OCR Text |
Show M- - i OTX (7 SUSAN THAYER wUftf " rI.I. TO SKKVICK , ... tills ro Rone from. Twl!""0",r this ;y 'i von Motived? In their rr,"1' ' 1 ;iria i.i overalls with " ,i,;ht l'.'t their heads, woll-worn uniforms or ."i,rlS 't,v work clothes doing si fV,'0l 'ww thut release men military duty. AlM dUie to have this kind yrr r this month and to carry .'''v' ,in women to go to ir!f request wont out from k',ton months ago of which lVi'' i result. A request, mind '.,, order, as would have t ease in n totalitarian .rv and U women's publiea-tMt publiea-tMt lwve such a profound "'onoo on fominino thin,dnR' o the cause. r" v phase of American indus- on the job today. Not only 'f 'tool mills and airplane facto-'J.ni facto-'J.ni railroads which are con- rKn'.slv in Uie war- But d" rr,wt' stores, beauty shops, ra-m ra-m stations, magazines, and news-l news-l "B are putting the war first. Ue all eager to do whatever X; can to speed the war effort '-i brinsr victory nearer. "B,jt what about individuals ? Wen, especially? Will that mil-; ::cn more needed in industry with-t with-t tie next six months be found .ithout resorting to a labor draft? It was comparatively easy to ijd three million women to the Bintrv's labor force in 19-13. But to recruit a million more now that tte cream is off the market will Htbeso simple. It will mean that mtn who have never had a job md never wanted one must go to to. It will mean that the wives of men overseas must pitch in rdhelp. It will mean that women eld enough to begin to take it easy mst begin to hustle once more. For while still more men must join the armed forces, production mist be pushed still higher, and He nly place to turn for the necessary neces-sary help is to women. Those of us who have homes and children must keep on taking tare of them. But perhaps we can do something more at the same time. Take care of the children of some neighbor ho can go to work, or get along without any extra domestic help . . . those hundreds of thousands who would go to work, if they felt the need was reat enough. For them this is a time for soul-searching and serious thought, and the maagzines of the country will make this thinking easier. |