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WAC RECRUITING ----22222

But actually, ladies, these things appeal to your selfish side. They are things you'll enjoy. Perhaps we should tell you that this is your war, too, as many of your sisters now in uniform will testify. Your men are sacrificing everything, their careers, their good times, their stylish clothes, and even their lives. And ladies, you wanted equality with men, so on that basis, isn't what's good enough for them right now also good enough for you? Think it over while we hear our grand tenor, Cpl. George Nickson, formerly of the coast-to-coast networks, sing "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening."

NICKSON SINGS

KARSH: You've heard the corporal's musical interprdntion of a lovely way to spend an evening. I have my version, too, and I could talk for hours about evening time in an Air Transport Command post. Soldiers and Wace, at the Post theater, or at dances in the gymnasium - believe men, they enjoy their off-duty hours, and it's recreation just like you had in college, or with your boy friends in civilian life. With me here tonight is a WAC first lieutenant whose army work has been in the branch that concerns itself with the relaxation and happiness of men and women in off-duty hours. Here is Lt. Mary Walker, of the Ferry Walker, of the Ferrying Division of the Air Transport Command. I haven't painted too bright a picture about social life on an array post between soldiers and Wacs, have I?

WALKER: You certainly haven't, sergeant. Everyone was wondering if soldiers would resent women in uniform and snub them at the army posts. I think that question has been answered thousands of times. Soldiers and Wacs like each other's company. They respect each other for cooperating on the common problems of winning the war. Where men