Show Equal Pay for or D DT Equal Jf Work ork T THE TIE war Avar seems cems to lo be deciding in favor ot of the women whether they should the long age controversy contro as to men work Be Before r oro receive t the e same pa pay as men for equal for fot work equal war wat the principle of equal pay was nowhere no accepted by employers or by governments go as S sound But th the tho war has g given gen en our sisters a wonder wonder- Wonderful wonderful ful opportunity to show how what they can do 10 and they that in the in industrial in- in have hac proved to the satisfaction of lOOn many in d world they thc stand on the same plane of ef- ef and deserve e t the e same sarno remuneration as memI members mem mem- bers hers of the sterner sex I Within the past year ear the thc United States c government go has p placed itself squarely on in in favor of equal pay for equal work The file national war labor lobor board c composed of representatives of employers and em em- to to bring about a n settlement by mc mediation and conciliation of every cry controversy arising between employers employers em em- and workers in the field of production necessary war has has laid down the sary for the conduct of the lie war fol following owin as a fundamental policy If it shall become necessary to employ women on work ordinarily performed b by men they must be e allowed equal pay for equal work The war Star labor board has shown its earnestness in inthis inthis in inthis this matter matter matter-by by applying appling the tho principle in several se con con- tro ersie It t recently compelled the Hie Pittsfield works of the General Electric company to give equal pay for I equal equall work and fixed d the minimum wa wage e for women workers worker in the plant at 30 cents ants e an hour The Schenectady tady branch of the same samo company compan was required to rive o equal pay and there the minimum wage for women was fixed at 15 per week I 1 Many fany employers who before the war were frankly antagonistic to the the the equal pay for equal work principle principle prin prin- ciple are Ire now accepting it The national industrial conference conference con con- ference nee board on II wartime wart employment of women omen in inthe thc he the metal trades in its recent research report says Tho The principle of equal wages for equal work has Found fairly general acceptance among employers in inthe in he the metal t trades r Will this equal work equal pay principle survive sur I the war There may not be he so large a demand for tho the I services cr of women after the return of or peace but the history of the women's emancipation movement mo is conclusive conclusive con con- e orO point that whenever woman in her upward upward upward up up- ward le for equality and independence gains a n point ho no matter how small she invariably keeps it Her lIer contention n that she is entitled to equal pay is so just that hat it is is not to be bo imagined that in the new era she willbe will willbe be jc discriminated against ng as in tho the past Fa b Pa A J A a The German vanguard reminds of the tho family that thatis is is looking for a steam-heated steam apartment about this time I of year 1 J b 1 Pa Is I Substitutes in a large measure are responsible for forthe forthe I Ithe the defeat of the German submarines Evidently E a case casc I of subbing the subs v with ith subs h sa pa fe While the draft droit is bitter Germany at least has bas the satisfaction of getting getting- a chaser with ILI it IL I i. i pa I to J fa b faThe The referee says sas Germany has lost her punch but she is doing some fast footwork Pa r-l Pa a aThe I IThe The running e expo expenses of the tho German arm army arc apparently apparently ap ap- increasing A to 31 MAnd fe M And besides these newfangled masks might be used as ns bibs in eJr emergencies ta 17 t fa n. n hlAs to hl toAs As the Germans give O up the sub nests they turn their attention to hatching batching a t new peace I tra I |