New-York tribune., 1921-02-19
w WOrrlan's Party
Will Work for
Ferllinisrrl Only
Disarmament and Radical
Programs Are Abandoned
After Fight Which Rages
All Day i'm Convention
Miss Paul Wins Triumph
Equality and Removal of
Legal Disabilities Will
Be Sought by New Policy
BY Emma Bugbee


WASHINGTON, Feb. ls.-Feminism
triumpfed over disarmament as to the
future policy of the Woman's party,
after Il fight which ragged all to-day
Feminism in the abstract likewise
triun phed over detail ed radical pro-
gram, involving birth control and the
economic independence of married
women: which was advocated by Miss
Crystal Eastman and many of the
younger members Of the party.
When it was all over it was seen
that the wishes of Miss Alice Paul,
who has controlled the organization
since its inception, still prevailed, in
spite of the combined eloduenee of
what seemed to be all the women
propagandists in the country. Miss
Faul was on the platform for only q
few moments during the morning, and
she made not single speech all day.
bat one by one the things which were
not In her program went down to
defeat.
The future policy OF ths Womans
PARTY is outlined in the following
resolutions, as finally adopted:
THAT the political enfranchisement
Of women having been won in the,
work for the equality of men and
women and see that such equality be
won and maintained in any association
of nations that may be formed;
"That the immediate work Of the
new organization be the removal of
the legal disabilities of women"
Debate oa Disarmament
The debate on disarmament lasted
all the morning and was led by Mrs.
Robert LaFollette, of Wisconsin,; Mrs.
Henry Willard. Miss Helen Todd, Mrs.
Jessie Hardy MacKaye, Mrs, Sara Bard
Field and Mrs. G. G. Scott, of Mont
clair, n. j., who brought in minority
report Of the resolutions committee.
"Unless you work for disarmament
in the immediate future, unless you
elect members to Congress pledged to
g disarmament program. you won't
have anything but ferlnism in the
world, because there won't be any mon
left alive" said Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Donald Hooker, of Maryland,
held the fort for the old guard of the
suffragsts, declaring that the "Trip
peries of feminism' were the only
thing that would save the world.
ave need woman in the White
House if we are to stop war;" she said
1--WE need women everywhere in places
OF power. without them we are no bet
ter off than we were without the bal
lot, Wait! Stand firm for feminism
and don't stampede this convention
into q controversial matter like dis
armament"
-
whom there is no more ardent pacifist
in the country, finally gave the hint to
her followers to quit, urging hem to
dedicate the Women's Party to the
fight for femipisr alone.
"Don't let's destroy the one hope for
fenninism we have in this country"
she said
After the disarmament program was
defeated Miss Eastman served notice
that she had a gospel of feminism
which she wanted tire convention to
adopt "Old-fashioned, safe, pussy
footing, reactionary and timid" were
some Of the adjectives, that she hurled
at Miss PauPs proposal that the women
work for the removal of all legal dis
abilities of women"
Miss Eastman continued: eve do not
want a program which works for wom-
en- judges and women lawyers alone.
1t is the great masses of the women
OF this country who are still in slavery
that we must rouse, the women who
have to ask their husbands for new
hat. and cannot say whether they shall
have. children or not, or when.
Miss Eastman's Program
The feminism gospel as expounded
by Miss Eastman was as follows:
SHAVING achieved political liberty
for women this organization pledges
itself to make an end to the subjec.
tion Of women In all its remaining
forms. Among our tasks we emphasize
these:
''l. To remove all barriers Of law or
custom or regulation which preven,
women from holding public office. the
highest as we'll as the lowest; from
entering into and succeeding in any
profession; from going into or getting
on in any business; from practicine
any trade or Joining the union Of any
trade.
~. So to remake the marriage laws
and so modify public opinion that the
position of the women whose chosen
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