South Sea Wampum

> In return for a pair of 10-c--store earrings and a cheap brooch, a South Sea Islander dug 52 foxholes for U.S. soldiers.

> No amount of money could buy a horse which was needed to haul medical supplies. But a string of beads could.

> One native asked (and got) as rent for his canoe a bauble which soldiers found in a shipment of cards and games.

Lieut. General Millard Harmon, Commander of Army Forces in the South Pacific, told such stories during a recent trip home.to San Francisco. The League for Service Men rummaged through their closets and bureau drawers, handed the General a 70-lb. package to take back to his post. Last fortnight the League started a campaign whose title made more sensitive San Franciscans shudder ("Buddies' Baubles for Barter"). But the campaign was popular: one week's collection took in 17,000 trinkets totaling half a ton.

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