Evening star., 1933-10-08

conference to order two of the men had sug.
gested that he join them at lunch at recess
time, and he had gladly accepted. 1t was
pleasing prospect for Martin, and he admits
that he conducted the hearing with great sue
cess. considering the circumstances. Too much
SO, in fact, for just as he was about to suggest
a halt for lunch, one of the gentlemen from the
West arose and made a devastating suggestion
which won by its own logic.
Gentlemen" the Pittsburgher urged I'VE
have progressed so well this morning that
believe We can finish in another hour and
catch an earlier train out Of town. I suggest
that we continue until we are through"
A ND now we come to another person.
woman-who has recently found employ.
ment after months and almost years. Of the
toughest of going. Hers is also recovery"
job with the Government, but it probably
wasn't political preferment that secured it foe
her. She has been Republican all her hfa
I didn't ask her anything more about it, be.
cause there were people around and somehow
had a sketchy feeling that perhaps "
shouldn't be seen talking together too long.
there in that Democratic stronghold in which
I met her.
had run across her in the corridor of one
Of the new recovery boards, and although I
couldn't place her just at first, she was plainly
an old acquaintance from some distant place
and past. I remembered, instnctjvely, perhAp4
that our former association had come about
through the political party which was no longeF
in power. and for this reason made the Oh.
vious salutation.
WELL" greeted her, in lieu Of her forgot.
ten name, you're not looking for . job in th1q
place, are you?"
Mot at ALL" she replied, cheerily II already
have one here. I'm secretary to DR.. -,7
and she mentioned the name Of q real higWt1
In the big drive.
I congratulated her, and as went on my
way suddenly remembered just who she vaA
She was . woman who had been successfully
engaged in public stenography in New York
City for many years, and who appeared every
four years at the Republican presidential cam
paign headquarters for stenographic work, ana
had always secured 1t. No matter whether the
headquarters for that particular campaign
happened to be In New York, Chicago or WASH
tngton. she always appeared on the scene, and
because Of her known efficiency was given .
place. Last year, however, it was desperately
different. For the first time in her life she
had actually needed the extra work and pay
which the presidential campaign afforded, and
with almost the last Of the money which she
had saved out against the very fate which
had now overtaken her, she went to the Re-
publican national headquarters in Chicago to
ask for place in the Hoover campaign.
She felt quite certain that she would get It
and she never did It was too bad, in view
OF her efficient work in previous campaigns.
But there were scores of others, all out OF
work, who had similar claims, and there were
hundreds whose claims, less rooted in old asso.
citation, but equally pressing must be consid.
cred IN making the final choice Of q campaign
personnel. They told her, regretfully, that
there was no chance She didn't believe It for
long while, and kept coming in, day ssteH
day, and then finally she must have gone %
other places. because she didn't return
That was months ago. and last week I ran
onto her here tn that mad house Of activity
and she told me cheerily that she had obtaineo
one OF the best jobs in the place. Naturally.
wish she had told me just little bit abous
It, given me just the merest outline of the
trau which led her from the despair Of unavoid.
able failure among friends Of her own por0
into substantial Me-aving place with m
enemy" almost . year later. Possibly @
merely got 2 good break, with no. qusseasne
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