Evening star., 1932-06-28
NEW TYPE EISFOUND
| ACTIVE At CHICAGO
Feminine Delegates Appar-
emily Have Displaced Old
Time Ward Heeier.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. June % (NANA).-
Judging from the people here for the
Democratic convention. a new type has
entered the political arena. The over
stuffed ward heeler is missing. In his
place are business men and women,
lawyers, economists, social workers.
Almost every professional group is rep
resented, all actively interested in
shaping the policies of the party.
People are evidencing a deeper inter-
est than Just the selection of a NOM
inee. Men and women have come. some
at great personal sacrifice. to formulate
party policy There must be a change.
is ON every ones lips. The taximan
tells you, the elevator boy, the PAN
handler. The rank and file feel it, and
when they do things happen. Every
where one meets a demand for clearly
stated policies. Vague promises are
taboo.
500 Women Take Part.
Five hundred women. here in official
capacity, have reported. Who are they
and what influence have they? Women
have become a definite part of party
activity and the Democratic leaders
welcome the responsibility they are
taking. The majority of these women
are either delegates or alternates. There
IS one woman member of the National
Committee from each State and one
from each of the Territories. These
women are working. They are not mere
echoes of their men colleagues.
Among familiar figures is Miss Eliz-
abeth Marbury, veteran New York
committeewoman, moving from place to
place in wheel chair, and holding
greater influence than any other Wom-
an on the National Committee. Mrs.
Belle MoskoVitz, also of New York, is
busy behind the scenes for Gov. Smith.
Mrs. Mollie Dewson is assisting in Gov.
Rooseyelt'S offices, as is Mrs Isabella
Greenway of Arizona, recently returned
from a hurried trip to Africa.
Women interested in the Democratic
bulletin, published BY the Women's
National Democratic Club in Washing
ton, are posting Junior League volun-
teers at tables in all the hotels and
the stadium.
Many Distinguished Leaders.
Florence Brewer Bceckel, writer. is
actively working for a peace plank and
has appeared before the Platform Com
mittee. Mrs. Harve Gray, delegate
admitted to the bar in 1926.
Representative Mary T. Norton. New
Jersey. is with her States delegation.
REPRESENTATIVES has equalled the polit-
ical honorS that have come to her.
Mrs Margaret v. Fragstein of the Wis
conSin delegation. Is tax expert, ana
has given much time to social science
and economic activities
Mrs. Mary Fitzwilliams Carney, a
Vassar graduate, is in the Kansas dele
cation. She has travelled widely and
has studied conditions in foreign
countries. Mrs Edward Pillsbury,
Louisiana, has been playground COM
missioner of New Orleans. Mrs. Paul
Donnelly, who burst into print when
she was kidnapped by bandits, is here.
She is a successful manufacturer from
Kansas City.
Miss Lavinia Engle. Baltimore with
the Maryland delegation, is member
of the State Legislature She Is an ar
dent Ritchie supporter, and associated
with her is the dean of the University
of Maryland, Miss Adele Stamp. An
other college official here is Dean Per-
meal J. French, Idaho University.
Real Interest Political.
The Chicago Womens Committee
has arranged numerous social functions,
teas at Lake Forest Estates, luncheons
at the clubs and so on. But the real
interest is political. There is work to
do. There are distressing conditions to
alleviate. There are principles to work
for.
Well-groomed, alert women are
welding a constructive influence not
attained before in either party. This
convention is open to all corners. The
women are as concerned and as di
vided as the men on policies. They
are giving their efforts and delivering
their strength as veterans in the game
They have discovered that politics is
not a dilettantes game and that
organization and ability to deliver
votes counts
(CopyriEht, 1882. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)