The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-18

AAhAldBCLIlCk1O OA tAldt BA60AVAC household of men, women, and children-the United States.
 Women, politically and econom- ically, are interested in the same projects as are men-jobs, social security, irrigation projects, the Home Owners Loan Corporation, and all public works.
 During January, February, and March, I travelled through the west, talking to women eery- where. They were highly appre- ciative of the benefits they have reaped under the present adminis- tration.
 Country women whom I met on my tour talked to me at great length about such matters as soil conservation, flood control, and the Tennessee Valley project, the Columbian Basin and the good that will come from harnessing elec- tricity.
 They are more interested in such projects than in President Roosevelt as an attractive person. ality or as a good man.
 APPRECIATE BENEFITS
 Women have more sense than the Old Deal gave them credit for. They no longer think only in per- sonal terms-it is the results of the Roosevelt administration and their effect toward betterment of conditions in their own lives and in the lives of their husands and children that concern and please them.
 President Roosevelt has taught Us that America resembles Q two- wheeled cart. One wheel repre- sents the farm, and the other in- dustry. Without both wheels in good condition, the country can not move forward to prosperity.
 A woman who can understand a household budget can also under stand the budget of the country. In 1929, only 2.3 per cent of the people had incomes exceeding $l0,000. The money which they did not spend for living purposes they reinvested, thereby increas- ing production, when all the wages in the country could not buy the fruit of our machines.
 This reinvested money amounted to 10 billion dollars, the same amount as the debt incurred by President Roosevelt for recovery and relief and setting our house in order. What two people out of every 100 had as a surplus in 1929 equaled the debt incurred by Roosevelt for recovery.
 TAXED MORE FAIRLY
 Now under this administration people are taxed more fairly, and more according to their ability to pay, so industry and agriculture may continue to grow.
 I feel, and many women with me, that President Roosevelt will take the peaks off the booms and fill in the depressions. One of the first things a housewife learns is that if you don't plan your ex- penses and don't watch. the amounts that go into luxuries, you won't have enough to feed the family properly.
 The working woman has felt during the Roosevelt administra- ton that an effort was being made to give her an equal chance with men.
 Women are being named to gov- ernment key positions in increas- ing numbers.
 Women who live within the cir- cle of their homes have seen schools reopened for their chil- dren, and thier savings protected through insurance bank deposits. Many have had their homes saved by government loans.
 Mothers and wives, watching with heart-break the effects of idleness on their sons and husbands, have been able to see confidence and morale restored by jobs. QUESTION PARTY'S AIMS
 Questions have been asked con- corning the attitude which the democratic party-influenced by Its women-may take regarding the National Women's Party. I, as an individual, certainly hope that the forthcoming democratic platform does not include blanks furthering the program of the National Wom- ans Party.
 All women want to get rid of obsolete laws discriminating against women. The woman's party is not unique in that. Its leaedrs con- tend. however. that any legislation to elevate the standard of wages for women is special womcn's Iegis- lation. Theoretically. they are right, but we cannot ignore the bitter fact