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Long before there was any real
thought of the United States ac-
tively entering into the conflict
which had engulfed Western Eur-
ope, the women of this country
were helping to alleviate the un-
told suffering of people abroad.
Chapters of the American Red
Cross took on new life and
growth in their production cen-
ters. Thousands upon thousands
of needed articles of clothing for
the devastated areas were made
by women inspired by the two-
fold impetus of a desire to help
those in so great need and a
sense of thanksgiving because we

We extend sincere good wishes for a
New Year filled with happiness and
blessed with full measure of prosperity
and may these wishes continue to find
fulfillment into the many years beyond.

CHARLES H. LOTT
Manager

DETROIT-LC.1AD ' -HOTEL

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September I I , 1942

DETROIT. MICHIGAN

CASS—BAGLEY

By MRS. MAURICE L. GOLDMAN

EDITOR'S NOTE: From every walk of life and in every grout,
women have banded together to answer the call for victory.
As doctors and nurses. in the factories and shipyards, mobilized
into a woman's army. they are fighting not only to win this
war but to preserve the ideals for which it is being fought.
Mrs. Maurice L. Goldman. president of the National Council
for Jewish Women, points out the tremendous program and
responsibilities which women have accepted in their battle to
preserve the freedom of mankind.

in America had no such martyr-
dom to 6.:7 ar. Then in addition to
Red Cross American women re-
sponded to the ever increasing
cries for assistance from those
countries whose populations had
been pinched and disintegrated by
the war machine of Hitler. Very
effective groups were organized
to furnish relief—relief to Czecho-
slovakians, to Greeks, to Russians,
etc.—and most notably to two
branches of British relief, name-
ly, "Bundles for Britain" and
"British War Relief." The call
for this worthy assistance cut
across the racial and religious
differences in this country. Wo-
men from every walk of life and
in every group demonstrated the
meaning of democracy by banding
together to answer a truly urgent
call for help. The philanthropic
spirit of America in its highest
sense was aroused. America want-
ed to do everything within its
power to aid and abet those whose
undaunted bravery and unswerv-
ing allegiance to a just cause
had brought down upon their
heads death and destruction.
It was not until 1940 that
vague misgivings began to creep
into the hearts and minds of
those responsible for the safety of
this nation. These misgivings were
probably only at first intuitive
but gradually the symptoms be-
came so clear that there was no
longer much doubt that Hitler
and his horde had their direct
perspective focused not on the
Eastern bank of the Atlantic but
on the Western. The United
States Government sent observers
and students to England to study
the methods used in that great

Greetings and Best

Wishes for a

New Year of Health,

Happiness and

Prosperity

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sistent whisper warning us that
we cannot pattern our services
for this cqsmic crisis after any
experience of the past. Our con-
victions grew louder and more
persistent. This is not a war of
nations, of conquest or even of
power, but a war of ideals. All
the tanks, the guns and the air-
planes needed to win this war,
all of the sweaters, the ambu-
lances, the blood plasma and the
production needed to alleviate the
accompanying suffering cannot
solve the problem which is con-
fronting us in this year 1942.
This is total war. This is a war
to determine whether, in this
world, things or people are more

country for its own national de
fense. When the information was
thus compiled we in America set
up a nationally oriented program
of civilian defense. At the head
of this program were Mayor Fior-
elle LaGuardia and Mrs. Frank-
See WOMEN—Page 17
lin D. Roosevelt. As we look back
upon a meeting of women's or-
ganizations called just one month
to the day before the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor we realize
now what a prophetic meeting
that was. The meeting highlight-
ed :—that the time for prepara-
tion was short; that the women
of these United States must
mobilize immediately, efficiently
and effectively for the protection
of their own country. There had
been plays, books, speeches and
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cinema sequences emphasizing the
fact that "It Can Happen Here,"
Michigan
but nobody at this meeting, called
November 7, 1941 by our Presi-
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dent's wife at the White House
in Washington, realized that this
Palms-State
rather dramatic romancing would
terminate sa soon (one month
Fisher
later) into the grim reality of
war. Sixty-five of the most im-
Broadway Capitol
portant women's organizations in
the United States were represent-
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ed at this meeting, but each felt
that this was no time for indi-
Cinderella
vidual organizations to seek ag-
grandizement. The defense of the
Varsity
United States was no program
for specific organizations' activity
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but as leaders of organizations it
was important to immediately
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convince every woman in the
United States of her responsibil-
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ity to share in the program of
civilian defense. The mobiliza-
Regent
tion of classes in First Aid, nutri-
tion, Air Raid Wardens and pro-
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tection, etc. is all too well known.
This new organization of civilian
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defense together with the Amer-
ican Red Cross and the American
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Women's Voluntary Service took
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precedence over all existing wo-
men's organizations, whose par-
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ticular programs were primarily
peace time activities, and enlisted
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the membership of all groups into
this mighty cause. It did not
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take long to realize that a Red
Cross medal from World War No.
I could not possibly be recognized
as training for this contemporary
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period. In every branch of activ-
ity actual training courses and
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periods of apprenticeship were
necessary to enable a woman to
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fulfill a specific niche. The wo-
Hi-Speed Gasoline-Oils
men responded to this need for
Expert Lubrication
training with remarkably fine
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understanding. Their training in
organizations since the last World
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War, their experience in business
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and professions, their work in the
political field and statesmanship
taught them that only with train-
ing can one's services be truly
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helpful.
Then on December 7, 1941, the
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Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
As events will be recorded in his-
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tory, this will probably be recog-
nized as one of the most dastardly
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and unprovoked attacks on a
peaceful nation that the world
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has ever known. From the waters
of the Pacific came the caches
of ships crashing or sinking into
the sea. The sound of these
gigantic destructions was coupled
NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS
with the piercing cries of ang-
uish of the wounded and home-
less, of the devastated population
who bore the brunt of this pro-
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vocative air raid. But greater than
the physical destruction or the
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human agony at Pearl Harbor
was the righteous indignation of
INTERIOR DECORATORS
our country. The efforts of all
Furniture, Draperies, Carpets
women became accelerated over
and Venetian Blinds
night. In addition to those al-
ready pledged to service for phil-
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anthropy abroad and defenses at
home, millions of women poured
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into the registration offices of the
three great war organizations of
America. They thought of World
War No. I and began to shake
the cobwebs from their memories
1,'Shono Toro Tikoscru!
in order to again reach that stride
of service.
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But to those women who have
been conscious of the social strug-
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gle of the world since the last
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great war, whose interests are
deeply rooted not only in the
immediate but in the peace which ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
must follow World War No. II,
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there has been a steady and per-

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