. w. Stark. senior Allied officer al Dulag-Luft Germany. Colonel Stark wrote the message on Dec. 20th, 1914 Chas. Huber of the Red Cross in Washington informs that it was relayed by the Red Cross in Switzerland on March 18th last and arrived in Washington nearly two months later Col. Stark $ message was to this column ist Briefly Col. Stark states that all the captured American airmen offered prayers Of thanks to the Red Cross and YMCA Because their agents and workers did so much for them in prisons - and l.sked their lives near combat zones,