Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-10-27
SENATOR HARDING
PROPOSES P! We WELFARE ARE:
POST IN CABINET Bin !
Tell. 1000 Women Ne Fayors
Department In Isl Defense Of
Mothers, Childhood and
s.. Public Health.
70 ADVANCE SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Emphasizes Need o.. Safeguard.
insW Women , en- msfisan F {; NJ
Stands for Enforcem 81 Law

- Gsrtsn,s The cfeatien Of 4 Fed
srA Department Of Rgblie sWslfafe 10 |
function III defense ofematernitySchild-
hood and public health was proposed
by Senator Harding in q speech on 50
clalT juatice to 5000 women who came !
to his front porch from all points Of
the compass. 49, -.
Such department, said Senator
Harding, must ''ayoid the fearful re.
suits Of Bureaucracy There can be
NO more efncisnt way Of advancing q
humanitarian program" he said, than
by adapting the machinery Of eur Fed
eral Government to the purposes we
desire to attain. While others may
have their eyes liked upon some par
ticular piece Of legislation OF more par
ticular policy Of social justice which
calls for the sympathetic interest Of Us
all, ray, without hesitation, that
our primary consideration must be tho
machinery Of administration, and that
when the time comes for US to re-
organize our administrative govern.
~ment in Washington we must all stand
together for the creation Of Depart
ment of Public Welfare. -.
= II pledge myself today" he said, ITO
support with all that is in me whatever
practical policy of social welfare and
social Justice can be brought forward
by the combined wisdom Of all Ameri-
cans. Nothing can concern America,
and nothing can concern me as an
American, more deeply than the
health, the happiness and the enlight-
eminent Of every fellow American.
90 Must Avoid PaternaIisnn. a..
''The social justice that conceive Is
not paternalism. It would be easy to
make it so, and dangerous indeed to
the best spirit that Americans can
have-the spirit of expressing by the
individual free will ones own merits,
capacity and worth. We do not want
government to suppress that express
sion of free will, even by benevolence,
but we do mean to preserve in Ameri-
ca an equal opportunity and q pre-
paredness for self-expression therein,
even though we use the government
to do it.
II believe that there is no step more
practical, no step which will mean
more to the growth of Americas So
cial welfare; no step which will guar
antee better Americas social justice,
than one which propose to you.
Dancers to Be Avoided,
-"I have no doubt that there will be
some who will and in this proposal
cause for calling me an extremist, but
when we have task to do, which has
been dictated by our conscience and
approved by our wisdom, let Us
straightway find the way to do it.
do not say this without a word Of
caution. l recognize certain dangers
which are always presented when gov.
eminent undertakes large and detailed
tasks"
Tasks Of Social Justice.
Senator Harding pointed out the
necessity Of going forward upon q
sure footing and declared:
when making the proposal for q
department Of public welfare to
America, am aware that have made
step In advance Of any platform.
1--WE all know that we face tasks Of
social Justice, which we must under
take with dispatch and efficiency. Who
can suggest one Of these tasks which
can supersede in our hearts, or in thu
rank which foresight and wisdom will
give that Of the protection of our ma
ternity7
"The protection Of the motherhood
of America can not be accomplished
until the state and the nation have en-
acted and, by their example, have en-
forced customs, which protect WON
anheod itself. l know full we'll thai
there are women who insist that WON
en- shall be treated upon the same
basis that men are treated"
Senator Harding discussed the neeC
of adequate protection for women III
industry and expressed his belief lr
the wisdom Of an eiEht-hour. day fo1
women workers. He emphasized thu
need Of safeguarding the women OF
American farms. He proposed puttinl
the Children's Bureau under the sug
gested Department of Public Welfare
and urged prevention Of abuses O.
child labor.
Il must not fail" Senator Hardin,
went on, ITO speak to you today Of on,
81 the measures Of social Justice an,i
social welfare not often catalegusd Ii
this manner. but perhaps more imnor
tant than any W. have considered. 81
refer e the, enforcement of Law. i
will not be my business when electe4
to decide what laws shall be. It vii
BE legitimate FOR me- tosinvoks publi
opinion for their enactment, but sucl
4 call to public opinion must be. base,
moro upon the duty 81 the Executiy,