Evening star., 1941-06-29

10 SOII OF central |lO6d factory from
which local organizations can choose &C
cording to their needs
Something of the same plan is being
considered by those who are setting up
the civilian defense program in the
United States under New York's Mayor
La Guardia, who is defense director
His administrative assistant, Mrs.
Florence Kerr, explains that the present
plan for United States home defense
does not include a separate womens
division.
Care of Children.
women will be given a chance on an
equal basis with men" she said. "Of
course, certain jobs by their nature, will
naturally fall to men and others to
women. 1t would be logical to train
men as frefghters and women in the
care of children"
Mrs. Kerr explained that the Office of
Civilian Defense intends first to set up
a plan and then to call for volunteers
to carry it out. Those who meet certain
standards and are best qualified will be
selected.
Canadian women as yet not integrated
into government plan of national de-
fense are contributing to the war effort,
in the main, through the Canadian Red
Cross and their various clubs-and an
amazing record of work and energy 1t is
Station Wagon to England.
Here are few high lights:
The Catholic Women's League of
Canada gave $4,000 to Prime Minister
King for Canadas war effort.
Canadas six Zonta Clubs, aided by
contributions from zontians in the
United States, sent a station wagon and
$500 to England. The money was
partly used to help outfit the air wom-
ems huts.
The Canadian Girl Guides equivalent
to the Girl Scouts, with a membership
of IS 900, in the first four months of this
year sent $685. garments they made to
England.
The Rangers, Guides from Is to 13
years DID, are running canteens for Red
Cross workers in several cities. The
younger Brownies are threading needles
for Red Cross workers.
The Nutrition Service Council is train
ing army cooks so they can bake that
pie like mother used to make"
Canada's six Junior Leagues are work.
ing closely with the Red Cross in ad-
ministration, and in four cities they
have taken the initiative in organizing
Central Volunteer Bureaus to try to
offset overlapping of effort.
Seamen's Long Socks.
Canadian Hadassah, the largest ma
tional Jewish womens organization,
made 5000 pairs of seamen's long socks
for England'S mine sweepers and
equipped a 30-bed ward in Red Cross
hospital.
The Ontario Women's Land Army
is training girls to plow.
The Federated Womens Institutes of
Canada, composed of $4,000 farm women,
have knitted 144,970 sweaters, mitts and
socks and raised $90,505 The $3.50
members in the Ontario branches have
sent to England more than ton of
seeds-beans, peas, carrots, onions
They've also sent Ill ,124 pounds of jam
and 1000 pounds of maple sugar.
In addition women are putting in
thousands of hours in first-aid training,
in drilling with uniform outfits, in work.
ing in the Y. w. G. A, whose National
Council, at the request of the govern
ment, is conducting hostess houses at the
military camps.
The Canadian government recently re-
laXed its regulations to allow some high
ly trained women to 60 to England for
war work. The first to 60 will be women
transport drivers. They Will drive am
balances and light trucks and act as
chauffeurs in the defense forces.
Women In Uniform.
This was cheering news to Canada's
women in uniform, and 1t was greeted
with satisfaction by their various COM
mandants. The Canadian Red Cross has
between 500 and 1000 women in uniform
as transport drivers, nurses, offlce ad-
ministration and food administration
section workers.
The Canadian Auxiliary Territorial
Service the &C. A. T. S." has member
ship of several thousand, including 500
drivers. The Canadian women's service
force has 5000 members who are we'll
trained in afraid precaution duties.
Women are going into Industry by the
thousands. One machine-gun plant that
wouldn't consider woman employees q
year ago now has 1000 girls at It's ma
chimes.