The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-03-27

of the wate- power development, and
keeps more Of Vermont soil and sun
shine earning for Vermonters.
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! ers of the home have been rightly
given first place in our hearts and es-
! TEEN.
We were deeply stirred by the heroic
spirit displayed by our men and their
families in responding to the duty to
fight in life and death struggle
against an enemy of unknown
strength,
No matter how much we may praise
the worthy worker who produces the
shelter the clothing and the food for
the protection and subsistence of the
fami..y the o is something that makes
our hearts sweet when we think Of
those who have offered their lives to
the service of defending the country.
We find many of these men who
have been in the war service now re-
turned to civil life. II we are losing
any OF that deep sense of admiration,
lof esteem. OF all that is best in hero
worship in the human heart, there is
NiOH6 WIN
our scheme of life. The welfare Of
our people depends on our continued
expression Of regard, protection, inter
est in and love for the men who Of
fered their all in the defense Of their
homes, their State, their country and
civilization. The protection Of our
homes b. the fighters must be backed
I'D by true Americanism in the hearts
of us all if we are to fully protect
ourselves from the insidious internal
enemies of society
The defenders of our homes must
rank first, the second only to the de-
tenders come the producers of the
necessities of life and those who CO
operate in some essential way with
the producers
First of these are the mothers who
work in care of the home, the mothers
who always bear the hardest part OF |
war and peace burdens.
The workers interests are very |
many, ranging as they do from activi- |
ties in the home; the store, that
serves useful purpose as distribu-
tor;-the actual producer of food, |
clothing, and sheiter;-in our great |
transportation system and in our in
dustries.
There must be the keenest interest |
in the opportunities of the worker.
There is no greater menace TO our
civilization than the misunderstood ng
that is altogether too common be-
tween the so-called capitalist and the
worker.
Any plan of progress that fails to
recognize the workers interest as sec
ond only to the defenders of our home
is sure to be fundamentally wrong.
This part of the plan is too big to
state in this preliminary statement
Perhaps my Intentions may be judged
from the fact that, as manufacturer,
| have not Joined organizations that
were created TO combat the labor
and have kept in
advance of the drift toward shorter
hours, leading first from ten hours to
nine nearly twenty years ago, and
for g number of years ran on the free
Saturday afternoon basis and now on
the eight hour basis.
There can be no progress fo- Yer
mont that does not fit the workers In
terests.
The quest on of woman's suffrage is
prominently in the public mind at pres
ant. Ny conviction is that this coun-
ny and this State belong as much to
he women as to the men: that the
future of the State and nation, which ,,
S the future of our sons and daught-
,rs, is of as much intimate conce. n to
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ieve there should be no more distinc- o
ion of sex than there Is of creed an. Y
hat there should be timely amending =
If our federal constitution in this re- q
ard.
The 18th amendment to the Federal =
and the enforcement act =
'assed by Congress are both before q
he United States Supreme Court. y
When this whole matter is cleared
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