Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
URGE WOMEN TO
 JOIN SERVICE LEAGUE. Intportancs of This France of Defense Cannot Be Overestis1. ated.

1 The importance of registering tn the National League for Won1an's Service
 cannot be -overemphasized The ne-
 cessity for 2, definite knowledge of just where each woman can do the most 1 efficient and valuabl work for her 1 country in the emergency Of war IS of utmost importance. The movement is nation wide. New York city is keelly alive to the situation and her women are splendidly organized. Every day sees the registration rooms crowded with those eager to enroll and do their bit when the call comes. said a local worker Sunday. Can not Norwich re- Spond to the call as well? We have leach our capabilities, but une.ss they are organized and classified they have lost some of their value to the com
 nuutty.
 Women who have had business or shop experience and who can leave
 their households for temporary ern-
 pioy7nent in office or factory are urged
 to register at once with the National
 League for Wonan's Service, which is
 expe dtting. the filing of army and navy
 contracts by helping to obtain women
 and labor for factories that have re- ce1ved government orders but are
 handicapped by lack of workers The
 league has issued from its new ma
 tonal headquarters at 259 Madison
 avenue, New York city, the following
 statement explaining how rroTnen's or
 ganizations, for the first time are plan
 ming an important part in mobiiiztng ana preparing the cOuntry's resources for war service:
 Under the supervision of the de
 partment of labor the leagues bureau II of registration and information at
 Washington is mobilizing women who
 have had office or factory experience and are available for industrial service In connection with the government war supplies contract. Through the local branches of the league in the 36 states in which 1t is now organized 2 set to i4I- demand for trained women labor in the government establishments as well as in privately owned factories that ]
 have received emergency orders for 1 army and navy supplies.
 The bureau is informed by the navy and war departments of every con 1 tract awarded. This information, al- 1 though kept strictly confidential forms | working basis for the bureau. It | comprises orders placed in the govern | ment owned factories and arsenals l orders placed with private firms state | mentS as to which contracts require | women labor both skilled and url- | skilled, the state of the labor supply In | the esta blishn1ents receiving contrac cts. the humber of trained women workers | that can be nobilized for paid but | patriotic service in the vicinity of a | government owned factory. and the number of industrial recruits possible to be obtained in other localities and | to be sent to places where emergency contracts have been awarded.
 If. for example there is found to be shortage of workers in the locality | in which a government contract has been awarded, the bureau by tele- graphing the leagues chair1nen in othed localities, arrange to supply the deficiency. The success Of this work obviously depends upon the CO opera | tion of Zyonlen's organizations every 1 where as well as that of women who | register with the lea que Individually. More than 40s of the leading Women's of, the country have now registered with the league. filing in the bureau at Washington complete infor- nation. as 10 the number Of their l members available for patriotic service and the experience or qualifications l which each one has. Several hundred l thousapd- women are represented in the orsaz1a azat tions which are clearing throu g1. the league without losing their | idertities or diminishing their Chances of receiving recognition for their pa triot5c service.
 E Tn New York state more than 20C II wonen's organizations. with more than oo,06o individual members, are CO., II operating with the league. The sue cess Of the league in mobilizirg volun- II teer workers to conduct the military II census has been such that RGovernor Whitman has expressed to the league his hope that in order to avoid over tapping and duplication of efgort all the state and nation will clear their sfforts through the league. Similarly extensive CO., ordination of women VGrk. Is being rapidly accomplished tn Il