Arizona republican., 1920-06-10


 soldiers of the United States and fur ther provided for a reorganization of the army on q peace footing, and for the maintenance of a powerful and efficient navy.
 Recognizing the increased number of women wage earners drawn into in dustry by the war and by modern social and economic developments, the Re publican congress established. by law, ! for the first time a woman's bureau to aid the states to safeguard the welfare Of women in industry and to raise the . standards of their employment.
 Make Equal Suffrage Possible
 It submitted to the country the con- Bstitution amendment for the enfran- Chsement of wcmen, while % Republi can Legislatures out of total of 35 have contributed to the ratification of the anne ndment. The Republican congress enacted legislation for the relief of the consumers of print paper, which was vetoed. It provided for an extension of tho powers of the government under the food contSoI act and for the en- forcement of the eighteenth amend ment to the constitution. It broadened the scope Of the war risk act for tho support of the more gravely injured; it made provision for the dwindling num- Der of aged veterans of the Civil war and made practical the vocational re- habilitations of those injured in the great war as we'll as for the vocational rehabilitation of thoSe who have been injured and raimed in industry
 The Republican majority sought. not
 only to meet the immediate economic needs of the country, but to pave the way for a greater program of social and economic reconstruction when the peo- Ile shall have charged with reSponsl- bility for the executive as well as for the legislative branch of the govern ment It passed oil-leasing and water ! Ef 4f rFal0 0dl- Q good and through private enterprise long pent up resources of the country.
 As the majority in congress has sought 10 open the channels of pro auction; so has 1t sought to check the profligacy of the administration to realize upon the assets of the govern ment and to husband the revenues derived from taxation.
 The Republican majority in the last ] congress and the Republican majority
 in the present congress cut the es- timated expenditure sought by the Will
 son administration by over two billion | dollars The Republican majority pro- | vided for the disposition of the sur ! plus war material.
 It enacted a budget law which the president vetoer because he alleged 1 that it withdrew from him something I of absolute executive perogative. The 1 reserve act was amended to vest in the 1 reserve board and reserve banks dis { cretion to encourage the production Of ! essentials for the use of the common
 people; to permit banks to lend need | cd assistance to farmers who have been ! so gravelv discriminated against by the ' present Democra tic administration and
 to facilitate the development of the ! export trade.
 New legislation was passed for the | incorporation of banking eompanies to
 be specially engaged in that business. | Finally. the house of representatives
 each adoupted amendments to the rules i striking at the obsolete and irrespon- l sible committee system which despite ! repeated Democratic platform pledges 1 that party had always refused to re- i form.
 Nation Unprepared For Peace Other blanks tentatively agreed upon l by the sub- committee and which mem i bers said were subiest only to slight
 change. condemns the Wilson admins i tration and charge that. due to mis-
 mana cement. the country has been ] found unprepared for peace, as 1t was l for war. The fiscal policy is denounced l as likely to lead to damaging inflabtion ! of the currency. Planks urge agricul- 1 tural encoura cement. readjustment Of l taxation, increased production to cut l the cost of living and condemn profi- teering.
 1 The agricultural plank favors CO., l operative associations under federal regulation; legislation looking to CO., i ordination of water ana rail transpor- I tation with adequate facilities for mar l keting farm products and extension Of | the farm loan banking system. I The administration Is denounced for 1 it's failure to reduce the expenses of 1 of the government and to return to ! peace time economies. The federal re- 1 serve act is blamed for many of the i evils of war financing and the Esch- l CumTnins law is endorsed. There will be a recommendation in favor of ac-
 tion looking to the restoration of rail-
 road credit. reasonable hours and prop
 CT working conditions and fair wages
 for men employed in the railway ser
 vice.
 The preamble of the platform prom
 ses that the party shall resist all at
 tempts to overthrow the foundations
 of the government, whether made in
 the form of international policy or do-
 mestic agitation
 Conforming President Wilson's ad-
 ministration, the platform makers say:
 Under the despot's plea of necessity or superior wisdom, executive usurpa- tiOn of legislative and judicial func- tions still undermines our institutions l 8 months after the armistice. With it's war time powers unabridged; it's wartime departments undischarged, and it's war-t time army of placeholders still mobilized, the administration founders hopelessly."
 member of the committee said
 the declaration for the prohibition of
 strikes would merely declare against their tolerance among employees Of the government