Show arx women lomen work for peace play important holes in Us H by HELEN guest guess columnist lor for kathleen norris norm bell features additional evidence of the progress being made by women in world affairs Is off offered ered in the role being played by women in the united notions nations setup main achievement insofar as women are concerned was the establishment of the commission on the status of women the group was created as a result of the demand by prominent feminists that the new international agency should give recognition to worn ens interests the united states representative on the commission is miss dorothy kenyon new york attorney and former municipal court judge long active in organizations miss kenyon served as a member ot of the league of nations committee on the legal status of women voters the movement for UN recognition of women was launched at the san F francisco ran cisco conference when they succeeded in getting the principle of equal rights incorporated in the UX UN charter they also got the proposal tor for a commission for women put on the agenda for the london meeting in the winter of 1946 at this meeting the economic and social council set up a commission sub on the status of women in the commission on human rights of which mrs eleanor roosevelt Is the chairman the commission outlined a program ballf calling ni for civil political educational cat ional and social equality for women they asked that an executive office on affairs should be bb set up as a part of the united nations secretariat secret ablat they recommended expansion into a larger independent commission the economic and so cial council approved the suggestion and authorized establishment of a separate commission at their meeting in new york in october 1046 1946 the council designated the countries to be represented on the new commission work in secretariat although they seldom appear before the public eye another group ot ol women is playing an important role in telling the united nations story to the world this group Is comprised of members of the UN secretariat reta riat lat who accomplish a major mission even if their work to Is principally behind ohp the scenes among m members embers of the secretary at are many of the new twentieth century women who have risen from the ashes of war at first glance these girls look like smart young women you could see sec almost apy chefe whir e pretty north americans in flower toned sweaters and blouses alend chinese ese ln in short skirted versions of oriental dress olive skinned south americans American with liquid latin eyes lipstick smart hats and all that but watch them awhile and you will find they are different there Is less party talk and ana drinking more hard work for a purpose pui purpose pose not that they are any less interested in men than women always were they simply seem to think and talk about them less those these women hold what is probably the worlds largest feminine collection ot of university degrees many speak from two to five languages and can translate or take shorthand in several others are wizards with paintbrushes paint brushes yet many are working for far less money than they have made before on a heavy schedule that sometimes ex tends to 10 or 12 hours a day six or seven days a week with a three hour dally daily commutation added to that during the general assembly they were soaked in a bath of work that left virtually no time for shopping hairdresser friends or play why do they do it let marion dix tell you miss dix a former scenario writer turned down 1000 a week in hollywood to work for a week in the united nations asich aschiel lef of the film and television section which is producing a film on the fun functions chions purposes and goal of the united nations miss dix alx says succinctly if the united nations falls fails there will be no world it must succeed A job to help it succeed is the best job you can have right now and no work seems too hard constance rhodes adds a few words word Is to that miss rhodes Is an english girl who studied at the paris sorbonne worked for the ILO in geneva and now is secretary to andrew cordler right hand man to trygvee lie says Say miss rhodis rhodes satisfaction in effort kind of work gets in your blood once youve done dohe it 11 its fascinating cina ting meeting people of all na it would bireme boro me now A job fob to help U N V succeed bithe is the 6 besst job you con can have arc right now to work in on an office filled only with english and then i I 1 dont want to sound too high minded but theres a great satisfaction in working for peace after every difficult time we seem to have made a little progress and it makes you feel good to think you have had even a small part dynamic mrs trudy velt veit austrian born art editor odthe of the visual information service directs the production of posters exhibits and charts some of which are produced in 16 languages british born mrs A audrey langston mother of seven year old twins as U N photo liaison 61 officer directs a photographic start staff which snaps pictures for ui ug N posters and exhibits one of the toughest U na X jobs Is held by french bronch born lucie de vienne blanc head of a four language typing pool of girls most of whom came from europe mme ame de vlen vien ne nc blanc who used to be a concert singer keeps harmony and clockwork order while i english french spanish and ru russian s alari documents pass from translator to stenographer to reviser to typist to reviser etc she says the girls love america like american men better than europeans because they treat them better are fascinated by new york shops and rejoice in pretty clothes at relatively low cost among the girls working hard for peace Is a large quota headed toward interesting personal careers take mary ronay university of michigan graduate who Is credentials officer in charge of press accreditation credi tation cards and seating ar range ments she worked in a detroit bookstore to earn to come to new york and now Is working and saving to study music in paris farls then there Is senorita orellana of chile spanish translator who holds a ph D degree from columbia university ver sity taught three years at smith college androw and now Is headed toward a career in chiles diplomatic service doreen feng daughter of the chinese ambassador to mexico pores over and pencils making ti N posters and charts but some day she ho hopes honesto pesto to be a great painter add to the li list marie bordy boray tiny russian photographer on audrey Langs tons staff who aho speaks five languages and chalked up some kind of a record when she not only cotla got a good picture of camera shy soviet delegate andrel andrei gromyko grom i ako but also made him smile her ambition is a studio of herlond her lowd own |