Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
WOMEN TO STUDY
STRIKE SITUATION
Trade Union League Will
Open Seven-Day Conven-
ton Here Tomorrow.

Labor conditions among women in tn
South, emphasized by unsatisfacotr
developments in the textile industry
notably in Tennessee and North Carolina
where mill workers are on strike, vii
be the principal concern of the Nationa
Women's Trade Union League OF Amer
lea, which meets in eleventh nationa
convention here tomorrow.
The convention. which is to attract
representatives of all the leading in
duStrieS employing women. will address!
itself to a three-fold program: In
creased effort toward higher standards
in State labor laws affecting 8,500,OOt
woman workers; toward achievement OF
the league slogan of equal pay tol
equal work regardless of sex" and better
relationships between employers anc
woman industrial workers.
Officers of the Federal Government
representatives of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, with which the league
is affiliated, as we'll as field represent
atives of the league who have conducted
exhaustive surveys of conditions in the
South and other sections of the country,
will be heard during the SeVen-day
meeting. ending May IL. Business meet
ings Will be held in the Grace Dodge
Hotel, convention headquarters.
Plan Educational Campaign.
Miss Rose Schneiderman of New York
City, president of the league, has an
nounced that the convention will map
out plans for enlargement OF an educa-
tional campaign TO arouse employers,
employees and the public to the benefits
of labor organization in the South. Two
sessions will be devoted to discussion
of the labor situation in industrial
States in the South, led by Miss Ma
tilda Lindsay, Southern field representa-
tive. who recently has visited Elizabeth
ton, Tenn, where unsettled conditions
among Southern textile labor flrst be-
came evident.
Miss Mary Mattox of Richmond, Va,
a garment worker. and six woman
workers from Southern mills, who are
to attend the convention on league
scholarships will give detailed dis
cussion of labor conditions affecting
woman workers, as feature OF sym
postum directed by Miss Lindsay.
william Green, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, will de-
liver the opening address tomorrow
morning and greetings will be extended
by Mrs. Edith C. Paul, president OF the
WomenS Trade Union League OF The
District of Columbia; Miss Belle Sher-
win. president, National League Of
Woman Voters; James j. Noonan, rep
resenting the Central Labor Union OF
the District; Irwin C. Hamilton, repre-
senting the Maryland State Federation
of Labor, and Miss Charl Williams, rep
resenting the National Federation OF
Business and Professional Womens
Clubs.
Delegates will pay their respects to
President Hoover at the White House
at noon.
other officers of the league are: Mrs.
RAYMOND Robbins OF Chicago, honorary
president; Miss Agnes Nestor OF Chi
cago. vice president; Miss Elizabeth
Christman of Chicago, secretary-treas-
urer. Members of the executive board
are: Miss Mary Drier of New York City,
Mrs. Sarah Green of Kansas City, Mrs.
Mary C. Halas of Chicago, Mrs. Matilda
Lindsay of Clarendon, Va: Miss Ethel
Smith of Washington and Mrs. Maud
Swartz of New York City.
Davis Slated for Speech.
The Government is represented on
the list of speakers by Secretary OF
Labor Davis, Miss Mary Anderson, CHIEF
of the Women's Bureau, and Miss Grace
Abbott, chief of the Children's Bureau,
Department of Labor.
Invitations to attend sessions OF the
convention have been extended to the
eight woman Representatives in Con-
greSS and q large number OF the wives
of Senators and Representatives.
Chairman of Washington commit
tees for the convention are: Mrs. Edith
Compton Paul, entertainment; Mrs.
Spencer Gordon, convention arrange
ments; Mrs. Alvin Dodd, finance; Miss
Anne Larrabee, hospitality, and Mrs.
M. II. Hedges, program.