Evening star., 1950-08-08
The Political MM
Election Race in Utuh
Set for Women Only
Congressional District
To Stage Something New
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Utah-to be more exact, the second
congressional district OF Utah-will stage
something new next fall In political
struggles, a race for women only for q
seat in the House Of Representatives.
Mrs. Reva Beck BoSone, Democratic In
cumbent will be opposed by Mrs. Roy F.
Priest, Republican National Committee.
woman. Neither has yet been nomi-
nated-the Utah primary election is not
held until September S. Mrs. Priest has
no opposition for the nomination and
Mrs. Bosone-better known as "Judge"-
has only nominal opposition in the can
didacy Of Charles Peterson, who has filed
against her but will get, in the opinion
of political observers, very small vote.
The filing date Is now passed and there
is no chance for further males to get
into the fracas If they wanted to.
Probably it's just as well. It would
take a mighty good man to lick either
one of these women. Mrs. Bosone was
for seven years a school teacher, and
then a practicing attorney in Salt Lake
City. Later she served three terms as
Judge Id her home town. Also she was
elected member Of the State Legislature
and served two termS-she was Demo-
cratic floor leader in 1885. Rehabilitation
of adults and alcoholics has been a
major interest-as judge-and also
junvenile delinquency. She was named
to the Utah Hall of Fame for work done
in those fields in 1943. Mrs. Bosone, a
widow, is the mother of q 19-year-old
daughter.
Has Active Career, Too.
Mrs. Priest has had an active career,
too. Daughter Of miner, she left high
school to go to work to help her family,
first as a telephone operator, and later
as a clerk in a department store. So
successful was she that she ultimately
became buyer. She has done a. lot Of
social service work, too, in Salt Lake
City. And like Judge Bosone. Mrs.
Priest became interested in politics. She
is now one of the younger women mem
bers Of the Republican National Com
mittee.
On the surface, it would look like
pushover for Mrs. Bosone-she won elec-
ton in l948 with lead of $4,000 votes
over her Republican opponent. But in
1946, the district elected q Republican
Representative by 5000 votes. This
year it is another "off year''-non-pres-
Standardization, which might favor
the Republican candidate, particularly
as the Democratic administration has
been losing popularity. Anyway, the
Republicans are preparing to go to town
for their woman. Utah now has Re-
publican Governor, j. Bracken Lee, and
a Republican Senator, Arthur v. Wat
kins. The Democratic Senator, Ebert
D. Thomas, is seeking denomination and.
according to reports, has a serious fight
on his hands for reelection.
Two Republicans File.
Two Republicans have filed for the
Republican senatorial nomination, State
Senator Rue L. Clegg and Wallace Ben
nett, Salt Lake City manufacturer who
last year was president of the National
Manufacturers Association. If MIR. Ben
nett wins the COP nomination and
is pitted against Senator Thomas, who
is unopposed in the Democratic primary.
it will be lively affair, with organized
labor lined up for Senator Thomas who
has been it's best friend in the Senate
as chairman Of the Senate Committee
on Labor. -"s .t s~a.e
Indeed, organized labor has as much
interest In the success Of Senator
Thomas as it has in the defeat of SEM
ator Taft Of Ohio, Republican and co.
author Of the Taft Hartley Labor Act.
Mr.. Thomas stood like rock against all
legislation opposed by the labor leaders
all proposed amendments of the old
Wagner Labor Relations Act, in the 10th
and earlier Congresses. AS chairman Of
the Senate committee he was able to
bottle up a number of such bills sent to
the Senate by the House. With labor on
one side and manufacturers on the
other, the race should arouse a lot of
interest. In 1946, the Republicans put
across Senator Watkins.
If Mrs. Busone makes appeal to the
lawyers and school teachers, Mrs. Priest
will have her appeal for the telephone
operators and the store clerks. Here is
one race, however, in which the women
have an opportunity to demonstrate how
they can set higher level in political
contests than the men. It will be the
first race between women candidates of
major political parties for congressional
Office.
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