The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-22

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refuge In violent imbecilities. Miss
Alice Robertson. for example, whose
heart In the superior Of her head, de.
ciares II provides for birth-control.
She makes this declaration again.
after her former charge had been
| fully answered. assume she has
not looked at the bill. To her birth
| control n q horrible thing. do not
discuss that question. though I have
my own opinion. '.
"a Invented Statements Used.
The matter was Intentionally left
out of the bill because with some
people II Ia matter Of religious
faith, and II was desired to stick to
the main points on which there could
be joint work by all instructed poo
pie of all religions.
The opponents Of the bill, in their
dearth Of justifiable grounds Of oppo-
sition. have gone to the length of In
venting statements about the opposi-
ton Of Catholics. which have been
energetically disavowed by the lead
ers who were misquoted. .....
When up q tree. boiler Boishevik.
Something choice has been put into
print and Ii now being circulated In
Boston, the home Of one Of the most
energetic opponents Of the bill, her.
self devoted anti-suffragist, and
now viewing with alarm anything
that progressive women may under
take. One sentence 10:
Many OF these women workers do
not know thai they are catspaws for
Trotzky and Lenine to wreck the
United States"
Really It adds to the 10Y of rife.
this bringing In Of the Russian Bor-
rible Twins to explain all aspects OF
our domestic policy that the stand
patters do not like. In Washington
the twins appear as often a. the
DOGGY man appears In the nursery.
. Misuse Of Legal Machinery.
Pretty soon Il viii be time for US
TO hstsn all over again to Mr.. Joseph
w. Folk. orate against the minimum
wage bill. The rehearing 10 brought
about BY one OF the most scandalous 4
misuses Of legal machinery that ever
came to my attention. but n compen. |
eation We may hear once moro about |
Lenin and Trotzky. az we ana vhen
the case was argued before.
The Bolshevism Of the maternity |
bill consists merely In this: There |
are Q lot OF poor women In the coun- |
try. They cannot have the help from
expert doctors and purses that the |
rich woman In blessed with. The |
maternity bill makes II possible for |
the poor woman. II she wants to. 70 |
obtain better guidance than the siums |
afford her.
The opponents Of the bin hold that
II God had intended poor women m
have accees to any Of the conauests |
and comforts Of modern hygiene He |
would not have put them in the slums. |
He would have given than proper
houses on Fifth avenue.
When the swat-the-fly campaign |
began this year. . very able news
paper opponent Of natural science
printed q full page editorial declaring
that God knew what he was about
when he created flies. I have no
doubt whatever Of the soundness of
that statement. Perhaps He also
knew what he was about when he On.
scientific progress.
Reactionsries Oppose II.
AZ any rate. Of all the reactionaries
who now masquerade under the ban
ner Of morals, those VINO wish women
10 be left In peace to enjoy all the dis
with childbirth are among
he most peculiar.
Before Congress began its recess the
opponents OF the bill, with che excep.
ion Of q few innocent ones like Miss
Robertson, did not make their attack
iirectly on Bolshevism and the wick.
'dness Of progress.
The smartest Of them marqueraded !,
10 friends. A. was said in the Senate
" q supporter Of the bill: ii
II know Of the attempts that will
V made to put amendments on II.
rhe Senator from New Hampshire has ,
me to establish hospitals all over the
There are other amendments {
o be proposed. The object Of those ,
IL not friendly" !
The President has been firm friend
4 the measure. The Boston propa-
'andist already quoted says that he ,
nd his associates believe the Presi.
ent will listen to counsel III he can &,
% disillusioned."
I think he has brains enough not TO
70 "disillusioned."