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New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Page Written by Women in the Platform Contes
To-Day's Prize Letter

governing and well-bred guests would conform Others
desirable.
Certainly all my rooms departments of government)
would have flung windows. I'd open the doors and
transoms too, for circulation and inspection
I'd welcome callers, friends and guests after had
houseceaned and things orderly could be an
interesting entertaining and instructive hostess While
worked I'd permit prying neghbors to note my con-
fusion or dictate my policy I'd clamp dignfed
aloofness to outsiders and I'd mind business
while l cleaned and worked.
What cleaning up good housewife could make in
the pantry cellar I'd certainly mako rules for
the storeroom (our cold storage paces). I'd cause
turn over of stock oftener.
Rubbish would fly, extra servants pass out and the
unnecessary waste I'd figure the
and I'd have budget, taking all from establish
ment department, but making every member Of tho
household every department Of the home share the
economizng.
Chief of ALL the good housewife would be very busy,
expect industry from all helpers and members of the
family scrutinze expenditures carefully and then after
attending strictly business and setting all things to
rights look about and help the neghbors air their
corners, wash their linen and mop and pail
know the family would grumbe the confusion;
some would argue, get mad" but after order
established they'd be pleased and much happier.
the Republican party, which Is the salvation Of Che
future, will get busy and clean there will be toes
(even Republican ones) trod and folks made
inevitable and who better fitted than the Republicans
do the work?
Americans, every Of them, will ont Of their
shells Of complacency put willing hands and glad hearts
to the service Of orderly government, while the
envious neighbors can but applaud.
MARGARET F. MAGEE,
IS North Ninth Street, Newark N. j.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Care of Children
"A National Issue

To tho Editor of The Tribune.
Sir, / think the Republican
party must bend its efforts to
enact legislation to reduce tho
high cost Of living. It is up to
the expert flnanciers Of the coun-
try to settle upon the details.
Six million children In this
country are undernourished, and
the votes Of the great masses Of
unorganized women can be
reached most quickly by meas
ures affecting the betterment Of
children. It is an appeal that is
universal and irresistible.
MRS. JAMES B. HUME
Berkeley, Calf. Chairman Of
the johnson for President"
Committee at tho Chicago Suf-
frage Convention.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Military Training
Essential to Guard
Safety of Nation
Fallacy of Unpreparedness
Proved After Each Great
War in Which America
Has p Participated, She Says

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: How can any Republican, man
or woman. oppose q plank in the party
platform for tho military training Of
our young menf
The barest knowledge Of this coun-
try's history proves tho stupidity Of
reliance upon militia and volunteers
for national defense. After the Revo-
lutionary War, tho War Of 1872, tho
Mexican War, tho Civil War and tho
war with Spain we let our military
establishment 60 to pieces, and to q
lesser extent our naval forces.
Reduction to q ridiculous minimum
was the nations policy in each case--
by the realization that another war
paredness. This chronic unprepared-
ness has meant In every war the need
less doaths Of countless brave Ameri-
can soldiers and the delay Of victory.
Yet we have persisted in the insane
policy, fostered by the propaganda Of
our pacifists and by the deluson of
eternal peace among our uninformed
citizens.
The testimony Of those who directed
and fought our battles Is almost unan-
imous, for preparedness through COM
pulsory military training would have
cut In half the A. E. F. casualties and
shortened tho war by many months.
Is there any answer to these argu-
ments? None-except for the plati-
tudes Of those theorists who defy
facts and insist upon prescribing 4
premature millennium for this rmal
old world.
FRANCES M. GRAVES,
15s Waverley Place, New York City.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Candidate, to Win, Must
Represent All the People

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: What the nation needs at this
time is candidate who will represent
ticular group or class of individuals.
We should not expect q candidate to
promise to solve all the questions that
vex the world, but as Republicans we
should stand ready to support the can
didate who will represent the people Of
the United States and does not hesitate
to say, that he is for America, first, last
and always.
Only by keeping out Of the League Of
Nations luntil the time when it can in
clude all nations Of the worldly and
maintaining the integrity Of tho Monroe
Doctrine, can the prestige Of our coun-
try, built up by Washington and Lin
coin, and maintained by Roosevelt. con.
tinue. ~o"-
With regard to the national Anane..
1t would seem advisable that a bud~st
system be adopted p. A a
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
70 tho Editor Of The Tribune.

TO tho Editor Of The Tribune
Sir, As no household is greater than it, orderly ar
rangement and economical management 80 no govern
can heights beyond its order and manage
What country needs after its dsorderly snd
extravagant msmanagement Of the last seven years Is
9 thorough housecleaning
Tho Republican party would do we'll to mako this
cleansing process the initial plank in its party PLATFORM
= plank to include and emphasize all other planks.
As housewife, II I the Republican party I'd
begin with the attic the highest place in the house.
whore much rubbish often aecumuates I'd brush away
cobwebs in and about rafters, and XIII every
lurking spider and moth that spun and destroyed
Tho trunks would be aired, the windows wide flung 80
that light, air and sunshine could dspel the hidden
germs, musty smells and dirt that had gathered in
shadowy Tho old papers would be taken care
fully from Yeceptacles and gone Tho birth cer
(our Declaration of Independently the graduation
diploma (our Constuton) old marriage and other docu-
ments all held sacred in tho family would be taken out
dusting and perusal. Then I'd to the
Sentimental" trunk Old pictures accounts Of great
deeds Of pioneer ancestors mementoes Of sacrifice OF
sterling, conscentious. Industrious and OF
household would be thoughtfully and carefully
busted and preserved, be discussed generally
with the family.
Yes, the attic would receive lot Of attention Some
junk would be destroyed much relegated to places
where harm could come It,
Then I'd 60 to the guest chamber, II were good
changes q I aired the drawers, closets and bed and
and turn tho carpet believe I'd tack list Of rules
for guests and mako it point that they conform
to my household regulations, and II they didn't I'd
thereafter send them away and permit argument for
l would "boss" my home. And I'D permit sug
sestions how my house should be I'd do the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Compulsory Education
Tends to Uplift Nation

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Compulsory education for every
inhabitant Of tho United States ie
necessary TO obtain that enlightened
and intelligent voting public which
America needs. knowledge Of history
will provide the background for de-
cisions on present-day questions; clear
understanding Of economic facts and
the causes and effects of social prob
lens will help in forming sound, un-
prejudiced opinions; study Of other
countries will give the balance and
clear -sightedness necessary for de-
Gliding on our international relations.
To tho foreign born who understand
its laws and Its spirit, love Of America
will come naturally. The Republican
party should see that not only the
children but the adults, not only the
foreign born but tho native Americans,
found their aims and their opinions on
the firm basis Of an adequate education.
F. W. T.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Melting Pot Fails
To End Unrest EuiI
National Education for
America,,ism k Urged
by Harriet E. Porritt

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The big basic problem Of tho
times, It seems to me. is that Of Amer
icanism. The melting pot" hasn't
melted. The great masses Of un-Amer-
ican foreign populations still exist in
our communities. These are the breed
ing spots of dissatisfaction and un-
rest, because Of ignorance, misunder-
standing and the substitution Of gov
ernmental ideals other than our own.
There are two correctives. Tho sup
preston Of the foreign language paper
is. the first Of these. The second is
education Of children and. more i'm
portant In tho present emergency, of
the adult.
l should, therefore. favor q plank in
the Republican platform outlining a
national policy for education along
definite lines tending toward tho Amer
icanization of the foreign born and the
Strengthening Of our own ideals of
government In the minds Of the ma
tive born. HARRIET E. pORRITT.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Wants Ten Commandments
In Curriculum of Schools

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The great Republic said. "What
shall ! do?" The Lord said, "What is
written in the law" The great Repub-
lie answers, "Thou shalt love the Lord
thy. God with all thy heart and strength
and mind, and thy neighbor as thy-
SELF The Lord said, Thou hast an
swered right. This do and thou shalt
iive." SO let our great Republic put
these verses, the Ten COMMANDMENTS
and the Lords Prayer, into the curricu-
lum of every school in the land and
the future voters will not have any
lous4y to ask, What shall do ?"
E. j. CHAMBERS.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Normal Conditions Restored


Tho imperative national need, over
shadowing all other considerations,
is restoration Of normal conditions.
Domestic finance, trade, commerce,
utilities and general business are con-
fronted with conditions, not theo-
ries. We pledge our party to ths
enactment Of legislation which, rec
ognizing tho rights both Of capital and
of labor, will solve satisfactorily tho
railroad problem by the assurance Of
q fair return upon tho capital invest
ed in said properties, regulation
which will promote improvements
and betterments and tho protection
Of the rights both Of employees and
Of the public, whose joint contribution
constitutes the keystone Of American
industry, the welfare of which is e.
sential to domestic prosperity.-K. F.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Republican Women of II States
Issue Declaration Of Policies

mrs. f's0"s' Dov~' ohasT~o~ Of tho Iuso
Essc4v COMMITTEE mckee pablo oon
fsrsnos called In Ch1noo
| Fourteen MssIsspp Valley
The abolition Q
Tho hmento Of ssht d.x.
weekly DAY OF rest for
Fecs essnshp for cixsnhp through msrrx, a.
qualification FOR tho " "A' 40
Naturalization for wcmen to be- maAs posthla
The establishment Bureau Of thu rp.d s+. n
msnt OF Labor on permanent statutory basic
mo establishment OF National Employment ad.cu.t. uro.
Equal opportunities FOR through Service
policy on the part the r6nc.,cr
:" insure Sor women equal opportunities With technical
Tho appointment Of Cancellation ss.
tho Of Labor
mediation boards appointed In the
employing
Compulsory education IN state
FOR nine months Of
Will
all youth.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Reatirns Our adherence to
Old and Tried PrinciDles

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Let us first of all reaffirm our
adherence to those old, tried principles
of democratic government which have
gloriously withstood the tests of growth
and change. Liberty for all denoted
one thing in Washington's time, an
other in Lincoln's, still another in our
own, but has never ceased to be the
cornerstone Of our republic Govern
ment of the people, by the people, for
the people" essentially precludes class
legislation, meddling paternalism, de-
structive radicalism, while necessitat-
ing functional coordination and volun-
tary cooperation. Let US, by examin-
ing new, pressing problems in the light
Of fundamental principles, arrive log1-
cally at effective, to-date, practi-
cable solutions. w. Il. P.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Woman Asks Preparedness
Recalls Roosevelt's Advocacy of
Universal Military Training

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir, I have read carefully all the
proposed and suggested planks for q
Republican platform, also tho letters
and have failed to find proposal for
universal military training. such as our
late lamented Colonel Theodore Roosc-
volt, an we'll a. General Leonard Wood,
so strongly advocated.
America for Americans" "Condem-
nation Of Our Present Mexican Policy.
Industrial Harmony" Prosecution Of
Radicals" Education Of the Foreign
Born" Fair Play Industrial Policy
National Equal Suffrage for Women"
and many other equally good proposals
I indorse, but why not add "Universal
Military Training'?
MRS. S. B. HOW.
loe Jasgar Avenue. Flushing. N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Strong Territorial Policy

It pledges itself to q continuation
Of tho Intelligent policy toward the
Philippines and other territorial
possessions Of the United States car
ried out during tho administrations
Of Roosevelt and Taft, this policy to
include. as before, the improvement
Of tho health and education Of their
inhabitants with the object Of max
ing these possessions ready for SOW
ereign statehood in the American
Union.-Mabcl F. Yeomans, Cornell
University,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
SAmericanization' Plank
Means Century of Gain

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: The stanchest plank In tho
Republican platform for 1920 should bs
Anne mericanization." 1t should have the
strength Of solid rock foundation-this
because 1t represents the paramoua /
issue to-day, for 1t is problem affect
ing not only this year, the next ten
years, but also the next century
The apparent disloyalty Of tbs alien
may often be traced to a misunder-
standing or lack Of understanding Of
what the Constitution Of the Unite d
States stands for, and due to the des-
potic form of government from which
they escaped are unable to conceive
that tho government Of this country
proclaims all men free and equal. and
that they are entitled to 4 voice in
governmental affairs by means Of the
DAllot. NJ r T.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Develop Our Resource.

Let Us make the world safe for
Americal Develop our resources;
let us conscript an army Of con-
struction now. Take the irrespon-
sible men who arc wasting their
strength In our cities and make them
soldiers OF tho soil. Rout the high
cost Of living with production. Let
there be Censored" immigration.
Kill anarchy with kindnessl Ameri-
canize every foreigner who seeks our
shores! Americanize every narrow
native SON.! Distribute the popu-
lation; use the people to save hu-
manity.-Dorothy F. Cummings,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Excellent Plan,
Says Miss Hay

To the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir: The plan Of encouraging Re-.
publicans to discuss their party plat
form In advance Of the convention is
an excellent one.
Platforms are generally written in
hurry at the time Of the conven-
ton. 1t will be good thing to have
a body Of material prepared In ad-
vance for the platform COMMITTEES 10
work upon.
MISS MARY GARRETT HAY.
Member Republican National
Executive Committee.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Uni6cation of All Laws
Affecting Women Demanded

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Republican women demand
a un'hcation of all laws affecting WON
en- and children, SO that conditions in
var1ous states will not continue con-
'raa,ft9ry chi1d S.hs, as they s are at present.
Nnlio TABOR, divorce, education and
Amerlcanizatlon laws should be codi-
tied by the Federal government and
made uniform for all states.
MRS. FRANK II. FUNK
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Lonaed-For Chance at Last

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: I have always wanted . chance
to help write a platform for political
party. Through this contest be-
lieve that women especially will be
encouraged to write out their ideas as
to Republican policies.
am q progressive Republican, and
while I have no definite suggestion to
mako at the present time as to tho
platform for the coming election,
hope that members of the Republican
party will adopt q constructive, pro-
gressive platform.
MRS. FRANK SHULER,
Corresponding Secretary, National
American Woman Suffrage Associa-
tion.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Law Enforcement Urged

There is just as much Bolshevism
in q sordid, selfish government as
there is in the more glaring forms of
disloyalty we are trying to suppress.
Cleanse the fountain and the springs
will be pure.
What we need is not so many
more new laws as the conscientious
enforcement of the just laws we
already have.-Eva Ashley.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
A Real Democracy

A secretary of education who, with
the aid Of national educational
council, will issue and enforce an
aggressive policy for a real ele-
mentary and secondary, as we'll as
military, instruction for all males
and females under thirty-fve years
Of ago who live in the United States.
A real democracy without real ed
ucation Is impossible-F. H.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Elimination Of Graft

We will eliminate graft and per-
sonal and political preferment among
government employees, letting merit
and efficiency be the controlling fac
tors in promotions and appoint
ments. We will eliminate the Stacker
who dourishes through unfair influ-
cnce and Is the primary cause Of
unrest We will pay salaries ade-
Quate to induce the best men to en-
ter government employee. O.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Cons solidate Secret Service

We propose to consolidate 1.-The
various secret service bureaus to
form one responsible co0rdinated
body with centralized authority, the
scope and benefit Of whose work
shall extend to all departments of
the service now covered by separate
bureaue.--E. L. M.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Aid 10 Poland Advi,ed

France and Poland are our bull
warks against Germany and German
managed Bolshsviki. We urge
treaty binding Us to SO to the sup
port Of France, II attacked, and We
urge immediate support Of Poland by
munitions, clothing and food.-M. M.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
No One-Man Government

No One-Man Government
We urge the resstablishment Of
our representative form Of govern
ment. The people Of this country
are troubled by the fact that we
have q one-man government This
results in ineficiency and lack Of
appreciation Of tho peoples desires.
We must restore the Representatives
of the states in Congress to their
old-time place Of responsibility
toward carrying out tho wishes Of
the people.-Miss Rose Moriarity,
Cleveland; national organizer for tho
Republican Women's Executive Com
mittee.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

TIVE TRIBUNE will make up .
platform Of ten planks to bs
determined by your votes.
Every plank submitted and every
leitsr advocating q plank will be
counted as q vote for the issue
1t covers.
Tho ton issues receiving the
most votes will be tho planks Of
the final platform. The ten planks
that best express the chosen issues
will be selected by the judges for
the prize awards.
The Tribune believes in short
platforms. 1t limits each plank to
100 words. In judging between two
planks or letters Of equal merit
the shorter will be chosen.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29

Every plank and letter must
bear the name and address Of the
sender, although only initials or .
nom de plume will be published
II the writer so desires.
The contest will close April 80.
1920. A manuscript mailed be-
fore midnight on that day at any
place in the United States will be-
eligible.
Manuscripts will not be re-
turned, even if stamps accom-
pany them.
The judges Of the contest viii
be three Of Tho Tribune's editors.
They will award tho prizes, basine
their decisions on sound thinking
and brevity, clearness and strsngtA
Of statement.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Extend Term Of President

Extension Of tho term Of office Of
the President and tho Vice-P -Presi-
dent Of tho United States to six
years. Abolition Of child labor. for
tho better mental. moral and physi-
cal development Of the growing gen.
erations of Americans.-Mrs. Sadie
kost 472 East 134th Street, New
York
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Presidents Should Counsel
With Able Men of Nat;or,

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May ! not express the hope that
our future Presidents follow the Lin.
coin and Roosevelt ideas, Of taking
INTO consultation great men Of the
naI,on' regardless Of party.
Al the foreigners were taught at
once, upon landing, the difference be-
tween liberty and license. vs would
have less trouble with them.
AEA
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Conditions of the Platform Contest

ME Republican National
candidates and draft platform for the 1920 Whist
should its planks
Inc Tribune believes \
pnks 1t offers
Republican leader
inc tribune invites you to submit letters
ABOUT eh panks by
For the best plank
the following
For bestp ink
For tho plank
For each next panks 10000
For the best letter a daily prize Of 1000
For the in The whole comn.t,tor 100 oo
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Minimum Wage for Wom.r

We urge the establishment Of
Federal minimum wage for women in
industry. IT there exist at present
any constitutional handicaps to such
setlon, we urge that an amendment
to the Federal Constitution DO sub
mltted to tho states, which will mako
this enactment legal.-Mrs. Kath-
arins p. Edison, California State In
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Aid to Hou.ew;ve. surre..ed

Aid to Housewives Suggested
Tho Republican party will aid the
housewives Of the nation by main
tanning 4 national bureau Of homo
economies, composed Of recognized
experts, who shall determine fair and
just prices Of staple commodities for
consumption in the home.-Helen T.
Strong, Warwick, N. Y.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
A Protective Tariff

We urge tho return to the policy
OF protective tariff. We believe
that had the principles Of tho Re-
publican party been carried out in
tho last ton years, this country
would not to-day be dependent upon
Europe for drugs. dyes and numer-
Qua other necessities which have ar-
gravated tho high cost Of living
DR.. Ethel Hurd. Minneapolis.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Preparedness Advocated

America does not want another
war, but it is best to be prepared for
all eventualities.-Blan Nj. Eaton,
Walton, N. Y,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Survey of 1876 Planks

The toopns record by Of tho planks submitted IN the
five peets of The Tbe Republican Platform Contest arranged
according 10 votes cast for each issue!
New-York tribune., 1920-02-29
Some Suggested Planks
Among tho OF suggestions for poks IN the Republican
platform the following:

dustrial Commission. Sacramento,
Calf.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-09

By A. L. Fox, Undersherif
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-12-09
SCHOOL DEBATES SCHEDULED

When Sherman County high school
won first place in debate IN the sixth
district contests last year, that auto
matically made Professor Ringwalt
director of the debates this season
Mr. Ringwalt has been making plans
for the coming year, and last Sat
urday made the following announce
mentS-
The question selected for debates
all over Kansas is ~Reso1ved-That
Labor Unions Have Been Detrimental
to the Cause of the Workingman-"
January Ia, 1921, first round with
the affirmative teams visiting First
triangle, Goodland team to Brewster;
Brewster to Mcdonald; Mcdonald
team TO Goodland.
Sharon Springs Team to Oakley:
Oakley team to WaKeeney; WaKee-
Plainville team to Moriand; Nor
land team to Hill City; Hill City
team to Plainville; Norton team to
Logan in dual debate
Second round, January 2Sth, win
ners of the first triangle debate with
winners of dual debate; winners of
second triangle with winner of third
triangle; the negatives visiting this
date
Goodland has a number of Young.
people preparing for these contests
and viii put forth every effort to win.
-Goodland Republic
Trego County High School team is
getting ready with its end of the de-
bate