New Britain herald., 1917-12-28
ENGLISH WOMEN IN
 SHOES OF BROTHERS
Fair Sex Relieves 1,25O ,OOO for Service at the Battle
 Front.

Washington, Dec. 28.-Miss Helen aFaser of London is in the United State telling the women of this coun- try what their English sisters have accomplished in their war work.
 II think that 1t is essential that the American and the English women should know each other and be of service to each other,' said Miss Fra Ser. 'The first thing that we can do is to- express our very deep sense of gratitude and joy at having the Amer jeans with us in this struggle. We feel that the American women will con- tribute in no small degree to the final victory.
 '"The women of England have found that the woman's task in war is not only that of healing. of inspir- ing, of being of great spiritual com fort and help to their men, but also that it is essential in every particular piece of war work, in industry, in munitions in food production and conservation, in financing the war, in executive work, and even as part of the army organization.
 From our experience, I should ad-
 
 work side by side with the men in the great organizations and in the government and voluntary committees. In labor problems we have found it essential to bring together the repre- sentatives of labor, both men and women, and the employees and the government, to thfesh out the great essential questions and conditions of labor, payment and of the welfare of the workers
 In England, Miss Fraser states, there are 1,25O, ,O0O women directly re- placing men in the ordinary indus trial pursuits outside of munitions. They are in every department of work, and functioning with signal success. The prime minister has a woman sec retary, and women are on almost every important national board. There are two women co-directors of food control with Lord Rhonda, and a woman, Mrs. H. J. Tennant, serves as director of the Woman'ss National Service bureau. The War Savings committees of the country have more women than men on their To- 1 cal boards, two women serving on the executive central committee
 | we think that it implifies matters 1 to have but one committee of men and women serving together wher- ever possible" said Miss Fraser. An 1 other method in which we differ from 1 you is in registering. We have never 1 appealed to women to register en mass, but have asked them to regis ter for specific pieces of work, such as munitions, agriculture, etc. We is- 1 sue such posters as We want 10000 women for the land" or We want 100000 women for munitions" To handle the responses to such calls we have employment exchanges in every town. These local exchanges examine the candidates and transfer them to the department of the gov- ernment requiring their services.
 we also have a register for pro- l fessional women which we find invalu- l able That register was secured with l the assistance of the universities, col l leges and high schools. This register l has helped the government to find 1 the right women for the right places. | The government also has in that task 1 the assistance of a very splendid vol
 untary organization called the Wom- l ems Service Bureau, with headql1ar- !lters in London