The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-03-15
Week to Hail
u. S., Allies
Mothers
BY ELEANOR FOWLER
Ssersiary-Treasnrsr,
CIO WOmens AnriIiaries


United Nations as well as observ-
ances in honor OF mothers and
wives Of American servicemen will
feature Blue Star Mothers Week
called by the Congress Of Women's
Auxiliaries of the CLIO for March
S-15.
President Faye Stephenson, in an
nouncing the week said:
THE delegates to our Boston
conference felt strongly that one
OF our national undertakings early
this year should be to honor the
strong and courageous women
whose sons and husbands are today
fighting for Victory and freedom.
I'VE include in that number not
only our sisters whose loved ones
are in uniform, but also our heroic
sisters OF the National Maritime
Union Auxiliary who see their men
face death month after month to
uelINer tne goouS.
Others Honored Too
Our national week must be more.
too, than just a tribute to our own
Blue Star mothers. We cannot
honor them without also honoring
the million of women Of the United
Nations who are Gold as we'll as
Blue Star mothers; the women OF
the Soviet Union whose devotion
has contributed so effectively to
the great winter offensive of the
Red Army; the women of England.
undaunted by blitz, working all of
them for Victory; the women of
China. who have encouraged their
men through II bitter years of
brutal assault by Japan; the
women behind Hitler's lines who
face death with their men to
sabotage the Nazi war machine"
The Importance of aiding the
March war-fund drive of the Red
Cross will be played up as part Of
the auxiliary program for Blue
Star Mothers Week. Group blood
donations are urged as part of the
observances wherever possible. The
auxiliary Congress, urging its men,
bers to assist In the Red Cross
drive. points out how many i'm
portant services Red Cross per-
forms for servicemen and their
families.
Signing up mothers and wives of
union servicemen as auxiliary men,
bers Is the organizational goal of
the national week. The Newspaper
Guild Auxiliary has a most attrac-
tive red. white and blue member
ship card for close relatives of serv-
icemen. The card entities them to
minimum dues for the duration.
The United Automobile Workers
Auxiliary is planning to issue
similar service card.
Home visits to families of union
servicemen. urging them to partici-
pate In Blue Star Mothers Week
observances. and trying to interest
them in the auxiliary activities will
be an important part of the weeks
program for most auxiliaries.
CHILD CARE BULLETIN
"Child Care Bulletin No. 2" Is
just off the press at the Congress
of Women's Auxiliaries Of the CLIO,
1913 18th ST.. NV. Washington,
D. c. 1t emphasizes the urgency
OF large-scale action to meet the
need for care of children of work.
Ing mothers. Absenteeism, the
need for drafting fathers for mill
tary service, and the approaching
end OF the school year are empha-
sized as increasing the urgency of
the problem. School vacations will
mean that large numbers of
women will leave work and that
juvenile delinquency will rise to
new highs unless plans are made
for converting the schools to meet
war needs this summer.
The bulletin also stresses the
need for education of women In
the Importance Of child care facil-
tiles, especially nursery schools,
and recommends wide distribution
of Nursery Schools Vital to Amer
ica's War Effort" u. s. Office of
Education aaHai Mo LII In Ahn