Abstract

When the Soldiers Return

The attitude of veterans toward jobs is simple: they want them. This may not seem a very profound or important statement, everybody talks about it, everybody admits it's true, all the correspondents tells that the post-war question uppermost in every soldier's mind is economic security. It is self-evident that the reintegration of war veterans cannot take place successfully unless the veterans get jobs. If they don't get jobs, there's going to be trouble. This is not said by way of a threat; it is simply a statement of fact. Insistence on full production and full employment does not seem like special pleading for veterans. The fact is that most servicemen and women do not look forward to becoming veterans; they look forward to becoming civilians, that is to say, citizens.