Word: join
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Join the signatories of the Atlantic Charter...
...call for patriotic citizens to rally to the defense of country by joining the miliary services, irrespective of civilian usefulness, has been overdone. As TIME ably pointed out (Oct. 5 issue), a full survey must be completed and quick action taken if we are to preserve a national economy which can support with food, munitions, essential supplies and finance our huge military personnel. . . . The public has not grasped the fact that trained professional, mechanical, agricultural or other workers are just as patriotic when performing civilian jobs as they would be if in uniform. . . . If those same persons were...
First thing Prexy Brandt did was to liquidate some ivy-covered traditions. His wife, an ex-newspaperwoman herself, cut out the reception line at the "White House" (home of Oklahoma's presidents). Joe invited groups of honor students to join him in the "White House" game room, where they ate wieners and hashed over the state of the world. He strode around the campus hatless and with a pipe in his mouth, worked in his shirtsleeves, installed a typewriter at his desk on which to bat out ideas. Undergraduates soon began to cry "Hello, Joe" when they passed...
...long red trucks. The need is pressing and the course promises to be one of the most interesting in the Civilian Defense program. There will be practice in emergency rescue work and a change to operate the Department's high pressure hoses. Many Harvard men have the time to join the Auxiliaries and the work may be the most important in the volunteer service. It is amazing that so many Harvard men have forgotten their early yearning to rocket through stoplights and traffic clutching to the sides of a mammoth hook-and-ladder. For those who still remember there...
Since the beginning of the war, the AFS has changed its program of enlistment slightly, easing the financial burden on those who find the journey to Africa costly. Whereas formerly the volunteer had to join for one year, with the option of a second, and had to pay all except living expenses, he now will sign for two years, and will receive a 20-dollar-a-month salary...