Evening star., 1924-06-27
.TAMMANY CATCHES
WOMEN UNAWARE:
Unknown Member of Sex
Made Vice Chairman With
out Previous Notice.
CHOICE PROVES POPULAR
No Candidate of National Repute
Had Gone After Place,
Leaders Explain.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Women
attending the Democratic national
convention are learning some prac-
tical politics from Tammany leaders
An outstanding lesson to which
they awakened today was how the
Tammany braves took the vice chair
manship of the convention right out
of their hands and gave 1t to a
local worker. Miss May Kennedy.
The widely known woman leaders
were not consulted regarding the ap-
pointment. The first they knew of
Miss Kennedy was one day last week,
when her name appeared on local
committee list. The next they heard
of her was when her name was read
from the convention platform as the
recipient OF the fattest plum in the
convention.
Never Active Nationally.
Prominent Democratic women of
the country, who had discussed
almost every detail of the conven-
tion except grabbing the highest
place IN II 1or one OF their own leaders,
began to inquire about Miss Ken
nedys work in the political field and
ask each other who put her over"
They found, according to leaders,
that she had been local worker
in the Bronx and had done some
very effective campaigning last fail
for Senator Copeland She never had
been active nationally.
Then each leader began asking her
self and others why some one who
nad been long in the national lime
light had not been chosen And the
only answer was that no nationally
known woman had gone out after
the place. So far as that was con
cerned, neither had Miss Kennedy
sought the position.
Pleased with Choice.
,banrH ammedIately; dat proeeeding on the
join en- the leaders began culti.
waiting Miss Kennedy. Thev found
her they say, to be a very charming
and efficient young woman. and
Whlie she may not have been a ma
tional figure last Monday, she GER
talnly is one today
If Senator Walsh should heco,,a
lncapacltated today Miss Kennedy
newcomer in national politics. but the
choice of well schooled and very prac-
Iical M politlcians, would step into his
place and WELD the gavei. Should
such an exigency arise, of course.
there might be wailing among the
elder stateswomen who long carried
banners, arranged entertainment for
visiting delegates, served on commit
Furry Over Mrs. Blair.
Other than the ripple which the
Kennedy appointment has caused,
everything appears to be lovely
among the women. The furry over
whether Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of
Joplin, Mo, the national vice chair
man of the national committee will
succeed herself is past for the pres
ent, at least. DeniaIs have come from
many women to the effect that
fight on Mrs. Blair was planned. A
new vice chairman will be chosen
after the convention. Mrs. Blair has
not said whether she will be a candi-
date.
The plan of radioing a summary of
the convention activities nightly for
the benefit Of women and children
is working well. Mrs. Louise Graham
Harding of New York now has given
two radio talks and many compIf-
mentary kilograms and letters have
been received regarding her remarks
Mrs. Harding. who used to be
newspaper woman, is trying to tell
her story in a way that women will
understand and appreciate. She first
tells about the outstanding women in
the convention and describes their
clothes. Then she tells what they
did. She mentions many names Two
women featured in her talk last night
are from Hawaii and the Philippines.
She also mentioned women from al
most all of the states in the Union.