WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 5, 7 January 1944, Page 6

WOMEN'S PRESS CLUB

MRS. CHURCHILL A GUEST

When the Women's Press Club of London held its first luncheon recently, Mrs. Churchill was a guest. It was a private meeting, at which 130 members representative of the national, provincial, periodical, and overseas Press were present, says "The Times." Mrs. Churchill, who was introduced by Lady Rhondda, president of the club, said that she had met Press women for the first time in her life in America, and she had liked it so much that she was glad to be meeting the Press women of England* Replying to questions, Mrs. Churchill i said that in America they were completely preoccupied with the war and wanted particularly to know how Britain managed with rationing and clothes coupons. It had been a great surprise to find a woman, Miss Frances Perkins, occupying the same position in relation to Labour as Mr. Bevin held in Britain. Asked if she would' consider hold/ing similar informal meetings with the Press at regular in*s tervals, Mrs. Churchill said she thought Press conferences were a very good thing, and she had sometimes wondered whether her husband should hold them. FORMED LAST YEAR. The Women's Press Club of London was formed on April 1 last year as a result of a growing demand among women journalists for a common meet- j ing ground. A search for suitable premises is being made, and in the meantime over 250 members have been enrolled. The project has received support from many of the leading newspaper proprietors, who have made generous gifts towards the initial expenses of establishing the club.