The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1920-10-23
Tells $4,000 Women He Favors
Department In Defense Of
Mothers, Childhood and
Public Health.
TO ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Emphaslzss Need Of Safeguard.
mo Women on American Farms.
Stands for Enforcement Of Law

function In defense Of maternity, child.
hood and public health was proposed
BY Senator Harding In q speech on so.
cial Justice to 5000 women who came
- his front porch from all points Of
~ compass.
Such q department, said Senator
Harding, must "avoid the fearful re.
suits Of bureaucracy. There can be
no more efficient way Of advancing
Humanitarian program" he said, "than
BY adapting the machinery Of our Fed.
.eral Government to the purposes we
desire to attain. While others may
have their eyes fixed upon some par.
6cular piece Of legislation or more par.
ticular policy Of social justice which
cnlls for the syn pathetic interest Of US
all, say, without hesitation, that
eur primary consideration must be the
machinery Of administration, and that
when the time comes for us to re-
organize our administrative govern.
pS1t IN Washington we must all stand
1oRSthS {QF 1hs creation Of Depart
II pledge myself today" he said, ITO
Support with oil that 10 In me whatever
practical policy Of social welfare and
social Justice can be brought forward
~ the combined wisdom Of all Ameri.
Sans Nothing can concern America.
end nothing can concern me as an
American, more deeply than the
health, the happiness and the enlight.
enment Of every fellow American.
Must Avoid Patsrnalism.
The social justice that I conceive IL
not paternalism. II would be easy to
make II %. and dangerous indeed 10
the best spirit that Americans can
have--the spirit of expressing by the
individual free will ones own merits,
capacity and worth. We do not want
government to suppress that express
sion Of free will, even by benevolence,
but we do mean to preserve In Ameri.
ca an equal opportunity and pre-
paredness for self.expression therein,
even though we use the government
to do II.
II believe that there Is no step more
practical, no step which will mean
more to the growth Of Americas so.
eial welfare; no step which will guar.
antee better Americas social justice,
than one which propose to you.
Dangers to Be Avoided.
~ have no doubt that there will be
some who will find In this proposal
cause for calling me an extremist, hui
when we have a task to do, which has
Been dictated by our conscience and
approved by our wisdom, let US
stralghtway ind the way to do It. !
% not say this without q word Of
caution. l recognize certain dangers
which are always presented when gov
eminent undertakes large and detailed
tasks"
Tasks Of Social Justice.
Senator Harding pointed out the
necessity Of going forward upon .
sure footing and declared:
"when making the proposal for .
department Of public welfare to
America. l an aware that l have made
q step 10 advance Of any platform.
1--WE all know that we face tasks Of
social justice. which We must under
take with dispatch and efficiency. Who
, can suggest one Of these tasks which
can supersede in our hearts. Or In the
3 rank which foresight and wisdom will
give Dat Of the protection Of our ma
ternityf
"The protection u the motherhood
Of America can not be accomplished
until the state and the nation have en-
acted and, by their example, have en-
forced customs, which protect WON
anhood itself. know full well that
there are women who Insist that WON
On shall be treated upon the same
basis that men are treated"
Senator Harding discussed the need
Of adequate protection for women In
Industry and expressed his belief IL
the wisdom Of an elght-hour day fol-
women workers. He emphasized the
need of safeguarding the women OF
American farms. He proposed putting
the Children's Bureau under the sug
rested Department Of Public Welfare
and urged prevention Of abuses O
child labor.
II must not fall" Senator Harding
went on, ITO speak to you today OF ont
Of the measures Of social Justice AM
social welfare not often cutalogued II
this manner, but perhaps more impor
tant than any we have considered.
refer TO the enforcement OF law. |
will not be my business when electe'
10 decide what laws shall be. II vii
be legitimate for me to invoke publ
opinion for their enactment, but sue
q call to public opinion must be base
more upon the duty of the Executiv
OF the nation to give facts TO the pee
pie than upon his desire to give oplr
Ion. theory and propaganda. The ef
forcement of the law Is an Executiv
responsibility and must be undel
taken by the Executive without regar
for his personal approval or disaI
yproval Of the law, which II las bee
the peoples will to enact"