of interest to WOMEN
of interest to WOMEN A ROOM OF OUR OWN OUR READERS will note that The Progressive makes a point of keeping you in touch with the efforts being made by various individuals and groups to protect the...
...A Wisconsin labor relations act which in the words of Governor La Follette was "the greatest achievement on behalf of the rights of labor yet placed upon the statute books in this country," was enacted in the 1937 legislature...
...Don't wear collars high and close around the neck...
...Loosening or unbuttoning your fur coat before you sit down will help avoid rips and tears...
...Recently some 27 organizations were represented in a get-together in Washington to talk over the problems of war and defense, not in terms of armaments and profit margins, but in terms of what is really the basis of national defense—the American home and its standard of living...
...At the same time, the total cost of workmen's compensation is less in Wisconsin than in any other industrial state...
...The question is, how can we consumers be effective in preventing it so far as possible...
...The first unemployment insurance law in the nation was enacted by the Wisconsin legislature in the special session of 1932, during the first administration of Governor La Follette...
...Harriett Elliott Asks Broadcasts A program to help strengthen the nation's human defenses by making food market information available to household buyers through market news' broadcasts* in local communities is being urged by Harriett Elliott, consumer head of the national defense commission...
...Remembering the last war, the average man and woman knows what "the high cost of living" meant to each home...
...When a tear or rip does appear, have it repaired immediately—your care will be repaid many times over...
...UNDER the reactionary Republicans who took over the state government in 1939, labor received a terrific set-back...
...I Progressives, recognizing that' we must all sink or swim together, will give alert and strong support ] to the legitimate rights of labor throughout our states and nation, j Wage-Hour Aid Urged For Farm Migrant Workers Secretary of Lab^r Frances Perkins and Col...
...Even Bernard Ba-ruch, head of the War Industries Board in 1918, warned the Nye committee in 1936 that run-away prices would accompany war preparations unless we got busy and put a stop to it...
...Make them happy...
...The Bureau of Labor Statistics informs us that the prices of 28 commodities rose steadily during October...
...Fleming proposed...
...Washington Irving SELECTING CRANBERRIES In selecting cranberries, color should not be used exclusively to judge quality...
...how will they use it...
...It is our own...
...Don't let heavy jewelry eome in contact with the fur...
...Color is primarily an indication of variety...
...This Christmas— Make It America's 'Most Beautiful One* It is Christmas Day am' there is no peace except the peace which is in our hearts as we gather around our beloved Christmas tree...
...Prices of these commodities on November 8 were 16 per cent above pre-war levels, about 5 per cent above the preceding month...
...Outstanding legislation and administrative provisions were maimed or killed outright...
...Philip B. Fleming, wage-hour administrator, last week went before the special House committee investigating-migrant workers to urge that the wage-hour law be extended to large-scale agricultural enterprises...
...Let us make this the most beautiful Christmas America has evef seen...
...They are still innocent and trusting...
...We were quick to realize that the danger of a national defense program could turn into an unchecked offensive against the American standard of living...
...Both Miss Perkins and Col...
...They have the power...
...With the holiday season coming on, we housekeepers will groan to find that 14 Latin American and South American countries have combined with the United States in a quota agreement to restrict the supplies of coffee coming to this country, and thus to maintain the price...
...Conferences have already been held by large industries to protect themselves from government interference...
...The wage-hour head added that hour limitations would have to be "extremely flexible...
...The National Industrial Conference Board, research bureau for and spokesman of large industry, figures that up to 18 billion dollars a year could be raised for defense by reducing national consumption to a subsistence level...
...Christmas Now Christmas is come, Let's beat up the drum, And call all our neighbors together, And when they appear, Let us make them such cheer As will keep out the wind and the weather...
...European countries long depended in large part on South America for their coffee...
...A house where, without cynicism or doubt of the ultimate dignity of man, of the individual, the Child of Bethlehem is still deeply loved...
...The two executives explained that they had refer-, ence only to large, industrial corporation-type farms employing many workers...
...They discussed prices, taxes, health, and again prices...
...We who face that fact will not yelp about legitimate costs, but we shall use all our power to see that the cost is shared by all our people according to their ability to pay...
...Fleming criticized the exemption from federal labor laws of workers in agricultural industries such as processing, canning and packing...
...THE HOUSEWIFE has been steadily feeling the increases in her household costs...
...Christmas came to us across the ocean...
...Yields are about the same as last year, but the prospects of increased use of canned goods both by civilians and the army have sent the price up, even though there is little chance for export...
...Pineapple juice, peaches, tomatoes and salmon are among the products oh which prices have been raised...
...While Philip Murray...
...A possible minimum farm wage of 15 to 30 cents an hour might be established, Col...
...Where else than in California would you hang wreaths of wild cherry in your window and on your front door...
...Miss Perkins also suggested that these workers be brought under the national labor relations act as well as the wage-hour act...
...X\7HETHER we like it or not,' we are going to have to pay for * » defense...
...Everybody complains, and nobody claims to want them, but prices continue to rise...
...Our American Government Protection Of Labor's Rights PROGRESSIVES favor the right of labor to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of its own choosing...
...Where else would you see fireworks on Christmas Day except in our own south...
...Protect Friction Points In Furs To get more wear out of your fur coat, protect the friction points ¦—the collar, the sides of the sleeves near the body, and the fur near the wrists...
...The Wisconsin Republicans have demonstrated their party's attitude toward the rights of labor...
...There can be no doubt but that the defense of the Americas is going to cost us plenty...
...Not only have they raided hard-won accomplishments, they continue day in and day out to use every i possible method to drive a wedge | of misunderstanding between labor and other citizenry...
...House Beautiful...
...Coverage of migrant workers by the wage-hour law would help protect these men and women from exploitation by large-scale farm operators, as described in "The Grapes of Wrath...
...none of us can prosper alone...
...It is packed full of old memories from many lands...
...Consumers Union" reports that prices are higher on most kinds of canned goods...
...Proper care will prevent too severe wear of fur at the wrists and under the sleeves...
...The primary purpose of this law is to take the sting out of fluctuations in employment through benefit payments during partial and complete layoffs...
...Social achievements can only exist through the strong support of an enlightened electorate...
...I recall that for a long time Nazi Germany obtained coffee from there on the barter system...
...But Christmas, like the people of America, has gone into the melting pot...
...So now we find general appreciation of this danger...
...of interest to WOMEN A ROOM OF OUR OWN OUR READERS will note that The Progressive makes a point of keeping you in touch with the efforts being made by various individuals and groups to protect the interests of the individual consumer, as we are being taken along the "steps that lead toward war...
...Again, Progressives everywhere should profit by Wisconsin's experience...
...You and I are a part of that market...
...If the Central and South American coffee industry is to exist today, it will depend on markets in this hemisphere...
...Pass This Paper On...
...Many people urge all kind of material help to Britain with no mention of the cost...
...CIO president, was unable to appear before this special Congressional committee last week, he sent a telegram recommending that New Deal social legislation be extended to cover migrant workers...
...Nationally acclaimed as a model, our Wisconsin labor relations act guaranteed collective bargaining, the ontlawing of company unions, and provided machinery for the peaceful settlement of industrial disputes...
...Wisconsin is famous throughout the country for its wise and sound pioneering in labor legislation...
...Teddy bears and pop corn, wreaths and garlands and trees', winking candles and the sound of the old carols...
...Fur coat "don'ts," advises the Consumers' Guide, published by the U. S. department of agriculture, are: "Don't let hat brims rub against fur collars...
...Sitting down on furs will wear them out...
...Labor is dependent on the understanding and good-will of the farmer, the merchant, the housewife, the teacher, of all the other elements on our society...
...We must think, and talk, and organize to put pressure on our representatives in Washington...
...We are up against a ruthless group in our country who are determined to profit themselves at the cost of the average home...
...In 1911 Wisconsin, during a Progressive administration, was the first state in the Union to adopt workmen's compensation...
...This one little item brings home to us the principle of "hemisphere defense...
...Over the snowy hills and valleys of America, in the clear air be born the brave old melody: O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant...
...Today Wisconsin pays the highest benefits of any industrial state to those injured in industry...
...Christmas nas always been for children...
...It takes so little...
...To keep- furs moth-free, Consumers' Guide recommends combing them gently every two or three weeks, which also helps to prevent matting...
...Don't carry bags, packages, or purses under the arm where they can wear away the fur...
...Particularly needed are broadcasts concerning foods which protect health, food-preparation methods which conserve vital nutritive values, and information on the availability of essential foods," Miss Elliott points out...
...Top quality cranberries have a fresh plump appearance, a high luster and are firm...
Vol. 4 • October 1940 • No. 50
