The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-29
WOMEN WIN PLANKS
in ALBANY PLATFORM
Get Place on State Committee
and Inquiry on Domi-
Gle Laws.
PLAN MILLER CAMPAIGN
Miss Boswell Jubilant Over
Success in Obtaining
Main Requests.
PLAN MILLER CAMPAIGN
Special Dispatch TO THE NEW York HEnALp.
New York Hernid Bureau.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HEnnp.
New York HernId Bureau.
Albany. sept. 2S.
The Republican women OF the State
will be the most enthusiastic cam
paigners for Gov, Miller The conven-
ton that nominated him was hardly
ended when they began talking plans
for preaching Miller from one end OF
the State to the other. While many
womcn's civic organizations were rep
resented among the delegations at
tending the convention the prevailing
spirit was that they were Republicans
first. They were in accord with the
belief OF Gov Miller as expressed at a
meeting here last year before the
Women Voters League that women
should be members Of one or the other
OF the great political parties and
should not act as unit against the
men.
The reasons for satisfaction are
obvious. The two really new planks
in the platform were inserted at the
behest of women. One calls for an
impartial investigation of the laws
concerning womens rights to domi-
ellie, TO property and guardianship OF
children in order that II inequalities
are found to exist which work injus-
tice to women remedial legislation
based on exact knowledge may be en-
acted"
The second makes II possible for
women to serve on State party commit
tees. In effect II would extend the
Livermore Jaw Of the last Legislature.
which provided for two members from
each election district on county COM
mittees to State committees. The inten-
ton was to have one a man and one
woman. This plank also calls for a
change In the unit Of representation Nv
the State committees tc make the plan
practical
Adopt New Unit.
The unit OF representation on the Re-
publican State Committee now Is the
Assembly district There are 10 AS
sembly districts In the state. and IL
man and a woman we're to represent
each Il would Increase the committee
to 300 members. which is believed to be
unwieldy IL Is supposed to make the
Senatorial district the unit OF repre-
sentation. As there are only fifty-one
Senate districts. the committee. with
man and woman from each. would num-
Der 102
The women led the applause when
Nathaniel A. Elsberg. who placed tho
Governors name IN nomination. de-
clared that after hearing for years
loud nothlngs about social welfare"
II remained for Nathan L. Miller 10
take the most far reaching constructive
step forward In social betterment.
Many OF the women delegates ex-
~ essed the belief that any attempt to
remove inequalities between men and
women under the law might involve a
serious problem. That Is the reason
vestigation OF the subject in tho plat
form instead of blanket removal OF
all provisions In the law that might be
looked upon ~ Inequalities
Mrs. snbin,s stand.
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin. one Of the
delegates from New York said that Re-
publican women had been working on
this subject for months She and many
Of the other delegates took the position
that nothing should be done to interfere
with the present status OF the home. Oua
OF the inequalities complained Of by
the National Woman's Party which
placed the question before the platform
committee. was that the domiciie Of a
woman must be that OF her husband
II was pointed out by some Of the
women that economic difficulties Sc
r!ously affecting the family might be
encountered IL there was not some tie
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