Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1929, Page 24

STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 12, 1929—PART 1. | tion of Women's Clubs at its last con- | Thursdays at 4:48 pm. Mary Hope | Mrs. Busch also talked over WRC some | Mrs. Charles Hamlin, Miss Evie Morris, | been asked by a hotel to furnish a list ‘l\'enmm held in San_Antonio, Tex. | Norris is giving a series of radio talks months ago on Mrs. Southworth and |Mrs. Prank Hiram Snell, Mrs. Ber-|Of 150 ’nlmes]gvgl ‘;ihlth“t& ul;ct fl;l‘: | Miss Browne. who is a member of over WABC, New York. on the care of | the proposed new memorial clubhouse | tram Chesterman, Mrs. Samuel Jordan | for the grounds surrounding the hote! | | | the New York branch of the League | children, and also conducts the Moth- | of the league. Adele De Lecuw of the|Graham, Mrs. Penny, Mrs. John A. | These names are to be Indian, Spanish of American Pen Women, has asked | er's Radio Round Table Club. Miss| New York branch recently read selec- \weiic Mrs. T. Gaines Roberts, Mrs. Eu- | nd of pioneer origin and peculiar to CLUBWOMEN OF THE NATION | cotmtry o co-operate in the celebration | of Golumbia branch of the league is a | De Leeuw is the winner of the Fachelgene Barrett, Mrs. Rodney Bean, Mrs, | 1° carly history of the Stae. Trade Union League Delegates Discuss Labor COl'lditiOl"lS ifl | by giving poetry programs at club meet- well known radio lecturer, having broad- | Mack Wilson for the port- Robert Crain, Mrs. James G. Penn,, Mrs. Ostiorn, national presi- prize Cassa h “r C l b P k :mx&‘;sn Bover the radio. el ndh)i fl‘l‘:!: for !élc )?:I’“’ four {ell'lbjfrotmh!{:l- 'w (ol,l&eonl ;.he l'r:l:h::ly unmlblhh:‘d Po!l'l:! xl; Pw?vl:ullal;;‘;d::& Le:‘!f; P(g.l:fi]ky. g:l;l.nl: "l‘;lela‘d;;:gn{l;kl\s %l'lr]l‘dwhtrlm-l rowne is also national WRC, present_subject . being | wr uring the past year, her port- . , . May D. 00 South—Pen Women to Celebrate Poetry Week. Democratic Women Hear Mr. Wile. THE SUNDAY | Pen’ Women branches throughout the | Alice Hutchins Drake of the District | tions from her book, over WRNY. Miss chairman of the league, and in her an- | “Famous Paintings of Many Lands.” | folio being calied “Strewn Silver.” Hon- | Storrer, Mrs. William H. Clagett, Mrs. | of Washington as legislative represen- nual report recorded an extensive par- | Mrs. Isabel Likens Gates, also of the | orable mention went to a member of the | Charles Warren, Mrs. Donald McDon- | tative of her organization in the Capi- ticipation In broadcasting activities by | District of Columbia branch, has been ' San branch, Lori Detri, for [ald, Mrs. Harry N. Rickey, Mrs. Har- | tal. Mrs. Lightfoot is a prominent local members of the league from various | broadcasting twice a week over WJSV, ' her “Alembic snd Other Poems.” riet Ward, Mrs. Thomas Page and a | clubwoman and is expected to fill th> stations throughout the country. Mrs. | giving otiginal work and also the work | * % ok * number of others. | post with distinction. * | BY CORINNE FRAZIER. TARTLING facts concerning trade conditions for woman workers in the country, especially the South, were brought out -at the annual convention of the National Wom- en’s Trade Union League, held in Wash- ington last week—facts indicating that, while the general prosperity of the country has greatly increased during the past decade, wages for women have been on the decrease, and others re- vealing the tremendous influence that Dame Fashion has upon the employ- ment of factory workers. Discussing labor conditions in a sym- posium on wages led by Miss Lillian Herstein of the Chicago Federation of | Labor and Dr. Louis Lorwin of the ‘Washington Institute of Economics woman workers in the textile, manufacturing, garment making, tele- | phone and other leading industries, who were delegates to the convention, were unanimous in declaring that the yearly | eamings of the average industridl work- er of the feminine sex are lower today than they were five years ago, despite increasing “national prosperity.” It was generally agreed that the of- ficlal figures on weekly wages, compiled from industrial pay rolls, do not take account of unemployed workers or those working only part time in seasonal oc- cupations, and, for this reason, do not give an accurate picture of the real annual income of the workers. In a report on wage trends, compiled during the last six months by the Wom- en’s Trade League and made during this symposium by Miss Ethel M. Smith of ‘Washington, significant figures from of- ficial sources were read which showed that, while the average of wage levels has risen in the past five y , it is men’'s earnings only which have in- creased, while the earnings of women employed in iudustry hawe actually de- creased. The discrepancies between wages for man and woman workers doing the same work were emphasized by Miss Herstein during this discussion. She declared that “current official reports from three States, New York, Massa- chusetts and Illinois, show that woman wage earners in industry receive on an average about 55 per cent of the average weekly earnings of man wage earners. The National Industrial Conference Board's reports on weekly earnings of men and women, covering 1,600 plants in the United States, showed women's weekly earnings for all industries for November, 1928, as 70.5 per cent of the earnings of unskilled man workers, and 54.9 per cent of those of skilled and semi-skilled man workers. One of the great future problems of labor is the fact that, while the majority of women are in industry because of necessity, many are entering because they want to turn spare time into cash, and are to work for low wages.” No official on unemployment, represent an adequate picture of the un it situation, Miss Herstein declared. “One of the major factors in the t‘llt’ultlon," she said, “is the pment of new machinery and ef- fOciency methods which efime one worker {o do the job of two.” The growing demand of employers for woman workers who are young and personable is causing great hardship to the older woman who must work for a living, it was declared by Mrs. Sarah Green of Kansas City, representing the Ntfionnl Waltresses’ Union. It is almost impossible for a waitress who weighs over 125 pounds and is over 30 years of age to get a job,” said Mrs. Green. “Some restaurants in New York s old. going to n to the rest of us?” s * x ok x TH! tremendous and often-devastat- ing effect which changing fashions have upon the garment trades was ht out by a number of speakers who asserted that a single change in style, especially the style of shoes, ties or dresses, often throws thousands of workers out of employment. “Hand-crocheted ties, for instance,” said Miss Bessie Engleman of New York, “have been the cause of much unstability in the tie industry within recent years. “The well dressed American man is now demanding hand-made ties instead of the machine product, which flight of fancy is throwing thousands of work- ers out of jobs,” she continued. “Man- ufacturers of machine-made ties are going out of business by the dozems, in consequence, because women who are willing to work in their homes for pin money are making hand-made ties which bring high prices in men’s cloth- ing stores. “'A result of this movement populariz- ing hand-made ties is that the average earnings of girls working in necktie | manufacturing establishments in New York have decreased about 35 per cent | n the last four years.” ‘The disappearance of hooks, snaps and buttons from women's dresses was cited as another caprice of fashion which put 3,000 women out of work, relegating to the ranks of the unem- ployed both those who manufactured these products and those whose task it was to sew them on the ready-made garments. ‘This rapid rise and decay of styles, | ing husband makes too low wages to | which has been especially noticeable in , honorary president of the league, who the shoe trade recently, it was pointed | delivered one of the principal addresses >ut, makes for an uncertain market and | of the convention, pointed out that the unstable employment conditions in the | problem in the South is more ‘“social clothing_industry. | and human” than industrial, and is part “I think the time has come.” said | of the entire problem of the rural com- | Miss Herstein, “for women to ask|munities of America—the problem ot whether these frequent and radical | bringing formerly isolated communities | changes 1n styles are in the interest of | up to the “highest and best standards of esthetic value in clothing, or are mere- | American life.” ly vagaries with no sound basis.” b | The opinion was expressed by several | |delegates that the emplover can not | -JHE National Bulletin of the League | guarantee stability or continuity of em- A Soar N Pen W omeii e 60 1or ployment because he can no longer be | of which is Mrs. Nina Swalm Reed, with |assured of a steady market for his | 3t Patricia Poe Bennett and’ Miss product, if it has aught to do With | Agnes Winn as associate editors, is aid- urrent fashions. ing in the dissemination of information Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the |0 D e CRINICO) Qv 10 to 26, Women's Bureau of the Department of | aot?WPAE FOCTEY HEAK BT vs in the | Labor, took issue with several delegates | nrau Bylletin, This will be the third who had criticized the presence of mar- | gnyyal celebration of Poetry week, ried women in industry as influencing | \hich was inaugurated by the New wage standards unfavorably and taking | vork State Federation of Women's Clubs the place of the woman working for her | {yrouoh its chairman of poetry, Miss own living. | Anita Browne. This movement received “In our surveys we have found that|{he indorsement of the General Federa- in the majority of cases the married woman is in industry because her labor- support the family in decency and that she is as much in need of work as her unmarried sister,” declared Miss An- derson. “Don’t talk about the compe- tition of the married-women group in industry. Talk more about the com- petition of workers under 16 years of age, of girls working overtime for low wages, of workers who labor under un- desirable working conditions and there- by bring down the entire standards of labor.” % ek OP' all the reports given on labor | conditions in the country relating especially to women, the most reveal- ing was that of Miss Margaret Bowen of Elizabethton, Tenn., who told the vivid story of the conditions in the rayon milis at Elizabethton which led to a strike of 5,500 workers and the formation of a branch of the United Textile Workers with a membership of 4,653 who are still on strike. Miss Bowen was the supervisor of the group whose walkout precipitated the strike and is now secretary-treasurer of the | Elizabethton local union. She was brought to the convention, together with other textile workers from the South, to relate conditions existing in their respective centers. Miss Bowen gave the delegates, and later repeated to the Senate committee considering the Wheeler resolution for an investigation of labor conditions in the textile industry of the Carolinas and Tennessee, the details of condi- tions leading up to the strike, which, she said, was in general protest against the fact that the average wage of the rayon workers was $9.20 a week; the wages of 75 per cent of woman workers being even lower than this. Out of the worker's weekly wage had to be paid a minimum rent of $5 a week for “shacks” owned by the com- pany and operated as real estate ven- tures; a dollar a week for transporta- tion from the town, where the workers all live, to the factories some distance away, and, in addition, expenses of food, clothing and laundry. After the first strike occurred in March, she said, increases were granted to some of the workers' groups, but | discriminations in these increases led to the second strike, which is still on, although the two factories have re- sumed operations. Miss Bowen, as head of the inspection group of girls who first protested | against a wage of $8.47 a week, led the walkout last March which soon at- tracted the support of the entire body of workers and was responsible for the organization of the local union. She told about the filing of numerous in- junctions against the strikers; asserted that two girls under 15 had been put in jail for failure to pay a board bill of $10; and that many children 10 years of age have been employed in the rayon mills at Elizabethton. Miss Matilda Lindsay, Southern field representative of the league, and direc- tor of the convention symposium on the Southern situation, pointed out that the Elizabethton strike came awout through the voluntary action of the employes, and was in no way due to agitation from the outside. Employment of a large number of deputy sheriffs on the de- mand of citizens and employers and the issuance of numerous injunctions were resented by the workers. Men had been working for $12 a week, paying exorbi- tant rents for small shacks owned by | the employers, and trying to support | their families on the bare level of sub- sistence, Miss Lindsay declared. | She declared that, in many Southern | Stdtes, the advantages of cheap labor are held out as an inducement to North- ern manufacturers, but declared that | the Southern workers are awakening to the fact that they have been exploited. | Miss Mary Anderson, chief of the | United States Women's Bureau of the | Department of Labor, who presided at | the forum discussion on the Southern industrial situation, pointed out that there are 2,398,748 wage earning women, the majority of them in industry in 16 Southern States. “There is tremendous labor unrest in the South,” said Miss Anderson. “What Southern labor needs above all else is organization.” Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago, We Will Allow Price of This Set Complete With Tubes ..... 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Mrs. Mary Holden is radio o chairman for Chicago. and has charge | ‘‘|PROPAGANDA is a legitimate me of station WEGS of the Chicago Eve- | Mrs. Holden was formerly dium for influencing public opin- | (5 ion when not abused,” Frederic William ENERAL Federation | scholarship loan funds maintained by * * ¥ | e A violin composed of brass, the work Clubs reports that there are|of his father and friends, is being fea- tured by Jack Allen of Lisburn, Ireland, of Women’ | Heustis of Towa. Central director, and | president of the Tilinois Woman's Press | Wile, noted journalist, told the Wom- | GouCe P GPIE SAiCh, F0 AtaTEEe BF | and is ‘sald to have a particularly soft Marie Tello Phillips, Southern director. | Club. One of the first women to talk on current events over the radio was Mrs. | and Nina Swalm Reed, who gave her in- | teresting series. “Things Talked About.” for two years over WRC, once a_week. | and_for ‘three years discussed “Books" the same hook-up. Mrs. Reed | league. | broadcasters are Georgene Faulkner of | of that organization. | the Chicago branch, who is known as | “Know Plorida week"” | “The Story Lady,” and who tells chil- | dren’s stories over WGN, Chicago, every Wednesday afternoon between 5:30 and 6 o'clock. On Wednesdays also Kath- | over WLW, Cincinnati, Tuesdays May McEiravy of Denver, Colo, | © is on the staff of KOA as a compiler contributor to One of the ploneer Pen Women In the | fleld of radio programs was Mrs. Marion | Leland of Daytona Beach, Fla.. whose for her radio audiences every week over | work dates back to 1923 over WJZ. Mrs. is a|Leland, who has been for some years member of the local branch of the | president of the Daytona branch of the Among other Pen Women | Pen Women, is now honorary president the Jacksonville, Fla., branch gave in- 'ere.s(ing original articles or poems over of congratulation and of [ erine _ Tift-Jones of the New York | pleasure in having heard the volce of branch broadcasts at 9:30 o'clock over | the national president, Mrs. Clarence WJZ in the series known as “Cabin | M. Busch, have been received by the| Mr. Wile was presented by Mrs. Door "Mrs. B Williams, poet mem. | Birmingham er of the Cincinnati branch of the | league branches following the radio talk | luncheon. Among those who attended | dent of the Ar | league. ronducts the poetry programs | glven by Mrs. Busch while & guest of . R e T nd | (his Alabama league this past season. ' Mrs. n's ‘National Democratic Club at the veekly forum luncheon last Monday. holds first place, with a fi the Housewives | ‘But In unscrupulous hands it can be- 000; Oregon, third place, from various | Thomas Armat, who come a most dangerous weapon.” ‘The rece{n lt'i"lemv'i’l Dt'h powerhw bu¥ | public opinion through the purchase of | Norin Carolina, sixth pla more than a dozen leading newspapers d P | | was cited by the speaker as one of the | 231, The Kansas fund was started in | most_insidious propaganda plots in the history of the country. pride that T can say the press of the In the recent|country was swift in its condemnation nine members of | of such a scheme,” he added. Mr. Wile discussed the question of ip:opaganda from all angles, {llustrating with actual samples of the great num- | dustricus and ingenious | ber and variety of “publicity” or propa- | the fact that thtxy recen |ganda news jtems which cross the | average editor's desk a day. Ohio, fourth place, with “And it is with Z Colmor, a tiny town in presided at the | were Mr. and Mrs. Huston Thompson, | the constituent members Battle, Mrs. George M. Eckels, ' eral to 509, OF $34.000; Towa, second place, with §: und valued at [ and pleasing tone. ‘with $29.605; | $18.608: West | Virginta, fifth place, with $17,825, and | ce, with $17,- 1907, the Oregon fund was started in 11;‘1)3 ©Ohio in 1910 and West Virginia in New Mexico, having only 75 population, has a wom- |an’s club, the Colmor Sorosis, a mem- ber of the General Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs. That these women are in- is_proved by tly purchased | from the Santa Fe Railroad a box car | which is being rebuilt and fitted up for a clubhouse and a library. Mrs. George F. 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