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January >0,1951, My dear Mr a c ^ l e s ; Jon gratu latio n s j i r on your stand o f 44 hour work week with NO OV£RTIM£. OUR f i g h t i n g bo risk ing th eir l i v e s , f r a e z i n i g , having a l l th^agost uncomfortable things in l i f e ov*r there ->o Hot Get Overtime, or *onuses and have to be dn the job 7 days a week, 24 hours a day i f n e ce s sa r y. should these people over here, in cornparitive 8 s a f e t y , p r a t i c a l l y NO JIA2L3i;l o f t h e ir li v e s ,E a v i n g a n ice warm bed to sleop in , Nice warm m e a ls ,b s 3t o f food, drink and entertainm^nts, then want to g e t from 4 to 1C times as mucip money as our boys .over t h er e. There are a l o t o f men over there f i g h t i n g for from $ > 6 . 0 C to $ 1 0 0 * uO a month, NO overtime,No bonuses, and they a lso have UNION JAR*J. d r a f t i n g o f 18 y «a r olcis i s a crime. J r a f t shou be from 19 to As you well know the most worthless type we have are married men from 2p to >5 are not even supporting th e ir wives or children s t i l l they are exempt from the d r ^ f t and ihey send good, clean cut, p h y s i c a l l y and m entally f i t boys ov„r to be sla u g h te re d . I f they are not p h y s i c a l l y f i t , or m entally f i t or unde3ireable fo r the armed f rces at to lOo.Ov. a montj, they g j in Merchant *'Aarine and get from 4 to l&GO.OG a month, or sta y ashore andget nice f a t paying job s with l o t o f o /e r ti; and l i t t l e l^ard work and no r i s k o f t h e ir u s e l e s s l i v «h this In e q u a lit y in a supposealy Free Country. jylore i-ower to you S i r in your e f f o r t s to c o r r e s t g r e a t wro.igs min these things and matters v i t a l to u 3 al 1 A Mothe r with three sons in the Armed f o r c e s . One Marine, Two Army Oorps.
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