Evening star., 1933-06-18

II quiet VOICE O2 Tie ocCTctdly VI AAOOtp
Miss Frances Perkins, asking the Ques-
~ ton. II mean the woman who IS out
of work Nine. Secretary, the woman
who is suffering somewhere in silence. knowing
the full bitter meaning Of both economic ana
mental depression; the woman who cannot,
like the man who has nothing to do and no
where to CO. stand in bread lines or on the
street corners asking for your spare change,
II any.
Il mean, too the woman who has been, by
the conditions of the last few years, forced back
into the most horrible sweatshop labor working
frightfully long hours with so little pay that 1t
Is virtual slavery.
That woman" replies Miss Perkins, sis not
forgotten-not by know too much about
what she has been enduring, ever to forget"
The Secretary is emphatic and decisive, sin
cere and deeply sympathetic She says:
We hope to be able to do things for that
woman, well for her brother. We Will
not cease trying until happier day has ar
rived. In the meantime, of course, We must
ask everybody to help"
TILED with the Woman'S Bureau in the Labor
Department is information galore, If you
would learn something of the difficulties under
which millions of women are carrying on today.
1t is a conservative estimate that 100000
out of the II 600, 600 normally employed now
have no source of income. It is safe guess
tudt dI lcdSt Ouc-CcuIIl VI tIlcSc nave CAuOICu,
fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers or invalid
husbands dependent upon them.
Where do the homeless, jobless women go,
Miss Perkins?"
Let glance at some of the recent reports.
Here is one from Boston. Here it is estimated
there are more than 10000 women out of work.
Only about one-fourth or one-flfth OF these are
on the relief agency books.
How the rest getting along? Relatives
and friends are helping in many instances. OF
course. Some. without children or other ties.
working somewhere just for board and
room.
I'VE hear that many six girls oc-
cupying one room together. The kindly land
lady has been the unSung friend in need for
hundreds of girls who are up against it.
Probably some of the younger ones have
gone back to the families from which they
came. This may be unpleasant but both the
family and the girl are forced to make the
best of the situation.
Here is an official statement from Atlanta,
Ga, Here one-haf of the unemployed
women-all classes of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
clerks, bookkeepers cashiers, typists mattresses,
telephone operators, SaleSwomen, factory work.
ers. domestic helpers, nurses.
Read this sentence: The morale of the
women stands up better under economic stresses
than does that of the men
st Louis has bureau for homeless women
and an independent shelter where several hun
dred women are fed free of charge daily Many
walk miles to get one square meal per day at
this lunch room. They have no car fare.
Washington said it had 10000 unemployed
women In December There more now OF
course. Many Of these are college trained
The beds in the Salvation Army's emergency
home and the few in the Policewomens Bureau
were filled by destitute women every night this
past Winter. The Travellers Aid and religious
and fraternal organizations have sheltered hun
dreCS
so it goes. Hard to think about, isn't it2
In New York newspapers have told of women
who because Of scanty funds, have spent the
nights in the subways, changing from one train
to another until morning"
THE specter of unemployed Is haunting not
only the unskilled and factory worker
The Committee on Unemployment and Re-
lief for Chemists and Chemical Engineers in
New York City has on its list 900 man and
woman chemists, all either college graduates or
with at least four years experience. The COM
mittee feels that there are probably 900 more