The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-14

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and that for him
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ting vampod by
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party In behavior which must cause
them grave concern.
The serious political point Of the
business il that the National Wom-
ans party is supporting a pro-
posed Constitutional amendment
which would forbid Congress to
place any legal disabilities upon
women. It is claimed by working
women and by their representatives
in such bodies as the Womans
Trade Union League that this
amendment would prevent Congress
and would also prevent the state
legislatures from passing laws CIV
ing special protection to women IN
industry. Meanwhile the women
workers of the Republican national
executive committee have been max
tng special efforts to get the votes
of working-women for the Repub'
lean party.
Thus the situation produces the
following lineup:
The women members of the Re-
publican National Executive Com.
mittee are soliciting the votes OF
working women. The working wom-
on, az they showed in the recent
convention of the Women's Trade
Union League in Washington. are
opposing the new proposed Consu-
tutional amendment Of the National
women's Party and are therefore
opposing the National Women's
Party. At that moment the Presi-
dent consents to attend the opening
of the building of the National Wom-
ans Party-an occasion which Will
be the opening also Of the full agita-
ton for the National Womans
Party Constitutional amendment
and ID seen in the act Of seeming
to give his blessing to that opening.
observinr Mrs. Medil Mccormick
In a gallery Of the Senate listening
,studiously to the learned colloquies
between Senator Borah and Senator
Lenroot on the meaning Of the word
communicate" In the four-power
treaty, I sought an interview from
her regarding the National Woman's
Party from the standpoint OF her
membership in the Republican Ma
tional Executive Committee. l dis
covered that there was no difficulty
in getting this interview.
Mrs. Mccormick instantly ana
with great rapidity said: This
methods of the National Wo.ncn's
Party and the individuals IN il are
equally distasteful to me and while
] am not speaking officially / can
tell you that / personally am alb
solutely sure that SO per cent Of the
organized Republican women OF this
country have the same view OF TIE
methods Of the National WoInaR's
Party and OF the individuals In it
that have"
This Is sufficiently plain. As
politician, Mrs. Mccormick seems 20
be inst about az plain-spoken as Der
father, Mark Hanna, used to be: and
since she ia admittedly second to no
woman in this country today IS 4
political organizer and as political
Influence 1t may be safely con.
eluded that the opening of the
building Of the National Woman's
Party in Washington will be a con-
siderable event from many different
standpoints.
Passing from American to inter-
national politics, there is nothing
sadder than the present position OF
the British in Washington. They
in reality get attacked with equal
vigor by both the advocates and
the opponents Of the treaty now
before the Senate. In fact, 1t might
really be said that the most in
sultingly antiBritish persons in
Washington this moment are in
certain way Mr.. Hughes and Mr..
Lodge and Mr.. Underwood.
The, Anglo-Japanese Alliance is
much more Of a danger to the Brit
ish Empire than 1t is to the United
States. In a war between the United
States and Japan 1t would be in
evitable that the Canadians and the
Australians and the New Zealanders
would sympathize with the United
States and. II necessary. would fight
on the side Of the United States.
Then II Britain itself sided with
Janon The Prffiah Eynpire Vould ha