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in them to want to talk to them
not just shove them into q
room and shove a drink In their
hand.
"I suppose all my friends will
hate me for that and not invite
us any more" she added.
Mrs. Mcmahon isn't sure how
she would feel about reinstitu-
ting the regular press confer
enceS Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
used to hold with women re-
porters. But she does think it's
too bad that Mrs. Truman
doesn't meet with the press
women, because il they got q
chance to know her in q" small
group like that, they'd all love
her"
Cor Pool Strow Vote
She thinks the First Lady sis
q perfect darling in q small
group, when she feels free to
relax and talk. But I think she
freezes up when she gets In D
room full Of people. where she
knows everybody is watching her
and trying to catch every word
she says. I don't blame her. I
would too"
On one subject Mrs. McMa-
hon is very positive. II her hus-
band gets back in the presiden-
tial race, she is not going to
campaign for him.
She campaigned last fall for
the first time, when he was
seeking reelection to the Sem
ate. She and Mrs. William Ben
ton, whose husband was run
ming for the other Connecticut
Senate seat. and Mrs. Chester
Bowles, whose husband was run
ming for Governor, were sent
out as a team, to tour the State.
Helen Benton and ] were
both scared to DEATH" Mrs. Nc
Maton recalls. "But Mrs. Bowles
was a very good speaker. and
she liked to do it. So we had to.
We could have killed her"
Looking back. it was "a lot
of fun, but it didn't seem like
it at the time" she says.
People would come up to me
at the end of the program and
say, oh, Mrs. Mcmahon, we
just loved your Speech-be-
cause you were so scared"
A Perfect Dorlins
The McMahon's only child,
Patricia, II, a sixth-grade stu
dent at Holton Arms, is taking
the talk Of the White House
just about as casually as her
mother, although "she was
kind of tickled when her daddy
came >out first in a poll Of
youngsters riding in the school
car" her mother says. The
driver voted for Gen. Eisen-
hover, one child preferred Sena-
tor Estes Kefauver, and all the
rest of the votes went to Nc
Mahcn, Patricia reported.
Mrs. Mcmahon hasn't decided
if that's a credit to her hus-
bands winning ways or to
Patricia's.
Horseback riding, bridge, opera.
and the theater and stamp col.
lecting are Mrs. McMahon's
chief forms Of entertainment.
She started the stamp collecting
four years ago, when confined to
her bed with pneumonia, but
has had to practically abandon
it to Patricia. 81 have to make
an appointment to see the book
now" she says.
Golf and reading are the
Senator's pet loves-"after poll
tics, Of course" his wife says.
He is an Unsuitable reader, she
declares, often polishing OF a
book or more a night. particu-
larly biographies. "If I ever
get q divorce I'll name books as
the correspondent" she says.
Her husband also likes to col
lect paintings, particularly oils.
"He buys them from obscure
little painters, usually on trips
to Europe, and then sits back
and hopes the painters will get
famous" Mrs. Mcmahon says.
He has collected many more
than there is wall space for in
the house, so he changes them
around from time to time,
storing some.
Mrs. Mcmahon is the daugh-
ter of the late Arthur Turner,
New York Times and Balti-
more Sun newsman for many
years. He was managing edi-
tor of the Sun when he died