Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1942 — Page 11

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Most Women Under 43 Are Called 43 Are Called Into Ocoupations; ‘Septuagenarians ‘Work in Arms Plants;

House Servants Are Scarce. By CARROL BINDER

: Copyright; 1942, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

LONDON, Aug. 27.—The most impressive evidence of

the determination of the British nation to win the war re-

- gardless of its magnitude or duration, is to be found in the - present and prospective utilization of British manpower.

. An astonishingly large percentage of the physically

Th capable 22,500,000 males and - have been uprooted from their - normal pursuits and assigned

to tasks in the armed forces

",and essential war industries.

‘Lists of those remaining in other ~ pursuits are being constantly culled - in order to provide additional man-

power where it will best advance)

the war’ effort. Neither marriage, parenthood, fi-

nancial obligation or personal pre-:

dilection spares women under 43

- from appointed tasks except preg-

nancy, responsibility for young children and competence in certain oc-|- - eupations, such as a nursing and : teaching, which it is deemed in the national interest to carry on.

Clergy Exempted

| : Male * government civil servants

snd the clergy are the only classes of -the population conspicuously ex‘empted from compulsory transfer to military or industrial service. = It is most difficult for a homestaying American, whose routine is still’ comparatively little disturbed by war demands, to appreciate the dislocations of personal. lives and ~ the diminution or discontinuance of ~ accustomed services effected by this concentration of human effort on * the task of waging war. . One of the most visible manifestations perceived by guests in Brit-

~ {shh homes is the paucity of domes‘tic servants. You always ask the

hostess: how she manages to have # maid or man servant if one is in evidence.

Invariably you learn that the

servant. is subject to some serious}

physical defect not permitting more arduous tasks or else is over or} ‘under ags. One household entertaining me is staffed by-a 15-year= old girl and a 96-year-old man.

Aged Work, Too

You see elderly men and Wemen, who ordinarily would not be doing anything, performing the heaviest

: labors. Two stevedares, at one dock

I visited, were over 80 years old

- and not asking favors when heavy stuff was unloaded: I saw many

70 and 60-year-old stevedores wheeling trucks an average of 15 or 17 “ miles daily.” The “average age of dockers at two important ports is 47. Septuagenarians frequently are to be found working in munitions factories. An 85-year-old Birmingham precision lathe operative worked until the week he died. The most striking sight in many factories I visited, however, was the preponderance of women, many

- midle aged, doing jobs previously . considered too skilled and exhaust-

ing for women. Many were working | \ 56 hours weekly in the factory, then looking after children and housekeeping, which is particularly exhausting in these days when if is necessary to

stand in a queue for many pur-|

chases as well as for transportation and other services.

Face Child Problems

_ It is obvious that Britain is drawing on the health capital of her citizens to sustain. such an effort and that the tuberculosis rate, which is already rising, is not the

“only index. likely to register this

straining to carry on hard tasks. Thoughtful leaders are fully aware of the problems being created, including the almost inevitable increase in juvenile delinquency as

“3 result of the large number of

children 5 to 12 years old devoid -of supervision during the long hours

* their mothers are working and

schools are not in session. Chiljiren under 5, of working

mothers, are being supervised in . nurseries but older children thus

far are being left to the mercies of grandmothers or casual “mind.

ers” whose discipline is usually

limited. The situation arises from the difficulty of obtaining the necessary

Sells Crickets, Buys War Bonds

~ NAPPANEE, Aug. 27 (U. P).— : Eldon Stump’s cricket sales to © Hoosier fishermen for bluegill ¥ bait: vgday wnabied. Sim i yu-

chase his: second $50 war bond. The 11-year-old Gravelton farm

: youth reported that since the

; crickets and hopes to suprass last |

year’s total of 170,000. All pro.

ceeds from his “business” goes

24,250,000 females long since|-

personnel which has impeded so many worthy purposes. Women Show Skill

Despite these stresses and preoccupations, the women as well as men 1 saw in factories all over England looked virogous and cheerful. and many sang lustily while doing repstitive tasks at which managers say women are far more competent than men.

It was amazing fo see the quickness with which the women learned to perform highly skilled tasks, thus releasing additional manpower for the forces. Skilled male workers usually are retained in the factories but women are taking over all the jobs which can be mastered in a reasonable time' where male workers are under 35.

The trade unions have waived peacetime prerogatives limiting the number of apprentices and: have permitted unlimited dilution of skilled on the guarantee that at the end of the war those previously employed will have the first call on whatever jobs are available and dilutees will get only what jobs are left after the regulars sre

Joan Leslie’s snappy military salute and windshield sticker

| prove she’s a real friend of Uncle

Sam’s fighting forces. She's helping organize “Yankee Doodle Drivers” to give service men a lift.

SELL WAR STAMPS

The: 3400 retail liquor outlets of Indiana are selling $200,000 worth of war savings stamps each month. The Hoosier retailers have already purchased more than $500,000 worth of stamps or bonds of their own.

PYTHIAN SISTERS TO DINE Monitor temple 244, Pythian Sisters, will hold a food-craft dinner and card party at 6:30 p. m. Sat-

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