UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES START JOURNAL FOR MEN IN SERVICE

Employees of the University issued last month the first edition of a monthly paper, entitled the " 'Home Front' News", which, in the words of an editorial by editor Leo F. Roche, is designed so that "we on the 'Home Front' might keep those, who once worked and chatted with us daily and who have gone away to do their part for Uncle Sam, in touch with what is going on at home and especially around the University."

The paper, sponsored by the University Employees' Mutual Benefit Association, is first of all for the Service Men; and the editors expect to print letters from and news bits about, their former co-workers as well as about the 1500 male employees still at Harvard.

122 Already in Service

They also intend to compile and distribute a list of the addresses, branches, and locations of former University employees in the Service, of whome there are already 122.

Guiding hands of the "Home Front" are Roche and assistant editor and cartoonist James babcock. Rocke works in the Harvard Book Bindery and Babcock has been a University Carpenter for 12 years during which he was in change of the building of the Harvard Ski Lodge at Pinkham Notch in 1939. Babcock's 12 years here have proved very valuable to the paper, because he is acquainted with such a large number of the other employees.

Paper May Go to Ireland

The first issue of the monthly went as far as Australia, but this mouth's paper may go to Europe to the men in Ireland. Printed by the University Press, the "'Home Front' News" is composed of the efforts of everyone in the Benefit Association and all members are urged to pass along any news they may have.

This is the type of news items the paper sends out to soldiers all over the country and to its many readers in Cambridge:

"Jack Kelly of the Painters has enlisted in the Navy and is awaiting his call."

"Letters have been received from Frankie Vasques now in Australia. He is well but would just as soon clean up this mess and get home again."