The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-14
CLUB NOTES
wv Business
 Girls to Mark Observance DGy


 Worldwide Observance Day
 To Women of America it may
 seem Q far cry from the nylor
 ines of the United States to bare.
 legged lines of women in China
 where Q pair of the cheapest hose
 sells for seven dollars, but to the
 young business and professional wo-
 men of Waterbury the problem iS
 mutual one.
 This and other problems and in-
 tereSts Of business Rlris the world
 over will highlight discussions fea-
 turing the Worldwide observaneo
 Day program which will be held Tuesday, March %, when Business and Professional young women of the Young Women's Christlon As- sociatlone hold their celebration of the 18th annual observance at 0:S0 at Waterbury YWCA, Miss Helen M. Mccarthy, chairman of the lo- cal B and P Council announced today.
 The event, international In scope, will be observed by business girls and related groups in the 4S4 com. munity YWCA's in this country and the 60 foreign countries where there is Association work.
 On that day, 00,OO0 white-oollar girls In the United States will join with fellow members of Business and Professional groups the world over In celebrating the 18th anni- versary of the National YWCAs Worldwide Observance Day, Q day set aside by the business girls ore ganlEation to unite with fellow workers. in ali countries to pledge mutual cooperation for building Q better world,
 This years theme. "A World My Privilege and Responsibility chosen by committee of business girls from the United States, South America, Canada, China, Jamaica and Mexico which met to plan the Observance Day program, points up the significance of mutual interests of young women the world over.
 In extending greetings to the 10. cal groups in the U. g. and their fellow members of the world, Miss Marjorie Hunt, Utica, N, F., com- mittee chairman, said, We as bus tness girls realize that we are liv- ing In Q world that is changing economically, politically and social- ly. We are called upon as Christian citizens Co work toward building 0 world order in which the welfare of each individual shall Dc the con- cern of all"
 Messages from B and P groups in India, New Zealand, Argentine, England, Trinidad and Hawaii have arrived endorsing the theme and pledging cooperation. Mrs. El- eanor Roosevelt sent personal greetings to Miss Hunt stresSing | the importance of bringing to- gether representatives of various | countries and girls representing dif- ferent racial cultural groups in this | country.
 Tn the messages from other coun- tries the problems of young bus mess women, from the struggle for | economic security to immediate clothing scarcities show marked ! similarity.
 Tn Trinidad business girls are working on plan to provide social security and unemployment insur- ance. In China business girls are imitation, which has sent the cost of necessities sky-high. Tn India they are seeking the right to vote. In Australia they are fighting in the reconversion period" Miss Hunt said.
 These reports are signifant n out that problems of work. ng girls in the U. S. are not un- que and that business girls, the world over, meet on common yround. That the problems of young women in other lands are also our problems. A full realization of "A World My Privilege and Responsi- ,ility' gives us an opportuniey for 'olvtng them together" she said.