The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-11
Up To Women To Speed Nation T0zgardS Business RecOveyy
 Claim Of COnnecticut Economists

| CIl1m V LOnnl Connecticut.-Its leaders in gov- ernment, education and other fields urge upon women the Support Of platform drawn up bv distin- l guished economists, outlining how the 29,O00,000 women of America | can help restore normal industry and employment, the American Economists Committee for Wo- mems Activities announced to-day. | Leaders, both men and women, who have approved the program include: Mayor Lee R. Robbins of Norwich; R. E. Hegel, associate secretary of the New Haven Cham Der of Commerce; Louis c. Tolles, master of the Connecticut State Grange, Southington, Conn; and l others.
 "This plan offers wonderful opportunity for the women of our country to show how great force | they have become not only in their | Mrs R. G. Hawley, president of the Whitneyville Woman's Club, Whit neville, Conn.
 "The women who do not actual 1 ly spend the family income" wrote Mrs R. H. Williams. president of the Terryville Woman's Club, Ter ryvil1e, Conn, "have at least large part in determining how it shall be spent, and the sooner they | realize how much the return to | normal conditions is up to them, l the better for all." Mrs Williams wrote in for supply of the plat form, as did also Mrs Leslie R. Mathews of the Connecticut Con- gress of Parents and Teachers, Bridgeport.
 'Inasmuch as our women control over 90 per cent of the buying power of the country" wrote Ma bel T. Dugan of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce, Tit Is it, ting That they should be appealed to. at the present time in an effort to loosen the, purse strings of the country"
 The platform has already re- ceived approval from outstanding \ figures in other parts of the couri- l try. It was drawn up by a com mittee of noted economists, head. ed by Dr Warren M. Persons, con- sulting economist and formerly professor of economies at Harvard university, and was prompted by a Ladies Home Journal editorial en- titled "It's Up To The Women.'' l The Seven Points In summary, the platform urges:
 1. Maintain normal Nving conditions.
 2. Satisfy your wants at to- l days prices.
 | !. Buy Q home now.
 1. Modernize and repair your
 home.
 5. Join the parade to prosper
 ity.
 6. stop being afraid.
 .. Keep your money safe don't hoard 1t.
 Sponsored by Famous Economists | Among the other economists who sponsored this platform are: Sturgeon Bell. director, Bureau of Business Research. School of Busi- ness, Ohio State university; Will liam A. Berridge. economist, Met ropolitan Life Insurance company; Garfield V. Cox, professor of fi- nance. University of Chicago; Car roll w. Doten, professor of polit- ical economy. assachusetts Insti- tute of Technology; Frank A. Fet- ter, professor of political economy, | Princeton university; Irving Fisher, professor of political economy. Yale university; Harry Jerome, professor of economies, University of Wisconsin; Virgil Jordan, econ- omist, McGraw-Hill Publishing company; Milford I. King, pro- lessor of Economies. New York university; Horace Secrist, profess sor of economies and statistics. Northwestern university. tPrinted copy of complete plat form Is attached).
 From all, parts of the country, federal and state officials urged the seven-point platform upon the wo- men of the United States.
 "The platform which you sent me on behalf of the American Eco nomists Committee for Women's Activities. Is essentially sound" Secretary of the Interior Ray Ly- man Wilbur wrote from Washing ton, D. c. "As indicated, our principal problem is to get out of the neutral or reverse and go for ward at a reasonable speed. with out bewailing and complaining. SA ent enemy. The world keeps going through mutual confidence" United States Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas expressed the essential thought of many of the hundreds of persons who gave i'm mediate support to the platform by indicating that the way to normal prosperity is to persuade people to cooperate as far as possible in normal habits of spending and sav- ing"
 mittee lays on constructive plans which women may adopt Is espe- cially pertinent, because 50 large a proportion of family buying and family policy is determined by wo- men," Senator Capper said. Governors Approve Sectional lines were disregarded as state governors, East and West, called on women to stand by the "It's Up to the Women" platform. "The principles enunciated fn the platform of your organization arc bRsicaily sound and their suc- cessful application will contribute a part toward the correction or present condltions." 00verngr George White of Ohio wrote. .It ln my opinion that there Is no sin- aio remedy or panaeea for our present toDny turvy economic con. dlfion but that a return to normal conditions will rest entirely on the teamwork. diligence. industry. and the sane vision of the American