London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1945, London, Middlesex                                Feb 1945 tomorrow 111 by Howard tomorrows Bureau 7 the Capitol in got a new Shine and a thorough sweeping in Honor of the new boxes of which 1 bad been placed Aboff the building against incendiary were Finall As officials that possibilities of bombing Are Stajl the three Kaiser shipyards in the port area report n Al High record of 200 estimated two million dead weight in state representative James Curley who has been mayor of Boston off Anc on since and is running for thai office again this received his first Campaign contribution from two gis in the who him 20 pesos curleys elation into disappoint when he was told the coins were the aeronautical training society Dis closed in Washington that More than 19 per cent of men in the armed forces plan to undertake aviation careers after the Braniff airways of has just started a flew service be tween Colorado Amarillo and Oklahoma with an additional roundtrip schedule to and new connections to Mon Terey and Mexico Heiry of moved Down to Washington to Hedd the War production boards new aircraft division created to improve the administrative machinery of the Agency in dealing with civilian problems of the aircraft j minor Home on leave at said he found a Man with Industry in the Vazmina Carol White said the Gay nothing but four Leaf and practically All of them Are shipped to the new Yorks us is shipping 20 tons of stuff monthly from run Gong balls to Juke boxes to and Navy Camps throughout the the southwestern Bell of on postwar construction 0 o that the state of Colorado six postwar flood control Telephone d in Coahoma and announces will Benefit by Cost ing 44 million the new sub uss anchored off ports has a pet properly Housebroken and Deo named Merle University of Wisconsin is history pro Fessor and 1943 pulitzer prize has been appointed the first visiting professor of american culture Toj India univer Paw proudly announces that the quota of big of milkweed assigned to that including Kalamazoo and Joseph had brei More than the a jugs will provide sufficient floss for life belts for the armed peacetime army the future can be what we make we of the present Are the designers of the especially of the time immediately following the close of this so it is important that people Start think ing along the right track that will Lead to a lasting world peace through Educa Tion and understanding Between knowledge alone is not it Musl be tempered with the will and word of god and Christian the growth of giant airliners and the stepping up of world travel by air will help or i should say can bring this in 25 years tune this old Globe is going to shrink in size until we will be calling a Man in India or China Pur because of this fact it is important to establish a world with All big and to work for and Snake a peaceful the next War will bring about even greater destruction than this there will be no place on this Earth where a Man could go to escape no peace at any though if we must put Down a rising dictator to maintain free we will have to do and to be Able to do it we must be ready by having trained men prepared for thus i am in favor of the peacetime army of which you spoke in your 3 Issue of George postwar policemen almost everyone concedes the necessity of an Allied army of occupation for postwar but Noone wants the heres a solution from one who Doest know a damned thing about How such a matter is going to be surely by the time the european War has or at least before a year after that joyous the 18yearold compulsory military training Bill will have been put on the statute the stars and stripes tells us that approximately men a year will be what would be the objection to a Large part of each years if not All of taking part of their or All of inside the number of depend upon what the authorities deem necessary to police the the various shipments could easily be arranged so that there will always be an adequate number of fully trained men to handle any in that an odious task would be Well and no single group of men would Bear the it would ensure the men Over Here now a speedier return and you must admit that right now the prospects of teenage with few dependants and that Are in the Eto at Are very slim of returning Home in any predictable in one of and i realize the fairness of letting those go Home who have the service and and responsibilities at without hindering their i would to get launched on a College Educa Tion before in an experienced i rather suspect others would John Breger found out being two curious riflemen we noticed in the stars and stripes of 12 the cartoon of the Psi in of the Sling of the snipers since when have riflemen been taught to use the Sling on the right Arm when shooting have the 03 sight been put on my rifles perhaps Breger should receive the Dis charge for his and de can in your Issue of the i huddle carried a letter about Para Chute and you commented on it and attributed the National Parks with initiating paratrooper ten years ago Region i of the Forest service was dropping fire equipment by in 1938 the Forest service trained their first paratrooper lets give credit where its there is a vast difference Between the National Parks and the Forest William you cant goad us into an argue our forestry specialist is now go junkman i agree with William Graber in regard to surplus i material and i am speaking from i was in the junk business and i have inspected and bought equipment from the army before the almost everything disposed of by the even was and almost All of it was purchased by sealed at the Price of the civilian buyers dispose of it at a much that is Why army although never Are very popular and most dealers look Forward to a number of businesses can be built around surplus to give a few clothing and equipment can furnish a military Supply store radio and Telephone equipment will make up a radio parts shop Small Landing Craft can outfit a boat rental and Anchorage there is probably number of businesses that the returning i will think of before he is up ditto to vet tvs this is a new experience for writing to an but i  resist the urge to let pfc Alden know that in wholeheartedly in favor of his veterans pm sounds of to Nice like such an arrangement could take care of everything the army has to of after the shoelaces to tank in not particularly interested in obtaining anything army after the id certainly be willing to do anything i could to see that the right people get it and not the Albert in your 11 edition we read your article on veterans pcs and thought it was a very Good Why not after the War let some poor Damn beat up i have the stores and let the government Back him up in controlling prices and the distribution of this would Aid the government in getting rid of surplus articles and also provide a place for some disabled vets to make a in the controlling of prices a government in Spector should be Able to keep prices at a there would Only be a Mark up of articles to allow the employee to make a living and keep the store in sad the writers refer to pfc spencers veterans of the 11 Spencer suggested a plan whereby the veterans administration would open a Chain of veterans using exse vice men and Selling i equipment a servicemen any crumbs weve been Reading a Good Deal lately of the average War workers Hope for Early conversion from his present status to a More comparatively stable Job in the peacetime production we cant blame him very the thought is also very much alive in our thoughts of the Many of us Are worried about our families at for whom we must plan businesses we have had to jobs which will no longer be there when we were in a Twilight zone with responsibilities sus but hardly out of but ours is a contract which runs for the duration plus six months if were much longer if policing of Ger Many and Japan makes it we wont be there to answer the first and perhaps the Only Knock of Opportunity when Bur Economy swings Over to civilian will there be any crumbs kit for us How about a Little imagination by the Powers that in planning for the veterans successful conversion to constructive citizenship unemployment insurance wont do one Hundred dollars a month for three months wont do at these Are negative they create neither employment nor oppor government guaranteed Loans and help in picking up interrupted Educa Tion will go part of the but our Economy often responds neither to capital nor something More positive is army please copy in just a wondering i think your i huddle is i like to read it proves that the average american Soldier is thinking of his that is some Send in darn Good ideas and but what puzzles me is whether their ideas and suggestions Ever get any further than your 1 think these ideas and suggestions should be passed on to the american people Back let them know what we expect and what we Are after All they will have a great Deal to do with our our ideas and thoughts should be Given to them so that they can plan now for returning 1 agree with pfc George Wright about spending millions for peace 1 also agree with Albert who feels that there is not enough difference Iii mustering out pay for men who have served overseas As opposed to those who have served at in m the pee Pul the suggestion for a postwar non partisan servicemen organization is a Good but it should not be merely for the purpose of enjoying ones those of us who have had to endure and sacrifice the most realize More and appreciate to its fullest extent the necessity for doing All within our Power to obviate a repetition of the conditions which would Lead to another world Holo which would be infinitely More terrible than the present it is our duty to establish an Organiza Tion which will keep the people fully informed about National and International a paper should be which would present to the people every bit of legislation which passes through our a synopsis of the High and an unbiased commentary on the significance of the should be the Way each senator and representative votes on All Bills should be so we would know whether they Are representing the people or the big financial and Industrial the people should be taught the Neces sity of using their voting if they wish to have legislation which is in their Joseph combat unfair publicity after Reading the stars and stripes it has become a habit with me to Cut out items of interest which i Send Home to my the following excerpt from one of her daily letters to me is the True feeling of the overwhelming majority of our loved ones at since i have read the various articles you have sent me written by your i Penman for the stars and i guess maybe i should let go for once to assure you that not every army wife is uncaring or in to read the Gist of those write it would seem we Back Here at Home dont even know there is a War of i do realize that we have been the most fortunate nation in the and that in comparison to others we Haven had to suffer that if you think of suffering on the basis of ration coupons and War bombings and air but i dont think its fair to condemn a whole nation because of the comparatively few instances of returning gis disgusted with someones lassitude or a wife and to make the state ment that american women have failed their fighting men is they Tell you about a Guy in Kiska getting a letter from his wife requesting a of a Pilot on Guadalcanal whose wife i am pregnant will explain but theres a lot they dont Tell Are there any articles written about the thou Sands of wives for whom life has ceased women who Are merely existing for the who have lived before and Are praying to god they can live again women to whom every tick of the clock is an eternity and to whom nothing in this world matters but to have their Hus bands Back Home again none of your eloquent writers could Tell you How it feels to walk into the Hospital to Bear a child without the humorous sight of a daddy pacing up and Down outside the door to have that baby grow As each Day goes by and to see so Many of the things that should be dont Tell you because they dont know that kind of they never hear about them because those women just go on Loving their men in and smiling to hide their so when you read those just remember that the people mentioned Are a very few of your Home and thousands of Homes like it with a Star in the window Are merely dwelling places till you come Back and the smiles we smile Are Only to cover a heartache and loneliness that hurts More than any injury in the were but were not int that considered suffering in the i dictionary i Hope you will understand this in not trying to make you feel in Only attempting to defend myself and the thousands of other wives against the unfair publicity were getting and you straight on the real picture of 2nd age of learning now that the i Bill of rights is about to be brought up in Congress for i would like to bring up the educational Section which discriminates against those of us who were Over 25 years of age upon entering the if Cne was under 25 then it is not necessary to have had ones education interrupted before receiving scholarship there Are others like myself who have had the desire to go Back to school but for Many we rent Able to do now that a Chance has been presented by our government we Over 25 years old Are excluded from it is True that we can take a refresher course for one but maybe we have different plans and would like to Complete our the argument that it would be used As a Gravy train cant be used against us because we would still be required to maintain Scholastic standings As will the others benefiting under the seven armoured Italy res Pooch he news an assault infantryman in the last policing will be a hard habit to break lot of joe5 will rally Drift toward to the chemical warfare Man the odor of and new flown Hay wll have an entirely different