Question Before the House (1952)

these are father they have come to our studio from all parts of the state up to one half hour ago they had never met each other but they have something in common their songs phase military service these are mother they don't always like to talk about their problem they are here tonight because their funds are being drafted and they want to know why these men have served in the Armed Forces they have younger brothers or nephews who are facing the dress they have seen something of the world and they're here to say what they think these girls have made plans some of them are engaged some are trying to decide they have questions in their mind they want to know what military service will do to their flash these boys are just out of high school they're not quite sure but the rural homes for young men like themselves sometimes they would rather not think about the future but tonight they and their parents and their friends are going to face squarely the question before the house my name is Edwin for sometimes we people of state college and the wicd have been asking our citizens around the state what they think about the matter of military service as it affects them in their family we would like to tell you tonight what we found out we could have played back for you the tape recordings that we made these things these people said or we could have tried to give you our impression of what they said and how they sounded we thought instead that we would try something different so we asked a group of citizens just the ordinary folks farm people housewives numbers of 4-h clubs if they would help and they said they would we asked them to to take the part of a family the atoms and let you know some of the things that they that they learned about the feelings of people around Iowa we asked them to represent a certain part of the population certain attitude now we will meet them in a little while and you will see how they do react and they're going to need your help before we need ireland's family I think I ought to tell you something about them this is the addams family back porch it's just after dinner buddy's project 15 can little cool outside school and the family is finishing dinner 16 yes just about 8 15 and here comes mr. Adams now on the stratum busy and you always busy on the farm but doing these ages hey making time and laying by the corns working all alone oh no no I have my boy I was with me hi team 19 any other sons no not it go to the two-man farm it's a two-man operation where we get along very well good do you have any plans for the farm when you give up money oh yes rather hoping then let alone take over and of course that's up to him that's one of the privileges we know you know in this country is choosing our own occupations a good one what about this matter of military service distress well he's been registered for the draft by years old you know when he was 18 we'll be talking over in the family diner oh not too much snow well why don't you sit up here on the porch right here and mrs. Adams would you come in please at a busy day a very busy day we doing just now Oh getting ready for we're getting ready for company this afternoon my brother bill came over and anybody else oh and my son's girlfriends he comes in quite frequently you just had supper wash the dishes yes but what about your son was girl pretty serious oh no I guess not their high school friends they each other real awesome but their kids yet well your son is 19 what do you think about this military situation that it affects him I don't think much about it I mean I don't try two things about it I just hope that maybe he won't have to go after all where farmers mean we need all the help we can get Missy will you shut up in the fortune settings right here and here is Bill my name bill not first of all well uh how suffer very good life in my sister distress he's been cooked you live on the fondant no no I'm a businessman in town i'm here from town i get a service I understand quieter last war hollowing all three and a half years max in beauty what do you think of in length chances he's 19 bout time yeah I don't know you gotta go I suppose you didn't notice why he wants to be done in the farm to go yeah it's a trust prize hey Dave overload the DYFS anything and that's quite an operation here for tooth oh you know you know Glen's girlfriend yes she's all right what do you think that I think they're planning to maybe at night well I don't call it it and make a moon I did he get it out for a year why don't you go over here and sit on the porch to Bill and we meet Glen than Alice come on in Glendon Alice get out of the store I think you know I'd like to ask you both to a pretty personal question at the story of you stop seriously this matter well I guess sort of committed and what do you think about this matter of the army of popping up one of these days it might might call it well I guess is that the way to read haven't very much ever ever talk it over at all well metal that little busy well i would ask bill I mean blender stand here just a minute with me would you were walking sit down in that chair please when I noticed a smell if you had there in the pocket looks a little official what is it oh my no good off to the fitting bottom what do you think about it oh yes right I return the thought of going to college and taking one of these your office your train raw never talking innocent what about the swimming well thought a little about it but uh oh yes it's more time I'll have to and of course you put it on my list you know oh yeah get a place where i wanted but Dad me get home and I got a pretty good line socks I'm Gary her talked it over with a family yeah when you find a DJ alright tonight will you wait here just a moment before Glenn drops in on the family and their back porch will you people seated at the tables here try to imagine if you will what the reactions of mothers mrs. Adams will be when Glenn comes in with its notice it's official he's received the Korean it's here today I'm going to join family in a moment what do you think as mothers reactions are going to be when you're talking over about oh about a couple of minutes and then have your recorder jot down the answers you rather jot down your questions of what do you think mrs. Adams reactions will be when blends in with the news we text will take about a minute it'll be a friend since we've ever faced what you think thank you think of your sister's reaction she'll think you're gonna steal to us and if the mother he was the best that she came here for son is going to face to the problems you can probably not probably was bravely yes I I think there's two if you're going to help your boy the place where you just fell down here oh no no you Jesse you gotta face it she said girl is your nun she go mother now that you've had your chance to make your predictions what you think mrs. Adams reactions are going to be suppose we move back to the atoms back porch and suppose we join them there as Glenn comes in with his new much money bling yes but I want rolls on are always talk about this amount boy you've been hot in town I've used every excuse i canna come out here for chow somebody asked another person ask me is it hot enough for ya i'm going to poke wind all comes from South mutant in you what's going on Friday bitna I think it's real comfortable out your own of the old argument you want cold weather for your 21 whatever your corn will divide compromise on that one looking good all that I got mine was to get out from a physical today tomorrow no not now that's right brother we still start about was reading allow they died well they didn't do anything tamasha knew it was coming I don't know how the boys it's been pretty soon i'm running about a month after the physical river leaving well well the big mean that you have to go right away no after former physical mother well how long do you have to go if I don't know wrap myself with it what do you think where do you go for me well I go down to be moving for that yeah I remember my brother wing in mind same time same rid of the worry about it wasn't worried about worried about your in town and don't know anything about farming how are you going to get along without him bed with all this farm work and he SAT mr. Hamza mr. heard that he started don't suppose we could get him deferred lived an answer thank you prefer got a decision isn't it please all these cattle are here we can do the rest of the work lastly we can even be someone's well maybe you would ask for deferment went oh I don't know the rest of boys are going but you know how it is i've got my life doctor I don't want to brought believe it i have dad take care of all of it he can't do the farming it take care of my life talk to Tom boys fight all right they told I wouldn't have pretty firm about that's not good not good I've taken it to take it what you work out your problems on on it well how about four years of college if you go to college for four years then by that time this business remain to come to an end you won't have to go at all how about that dad don't you suppose that he would I do well never indicated much diminished in college and the Celtic he started his career with all her you can climb the feel that what's taking so healthy needs you can get the extension Cardinals Future Farmers of America don't you think maybe this grant ought to know whether he wants to challenge me I don't care about going to college said you know that I've got my life doctor I just didn't take care of this I don't care about College oh yeah how do you feel about you and cares what you decide on it well that's nothing i guess we got this is all taking their boy I to the next month ago I don't know oh well i brought up to her if we get married before i leave if i have to leave oh not get married when you're just kids yeah fucking out of high school yes but you don't decision and if you don't know anything about housekeeping and taking care of a family and Glenn doesn't know much about management yet way we must wait several years yes there are you think the person learns about those things if they don't do yeah I motherhood I think care of my last dog now I must be old enough dose the army that they don't realize that I will not get married nut mother what do you think Dad yeah your problem your decision some but I kind of feel like you do this war situation is going to make a man out of here whether your mother thinks you're quite old message be on your own or not and if you're old enough for your responsibilities amazing purge the livestock I think really want to that girl I think it's an experience that everybody should have when you're doing your brother Harry says I'm not cool don't take wall thank you very much now if you folks have heard how the addams family reacted when Glenn brought the news home suppose we go back to you ask you what you thought mother's reactions would be you for veterans first what is your recorder to have to report we as the veterans view wondered he thought will he be able to pass the physical we thought that undoubtedly she would feel downhearted Tyson losing her son he's going to wonder what's going to happen to him where is he going to go what can't be going to land him that is our veterans idea of what the mother thought of you displayed his mother it's probably been more or less an expectation to her but the actual shock of it being here will probably be something more than well as you can probably take for the present will probably need an added extra premature gray hairs here head that's most of what we found your father's what were your predictions about mother's reaction hide their father day cream please put himself in places mother but we felt that she probably was disappointed it finally had happened and that's to keep hoping it wouldn't and probably tell some resentment but it has finally happened to you oh boy and then she would go there for his facial next few boys over here in this corner this table what do you think mother's reaction to be we thought probably her reaction would be me that wonders how the morals of a son would be when he returns from the service is a lot of talk about the morals and service and she cute probably wonder if they would be lowered 18 when he left the surgery and finally mother's how well did you predict mr. that don't we felt sit him she may have had potential far for the actual getting the notice the boundary shop or perhaps for the hottest fantasy is ever safe but yes not only a chat but most of the mothers at the table expressively 15 is filled considerable event thank you well it appears that Tim mother didn't say all that you thought she would have on her mind and that brings something to mind too because well we face something very serious many times we say one thing way back in the back of our heads somewhere are the ideas that don't quite get out in other words we we say one thing but we're thinking another let's go back to our family again and ask them what they were really thinking as they were saying things we just heard him say this is adam what were you really thinking they loved and reared and educated our son simplest for cannon fodder surely that cannot be my husband that I don't always agree he is always so sure he's right maybe he doesn't understand that there are other opinions also then too there's so much that he's evil in the service our boy doesn't smoke he doesn't drink his particular about the company he keeps and if it goes into the service he may not have the strength because of his youth to stave off the temptation of course I'm worried in my mind I'm in an awful spot after you go through the service and come out and you look back at it and then venture if you glad you took that you wouldn't do it again you wouldn't do it again because it's a waste years those years are very productive years when you first get started there's boys in a spot he's gonna have to go he's going to have to accept me and my mind I doubt I i really wonder how he's going to take the stirrer he's headin he's been just a little more protected than the average boy he's the only Son the mother is very protective he's a good boy he's got good qualities but it just makes me wonder how he's going to do and I just wonder how much this is going to take it she's on a spot bill you're a little older when you met them the servicemen Glenn will be you were 23 he's 19 your character with a little more well formed you were more mature and you were perhaps a little better able to say no when temptations came your way to Dan plan is I can understand and appreciate why his mother is worried about that bosworth my friend on I don't know I'm kind of mixed up myself when am I care a lot for each other and we're old enough to know that we care and we're old enough to know it well marriage is what we want and yet we can't deny that were younger than well most couples are when they get married it seems to me that grandmother is kind of made his decisions for in a while and that's going into service and deciding about a willing to take a deferment or not old decision anything helps bring him up a little more and maybe help us settle are probably some too we didn't buy their voice sailing nor an aviator but we did raise enough to do a good job do whatever job had to be done when it had to be done and some of them have been dirty jobs this is just another one of those dirty jobs we didn't choose it somebody's got to do it and yet the very fact we enjoy the Liberty we do in this country due to the fact that somebody was willing to dirty job and maybe each generation will have to do it until somehow or other we find a better way of solving our international problem I don't know mother I can't see Glenn letting the other boys do his work for him how you feel but still in all I believe them as a job to do want to do this chair that's right does when my part comes like my time is there I figure I might as well do it you know how about I hate believe there that but I guess it's my time would all have to take it and do as I can do I don't want to back down on anything I only got the rest the boys just like dress the boys are going it's hard to say that though when you got livestock at home but first your time it's your time now first more family Wilson what they say think when you people take a little time to talk over what advice you would give to remember those families who had a chance to talk to her what would you say to them what sort of good counsel could be given you gotta go boys go very well where who can work this thing out with the family the best way even see fit you've been through it your family's face the same thing and you know what what Billy we've been in service amount now what did you have to say here's Alice we will undecided but you must be sane agent she is that's the same situation you know somebody's been disturbed isn't pretty well the third advice would you give her ballast promoting sit right down here that each of you has something to offer what do you think about it in talkative officially licensed product here's mr. Adams we've got a he's got a farm we've got a problem you can't run it alone if you were to come over here and sit down you're known as a friend what sort of a good advice to beginning we ain't even say to him that would help him solve this problem to tie his own family suppose you talk it over for a couple of minutes and decide that each of you abstain when you were to sit here and ask for your advice businesses Adam it was something pretty special on your mind and Glen's got his orders nothing he can do about it now and I agree with the cat power she were to sit here what could you say to her to help her out and help her solve a problem there by me avoid this for Glen's chair and if he were sitting here here in the fragile in same situation he is what we do say to it he would sit here that you give me advice let's talk over just a mess and decide what you would state and Lana see where's movin sit down well boys you saw this thought I was on I want some advice now what not it first thing what are you going to do to calm your sister down in situation like that are you going to tell her to go up you can't do that to golden eye on what would you do I'm not quite sure the individual probably personally get it talk it out and you know that individual why you can find some line you can convince them the things usually work out for the best it may not be as bad as timeless for short novice few years from now the work out it has the most people she's not alone in this no but still I thought maybe I'd be the answer is over something what do you think what would you say I thought while I suppose I'd tell her that during the last worn up till now this many and I suppose you could say sisters and mothers and daughters that have been in the same situations so uh chickens come through it all right just have to make up her mind to google for us just one thing I'd like to mention these been lovely discussion about getting exemptions now I wish that there was no such word concerning this military training if if they would just take everyone when they graduate from high school I think would be a fine meal no exemption at all except physically disabled people and secondly they shouldn't get keep them in over 12 or 18 months or more spin on things I think we always knew I okay what the what do you think we ought to tell us boy what's some good ghost to tell the boys going to be inside keeping in tellesberg itself well you should take temptation now that's what a sweet for service because that if you're in service it'll make any difference of the interpreter outside i'll guarantee there's more temptations outside year in civilian life manners and the service because you're not there where there's temptation he says they use a gift you out and you had your training and there's up too much temptation over there there's a lot more back here and if you're worried about and about the boy getting the cup and action it's papers for him being up on the front line then it would be to end the drive from here to market I'm i think i'm working on well so just erase my wish and I guess I'm your kind of know how I feel and frankly I I need some help i really have a lot of things that I just don't know what would you do well if you're absolutely positive that you want to get married right away okay you should go ahead and get married but if you're not absolutely positive and you can keep my accident like things along then it'd be better if you still on Darren games get engaged and in ways because it won't hurt I believe you could have an engagement period and and wait a while and it'll be sure you seeing his mother since you're too young or very hard if he goes away and his mother thinks you're too young to be narrating we'd have a rough time the ribbon and a long engagement can solve the toy access better just when the longer and think a little more resin but you can always wait for him I think you oughta think it over very carefully to because this is co you more or less than expressing it but still it's sort of a sudden shock to you and now you're sort of all mixed up and confused on the ryobi and I think it's something that you are consider very carefully and talk over together and your parents were kids before you even consider an engagement because that that's pretty buying me too and I think you ought to you are considered very carefully before using funny I more like agree with the girls except I've heard some girls talking in my group about if you're engaged where you might as well be married but I see what they mean by by waving being engaged because then you get back you're certainly be sure if you love them understand you doing somewhat the same situation that I am and that you all have boys about ready to be inducted into the service you talked over this problem between you I don't know just how similar your problem is to mine you may not be operating farm or labor situation be the same but how could you advise me you've heard me say that I'm not really opposed to the boy doing his chair and military service but you do know that it's going to be hard on his mother and that's really the one big problem is to reconcile her to the fact that her boys doing in service well we didn't think about that part of the problem so much as a farm problem we were thinking that how would you get along alone I think think in the middle right you have you have students to worry about it hope you write well as far as is done telling the world in the problem quickly were will Bend apartment depending on and greatly boom cow but after all apple and my own sons is the best is important to me to the Potters any fun could be not anymore so they're probably not any more important to me on a farm then it's done perhaps he was helping this bottle wanna go through sure NRL bozeman for an intimate business press that body was depending on this done as much as you are near another thing your son made in a very formative period now possible we might local service and the fact that he doesn't care to farm when he gets to a lot of Refuge course off his own decision whether there is way off but this is a problem that you have to face now and violent feeling on it is that it isn't a thing that we're exhausted before individually it appears you have to page what should I do about it is it worth while to get to our son deferred when we try and get into college just a holding back what do you think about it well your son is now 19 and it doesn't care for college I go there I would hesitate to dream yes because and he said all the other boys I think and other busy train I don't think I whatever consider had an envoy disturb a 15 I said it would be a little hard when he come back to community and know that some of the boy had told her their responsibility I just think photographer for the point is his responsibility yeah I was the other thing the thing that I think that I would do yes that I would send him off the pathway as I could because that means a lot to him to know that the home soldier basking in and try hard to keep the home side just as intact as possible by writing awesome sending packages for their the United States or abroad and keeping them well informed about things of him I think that means a lot to them and when he comes on furlough giving the best time that your custom the cat and I know you'll be happier and so lame no I think would help him a lot to accept the fact of his range goals if you can sell yourself on the idea that this military service of his is important if you can overcome the feeling of resentment that some people have that can feel it we never should have gone to clear I think we've had to go and there lots of people if you know all about us we feel that we've had the drain to Korea I think if you can convince yourself first where's my problem so what would you want you well if you have to go in first to go image like you're liking it just go in and make the best of it the only two years still go in and like it and if you see further advancements why keep right on it she will like it while you're in there well I do you think well I'm as the problem of getting married and as I look at it now I think it would be best if well you waited till you were about out or maybe till your second furlough or something like that because then that will give you a time when you are separated and you will give you are in love then you will know it for sure because you will have been separated and although there there is more money in being mad when you're in the army but I don't think that's one of the main part of the main yes say but nothing you have to look at you might have a family while you're in the army and something might happen till yesterday and there your bride would be with a soulless possibility of a family what do you think will always think maybe somehow another this you might get into something and I made it right when you get out of the service piece and getting the farm for instance maybe mechanics you get to work on different kinds of motors and learn how to speak and well maintained and there is a chance to be for the forward knees getting into some branch of service like that mm-hmm well blame you you're not very old yet you haven't got your mind made up and quite a few things oh when you get in there what I do bari i watch you I hung around now there's a lot of nice guys in there and there's a lot of water tonight maybe come back a million-dollar kid like you are now well last few minutes be given the addams family the benefit of your advice and speaking to the atoms I'd like to thank all of you because you see this matter of giving advice and is not so easy and I'm very serious problem wipers and the taking of it certainly isn't easy either because well whatever whatever perspective is very closely we feel is our own wife fucking problem nobody else you just exactly like it and it's pretty hard to take advice on something like this all the animal family is very grateful I wonder what they would have said how's the reaction would have been if it had the benefit of risks counsel and advice ahead of time the for Glenn first came in with that notice let's see just after dinner daddy family is out in front for their back porch rather the Sun is going down beginning to cool off just a bit about 25 8 20 coming oh boy like I do have here mother stuffing yeah this bull stuff and I walked ears off oh he's heavy I think you know that one it's not for a month now you got boy oh I got my notice to get out from a physical waiting finally over right well that's a relief right well well I think what I learned a little I think perhaps I've been to Chelsea but you have to do or do you just like the rest of the boys when it's your time to go you have to go we do have a principle to fight for and I want you to buck up and have just as much courage to make this world a decent place to live in if the rest of them you don't have to worry about in church was already set before he goes into the army and face is what they build on in the army he's not step now I net a little bit I think he's gonna do down there you think pop you