couple were Irish; the man had never deserted before.

(1) He had spoken with eagerness of the wages that were being earned
in munition plants in a city a few hours away--said he would like to
go to some of those munition places and see what he could make.

(2) He was an intermittent drinker.

(3) His work record was poor; employers said he was irregular and
unreliable.

(4) Visitor felt he had never earned as much as he was easily
capable of earning and was rather indifferent to the needs of his
family.

(5) The woman was willing to work--had applied for day nursery care,
but visitor had persuaded the nursery not to accept the children.

After the visitor had stated the first two of the above items she
stopped, and did not add the more significant three that followed until
reminded that many workmen who drank intermittently were at that time
thinking enviously of munition factory wages; and that these hardly
constituted danger signals. The cumulative effect of all five items
cannot, however, be denied.

Another statement, similarly obtained, concerns a colored couple,
married about two years and with two children, the youngest less than a
month old. Man had been out of work and family had gone to live with
relatives.