Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-28
Women sRegistration
Held Likely by VINO
Advisory Unit Head
Mrs. Roosevelt Believes
Neighbors' May Thwort
Canned Goods Hourders

National registration of women
still is strong possibility before the
war is over, it was indicated at Mrs.
Roosevelt's press conference today
by Miss Margaret A. Hickey, chair
man of the War Manpower Commits
sion's Committee on the Problems
of Women.
Miss Hickey said she did not have
authority to speak for the commits
sion, but emphasized that discus
sion of registration of women is IAN
important item" at each meeting of
the Women's Advisory Committee.
Though her committee has not yet
made any recommendation to Paul
v. McNutt about national enroll
ment, she indicated it still might
do so.
Turning her conference over to
Miss Hickey, Mrs. Roosevelt took
time out to brand "as another one
of those rumors the persistent
story of little Diana Hopkins use of
a White House car and gasoline for
personal trips.
A reporter returning from re-
cent visit to Pennsylvania told Mrs.
Roosevelt that there had been ad-
verse criticism over a report that
Harry Hopkins daughter had rid
den in a White House car while
hundreds of war workers here came
downtown in streetcars and buses.
Mrs. Roosevelt said 11-year-old
Diana would hardly be going any
where by herself in any case.
Sees Hoarders Reported.
Mrs Roosevelt also reiterated her
often-expressed hope that people
would not go out and buy and buy
and buy" before rationing of canned
goods begins early in 1943 She
said that hoarders who try to con-
ceal the amount of goods in their
cellars probably will not be success
full, because it is wonderful what
your neighbors know about you"
Miss Hickey said that the four
most important matters that her
Women's Advisory Committee con-
siders at their meeting each month
are extension of community services,
removal of industrial barriers against
older women workers. a broader
training program of women tech
nicians and specialists, and extern
sion of the child care program
Her committee is especially an
noyed, Miss Hickey said. with what
members call the narrow interpreted
ton OF care of children of working
mothers as day care" This program
will have to be much broader one
of extended educational. health,
library and vocational facilities, she
said, rather than imply physical care
of children between am. and 7pm.
Miss Hickey intimated the COM
mittee is considering recommend
ing a program of broader govern
ment assistance for young women
aiming to become specialists and
technicians. A few of these
aspirants already are being trained
on college scholarships, she said,
and in such short unit" programs
as the National Defense Training
Program here in the District. The
need for training, however is much
greater than that, she said.
Miss Hickey urged that the public
be Informed of the need for II or Is
men behind each man on the pro-
duction line as well as behind each
man on the fighting line. This need
specially shows up, she said, when
the tired war worker finds he has
practically no time to get his laun-
dry or do his shopping
Such community services as feed
ing and laundering now existing in
some parts of England must be set
up on a 24-hour basis here in some
private war centers, she said.
The n il nal registration of
women is ''thorny problem" Miss
Hickey said, and involves demands
from hundreds and hundreds of
communities with varying interests.
So far, voluntary enlistment OF
women workers has turned out fairly
we'll in some places, she said, but
poorly in others. Mrs. Roosevelt sug-
gested that the American Women's
Voluntary Services be fully utilized
to educate women to the genuine
need for their cooperation and
special services.
Miss Hickey reiterated the War
ManpoWer Commissions estimate
that twice as many women workers
would have to enter industry in 1943
as have done so in the two preced-
Ing years.