| Show MADE TAN CONSTITUTION N LACKS ECONOMIC FOR WOMEN CHIVALRY L R Regulation a t. t Lon I oy II fLaws Laws Imperiled In Many States r C f s are ar re not the th only LADIES DISTRESS The Th forgotten women IN millions million of them know know knowin in n f heUbI i to too It is ri of them it th that thit il i. i t llin r. r t. t in n th this third SiJ e of cf h. h h hit daily MI uries on fl J the th of t the f. ht that bet blet the women f in n 1936 P P. r f By HELEN 1 1936 1938 NEA Service Inc were the recipient a of ff it weman It atomic chivalry Instead of the at it mt mud a puddle d-puddle version would not now be plunged into Stress l t en masse She has been equality with men when it itI itu I MU U to voting at the polls she zhe Accepted on a parity so 10 tar far as right to lo earn her own living 1 concerned The joker in the theae thee however ho lies in tho the fact tact that ae Ike e 4 If jj IJ 13 governed b by a man made which prevents her herem herom herom om em insuring protection of ot her ber pay Though ough women's collective dis- dis us its is not so sensational as the cases that have been rown on the worlds world's front pages I e S resultant tragedy is s greater I The trouble started when Joseph paldo manager of a laundry in I was charged with tarn tarn- ring ring- with his records in order show that he had paid the min mm- ium lum wage to the women employed his laundry Eventually the case etched the supreme court and the cis Ion now points the way to low- low wages for any woman in any itc ite The verdict of the supreme urt blocks both federal and state n of wages for tor women and perils perUs regulatory laws Jaws in at least states The decision added tens thousands of recruits to the army ladles in distress It is the bread and butter di diss dis- dis J s against which women unfed un un- led fed have ha no recourse Field Expands Expand Rapidly s s the tho wheels of the tho industrial solution have gained momentum men Imen have hava been bem drawn into ther the jor r markets Living has s grown re t complicated with the I u s of the years One needs toke to tolke ike ke more snore expenditures now than i the days when food clothing d Ii ah shelter lter composed a trinity of ofed ed eds Consequently one must ve ye more money History dem- dem strates that people have never landed money unless they have haveIt havet It t the need of It IL No woman woman seeks a hoarding wage is Ie merely wants a decent living Jiving Tb The guarantee th that t no employer JUd be permitted to pay less appears is the thing that has hasen en n denied the tho laboring woman r r tho the moment at least so far any state or federal help is con- con rued med When women lived a at home bome and andre andr r re cared for by the male memra mem- mem rs ra of their families there was problem of wage scales for tor wo- wo en ell There was little mUe work for foren I inen en in those early days When sent them outside the theme theme theme me they taught nursed or went wentLa to La domestic service Women in ense numbers had not f Industry Consequently there is no flO need for legislation on state federal wage acts Today when it is necessary for formen formen men In many cases to make malte their r m 1 living Jiving as it is for their broths broth- broth s si when a woman is frequently sole Jole wage earner for a fam- fam group roup when a husband may ve Ye to depend on his wife's in- in we tnt in part at least for the sus- sus 1 Ining of ot his home when women t. t doing mens men's work work work- today wo- wo en ext need money And they are by the need to take what tl Cl can get for their toil left to toe e mercy of the shrewd bargainer The I same me man who would carry f T across a 8 torrent or a puddle i lily jy as not would take advantage her need for a job to o exact the Xi um of work for tor the minimum Pay L i Plight t Created Paradox After all common sense sensa tells us It at t any woman given her choice auld mid prefer preter to bake pies ami ancI cook- cook ilo her own clean bright kitchen l it up glasses of at colored jellies with the morning paper a a magazine Zinc for an hour or two he hen the beds are made and the nes hes s W washed shed and know that the are arc paid paid any any woman would tier such a program to on one that ills uis U. U for the pins needles or bolts our r after hour that J often otten as not N fat pay her enough for tor a good burger sandwich when the wk cc C strikes 12 J. J nr long ago when women were tUe Ie more than slaves their Ill 1 of labor were individualized woman man whoso whose husband worked too Leo oo hard could seek no relief ay r r When women work side bj by It t least they can band to to- to er tr- to demand their simple g t. t w. w You lou cant can't blame them for tor g Puzzled in an order thai that tha WI ft a fm fine fino social i Jt conscience or 8 hangover ver yet makes iun e to establish against exploiters of ot their la laC laT la- la I T C Victims Victim Df f the NI Night ht Riders |
