The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-05-23


little or no confidence that JUS
tice would be melted out TO colored
women" by director whose record
and background showed she was
"imbued with the mores and I'M
democratic practices Of a state ike
Texas"
What About Uniforms?
As OF the time Of writing, no
action has been taken because or
these protests.
Mrs. Hobby has become we'll
known in Washington during re-
cent months because OF her actlY-
tiles In the selection Of equipment
and designs for uniforms and other
merchandise. According TO reports.
the women's army will be uni
formed in khaki with insignia con-
forming closely to that OF the men.
Some of the lesser articles OF
apparel are still under discussion.
It seems natural enough that what
the we'll dressed army should wear
would be OF headline news, consid-
ering that 1t Is a women's army.
but surely there are more impor-
tant questions 70 come UP concern
ing this vast, unprecedented body.
which the passage Of the Rogers
bill has brought into being.
Another appointment announced
by the War Department is that
of Miss Dorothy Shaver, who has
been named TO the post OF general
merchandising consultant to the
Office Of the uarterm aster
General.
The announcement said that
Miss Shaver will serve as a mem
Der OF the newly formed advisory
board organized as field consult
ants to the resources division OF
the Quartermaster Corps. This
group is charged with response
bility for designs and standards
of thousands Of items needed to
feed and clothe the Army. One
Of Miss Shaver's duties Is ex-
pected to be the uniforms for the
projected Women's Auxiliary
Corps.
Faces Hard Job
Miss Shaver is vice president OF
one Of New York's great depart
ment stores and, like Mrs. Hobby
is woman whose vast experience
will At her for new and important
work. Among the most trying
duties they will face is TO work
with, and for, a sex which has not
been noted for It's cooperative
spirit.
The tremendous task OF getting
this women's army In motion Is
one that. because OF lack OF pre-
cedent in this country at least, Is
particularly In need OF the
women's angle. It will be pat
termed, as far as possible, along
traditional army lines and II snags
develop, let's not be too quick TO
criticize.
Frightening a. the thought OF a
womens army may be TO those
who are not informed Of its work
it is at least stimulating, even
exciting, TO realize that women
have gained recognition in other
than their accustomed fields Of
activity.
Women have made great prog
ress in a surprisingly short span Of
time. They have cut their eye
teeth on Office desks and have
learned to know their fellow work
ers from angles that would never
have been possible had they re-
manned at home. A woman who
has had business experience before
marriage knows more about tho
male animal than one ever could
have known without and, knowing
more. naturally underst nds him
better.
Volunteers In the WAC vii
learn lot. but most OF them vii
be prepared by their previous ey-
periences for the new duties ano
responsibilities. For the sake OF
our sex as well as the country, lei
us hope they will give an excellent
account OF themselves. The Gov.
eminent does well In picking out.
standing women executives to heir
in the work OF organization.