Evening journal., 1921-02-19
WOMEN'S PARTY
ON ROW EDGE
Crystal Eastman Leads Rad
icals in Demand for More
Sex Freedom
CONSERVATIVES VOTE
DOWN OPPOSITION

WASHINGTON. FEB. i9-Afier vot- /
ing for reorganization, the National
Woman's Party has been threatened
with a split within the ranks OF IT,
new organization by a battle that de-
veloped In the convention yesterday
afternoon between the advanced ele-
ment and the more conservative
group as TO how radical feminislic
program il Will dare to undertake at
this time.
The proposed feminist program
which brought on the debate, in
which women stood on the chairs 10
cry out fCT IL or against Il, and in
which Miss crystal Eastman. leading
the advanced group. said that the
young women would leave the or
ganization II the program was not
adopted, follows:
Having achieved political liberty
for women, this organization pledges
itself 10 make an end TO the sublec-
ton OF women in all its remaining
I forms. Among our tasks we en-
phssize these:
e. To remove an barriers OF law
or customs or regulation which pre-
vent women from holding public Of
| nce-the highest as we'll as the low
est-from entering into and succeed
/ ing IN any profession, business, from
practicing any trade or joining the
union OF that trade.
-. So 10 remake the marriage
laws and so tc modify public opin-
ion that the position OF the woman
| whose chosen work is home-making
and embarrassing shall no longer be
that OF a dependent entitled TO her
board and keep in return for her
| services. but that Of full partner
3. To rid the country 4 all laws
which deny women access to scien-
tinc information concerning the limi-
tatiOn Of families.
"S. To rewrite the laws OF divorce
Of inheritance, OF the guardianship OF
children, and the laws for the regn-
lation Of sexual moral ~ and ven
ereal disease, on a basis Of equality
equal rights. equal responsibilities
equal standards"
The conservative element won ths
nsht. and the convention finally
adopted for its feminist policy th'
following. That the immediate worl
OF the new organization shall be th'
removal OF an legal disabilities o
women" This general statement o.
the future policy. according tp Wosl
, fnaInaana Nhn
! gram OF Miss Eastman and the younl
[ group she led. but the bobbed-haire'
j girls who wanted their specific deflni
tion - feminism adopted shoute
back 10 the conservatives that thei
.' general statement was "pussyfootin.
timid and so respectable that an
+ group OF ex-suffs from California .
Maine wcnld be afraid of It. and tht
= such was not the way Of the Woman
: Party Of the past
While the debate was az its heigh
: Mss Mary Winsor. OF Pennsylvani'
q climbed 10 her chair and asked th
= convention n they knew that in !
states w,mcn do not even own thei
! own children, according TO the lav
Even the animals know bette
than that" she said. "and th
y Woman's Party must 1zht for femin
Il ism until We have a civilization a
J, least as good as that of the jungle.
u Miss Eastman. who Is the sister q
!, Max Eastman and associate editcT q
:, The Liberator. supporting her nrC
y gram. said: "The majority report
u pussying and iimid II is so old-fasf
] 81 Nh AZ on
= OF cx-sufs from Ma ne TO Califfrnl
y who put responsibility before an,
" thing else will be willing 10 take
up. The Woman's Party has nev'
been that Kind Of an organization.
y has always been in the vanguard. an
20 LET us stay in the vanguard now an
.e come out and say what we meal
i We mean to work % dignity the p'
sition OF women. particularly u
status OF married women. Now
woman can't buy a hat without asl
ing her husband for the money. sh
can't have her children when sh
Il wants and as many as she wants
n II there were any married wome
Z. present who resented the status Mi'
: Eastman gave them they kept quiz
and Il was noticeable that just aft
n Miss Easiman's speech IN marriaf
y. sentiment turned toward her progra
j. temporarily.
l. The nght over an advanced femiI
a isthc program pushed from the boar'
It fhis afternoon the question as
l. whether the Organization shon
y adopt worh sarmament as pa
y ~ IFS program. Tho question w
/ fought throughout the morning Sc
/ son and was not decided but it
considered unlikely that IT VIII
E. brought up for reconsideration