REUNITE CN NRERE ET Sa SU Tae IES; ttlraiisracdltercaanariennistttl mt | a eee | hicscscttisoalaniia ll Satec? Mag aZI ne § ection aE March 8 is the 51st Anniversary. of International Women’s. Day ARE TOO MANY | By ROSALEEN’ROSS CELEBRATION of _ Inter- a aa Women’s. Da‘y as year sees a revival of the a “Back -to: the Kit- aay out of the questien not Le the ‘right of women to Hoh: ut also the fight for the : aes women . to work and ae conditions, . Inter- oes Bae Women’s Day was March re one: years ago this io parts of the world oc attle has been won. Com- bh equality of the sexes, in- i Se the right of women to at. occupations. previous- dae et for men; is the ikt of the day in the social- -. Countries, but here in North Am, i al a pear : erica, superfici p ances . notwit i hstanding, t ] 3 g0es on not only to €w gains, but to pre- in rights already. at- wed by hard-fought battles. nothing as the scapegoat is be = new, of course, and not “om it takes’ just now is ent th either. As unemploy- Ss emma more and more sae. families. frantic at- eae are made to pin the anywhere but on the Teal culpr; Drit.—— c i ern ent. the federal gov Make Wi oe the story in the Cuver Province of Janu- ar Y 26 headed, “Most Wives, ae for Work Don’t the ae » In which are listed ae ° main conclusions of Edats Senate committee Ment, es eas os mnree-fitths of the married ployea _Tegistered as unem- . ar Canada do not real- Ni to work; Phruiad 70 percent of unmar- aS young people — aged. 14 — registered as jobless at aia at home, and have + one parent working. “Gitorializing on this gem, €@ncouver Sun on Febru- Says: “Home _ truths aes Senate’s committee et Power has dug up on a Tea are: going to ice e federal government Subject @ serious look at the ae of working wives.” ae look, of course, is ~. In. some. miraculous are ]j ary Which + Une for way: to- drive -wonien. off the labour market and hence solve the’ unemployment problem at one fell swoop. Tees The Sun editorial goés:on to. advise employers in both lay- ing: off and in« hiring: ‘‘to see to it that a discrimination is made so that only those who really need work can’ get in’ This is a far cry from the days of both world wars" when governments begged women to leave their homes and take the place of men in industry. Even then, however, when the absolute necessity for woman power was freely admitted, the government. did little or nothing to make it easier for women. with: families. to: take their place in industry. There were, as now, few nursery schools or kindergartens, the housing shortage was acute and transportation inadequate. After the war, however, married women were expected to return ‘docilely to their homes and the old tunes about the sanctity of home life and the responsibility for juvenile delinquency which is supposed to rest on the working mother (particularly the one who is said to be working to get a new TV) were heard once more and fortissimo. e OWEVER, women are not taking all. this» quietly. Marion Royce, head of. the Women’s Bureau of the Fed- eral Department of Labour, for example, is quoted in the Vancouver Sun of “February 17 .as saying that working mothers who neglect their homes and children were the Celebrate Women’s Day... The 51st anniversary of International. Women’s Day will be marked this Sunday with an afternoon tea at the Swedish Hall, 1320 E. Hast- ings St., starting at 2 p.m. Kay Edwards will speak on “Cuba Today.” The pro- gram will also include musi- cal items and a display of literature. : WOMEN HOLDING JOBS? type’ who ‘wotild® have- neglect=| : éd them’ had* they -been~ at] home. She-also expressed. the: opinion’ that the efféet of mar- ried women on unemployment} is exaggerated. Eight out of 10’ women are still in their homes, ‘she said. It just- seems more of them are working be- cause there are SO many more ‘women, married.and single; in the labour .force today. . Ors again,. Miss: Jeanne> Du- val, a. vice-president of the Canadian: and. Catholic Con- federationiof*Labour:is quoted assaying: ‘“Grim= necessity ob- liges women® toy work:. The working» man: cannot ‘afford: to keep his: daughter: at: home; to maintain: his» home requires| the earnings. of every member of the family, boy or girl. Daughters» leave home’ to- take a job, and married women. re- turn to work. In.this industrial century; women;- like men, are obliged to earn their living.” What does not seem. to Oc- cur either. to: the federal. gov- ernment or the’ geniuses in the Senate’ manpower committee is. that many _married women are working precisely because their husbands are not. @ HE. answer to. unemploy-| _ ment is not to take: wom- en out of jobs; nor is the an- swer, to. the shrinking unem-). ployment: insurance fund. the], denial of benefit to women. ‘The real solution lies in taking ‘some of the billions spent on ‘so-called defence and using it first: of all to build up the Unemployment’ Insurance|: Fund, and secondly to allocate some: of ‘it for useful; worth- while, job’ — producing; con- structive -purposes such as schools, hospitals, bridges, ‘slum clearance, parks and so on. - It is not hard to see what tremendous opportunities would be opened up for both men and women were disarm- ament to become a reality. In other words, the fight for equal rights for women is the fight for a good ‘life for’ men, women and children — a life free from imsecurity, unem- ployment and above all, the threat of atomic destruction. a EQUAL RIGHTS. Ineluded right: to work: at equal pay. IN .SOCIALIST LANDS WOMEN ARE GUARANTEED among. these rights: is: the Photo above shews an out-. standing. women’s werking brigade in the Groditz Rolling Mill_in. the.German Democratic Republic. The. brigade ‘is. shown: counting’ up: its preduction output for- the day... - Ti U:S.: Professor Says: ee cs magie of the Cuban} ~ revolution is. that it is producing a better life for the BERTRAND RUSSELL whose Committee of 100 or- ganized. a. demonstration Feb. 18 in: London, England, against‘ the U.S; Polaris. sub base in'Seotland and nuclear weapons. Over 4,000 persons took parts - ’ The demonstration. took the form of.a.three-hour sit- down on. the-sidewalk out- side the British defense min- istry. Russell said this dem- onstration. was: only the be- "Guba Revolution better life for Cubans” ginning; and that other and. 7 brings’ : Cubans. . Fidel is delivering here .and now,” .Dr. Samuel Shapiro, professor at Michigan State University told. some 300 persons at a public meeting re- cently sponsored by the newly- formed Fair Play for Cuba. Committee. in. Toronto. : ~ He. said that if: his view ‘is different from that found ‘in the daily press, “it’ is because I saw~Cuba from below in Latin America in 1959 and I read about Castro in Spanish.” The Cuban revolution, he emphasized, was a_ revolt ‘against a typical Latin Ameri- can: dictatorship and he stress- ed the fact that sentiment for |-Gastro™ in’ Latin America ‘is “enormous.” Castro, he said, is “really a. hero” to» the people of Latin America, and he fore- cast that within: the next five years. we will see eight to 10 revolutions in Latin America, Shapiro said the’ U.S: - gov- ernment continues to its.shame to support dictaters all \ over Latin America’ and . the néw administration is still’ supply- ing arms to these countries. Shapiro who has travelled extensively -throughout Latin America .and visited Cuba twice, was sharply eritical of the manner in- which the daily press has treated the Cuban bigger ones will-follow. March 3, 1961—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page®5 Fevolution.