Evening star., 1936-05-04
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White House Visit Thrills Union Women
Breakfast With Mrs Roosevelt Is Among Experiences Of Ala
bama Delegates to Convention.
NHE five Alabama Trade Union:
women who moved into the
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L bilantly reported this morning
they had some of those famous
scrambled eggs" for breakfast.
The two belated ones-Mrs. Essie
Courtney and Mrs. Esther Burke
Joined them at the Women's National
Trade Union Convention at the Dodge
Hotel and listened eagerly to the early
part of the visit which they had
missed.
Mrs. Roosevelt was up in New York
last night helping her daughter, Mrs.
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, celebrate
her 30th birthday anniversary, but the
women said she had left a note that
the President was to do the honors.
So he came into a second-fioor sit
ting room last night and chatted with
them half an hour, telling them about
the fishing trip that he'd just been on.
Tell Their Experiences.
The women all talked at once, their
every sentence exclamations. telling
their White House experiences.
II slept on a cot in Lincoln's bed
room," one said. but the New York
girl drew the Lincoln bed"
Mrs. Roosevelt Is having as house
guests this week eight trade union
delegates from her home State Of New
York as well as the seven Alabamans
who won convention scholarships"
She returned this morning In time to
breakfast with her guests.
Just grand coffee and the First
Lady served it." another Alabama
woman reported, land she drank out
of the biggest coffee cup ever saw"
MRS. Roosevelt took US for q sight
seeing tour of the White House before
breakfast" was another report.
Breakfast Described.
They weren't so awed that they
hadn't noticed everything for break
fast In the family dining room-orange
Juice, bacon, lovely hot rolls" and
cherry preserves, besides those scram-
bled eggs.
The five Alabamans who arrived at
the White House last night in time for
a chat with the President were: Mrs.
Clara Morton, former hosiery worker,
now employed full time as president Of
the Birmingham Women's Trade
Union League; Mrs. Nell Morris Of the
Birmingham typographical Union;
Mrs. Polly Brown, Retail Clerks Union,
Birmingham; Eula Mae McGill, textile
worker, a spinner in the Birmingham
mills, and Mrs. George Davis, weaver
in the textile mills.
The five motored into very rainy
Washington with Mrs. Morton at the
wheel, in a black dress, black-and-
white striped coat, big black picture
hat and sparkly earrings.
They dined at a hotel close to the
Capital, put their car in a parking
lot and took a taxi to the White
House 50 they'd be less bother to
their hostess.
Drive Through Rain.
Hours Of driving through pouring
rain and thunder showers had neither
bedraggled their costumes nor damp
ened their enthusiasm.
Mrs. Morris wore a red and black
print, with red hat, red purse, red
earrings.
Mrs. Brown, small and slender
with big brown eyes, wore a puffy
sleeved field-hower print in soft
shades of red and yellow. At the
throat was nose-gay of artificial
fiowers-yellow to match her ear
rings and hat.
Willowy dark eyed, dark haired
Eula Mae McGill, wore a dark blue
and white polka dotted dress, with
deep ruf1les of dark blue fagoted in
white, a white hat, a necklace OF
f1ligree links.
Blond Mrs. Davis wore q tailored
dress Of navy, with maroon embroid-
cred dots, maroon buttons, with a
black patent-leather tailored bow at
the throat.
Plan to Use Stationery.
The women were amused at reports
Mrs. Roosevelt was going to keep the
ice box unlocked for them. They said
they sure were going to write back
home on that White House stationery.
The girls said they we're going to
send a letter apiece to John L. Busby,
a Birmingham lawyer. who'd done
lot for their league.
AS the convention got under way
today Miss Rose Schneiderman, presi-
dent Of the league, praised the cour-
ageous leadership" Of President Roose-
welt and asserted "if we are to avoid
the havoc of future depressions such
as we have lived through during the
past seven years, the N. r. A. will have
to be reconstructed"
Miss Schneiderman, who was resi-
dent adviser on Labor Advisory Board
to the N. r. A., reviewed the economic
situation since 1929 and deplored the
setback which she declared the Su-
preme Courts decision against the
N. r. A. had given to the economic
status Of women and children.
Back Where We Started"
"Once again." she said, I'VE are
back where we started. Child labor is
again with US while adult men and
women are unemployed. Wages are
being lowered while the work load Is
increasing. Daily and weekly hours
are being heightened"
Miss Mary Anderson, director Of the
Women's Bureau, Department Of
Labor, who presided at the morning
session, declared that the entertain
ment Of the seven delegates at the
White House had proved q great
impetus to the trade union move
ment."
Greetings were given the conven-
tion by Frank J. Coleman, secretary
of the Washington Central Labor
Union, and Joseph P. McCurdy, presi-
dent Of the Maryland State and Dis