▁job ▁of ▁s elling ▁the ▁SP AR S ▁included ▁s elling ▁the ▁US CG ▁as ▁well . ▁ ▁By ▁June ▁ 1 9 4 3 , ▁it ▁was ▁clear ▁to ▁the ▁US CG ▁that ▁the ▁rec ruit ing ▁process ▁in ▁place ▁did ▁not ▁favor ▁the ▁SP AR S , ▁so ▁it ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁joint ▁agreement ▁effective ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 3 . ▁Hence , ▁all ▁women ▁applic ants ▁for ▁SP AR S ▁would ▁be ▁interview ed ▁and ▁en list ed ▁at ▁US CG ▁district ▁rec ruit ing ▁stations . ▁The ▁change ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁increased ▁enthus ias m ▁by ▁the ▁rec ruit ers ▁and ▁it ▁proved ▁positive ▁overall . ▁Still , ▁the ▁competition ▁remained ▁keen ▁with ▁the ▁other , ▁better ▁known , ▁women ▁services . ▁Some ▁rec ruit ers ▁referred ▁to ▁themselves ▁as ▁ped d lers ▁of ▁patri ot ism , ▁but ▁their ▁lot ▁was ▁not ▁an ▁easy ▁one . ▁In ▁their ▁book , ▁Three ▁Years ▁Be hind ▁the ▁M ast , ▁the ▁authors ▁Mary ▁Ly ne ▁and ▁Kay ▁Arthur , ▁both ▁officers ▁in ▁SP AR S , ▁described ▁the ▁real ities ▁of ▁rec ruit ing ▁in ▁this ▁way : ▁During ▁the ▁day , ▁we ▁made ▁speech es , ▁distributed ▁post ers , ▁decor ated ▁windows , ▁led ▁par ades , ▁man ned ▁information ▁bo oth s , ▁interview ed ▁applic ants , ▁appeared ▁on ▁radio ▁programs , ▁and ▁gave ▁apt itude ▁tests . ▁By ▁night , ▁we ▁made ▁more ▁speech es ; ▁pray ed ▁women ▁would