The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-07
National Federation or WOmen,s Clubs
 Conducts SMs-Uey

at the present time. The investi- gation is a project of the research committee of the National Federa- ton of Business and Professional women's clubs of which Dr Lil- Han M. Gilbreth. industrial en- gineer, Is chairman. A special sub committee has been formed to car ry it out, headed by pr Iva Low fller Peters of Fishkill, N. F., recognized authority in research and education.
 Already federation officers. have announced that the organization is unequivocally opposed to any dis crimination on the basis of sex and and annual and bi-annual conven- tions have repeatedly endorsed the principle of equal pay for equal work. The present study will build up factual information to test those conclusions.
 It will be an informal investi- gation rather than a scientifically conducted survey, Dr Peters an- nounces. No paid research work CTS will be employed, but each club will report to federation head quarters in New York by Decem- Der first, about conditions in its own community.
 However, the scope of the in svestigation will be wide. The clubs will seek information about dis criminatory legislation against women, federal, state and munich pal. Attention will be given to the reported tendency of railroads. banks, public utilities, department stores and factories to discrimin- ate against women workers in the matter of pay, hours and advance ment. A similar inquiry will be made with relation to the civil service, the teaching field and public office holders, and also. to discover whether women in clerical uffered disproportionately from non during the depression.
 Clubs will check upon the mount of publicity which has been .iven to instances of discrimina- ion in the press of the country, lnd upon the trend of editorial omment.
 Last year the federation. made m informal investigation upon a less comprehensive scale. We dis covered enough to indicate the ad- disability of the present inquiry" Dn Peters said. eve have substan- tiated the fact that in many com munities there is a tendency to vic- timize women in the more highly paid occupations-partially on the ground that they are newcomers We have also found that in the clerical and stenographic occupa- tions, in which women have pre- dominated in the past ten years, there is now a tendency to em- ploy men in place of women. But is this true in all parts of the coun- try, and, if not, in what sections is it most evident? There are among the things we want to know. We intend to make our study hu- man rather than statistical. We shall not compile a great volume of figures. but we expect to gain much information about individual cases of discrimination as we'll as to get a fairly accurate picture of conditions throughout the coun- try, so that we shall be able to gauge whether or not the amount of unemployment among women Is disportionate."
 The chairman of the survey is former dean of women and d1rec- tor of personnel projects for wo- men at Syracuse university, former professor of economies and socio- iogy at Boucher college, and in the last few years has conducted a number of surveys of similar char acter for other organizations. As sisting her on the committee are Miss Martha Connole of East St Louis. TIL, attorney, former legis- Iation chairman of fsthe federation; Miss Kate Ryan of Hartford. Con- necticut, public accountant; Dr Gbace Hadley Beardsley. professor of classical art and archaeology at Boucher college, and pr Gilbreth.
 Miss Kathleen McGill of Bridge port. formerly of, this city. was the week. end guest of Miss Helen Oriscoll of Elmwood avenue.
 MT and Mrs Charles Bentley of Piedmont street extension were pleasantly surprised at their home on Saturday evening by a group Of their friends. During the evening entertainment was enjoyed and a luncheon was served. The guests included MT and Mrs Andrew Campbell, MT and Mrs Synott, MT and Mrs Robert Quinn, Mir and Mrs Thomas Donahue, Mir and Mrs P. H. Creel, MT and Mrs Joseph Mulcahy, Mir and Mrs Eugene o. Neill, Mae Hughes. Peggy Hyland. Alice Sutton, Catherine Hyland, Charlotte Bergin, Esther Yavechia. Catherine Fitzgerald, James Foley. Paul Donahue, Frederick Delaney, Hamilton Holland, William Quinn. William Nelson, John and Paul Cree, Henry Zersky and MT and MT and Mrs Chares Bentley.
 A Halloween party was given re- cently in honor of Rita Sheehan at her home on South Main street. Games were played and refresh- ments were served throughout the evening. Those present were: Misses Margery Fox. Flexia Sako- wick, Catherine Dunn, Catherine Griffin. Rita Sheehan, Betty Dunn, Anne Conway. Ruth Conway, Helen Griffin, Ruth Sheehan, Helen Macanick, Agnes Griffin, Julia Hanley, Louise Sakowich. David Briody, Thomas Parker, Sonny Dunn, Benjamin Sakowich, Ed ward Johnson, Edward Dooling, Edward Sakowich, Buster Don- nelly, John, Flahive, Francis Shee- han, Thomas Brady, Joseph Par lSer, Francis Dunn, John Cuna, Jack Sheehan and Roland Sevar.
 BOSS: Do you think you are fit for real hard labor?
 APPLICANT (former convicD: Wei. matey,.I ought to be. some of the best judges in the country seemed to think so quite often. IT Answers.