Show t a f wf tES i hi 9 INS i oi 1 PI 72 K L lw fafa 3 bk 11 fl V 11 il Z areja aw 5 bl 23 mess fo american womer asks them fo 13 e 0 its in the home homet f this Is perhaps he the nuh nub of a mij inge to the a en of the united in the form of a widely idely circulated pica plea that they assess anew the value of if the intimate inal and unending n service of chemistry to borne home comina anity and country the plea Is in the interest 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 hove have endorsed this mes sage to the american women they are mrs herbert hoover wife of unit cd ed secretary of commerce hoover national president of the girl scouts and a college graduate in min ing engineering mrs thomas G winter president of the general federation of women clubs which has a nationwide nation wide mea mem be barship hip of club women miss maude wetmore chairman of the woman s department of the nation al all civic federation bliss ada L comstock president of radclyffe college and president of the american association of university 11 omen mrs george maynard minor dent general of the daughters of the american revolution ne pie like mother used to make Is a phrase to warm the cochlea cockles of a mans man a heart but mother dida t al 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 J shocking lack of food good cooking in american homes and good cooking ie Is a foundation of the home just as its the home Is a foundation of society the saying that a french faill family y III live well on what an american family wastes Is far from being a joke and bow can a housewife intelligent ly handle the many things Indi spen sable to the living of the family without a working knowledge of the why and wherefore of those things these five leading american women have signed a statement of approval which includes the following both the plea and the statements upon which the message rests we have carefully considered and endor endorsed qed unanimously we ask the he women of america to give a thoughtful read ing 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 inter later ests this nation has ban fallen behind in the promotion of research in that branch of chemistry upon which rests the preservation of health the practice of medicine the elimination of waste from the borne home and industry by the conversion con venlon of that waste into humanly usable products that branch of chemistry upon which rests tests the improvement pro ement and increase in our food supplies the conservation of our re source through a wider and more effective utilization of materials in a word we have fallen short in tte the domain known as organic chemical research within which ue an enormous enor moul Il cumber lumber of the strategic places looking the strongholds of nature much Is to be gained pined by riveting F 71 the attention of american women upon the fact heretofore stated that to be weak in organic chemistry Is to be weak ae as a nation in the very bean heart of scientific research and that such weakness Is itself a challenge to the american public obviously the reverse of this fact Is that the nation which belittles or ignores the importance of persistent skillful pursuit of knowledge the nation which withholds from sound research r the material resources resource i and boffl atal recognition essential to its sup port that nation will be outdistanced and outclassed by the nations which grasp the astounding present day sig ni fleance of the ancient doctrine knowledge Is power the nation that allows itself thus to be outclassed and find outdistanced in 4 type of research lying ly ing at the very heart of scientific research not only writes it self down a laggard in the worlds principal harvest fields of knowledge and forfeits its claim to respect as an equal bearer as well nell as an equal sharer in such harvest yields it imperils its national independence if not its national existence for it Is at the mercy of other 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 correspond ing supporting structure 1 truc ture for the organic chemist sno no industries whose coni constant tant demands for skilled research assured the chemist a living while be searched out from natures compounds tom pounds their secrets of life health and human welfare support for such research was to be found only in overseas countries upon oversea overseas chemists we had to depend for an amazing number of absolute essentials of life the story of how bow our 4 few organic chemists under the forced draft of the war secured from our own ovin soft coal and other natural resources the drugs dyes and other essential of life as well weil as in the con duct of war has loar its novelty but not its significance organic chemistry underlies these industries built op up ai as a result of the conflict as the en tire science of chemistry underlie underlies the th development of our natural natured resources can the women whose activities center upon making this nation secure la 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 nation g peaceful pea ce ful security tj will and DO no more illuminating or enthralling subject of 0 f study ban than the bearing of 0 f upon national defense de fenee the abe growth and fruitage of organic chemical research rea earch in america bi been retarded by the tho lack of appreciation thie this Is an indictment Indict men of the intelligence of american bomp yi qi well as a of american roen men mani featly it ii Is through the knot griat women I 1 organizations that women will do aliel he moet most effective work ork in remedying ihl grievous notional national fault hat are th 0 first steps appt lit 1 I arst of all bit ih tho educator educators an I 1 W in your own oun il comman m 4 lara in touch with alth lie tile oba objective ellve of YOU ift ution activity and k ind out uthai had bearing tile development of fit has upon that objective got it be national deteau det de enu promo jon of agriculture development of na illonal rk sources promotion of tilli public tille health or other civic or activity second find out what lint research ret earch equipment and personnel pera onnel in our con and kate state and in the nation ore are devoted to the in able you are interested third look into the educational systems of your own community an 4 awn it paril blend A toast we t serve mo dal wale cut 1 I this or I 1 th of merl lentil bo I 1 men melly pie mea jelly 11 adoo ful with find a p 4 the in rant salt into A p mor orel am arul add ten elc in te C b state to learn leah what place la Is assigned in the curricula to chemistry and inorganic and how bow much human interest characterizes its teaching fourth see what your local it 11 brailes have in the way of authoritative and interesting literature on organic chemistry fifth study carefully and decide for yourselves whether the organic chemical chen lical industries the manufacture of dyes drugs and the finer chemical are necessary as an assurance of m support of the american young men me ha and women who may be induced to a choose a career in the field of organic Is chemistry as a result of your enliven a ing activities a Sixth When you have gathered this information through group study of be it remembered along the line of in your group interests and find activities 0 take counsel with a other groups of women who have been studying the th same subject frota from their own angles ta 0 of approach b the men who are con tv berned and active in the development t of organic chemistry and an organic C chemical personnel in america w seventh With this information a and with this counsel formulate your g own ideas as to abat national and a state tate 11 policies should be put into effect for the surest development and main I 1 cenance of an american organic chemical w personnel adequate to our nation c al needs t eighth act in accordance will with t the judgment you have thus formed 0 and demand of those opposing your 0 course of action a clear explanation s of the motive and grounds of their I 1 opposition |