The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-01
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LAKE COUNTY
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Republican Candidate Speaks
To Women of Nation at
Marion Today.
BY GEORGE "a HOLMES
fINTFPNArtonat ucu,c ere.nrr

IL HOInEsS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERvlcEl
MARION, o.. Oct. 1-Speaking tcGay
to several thousand women who came
largely from the middle west Senator
warren G. Harding proposed the estab-
lishment at Washington OF a fedora
department Of public welfare TO pro
mote better social conditions and to
guard the nations motherhood snd
childhood against exploitation ana
abuse. Many Indiana women wcr4
present. some from Hammond ana
Gary.
SPEAKS on PROHIBITION.
Senator Harding also addressed 10
his feminine visitors the first utterancs
on prohibition he has made since his
speech of acceptance. He condemned
the failure of the democratic admins
tration to enforce the dry law. and he
reaffirmed his position Of standing
squarely on the enforcement OF law by
the executive, regardless of whether
the law meets with his personal az
provai.
SOCIAL JUSTICE DAY.
IT was social justice" day about sna
Harding front porch today and the sen
ator delivered a length speech dealing
with a variety OF topics in which wom-
en- are particularly interested.
Many we'll known women were IN
the senator's audience Among them
were Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longwortl:
daughter of the late Col. Roosevelt and
Mrs. Douglas Robinson. his sister: Mrs
Mary Roberts Hinehart; Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton. of Ohio; Mrs. John GIo&-
ersouth of Kentucky and Mrs. Richard
Edwards, of Indiana.
SPEAKS FOR NEW IDEA.
when making the proposal for .
department of public welfare I am sure
that I have made a step in advance or
any platform" said Senator Harding
There can be no more efficient way
of advancing humanitarian program
than by adapting the machinery of our
federal government to the purposes ~s
desire to attain.
THE PUBLIC WELFARE.
Our primary consideration must re
the machinery Of administration ald
when the time comes for the re-or-
ganization of our administrative gov
ernment in Washington. we must AL
stand together for the creation of a de-
partment of public welfare.
Senator Harding said he recognizes
that he might be called IN extremist
in this suggestion. He warned against
making such a department as he sug-
gested a paternal bureau of social reg
ulation. Such a thing. he believea
was repugnant to the American people.
"EDUCATE LOCAL ACTION
Il believe" he continued, that one
of the principal functions of the de-
partment of public welfare will be :"
enlighten and educate local action, 50
that we may have throughout sne
states. an increasing sense of obliga-
tion to meet a national standard OF
social justice"
Regarding law enforcement Senator
Harding said:
The enforcement of law is an execu
tive responsibility and must be undcs-
taken by the executive without regard
for his personal approval or disap-
proval of the law. which it has been
the peoples will to enact.
RESPECT FOR LAW.
I'VE must have throughout the laai
a respect for law-abiding principles.
We must all condemn without qual.fl-
cations the failure of enforcement ar
prohibition, just we condemn the
allure to prevent outrages OF violence
such as lynching."
Senator Harding closed his message
to the women by calling attention to
what he considered some o the dangers
of the league OF nations.
PROTECTING wONANHOOD.
Il know" he concluded, that the
mothers and wives OF America do n1t
wish to give their sons and husbands
for sacrifice at the call of an extra Goa
stitutionaI body like that of the council
of the Paris league.
The proection of American moner-
hood cannot be accomplished until tbe
state and the nation have enacted and
enforced customs which protect woui-
anhood itself 1 know there are WORT
en- who insist that women shall be
treated on the same basis as mon
They have a right to take this position
in their own behalf.
NOT FOR HERSELF ALONE.
But all true Americans must insist
THAI no woman speaks for herseif
alone She is the possessor of our fu-
ture and we must preserve 10 her tae
right to Wholesome maternity.
In the administration of federal 7id
state laws and in the educational serv-
ice we shall need services of the r1est
capable women we can get upon boards
of employment. labor adjustment and
wherever the welfare Of maternity IS
concerned.