The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-02
SENATOR HINTS
AT NEW POST
FOR CABINET
He Outlines His Pro
gramme for Department
of Public Welfare.
SEEKS COORDINATION
Pledges Measures to Pro
. tect $4,000 Women in
Industry.
ATTACKS PARIS COVENANT
Will Not Mortgage Resources
of America to an Alien
SupergOvernment.
SEEKS COORDINATION
ATTACKS PARIS COVENANT

SuperoOyernment.
b. staff Correspondent Of THE HERALD.
MARION. Ohio. oct. MANY women
among the 1000 who heard Senator
Harding's address on Social Justice
this afternoon created in their antici-
pations Of the next administration
this attractive picture:
The Cabinet room and the long table
with President Harding at the head;
the faces and figures of the best re-
garded men in public life to-day and
a woman who shall sit among them by
right of intellect and character; the
exchange of views between the Presi-
dent on the one hand and the Secre-
taries OF State and War and Navy on
the other; and finally, this invitation
from the President:
"I am sure we should like to have
the opinion of the Secretary of Public
Welfare. If you please. Miss
1t is quite true that IN his speech
to-day, in which the Republican nom
inee outlined his intentions and his
programme for the many reforms that
social welfare requires-the better pro-
lection of motherhood the tightening of
women's toll, government aid in pre-
natal care and in infancy, the pre-
vention of abuses in child labor ma
tional health generally, a coordination
OF the various social welfare bureaus
and social welfare undertakings now
scattered hopelessly through the pres
ent departments-the women from
many States found a hint and a sug-
gestion that a woman may be selected
to administer the new department of
government.
Meets Cordial Response.
Whether this was the intention of Sem
ator Harding is not yet known, but the
indicated possibility of a woman in the
Cabinet delighted the Senator's hearers
and warmed their hearts to him They
gave to him n particularly cordial re-
Spouse, and there has been no front
porch meeting Of the summer with a
heartier friendlier atmosphere.
The Importance of the day, "Woman's
Day" was clearly understood here. for
II was assumed that the attitude of the
new voters, after they had heard the adj
dress and had gone back into their own
communities, might mean the gain or
the loss of thousands of woman votes.
Presumably the day can be counted high
up in the list of front porch successes,
for the Senator talked about the matters
the women wanted him TO talk about.
and his views seemed TO match their as
pirations Alice Roosevelt Longworth
said after the meeting:
mo one can fail 10 be convinced of
Senator Harding's resolute determipa-
ton to translate the aspirations of SO
cial justice into accomplished facts. His
reputation of the covenant OF the
League of Nations demonstrates beyond
doubt his belief I'm nationalism as OPP
posed to internationalism of an alien
supergovernment."
Mary Roberts Rinehart, one of the
committee tht arranged for Woman
Day" was particularly delighted with
Hardings speech. She said to the cor
respondent of THE NEW YORK HERALD:
''The Republican party, which has
stood in the minds of many people for
conservatism. has to-day come out with
n announcement of the most advanced
liberalism There is nothing equivocal
\ .,bout the promises made by Senator
harding They mean. carried out. as
thsy certainly will be, the beginning OF
a new era in government
"The new department Of public well
fare outlined by Senator Harding is
one Of the greatest moral steps forward
since Lincoln signed the Proclamation
of Emancipation"
DR.. Katharine p. Davis. who was
Commissioner Of Correction In New
York city under Mayor Mitchell, ex-
pressed satisfaction and pleasure. say
ing:
This is significant day for women
citizens. ] wish Susan y. Anthony and
Anna Howard Shaw could have been
present. For the first time I'm history
a. group of. men Interested in social
Justice appear before a candidate OF the
Republican party with the certainty that
the viewpoints they represent must be
considered as coming from voting citi-
zens whose votes will materially affec,
the results Of this campaign"
"CIosc to Hearts of women"
Mrs. Maude Wood Park Of Boston
chairman OF the National League OF
Women Voters, said that Senator Har-
ding could scarcely have improved his
address or have done more to meet the
wishes Of thoughtful women.
Il am particularly pleased that Sen.
ator Harding has spoken so definitely
in favor Of maternity care and infancy
care. for which bill is now pendinl
in Congress. This measure lies close e
the hearts OF women OF all parties"
There were similar expressions Of sat
infaction from Mrs. Raymond Robins o
Chicago: Mrs Richard Edwards Of Peru
Ind. Mrs Fletcher Dobyns OF Chicago
Nfrs. Harry S. New. Mrs. william c
Sproul. wife of the Governor OF Penn
sylvania Mrs. Leonard Wood. wife O
Afajor-Gcn. Wood Mrs. Douglas Robin
son OF New York and many others. TIL
Eist OF their comment was that Senate
Harding's address should go a long wa
toward increasing the already large per
centage of women in the Republican
party.
While the weather was unkind to tn
women, a penetrating chill and leade
kkIes breaking the long record Of fai
DAYS at the front porch. the perfectio
of the arrangements and the vim an
enthusiasm displayed by them produce