Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-02

the working men 4 compensation act tn
extension Of which We advocate 30 Ms 3
include laborcrs engaged in loading an
unloading ships and interstate commerce
the eight hour law, the net for vocntiona
training and code of other whoesom
laws affecting tho liberties and bettcrin
the conditions of tho laboring casse
In the Department of Labor the Demo
cratic administration and established
woman's bureau, which Republical
Congress destroyed by Withholding appro
priations
Labor is not commodity; il is human
Those who labor have rights; and tn
national security and safety depend upol
a just recognition Of those rights md tn
conservation Of the strength OF the worker
and their families in the interest of souns
hearted and sound headed men, womer
and children. Laws, regulating hours o
labor and conditions under which labo
is performed, when passed in recognition
of the conditions under which life musI
be lived to attain the highest develop
ment and happiness are just assertions ol
the national interest in the welfare of the
people.
At the same time, the nation depends
upon the products of labor; cessation oil
production means loss and, If long con.
tinued, disaster. The whole people there.
fore have a right TO insist that Justice
shall be done to those who work and in
turn that those whose labor creates ne
cessities upon which the life Of the nation
depends must recognize the reciprocal
obligation between the worker and the
state. They should participate i'm the
formulation of sound laws and regulations
governing the conditions under which
labor Is performed, recognize and obey
| the laws so formulated and seek their
| amendment when necessary by the pro.
cesses ordinarily addressed 10 the laws
and regulations affecting the other ne
cessities of life.
OPPOSES COMPULSORY ARBITRATION.
Labor as well as capital, is entitled 70
adequate compensation. Each has the
/ indisputablc right of organization, OF
| collective bargaining and of speaking
| through representatives of their own
| selection. Neither class. however, should
| at any time nor in anv circumstances
take action that will put in jeopardy the
| public welfare. Resort TO strikes and
lockouts which endanger the health OF
| lives of the people is an unsatisfactory
| device for determining disputes, and the
Democratic party pledges itself to con-
| trive, if possible, and put into effective
| operation fair and comprehensive
method of composing differences of this
nature. In private industrial disputes,
we are opposed to compulsory arbitration
as method plausible in theory but n
failure in fact. With respect to govern
ment we hold distinctly that the rights
of the people are paramount To the right
To strike However we profess scrlpIlous
regard for the conditions of public en-
ployment and pledge the Democratic
party 10 inquiry into the pay OF govern
ment employees and equally speedy regli-
lations 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 legislatures
of 35 states which have already ratified
said amendment and we urge the demo-
cratic governors and legislatures of Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Florida and
such states as have not yet ratified the
federal suffrage amendment TO 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 10 participate in the fall
elections We commend the effective
advocacy of the measure by President
Wilson.
WOMAN IN INDUSTRY.
We urge cooperation with the states
for the protection Of child life through
infancy and maternity care; in the pro-
hibition of child labor and by adequate
appropriations for the Children's Bureau
and the Womans Bureau in the Depart
ment of Labor Cooperative federal as
sistance to the states is Immediately re-
quired for the removal of illiteracy, for
the increase of teachers salaries and in
struction in citizenship for both native
and foreign born; increased appropriation
for vocational training in home economies;
re-establishment of joint federal and state
employment state service with women's
departments and in the direction of
technically qualified women. We advo-
cate full representation of women on all
commissions dealing with women's work
or women s interests and reclassification
of the federal civil service free from dis
elimination on the ground of sex; con-
tinuance OF appropriations for education
in sex hygiene; federal legislation which
will secure the American women residents
of the United States but married TO aliens
that the same process of naturalization
shall be required for women as for men.
DISABLED SOLDIERS.
The Federal government should treat
with utmost consideration every disabled
soldier. sailor and marine of the world
war, whether his disability be due to
wounds received in line of action or to
health impaired in service, and for the
dependents of the brave men who died
in line of duty the government s tenderest
concern and richest bounty should be
their requital The fine patriotism ex-
hiblted, the heroic conduct Displayed by
American soldiers, sailors and marines
at home and abroad constitute a sacred
heritage Of posterity, the worth of which
can never be recompensed from the
treasury and the glory of which must not
be diminished by any such expedients
The Democratic administration wisely
established War Risk Insurance Bureau.
giving four and half millions of enlisted
men insurance at unprecedentedly low
rates and through the medium of which
compensation of men and women injured
in service is readily adjusted and hospital
facilities for those whose health is inn
paired are abundantly afforded.
The Federal Board for Vocational
Education should be made part of the
War Risk insurance bureau in order that
the task may be treated as whole, and
this machinery yofproteetion and assistance
priation necessary TO full and effective
operation.
We believe that no higher or more
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