The Connecticut labor news., 1921-03-04
WOMEN IN ARMS AGAINST HARDING
 FOR HIS SLIGHT
Resent Being Totally Ignored in Conferences and Makeup
 of Cabinet.

Washington, March 1.-The various
 women's organizations identified with
 the republican campaign are on the edge of rebellion because of lack of recog- nltlon from the new administration
 Their members are feeling sore over the
 fact that women were conspicuous by their absence i'll the conferences which
 President Harding held with best minds" of the country.
 Neither were women consulted about the makeup of the cabinet nor about the legislative program. This despite the fact that during the camapign there were hundreds of women in every state who took the stump, contributed money ant aided in the party organization.
 It IS not matter Of record that suf- frage leaders were invited to discuss either the foreign policy or the proposed conferences held by President Harding in Texas and in Florida since the na- tional election. The women feel that they have vital interest i'll the pro- gram of the new administration, but they have been shunted to the sidelines
 During the campaign glowing prom lses of recognition were held out. There was talk of creating a new cabinet place with a woman at it's head to pass upon questions of social welfare. Everything possible was done to attract the wom- en's vote. The republican party re- ce1ved a tremendous percentage of this vote at the election, but this was soon forgotten and there is no tangible evi- dence of appreciation for this support UP to date:
 As matter of fact the Organization ot the new government Is proceeding about as usual and with apparently no consideration for the tremendous po1i- tlcal importance of the new voting fac tor in the nation. It wouldn't be fair to mention names, but leaders of the republican party in Congress smile at and say that this IS a problem to be taken up at some later date, the later the better. The disposition of the lead CTS is opposed to the creation of new department.
 The famous marble of three pioneer sufragists over which so much fuss was made is slowed away in a corner in the basement corridor of the Capitol unhonored and unseen. Some day it will probably be able to work its way upstairs to the rotunda of the Cham Der of Horrors" where the bronzes of heroes of other days elbow one another for room.
 There is much grumbling over the af- ternoon tea at national suffrage head quarters, but nothing is being done about it. Many of these women are ac- lively interested in the Smith -Towner bill which provides for a system of na- t1onal education with an initial appro- priation of $1,O0O,OOO,OOO They have actively canvassed, the republican lead CTS i'll Congress, but the legislation is quietly i'll a committee room, taken by the present Congress are very slim. The maternity bill has also been side-tracked.
 From various sections of the country Congressnen report that there is de- nand for jobs for women, who from their new attitude are beginning to realize that all the good jobs are going to the men. Here and there few sec are being passed out, but there has not been one suggestion from the new administration of filling a re- sponslble government place with woman.
 Neither is there any intention to pass over any of the good plums to women. There aHe a few paid employees in the national party organization, but for the most part the women who had places in the campaign have been dropped.
 The Wilson administration has recog- nized women in many instances, notably in the appointment of an assistant United States attorney-general. An nette Adams, and Miss Mabel Board man to the District of Columbia Com mission.
 Many women have also been advanced to positions of responsibility in the various government bureaus.