Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-10
COP. Bus
Leaves for
California
By lsobelIe Shelton

py ISoDelte Snelr0n
With q whoop and cry Of
pixies Peak, Here We Come"
the G. o. p. Election Express"
bus got under way this morning
for an 11-day, 3,165-mile trip
across the country to Los An
geles.
Aboard were G. o. p. women
leaders, on their way to the
National Federation of Republic
can Women's biennial conven-
ton. which opens September %
in Los Angeles.
This will probably have the
worst schedule of any bus that
ever went across the country"
Representative Carroll Kearns
of Pennsylvania, whose wife is
president of the national fedora
ton. predicted good naturedly
during the breakfast in the
Senate dining room that pre-.
coded the departure. Imagine
these women ever getting any
place on time"
IS Minutes Lote
The Representative knew
whereof he spoke. The big air
conditioned bus was IS minutes
late pulling away from in front
of the Capitol steps-though
this was largely the. fault Of
photographers and G. o. P.
publicity people, who wanted to
record the event.
Mrs. Herbert Brownell, wife Of
the Attorney General, who was
invited to the breakfast and
leave-taking to lend a cabinet
level touch, amiably climbed on
and off the bus several times
and moved from one spot to an
other as the photographers die
tated.
I'm not quite sure why I'm
here, except that they asked me
to come" the sleepy-eyed cabi-
net wife confided with q smile.
This is probably the biggest
sacrifice I've ever made for the
Republican party-getting to this
breakfast at 8 o'clock in the
morning. I'm not used to get
ting up this early"
Someone promptly nominated
her as "the most cooperative
cabinet wife there ever was"
Nervous Representative
Representative De Witt Hyde,
who represents Maryland's near
by 9Th district, was getting
nervous as the picture taking
continued way beyond the bus
scheduled 9 o'clock departure.
The representative and his
wife were to ride on the "Ex-
press" through his district, with
stops scheduled at II o'clock at
Frederick, 1890 at Hagerstown
and 4:30 at Cumberland. Sim
liar trips are scheduled across
the country, with local candi-
dates joining the bus en- route
for a ride through their district.
WED better get going" Rep
resentative, Hyde said plaintively,
looking at his watch. "If we don't
there won't be anybody in those
towns to meet u.s."
"Oh. they'll wait" one of the
women said.
mo they WON'T" the Repre-
sentative replied. "You don't
know people in small towns.
They want you to be there on
time. If you aren't, they leave"
Bethesda Stop
The Maryland Congressman's
face fell further when someone
announced the addition of an
unscheduled stop in Bethesda,
for more picture-taking.
There was much good
kidding at the breakfast about
how group of women would get
along cooped up for II days in
q bus.
"I'll bet no two of them will
be speaking to each other by the
time the trip is over" said one
husband-who begged to remain
anonymous. "I give them about
as far as Kansas"
II don't think that's true at
ALL" said Mrs. william Burdick,
first vice president of the Dis
trict Federation, who will be the
liaison person with local recep-
ton committees.
"After all, the bus is air condi-
toned. and we don't ride for
more than four hours without
stop at anytime. There will be
plenty Of opportunity for us to |
get out and stretch our legs"
Conductor
Mrs. Richard Simpson, whose |
husband, the Pennsylvania Rep |