El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
ENGLISH WOMEN
DEN0UNGE NEW
LABOR PARTY
Not Alive to Change in
Britain With Advent of
Suffrage, They Say.
WANT YOUNGER OF
SEX GIVEN VOTE

7 ONDON. Eng, June 19.-TThe va
4 rious parties have not yet aWak-
ened to the political significance
Of the change that has taken place
with the entrance Of the women's
Several OF England's most promi-
nent women politicians interviewed
regarding the statement Of VIII
Thorne. labor NJ P, that women are
not voting right, were agreed on the
above diagnosis
sKiel1edS On Women VOtera-
Thorne's complaint expressed the
dissatisfaction Of party leaders with
the woman voter. The leaders OF the
new women voters retort with
complaint regarding the methods
which the old party leaders are using
in facing the problem Of 100000
women recently given the franchise.
This problem Of the women voters
viii be made more acute by bill
now in parliament extending the vote
70 100000 others.
The Labor party has yet TO learn
the proper way TO make its bid for
the Women's vote" was the declara-
tion Of Mrs. Pethick Lawrence. Mrs.
Lawrence is treasurer Of the British
Geneva congress committee She
said.
Women are being asked in a very
grudginE manner TO contest elections
IN doubtful Constituencies The
'plums' are reserved for the men. and
the Labor party in particular does
not give the proper amount Of con-
sideratlon 10 the advantages OF hsv-
ing the women on its side
eIhe working man has been
accustomed for generations TO
having his women folk as home
bodies His main use for a woman
has been to use her rs a house
dren- All he has expected her to
do has been 20 get his meals
ready on time, TO look after his
comfort and to bring up his
children. He has never realized
that she had mind Of her own.
This attitude OF mind is today re-
Elected by the political organizers Of
the Labor party II is, OF course, a
new party and has been Immersed in
its own problems It has not grasped
the fact that q new party has arisen.
with great influence and with a viii
OF its own
Need the Women's Advice.
@On the questions OF housing. Of
public health, OF food reform and OF
prices any party needs the advice and
assistance OF women Until this fact
is grasped and we are given our
propert place in the scheme OF things
political with fun recognition from
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there VIII continue 70 be complaints
that we are not playing the game
4 sincerely nope the ridiculous
law giving the vote only to women
over 30 years OF age will be changed
and that we VIII have the franchise
at the same age as men-21 years"
Miss Helen Fraser, who visited the
United States in 1917 and 1913 and
lectured there under the auspices OF
the Women's National Council Of De-
fence, agreed with Mrs. Lawrence on
the attitude OF the Labor party.
The Labor party is restrictive IN
refusing 70 give equal opportunities
In the various trades TO women" she
said with women In the majority.
rs they are In this country, there are
many who cannot marry. and these
women have the right 70 as full a
LIE as possible and to all the op-
portuuities Of making a living"
Women VIII Be independent
AIRS Millicent Garrett Fawcett
LID widow OF the late postmaster
general and first vice president OF
the International Woman Suffrage
alliance, said:
we have worked and fought hard
for our rights now that We have got
them we must be careful and not lose
the fruits OF our victory BY tying
ourselves 10 with any particular
body OF party The women voters
must-and Wlll-occupy the UNIQUE
position OF allying themselves only
with the measures which promise
best for the future Of cur hearths and
homes"