The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-21
WORKING WOMEN'S ANNUAL CONVENTION ITO BE HELD IN JUNE
Organized Females Facing Crisis in Life of Unions, Says
 Call.

Washington, April 2I.-The Ma tional Women's Trade Union League has issued a convention call to it's members, affiliated leagues and com mittees, and all affiliated trade unions, state and central labor bodies, the convention to be held in Waukegan, Illinois, June to 10, 1922. lhls will mean representative gathering of the organized working women of practically every trade and oCcupa- tlOn from every part Ot the United States. The affiliated membership of the National Women's Trade Union League includes national, internation al and local unions with women mem bers affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, as well as thous- ands of members at-large, among them are numbered many women and men not wage earners themselves but allies of the labor movement.
 To further the organization of working women into trade unions under the A. F. of L., to secure equal opportunity with men in industry and equal pay for work of the same or comparable skill are among the ob jects of the league. It seeks also to broaden the educational opportunities of the workers, and to create a pub lie opinion which understands the la bor movement. This will be the eighth biennial convention of the Ma tional Women's Trade Union League.
 The Women's Trade Union League of Chicago will be the hostess organ ization, and the sessions of the con vention will be held at the Bowen Country Club, at Waukegan about 30 miles from Chicago.
 The call, which is signed by the officers and executive board of the National Women's Trade Union League, reads i'll part as follows: We are facing a time of crisis | Not only is the purpose of the trade union misrepresented and conse quently under attack, but standards of industry, won through long years of struggle, are likewise menaced. This and the compelling problem of unemployment present great chal- lenge
 We know the importance of standards in industry mean higher standard of life for the individual, the community and the nation.
 1 ITO achieve this higher standard of l life has been the purpose of the Ma 1 tional Women's Trade Union League since it's inception We have worked to this end through the interpreta- ton of the industrial problem, 1 through the organization of women workers, through education in lead ership ,and through protective legis- | lation.
 Among women we are the group primarily responsible for a fuller measure of life for the women work CTS of our country. Have we the vision, the wisdom and the valor to accept this responsibility?
 1 Committees of delegates will be ap- pointed to consider the following sub fleets: Unemployment, Education, Legislation, Organization of Leagues, 1 Cooperative Movement, Foreign Af- fairs.
 The officers who sign the call are' Chicago; vice-president, Miss Rose
 Cloth and Cap Makers; secretary treasurer, Miss Elizabeth Christman of Chicago of the Glove Makers Union; Mrs. Hilda s. Boyle of Sche- ncctady, N. Y, of the Bookkeepers, Stenographers and Accountants Union; Miss Jo Coffin of New York, of the Typographical Union; Mrs
 Sarah Green of Kansas City, of the Mattresses Union; Miss Agnes Nes- tor of Chicago, of the Glove Makers Union; Miss Pauline Newman of the i Philadelphia Women's Trade Union ] League; Miss Julia O'Connor of Bos- ton. of the Telephone Operators ; Union; and Miss Emma Steghagen of Chicago of the Boot and Shoe Work CTS Union.