Monday, June 7, 1943

Dear Diary,

I worked at the rationing board more than eight hours today, and put out twice as many books as anyone else at our table. Not that it matter who does the most, as long as the job is done well in as short a time as possible. Volunteers are badly needed now to get the job finished by July 15, when the third ration books will be needed. It’s a tiresome day’s work, and it’s not exactly glamorous, but it has to be done. It helps me feel that Bob Hope and the armed forces aren’t the only ones doing something to win this damned war. I just realized that my entire contribution to the war effort has been: (1) a couple of days a week at the USO last summer; (2) three war bonds; (3) a first aid course; and not much else.