Evening star., 1942-09-13
War 10 Put Women
On Par With Men,
Miss. Bondfield SAYS
Declares Labor Will
Have Equal Status
With Management

The war will elevate women to full
equality with men and labor to even
status with management. thereby
creating a completely new and
homogeneous human society without
classes, in the opinion Of the Right
Hon. Margaret Grace Bondfield,
British Minister of Labor from 1929
to 1881, trade unionist for so years
and today the only woman in the
Privy Council.
Miss Bondfield gave her views on
the world-to-come, as she rested
yesterday between sessions of the
Institute on World Organization,
held at the American University.
Urges Equal Pay for Women.
'The old standards by which
women we're paid two-thirds or
three-fifths of the amount of money
paid to man for equal work, will
disappear" she maintained. Women
will receive equal pay for equal
work. In England during this war
women have received mems rate of
pay wherever they have taken over
mems work.
women will in the future take
larger share In government. They
will work in administration, mu-
nicipal as well as national. They
will increase their influence in Par
Lament.
"Great Britain will be totally diff
ferent when the war is over. It will
have an entirely different social
structure. The class basis of society
will disappear, and there will
emerge a much stronger democracy
in which the people will take a
larger share Of the responsibilities. "
Sees End of Imperialism.
There will be no more imperialism
she maintained. The words "the
British Empire" and all associated
terms will drop from the official
language.
There will be British common
wealth of self-governing countries,
she said. There has been steady
tendency, now accelerated by the
war, to elevate dominions and colon
les. Even in those dependencies
which were regarded as not sufh-
GENTLY advanced to receive privi-
leges of self f-government, there is
being fostered such education as will
enable these dependencies quickly te
become self-governing"
The old League Of Nations Miss
Bondfield dismissed as entirely toe
political"
"Such an organization would have
to have economic significance equa
to it's political significance in order
| to function" she maintained Eco.
nomics are at the root of all inter.
national relations. Tariff barrier
should be eliminated completely
except In a few instances to contro
and govern certain products"
Urges Equal Sacrifices.
Having just completed a 1o-montf
tour of manufacturing center.
throughout this country, Miss Bond.
field observed: I'm America you hae
six months of disorganization, sucf
as we also had. 1t Is not easy Il
transfer democratic system intt
war production. So many rules ane
regulations must be set aside, 81
many privileges abrogated. This car
be done only through discussion ano
consent. Therefore there is a time
of confusion before the countr.
settles down to production. But yo,
are now over this stage, and man,
important factories have been in full
production for two or three months
already"
Miss Bondfield maintained that al
classes, management as well as labor
must make equal sacrifices, and con
sidered it impossible to put ceiling
on wages without simultaneous,
putting a ceiling on prices.