Show X P pa 0 le 1 01 ars 0 man 7 rz ivl cwi A ia Y T ail A s ca Ameri mess bessae ae carm to lo ho IMF 0 aae women asks them lo io conie Re its fc importance I 1 A in the home 1 a this Is perhaps the nub 1 of a message to the wom v en of the united states in the form of a widely circulated plea that they assess abess anew the value of the intimate and unending service of chemistry to home community and country the plea Is in the interests of the chemical industry as a whole and where Is chemistry of more value than in the home five of the leading women of the united states have endorsed this message to the american women they tire are mrs herbert hoover wife of united states secretary of commerce hoover national president of the girl scouts and a college graduate in mining engineering mrs thomas G winter president of the general federation of clubs which has a nationwide nation wide mc membership m of club women miss maude wetmore We chairman of the womans comans department of the national civic federation miss ada L comstock president of radclyffe college and president of the american association of university women mrs george maynard minor president general of the daughters Daug liters of the american revolution pie like mother used to make Is a phrase to warm the cockles cackles of a roans mans heart but mother always make good pie and apparently the present generation of potential mothers Is not paying much vo lunary attention to pie making or any other home cooking there has been a shocking lack of good cooking in american homes arid and good cooking la is a foundation of the home just as the home Is a foundation of society the saying that a french family will live well vell on what an american family wastes Is far from being a joke and how can a housewife intelligently handle the many things indispensable to the living of the family without a working knowledge of the why end and wherefore of those things these five leading american women have baye signed a statement of approval which includes the following both the pica and the statements upon which the message rests we have carefully considered and endorsed unanimously we ask the women of america to give a thoughtful reading to these pages to make them the subject of individual and organization discussion to form careful judgment on the bearing of the subject upon their individual or organization interests this nation has haa fallen behind in the promotion of research in that branch of chemistry upon which rests preservation of health the practice of medicine the elimination of waste from the home and industry by the conversion of that waste into humanly usable products that branch of chemistry upon which rests the improvement pro and increase in our food supplies the conservation of our resources through a wider and more effective utilization of materials in a word we ae have fallen short in the rhe domain known as organic chemical re search march within which lie he en an enormous enor moui moul number of the strategic places over looking the strongholds strong holds of nature much Is to be gained by riveting the attention of american women upon the fact heretofore stated that to be weak in organic chemistry Is to be weak as a nation in the very heart of scientific research and that such weakness Is itself a challenge to the american public obviously the reverse of this tact fact Is that the nation which belittles or ignores the importance of persistent skillful pursuit of knowledge the notion nation which withholds from sound research the material resources and official recognition essential to its support that nation will be outdistanced and outclassed by the nations which grasp the astounding present day significance ance of the ancient doctrine knowledge Is power the nation that allows itself iosef thus to be outclassed and outdistanced in a type of research lying at the very heart of scientific research not only writes itself down a laggard in the worlds principal harvest fields of knowledge and forfeits its claim to respect as an equal bearer as well as an equal sharer in such harvest yields it imperils im perils its national independence if not its national existence for it Is at the mercy of other nations tor for the skill needed to wrest from its own resources essentials of life health and wealth essentials often too of actual protection in time of conflict until a few years ago there has been in this country no corresponding supporting structure for the organic clie chemists mists no industries whose constant demands for skilled research assured the chemist a living while he searched out from natures compounds their secrets of life health and human welfare support for such research was to be found only in overseas countries upon overseas chemists we had to depend for an amazing number of absolute essentials of life the story of how hov our few organic chemists under the forced draft of the war secured from our own soft coal and other natural resources the drugs dyes and other essentials of life as well as in the conduct of war has lose its novelty but not its significance organic cherolis try underlies these industries built up as a result of the conflict as the entire science of chemistry underlies the development of our natural resources can the women whose activities center upon making this nation secure in its peaceful development be wise or effective in their decisions and actions and ignore the needs and achievements of chemical research the women who are working for the nations peaceful security will find no more illuminating or enthralling subject of study than the bearing of eh chemistry upon national defense the gro growth nth and fruitage of organic chemical research in america havel hava I 1 been retarded by the lack of public appreciation this Is an indictment of the intelligence of american women aomen as well as of american men manifestly it Is through the great organizations that thai women will do their most effective work in remedying this grievous nat lonii lonn fault what are the obvious first steps first of all get the educators and ami scientists in your own communities in touch with the objective of your organization activity find out what bearing the development of cheIT chemical research has upon that objective whether it be national defense promotion of agriculture development of national resources promotion of public health or other civic or educational activity second find out what research equipment and personnel in your community and state and in the nation are devoted to the subjects in which you are interested third look into the educational systems of your own community and f I 1 I 1 k V state to learn what place Is assigned in the curricula to chemistry organic and inorganic and how much human interest characterizes its teaching fourth see what your local libraries have in the way of authoritative tive and interesting literature on organic chemistry fifth study carefully and decide for yourselves whether the organic chemical industries the manufacture of dyes drugs and the finer chemicals are necessary as an assurance of 0 support of the american young men and women who may be induced to choose a career in the field of organic chemistry as a result of your enlivening activities sixth when you have gathered this information through group study be it remembered along the line of your group interests ans and activities take counsel with a other groups of women who have been studying the same subject from their own angles of approach b the men who are concerned and active in uie the development of organic chemistry and on an organic chemical personnel in america seventh with this information and with this counsel formulate your own ideas as to what national and state policies should be put into effect for the surest development and maintenance of an american organic chemical personnel adequate to our national needs eighth Elgh tb act in accordance with the judgment you have thus formed and demand of those opposing your course of action a clear explanation of the motive and grounds of their opposition |