Women At Work Some Statistics One of the most dramatic developments of the past de- cade has been the rapid in- crease in the number of wo- men looking for and finding regular employment. The number of women at work, particularly married women, increased quite steadily from 1950 to 1955, then speeded up remarkably from 1955 on. In 1961, there were almost 1.7 million wo- men .at work, 55 percent ‘more than in 1950. The number of married women with jobs was two and a half times as great. By 1961, married women = ac- counted for nearly half the total female labor force, as compared with less than one- ‘third in 1950. In sharp contrast, the in- crease in the number of men working from 1950 to 1961 was only 12 percent — a mo- derate rise up to 1957 and comparatively little growth since then. A striking fact is that the addition to the female labor force since 1955 (some 470 thousand) has been greater than to that of the male group (440 thousand), What are the reasons for this greater increase in em- ployment opportunities for women than the increase in opportunities for men? In its Nov.-Dec. 1961 Monthly Re- view, the Bank of Nova Sco- tia outlines them as follows: “The growing willingness and freedom of women to seek work would have been of little avail had there not also been an increasing sup- ply of job opportunities for women. Most important in this regard has been the strong and persistant growth TED HARRIS 757 East WNastings St. Vancouver 4, B.C. Painters’ ona Sunworthy Reg. 45¢ . “Aas waggle and thus employment over the past decade in Can- ada’s service-producing in- dustries, including a wide variety of both private and government services. ““ these industries, auto- mation and mechanization have thus far been less effec- tively applicable than in the goods- producing industries has grown more closely in line with production services, “There has also been a con- tinuing increase in the num- ber of clerical jobs for wo- men, in both goods-produc- ing and service industries. “And there have obviously been other influences at work, such as the easing of old prejudices against women as job-holders (whether on the part of employers and professional associations or of customers and clients).” Where do the women work? Over three-quarters of them are in service-produc- ing industries. More women are working now in financial establishments including banks, insurance companies and real estate firms — in re- tail trade and in some sec- tors of transportation and communication. The most rapid increases, however, have been in pub- lic and private services — government offices, schools, hospitals and social agencies, hotels, restaurants, entertain- ment facilities, laundries, dry- cleaning establishments and hairdressing salons. Many of the latter use women for part-time help. Almost one-fifth of all em- ployed women work fewer than 35 hours a week. In absolute figures, the Sov- iet Union produces more iron ore, coal, coke, railway pas- senger coaches, grain com- bines, wool, butter and sugar than the United States. OVALTINE CAFE © 251 EAST HASTINGS Vancouver, B.C. QUALITY SERVICE ‘We buy and sell Used Furniture Sporting Goéds | We are at | 573 E. HASTINGS S¥ Beaver Transfer A. SMITH ) scone Watch & a ponies 1179 Denman St. ‘Everything in. 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But there will be no joyous birth- day celebration. The blunt opinion of many connected and not connected. with the Alliance, both in Washington and in Latin America, is that the program has been a failure. This is tacitly recognized by even the head of the pro- gram, Teodoro Moscoso, who, in a memorandum to his staff in Washington and in Latin American countries, spoke of - spotty progress, of obstacles that are ‘staggering and frustrating almost beyond endurance,” of Latin Ameri- can countries on the brink of being dragged down by enemies of democracy, and of the urgent necessity for taking chances and making mistakes. In brief, there will be no celebration of the first anni- versary of the Alliance be- cause results so far do not warrant it. In the year that the Alli- ance has been in operation, military dictatorships have established strangle-holds in Argentina and Peru. In Ar- gentina, political parties, in- cluding the Communist Party, have been outlawed. There have been big anti- government demonstrations and strikes in both these countries, and in Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. _ If anything, in the year the Alliance program has been operating in Latin America, the situation has become even less stable for the rul- ing land-owning and military oligarchies. In addition to this, one of the big stumbling blocks in the way of progress for the Alliance is the contradiction between the aims of USS. imperialism and the profess- ed aims of the Alliance, In Brazil, this contradic- tion was expressed recently by Governor Leonel Brizola of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, who demanded a com- plete review of Brazil’s eco- nomic relations with all countries, and _ particularly with the United States. In a letter published re- cently in Jornal do Brazil, The Annual Labor Picnic Conimittee has an- nounced the _ following winners of the Labor Picnic prizes: lst Prize: Stereo set, Paul: Yorks; 535. E: St. James St., N. Vancouver. Man’s watch, George Dougenes, 1722 Cotton Drive, Vancouver. Woman’s watch, Pat Brady, 1658 King George Highway, White Rock. Winners of the. five other prizes were: John Tanche, White Rock; Mrs. P. Treliving, Wal- nut Grove P.O.; L. Ske- hor, 1642 Adanac St., Vanccuver; Helen Wish- inski, 1736 E. 12th Ave., Vancouver; and Manda _ Ranta, 1833 E. 16th Ave., _Vancouver. _ legislation to look Classified Advertisin Brizola said the econom j penetration by U.S. firms reached an intolerable — gree. Abnormal relations © tween Brazil and the he continued, “have imp? ed our independence sovereignty and the. ing spirit which has shaP our history.” Brizola said he was posed to the ania Progress, because it “form of neo- colonialis™ Curiously enough, it cisely Brazil, where there a big peasant moveme en Fi ready dividing up the J4® i some out-lying ritor pe territ¢ and where the gover has promised some 2 ease the plight of the ants, that is one of the est thorns in the flesh % Alliance for Progress. Private capital, it § which makes up a Dié tion of the funds of the ance, has been frighteM f threats of take-overs of eign firms in some of r oo provinces, and by threat government control ® eign investment. 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