South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-21
Secretary of Women Workers
Body Is Herself Candi-
date for Office.
BY CLARA VOID


LONDON. Aug 20 - When The
Lloyd George government goes to-
the country again. which DC must do
within a year when its fve-vear
term ends, the controlling party in
parliament Will be the British labor
party. So says Miss Margaret Bond
field. secretary OF the Women Work
ers' section of the National Union
OF General Workers OF England.
Miss Bondfeld, besides holding this
important labor office. is a J. F.. or
justice OF the peace. and is stand
ine for parliament herself in the by
election AT Northampton
What with doing the secretarial
work for the Women Workers and
filling her duties as j. =. and maxi
ing election speeches in Northamp-
ton. it is difficult 10 find many
minutes for interviews. but Miss
Bondheld is an organizer OF her own
time as well as other peoples and
met me one early morning fin her
office between the train that brought
her into town and the one that
would take her out again.
Not UItra-Fcmininc Type
found her not one OF those
"sprightlv" "feminlnely charming
individuals that corresponding like
90 boast about as though they were
In some secret way responsible for
saving the old feminine spirit for
humanity despite suffrage and the
late war.
Margaret Bondheld is in fact. a
rather severe person. direct in her
manner. cold in her judgments. and
n she has a sense or humor she did
not in any way show 81 TO me one
might suspect from the shining OF
her very round. very small brown
eyes that perhaps she laughs inside
herself now and again. 7 fancy,
however that IL Northampton sends
her 10 parliament it viii he because
OF her sound judgment and her ur-
questioned work in the interest Of
working peorle.
The whole country" she said.
looking me over very solemnly
while she talked Is sick OF the
present government. The govern
ment doesn't dare 20 so 70 the
country az this Tina. IL sees as
plainly as we do that labor IS wait
ing It's chance 10 elect labor repre-
sentatives The by-eIecuons prove
that
To Develop Labor Opposition"
I'm another wear we shall have
not a labor government but certain
" a labor opposition in parliament
which is FAR better nOs.tiou FOR
labor in England at this time than
government control would be. our
program is definitely laid down.
We shall not carry ON am obstruc-
zionist program lut. as The orpos.-
lon party shall obs-ruc- any meas
ure that IS uuf3vor3hle 20 laAo~ and
give our supper, 90 ans measure
chat dement's the working class re-
esrdless OF what party introduces &c.
Under no circumstances Will we
form coalition or take any part I'm
.he government"
And what viii labor work FOR
immediately asked her.
The frst thing labor viii demand
WIN be revision or the peace
treaty. So Ions as we abide bv the
present treaty we snail not % q h-r
TO reconstruct trade and until Eng
land -ebu.ds her trade we cannot
relieve unemployment" she re-
sponded
asked her how much 81 the
present unemployment ~ women 3
due to The fact that men have
taken away the jobs from women.
10 which Miss Bondaeld quickly
answered
1--WE do NOT blame men for the
unemployment Of Women We blame
the government for not absorbing
or trying 20 absorb the unemploy-
ment that necessarily follows any
war Women have no grievance 30
make against men on the question
og work. They took over the Jobs
thai were mems 5ops when the war
came and took them understanding
that The men were TO have them
again on -ne.r return
littlc Gain for Women
Speaklug OF the gains that We're