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Laura Davis letters to her husband Lloyd Davis, November-December 1942

1942-12-26 Laura Davis to Lloyd Davis Page 2

all about it from Earl and was just waiting for the officer, name and address to send the letter. He told Fred he had written a few letters and not to put any hopes on it. Guess we know that better than they do. Freddie said he also saw Ray over there too and Ray was all for it. Then Freddie spilled the beans that about six weeks ago Ray was over to see him and wrote a letter the retired Colonel you knew personally as Ray's old customer. I don't like that and I thought we had that all settled a few months ago. If you get transferred or out of the army because you are skilled and can do better performance for the country because you get a job in which you can use your skills I am all for it. But if you get some favor because you knew someone who knew some one who etc etc - plain pull and not on basis of your ability to perform - it is no good. You don't do things that way and it is pretty late in life to start now. Freddie took me down town the other night when guys in monkey suits were on the consistory steps. He was all

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all about it from Earl and was just waiting for the officer, name and address to send the letter. He told Fred he had written a few letters and not to put any hopes on it. Guess we know that better than they do. Freddie said he also saw Ray over there too and Ray was all for it. Then Freddie spilled the beans that about six weeks ago Ray was over to see him and wrote a letter the retired Colonel you knew personally as Ray's old customer. I don't like that and I thought we had that all settled a few months ago. If you get transferred or out of the army because you are skilled and can do better performance for the country because you get a job in which you can use your skills I am all for it. But if you get some favor because you knew someone who knew some one who etc etc - plain pull and not on basis of your ability to perform - it is no good. You don't do things that way and it is pretty late in life to start now. Freddie took me down town the other night when guys in monkey suits were on the consistory steps. He was all