Arizona republican., 1920-07-03

of collective bargaining and of speak | ing through the representatives Of their | own selection. Neither class however, | should at any time nor in any circum i stances take action that will put in | jeopardy the public welfare. Resort to strikes and lockouts which cndanger the health or lives of the people is an device for determining disputes, and the Democratic party pledges itself to contrive, if possible, and put into effective operation a fair and comprehensive method of compos- ing differences of this nature.
 In private individual disputes, we are opposed to compulsory arbitration as a method plausible in the ordinary but a failure in fact. With respect to gov ernment service, we hold distinctly that the rights of the people are para mount to the right to strike. How ever, we profess scruplous regard for the conditions of public employment and pledge the Democratic party to in stant inquiry into the pay of govern ment employees and equally speedy reg ulations designed to bring salaries to a just and proper level.
 Woman Suffrage
 We endorse the proposed nineteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States granting equal suffrage to women We congratulate the legis- latures of 35 states which have already ratified said amendment and we urge the Democratic governors and legisla lures of Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida and such states as have not yet ratified the federal suffrage amendment 10 unite in an effort to complete the process of ratification and secure the thirty sixth state in time for all the women of the United States to participate in the fall elec- ton. We commend the effective ad- vocacy of the measure by President Wilson.
 Woman in Industry
 | We urge cooperation with the states | for the protection of child life through i infancy and maternity care; in the ! prohibition of child labor and by ade- quate appropriations for the children s 1 bureau and the Women's bureau in the | department of labor. Cooperative fed eral assistance to the state is imme- diately required for the removal of lliteracy, for the increase of teachers salaries and instruction in citizenship for both native and foreign born; in creased appropriation for vocational training in home economies: re-estab-
 lishment of joint federal and state em- 1 ployment service, with womens de-
 partments under the direction of tech
 nically qualified women. We advocate
 full representation of women on all commissions dealing with women s
 work or women's interests and re- ] classification of the federal civil serv- 1 ice free from discrimination on the ground of sex; a continuance of ap- propriation for education in sex hy-
 giene; federal legislation which shall insure that American women resident in the United States, but married tc 1 aliens, shall retain their American cit
 izenship and that the same process ot naturalization shall be required ol
 women as for men.
 Disabled Soldiers
 The federal government should trea
 with the utmost consideration ever,
 disabled soldier, sailor and marine O
 the world war, whether his disabilit,
 be due to wounds received in line O
 action or to health impaired in serv
 ice; and for the dependents of thu
 brave men who died in line of duty
 the governments tenderest concerl
 and richest bounty should b'
 their requittal. The fine patriotism
 exhibited, the heroic conduct displayed
 by American soldiers. sailors and ma. rines at home and abroad. constitute
 a sacred heritage of posterity, tn } worth of which can never be recon
 pensed from the treasury and the glory ) Of which must not be diminished b, any such expedients.
 The Democratic administration wise
 ly established a war risk insurance bu- , reau. giving four and half millions o enlisted men insurance at unprecedent- ly low rates and through the medium O.
 which compensation of men and womeI injured in service is readily adjusted
 and hospital facilities for those who's, health is impaired are abundantly af forded.
 The federal board for vocational edu. cation should be made a part of thu war risk insurance bureau, in ordei that the task may be treated as whole, and this machinery of protec
 xts,fa aid of law and appropriation necessar. } to full and effective operation. We believe that no higher or mor' : valued privilege can be afforded to al American citizen than to become freeholder in the soil of the United States and to that end we pledge ou 3 party to the enactment of soldier set
 dement's and home aid legislation whicl l will afford to the men who fought fo 9 America the opportunity to becom land and home owners under condition g affording genuine government assist s ance unencumbered bye the needless diff 2 faculties of red tape or advance finan . cial investment
 The Railroads
 f The railroads were subjected to fed = eral control as a war measure withou a idea than the swift transport of troops
 munitions and supplies. When human
 life and national hopes were at stalk S profits could not be considered am r were not. Federal operation, however : was marked by an intelligence am f efficiency that minimized loss and re c suited in many and marked reforms l The equipment taken over was not onl n inadequate, but shamefully outworT = Unification practices overcame thes : initial handicaps and provided addi 3 tions, betterments and improvements e Economies enabled operation withou S the rate raises that private contro Q would have found necessary and labo was treated w.-h an exact justice tha secured the enthusiastic co-operatio Q that victory demanded. The funda ? mental purpose of federal control wa e achieved fully and splendidly, and a f far less cost to the taxpayer than wouI f have been the case under private oper n ation. Investments in railroad proper f ties were not only saved by governmen f l operation, but government managerner : returned these properties vastly i'm , proved in every physical and executiv d detail. A great task was greatly dis
 charged.
 The presidents recommendation C & return to private ownership gave in V Republican majority a full year If which to enact the necessary Iegfsla
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