In Itself, No Evil

A subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee heard arguments on a proposed amendment to the Constitution which would enable Congress to pass a uniform marriage and divorce law for the entire country. Senator Capper of Kansas introduced a resolution for the amendment in the Senate. It is supported by women's organizations which claim a membership of 5,000,000.

One of the chief of these organizations is the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Indeed it was an official of that organization, Mrs. Florence White of Indiana, who drafted the proposed amendment. She happens to be Assistant Attorney General of her State, and she appeared before the subcommittee to argue extensively on the legal merits of the measure.

Senator Capper, sponsor of the measure, appeared to say a few felicitous words: "As all those present here know, divorce has been increasing with alarming rapidity until, according to the latest statistics compiled by the Federal Bureau of Census, there is one divorce to fewer than every seven marriages in this country.

"There is only one reason for this, aside from the natural and incontrovertible perversity of human nature, and that is the ease with which the unfit and the immature are permitted to marry. Divorce, as an institution, in itself is not an evil. In fact, since marriage is a partnership which, to fulfill its purpose, must be conducted

in harmony and coOeperation, there

are times when it is an absolute necessity."