The Cordova daily times., 1919-01-24
STRONG PLEA FOR WOMEN
 OF ENGLAND

LONDON. Dec. 2S Correspondence 0! the Associated Press). No dis. crimination is to be made against
 women in British industry. Premier Lloyd George declares in q letter ad- dressed to Lady Rhondda. president of the Women's Industrial League. who had submitted to him a memorial setting forth the claims of women to freedom of employment
 After the pledges made by the gov ornment to the trade unions have been fulfilled, wrote Mir. Lloyd George in his reply, women will find ample scope in peace pursuits He supports the principle of equal pay for equal out put" and promises full opportunity for women in training and education
 'ln those industrial occupations in which women were engaged before the war" the premier added. "oppor- tunities of every sort will be opened up for every class of women worker and believe that the real working representatives of organized labor may be trusted when the time comes to see the necessity of utilizing. in the i interests of production and to the best i advantage. every class of worker available"
 Regarding payment, he says "To ! permit women to be the catspaw for 1 rnltt h,
 1 thinkable. II is not desired by en- 1 frightened employers, to whom good 1 production and uniform wages are de l sirab)e; cutting of wages, with it's consequent instability, is not at any l time either in their interest or in that l of the nation"
 Lady Rhondda urged in her memo rial that artificial restrictions on the employment of women in industries should be removed, not only as d measure of justice to the sex. ,u. in the interests of national industrial eff l hciency. She asserted that it was now threatened to withdraw even the 1 Imperfect federation" that was cx- l tended to women during the war and that in the industries into which they were invited with urgency they should now resume the condition of hclots. Such restrictions on their employment she declared. were artificial, unjust and disgraceful to civilized com. munity."
 The present conditions of womcn's employment, Lady Rhondda asserted. prevent them from being utilized in lh" national interest. Women were not consulted in the arrangements for l th" reconstruction of an industry. She pointed out that while the govern ment Was bound by its agreement with trad" unions, there are many shops which had sprung up during the war Tn which the governments bargain with trade unions would not ODerate to exclude women from employment Women, she declared, are moi senkinp m industry renewal of strife. but a clear grant to them of their just
 rights as human beings and freedom or employment. They recognized. she added. that their claim comes after the claims of the sailors and soldiers in the war
 Women know that in some of the occupations in which they have served during the war they have been only makeshift by reason of inferior strength, Lady Rhondda admitted
 and in the long run women must be excluded from such by the ordinary rules of economy. With these reser. Vatlons. women claim unrestricted lib. erty to be engaged in aany industrial employment, provided only that they receive the same pay as men do for equal output They claim the oppor tunity or being trained in the most eihclent way, and particularly the pro 'lSloh or women instructors on work Tn which women have proved more successful than men. They claim the same opportunities as men for pro- motion, representation on government committees and all public bodies and facilities of education in schools and universities that will enable them to qualify equally with men in all suit able trades and professions" -%