Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-11
n. |. W. s. WILL
NOT D|SBAND
Plan to Continue League Dur
ing the Period of Demobiliza-
ton Outlined

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE several
hundred thousand women who have
been organized in the United States
for war service by the National
League for Woman's Service will not
disband, or return to their home life,
social duties, or other occupations
which held their interest before the
days of volunteer women war work.
ers. This has been definitely an
.nounced by Miss Grace Parker, ma
tional commandant of the league, to-
gether with a tentative of
work to be carried out by members
of the league while the army, navy
and war industries are demobilizing.
The National League for Woman's
Service was one of the first volunteer
women's war organizations. 1t was
organized over two months before the
United States declared war. On Feb
ruary /, 1917, the first branch was
opened for active work in New York
City. When war was declared, sew
era thousand women already had
been registered and prepared through
this branch, and many other branch
es were springing UP in every part of
the country. Today the league has a
membership of owe 5000 0 active
workers in thirty-nine states. Its
divisions OF service include canteen.
motor corps, social and welfare, homo
economics, voluntary aid, camou-
fiage and general service.
According to Miss Parker, many of
the women of the league who,
through their war work for the first
time have found an interest in life
outside OF themselves and their
homes, will not be content to go back
to their former Of living.
mo woman, though, should con-
slider war work at an end as yet"
said Miss Parker. The work of the
women will not be completed until
the last man is brought back from
France and returned to his home.
For the present there will be no
change in the-work of the league.
The Social n Welfare Division will
keep all the ~ffty-six service clubs
throughout the country on a better
and more efficient working basis than
ever to accommodate the men being
demobilized. The league feels that 1t
wants to put into some kind of for
NAL expression the appreciation of
the sacrifices of our soldiers, sailors,
and marines; and to do hat we are
going to pe%rpetuate rs a memorial
club the first social club for men In
service which was opened in America.
This is the leagues own club at 261
Madison emu New York City.
Our canteens will all continue for
at least a year with the same full
working force. Industrial canteens
are in tremendous demand all over
the country and they are a matter
which is being taken up extensively
by the league now.
Through our thrift exchanges
which are being opened everywhere
we are attempting to reclaim every
thing that car be reclaimed and util-
lied. American ONE are noted for
their wastefulness. Through the war
we have learned to save and to util-
lie. Now that the war is over we
must not lose the ground we have
gained and so through the thrift ex-
changes the league plans to keep
alive the habit of thrift.
The United States Employment
Service has asked q very definite CO.
operation of the league in the read
justment of labor. This cooperation
will not only be given in New York
but in every state in which the
league is organized. The motor divi-
sion, too. will continue, serving the
civilian population through the hos
pitfalls and working wherever 1t is
needed. Our newest department Is
the civilian division \ hich is now be-
ing organized to work on such ques-
tions as Americanization, education,
and general propaganda"