The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-06-25
THE LEAvENWORTH ECHO

recent action of Congress in enacting
comprehensive civil service retire
nent law and in working out COM
prehensive employment and wage
policy that will guarantee equal and
just treatment to the army of gov
eminent workers, and in centralizing
the administration of new and pro-
gressive employment policy in the
hands of civil service commission. is
worthy of all praise.
Postal Service.
We condemn the present admin
stration for its destruction of the eff
ficiency of the postal service and the
telegraph and telephone service
when controlled by the government,
and or its failure to properly com
pensate employees whose expert
knowledge is essential to the proper
conduct of the affairs of the postal
system. We commend the Republ-
can Congress for the enactment of
legislation increasing the pay of pos
tai employees, who, up to that time.
were the poorest paid in the govern
ment service.
Woman Suffrage.
We welcome women into full par
ticipation in the affairs of govern
ment and the activities of the Repub-
lican party. We earnestly hope that
the Republican legislatures in states
which have not yet acted upon the
suffrage amendment will ratify the
amendment to the end that all of the
women of the nation of voting age
may participate in the election of
1920, which is so important to the
welfare of our country.
Social Progress.
The supreme duty Of the nation is
the conservation of human resources
through an enlightened measure of
social and industrial Justice. AL
though the Federal jurisdiction over
social problems is limited, they affect
the welfare and interests of the ma
ton as a whole. We pledge the Re-
publican party to the solution of these
problems through national and state
legislation in accordance with the
hest progressive thought of the coun-
try.
Education and Health.
We endorse the principal of FEEDER
al accord to the states for the pur-
pose of vocational and agricultural
training.
Wherever Federal money is devot-
ed to education, such education mu st
be so directed as to awaken in the
youth the spirit of America and a
sense of patriotic duty to the United
States.
A thorough system of physical ed
ucation for all children up to the age
of 10, including adequate health su-
pervision and instruction, would rem
edy conditions revealed by the draft
and would add to the economic and
industrial strength of the nation Ma
tional leadership and stimulation
will be necessary to induce the states
tc adopt a wise system of physical
training.
The public health activities of the
Federal government are scattered
through numerous departments and
bureaus, resulting in duplication and
inefficiency. We advocate a greater
Capitalization of the Federal func-
tions, and in addition urge the better
coordination of the work of Federal
state and local health agencies.
Child Labor.
The Republican party stands for :,
Federal child labor law and for its
rigid enforcement. If the present
law be found unconstitutional or in
effective, we shall seek other means
to enable Congress to prevent the
evils of child labor.
Women in Industries.
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employment which make necessary
special study. We commend Congress
for the permanent establishment Of
the Women's Bureau in the Unitet
States Department of Labor to serve
as a source of information to the
states and to Congress.
The principal of equal pay fol
equal service should be applied
throughout all branches of FEEDER.
al government in which women are
employed.
We demand Federal legislation Il
limit the hours of employment of wo-
men engaged in intensive industry
the product of which enters into in.
torstate commerce.
Housing
The housing shortage has not only
compelled careful study of ways Of
stimulating building, but it has
brought into relief the unsatisfactory
character Of the housing accommoda.
tions of large numbers of the inhab.
itants of our cities. A nation OF
home-owners 5 the best guaranty OF
the maintenance of those principles
Of liberty and law and order upon