WOMEN'S WORK
MR. THOMAS IN TROUBLE
INDIGNANT PROTESTS
(Received 27th November, Sam) Mr T HL^ DOV Sth N«™»nber. itM i i . Thomaa ha!* teen vigorously attacked by strong-minded, strong-will meJ° mw fan °Utcome °f hi« statement cabled yesterday: "It is against Jio nation's interests for womln to work for what is called 'pin money,'
Lady Khondda, who is something of a financial genms, and who is a director of thirty companies, and a pre-war miliUnt suffragist, comments: "Mr. Thomas nn?n V'L a SU?? risin 2 ]ack of the first pnnciples of economics. The more workers the more prosperous the nation. The majority of women work because .they must. Everybody, rich or poor have the alternatives that they must either work or allow themselves to be prTfer work!^ 16 meU and —
th7w^ s? cr£ taries and presidents of nt?> omens.;Fr eeaom League, Women Clerks' Associations, and women teachers confront Mr. Thomas "with a solid block, and ask indignantly, why women should be prevented from working; also why nothing is said of men with private incomes who continue working.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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177WOMEN'S WORK Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 11
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