Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-08
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
HOLD CON FEREN &c
Demand Equal Representation
With Men on the National
Committee of the Party
Suggest Planks for Platform
ii STATES REPRESENTED
Among other Things Demanded Are
Establish mcnt Of n Woman's Bureau
of the Department of Labor and M
tionaI Employ mcnt Service

Chicago. Jan. 5--Republican women
from II States of the Midwest confer
ring to-day on party plans and issues
for the 1920 presidential campaign de-
mandcd equal representation with the men
on the national committee of the party
and urged "a fair representation OF
women delegates from each State in the
national convention in June.
Many of the women professed to see
an immediate Endorsement of their atti-
tude in the speech which VIII II. Hays,
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, delivered at a banquet which
followed the conference.
THE Republican party offers the women
everything we offer the men" he said.
Republican women come into the party
not as women, but as voters entitled to
participate and participating as other
voters They are not to he separated
or segregated but assimilated and ANAL
Eamated."
The women proposed in a formal reso-
luton that the coming national conven-
ton take action to double the member
ship of the national committee so that
leach State he represented by one man
and one woman member" They urged
further that this become "the policy of
the party in all party committees both
State and local"
ne Woliltn ALSO 'lubDttu zen SuG6tSlcu
planks for the Republican party platform.
These included recommendations for
direct citizenship for women, not citi-
zenship through marriage" and laws
making possible the naturalization of
married women.
They also favored national and State
legislation for the regulation and aboli-
ton of child labor. another section asked
States and nation to establish the eight
hour day and 44-hour week for women in
industry with statutory provision for
day of rest each week. Permanent estab-
lishment of the women's bureau of the
department of labor. II national employ
ment service with adequate provision
for departments for women in national
Offices and all local Offices" and equal
opportunities for women through the
civil service We're sponsored.
Other planks were:
A new policy by the federal board of
vocational education ito insure for
women equal opportunities with men in
trade and technical education
appointment of women mediators on
all federal labor boards to deal with in
dustres employing women.
Compulsory education in all States for
children between six and sixteen years of
age with provision for Thorough educa-
ton in citizenship of all our youth
To-night's banquet given by the
State central committee in honor of Chair
man Hays and the chairman of the
womens division of the national commit
tee, Mrs. John Glover South. They were
followed by Mrs. c. A. Severance of
Minnesota, Mrs. Margaret McCarter of
Kansas, Miss Mary Carrot Hay of New
York. chairman of the woman's national
executive committee; Mrs. Josephine
Corliss Preston, State superintendent of
public instruction in Washington and
president of the National Education as
sociation, and by Governor Lowden of
Illinois and Major-General Wood.
There was also meeting to-day of the
committee in charge of arrangements for
the national convention. The two affairs
attracted a big gathering OF party leaders
and the local campaign headquarters of
Governor Lowden, General Wood and
Senator Harding of Ohio hummed with
activity Lobby conferences were almost
as numerous as in convention days The
Chicago meeting will continue through
tomorrow.
Two of the unofficial visitors who at
tracted attention to-day were\ Frank
J.. Hitchcock, postmaster general in the
Roosevelt cabinet and Frank b. Willis
former governor of Ohio. The former
said he was in Chicago ION business"
Endorsing the candidacy of Senator
Harding.
Chairman Hays in his speech at the
banquet tonight said in part;
THE Republican party offers the
women everything we offer the men.
The only just rule for political party
is that the rights of participation in
the management of the party's affairs
must be and remain equally sacred
SAGreClV hp 1ica,,
women in the country constitute one
half of the party's membership. In
many States this has long been So In
the presidential campaign of 1920 it is
my very earnest hope and well found
ed judgment that it shall be so every
where.
Party programs must always be sub
lect to amendment and change by the
responsible living thought expressed
within the party by men and women
hike.
Il do not ask that all women be-
come republicans, To which party you
belong is of less consequence than thai
vou belong to some party, that you seek
he truth, find it and then act and ac,
continually. i would rather woman
oin with our opponents than belong to
40 party. One of the first truths most
important for this large group of new
voters to realize is that by their effort
light things in government can be made
effective only through organization
The committee on arrangements for the
national convention elected Edward p.
Thayer of indianapolis sergeant-at-
arms for the big June gathering.
The committee voted formally to rent
The Coliseum after Ernest Graham. ar
rhtect, reported that 1920 more seats
would be added to the big auditorium.
MAKING the seating capacity l3.lS7
The arrangements committee also listen
ID to a delegation from the Hotel Mems
association OF Chicago wnich assured the
committee that there would be no ad-
vance to convention delegates beyond
present prices"
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