Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-16
WOMANCONGRESS
ON SOCIAL REFORM
! ADVOCATEDBY cox
Pledges Assistance for Leg
isIation Forwarding
Human Welfare.
Rr the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, october ia
national women's congress to frame
a program of social legislation and
administration for presentation to the
President and Congress was adVo-
Gated here today by Gov. Cox, demo-
cratic presidential candidate, in ad-
dressing an audience of women.
The candidates address preceded his
political speech here and followed
morning of campaigning, in which ne
spoke at Sandusky and Elyria en-
route here from Detroit. Gov. COX
will remain here over Sunday and tour
northern New York on Monday.
Urging larger participation OF
women in national affairs and citing
social legislation enacted during his
gubernatorial administration, the
governor told his woman auditors at
a non-partiSan meeting at local
hotel that there was much to be done
for human welfare and social prog
ress. He also championed the league
of nations as a measure to protect
women and children from the horrors
of war.
Pledges Aid to Reforms
From my experience in Ohio" said
the governor, you may know what
dent. There is much to beEone for
human welfare and social progress
We must stamp out disease, oppres-
sion and ignorance and eliminate
neglect. With woman only at the
Threshold of political work In
America, l cannot call upon you for
congressional action, but we can
work in common purpose with COM
mon counsel. and it would seem to me
perfectly proper and fitting that
national meeting be called Oh repre-
sentativeS of every woman's organl-
zation in America to formulate
program for Congress and the execu-
tive for social legislation and ao-
ministration."
Gov. Cox pledged his support to re-
forms contained in the san Eran-
cisco platform, including federal CO.
operation with the states for protect
ing infants and to remove illiteracy.
In this connection he urged estaD-
lishment of federal bureau OF Amer
icanization to educate aliens.
On Bureau Of Education.
Regarding the bureau of education,
Gov. Cox said:
"At present the federal bureau of
education is buried with varied as
sortment of national business in the
Department of the Interior. My op-
ponent has spoken recently for new
department of public welfare. under
which to group certain social welfare
activities. While I am in hearty ac-
cord with the idea of house-cleaning
our government departments and sort
ing out the human from the tech
nical problems, feel that we should
look forward to giving education and
health equal consideration with labor,
instead of Jumping all social questions
again in another grab-bag. ill-defined
department"
In the last Congress. Gov. Cox
charged, q "baby's BILL" providing for
maternity and infant care, waited in
vain while reactionary leaders spent
their time 'scrapping' the league of
nations"
Turns to Schoolhouses.
Z am In favor Of going into the
league" he said, mot alone to keep
your children from the terrible expe-
riences Of war, but to enrich their
lives by turning our national re-
sources from battleships and srma-
ments into schoolhouses. Fairgrounds.
work for health, child hygiene and
child happiness.
Not to have given the right of suf-
frage to the women of America in
this year, when the greatest of all is
sues is before the people. would have
was the greater suffering in war. and
theirs the greater understanding of
the lesson Of the war. If we are to
be deprived of world peace as a result
, Of the action Of our own country un-
der leadership of partisan conspir-
acy it is woman's right that her voice
be heard. If the women Of America
may express their will have no doubt
of the result"