The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-30
DAILY NEWS LETTER
WIDOW MAY SUCCEED
 DECEASED CONGRESSMAN
By ELLIS H. MARTIN, International News Service Staff Cor
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 San Francisco. Dec. 29.-Califor- i nia's first congresswoman will be a representative of Labor. Mrs. Mae Nolan, widow of Con gressman J John l. Nolan, will have the united support of Union Labor in her campaign for the seat in the House left vacant by the death of her husband. The present outlook is tha4 on January 23 Mrs. Nolan will be elected both for the uneXpired term of her husband and for the new term which takes in part of San Francisco "a labor stronghold. In addition to Mrs Nolan six male candidates have entered the lists.
 Mrs. No1am will go to Congress with the firm purpose of carrying on the work begun by her husband. Congressman Nolan was one of the foremost Spokesmen of Labor at the nations capitol He was strongly considered for the post of Secretary of Labor when President Harding was making up his Cabinet. He for years was a high official of the In ternational Holders Union.
 When he died there were five hu- nanitarian measures closest to the heart of the California congressman.
 They were:
 A law fixing a minimum of s3 g. day for Government employees.
 The Johnson-NoIan constitution nal amendment to end child labor.
 An equal wage law for women in the Governmen service.
 A law providing flor Federal en- ployrnent agencies to end the mulct- ing of workers by fee garnering en-. ployment agencies.
 The soldiers bonus.
 These measures will have Mrs. No lan's earnest support--their advance ment to her work of love.
 Mrs. Nolan is a t'none woman" She has never campaigned before She frankly confessed in discussing the prospects of her election that she was a wee bit frightened at the pros poets of public speaking in Congress. But she has no thought of shir1ing this part of the task.
 'tI think I shall manage it,'' she told a newspa perman. ''If I am elected I mean to be real congress- woman and make speeches the same as other members"
 Mrs. Nolan, of course. will have the aid and support of other promi- nert members of the California del been assured of this. She hopes to have the same support and advice from national labor leaders that every day on MT. Nolan, and I hope they will be equally active in keep ing me posted on what labor wants" she said,
 'T know I shall take a real joy in going forward in the 1abors that my husband started and in doing what I can to complete the work he had started.''
 Bridging the Bay'' is a perennial topic in San Francisco and the con- is on a peninsula, San Francisco is cut off by water from the rest of Ca ifoTS1ia except on one side ''The Chinese WalT' some commentators D have called the situation. Daily about one hundred ti1ousand persons eSoss the bay to Oakland, to Sausalito or Vallejo. It takes time and it costs money if you have an automobile to go by boat. Hence the universal de- mand is for the bridging of the bay.
 There are almost as many schemes as there are engineers. Some of the grea test engin neers in tine world have devoted study to the possibilities of bridging the bay. All have agreed upon it's feasibility.
 Their plans have differed. Some have suggested a tube-others a com bined tube and bridge. Eventually there will be not one bridge, but sev- San Francisco with Oakland and the great East Bay industrial district. Another will bridge the Golden Gate and open to San Francisco the great Marin County section, which has great possibilities as home section. A third bridge will cross tihe Carquf- neg Straits for railroad traffic. Its completion will end the usefulness of the largest rail ferry system in the world.
 The most recently discussed bridgN plan is for bridging the Golden Gate. Ire plans have been drawn by J. E. Strauss noted bridge architect and engineer. The bridge would be n combination of cantilever and sus- pension types. It is 6.70O feet across Golden Gate. No type heretofore proposed could stand the strain of such a long span. The Strauss plan calls for rigid cantilever structures at each end which would swing 200 feet above the water, with main centre span of the unprecedented length of 4.000 feet. Of this 2,640 feet would be by cable. There would be to shore spans of 1920 feet each. The bridge would be 80 feet in width. The tow CTS for the bridge would be taller than Eiffel Tower and would have elevators for sightseers.
 The cost of the proposed bridge is estimated at S20,00O00c.
 Just now civic authorities are dis cussing the best means of realizing -he designers dream. Mayor James Rolph, Jr., and other leaders are con vipced that a way will be found to finance the project.
 Quite SeriOUsIy n furr,