45
Those ineligible for induction were
- asked to speed production
O f the things to help the Army and
Navy carry on.
I’ve spent years in my profession and
I think I’m .itt-possession'
f a skijl with which I felt that I
could surely prove my, worth.
When I asked if they could use me
they said they must refuse me,
As an applicant must have authentic
record o f his birth.
I felt no perturbation for I thought
the situation
Could be remedied by writing., to; the
auditor or clerk
O f my native county yonder far from
which1 T chose to wander,
"Please send a birth certificate that
I may*,go' to .tv o r k ^ I
Their reply, severely smote me for this
I is a what they wrote' riae; I
"Certificate request received but cannot
find, the dope.
We have' delved in- archives musty...and
examined records dusty,
e ate sorry but we^must return your
inquiry marked 'Noi, soap’.”
"B ut perhaps we might' relent some
I fo r , recently- we’ve sent some
To applicants who’v e se n t the names
of elders wh© were there.”
So I sent my sister’s statement and hoped
fOr an abatement,-»''
But I got another letter that made me
-CestK my hair.
"Your sister’s testimony is no better
I than 'phoney.
At tha,t age. the? facts of life we’re
sûre she couldn’t know,
But if you’ll get out and hustle and
two truthful people rustle-v
That were seventeen and at your birth
you’ll maybe have a show.”
Now, that old home plantation’s more
than half across the nation,
My hair is turning silver gray and I’m
no longer young.
I wrote another letter sàying, "Couldn’t
you do better?”
P r e m ix C o n c r e te
R ead y to Ù se—H igh D isch arg e T ru c k s
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P h o n e LA 2177
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Salem, Oregon
Phone 6976
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