Evening star., 1952-10-13
Election Race
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By Mary l. Vaughan

The Democratic National Com
mittee calls them the Molly
Pitchers" of the campaign.
They're the women volunteer
workers who are performing many
of the extra chores involved in
the Nationwide presidential race.
And women are working with
equal zeal for the Republican Ma
|tional Committee to help elect
their choice to the highest office
in the land.
The women perform all tasks
from stuffing envelopes and sort
ing mail to answering phones
and letters. Many of them are
out asking for contributions to
their candidates campaign fund.
In the Democratic corner may
be found Mrs. Phillip S. Owen
Of Chester. Conn.,. who is in charge
of research volunteers.
Mrs. Owen. a former Chicagoan.
is devoting full time to the vol
unteer bureau. This, she says. is
not because of her personal
aquaintanceShip with Gov. Adlai
Stevenson, but because she has
worked as volunteer for the
election of both President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt and President
Truman.
"At first" she says, "the Office
was made up of dedicated Demo-
Gratis, but now we have workers
who have switched their support
from the Republicans"
The Republican campaign head
quarters, in the same vein. reports
their group has never had such
a solid-front organization of wo-
men volunteers. They add an un-
usual number are former Demo-
Gratis who have switched allegi-
ance or are independent voters
who have turned their support to
the Republican cause.
Mrs. Owens group of volunteers
i'm the research departments have
been working on two major prof.
ectS-compiling voting records Of
all Republican members of the
House and Senate for the use Of
candidates, and assembling a
, "vote-quote" collection of contro-
, versial statements made by Re-
publicans before and during the
campaign.
Many of the Democratic women
volunteers are wives of Govern
! ment officials who cannot. them
selves, participate in active cam
paigning because Of the Hatch
Act.
Mrs. Charles F. Brannan. wife
= Of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
= has volunteered full time as head
= of the Speakers Bureau Of the
;. Women's Division. She is in
). charge of arranging all speaking
/. engagements for women speakers
! for the Stevenson -Sparkman tick
!. ct.
i. Another Government wife.
), greatly in demand as a speaker
:. for the Democratic Party is Mrs.
!. Oscar Chapman, wife of the Sec
}. retary of the Interior. Mrs. Chap
man is volunteer member of the
Speakers Bureau and has made
numerous televiSion and radio ap-
pearances for the ticket.
> A woman who has held high
public Office herself is in charge Of
volunteers who do the routine
typing. stuffing of envelopes and
packing of campaign material for
mailing to the local Democratic
headquarters in every State. She
is Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse.
former Congressional from Con-
lnecticut who recently resigned her
post as special assistant to the di-
rector of Price Sterilization.
Approximately is or 20 women
are doing volunteer work for the
Democratic women's division.
Some of them are working a nine
to 12-hour day, five to six days a
week.
They are doing stenographic
and publicity work, and other
routine chores which help take the
load off the regular workers
shoulders and free them for spe-
cial tasks involved in the CAM
paign.
A strong supporter in Repub-
lican volunteer activities in Mrs.
John Sherman of 1856 Macomb
street NV. who is chairman in
charge Of co-ordinating the work
OF women volunteers seeking to
get-out-the-vote in the District.
Her workers chief tasks include
consulting with leaders of local
citizens associations and other
groups for leads on Republicans
eligible for the vote, and check
ing with other leaders for lists on
possible absentee voters who are
known to be Republican. These
workers track down the voter
through phone calls. by letters and
by word of mouth.
Another big activity in the
} women's department supporting
the Republican candidate is the
3 special celebration of Gen. Eisen-
hower's 62nd birthday, which will
take place tomorrow.
These small birthday parties
will spring up all over Washing
ton and nearby areas tomorrow
night when the Republican volun-
teer workers will entertain friends
at TV parties, dinners and simple
ice cream and cake affairs.
The Republican women also
keep the Citizens for Eisenhower
lClub open here each night aiding
lin the showing of Informative po-
litical movies and answering ques-
tions for visitors.
Mrs. Faith Gwynne Fisher di-
rects an absentee voters bureau
in the Eisenhower-Nixon Cam
paign Club.
Some of the volunteer Republic
can women, who do not care to
solicit funds, have volunteered
their services as baby Sitters for