Evening star., 1936-11-15

angler And. too, caught" is the word, !:
for Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers, who came through on the third
of November last, was just returning
from the White House and little
seance with the Kentucky colonel Mr..
Mcintyre, and was on the wing for
another set-to with somebody. some
where, doubtless to get something Tor
her beloved disabled veterans.
Mrs. Rogers Gets a $4,000 Majority
In a Democratic Year.
Coming through with a $4,000
majority in the hardest fought cam
paign in her 10 years in the Congress,
Representative Rogers was feeling very
happy over the stanch support given
her by the fifth district of Massachu-
sets, and by her home town, Lowell.
She was born down in Maine, but was
graduated from the Rogers Hall
School at Lowell, and with the excep-
ton of the years spent at school in
Paris, has made her home there. The
historic towns of Concord and Lex
ington are a part of her district, but
in talking to her one finds that the
whole of New England is her concern
when she thinks of the effect the
United States and Canada reciprocal
trade agreement will have upon the
fisheries, lumber industries, paper
manufactures and farm raw materials
up there. She Is perhaps the only
woman in the Congress who can talk
tariff-its a part of her earliest educa-
ton.
Mrs. Florence Kahn
Will Be Missed.
Nevertheless. Mrs. Rogers will
doubtless feel like the lone wolf sitting
on the Republican side of the aisle in
the Lower House on the Fifth of
January next. She will miss her COL
league, Mrs. Florence Kahn of Cali
fornia one of the casualties of the late
election who went down to defeat
before Mr.. Frank Havener, Democrat,
of San Francisco. The Democratic
majority in the House, which is
part of what Gen. Hugh johnson
termed the Democratic JohnStown
flood, will have to overflow to the
other side of the aisle and maybe the
new member from the third district
Of Oregon, Mrs. Nancy Honeyman,
will draw a seat over there. While
Mrs. Rogers is quite capable of hold
ing the fort for the women Of her
party, it would be nice to have
another woman near by.
Last Summer, after attending the
Republican convention in Cleveland,
in spite of the exigencies of the politi-
cal situation in assachusetts, Rep
resentative Rogers took enough time
of to visit many of the disabled vet
eran hospitals in the West and Middle
West. She allows nothing to interfere
with her practical interest in the dis
abled soldiers. which began during
her service in the World War in France
in 1917-one Of the first women to go
overland continuing in 1882 with
the American Red Cross in care Of
the disabled, and later her appoint
ment by Presidents Harding, Coolidge
and Hoover, as personal representa-
tive in care of the disabled veterans.
Going through the hospitals this
Summer the little lady" as she is
called by the men, renewed acquaint-
ance with old friends and as usual
1t was a gaia day for the patients.
Mrs. Honeyman Only New Woman
Member Of Congress.
1t Is said that Mrs. Honeyman, the
only new woman member of the
House, like Representative Rogers, be-
heves in a personal door-to-door cam
paign. The radio is all very well but
to look ones constituents in the eye
has kind of psychological effect and
particularly as the busy working men
and women Of today like to see what
they are going to pick. Not only
during election year but at all times
the woman member from Massachu-
settS finds time to 90 visiting among
her constituents in both the indus
trial and business sections. She has
way of sending out postcards notify
ing them that she will be at certain
place-usually, a town-meeting, and
will be glad to see them.
Representative Norton Is Eligible
EOT MTS. hdnnS COmHuttee flaCc.
! Speaking Of the ladies up on the
Hill, there is good deal of specula-
ton as to who will get Mrs. Kahn's
place on the House Appropriations
Committee. There is some talk about
Representative Norton Of New Jersey
filling the place, but she does not
seem in a receptive mood as it would
entail her giving up her place as
chairman Of the District Committee
the only woman member to hold a
Craftsmanship. And then, too, she is
welded to the interests of the voteless
Inhabitants of the District and fights
for them in season and out. Repre-
sentative Rogers Is now the ranking
member of the Civil Service House
Committee and also ranking member
Of the Committee on World War Vet
Grams Legislation.
At the dedication of the Jusserand
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