The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-06

the past. I am convinced that if the Government appeals through the press in the right way they will get 8 splendid response.
 "At a large munitions plant near Coventry. where 1t was necessary to draw women workers from some dis tance, the Government built a com munity house for women, with wo- men in change. This has been done in other places, although the housing problem has been difficult one, ana has not always been worked out sat- isfactorfly. It has been found neces- sary to place educated women not on- ly in charge of such communities, but over the women workers in factories, as far as possible. The results have been better where the girl and wo. men workers have sympathetic and able women to appeal to and to pre- sent their grievances to. I see that the American Government has enlist ed the cooperation of the Young Women's Christian Association, and that has been very wise move, in my opinion. The women at the head of that organization are very competent and can perform a most valuable work.
 As to alrplane making, all e1peri- ence proves that women are well fit ted by nature to do large share of the work, if the training is given There has been some opposition on the part of men in factories to their en- poyment, and this opposition still ex- ists in England, though to a less ex- tent than formerly. do not believe that any opposition will be offered by organized labor in this country.
 '9The opposition has come in Eng land chiefly from the pacifist- Socialist wing. who compose what Is called the British Boisheviki. The opposition Is most vigorous from small class of young worlzmen, who fear that, as more and more women are used to do their work, the time will come when they can be spared from the factories and they will be called to the front.
 1 The employment of women has largely done away with Limitations on output by workmen. The system of doing a small days work was originally built up as a measure o1 self protection, because workmen found that when they produced al the top of their energy the tendency of the employer was to prevent them from profiting by their energy by re- ducing the prices on pieceworS. This [ system was well established in many lines when the employment of women i began. The women would not have anything to do with 1t
 | "They did their days work in hail a day and then asked for more work to do. They were told that they had done all they were allowed to on that day and would have to wait for the next to do more. They said: This doesn't suit us. We are working fo1 the nation. We want to help win the war. We're going to do all that we can
 Finally they had their way, and with the employment of women on 6 large scale, the limitation of produc. tion is a thing of the past. The pro- gram of the National Women's party is to prevent it's return after the war The workrnen, who believed that linn itation of production was necessary CO prevent unIaIT treatment, VIII Df convinced that they should prevent i by some other method, rather thar by g. policy which headed in the di rection of national bankruptcy.
 Labor has had a perfect right tt demand that there should be no low. ering of wage standards through tht employment of women. The govern rnent must see to it that if woman does the work and does it as well a the man, she should get a mans pa, for it. If the woman worker is take1 advantage of, it prepares a feltir, field for the agitator and defeatis who is able to show her that she i being exploited. Any injustice to wo men workers naturally reacts yer! harnfully.
 'As a body the women workers hay, been one of the strongest win-the war elements, in contrast to the smal group of young Socialist-pacifis workers, skulking in factories. Tn recent attempt to strike, which failed was mainly the work of this class