Evening star., 1942-11-05
COP Women \! | Rejoice
Over 6-oe.1 Victory
In Congress Cli Races
Mrs. Pikiel Of illinois
Only Loser; Democruts
Defeuted in 4 Contests
By tAs Associated Prsss.

~ The Associated Prsss.
Republican women were jubilant
today at their 6-to-1 victory over
the Democrats ii electing feminine
lawmakers to Congress. The Ma
tional Democratic Women's head
quarters had no comment.
Miss Marian 3. Martin. head Of
the Republican Women's Division.
saying that this election saw women
carrying 50 per cent OF the voting
power, credited them with being .
decisive factor In the Republican up
swing. She said ut press confer
ence:
Election returns proved that the
women Of the Nation had something
to say. the means to say it and
they expressed 1t In no uncertain
terms"
Their ballots proved, she con-
tinued, that women demand an end
Of the confusion and contradictory
policies emanating from the national
administration.
Faith In COP Candidates.
''The women's vote indicates their
confidence in the integrity and pur-
pose Of Republican candidates to
concentrate their energy and effort
on the winning OF the war.
TN no uncertain terms women
have shown their demand for the
preservation of our constitutional,
republican form Of government,
firmly based on the two-party sys-
tenn"
Miss Martin said this election
proved that women cannot be held
in any one party. She said they
f1ocked to the Democratic. party
when it appeared to offer the one
thing women want-security. They
are flocking away from it because
they aren't finding that security" !"
she continued,
Miss Martin; was especially pleased
by reports. from New York that the
Republican woman candidate for
Representative at large, Winifred c
Stanley, won by vote ahead of all
men on the ticket except Gov.-elect
Thomas E. Dewey :
The Republicans elected all but
one-Mrs. Rena Pikiel of Illinois
of their seven woman candidates for
the House, while the Democrats lost
all but one of their five. The Demo-
cratic winner was Mrs. Mary +.
Norton of New Jersey, veteran of 10
congressional campaigns.
Two Newcomers to House.
The Republicans are sending two
newcomers to the House-Connecti-
cuts Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, play
wright, author and wife Of Henry r.
Luce Of Time, Life and Fortune
Magazines, and Miss Stanley, 80, a
Buffalo IN. 70 attorney.
All woman candidates for the
House who sought reelection won
These included in addition to Mrs
Norton four Republicans-Mrs. Mar
garet Smith Of Maine, Jessie Sum-
ner of Illinois, Mrs. Frances Bolton
of Ohio and Mrs. Edith Nourse
Rogers of Massachusetts,. The latter
was unopppsed for her 10th term, =
One, Republican incumbent, Jean
nette Rankin Of Montana, The, first
woman, ever elected to the House
who returned in 1910 after % years
to oppose the Uhitsd States. entry
into the war as she did in 1917, did
not run for reelection. Nor did
two Democrats Mrs. Caroline
O'Day of New York and Mrs. Kath-
arine Byron OF Maryland.
One Democrat, Mrs. Veronica
Boland Of Pennsylvania, was unop-
posed for election to serve out the
unfinished term of her late hus-
band, Representative Pat Boland
which ends January 8.
Democrat losses included Mrs
Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt, divorced
wife of the late G. Hall Roosevelt
brother of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt;
Inez B. Peel, Pennsylvania Repre-
sentative at large, and Mrs. Eliza
beth E. Pellet of Colorado.
None Of the 10 woman candidates
on minor party tickets won.