Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-09

Aim GIRL WORKERS
GET COLD SHOULDER
100 Bureau Head Seeks to
Sslvlsb sl,tsblish Better Industrial
Relations
r,Nps BIG OBSTACLE
...,,-.s Attitude of Americans but
w Sees Hope in Sltu-
alton
vNps BIG OBSTACLE

-. as impossible as the
pai l,,,,,, separates the amer
val = 'industry from those OF ior-
~ ssirth and rearing says ~ 49, an
ng . Of poland, who mas ,arnat,onai %
MY h.d head Of the new NV W ~ -
pol.ss bureau Of the T. w. rntrv
nrssr ,or Kiotz has been IN 'll'S oSmats
Dge.O, short time she Is ,i,,' d sa 30
eny .srnstlonal law at the UniversIty vi vi
N lh'od "a an accomplished hnguis'' as
Pa1s a,snv of her countrywomen. Sne
r Sayeled widely and her OBJECT IN
~ N America was 10 proWote
eemlsss and cooperation between the
iFlenosNs ~ the United states and those
Il Europe. -,,.,.-.,. ~ NV
rsrv difficult" she told re-
po'. ,because of this unfortunate at
pn.' an the part of the women IN
n'eue The Americans and those OF
.s.. nou birth live in separate quarters
io,'s .bsra is absolutely no social inter-
....rse ~ between them.
a. American girl goes to work"
r..,or Kloth continued. in her smart
,.srcan clothes. She Is proud or
Ams' snd Of herself, and she looks down
usn ia foreign girls working in the
~. w. factory dressed in the sort OF
s.,sas which they we're accustomed to
.srirv in Europe. Perhaps much of
N. Sisdain may be imagined by the
.'..,,lva foreign girl, who greatly adS
80. The others grandeu: and is keenly
s-.,. ~ her own difference, but at any
~. I, e very real to her. And after
~ vorking day is done the American
IA. have their social interests among
hemselyes, to which the foreign girls
srs not invited.
isrhare is an opportunity for the
.,,,,sst kind of Americanization work
4 be done among these women, a work
,hat would extend all over Europe to
~ relatives left behind in the various
.ountrjes and would do much to bring
shout among women everywhere a SYM
nstM, and understanding greatly to be
dsslred after the war Is over. My aim
/, "a try TO make the American girls
,b,mselyes see this and to encourage
iheu to take an interest in the foreign
,rls in a social way. Some to whom
snoke told me that they had made
soue effort IN this direction, but had
hean snubbed. 1t appeared that they
had gone TO the homes of several Italian
rrls 70 invite them to a social gather
I'M IN the evening, and the mothers had
,,fused for their daughters, saying mere
u that they could not go.
'The American girls, feeling that their
,Rorts at friendship had been unap-
rrecated, made no further attempt.
They of course, did not realize that it
amply was not customary to permit
Young girls to 60 out alone in Italy and
iAat ire little old Italian mothers, who
dM not even speak English, could not
understand, In such situations a Euro
nan woman familiar with old customs
md conventions is particularly valuable,
since being able to understand both
points Of view, she is able by explaining
IA terms that each can understand to
bring about friendly relationship.
We have to win these peoples con-
hdence, and there is no way to do that
except BY personal contact. But when
that is won you can do anything with
them.
America is the most wonderfully or
snlzed country in the world" she de-
eared
4 find the women most responsive
here In speaking at small towns in
| Inc State during the last few weeks I
have been surprised at their great in
tsrest and their willingness to cooper
ate"
Doctor Klotz was in Poland at the
time Of the German invasion and wit
hessed the bombardment of her own
bvn, Kalish, In 1914. Later she was
a. Interpreter In Government service
'hd was also member of the legal ad-
u~ry board which investigated the
aamage done by Germans in invaded
Countries Besides this she has done
ialsl work in Poland and Russia. She
nmq i extremely difficult to leave Rus
salpr America, since no passports were
4 pssn except TO Americans. She was
j %le determined to come, however, and
n american consul, realizing that her
sruces would be of great value to
e@sflca, arranged that she accompany
y iamily to the United States as his