Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-26
CONGRESSWOMEN
HOPE TO HOLD Jobs
With One Exception, IadieS
of the House" viii Seek
Reelection.

By the Associated Press.
With many kettles on the boil, the
Ladies of the House." with one excep-
ton, want to continue their legislative
cookery in Congress.
Mrs. Peal Peden Oldfield, Democrat,
arkansas, viii not run for reelection.
she made that statement quietly and
with as little explanation as it was once
made by former President.
But all seven of the others are in the
midst Of plans for further lawmaking
futures.
True, Representative Ruth Hanna
Mccormick, Republican, Illinois, will not
try to succeed herself as a Congress-
man-at-Large. But that is because she
is campaigning for a seat in the Senate.
A train took her westward from Wash
ington today for another speech-making
whirl.
Mrs. Langley Decides to Run.
Representative Katherine Langley,
Republican, Kentucky, who succeeded
her husband, and whose further candi-
daey had been somewhat in doubt. to-
DAY definitely said she would be a cam
didate for reelection Any suggestion
that her husband might wish to return
70 his old seat In Congress was thus set
at rest.
Il am interested in several pieces of
legislation for my Kentucky mountain
district that 1 wish to complete" said
Mrs. Langley.
Dark of hair, bright of eye, colorfully
clothed, Mrs. Langley was as CHEEKY as
the pretty calendar ladies that hang on
the walls Of mountaineerS' homes as she
told OF her plans for her people-post
offices, toll bridge at Hazard to be
made free by legislation, flood protec-
ton Tor Salyersville on the Licking
River. locks and dams on the Big
Sandy, creation of a third Kentucky
Judicial district for greater convenience
in court proceedings.
Mrs. Bryan Owen Enthusiastic.
Back from making a keynote speech
at meeting of the Democratic State
committee in Jacksonville, Representa-
tive Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida was
all enthusiasm for the June primaries.
Mrs. Owens first election, contested on
citizenship basis because of her mar
rlage to British army officer. is still
under consideration by a House cleo
tons committee. But she is ready to
run again, basing her campaign on bills
passed and bills pending.
With a Federal banking bill. a dis
abled soldiers bill and bin for books
for the blind pending, Ruth Baker
Pratt, Republican, New York, frankly
wants to come back to the House of
Representatives and finish what she has
begun.
Three Listed as Veterans.
Already veterans of three campaigns
Representative Mary Norton, Democrat,
New Jersey; Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Republican, Massachu-
sets, and Representative Florence P.
Kahn, Republican, California - are
planning to swing into the fourth with
customary zest. Mrs. Rogers, who has
much veterans legislation to sponsor,
will avoid wasting time by using an
airplane wherever possible In her cam
patgning. Mrs. Kahn, whose motherly
face and maner have done much for
winning for the Gold Star Mothers
their trip 70 France, wishes to see the
completion Of the memorial voyage
which she has sponsored, and Mrs. Nor
ton, having won hospital for her home
district, now wants TO further her bill
for the Fepeaa Of the eighteenth amend
ment.