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on the tariff delivered in Kentucky
will be compelled to come to the con-
clusion that that circular Is put out
by the Republican party. using the en-
ployer as its agent only for the pur-
pose Of fooling him.
Threaten Employees.
hold in my hand another circular,
signed with the name of a concern
soliciting support for Mr. Hoover and
threatening disaster to the employees OF
the company in the event of my elec-
ton. It makes predictions which, on
the face of the record. could never
come to pass It is dishonest, and the
merchants or business men response
BILE for promulgating it are not what
could be said, in the strictest sense of
the word, to be good citizens of this
country. Our American system of gov
ernment is not what we suppose it to
be if men can ride into public office
under false pretenses and in the light
Of false statements.
In a democracy, above all other
things, the truth must prevail. To my
way of thinking, the time is we'll past
in this country when you can coerce
and intimidate the American working
man. The sin of it all is that this
coercion and intimidation comes from
party that in the last seven years.
under the guise of being the friend of
the rank and file of the American
people, has been engaged in promoting
the welfare and the interests of special
privilege, even to the point of alienat-
ing the oil reserves of the country
destined to protect the home of the
workingman by maintaining a great
arm of the national defense in time of
trouble.
just before election Mr.. Hoover and
the Republican party behind him pro-
feSS q great interest in the welfare of
labor. Let us see how far they eXerted
| themselves in the interest of labor when
they were in a position to do something
to help the workers in the coal mines.
Mr.. Hoover himself was member of
a commission appointed to investigate
the coal problem. That commission
brought in a series of recommendations
The Republican administration did
nothing about them. Several Of them
were afterWard introduced by Demo-
cratic Senators. And they all went
down to defeat. The sum total of the
whole operation was that Mr.. Hoover
himself attempted to deal with this
problem--we have report of a COM
mission of which he was leading men,
ber-but nothing was ever done about
it, and, according to the candidate S
speech of acceptance. the coal industry
today Is in class with the textile and
the agricultural industries-it is stag
nant, and we have a condition of acute
unemployment and distress in the coal
regions.
Let me read to YOU a part of the
plank devoted to labor in the Repub-
lican platform of this year:
I'VE believe that injunctionS in labor
disputes have in some instances been
abused and have given rise to a serious
question for legislation"
Try to Fool Workers.
This, to my way of thinking, Is a
glaring example of attempting to fool
the workingman. This sentence ap-
of Labor" and is followed by the
words: 1.-THE Republican party pledges
itself to continue its efforts to maintain
this present standard of living and
high wage scale"
I cannot escape the conclusion that
the matter about injunctions was put
into the platform without study of
what it really meant or where it really
belonged. Somebody must have said,
1--WE have to say something about in
functions. Let us slip in a few words
about it, No pledge is made to pass
the legislation. It is matter of
record that the Republican party has
had eight years in which to cure the
abuses by legislation and not only did
| they not cure them, but Republican
Attorney General was one of the worst
offenders in this regard and was guilty
of as gross an abuse as can be found
when he himSelf-the attorney of all
the people of the United StateS-ap-
piled for and secured from the court
certain injunctions which merited and
received widespread condemnation.
If the Democratic party is intruSted
with power under my leadership, you
have my assurance that a definite rem
edy by law will be brought forth to end
the existing evils and preserve the con-
Stitutional guarantees of individual lib
erty free assemblage and speech and
the rights of peaceful persuasion.
When we speak about workingmen,
let us not forget workingwomen. An
interesting Sidelight on the campaign
is the attitude of what is known as the
National Woman'S Party, an organiza-
tion of women seeking an amendment
to the Federal Constitution that would
prevent the States from enacting laws
for the protection of women in industry
The effect of this amendment to the
Constitution would be to make it i'm
possible for any State to enact laws
for the protection of the health and
welfare of women in industry not
equally applicable to men. Under my
leadership the State of New York pro-
vided 48-hour week for women. II
prohibited night work of women in in
duStrial establishments. 1t prohibited
the employment Of women in danger
Gus occupations.
It required rest rooms in factories
and mercantile buildings, and many
contributions by law to the health and
comfort of women in industry. All OF
this progressive and forward-looking
legislation applicable to women would
be endangered If we attempted to tam
per with the Federal Constitution along
the lines desired by the National Wom-
ans Party.
Fav0rs WOmen's Rights.
When one of the representatives OF
this organization questioned me over a
year ago about my attitude to this pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
told her in unmistakable language that
I was unalterably opposed to it. ]
frankly told her that before I would
subscribe to any theory of this kind
would see the corner stone of the Capt.
tol at Albany crumble into dust be-
meath my feet.
have always In my own State IA
vored legislation that would remove all
unjust discrimination against women
so far as property rights or privileges
are concerned, and amended the civil
service rules so as to give them absolute
equality in examinations for public
office.
So far as the Nation Is concerned, ]
favor the equality of women with men
in all political governmental matters
and favor an equal wage for equal
service, whether rendered by a man
or a woman.
The Republican candidate Is non
committal on the amendment proposed