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Monday, September 17, 1945
NORMAL VETERANS
(Cincinnati Enquirer
We’re not reading so much these days
about mental ailments purported to re
sult from military service. There was a
day when certain social groups were tell
ing us that virtually all the men who re
turned from combat duty would be men
tal cases; that we’d have to treat them
with studied care to bring them back to
the same bright, normal fellows they
were when they went away.
It would be foolish, of course, to dis- !
count the fact that front-line service has
contributed to many a nervous or men
tal breakdown. But the vast majority of
the lads, who are filtering back through
Eastern seaports these days are essen
tially the same as they were when they
sailed from those ports a couple or three
years ago. They are a little older, a great
deal wiser, and generally more poised
and self-contained. But their minds are
clear and keen, their faces don’t twitch,
and they don’t yell “Kamerad” in their
sleep.
Armchair psychologists had a field day
not so long ago telling us ordinary citi
zens the things we must do and must not I
do when our soldier boys came home
from the wars. We were to be happy and
smiling always. We weren’t to put too !
many questions. We weren’t to bring up j
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matters which might start a flood of hor
rible memories in the veteran’s minds.
We were, in short, to act as little like
we’d want to act as possible. After a few
months of that treatment, they advised
us, perhaps we could ask Bombardier
Bill if he’d ever shot down any Germans.
’And if the first question didn’t make him
throw a fit, we could pursue them a little ,
further. I
The boys we talk to laugh and laugh
at such suggestions. They know they’re
normal and they hope we’ll act as if we
are. They do have lots of good tales to
tell, but most of them don’t think they
are overly thrilling. Today, after it’s over
in Europe, they remember best the epi- :
sodes which were the funniest, not those
which were the most tragic.
Nothing psychoneurotic about that!
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MAN S BEST FRIEND
(Arnold Glasow)
There is one relationship in life that is
never sullied by misunderstanding. It is
the comradeship of man and dog. A dog’s
love and loyalty are complete and unre
served. He has no selfish or sinister mo
tives. He hold nothing back. He responds
with his entire nature to your slightest
whims or wishes. The only reward he
seeks is an approving word or look—or j
a pat of your hand.
Foreign to a dog’s soul is the coldness
and hardness of man. He doesn’t meas
ure your worth by the gold in your purse
or the clothes on your back. He doesn’t
weigh you on the scale of selfish inter
ests. He stands firm when others fail you.
He is of a sterner fiber. With world
events revealing man’s inhumanity to
to man, there is something comforting
and reassuring about the fidelity and de
votion of man’s best friend—his dog.
_ NOT A TOTAL ECUPS6_
I
RESOLUTION BY
BOARD OF HEALTH
Confronted with a health prob
lem for which they could not find
sufficient funds available, mem
bers of the newly organized Board
of Health at its session in Juneau
last week adopted a Resolution
urging that a special session of
the Territorial Legislature be
called in order to make further
appropriations to handle the stead
ily increasing tuberculosis spread
in Alaska. The Board said its stud
ies revealed there were an estim
ated 4,000 cases of tuberculosis in
the Territory with but 289 beds to
care for them. It pointed out army
and navy hospital can now. with
the end of the war, be obtained
for civilian use in the Territory
but money must be made avail
able if the opportunity is to be
accepted by Alaska. The Board!
urged that immediate action be,
taken before the military facilities!
are moved from the Territory or
dismantled as surplus property.
Complete text of the Resolu
tion follows:
RESOLUTION
By
Board of Health of Alaska
WHEREAS the War has ended
and there are available army and
navy hospitals which may be ob
tained for the Territory at little
or no cost for the treatment of
tuberculosis patients; and
WHEREAS, tuberculosis has de
veloped into the most critical
health problem facing the people
of Alaska at this time, estimates
showing that there are approxi
mately 4,000 active cases with but
289 beds available for their care,
including those in hospitals in the
States made available to Alaskans;
and
WHEREAS the Federal Govern
ment has shown a willingness to
aid Alaska in its health problems,
and has been and is prepared now
to match dollar for dollar Terri
torial funds for the care of tuber
culosis patients; and
WHEREAS the last Legislature
appropriated only $60,000 to the
Health Department for the bien
nium, or $30,000 per annum for
use in combating this dreaded dis
ease which is making such terri
fic inroads among all classes of
people in Alaska; and
WHEREAS the Board of Health 1
has discussed the need for an es-!
timated budget of $522,755.00 of;
which the Federal Government’s
participation would be $258,677.00,
and Alaska’s participation $253,
122.00, to carry out an adequate
hospitalization program for the
treatment of tuberculosis in the
Territory for the fiscal year begin
ning July L 1946, and ending June
30, 1947; and
WHEREAS, certain government
properties, namely, army and
navy hospitals and materials, are
now available if the Territory had
sufficient funds with which to
make them available for the
treatment of tuberculosis; and
WHEREAS the regular session
of the Territorial Legislature does
not convene again until 1947, thus
being too late to take advantage
of Federal help in the way of
buildings and funds now available
with the conclusion of the War;
and
WHEREAS it is the unanimous
belief of the Board of Health of
Alnika, In meeting assembled, af
ter carefully reviewing for one
V.eek all the health problems con
fronting the people of this Terr
tory, that immediate and dire
action should be taken by the Te
ritorial Legislature to see th;
adequate Territorial funds ai
made available to combat the d<
plorable prevalence and steady ir
crease of tuberculosis among oi
people, which, after thoroug
study, we are convinced is th
Number One health problem i
Alaska;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLV
ED that these facts be brought t
the attention of the people c
Alaska and their representative
comprising the Territorial Legis
la ure with the belief that it woul
be advanageous to the people o
Alaska to have an Extraordinar;
Session of the Territorial Legisla
utre called to enact legislatioi
which would enable the Territor;
to take advantage now, with tht
war neded, of Federal aid, both ii
buildings and funds,—an oppor
tunity which otherwise will be
lost forever, and will result in ar
ultimately greater cost in future
years to the people of Alaska ir
establishing adequate facilities foi
caring for their tuberculosis pa
tients; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEE
that this Resolution be sent tc
every newspaper in the Territory
with the request that it be pub
lished in full, and to every radio
station with the request that it be
read in full.
Adoped at Juneau, Alaska, this
7th day of September, 1945.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dwight L. Cramer, M.D.,
Member, First Division
Katherine L. Kehoe
Member, Second Division
R. Rolland Armstrong
Member, Third Division
George Preston
Member, Fourth Division
Seattle Sends
‘Ambassador’ To
Alaskan Cities
SEATTLE, Sept. 17— {/P) —The
Washington State Advisory Com
mission announced today it plan
ned to send an “ambassador” to
Alaska cities to convince north
erners that their best interests
would be served if air lines to the
Orient go through Seattle.
Though the City Council of An
chorage has expressed their ap
proval of the C.A.B. recommenda
tion for the Chicago-Edmonton
route, three other Alaska cities
have expressed their support for
the route to be through Seattle—
Juneau, Ketchikan and Fairbanks
—Seattle itself plans to intervene
in a protest against by-passing
Seattle.
Development
Board Takes No
‘Gateway’ Stand
SEATTLE, Sept. 17 — </P) —
James Warrack, Seattle and Alas
ka contractor quoted Wilbur Wes
ter, member of the Alaska De
velopment Board as saying that
Alaskan interests still are “open
minded” over the question of air
routes to the Orient.
Warrack said Wester told him
in a long distance call from An
chorage “the board has taken no
official stand and will not do so
for at least ten days.”