The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-10-29
SENATOR HARDING
PROPOSES WELFARE
POST IN CABINET
Tells 10000 Women He Favors
Department In Defense OF
Mothers, Childhood and
Public Health.
10 ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Emphasizes Need of Safeguard
ing Women on American Farms.
Stands for Enforcement of Law

Marion, O.-The creation Of a Fed
oral Department Of Public Welfare to
function in defense Of maternity, child
hood and public health was proposed
by Senator Harding in a speech on So
cial justice to 5000 women who came
TO his front porch from all points of
the compass.
Such a department, said Senator
Harding, must "avoid the fearful re-
suits of bureaucracy. There can be
humanitarian program" he said, than
by adapting the machinery of u Fed
oral Government to the purposes we
desire to attain. While others may
have their eyes fixed upon some par
ticular piece of legislation or more par
ticular policy Of social justice which
calls for the sympathetic interest Of US
I'LL, I say, without hesitation, that
bur primary consideration must be the
machinery of administration, and that
when the time comes for us to re-
organize our administrative govern.
ment in Washington we must all stand
together for the creation Of a Depart
nent Of Public Welfare.
II pledge myself today" he said, Ito
support with all that is in me whatever
practical policy of social welfare and
social Justice can be brought forward
by the combined wisdom of all Ameri-
cans. Nothing can concern America,
and nothing can concern me as m
American, more deeply than the
health, the happiness and the enlight-
eminent Of every fellow American.
Must Avoid P%aternaIism.
"The social justice that I conceive is
not paternalism. 1t would be easy to
make 1t so, and dangerous indeed to
the best spirit that Americans can
have-the spirit of expressing by the
Individual free will ones own merits,
capacity and worth. We do not want
government to suppress that express
zion of free will, even by benevolence,
but we do mean to preserve in Ameri-
ca an equal opportunity and a pre-
paredness for self-expression therein,
even though we use the government
to do 1t.
II believe that there is no step more
practical, no step which will mean
more to the growth of Americas So
cial welfare; no step which will guar
antee better Americas social justice,
than one which I propose to you.
Dangers to 30 Avoided.
81 lave no doubt that there will b
some who will find in this proposal
cause for calling me an extremist, but
when we have a task to do, which has
been dictated by our conscience and
approved by our wisdom, let us
straightway find the way to do it. I
do not say this without a word Of
caution. l recognize certain dangers
eminent undertakes large and detailed
tasks"
Tasks Of Social Justice.
Senator Harding pointed out the
necessity of going forward upon a
sure footing and declared:
when making the proposal for a
department of public welfare to
America, 1 am aware that l have made
q step in advance of any platform.
1--WE all know that we face tasks of
social justice, which we must under.
take with dispatch and efficiency. Who
can suggest one of these tasks which
can supersede in our hearts, or in the
rank which foresight and wisdom will
rive that Of the protection Of our ma
ternity7
1.-THE protection of the motherhood
20 A~.orioo nm mt ho cc0rcnlfcho or
until the state and the nation have en-,
acted and, by their example, have en-
forced customs, which protect WON
'snhood itself. l know full well tina
there are women who insist that won
en- shall be treated upon the sam
basis that men are treated"
Senator Harding discussed the nee(
Of adequate protection for ome Ii
Industry and expressed his belief Ii
the wisdom of an eight-hour day TO
women workers. He emphasized tn
need Of safeguarding the women Of
American farms. He proposed putting
the Children's Bureau under the SUE
lxested Department Of Public Welfare
and urged prevention Of abuses o
child labor.
II must not fall" Senator Hardin
went on, ito speak to you today Of on
lof the measures of social justice an
social welfare not often c%atalogued
this manner, but perhaps more impol
Itant than any we have considered.
refer to the enforcement Of law. ]
WIN not be my business when electe
Ito decide what laws shall be. It wi
be legitimate for me to invoke publ
lopinion for their enactment, but sue
q call to public opinion must be base
more upon the duty Of the Executiv
of the nation to give facts to the pc,
lpla than upon his desire to give opil
lion, theory and propaganda. The el
~Iforcement Of the Law Is an Executiv
Responsibility and must be undo
taken by the Executive without regal
for hts personal approval or disal
Iproval Of the law, which 1t has BEE
1.-The peoples will to enact"
Warren G.. Harding will be afty-n,
years of age on Election Day. He
old enough to know and young enoul
to do. His rival has net yet seach.
sven tho years Of discretion.
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