Evening star., 1937-06-06
WOEN BECOMING OF AGE POLITICALLY IN UNITED STATES
Statesmen Pay Tribute to
Their Great Qualities,
Even for President.

The same situation Is prevalent in
other Government departments. In
Commerce. Agriculture, Health-every-
where one turns he sees a woman in
important ONCE Chief clerk of the
Bureau Of Fisheries; assistant ex-
aminer Of trade marks and designs
in the Patent ONCE; assistant to the
director Of the Census Bureau; as
sistant economic analyst in the Bureau
Of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
all are women.
Even In Hawaii and Puerto Rico,
our country is ably represented by
this sex that men feared for so long
. period to see represented. Car
rick Buck sits In Hawaii As judge Of
the Circuit Court: in Puerto Rico
woman serves As commissioner Of
immigration, and there are two other
feminine immigration commissioners
in this country.
Mrs. Mary CoAnor Myers serves
Agriculture as attorney on the stan
Of the solicitor; DR.. Day Monroe is
chief Of the Economics Division OF
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Miss Helen Holbrook also holds high
ONCE IN Agriculture's Bureau Of Home
Economics. In the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, 20 women
hold responsible and well-paid posi-
tions.
so THE list grows and voman's
role Is extended. It Is too late
now for those Of another era to cry
out against the suffrage Of woman.
She has taken her place in national
Affairs and become q natural part Of
the fabric Of Government. If we
happen to like to think Of women as
that gentler sex who sat on cushion
and sewed fine seam," that's Just
too bad for us. The world goes for
ward and We go with 1t, and the little
Victorian lady who swooned when her
lover kissed her hand Is as dead as
door nails. Now she IS helping to
ngure out the war debt or down in 4
coal mine finding out what makes
labor hazardous. And all the dire
predictions about losing our charms
seem, after all, to have come to
naught. Men, on the contrary, hnd
alluring all these precise and beauti-
full ponderings that 90 ON nowadays
back Of lovely countenance. And
more surprising than all-men have
shown no reluctance to admit it.
If women are being recognized in
this age on the same straightforward
basis as men, it Is not . grudging
recognition, but completely gracious
one. The men themselves are out
front acclaiming us. 1T will be q
better day for America when women
have IS large . part In shaping the
policies between nations rs they now
are beginning to have In shaping the
domestic policies Of the Nation" de-
clares Senator duf1ey, when this
comes about, the result will be bene-
dcial to the whole world in the struggle
for justice and equality for all"
Then, a. If this tribute were not
enough, the Pennsylvania Senator
closes ON . note as gallant as any Of
that earlier day when women did sit
on flne cushions and tie up their
bonny brown locks In moods. He
closes, in short, With this bit Of verse !:
when greater perils men environ.
Then women show \ front Of iron;
And gentle In their manner, they
Do bold things In . quiet way"
Can there be any question that
woman Is coming into her own?
Government Is opening wide its doors
to her. and If not the world--surely
the United States Is "her oyster" "
which she at will may open." It
may even come to pass that Senator
Pope will some day be called upon to
make good that assertion and vote for
an American woman for President.
provided he "felt her better qualified
for the place than other candidates" Z"
We are not advocating this, mind you
i... ~ but leceEd It.