The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-26
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By Olivs Robsvts Dsysss 2 ]
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There is ono phase of unempioy. ment that seems to be overlooked. At least it is seldom mentioned in writing. l take many head in mp hands to write it now.
 It is that there are not enouGh jobs for both women and meus Formerly there were more jobs xor
 Let me put the blame where it is due. I am willing to take my share. l was one of the first to urge women to gird up their loins and 10 out and work. At the time tt aeemed like the best thing Co do. It was during the war. would listen to employers wall that they were short. handed and then listen 70 woman friends complain that prices were so high they couIdn'g make ends meet. Married women with children of an age 70 leave, whose husbands had volunteered to fight; widows, and young women; knew they were hooded and knew their need. l talked 1t and wrote 1t.
 Women Go to Work
 The ywere timid. The world of business and labor was 6 mere ghost to them, without form or re. aiity. "Try It." l urged. And many of them did. I myself filled the DO. e!tion of c teacher who had become venturesome and had gone of into the more exciting and better pny- ing fold of munitions.
 Soon enough, women were work. ing everywhere.
 And the men came home and the women stayed whero they were. And the feminists got busy and got us votes. And women had tasted blodo. And they wouldn't go back to pace their cages any more. For the first timo eyer, thoy. were outside the four walls of home, and they liked 1t.
 nm the last to blame thom, for I myself have always worked. belonged to the ago when . gir, who worked whs next to declasse. worked when 1 was seventeen. Yes. there were Q few of us, compar- atlvciy speaking. who worked be. fore tho war, but not the millions who aro working now,
 Way of the World
 This is not wrltten with any in. tention of suggesting that women who enrn today should give up their jobs and hand them over to the men, or even reel conselous. stricken. Things have q way of ad- justing themselves to conditions and today too many women And themselves with dependents. or without any support for themselves to think of freedom with anything but terror. Besides there are thousands who have created places for themselves in the world of bus- mess, education and art that men could not iill
 The world never goes buck. We cannot build the new on the debris of the old. And although l feel that women should primarily Do home. makers, 1 am not stupid enough Co try today to recommend IL ns a cure.nli, aB things nro now.
 However, when we get fr'shtcnou over unemployment and hiss that never before in our history have 10 many men been out of WOrk. we should try to be 'reasonab ble. Are conditions so uns0und? We might stop and add up some fiB. urca.
 Onti,nIstlc Attitude Needed
 Of course, this IA not tho only rcnson for men not working. lt is merely one of many. But Whnt we should do. when wo say there ETC thousands of men walking the streets, is to add more brightly, "But there aro q number of wo. men working and it helps Co aver- ago up."
 Economically speaking. we arg very probably as sound at core nS we ever were. 1 believe we 1rc too blue about conditions. don't think we are anywhere near q Jumping. off place. Let us forget to talk disaster nnd coax back prosperity by spelling "hOpo" on our OuiJl boards. Some dny there will be work for every. ono who wants a Job. But. pray. not by war. 1 think we can dls' count that too.
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