The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-07-03

states Tor the prOtectlon or child Il1e' through infancy and maternity care; in the prohibition of child labor and by adequate appropriations for the children's bureau and the woman's bureau in the department of labor. Cooperative federation to the states is immediately required for the re- moval of illtteracy; for the increase of teachers salary and instruction in citizenship for both native and for eign born; increased appropriation for vocational training in home economies; re-establishment of joint federal and state employment service with wom ems departments under the direction of technically qualified women. We advocate full rep reentatfon of women on all commissions dealing with women's work women's interests and a reclassif1cation of the federal civil service free from discrimination on the ground of sex; a continuance of appropriations for education in sex hygiene; federal legislation which shall insure that American women resident in the United States but mar r1ed to aliens shall retain their Amer ican citizenship and that the same process of naturalization shall be re- quired 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 ser vice; and for the dependents of the brave men who died in line of duty the governments tenderest concern
 
 requital. The fine patriotism exhibit ed, the heroic conduct displayed by American soldiers, sailors and ma rines at home and abroad constitute a sacred heritage of poSterity, the worth of which can never be recom- pensed from the treasury and the glory of which must not be diminish ed by any such expedients.
 The Democratic administration wisely established a war risk insur- ance bureau giving four and a, half millions, of enlisted men insurance at unprecedentedly low rates and through the medium of which com pensation of men and women injured in service is readily adjusted and hos pital facilities for those whose health is impaired are abundantly afforded.
 The federal board for vocational ed ueation should be made a part of the
 
 that the task fhay be treated as a whole and this machinery of protec- ton and assistance must receive every aid of law and appropriation neces- sary to full and effective operation.
 We believe that no higher or more valued privilege can be afforded to an Ann erican citizen than to become a free holder in the soil of the United States, and to that end we pledge our i y-f1 t0 thA oF Sof- dement's and home aid 1egisla ion which will afford to the men who fought for America the opportunity to become land and home owners un- der conditions affording genuine gov ernment assistance unencunbered by needless difficulties of red tape or ad- vance of financial investment.
 The Railroads. M The railroads were subjected tc federal control as a, war. measure without other idea than the swift transport of troops, munitions and supplies. When human life and na- l ttonal hopes were at stake profits could not be considered and were not. Federal operation, however was marked by an intelligence an6 l efficiency that minimized loss and i resulted in many and marked re- | forms. The equipment taken over l was not only grossly inadequate bu l shamefully outgrown. Unifcatior | practices overcame these initial han 1 dicaps and provided additions, bet | terments and improvements. Econo mics enabled operation without the | rate raises that private control would 1 have found necessary and labor wa: treated with an exact justice tha | procured the enthusiastic co-opera ton that victory demanded. Int l fundamental purpose of federal con tro1 was achieved fully and splendid l ly and at far less cost to the taxpay | CT than would have been the cas- l under private operation. Invest l nents in railroad properties were no 1 only saved by government operation l but government management return | ed the properties vastly improved /il 1 every physical and executive detail | A great task was greatly discharged The presidents recommendation O return to private ownership gave thu Republican majority a full year il which to enact this legislation. Th' house took months to formulate it ideas and another six months wa! consumed by the Republican senate in equally vague debate. As a conse quence the Esch- Cummings bin wen to the president in the closing hour of Congress and he was forced to choice between the chaos of a vet, and acquiescence in the measure sub mitted, however grave may have beer his objections to it.
 There should be fair and comp1et test of the law until careful and ma ture action by Congress may cure 1t defects and insure a thoroughly eff fective transportation system, unde private ownership without govern ment subsidy at the expense of tn taxpayers of the country.
 Improved Highways.
 Improved roads are of vital impor tance not only to commerce and In dustry but also to agriculture and ru ra1 life. The. federal road act of 191e 1 enacted by a Democratic Congress represented the first systematic effor
 of the government to insure the build ing of an adequate system of roads il this country. The act, as amended has resulted in placing the movemen , for improved highways on Q progres sive and substantial basis in ever.