Show e I Other Points of 11 View I I I C SAFEGUARDING G WOMEN OI X Due to bur Our absorption In more spectacular news the i first conference of or trade union women women ever cr held under go cr government ment a auspices has closed without receiving very much attention Yet It was significant and Important not only for tor women omen workers themselves e but also for the tho nation as a a. whole The Tho Increasing demands on the national manpower make It Jt Inevitable that more and more women gill ll have havo to do tho the work ork of or men and It Il Is not tho the kind of or war work for which women most moal frequently got their pictures Into the u the newspaper per pers On tho the contrary It Is often octen difficult exacting and hazardous and It Is hard hardly I designed to forward fOI social amb am ama- b tI 0 n S. S The Tho object of ot the conference was chiefly to discuss tho maintenance of ot proper Standards and safeguards for or women worl workers erB Secretary of or Labor Wilson Is to be bo commended d for his Indorsement of oC the tho principle of oC equal pay for equal work and especially for tor his proposal that no women should be employed on night work worl except where tho war department department department depart depart- ment declares an emergency exists Tho The women who are aro employed working Irv II on government contracts arc are performing perform perform- In ing a a. service that Is comparable to that of oC OUZO out m mon men n In ht time the field and antl It ills Is the time business of the tho government to be Just jUt as solicitous of oC their welfare as that of or the soldiers Wo Yo must realize that while they arc are making good In the performance of oC these new lIew tasks the very ery fact that they thoy are arc working at al unaccustomed tasks makes it Important that wo we should take especial precautions for their welfare The Tho recent conference should he of oC service In obtaining a a. wider Ider acceptance of oC these views amon among among- manufacturers Chicago Tribune fa isa |