Folders 631-640: 20 September 1945-23 September 1945,

Containers:

7, 4

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Talks to a 3rd class Spec. X, who has been in the service 2.5 years, about what he did out of the service and what he has done while in the service; finds out that Esther is pregnant. Wants to get posters of “The Races of Mankind” from Fisk University for Brille, the librarian, to post in the library; talks about possible child names. Brille had been talking with Captain Perry’s wife and brought up Recht’s suggestion of distributing the Children’s Bureau pamphlets on Pre-Natal care, which she loved; wonders about using the Children’s Bureau aid for pregnant wives of servicemen; has Esther pick up a Suggested Reading list for him. Says that most of the men left only want one thing: to go home. After October 1, will no longer need to wear his white uniforms; researches the possibility of converting GI insurance into normal, private insurance. All people at the base are temporarily frozen in their current position, and instead of 1000 new recruits coming in, the number has risen to 2600. Rides to Richmond with Lew, in his newly repaired car. Is going to take a trip up to Pittsburgh to see Esther at the end of September; hears from Lew that Capt. Perry might want to take the top ten men at Peary, as measured by their service tests, and of which both Lew and Recht are members, and have them give lectures to men being discharged, about how to readjust; hears about a librarian who is a Russian Jew who has lived in Palestine most of his life, and paints, so Recht suggests to Brille that they show his work at the library. Sends home some towels that are “good enough for private use.” Hears more scuttle about the points system being changed, but nothing is firm yet; last winter, men packed dirt around the bottom of the Quonset hut Recht lives in to keep the wind from getting underneath.

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