New-York tribune., 1919-01-24
Women Are Urged
TO Help Put Lame
Land Bill Through
"Full Soup Tureen Better
ThanEmpty Gold Platter
Says Elisabeth Marbury
in Countrywide Appeal

In support OF Secretary Lanes land
..,,lement bill the various branches of
,As Womcu's National Committee for
Aha American Defence Society are send
;n- 70 the women of America an ap-
.nsI in which Miss Elisabeth Marbury,
nrssident Of the committee, says:
The blowing Of sirens. the holding
If parades and all the preoccupation
end all the preparation for providing
sn appropriate welcome for our home
coming troops is not in fact as essen
soI at this moment of economic crises
sc is to find employment for them.
ave have listened to q great deal of
sentiment and we have expressed a
great deal Of sympathy, yet what has
all this led to OF any practical nature :?
az is safe to assume that 90 per cent
Of the lads who land are infinitely more
concerned as to what work they will
dnd than as 20 what welcome they will
find.
and the oratory from now on be TO-
rnssed or finding them work. How in
snitelv more to the point and to the
purpose j. Viii be, A full soup tureen
IS better than an empty gold platter.
Also Develops Country
Nov, the one man in our country
who seems possessed Of vision allied to
common sense so far as this problem
OF employment for the unemployed is
concerned is Secretary Lane. His land
settlement hill. now under considera-
ton, not merely provides homes and
liberal conditions for the men who are
looking for them, but it serves the fur
ther purpose of developing our country
while providing for and paying the la
Dor to deTclop It,
"Road building. river Improvement
irrigation planning recovery of waste
land. acquisition Of deserted property.
all this and more has been embodied in
this comprehensive bill inspired by
Secretary Lane
"He is asking for an appropriation o
sl00,000,000 for construction. 4 modest
been voted for destruction.
Every woman who has a home,
every woman who wants one. every
who longs for greater America should
realize that employment for the unem-
ployed will never be found through
talking, but only through active doing.
Only Welcome That Counts
Let our soldiers and sailors and ma
rines find on their return the only real
welcome which will count with them.
namely that a r0licv has heen reached
by which they can be assured an hon
est living; let the boys who return
perhaps broken in health, be encour-
sged to look forward to the curative
power OF life in the open; let the men
VINO have been digging trenches begin
to dig fields; let the money intended
sor grandstands, bands, parades and
bunting be devoted to the establish
ment OF efficiency in the labor bureaus.
Let US stand, therefore. behind a man
so safe and sane as is Secretary Lane
and do ali in our power as good citi-
Zens to make his bill a sound reality.
Tor we shall thus be accomplishing a
hundredfold more for our Homecoming
troops than if we parley further as to
aow' when and where they are TO be
welcomed with noise, bombast and dis
play.
Il urge all citizens interested in
helping the soldiers and sailors to
write the members of the land settle
ment bill committee approving Secre-
tary Lanes bill. The names of these
members can be obtained at the head
quarters Of the Women's National Com
mlttee, a. 4l5 Madison Avenue, and we
snail be GLAD to furnish information to
people Interested upon request"