1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:07,360 Section thirty two of the Art of Public Speaking Appendix A. Fifty questions for 2 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:15,199 debate. One has labor unionism justified its existence? Two? Should all church 3 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:20,879 printing be brought out under the union label? Three? Is the open shop 4 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:27,160 a benefit to the community? Four? Should arbitration of industrial disputes be made 5 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:34,200 compulsory? Five? Is profit sharing a solution of the wage problem? Six? 6 00:00:34,719 --> 00:00:40,600 Is a minimum wage law desirable? Seven? Should the eight hour day 7 00:00:40,679 --> 00:00:47,200 be made universal in America? Eight? Should the state compensate those who sustain 8 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:53,359 irreparable business loss because of the enactment of laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of 9 00:00:53,439 --> 00:01:00,479 intoxicating drinks? Nine? Should public utilities be owned by the municipal pality? 10 00:01:00,399 --> 00:01:08,079 Ten should marginal trading in stocks be prohibited? Eleven Should the national government establish 11 00:01:08,079 --> 00:01:14,560 a compulsory system of Old Asian insurance by taxing the incomes of those to be 12 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:22,280 benefited? Twelve? Would the triumph of socialistic principles result in deadening personal ambition? 13 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:29,120 Thirteen? Is the presidential system a better form of government for the United 14 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:34,879 States than the parliamental system? Fourteen? Should our legislation be shaped toward the 15 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:42,400 gradual abandonment of the protective tariff? Fifteen Should the government of the larger cities 16 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:48,000 be vested solely in a commission of not more than nine men elected by the 17 00:01:48,079 --> 00:01:55,200 voters at large? Sixteen? Should national banks be permitted to issue, subject 18 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:02,000 to tax and government supervision notes based on their general assets? Seventeen? Should 19 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:07,680 woman be given the ballot on the present basis of suffrage for men? Eighteen? 20 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:14,719 Should the present basis of suffrage be restricted? Nineteen? Is the hope 21 00:02:14,759 --> 00:02:21,000 of permanent world peace at delusion? Twenty? Should the United States send a 22 00:02:21,039 --> 00:02:28,280 diplomatic representative to the Vatican? Twenty one Should the powers of the world substitute 23 00:02:28,319 --> 00:02:35,439 an international police for national standing armies? Twenty two? Should the United States 24 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:40,439 maintain the Monroe doctrine? Twenty three Should the recall of judges be adopted? 25 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,319 Twenty four? Should the initiative and referendum be adopted as a national principle? 26 00:02:49,759 --> 00:02:54,680 Twenty five? Is it desirable that the national government should own all railroads operating 27 00:02:54,680 --> 00:03:02,680 in interstate territory? Twenty six itsirable that the national government should own interstate telegraph 28 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:08,960 and telephone systems? Twenty seven is the national prohibition of the liquor, traffic 29 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:16,439 and economic necessity Twenty eight Should the United States Army and Navy be greatly strengthened? 30 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,199 Twenty nine Should the same standards of altruism obtain in the relations of nations 31 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:30,360 as in those of individuals? Thirty Should our government be more highly centralized? 32 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:37,560 Thirty one Should the United States continue its policy of opposing the combination of railroads? 33 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,960 Thirty two? In case of personal injury to a workman arising out of 34 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:47,680 his employment, should his employer be liable for adequate compensation and be forbidden to 35 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:53,199 set up as a defense a plea of contributory negligence on the part of the 36 00:03:53,240 --> 00:03:59,840 workmen or the negligence of a fellow workman. Thirty three Should all corporations doing 37 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:05,879 interstate business be required to take out a federal license? Thirty four Should the 38 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:13,240 amount of property that can be transferred by inheritance be limited by law? Thirty 39 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:21,079 five Should equal compensation for equal labor between women and men universally prevail? Thirty 40 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:27,399 six Does equal suffrage tend to lessen the interest of woman in her home? 41 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:33,439 Thirty seven Should the United States take advantage of the commercial and industrial weakness of 42 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:39,959 foreign nations brought about by the war by trying to wrest from them their markets 43 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:46,199 in Central and South America. Thirty eight should teachers of small children in the 44 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:53,480 public schools be selected from among mothers? Thirty nine should football be restricted to 45 00:04:53,519 --> 00:05:00,639 colleges for the sake of physical safety? Forty should college students who receive compensation 46 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:09,160 for playing summer baseball be debarred from amateur standing? Forty one should daily school 47 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:15,319 hours and school vacations both be shortened. Forty two should home study for pupils 48 00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:23,680 in grade schools be abolished and longer school hours substituted. Forty three should the 49 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:30,000 honor system and examinations be adopted in public high schools? Forty four should all 50 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,639 colleges adopt the self government system for its students? Forty five should colleges be 51 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:44,319 classified by national law and supervision and uniform entrance and graduation requirements maintained by each 52 00:05:44,439 --> 00:05:49,680 college in a particular class. Forty six should ministers be required to spend a 53 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:56,399 term of years in some trade, business, or profession before becoming pastors? 54 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:03,560 Forty seven is the y MC losing its spiritual power? Forty eight is the 55 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:10,600 church losing its hold on thinking people? Forty nine are the people of the 56 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:17,120 United States more devoted to religion than ever fifty does the reading of magazines contribute 57 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,759 to intellectual shallowness? End of Section thirty two.