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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, September-October 1942

1942-10-21 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 5

and tie myself up so that I'd be ethically obliged to stay when maybe personally the most important thing in the world would be to join you. Mrs Ettinger agreed my first consideration should be you. I said I expected no organization to consider that and wait upon me, but if they wanted to wait I'd ask you. I think I'd like for you to say not to accept this offer. I won't be cooking my goose to get on the national staff later if I refuse the job here, and especially if it is on the basis that I won't be available until a later time. Is there any chance I can live near you? I know the rents are high and the area where you are is crowded for miles around. I talked to several sergeants on the train. They said we could get commodity tickets for groceries at cost from the army post store. And

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and tie myself up so that I'd be ethically obliged to stay when maybe personally the most important thing in the world would be to join you. Mrs Ettinger agreed my first consideration should be you. I said I expected no organization to consider that and wait upon me, but if they wanted to wait I'd ask you. I think I'd like for you to say not to accept this offer. I won't be cooking my goose to get on the national staff later if I refuse the job here, and especially if it is on the basis that I won't be available until a later time. Is there any chance I can live near you? I know the rents are high and the area where you are is crowded for miles around. I talked to several sergeants on the train. They said we could get commodity tickets for groceries at cost from the army post store. And