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.PAGE  4        THE MASTHEAD,  sATURDAY,  sEPT.  15,  1945  War  Expansion                                         for  glamour  at  any  cost.  With  a
                                                                                                Waves  Wear  Caps           forward  puff  and  a  rear  chig-
            __ C_IV_I L_IA_N_P_E R_S_O_N_N_E_L _  _,                 (SEA).-To  maintain  its  ex-  To  Suit  Personality    non, there is little room for a· cap.
                                                                                                                             She pins it on and it comes wing-
         I,_·                                                      pansion  program,  the  Navy  in-
                                                                   ducted  an average  of 14,200  men   Life's  darkest  moment  to  any  ing  through  with  a  prayer.  You
                                      that innocent piece of steel landed                                                    jus,t  can't  be  "le  dernier cri"  and
        . ACCIDENTS  ARE              on  his  foot.  "Nonsense,"  yoµ   a  week  for  the  past  five  years.   woman,  in  peace  times,  occurs  GI at the same time. On the other
                        '       .                                  Procureme~t  highpoint  was  the
                                      might say, "He was just careless."                        when  she  has  spent  ):ler  life's  side  of  the  fence  we  have  the
                                                                   25,000  weekly  rate  set  in  the
         CASUALTIES  TOO  That  may  be  true;  he  was  care-                                  savings  on an exclusive hat,  only   Wave who joined the Navy to re-
                                                                   fiscal  year  of  1943-1944.  Since
                                      less- but it is far from  nonsense   Navy civilian employees increased   to  find  that  the  woman  next  to   place  a  man.  She'd  wear  bell
         A Word  from  the  T.  I.    to  him.  Not  only  does  he  suffer   to  752,886  from  124,498,  most  of   her has  on  exactly th~  same hat.  bottom  trousers  if  they  issued
                                      a  broken  leg while  he  is  laid  up,   whom  are  employed  in  Navy   But that was long ago.  The serv- them.  Her  cap  is  a  direct  steal
         Safety  Off ice              but he also feels it in his pocket-  yards.               ice  woman  of  today  is  used  to  from  an  old  salty  chief's.  It  is
                                      book when payday comes around.                            seeing  the  same  hat  worn  by  squared  fore  and  aft,  and  worn
           :We  all  experienced  the  great                                                    thousands  of  other  women.  Did  with  a  portside  list.  Becoming?
         feeling  of  relief  when  the  word   That is paying a  high price for
                                      being careless- if the fault is his   heard someone  say,  "Oh,  it's only  we  say  the  "same"  hat ?  The  :N"ever,  but,  sister,  it  is  s-a-1-t-y!
         · was flashed around the world that,                      a  small  cut."  This idea is  the  be- Navy designed  the  same hat,  but
                                                                                                                              Next,  the  Wave  who  just
                                      and many times it is not: This ac-
         · at  long  last,  World  War  II  had   cident did not begin when the steel   glnning  of  a  much  bigger  idea:  it is worn in an infinite variety of  doesn't  care.  She  takes  her  cap
         ended  victoriously.  In  our  hos-                       the conception that unless an arm!  ways. The feminine flair for being  and  wears  it,  just  as  the  book
         . pitals  lie  our  sick,  our  wounded,   fell off the bench but when it was   or  a  leg  has  been  cut  off,  the
                                      put  on  the  bench.  It  didn't  just                    different  at  all  costs  rides  high  says.  Men  mean  nothing  to  her,
         our  maimed,  and  our  disabled   happen- it  was  "made"  to  hap-  worker has not really had an  ac-  with  the  "overseas"  cap.  The  so why try ?-"Analog."
         .'servicemen. The long lists impress   pen.               cident .                     Waves  like  the  "overseas"  cap.
         themselves upon you. They are all                           This sort of  reasoning looks  to  They  screamed  for  it  when  the
                                      Must  Report  Accident
         part of the price we have paid.   Not  many  civilian  workers  on  the  severity  of  the  particular in- Wacs  modeled  this  jaunty  head
           But,  in  our  hospitals,  you  can   the Island have a  full understand- jury  and  from  that  determines,  piece.  Just  sheer  feminine  per- DISCHARGE DATA
         find  another kind of casualty. He,   ing of what takes place when they  whether an accident has occurred.  versity  causes  them  to  vary  it   SEA- Personnel detached from
         too,  occupies  a  bed  and  requires   are involved in an accident.  Their  What it fails to realize is that the  once  it  is  placed  on  their  own   duty  overseas  will  be  routed  to
         · expert  medical  and  surgical  at-  first  concern- and  rightly  so-'.-is  severity  of  any  particular  acci- crowning  glory.   their  home  separation  center  via
         tention.  He,  too,  leaves  the  hos-  to get to the dispensary and have   dent is  only one  part of  the  acci-  The hair-do determines the cap  staging  areas  now  located  at
         pital  minus  fingers,  or  arms,  or   the  doctor  take  care  of  it.  When  dent  and  that  it is  very  easy  for  style.  If  you  are  "chi-chi"  and  Pearl  Harbor,  Guam,  Saipan,
         toes,  or  legs-and  sometimes  he   their supervisor gives them  a  slip   a slight accident to become severe.  wear  your  hair  in  a  chignon  Leyte,  Hollandia,  Manila  and
         never  leaves  it  alive.  The  news-  of  paper  (technically known  as  a            ( bun to the men)  the cap is neces- Manus.
         papers and radio rarely tell about                          A  small  cut,  if  improperly
                                      Navexos  107)  they  are  admitted  treated or not  treated  at all,  can   sarily  tilted  forward  completely   The  327,000  to  be  released  im-
         hi~,  but he,  too,  is a  victim of a
                                      to the dispensary. They are logged  be  the basis of a  very large infec-  covering· one  eye.  Of  course  this  mediately  from  the  Navy  include
         "war"- the war against accidents.
                                      in  and  out  by  a  clerk  from  the  tion.  And  if  that  small  cut  has   limits  the  vision  but some  of  the  approximately  261,000  enlisted
         He  is  the  accident  casual'ty.
                                      Safety Office.               not  been  registered  with  the  Waves  do  their  best  work  with  men;  5,200  enlisted  Waves;  40,-
         Accidents Don't "Just Happen"   The  injured  worker  may  think  Safety  Office  clerk,  it  may  very  one  eye  closed.  Then there  is  the  000  male  officers;  500  Wave  offi-
           Too  long,  have  we  understood   that  all  this  is  a  waste  of  time,  well  lead  to  the  same  difficulties  Wave who-is nervous in the serv- cers,  20,000  combat  award  hold-
         the  word  "accident"  to  mean   that the important thing is to get  in  collecting  compensation  as  an  ice.  The  new cap  does  nothing to   ers.
         something whicl_l was unavoidable.   to the doctor and let him take care  unreported  major  accident.  Al- lift  her  morale.  She  puts  it  on,
         Many of us  believe  that when we   of  the  injury.  But  what  happens  ways remember: Work safely, but  squares  it  off,  and  slogs  on.  She
         say something was  an  "accident"   in  those  few  minutes  which  the  if  you  are  injured,  report  all  in- would  probably feel the same way   Wave:  We're  going  to give the
         that there was nothing which any-  worker spends in placing his name  juries  to  Safety  Office  immedi- about hats in civilian life,  too.   bride  a  shower.
                                                                                                                              Chief:  Count  me  in,  I'll  bring
         one  could have done which would   and badge number on  the  records  ately.  It means money  to  you!   Take the coy Wave, who strives  the soap.
         have prevented it from happening.
                                      of  the  Safety  Office  may  be  the
         "It couldn't be helped," or "It just   determining factor  as  to  whether
         happened"  is  the  way  in  which   he  will  o-r  will  not  receive  com-
         most accidents -are described.
                                      pensation  from  the  Government
           But, when we sit down  and an-  for  the  time  he  is  away from  his
         alyze  the  circumstances  under   job because  of his  injury.
         which the accident occurred, when   The  Safety  Office  has  the  duty
         we  talk  to  the  individuals  in-  of  reporting  all  occupa.tional  ac-
        . volved,  a  different  picture  comes  cidents to Washington and  unless
         into  being.  The  great majority of  the  worker  registers his  accident
         accidents  do  not  "just  happen."  with  the  Safety  Office,  no  report
         They  are  "made"  to  happen.   i.s  filed.  This  makes  it  extremely
           A  worker places a  piece of steel  difficult for  the  wo-rker  to  collect
         on  a  bench.  This  is  not  unusual  the monetary compensation which
         and  is  done  frequently.  "What  is  is  his  due.  His  "forgetfulness"  is
         wrong  about  that?"  you  might  many times exceedingly costly.
         ask .. There is nothing wrong about  Small  Mishaps Count, Too
         it-  except if that piece of steel is   There  is  another  attitude  ex-
         so  pla,ced  that  it  can  fall.  More  pressed by many workers in rela-
         than one man has been sent to the  tion  to  accidents  which  is  wide-
         hospital  with  a  fracture  because  spread. How many times have you



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