Arthur Sinclair, Junior; Taos, New Mexico

Today I was talking with Arthur Sinclair, Junior. He is a humble man indeed. First off, he talks about the “DeStRes” which is an acronym for Department of Strategic Resources. He mentions of all the hard work he had to do just so that he could be trained. Sleeping “with a book under his pillow,” he told me. “DeStRes” sounds like a weird name for a labor force. Personally I think that there could have been a more, well-suited, well thought-of name for a labor work force, wouldn’t you agree? He mentions to me about “tools and talent”. “’Talent” describes the potential workforce, its level of skilled labor, and how that labor could be utilized effectively”, he tells me, ‘“Tools” are the weapons of war, and the Industrial and logistical means by which those weapons are constructed.”
During our discussion, he reflects on the changes that many of the people had to go through. People with high positions in the entertainment business, or business world itself, had to change down to something lesser of their status, like a janitor. I mean, if you specialty was in finance, but they told you had to wipe the floors of dust then I would be pretty pissed off, sort of. Don’t you think it is hard to change from something of higher stature to bottom-of-the-line, low-class jobs, like sweepers?
During that time, people were getting jobs to help support the “war effort”. People were retreating back and there was much chaos. They were bringing unnecessary things with them and holding onto them even if they were invaluable. People just were misguided and confused.
Ingenuity is a great thing. Soldiers began thinking of their own inventions to use. For example, soldiers made the “Lobotomizer,” which was an entrenchment tool used and was mass produced, producing 23 million during the war.