The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-05-01
FIRST WOMAN ASPIRANT
FOR SENATE, FOR LABOR
Anne Martin, Who Polled 5000
Votes Against $4,000 for Win
ner in 1918, Comes Out Strong
for Rights of Workers-Has
Fought Consistently for Earn
ers Against Special Privilege.

Fought Consistently for Earn
ers Against Special Privilege.
In a year that clear-cut political issues
are lodged as vigorously as numerous
political candidates are doomed, the
first woman candidate to run for the
United States senate or any national
Office, announces a platform based
squarely on the rights of the worker
and aimed to end special privilege.
Anne Martin of Nevada, for years a
fighter for woman suffrage for years a
worker for the rights of the poor
settler, the farmers and the workers of
her state, has just announced her can
didacy for the United States Senate in
1920. She was also candidate tor the
unexpired term of Senator Newlands
in 1913 and though defeated, polled a
vote of 5000 compared with 5000 re-
publican and 1900 democratic. Miss
Martins platform is summed up in this
statement:
privilege is making its final fight
against the right of all who labor by
hand or by brain to just returns for
their labor, to voice in the management
of industry, and to equal opportunity
to a socially good lite.
'sWe must take our stand on the
side either of privilege or the worker.
There is no middle ground No one
can honestly support both. l am against
privilege"
Miss Martin makes good her state
ment in the following concrete pro-la-
Dor plank in her platform:
First, The right of labor to bargain
collectively and to strike, when other
70 c
end have failed
Second. Reduction of the high cost
of living, the ending of prohteerlng
and the intolerable conditions from
which the people are suffering and the
announcement of production and trade
by these measures:
Public ownership and democratic
control of the railroads according to
the general principles Of the Plumb
Plan, with adequate representation OF
the public upon the board of directors
This plan will ensure the economical
and efficient management of the rail-
roads, protect the public from con-
tinued exploitation under private own
ership and help reduce the high cost OF
commission and system OF licensing
living by reducing rates.
2. Government control of the meat
commission and system of licensing.
ACQUISITION by the common carriers of
all necessary stockyards and the refrlg-
orator cars now owned by the packers,
the carriers to provide as many more
such cars as necessary, and to furnish
service in the stockyards and refriger-
ator cars TO all users upon fair and
equal terms.
8. Laws promoting farm and labor
organizations and promoting co-opera-
tive marketing and banking in order to
assure the producer fair returns and
the consumer just prices, thus protect
ing both from big business profteers,
and lowering the cost of living.
A. Government retention of all nat-
ural resources of the country still in
public ownership land, coal, iron, cop
per, oil, gas, phosphate, sodium, water
power, forests, ETC., and development
of these resources for the benefit of all
the people and not for private gain
giving labor and farmers an adequate
representation in their management and
development. Government ownership
of all ships the government has con-
structed and their operation as mer-
chant marine either directly by the gov
eminent, or through lease or charter for
the benefit of the people as whole,
with due regard to terms and conditions
of employment.
S. Taxation of the 10000 million
aires produced by war profits, pract1-
caIly one for every three American
soldiers killed, and of other financial
benehciaries of the war in amounts
sufficient to pay the money cost OF the
war. Taxation of wealth in proportion
to ability TO pay by methods that VIII
Oh fad To he hacks
of the people by higher prices and in
creased cost of living.
6. Legislation imposing tax on the
value of land and of other natural re-
sources held for speculation and on the
capital value of property with TAR
exemption
When interviewed Miss Martin made
the following statement: -.
Before labor gets decisive voice IN
government it will have to elect men
and women who stand squarely on Ia
Dor platforms Too often in the past
the workers have been represented by
men, who, when it came to vote
might be on the right side but VINO
were anti-labor in the cloak rooms ana
in committee
The test of candidate must be
the principles he stands on and works
for Party labels no longer mean much
Only an uncompromising declaration OF
principles should satisfy the voters OF
the nation"
When questioned on her attitude in
regard to the problems Of women IN
industry Miss Martin replied that she
stood emphatically for equal pay for
equally good work regardless of sex,
and that she wanted to see the estab-
lishment of this principle not only
throughout industry but also in the
government service. She is against pro-
tective legislation for women as women,
believing that all workers, men and
women, should receive protection as to
hours and conditions of employment.
The woman in the home is as much
entitled to recognition as woman in
industry according to Miss Martin,
and motherhood and infancy should re-
ceive the protection of the community.
$4,000 TENANTS TO STRIKE.