New-York tribune., 1920-05-11
Women Voters
Present Planks
To Republicans
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points such as properly belong in the
PLATFORM of national political paHics."
:. the "woman's platform" wass out
l'ned to the Republican committee as
:, cHlID wELFARE-Realizins that
the hope of the nation lies in the chill
dren of to-day, the citizens Of to-mor-
row, we pledge ourselves to support
acequate appropriation for the Chill
dren's Bureau; the prohibition of child
labor throughout the United States: the
protection Of infant life through Fed
eral program for maternity and infancy
care.
Ask Fight on Illiteracy
EDUCATION-We recognize that the
appalling percentage of illiteracy among
both native and foreign born in the
United States is a blot upon our civili-
zatlon. the lack Of understanding of the
essentials of good government, men
ace to our future. We therefore advo-
cate a Federal Department Of Educa-
ton; Federal aid where necessary for
tho removal of illiteracy and for the
tlons in the duties and ideals of citizen
chip for the youth of our land and the
newcomer to our shores.
THE HOME AND HIGH PRICES-As
q means of increasing the efficiency of
the home and reducing the cost of lv-
ing we favor increased Federal support
tor vocational training in home eco
Monies; such Federal regulation and
supervision of the marketing and dis
tribution of food as will tend to equal
IL" and lower prices. and the enactment
and enforcement of such other meas
ures as will freely open the channels
Of trade, prevent excess profits and
eliminate unfair competition and the
control Of the necessities of life.
Policy for Women Workers Urged
WOMEN IN GAINFUL OCCUPA-
TIONS-In order to promote the well
fare of millions of women engaged in
gainful occupations we advocate the
establishment of a woman's bureau il.
the Department of Labor, with an ap-
preparation adequate for the investi-
cation of all matters pertaining to
wage earning women, for the purpose
of determining standards and policies
which will improve their working con-
ditions and increase their efficiency;
alton and Cancellation Service of the
United States Department of Labor
and on any industrial commissions and
tribunals which may hereafter be ere
ated; the establishment of joint Fed
era and state employment service
with women's departments under the
direction of technically qualified wom-
en-; a reclassihcation of the Federal
Civil Service with the merit system
Of appointment and promotion, free
from discrimination on the ground of
sex, and with wage or salary scale
determined by the skill demanded for
the work and in no wise below the
cost of living, as established by official
investigation.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS
We commend the effort for moral pro-
lection of the fighting forces of the
nat. made during the World War
and we urge a continuance of appro-
pE!auons to carry on an active CAM
palgn for prevention of venercal dis
ease and for public education in sex
hygiene.
INDEPENDENT CITIZENSHIP FOR
MARRIED WOMEN - Believing that
American born women, resident in the
United States. should not forfeit their
cltizenshlp by marriage with aliens
and that alien women should not ac-
qulre citizenship by marriage with
Americans, but rather by meeting the
same requirements as those provided
for the naturalization of alien men,
we urge Federal legislation insurine
to the women of the United States the
same independent status for citizen
ship as that which now obtains for