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Show HARDING RAPS MARION. ... OcV i. r.ax enforce- merit of prohibition was condemned "without qualification" today by Senator Sen-ator Harding Mi a front porch speech outlining the policy of organised fed-I fed-I eral effort for the promotion of social : Justice and welfare-. ' Addressing a gathering of wo'mi n 'the Republican nominee proposed es tabiishment of a "department of pub lie welfare" in the national govern I ment and added In his opinion law I enforcement was one of the important requisites of social progress. I "The enforcement of the law s an executive responsibility," he continued, contin-ued, "and must be undertaken by the executive without regard for hi l" 1 -sonal approval or disapproval of the law which it has been the people's will in enact. We Must all condemn without qualification the failure of the enforcement of prohibition, Just as we must all condemn the failure Of established authority to prevent outrages out-rages of violence, such as lynching" U ELFARE I I l ik I s R Upj D In another part of the senator's speech he warned against assumption of too much authority by the federal government in welfare efforts and In othei activities. Stretching his conception of the new-federal new-federal department, he said it might I well be formed In part by combing the various governmental bureau now I dealing with the various aspects of social welfare. He suggested that I women should have an Important part i In the work of 'the department and j mentioned mate rnity care, c hild wel-I wel-I fare, public health, humane labor I regulations and stability of employ- i mnt as questions Involved in BOClal betterroetit. CONPID1 n I I N WOMEN. He iilso voiced his confidence that AiiMi-uiin woman would stand vviili j Eli publican parly against the Ver-league Ver-league nf nations, but said 'he ; vruuid refuse to make any emotional m- merltrlclous appeal io the hearts of the women of America." "The protection or the motherhood oC America cannot be accomplished until the state and nation h.n - acted and, by then- exotmple. haVe enforced en-forced customs which protect womanhood woman-hood itself," hi -..ilil "Twelve million women In the I nlted Btates, -IO per cent of them between l ." and JO year., of age, are eVgagi ' i' Paid occUntlpffs or pro-Cteslon8. pro-Cteslon8. Sneh all arnr f potential I maternity demands from America careful and adeqaute protection in the conditions which hi round llieii-labors. llieii-labors. ' There Is a gl'OWlhg and probably vv.r sentiment in America in favor i .if un eight-flour day everywhere for wo men. Justlcij : ni nferioan tltanjf-ards tltanjf-ards demand that women who arc employed, should be paid a living wage. "I am hearing constantly voices raised in behalf of the women In industry. in-dustry. I desire to raise now in behalf be-half of the women on the farms r the United States, who in the lubor shortage of this year have gj9oe Into the fields There mUSl be Jal.or, HOT- mal labor, available to farm as well aa factory. "The program to prevent abuses of child labor already greatly advanced bv Republican efforts, represents the progress of legislation toward wise prevention. whi h will reoeive the sanction of constitutional law. ' Next to maternity and childhood, 1 believ. i hat our attention must he centered upon our national h i,lth We must attack, first, a low standard of health OJDlOOg children; set ondly, the invasion of disease which attend a low standard of morals; and thirdly, the Invasion of epidemics and the ItCg" loot of the ChrOnlC diseases of maturity. ma-turity. "We an often presented with conditions con-ditions wlilch resuil In Industrial controversy, con-troversy, but whi h may not be charged tb either side. I speak specifically spe-cifically of two examples; the first involves in-volves the unrest, the discontent which arises from Unsteady employment. I am enough Of an optimist to believe that government can assist in the abo-lition abo-lition of this ino.t unfortunate condition. con-dition. "1 am even enough of an optimist to believe that the government can take a large part in a second, and pi i-baps. i-baps. even more important campaign. I believe thai many oi our workers are engaged In tasRi winch have been o specialized that the men and Women Wo-men themeelvei have become almost pieces of mouhanism In such a condition, con-dition, men and women an drained dry of the impulse to en ale " |