Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-24
Ware Offers Sop
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Of Pennsylvania, and ! will then isS,e
a statement directing attention to the
lack Of recognition accorded tine women
0f our party.
Il. too. have written letters to the
state lenders, including w. Harry
Baker. and have received no rerly.
I'VE have had no voice in any con
ferences. There must be showdown
for the women are sick and tired of
this neglect. They say. Walt till the
time comes But it doesn't seem Ia
me that the time will ever come IL Il Is
left to the men,"
Mrs. Warburton's Letter
leaders follows:
s'Are women to be governed by the
same rules which have held In the State
committee for so many years, or are
they not! II they are, the vice chairman n
must have the same official status among
the women as the chairman has among
the men. Nominally she has this
status, but the control Of the Republican
women's vote in the State can only he
attained through the knowledge that the
vice chairman actually participates in
oil councils arranged to consider State
political affairs. and that no slate Is
her share of responsibility.
Lack Of Interest Manifest
''At the last primary election. can
didates were slated in various counties
of the State without prior consultation
with accredited women members of the
state Committee, and as a result the
lack OF interest on the part of the women
was very signiiicant. In view Of the COM
ing State elections.
THE vice chairman OF the State
Committee should be the liaison officer
between the men and the women of the
Republican organization. 1t should be
her obligation to bring into line the
members Of organized groups of women
active In political affairs, though not az
hlipf With any party, Us for instance
IT, league Of Women Voters and the
w. Z. L. U., women who have decided
views and who were originally banded
together In the cause or suffrage. The
underlying principle in the minds Of
these women is that they, being entitled
70 the same privileges as are men, there
fore are to be considered.
Many of the women III the State are
Republicans from environment-from
through the political his
tory Of their families, but that does nor
mean by any reasoning that thev will
be organized Republicans under presen,
Most of the women Of the State,
however. are still untutored In politics
and it remains for the Republican Party
to gain their confidence. UninstructeI.
the Republican women will vote inde'
pendently, and lack of organizatio,
would be a menace to the party and nm
opposition which surely should be reck.
oned with.
II feel that with the assurance NJ
voice in the making of State policies
and the naming of candidates throupL |
their representatives and the fact mad"
known to the Republican leaders tbe
Republican women of the State would
feel loyal obligation to the Republican
Party. Otherwise they will drirt tn |
the party which will recognize tban, aS
a factor. thereby endangering the nlti.
mate success of the Republican PARTY
ticket. ''
After earnest and careful study of
he situation In Pennsylvania. 6nL
i as stated in this communication. and
II upon consideration you do nor NV
prove and carry out In reality supeos.
lions along these lines, no vice cba;sSa,
,an be he'd in any way responsible for
The Republican women's vote i'm tbe
State. 1t is no longer possible to io,ore
The women Of Pennsylvania in poiitics
Is 1t not better to have them In svm.
pathy with the Republican Party and
& methods than antaponiat;o - - ~ ~