Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-04-08
Women's News
And Views
BY Odessa Overy
Secretary WOmen's Bureau
Region 2-B

That is the reason for the Wom-
en- taking such an active part in
trying to make strong, healthy
bodies in the children of today.
The women's guild are women
that wants their children to
have things just a little bit
better then they had it when
they were kiddies. Not that they
are dissatisfied with the way
that their parents brought them
up, but they are dissatisfied with
the advantages that their par
ents were able to give them.
By this l mean that they were
held down so much by their en-
ployers and that they had to put
their nose to the grind-stone the
complete time that they were att
work and make q few measleyi
pennies for all of their efforts.
The employer reigned over his
brood and he tried his darndest
to make the little people feel
like snails. The people got fed
UP with this way of doing busi-
ness and then they began to or
ganize. BY forming Unions and
making a solidified front when
they were to negotiate with
m n m mt to gain their
recognition. The women of the
local IL women's guild are try
ing to raise funds so that their
children will become strong, so
they to will be able to meet the
requirement that is expected of
them. AS the unions become
stronger so will the management
find new ways to cope with these
unions and that is one reason for
educating the kiddies of today.
The children of yesteryear did
not have the advantages that the
kiddies of today have. We never
heard of summer camp, why ;
those were things for the lazy
rich. And I mean lazy rich, for
these children had tutors that
took care of them at all times
and their parents didn't even
know that they existed, some of ,
them probably only saw their
kiddies once a week, while 9TH
ers that weren't so we'll off pos
sible once a day. Well | don't
even want to get that well off. j
1t is nice once a year to be in
a position TO send your children
away to well supervised camp
and get that long needed rest :
that all parents are entitled too,
but even we have time to ,
scrape up the small amount that {
is needed to send them to a
camp. That is why we have !
formed the local IL summer
camp, and we hope that the ,
workers in the plants will be ,
charitable enough to help this
function along. Now I know that
there are many workers in the
plants that do not have children
of their own, or else their chill
dren have grown up, but this
does not stop you from being
charitable, in fact these are the
people that are more able to
give then the parents with chill
dren. So please be generous and
give to a worthy cause. If you
see your steward coming a
round the plant with can and
asks you for donation, please |
drop in a little change, even If
it be only nickle, and / am I
sure that you would not miss it.
The opening of the camp this
year depends on the contribu- {
tions for we just can not run {
the camp on buttons. The Wom- r
ems guild is sponsoring a card
party for the benefit of the
camp on the % of April so a.
gain If you see some of these
tallies around the shop, buy one
or two even if you don't play
cards for you would spend the
money for beer anyway. l don't '
think that your stomach would I
miss a week without its regular c
consumption of beer, in fact | c
opine that it might make you
feel a lot better then you did t
the day after the night before. S
Do you remember how you felt? S
1t wasn't so good, was it? Well r
just stop and think about it
when it comes time to help out ;
with a donation. We all must :
sacrifice ourselves one way or :
the other and this is the way !
that you can do it. So let's get :
busy and see that the summer :
camn will open this summer.