Evening star., 1932-06-28
WOMAN MAKESB|D
FOR SECOND PLACE
Mrs. John C. GreenWay of
Arizona to Be Presented
for Vice President.
BY CAROL WILLIS HYATT.

CHICAGO, June % (NANA)-
Into the furry of feminine excitement
over the Democratic convention bit
Of news grew to crescendo proportions.
A woman-and she is one of the most
handsome of Democrats to be pro-
posed for the vice presidency!
Franklin d. Roosevelt and Mrs. John
c. Greenway of Arizona will be run
ming mates this Fall If plans already
launched mature. They are old friends.
Mrs. Greenway. who was Isabella
Selmes Of Kentucky. and Mrs. Roose-
velt made their debuts. together When
the Roosevelts were married Mrs.
Greenway was bridesmaid For the
last week she has been constantly in
the Roosevelt headquarters.
A Magnetic Personality.
This potential candidate has a mag
netic personality. She is rather tall,
usually shades her dark eyes with wide
brimmed brown hats, and dresses sim
ply and smartly She was married
first to Robert Ferguson, who died
many years ago. She is again widow,
beloved for her generosity in ARIZONA,
where her mine-owning husband made
a fortune. During the last two years,
her friends say, she has spent thou
sands of dollars helping disabled vet
erans
Mrs. Nellie It. Bush of the ARIZONA
delegation of nine men and three
women, unanimously for Mrs. Green
way, is to place her committee woman's
name in nomination.
"She is the best loved woman in Ari-
zona," she said. "and she knows and
is at home in the East as well as the
West"
That Arizona is determined to make
a real effort to win the nomination for
this charming woman is sure. They
have worked far into the night lining
UP delegates for her. And while Mrs.
Bush admits that the outcome is dubi-
Gus, she believes the move Will help
woman's position in politics. The men
apparently are taking it seriously.
Cermak Startled.
Mayor Anton j. Cermak of Chicago,
who stole the show when he appeared
at the women's breakfast, looked bit
startled when he heard of the plan,
but declared sit would be wonderful
idea and would help the ticket"
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chair
man of the National Committee, who
says she must not champion any can
didate, nevertheless believes that Mrs.
Greenway lis qualified by her ability
and personality for any honor or re-
sponsibility the country chooses to give
her"
Mrs. Kellogg Fairbank Of Illinois
thinks 1t would be grand, and Mrs
William H. Murray, the only candi-
dates wife who viii talk freely and
with disarmingly frank friendliness to
any one who approaches her, thinks 1t
would be wonderful" But she quail
fed her statement by saying that If
she had a vote she would give it to the
person, man or woman, whose prin-
ciples she approved.
For $500 women enthusiasm for the
social prerogatives of their position
temporarily eclipsed their political
duties as they got up to breakfast to-
gether in the Stevens Hotel. From
there they scattered through the sta
dium. some near the conspicuous seats
of the leaders, some among the voting
delegations on the floor, and others in
the galleries.
Breakfast the Big Event.
But long before Comdr. Evangeline
Booth of the Salvation Army, first
woman to pronounce the invocation for
a political convention, bowed her black
bonnetted head in prayer, feminine
Democracy in gala attire was hobnob-
bing over its coffee. The breakfast
was the big social event Of the conven-
tion week. So eager were women to
attend that the huge ball room was
filled to oyerflowing and tables had to
be squeezed into corridors.
Mrs Elizabeth A. Conkey. chairman
of the Illinois Democratic Women's
Convention Committee, which gave the
breakfast, presided. The committee
woman delegates and alternates were
the honored guests.
Soft Southern accents, which pre-
dominate among these Democratic
women, hummed harmoniously as they
agreed upon one thing-they must elect
he Democratic nominee as President,
regardless of who is chosen. Nellie
Tayloe Ross, present vice chairman OF
the National Committee, and Emily
Newell Blair who formerly served in
that capacity, voiced this apparently
unanimous sentiment.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the great
lady" Of the convention crowd, is hold
ing herself aloof from the mass OF
delegates.
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