Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1918-11-29
WOMEN WILL NOT
GIVE Up WORK To
RETURNING MEN
Having Had Taste Of indie
pendence Do Not Intend
To Relinquish 1t, Declare
Many Prominent Leaders

Women will not be diverted from
economic enterprises to domesticity
and idleness with the cessation of the
war, according TO Alice Eddy, secretary
Of the socialist party and member of
the community Of labor.
The question is being debated every
where as to whether or not women
should give up their positions in the
Industrial field TO returning soldiers,
and the consensus Of opinion here is
that it will not be necessary. Labor
leaders declare that the larger deVel-
opment Of industries in Arizona will
avert any such crisis and that there
will be sufficient labor for both men
and women.
To meet the problem a womans d.
vision of the United States employ
ment service will be established by
December 1, and a woman will be
placed in charge. Women who have to
work for a living will be given first
preference, but the women who have
had their first experience in working
for works sake during the war period
will be given helpful aid and encour-
asement.
Won't Be Parasites
Miss Eddy declares that women will
he slow to relinquish their contact with
che outside world.
They have had a taste Of economic
independence and it appeals 10 our
western women, who have advanced
step in line since the worlds war;" said
Miss Eddy. "Of course, occupation and
home environment will influence the
women who must make decision with
the return of their relatives who have
been in the service. 7 think the ma
jority will remain in industry. Their
experience has broadened their ideas
and they have learned the purpose Of
life. I do not believe they will be con-
tented now as parasites.
Women will not be asked to evacu-
ate from the labor fields prophesied
the woman labor leader THE federal
government will find employment for
tho returned sailor and soldier with
out disarrangement of industry. / do
not believe there will be any over
crowding in the labor market, and if
there should be, it must be the sur
Viyal of the fittest.
There's Work for ALP
There is work for all" declared
Thomas J. Croaff, federal director for
the state in the United States employ
ment service
lie believes there is sufficient work
here to give employment to those who
were in the service as well as those men
and women who have been employed at
home during the war period.
"A larger development in industries
in Arizona, in reclamation, highway
construction. extension of the mining
industry, cotton production, farming
all will tend to give employment to
those who want work"
Mr.. Croaff stated that the federal
employment service established here
as a war bureau must be continued tc
redistribute labor back TO peace condi-
lions. He spoke especially of the new
division for women.
Women who have to provide for
themselves and their families will have
first preference when we place women
in industry" said Croaff, who firmly
believes that the women who have la
bored during the war period will con-
tinue in the field.
Would Limit Their Field
AT least, they will never go back tc
the same viewpoint" he argued. III
is more than likely that they will de-
mand something of material value tc
express their new ideas"
The local director of employment
has not had to face the problem Of
placing unemployed through the clos
ing of industries by the establishment
or peace. The eastern situation is
vastly different from that of the west
where there appears to be work for all
Mr.. Croaff would change labor con.
ditions by having women work exclu.
sively along the line that he stamp:
"women's work" Although womeI
have qualified as experts in many en-
beavers which have heretofore beer
closed TO her. he still believes tina
things are not as they should be.
Equal Of Men Mentally
IF war had lasted another year con
ditons might have become civilized
he charged as he complained of womel
working on the farms behind the plougl
while husky negros serve as porters il
Pullman cars. Mentally, he believe
women fit to cope with men and as a,
evidence of this, as president of tn
state federation of labor, he has place
a woman on the committee to arrana.
new and progressive program to b
put in effect at this critical time. Tn
woman is Eva Cordy. member of tn
woman s auxiliary Of the Globe Miners
union. and a woman who works for he
living in one Of the business concern
Of Globe.