The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-10
TELL PLANS TO
BUSINESS WOMEN
Paine and Williams Both Ad-
dress Business and Profess
sional Women's Club.

Members Of the Business and Pro-
teSstonal Women's club, which num-
bers in its membership many OF the
leading women Of Memphis in business
and professional life, listened attentive
" Thursday night while the-neXt mayor
Of Memphis outlined his plans and poll
cies.
That statement is used advisedly. for
by invitation both Rowlett Paine and
], J, Williams spoke before the club
az the CLOSE Of an informal dinner meet
ing No action will be taken by the
club, as IL has no connection with po-
litical matters, but it seemed that Mr..
Paine made by far the better impress
sion.
The fact that this was the first time
IN the history Of Memphis that rival
candidates for mayor have been in
vited to address any woman's club in
dicates the changed conditions which
will be brought about by the admission
of women as voters in Tennessee, e
though they have as yet only a partial
franchise.
Mr.. Williams spoke first, calling at
tention to his Endorsement Of Mrs. Isaac
Reese's platform, which demands the
appointment Of boards composed solely
Of women as theater censors and on
the advisory board Of the juvenile court.
He then read his own platform, which
includes the need of better streets, bet
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enforcement Of the laws of the city,
which should guarantee peace n Sc
curity to the citizens"
He did not state specifically how he
proposes to provide better schools or
better pay for the teachers. His plat
form only pledges aid and encourage
ment" to the school board. "a
Mr.. ain followed in a plain, busi-
nesslike address. He said that he and
his associates, realizing that not only
women, but every good citizen of Mem
phis, demands a better enforcement Of
the laws, they propose, If elected, so to
reorganize the police force that the
shame of lawlessness, with its flock OF
attendant evils shall be stopped. He
said that the curse of the city has
been partisan politics, with a police
force which at the very minute he was
speaking. was busying itself with round
ing up voters, instead of seeking out
and arresting law violators.
He said his platform declares for US
ing every effort to have q law passed
to abolish the state utilities commits
sion and place the regulation of the
street railway system and other public
service corporations in the control OF
the city. In that connection he said
that the demand made this week by
the Federation Of Parent Teacher asso-
Citations to have the "skip-stop" plan
abolished could be ordered by the city
administration If the state commission
were not In control instead of the city
commission.
Then taking up the subject of better
schools and better pay for teachers, he
said, he would advocate II elected, 2
sufficient school tax to enable the city
board of education to pay the teach
ers a reasonable salary, and that by
economy and efficiency at the city hal
such a higher tax can be paid without
raising the general tax rate and prob
ably with q lower rate, as he proposes
to cut off the payrolls at the city hal
all useless offices and to get a day
work for a days pay from every cit!
employe.
Mr.. Paine made q favorable impress
sion with his straightforward way o
talking and received frequent applause