Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-07
EAGLES SPEAKER URGES
 WOMAN'S PENSION BILL

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 Members of the FraternaI Order of Eagles, in Norwich and throughout the state, the citizens of Norwich and the cltlzens of the state were urged to sup port and Introduce a woman's pension bill for the state, by Frank E. Herring, of South Bend, Ind, past worthy presi- dent of the Eagles and editor of the Eagles Magazine, at an open meeting held under the auspices of the Norwich Aerie of Eagles at the Community house at 2.30 Sunday afternoon. The attend- ance while small, was very enthusiastic, and much impressed by Mr. Herings talk.
 MT. Herring started to talk on the old age pension but upon finding that Con- necticut was one of the seven states in the Union not having woman's pen sion law, devoted a large part of his speech to that subject In the open ing of his talk he asked what is the pur- pose of all government and answered his own question by saying that it was the afording of opportunity to the in dividual to find happiness. Within the past few weeks there has been a confer ence at Washington regarding appro- priations for the relief of the unem- ployed. Then there will be another con-
 
 which means another great reduction in national expense if successful The de- crease in armament means the decrease in the possibility of war and this means less tax and money for the individual.
 In the past seven years the world has seen the greatest changes in it's his tory. But what has this to do with the Eagles? It is simply this: of the 5Oo,00O members of the Fraternal Order | of Eagles over so per cent of them are wage earners. What affects the wage 1 earner affects the order of Eagles in con- 1 sequence thus it stands that anything l that will help the wage earner should be fostered by the order The Fraternal Or der Of Eagles stands for service Christ said, He who shall be first must first | learn to serve'' Look into your lives and l see if your greatest feelings of happf- ness have not come from acts of ser vice. Happiness is a reflection a moth CT is happy as her family is happv and ] we are happy as those about us are hap py. Let us as Eagles think and believe | collectively in Supreme Being and that i government is evolution rather than rev ? Rolution. Link ourselves together in the 1 belief of God and for the service of oth- CTS Let us pull together for the good of humanity. non-partisan, non-secta- rian organization.
 For centuries until a comparatively l short time ago the most important factor of the race was the male. Why? Be- cause right by might was the prevailing | rule and the male was the power that ruled. Ask any man or boy today who is first in his thoughts and he will tell YOU wife or mother as the case may be- We don't subscribe to the male as the unit of civilization today. it is the man plus the children that is the real unit.
 We are living in the age of machinery, machinery that is driving man at a greater pace than ever before A man starts work in Q large factory at IS and he continues until he reaches his height of usefulness which is between 35 and 45 and then he gradually declines and finally is out of employment all together The man is married and there are chil- dren. His earnings are used to cloth and feed his family educate the children and then if he has been frugal he -day have a little to keep him in his decin- ing years. Here is where the old age pension law would be good thing. Bu
 what if after marrying and there were several children in the family. the wage
 earner should be called by Him who i!
 Supreme The mother and her childrer f are left without means of support Tn,
 
 ' public and are sent to some institution
 Can any matron of any institution talk I the place of mother? Does it cost an.
 more to establish fund that will talk : care of the mother and will let the chil dren stay with her who cares most fo
 them No, it does not, and so every on !. I of you here, everyone in the state shoul
 get in back of movement for a moth : CTS pension law. It has been tried il !. forty-one states and has been successful n then why should it not be successful e here? This aerie could find nothing fin
 CT to do than to get behind such a move
 ment and I surely hope they will l. Proceeding the address of Mir. Herin !, there was short talk by Grand Worth f President John M. Morin, of Pittsburgh il Pa MT. Morin Is congressman from hi r. district and being a law maker of tn
 country takes a great interest in tn .- work of the Eagles of which he is tn head. MT. Morin told of the various ac I tivities of the Eagles and the advantage of being a member of the organization l. He said that this order was, in hl " opinion, one of the greatest organization if of its kind in the world. He spoke ( l. the various phs ses of relief work ths l. had been undeEs saken by the order, n' e only the paying of benefits to its men q, bers but the relief work done outside u l. order purely as service to mankind.
 Other speakers included Grand Ma $ shal William G. Dougherty of New H; l. ven and Ex-CongreJsman Thomas d. Reilly of Meriden. Both speakers to o- of the great work of the organizatio SC and urger greater undertakings duriI k- the coming months. James Tevlin, 1e New York, past state president, W; e chairman of the meet ng and introduce e the speakers. During the afternoon the O. were vocal selections by Miss Irene Cai S. Miss Sadie Driscoll and Nicholas Spe a.
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