Document 23: Senator Joan Gubbins, Ann Patterson, Frances Weidman, Senator Georgia Peterson, Carmie Richeson, Ruth Waite, Laurentia Allen, Kay Regan, Betty Hanicke, Vivian Adams, Representative Norma Russell, Eddie Myrtle Moore, Betty Babcock, Beverly Adams, "‘…To Establish Justice…’: Minority Report," in National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, The Spirit of Houston: The First National Women's Conference (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978), pp. 265-72.
Introduction
While the majority of conference attendees and delegates were pro-change and supported the National Plan of Action agreed to by conference delegates, a minority of conservative, anti-change voices are represented in the following document. This document was published in the official conference report, The Spirit of Houston, and presents the minority view on each plank in the National Plan of Action. The signatories of this report were all elected delegates to the NWC and included three woman elected to State governments, Joan Gubbins (Indiana), Senator Georgia Peterson (Utah), and Representative Norma Russell (South Carolina). Joan Gubbins provided leadership for anti-plan delegates at the NWC.[67]
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"…TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE…"
(Minority Report)
We declare this to be the official Minority Report of the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas on November 18-21, 1977.
We take this opportunity to speak for the majority of women, the homemakers and professional women of the United States who, by design of the International Women's Year national and State committees, are represented in Houston at the National Women's Conference by a minority of the delegates.
We represent women from all States and Territories, of varying races and ethnic backgrounds, lifestyles and circumstances, thus portraying a true cross-section of America.
We have met in concert because of the attempt by the National IWY Commission and the various State coordinating committees to stifle ideas and actions which are not aligned with the directives issued by the National IWY Commission.
From its inception this federally funded conference has deliberately excluded or given only token representation to the views of the traditional, family-oriented woman who has been virtually unrepresented on the National IWY Commission and the various State coordinating committees, as well as being totally omitted from the American delegation to the international meeting in Mexico City in 1975.
While claiming to represent all women, only about one-tenth of 1 percent of American women participated in the State conferences. While spending $5 million of the taxpayers' money, the planners of the IWY systematically eliminated any meaningful input from the viewpoint of the majority of Americans.
In spite of the aforementioned actions, women of common concerns have come together to develop this Call for Action, based upon logical, progressive, Judaco-Christian principles which are in keeping with the principles upon which the United States of America was founded.
A Call for Action in this Nation from its women should include:
A limit on taxation and nonessential Government spending, which is contributing to the most discriminatory condition to all persons and especially to the housewife and elderly inflation;
A return to the primary function of the Federal Government: proper defense measures to assure peace for our children;
A return to the local level of government, which is most responsive to the needs of the people, the responsibility to care for the needy and to educate the children;
A call for legislation which is truly supportive of the family structure by insuring parents their full rights of caring for their children;
A righteous indignation and demand for cessation of child abuse, including the heinous and ever-increasing use of children for degenerate pornographic materials;
A rejection of the unisex "equality" that the so-called Equal Rights Amendment would bring about if ratified;
A demand that the sanctity of innocent life be safeguarded from conception to natural death.
Our American women should also call this Nation to its knees in repentance for its licentiousness committed in the name of freedom.
Finally, we believe that justice is the better portion of equality.
Therefore, "… to establish justice … and to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity …", we offer this Call for Action to the President, the Congress, and the people of these United States of America.
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
We find no evidence of invidious discrimination against women artists, actresses, musicians, or singers. Obviously, a painting or sculpture is gender free in its worth and as beheld by the viewer; a play which calls for a male lead cannot be portrayed by a woman any more than a man can sing a soprano lead in an opera. Artists in totalitarian countries are guaranteed "equality" in their treatment but are also under strict Government control, which clearly obstructs and prevents freedom of expression by these artists in their given fields.
We recommend that lax-supported libraries present an equal and balanced supply of books, films, and materials relating to studies of women which portray in a positive manner the traditional roles of wife, mother, and homemaker, instead of the predominance of material of the feminist viewpoint now found in the majority of libraries.
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BATTERED WOMEN
We recognize the serious problem of the battered spouse and its detrimental effect upon the home. We recommend that local and State governments disseminate public information on the subject; further, that helpful programs and counseling be carried out locally which will allow the spouse and children to remain in their home with adequate protection from physical or mental abuse.
BUSINESS
The free enterprise system which has brought this Nation to economic prosperity can only function in a marketplace free of governmental controls and regulations. We feel it is time for women to stop seeking Federal solutions to personal problems.
CHILD ABUSE
We recommend adequate State and community funding be provided for protective services and specific training programs in prevention of neglect and abuse of children. We encourage the establishment of volunteer programs to assist appropriate agencies dealing with child abuse. Since we feel that a major cause of child abuse is the breakdown of the family, we call for local programs which would strengthen the family and home. We also recommend the establishment of a local family court system to promote family integrity. We encourage prompt adjudication in handling child abuse cases.
We recommend the establishment of effective central registries with the local divisions of family services to coordinate child and parental treatment among hospitals, doctors, and other concerned parties and agencies. A public awareness program should be conducted. Educational programs for parents and counseling treatment for child abusers should be made available. Punishment for those who inflict injury or cause death to a child should be administered promptly.
We abhor the increased use of children in pornographic materials. We strongly urge that strict Federal, State, and local laws be enacted which control the distribution of these pornographic materials. We urge prompt action and strong punishment for those convicted of offenses. We recognize that pornography is damaging not only to children and youth but to men and women as well.
CHILD CARE
Because federally controlled early childhood development programs empower the Government to choose the ideology by which young lives are molded, we oppose any move towards a Federal network of developmental day care centers. Child care should be the responsibility of the family first. Help should be given by local communities, churches, and businesses in developing better child care for those who find it necessary to avail themselves of such services. We favor State action to promote child care centers in the private sector with adequate protection for the safety and welfare of the child. Provision should be made for trained personnel. Where necessary, additional facilities for child care should be provided under the division of family services or through available local resources. We support aid in meeting child care costs, where necessary, made available through a division of family services when other assistance is unavailable.
CREDIT
We acknowledge the existence of adequate existing Federal laws governing credit opportunities for women and support enforcement by appropriate agencies of such laws.
We commend private lending institutions for seeking to inform women of their credit rights under the law. We discourage tax monies being spent to duplicate efforts in this area.
DISABLED
We recognize the special problems of the handicapped in their efforts to participate in the mainstream of American life. We applaud efforts within both the public and private sectors to provide full opportunity to the handicapped. We encourage service organizations, churches, and civic groups to increase their services for handicapped Americans.
EDUCATION
We fully support the ideal of equal educational opportunities for women but deplore any educational quotas, as they must, by their very existence, cause reverse discrimination. We
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We believe that private institutions who receive no public funding should not be harassed by Government intervention and shall have the right to set their own admission and conduct standards.
We regret the ridiculous interpretation of "equal educational opportunity" which has resulted in sexually integrated physical education classes and teams in the public elementary and secondary schools. This has caused undue embarrassment and has even prevented, in many instances, full participation.
While we support the ideal of presenting to students all their occupational options we deplore the militant women liberationists' demands that an unrealistic picture of womanhood be painted by textbooks and curriculum through an elimination and downgrading of the role of homemaker. We recommend that young women be encouraged to train in the career of their choice, and that if they choose the career of wife and mother, they understand the value of that career to the strength of the Nation.
We recommend that school teachers, counselors, administrators, and school psychologists research studies which prove that sexually differentiated behavior is firmly rooted in the biological phenomenon of hormonal action on the fetal brain so they can understand the ultimate damage to the student that can result from unisex conformity and/or role reversal. (Dr. Rhoda L. Lorand of New York, clinical psychotherapist.)
We recommend the elimination of all Federal funding for a movement which claims that observable behavioral differences between sexes are the result of stereotyping and oppression.
We recommend that school materials portray male and female roles in a positive, realistic manner in order to encourage pride and dignity in the uniqueness and distinctiveness of males and females.
We recommend that appropriate courses about family life or sex education should be offered in elementary or secondary schools on an elective basis only. All films, books, and materials should be available for parental inspection prior to enrollment of a child in the course. We further recommend that the schools be prohibited from providing abortion referral services.
We would remind that education should be designed to attain the greatest intellectual development possible for such a child, emphasizing basic reading, computation, and communication skills, as well as a thorough understanding and respect for our republican form of government and the free enterprise economic system, which have resulted in the greatest freedom and highest standard of living in the world. We further desire that all public education encourage the following characteristics: honesty; acceptance of responsibility; respect for the individuality of others; respect for parents and those properly in authority; and the importance of the work ethnic in achieving personal goals.
ELECTIVE AND APPOINTIVE OFFICE
We regret the false concept that there are "women's issues" which will be adequately understood and represented only by women. We believe that persons best qualified to represent the views of their constituents should hold public office, regardless of sex, race, creed, color, or national origin. Although we believe that political parties should encourage qualified women, as well as qualified men, to run for office, we reject the concept that women need preferential treatment in elective or appointive office. We recommend that qualifications for elective and appointive positions should be the consideration rather than the sex of the individual.
EMPLOYMENT
We support equal job opportunities, equal pay for equal work, and equal opportunity for advancement for qualified women. We do not support any type of quota system, as it discriminates against the more qualified in some instances and thus ultimately hurts the consumer.
We recognize that many existing laws and regulations give equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons, such as:
Equal Pay Act of 1963; Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1974; Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375, Title 9 of the Education Amendments of 1972; Title 7 of the Public Service Act, as amended; Title 8 of the Public Service Act: Title 8 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended; Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974; Revenue Sharing (State and Local Assistance Act); and the 14th amendment (Equal Protection clause).
We believe that these laws should be fairly administered and enforced.
We believe that the majority of women who work outside their homes consider their families as their primary careers and are working because inflation has forced them into the labor market in order to keep pace with the wage-price spiral.
We therefore urge the Federal Government to cease its inflationary deficit spending, to substantially lower the debt-ceiling limit, and to lower taxes, thus giving American families more spendable income.
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EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
We are unalterably opposed to any extension of the ratification period for ERA. If the amendment cannot be ratified within seven years, it obviously has no significant or worthwhile merit.
While we wholeheartedly favor equal pay, equal educational opportunities, and job opportunities for women, we cannot support this dangerous constitutional amendment.
It will do nothing to solve any of woman's real problems, such as inflation, rape, battering, pornography, etc. Instead, constitutional scholars and attorneys have warned us repeatedly that ERA can:
Remove the legal requirement that husbands support wives (Professor Paul Freund, Harvard);
Require the legalization of homosexual marriages and allow these couples to adopt children (Senator Same Ervin);
Constitutionally mandate the "right" to kill unborn babies (Professor Charles Rice, Notre Dame);
Require the elimination of "separate but equal" team sports in public schools (Senator Sam Ervin);
Subject women to compulsory military service and combat duty on a par with men (J. Fred Buzhardt, General Counsel for the Department of Defense);
Remove from States the right to legislate in any of the affected areas, a precedent already established by the Katzenbach v. Morgan Supreme Court decision;
Be ultimately interpreted and judicially enforced by the U.S. Supreme Court (professor Paul Freund, Harvard);
Remove from women engaged in physical labor the many protections provided by legislation and contracts (Justice Felix Frankfurter);
Forbid any religious body which has a tax-exempt status from refusing certain roles within their body to women or homosexuals (Representative Larry Vick, Texas);
and many other harmful effects.
Consequently, many individuals and organizations have gone on record against this amendment, including the Southern Baptist Convention, the National Council of Catholic Women, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, the Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), Farm Bureau (many States), Texas P.T.A., Federation of Women's Clubs (many States), Mormon Church, Church of Christ (many congregations), Right to be a Woman, Inc., Happiness of Womanhood, Family Preservation League, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, National Women's Christian Temperance Union, Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the Confederate Veterans, Rabbinical Society of America, Pro America, Women for Constitutional Government, American Conservative Union. Young Americans for Freedom, Eagle Forum, Women for Responsible Legislation, American Legislative Exchange Council, Women in Industry, Inc., and hundreds of State and local organizations.
HEALTH
We oppose a national (Government) health program because it would be unbearably expensive and would eliminate freedom of choice. Further, national health care, as demonstrated by Great Britain and other countries, is inferior in quality of patient care and conducive to fraud on the part of both doctors and patients.
We believe that since an increasing number of women are entering the health care field, more and more women will be participating in governmental and private health care planning and policymaking bodies, so we see no need for governmental interference in this process.
We recommend that minority and low income students be encouraged to apply for admission to medical schools and public health service and be aided with scholarships, if qualified; we further recommend that quota systems be abolished in all fields, particularly in medical schools and public health services, since the best medical care for all persons will result from producing medical personnel from the best qualified applicants, based upon ability and aptitude, not race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin.
We oppose legalization or decriminalization of marijuana or other narcotics and favor stiff, mandatory penalties for the drug pushers.
HOMEMAKERS
We recognize that the homemaker has the major role in nurturing the family and influencing future generations and we deplore the fact that some are downgrading the role of homemaker instead of emphasizing the importance and total fulfillment realized by successful homemakers. We therefore emphasize in all possible ways the joys and rewards of being a homemaker and the vital necessity to our society to preserve the family unit and protect the woman who is the core of that unit by retaining laws which hold a man responsible for the welfare of his wife and children.
We believe that a homemaker's contribution is equal in importance and value to the contribution of the spouse who works outside the home, and the laws of our States and Nation should reflect this principle.
We reject any plan which would require husbands to pay additional social security taxes on their homemaker wives.
We urge that the 20-year minimum marriage requirement for a woman to receive social
security under her husband's name be lowered to a more reasonable period. If divorce occurs prior to
the minimum time established
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We further recommend that women be encouraged to establish individual retirement funds rather than be wholly dependent upon social security; that in order to implement this, section 220 of the Internal Revenue Code be amended to allow nonworking spouses to contribute an amount to an IRA account equal to the amount contributed by the working spouse; further, that the contribution limits for participants in IRA accounts be raised.
We further urge that the integrity and stability of the social security system be assured by more fiscally responsible policies to eliminate inequities.
We deplore the "backlash" of the women's liberation movement which has resulted in the sometimes shameful treatment by the courts of women whose marriages have ended in divorce. We urge the courts to recognize that a man's ability to produce is related to his wife's efforts in the home and to return to the recognition of the wife's right to remain in the career of homemaker for her children even if her marriage is dissolved.
The concept of displaced homemakers is indeed one of concern. We urge churches, local governments, social services, and families to continue to develop programs which provide counseling, training, advice, and support for these women. We oppose expansion of the Federal bureaucracy as being inflationary and probably duplicative in this area.
We further urge that young women be encouraged to develop some marketable skills upon which they can depend later if needed, so that the cycle of the displaced homemaker can be broken in future generations.
INSURANCE
We recommend that the following improvements be made regarding insurance practices:
Coverage for medical expenses due to pregnancy under all comprehensive medical/hospital policies;
Newborn infants be eligible for coverage from birth;
Women with children born out of wedlock be as fully covered as others;
However, we do not recommend that using sex-based actuarial and mortality tables for insurance rate computations be ceased, as this will prove more costly to women.
We fully recognize the importance of the father to even the newborn child. But we reject the concept of mandatory paternity leave as unrealistic and inflationary.
We do not believe that elective abortions should be covered by group health insurance, nor by tax-funded insurance programs such as Medicaid.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Women and Foreign Policy
We recognize that IWY's stated purpose of encouraging active interest in foreign policymaking is to lead more women to urge Government compliance with the World Plan of Action (Department of State Bulletin, ‘The United Nations Conference of International Women's Year," page 242); and we further recognize that the World Plan of Action, adopted at Mexico City, June 1975, was not drafted by American women but rather by the United Nations Secretariat ("To Form a More Perfect Union," page 363), therefore is in no way representative of the thinking or wishes of the majority of American women.
We deplore that this World Plan of Action, among other untenable proposals, calls for the establishment of a New International Economic Order to create "uniform" and balanced development of the international community to "insure a more equitable distribution of income among all sectors of the population," a system which could exist only under a totalitarian world government.
We believe that most citizens of the United States of America would not sanction such a World Plan of Action if presented to them forthrightly.
We therefore reject plans for International Interdependence and call upon the Congress to adopt a policy that only those individuals, regardless of sex, who are committed to the continued existence of the United States of America as a free and independent Nation under its Constitution be appointed to positions in foreign policymaking.
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and International Women's Decade
For the above-listed reasons, we reject the idea of further funding for or participation in the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, or the U.S. International Women's Year Commission, or any conferences held in conjunction with them.
We specifically reject the World Plan of Action, including but not limited to the proposal to give up the American Canal in Panama.
Further, we deplore the deliberate and invidious discrimination against women who hold views contrary to the stated World Plan of Action and the National Plan of Action by virtually eliminating representation of their views during the planning and execution stages of the IWY Women's conferences, both at the national and State levels.
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Women in Development and International Education and Communication
We recommend that the women of the United States of America set an example to women of other nations by accepting our responsibilities as women in our chosen roles as wives and mothers, professional women and politicians, giving them an example to emulate rather than trying by and through the United Nations to impose our standards upon them.
Human Rights Treaties and International Conventions on Women
We recognize that treaties are the supreme law of the land for the United States of America and that all treaties should be very carefully evaluated by our U.S. Senate as to their possible effect upon our citizens. We strongly recommend that no treaties be ratified which might override the U.S. Bill of Rights, such as the Genocide Treaty.
We further recommend that no more United Nations treaties be ratified by the United States until and unless the U.N. shows more real concern for the millions of human beings living in totalitarian countries whose basic human rights are violated daily in countless ways through political, religious, and other oppression.
Peace and Disarmament
Believing that a strong defense posture is the only proven method of controlled aggression against the United States of America, we are firmly in opposition to plans for disarmament, reduction in necessary military spending, and brainwashing of school children to pacifist goals. As women concerned for our family's security and the security of yet unborn generations, we urge a return by the U.S. military to the undisputed position of number 1 in defense of our liberties against aggressors.
MEDIA
While we recognize the need for media coverage to fairly explore and present all options for women, we do not wish to see this done at the expense of the traditional, family-centered woman's lifestyle. We urge media in general and interviewers in particular to balance the predominantly feminist viewpoint shown today by fairly and frequently interviewing persons who hold traditional views.
We deplore secret and exclusive contracts designed to promote only one point of view, which have been reached between feminist organizations and some segments of the broadcast media.
We concur with the many authorities who are concerned about the effect of television violence and sexual explicitness upon youthful minds and actions. We urge parents to exercise their parental responsibilities in selecting the types of programs they allow their children to watch. However, recognizing that a parent is not at all times able to control television viewing by children, we further recommend the boycotting of sponsors of television shows which are sexually offensive or overly violent.
We urge the National Association of Broadcasters and its member stations to further restrict programming in the areas of sexually offensive and violent content.
We particularly deplore the pornographic portrayal of women in a demeaning and insulting manner. We urge strict community standards be set which will control the distribution of pornography.
We abhor the increased use of children in pornographic materials. We strongly urge that strict Federal, State, and local laws be enacted which control the distribution of these pornographic materials. We urge prompt action and strong punishment for those convicted of offenses. We recognize that pornography is damaging not only to children and youth, but to men and women as well.
MINORITY WOMEN
We recognize that women of all religious, ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds have been a vital force in the development of our Nation, our values, and our social structure. We reject the divisive techniques of those who would exploit our differences rather than build upon our common goals. We accept all Americans as first-class citizens and urge that all women continue in their involvement, whatever their concerns, in all areas that will improve our country's way of life.
We encourage the continuation of community services which aid minority groups in education, job skills training, etc. We recommend that minority groups have fair representation on the decisionmaking boards for these services, thus enhancing rather than destroying individual cultures.
OFFENDERS
We support reform of practices, where needed, dealing with legal counsel and referral services, improved health services for women in institutions, and protection of women prisoners from sexual abuse by other inmates and correctional personnel.
We urge that corrections boards provide improved educational and vocational training in a variety of skills for offenders. Programs should be included which develop within an an offender a higher self-esteem. We urge that law enforcement agencies, courts, and correctional programs give special attention to the needs of children with mothers who are under arrest, on trial, or in prison.
We reject the concept of sexually integrated prison facilities for obvious and proveable reasons of sexual abuse. (Report on Sexual Activity at Massachusetts Correctional Institution,
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OLDER WOMEN
We urge State and local governments, public and private women's organizations, and social welfare groups to support efforts to provide social and health services that will enable elderly women to live with dignity and security.
We recommend that there be wide publicity on the positive roles of women over 50 with continuing education for women in their late middle years as well as for the elderly. Innovative curricula should include "preparation for retirement" and practical law and finances.
We further recommend that mandatory retirement should be phased out.
RAPE
We recommend that State and local governments revise their criminal codes dealing with rape and related offenses to provide for graduated degrees of the crime with graduated penalties depending on the amount of force or coercion occurring; to specify that the past sexual conduct of the victim can be introduced into evidence only after having been adjudicated relevant out of the presence of the jury and the public; to enlarge beyond traditional common law concepts the circumstances under which the act will be considered to have occurred without the victim's consent; and to require no more corroborative evidence than is required in the prosecution of any other type of violent assault.
We support the concept of the Rape Crisis centers being established by local governments and service organizations for the support of rape victims, with the confidentiality of their records being assured. Bilingual and bicultural information sources should be made available where necessary.
We reject the concept of spouses as victims of rape, unless actually living apart but not yet legally divorced.
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
We believe that no woman today should become pregnant against her wishes. However, with today's modern methods of contraception (even after rape), no woman should become pregnant unless she chooses to do so.
We realize that while a pregnancy may be unwanted, the child of that pregnancy is very much wanted by adoptive parents.
We believe that each human being from conception throughout the natural continuum of life has value and dignity before the law, and that the taking of innocent life is an anathema to our society.
We recommend that the Congress enact and the States ratify a mandatory human life amendment to the Constitution to protect all innocent persons, born and pre-born from conception.
We further recommend that no Federal or State tax money be used for abortion.
We support the right of all individuals and health care institutions to the protection of a "conscience clause" which would insure their right to refuse to perform or participate in abortions. We further recommend that no institution, private or public, be forced to offer abortion services against the wishes of its staff or trustees as a condition for receiving tax dollars.
We oppose allowing a minor girl to obtain an abortion without her parents' knowledge or consent. We further oppose a wife obtaining an abortion without the husband's knowledge and consent.
We strongly urge that all individuals and agencies undertaking to counsel women on abortion must provide a detailed description of the stages of fetal development and the abortion technique to include the inherent medical risks and the potential for psychological damage.
We recommend that appropriate courses about family life or sex education should be offered in elementary or secondary schools on an elective basis only. All films, books, and materials should be available for parental inspection prior to enrollment of a child in the course. We further recommend that the schools be prohibited from providing abortion referral services.
We believe that the local school systems have enough financial burdens in trying to provide quality education without funding child care facilities for school-age parents.
RURAL WOMEN
We recognize and applaud the improved status of women in farming situations due to revised inheritance tax laws.
We further recognize that rural women are a minority group that works to supply the world with the necessities of life, such as food, fiber, health aids, medical research, and additional products. We have confidence in the ability of American agriculture to produce with efficiency, if allowed to function within the framework of a free market without Government restrictions or controls.
SEXUAL PREFERENCE
We oppose giving lesbians or homosexuals the privileges of adopting children, of teaching in schools, of acting as role models, or otherwise promoting their way of life.
We believe that the definition of a family should never be extended to in any way include homosexuals or biologically unrelated, unmarried couples or otherwise accord to them the dignity which properly belongs to husbands and wives.
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STATISTICS
We believe that in order to cut the cost of Government and thus help reduce taxes and inflation, Federal statistical recordkeeping should be reduced rather than increased.
WELFARE
We cannot in any way support a socialistic policy such as a guaranteed income for all Americans. To further burden the hard-working American taxpayer to pay for such a scheme is unconscionable.
We support the concept of helping those who truly cannot help themselves but see churches and community services organizations, State and Local government, as more proper agencies than the Federal Government.
We urge training and guidance for individuals receiving welfare so that they can break the cycle and become productive citizens.
WOMEN'S DEPARTMENT
We strongly oppose the creation of a Cabinet-level Women's Department as unnecessary, inflationary, and creating more Government bureaucracy.
Signed,
State Senator Joan Gubbins, Indiana
Ann Patterson, Oklahoma
Frances Weidman, Alabama
State Senator Georgia Peterson, Utah
Carmie Richeson, Hawaii
Ruth Waite, Florida
Laurentia Allen, Massachusetts
Kay Regan, Washington
Betty Hanicke, Kansas
Vivian Adams, Illinois
State Representative Norma Russell, South Carolina
Eddie Myrtle Moore, Mississippi
Betty Babcock, Montana
Beverly Adams, Georgia
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