Folders 321-330: 12 October 1944-15 November 1944

Containers:

4, 3

Scope and content:

Talks to a “colored” soldier about Jim Crow laws on the buses on the camp. Comments on an author using language in one of his books; talks about “preventive” legal counsel. Wins the camp checkers tournament. A kitten somehow gets into the transportation office; the brother of one of his co-workers dies. Talks about the swing from the south as Democrat to Republican. Two of the men in his department are reassigned to storekeepers. Tries to listen to the Boston symphony over the radio; does his laundry, which only requires soaking; mentions Armistice Day, which turned into Veterans Day. Predictions that 500,000 more men will be inducted into the armed forces are on the radio; one of Recht’s co-workers believes this generation will be permanently mentally scarred; disagrees with a letter that says that almost all the soldiers know what they are fighting for. Goes and sees the movie “None but the Lonely Heart;” talks about China and its Communist party. Hears about a book titled “What the Negro Wants”.

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