At War44-10-1068The Veteran Comes Back

Words at war. Dear Joe, GI Joe! Nothing's too good for GI Joe! He fought for us! He died for us! Now we'll fight for him! Yeah! All those who have participated in this series, the editor, the director, the writers, the musicians, the announcers, engineers and actors are proud to be able to continue to bring you one of the most widely discussed programs in America.

Words at war. for. Gramatizing the most representative books to come out of this great world conflict. Because of your many letters and requests, the first two programs in the current series will be repeats of previous broadcasts.

Our first repeat performance on Words at War Tonight is Willard Waller's book, The Veteran Comes Back. Listen, the time is getting close when GI Joe will come home. In fact, he's been coming home already.

Are we in the home front ready to face him to help him become readjusted? help him regain his foothold in society? You say we are? Well, that's what we propose to find out tonight. Remember, the veteran who comes home is a social problem, the major social problem of the post-war world. Not always, but often, he's a problem because he's

maimed, crippled, demented, destitute, cold and unhungard. These things he is from no No fault and no desire of his own, but solely because we've used him up, sacrificed him, wasted him. But the veteran so justly entitled to move us to pity can also put us in fear, destitute he may be friendless without political guile, but weak he is not.

No man could have a better moral claim to the consideration of his fellows, and no man could have a better right to bitterness. How are we going to give G.I. Joe his rightful place in society? Listen, the discussion has already begun. The debate is raging. In Congress, the newspapers over the radio, in Union Halls, Chamber of Commerce meetings on street corners,