Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15
Big ARMY OF WOMEN
RECRUITS Is SOUGHT
Emergency Aid Will Begin Cam.
paign on Monday for $4,000
War Workers

Recruiting between 5000 and $4,000 women
for work in war factories and arsenals VIII
be undertaken by the Emergency Aid, since
1t has been recognized by the Government
and appointed by Benedict Holden of Schuyl-
kill Arsenal, to handle the welfare problems
surrounding the entrance of women into the
arsenals here. Eight thousand to 1900 or
$1,000 is the minimum quota named for I'M
mediate enrolment $4,000 is not an extrava-
CANT estimate Of the number of women in
Philadelphia who before long will be in war
industries, according to a statement made at
the Emergency Aid headquarters
Recruiting stations at five places in the city
open Monday, when the drive for women
workers begins, at 1874 Chestnut street, l35
South Third street. 35 South sixteenth street
1928 Walnut street and 1907 Walnut street.
Women of every type needed, trained
or unframed, although in the event OF vast
numbers applying the professional women
will be accepted first. The pay Is very good
1t is important that women should regard
the arsenal work war work. and not in the
light of drudgery.
1t is work such as the women of England
and France have been doing and which has
received the greatest recognition and admlra-
ton. It Is war work In the truest sense not
so romantic as Red Cross nursing, Is sup
posed to be, but GRIM big task, and one
war demands will recognize as of vital inn
portance. Mrs. Barclay II. Warburton. chair
man of the Emergency Aid. spoke OF the
effect special uniform for the arsenal
workers and recognition of them by the Gov
ernment would mean.
1T isn't from any foolish reason that a
uniform has an inspiriting effect on the
women" said Mrs Warburton. 1T is simply
that 1t Is in human nature to work better
when public recognition and appreciation OF
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| that the same instinct which prompts the
| soldier in the trenches to revere the uniform
| he wears would prompt the women here to
work with greater zest than they them
selves would be conscious Of.
| The Emergency Aid Is authorized to create
such subcommittee necessary and to
| lay out its own plans for handling the work.
| Thus far plans have been ma6e not only for
| the recruiting, but for the inspection of the
| arsenals and comparison in conditions such
as they are under women's handling and as
| they were under Government supervision.
| zone thing we found" said Mrs. Warbur-
| ton. was that In many factories there are
no lunch rooms, nor any place where the
| girls could go to rest where they could
get sort of first aid. Already several of
our aides have attended to fitting up rooms.
and last winter they took course in nurs-
| ing, so that they are able to treat the girls
| for any minor injuries or Ills"
| Cooperation with other war committees is
| part of the Emergency Aids plans as for
| example, with the Visiting Nurses. For
| merly," said Mrs. Warburton, "a girl would
| come to an employer to the arsenal. saying
| that she could work for perhaps, four hours ::
| but that her mother was i'll and there was no
| one to look after the house. Now, in such a
| case, visiting nurse would be sent and the
| girl freed--which. incidentally, will have
| more than one good side to it, both for the
girl and the mother"
| The complaint Of committees oyerappng
| each other will no longer be called forth, for
| the work is to be arranged so that it will
| interlock instead of overlap Efficiency, with
| out the slightest waste of time or of energy
| is all-important for the administration of the
| vast work that must be done by American
women,