The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-09-22

Report
By HELEN ESc.,

M Eran1t xl huggjng Navy sec ntary
shines in my minds eve II :. cut.
president. Vi 'he vice
That is because the w.r.
Knox embrace was So ou+ " va
acter for Henry Wallace, u # ' iaI.
Gated that Wallace is playjn ~ ND!
tics in a way not suitable s poll
son of Iowa, The rush Of fris sUF a
ness that knocked sec Ittall'
Knox's hat off meant WalI5e esafy
driving himself to undertat .eace Is
unhappy fourth term shanan; sumo
The picture reminded me- -s "a
scene in the old Stevens 49,. VI
Chicago while the delegates aS'T S, IN
assembling for tn e Democwrae.l;e
convention of 1910. Wallace N- "a
the eager secretary of agricult ulsa
was walking through the Iobbv h.
tween two southern senators w. w.
had an arm over each son ~ ne
shoulder, and was Laughing 80
chuckling very noticeably SA
what goes on here," I tborAx
when diffident, self conSo?a'.
Henry Wallace tries a chl1m u1
embrace with political bosxa ny
something unexpected is certs;n
happen vail 10
Something unexpected did h..
pen. Wallace was nominated 10y, 10
president on Franklin Rooseve .lte
ticket. Perhaps the W. wants ns
job for four years more Vic
Two women - Mrs. Roosevelt.
and Mrs. Churchill, | hear il CO., W.;
around that the trip of Mrs. Roos st4
welt to those strange and fore;on
parts may change her present .ta A
tus as party liability into nar ,S
asset. New Dealers have been IN.
easy about Mrs. Roosevelt Since
1910.
Before then she was an asset
When war threatened the United
States and she continued to wra
and speak, it became more and
more difficult for the public r.
accept her as a personally m
her own responsibility, rather than
as the mouthpiece of the admins.
tration.
In the years since the war be.
gan many people have thought
| Mrs. Roosevelt should retire com.
pletely into private life. Now, with
Australians and h eir neighbols
having received the presidents
wife so happily, it may be that
Mrs. Roosevelt may help smooth
the bumpy road to international
understanding.
Mrs. Churchill is a charming
and clever campaigner at home
and abroad. She h as zestfully
stepped into the public life Of the
United States with interviews, pho.
tographs, sightseeing trips and in
formal little meetings with SIM
pie people. Reports from England
insist that Mrs. Churchill is more
of a liberal than her husband She
whites away steadily at certain
of his conservative views. BY the
way, members of Churchill's staff
refer to him as "the PM"
Many people wonder what won.
en- will do after the war. VIII they
give up their thousand and one
new jobs and rush back to bridge
parties, ladies' luncheons and 9th.
er kinds of homework?
I can't answer this question
do believe, however, that already
the war has changed the status Of
women. Certainly in the Amen-
can world. I don't mean that
women have advanced W1ateV'
er that is. On the contrary ! DE-
lieve that women have slipped
back into the traditional task OF
''helpmate" of keeping the nome
fires burning while their men 81
off to fight.
These new jobs of women IN me
uniformed services, in the TACO
ries and machine shops neither
promote women as individuals no,
as prima donnas. Indeed many VI
, the women who are helping VIII
this war actively have given Up
spectacular jobs in order to ul'
dertake office, industrial and kl'c''
en- drudgery. The warrior III u
meanwhile are rushing Oft dfa'
matically to conquer the toe II J
, almost medieval stuff.
Jumping suddenly to Europe
Italy at the moment is not Pg'
tato in the United Nations manu-
Italy Surrenders" has a AI .,''
, sound. Italy did surrender 11e'. t
en- be praised. Yet for the pieSt'
We seem to have exchanged fflgnf
ened Italians, complete via silD.
able grandmothers and welcomes
jugs of red wine for tough Man,
l shudder to think of the "Us'
sands of American lives the VIE
ming of Italy will cost. T.,
Rome, which has Wlthsto'a Wv
barbarism of friend and illVa'S ",
the slaughter of martyrs ana ,. III
madness of her own emperors Sa'
surely triumph over Nazl occuP''
ton.
remember many pleasant time
in the Imperial City. Smart l'''H1 I'll.
cons at the Excelsior. Inc AZ II.
galleries by daylight. Runs u
MOONLIGHT Rides in rlckety W.