Show toting doting Is patriotic Patriot if 9 leader says ballots help nation natios more than knitting needles women advised I 1 CHICAGO the american wom ans right to vote gained two years after the close of world war 1 I now for the first time provides her with an opportunity to be more than a back seat driver during a period of national peril mrs melville mucklestone president of the national consumers tax commission declares in a message to the 2500 units of her organization in 43 states the former national president of the american legion auxiliary said that if we women seize our opportunity we shall find the ballot a far more effective tool to use in patriotic service th anthe knitting needle ever was A crying need in the U S is thoroughgoing improvement of state and local governments mrs mucklestone said by cutting costs and lowering local taxes such improvements would make it far easier for the taxpayer to bear the national defense burden declaring that this is an important job which the men in the main have left undone she urged organized women to adopt a 10 point program for civic betterment and then to put the program through this this is possible she said because since since the adoption of the nineteenth amendment on august 26 1920 women have had the franchise franchis e the 10 points proposed are as follows for municipalities and counties 1 adoption of a budget plan 2 preparation of an understandable annual report 3 reduction of debt 4 adoption of centralized purchasing 5 adoption of the merit system 6 preparation and adoption of a long term plan for counties 7 centralization of authority 8 consolidation soli dation of small counties for states 9 elimination of state trade tax barriers 10 reorganization of state administrative machinery |