Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-07-23
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary Women's Bureau
Region 2-B

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you haven't nothing else to talk
about the weather. This is just
what l intend to do, because 1t is
the weather that concerns us to-
day. l presume that all choral
group received their notices that
we were not going to have more
practices until August Is, due to
the hot, humid weather, plus the
vacation periods that makes the
showing very scarce. l still ex-
pected to see more faces at the
women's conference committee
meeting held last Monday even
ing.
The Boys periods at the sum-
mer camp is drawing to a close,
with much of a success to the
hard working un on minded
members, who worked untiring
to to give the kids of our union
the advantages that we wished
for when we were kids and
couldn't afford and which we
wouldn't be able to afford to-
day if it weren't for the good
C.: /: o. and the courage and
leadership of our own Richard
Gosser. The Local II summer
camp is bout two-thirds as
cheap as the cheapest camp in
these parts with three times as
good equipment. This in certain
ly something in itself to brag
about.
We would like the help of
our sisters to assist on Satur-
day July 81, to give the girls
their physical and doctors exam
ination and again on August IA,
when the second period of girls
leave. there are so few willing
helpers that the work is left up
to just a very few people, but
everybody ants to be the first
one to be taken. The adults are
worse than the children, d
they seem to think that they
should be taken b e fore the
children, but to ~ way of
thinking they must wait their
turn also. So we would appre-
ciate it very much if some of
you would volunteer to help us
out. Please contact me or Clem
Holewinski, we need your help.
The women are trying to
make a name for themselves in
only one way it seems. They
want recognition, tn ey want
equality, they want equal rights
but they want all these things
carried to them on a golden
platter. l have never had any
thing given to me without work
ing for it and l wouldn't want
things given to m that way.
A ! of our international repre-
sentatives must spend h r
weekends helping at the summer
camp or farm while the biggest
share of the rank and file men,
bers sit back and think that they
are earning tn cir money the
easy way. Believe me when !
say that it is no picnic to work
three weeks without a days pay
and we all should know this.
The same goes for the women
because they don't seem to want
to volunteer to do anything but
w h n it comes to wanting
favor they are always ready to
make remarks if everything is
not to their satisfaction. This is
one reason why the women are
not farther advanced than they
are. ! know of time and time
again when the women h ave
been asked to assist in certain
things and they always had an
excuse, or they wouldn't think
much of the idea. These are the
women that are holding the
women back today. 1t is not
the men that are holding the
women back of course there are
some men who don't want the
girls to get ahead also, and again
there are some women that don't
have a decent thing to say about
anyone. / believe that they even
hold a grudge against them
selves for they are n ever