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THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE TAKEN FROM ACTUAL LETTERS
REQUESTING CORRECTIONS OR IN MAKING APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENTS
AT THE CAMP DODGE DEDUCTION CENTER.
"MY HUSBAND HAS WORKED ON SHIFT FOR TWO MONTHS AND NOW HE HAS
LEFT AND I AIN'T HAD NO PAY SINCE HE HAS GONE, OR BEFORE EITHER."
"PLEASE SEND ME MY ELOPEMENT AS I HAVE A 4 MONTH OLD BABY AND HE
IS MY ONLY SUPPORT AND I NEED ALL I CAN GET EVERY DAY TO BUY HIM
GOOD AND KEEP HIM CLOSE."
"BOTH SIDES OF MY PARENTS IS POOR AND I CAN'T EXPECT NOTHING
FROM THEM AS MY MOTHER HAS BEEN IN BED FOR ON YEAR WITH THE
SAME DOCTOR, AND WON'T CHANGE."
" PLEASE SEND MY WIFE'S FORM TO FILL OUT."
"PLEASE SEND ME A LETTER AND TELL ME IF MY HUSBAND HAS MADE
APPLICATION FOR A WIFE AND ONE CHILD."
"I HAVE HAD NO CLOTHING FOR ONE YEAR AND HAVE BEEN REGULARLY
VISITED BY THE CLERGY."
"THIS IS MY EIGHTH CHILD, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?"
"I CANT GET MY SICK PAY. I GOT SIX CHILDREN, CAN YOU TELL
US WHY THIS IS?"
SIR. I AM FORWARDING MY MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AND MY TWO CHILD-
ERN, ONE IS A MISTAKE AS YOU CAN SEE."
PLEASE FIND OUT FOR CERTAIN IF MY HUSBAND IS DEAD AS THE MAN I
AM LIVING WITH NOW WON'T EAT OR DO ANYTHING TILL HE NOSE FORE
SURE."
"I AM ANNOYED TO FIND OUT THAT YOU SAY JOE IS ILLITERATE. YOU
DON'T KNOW, IT IS A DIRTY SHAME, HIS FATHER AND I WERE MARRIED
TWO MONTHS BEFORE HE WAS BORN HERE."
"IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR INSTRUCTION, I HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO
TWINS IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE."
I AM THE MOTHER OF ELEVEN CHILDREN AND TWO MORE COMING, MY
HUSBAND HAS LEFT ME AND JOINED THE ARMY. CAN I GET MY ELOPE-
MENTS FOR THESE LAST TWO OR WILL I HAVE TO APPLY FOR SAME AT
WASHINGTON?"
"AS MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO LEAVENWORTH FOR DESERTING
AND PIGAMY FOR FIVE YEARS AND DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE I HAVE
BEEN PUT ON THE SPOT HERE. CAN HIS COMPANY HELP ME OUT OR YOU?"
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