The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24

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NEW YORK, Feb. %
George spelvin, American Nf''
been called to Washington having
her views on the state of tbo give
testified as follows: ""'on'
A. By Mrs. spelvin) w,r
must say you take me- hv nNr
asking me to come here, becanss ~,
way things have been goino YAe
last several years, WHY. 1bo '4sSs
seems to me that if you don't sn "sa
all your time running around ~ p,ua
lures, well, a woman who snens. r'
time trying to raise the cbiIsa.
right instead of organizing thinaa
the time, like committees for a'
and that, as far as I can sec =
pretty near a full-time lob rrrn,a
a home and leave the husband +nrs
care of such things, because T ba,o
been a woman quite a lone tim'
myself, and some of these b1svboa'
women can't fool me just becsn,,
they are women, whereas . NJ.
thinks just because a woman il
woman you are supposed to be freq,
ed differently when it comes TO Mil
tics.
Please Clarity
@. (By Senator Nilly Qnd.. indy
Will you be good enough to clarif,
your last remark. Mrs. spelvin, he.
cause 1 am sorry 1 perhaps didni
pay strict attention, but it Seems IA
me I don't quite understand whetbe,
you mean a woman in public Life. a.
compared with a housewife--and ".
all know motherhood is Gods M,
blest mission for womankind and
naturally every man with a spar;
Of chivalry would be untrue to ts
holy memory Of the mother WIN
bore him if, as you say, and l heart.
lily agree these matters call for I'm.
usually dignity. but, on the Other
hand, since woInen have the vote,
and in case Of var we all know The
great sacrifices made by the English
women
A. (By Mrs. Spelvin)-Oh, no, Sen
ator Nilly, that isn't what l mean
at all, because my viewpoint goes
much further, unless, of course, We
actually get into the war, but until
we do I always think back TO the
other war when I was just a mere
slip of a girl and Mr.. Spelvin was
overseas in the Second Division, but
the very day he landed back he
sent me a wire reminding me Of my
promise, and, of course, l was ter
ribly excited, and we didn't have
any money to get married on, bu.
my mother said, "Money isn't every.
thing" and I have never forgotten
those words, and it certainly makes
me sick and tired, all this mollycod'
ding young people, and the govern
ment has to help them through
. college until they r even Is years
old, when we all know very well a
person that old ought to be ASHAMED
to be living on their parents Or the
government, unless they are sick or
something or it is just impossible to
find a job, and yet we have this
Youth Congress and the government
youth department here in Washing
ton and the worst of it is
Asks Example
@. (Bv Senator NillyeI take it
then, Mrs. Spelvin, that you seem
to have in mind something on the
order of the great President Abra'
ham Lincoln, who became one q
the greatest men the world has ever
known, but, inasmuch as we nave
prog essed so enormously, I WISH
: you would give me a concrete exam
!, pie of an imaginary case where d
woman has met her solemn respon
sibilities to God and country because
to face facts, today we have the elc'
trio icebox and the vacuum cleaner
and the mother no longer bakes l'
bread for the whole family, as my
dear old mother did, and the boys al
ways kept the kindling box I'LL anu
a fresh pail of water from the we'll
and still we managed to work oul
way through college, but if you TAM
the case of a college youth today
A. By Mrs. Spelvin)-There y'
put your finger right on the 'N'
thing 1 was trying to say IN my o"A
way, but I am not used to puol'
life, and naturally, it flusters me- 0T
ing here before you senator's Ou'
1.-THE whole thing in a nutshell sel'
tor, boils right down to Whelhei y"
woman ought to raise their U"A
children and never mind the heis"
bors' and not go around stlrrlhs W
committees and speeches when 'l'i.
is already so much disturbance 'n 10,
you can hardly turn on the ia
without you hear some woman !'n
ing her head off about youth OF ~
all the women ought to JOIN SUM-
thing, whereas it is true L nave =
vacuum cleaner and l buy sm a.
bread, but the government 1
formed so many ABC's n Ai
and this and that until NV.
knows what these various o'pa' I
ments that up the taxes anu ~
don't mind saying I am opposeu ="
It without fear or favor. a...
Senator Nilly - The connL"
thanks you, Mrs. Spelvin' lof
ing: here and giving us this 'i''