Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20

to prevent women school teachers from
deserving their profession
TEACHERS TO KEEr ON.
The school teachers have not been
the only ones impartlng moral uptft
Miss Van klcck pointed out that reports
from all over the country, where women
are cmploycd on lathcs and benches,
in machine shops and on farms, with
men as their co-workerS, agreed IN the
conclusion that morally conditions were
better than they had been. Ii was tear
ed ut first that this apparently ndiS( IT.
inmate intcrmlngling of the sexes IN
industry requiring hard physical labor
would prove injurious to both. But the
result has been exactly the opposite,
Women in overalls were not appreciat-
cd by their more cXactIng sisters IN In
diana in the beginning In some cities
an effort was made TO induce the city
authorities 10 adopt ordinances com
pclling tho girls to wear skirts, II notin
the factories at least on their WAY to
and from work But these protests
accomplished nothing. The people soon
hahtuatcd themselves 10 the gitl IN
ovcrLls. nIst as they formerly became
accustomed to the earb OF the modern
horsewoman.
"At tho beginning Of the war, said
Miss Van klcck women went into
industry simply because their country
called them They obeycd the dictates
of patriotism. But it Is hardly likely.
she said very seriously that a call 70
uIit industry Will be regarded by women
workers a~ having been evoked hv
patriotic considerations
Miss Van klcck protests vigorously
against such extreme progress n the
formulation uf new vocabulary as IS
found in the invention Of such terms rs
'farnercttc. "couductorcttc, post
mistress and the like. She says there
are plenty of farrcrs among the women
OF The nation but no farmcrcttcs
Industry has no sex and only one
gender
One Of the most iIagrant instances Of
the deliberate undervaluatlon Of the
services of women, thinks Miss Van
k!cek IS to he found IN the rest urants
of the nation. Before the war, she said
ut was the frank habit Of the eating
house proprietor to hire women because
She would work for less than a man.
This meant injustice 10 both sexes.
Recognition Of the principle OF equal
pay for equal work would end this abuse
10 ExALT SERVICE.
Mis- Nan klcck SAYS that the United
States Employment Service docs not
expect by giving women equal privileges
and opportunities to mako industry Tor
them a replica of Heaven. but il does expect
10 cxalt service IN general. omen
can both serve and direct service.
There are today nearly l3 million
women helping o do the work and transact
the business Of the nItcd States Ap-
-.O0 Onn or,Gv-prpI III. = q
: call ot industry. which came Is result
Of the war
In round numbers 100000 women
have entered he industrial rank in New
York an equal number from Pennsylvania
half a. many from New England, 100000
from Ohio and total OF 100000 from
Iowa, Kansas and Missouri The Pacific
Coast States have contributed about
125.000
As result Of these figures. women here
after viii share with men the privileges
and responsibilities involved in the adj
ministration of the War Labor supply
Program
Women according & Secretary of Labor
Wilson nave won a place IN industry for
themselves 1t j. permanent and not
subordinate. Tie privilege is not a
concession, but Is d Just appraisement
OF woman NAIuc 10 society
Louis f. Post Assistant Secretary of
Labor thinks that women must be reck-
oned with, not merely as factors IN. but
as integral parts Of, the industrial system
in time of peace.
Where is womans place in industry"
he was asked.
Everywhere, he answered. That is
the verdict gwen by war and peace will
not reverse II
1T was because this truth was fully
recognized, he continued, that the
United States Employment Service de
termined to place two women on each
State Advisory Board. One will repre-
sent labor and the other management
They will be given full voting powers.
Miss Van kieek also pointed out that
the use Of women as advisers and execu-
tives had been found to be absolutely
necessary. How to obtain women, how
10 get the right kind and make the right