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so she could joln the typing pool.

You've got this daughter and she's smart. Why not’?

around

She's yours. Shes heard you talk about your work all
her life. She had the same education as her brother
God knows she's brighter than those boys who come

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taster, have more too freedom. and better expec1a—
lions They can make hearty twice the money for e><~
actly the same Job as your daughter

It's not tall But more important. it's just not sensible.

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when there's never enough talent to go around, why
block half of it right at the beginning’)

Support the National Organization for Women

"IT DOESN'T HURT TO TRY"

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out in his own way, and started becoming
ore aware of political issues as a result.

,, I took time to explain everything to him and

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get him to understand whcli’ l wanted to do.
This consideration was very important in
our relationship.

The children adjusted very well. They
went with me on the few speaking engage-
ments I was allowed to make and got a
kick out of seeing me on stage.My son
told me after the election, "President
Nixon won but you must've lost cause I
didn'theor your name on TV. “ I don't
think the children ever quite understood
the importance at what I was doing, but
they benefited from seeing me take part
public life. I also took a lighter load
at school to be able to care for my family
and continue the campaign.

Because I started late and was working
on my own and had been totally ignored
by all of the newspapers when senatorial
candidates were mentioned until after the
rally in City Park in October, I was un-
able to get the necessary signatures. Still
determined to have a forum to speak out on
the issues, I filed as a wriIe—in candidate.
I was given conflicting opinions by two
different assistant attorneys in the state
attorney general‘s office about which

‘erks of court I had to file the statement
Jeclaring my willingness to be voted for
with. So I filed two weeks before the
deadline and along with the affidavit and
statmenl that I sent to the Secretary of
State's office, I included a request that
he obtain an official opinion rrom the
state attorney general about the courts

in which I had to file and also about the
5500 fee that a write—in is supposed to
pay. (The U. 5. Supreme Court had
already ruled that nomination fees had
to be reasonable and that one obviously
was not , because there was on amend-
ment on the ballot in the last election to
reduce the amount to that paid by candi-
dates for office in primary elections so
that it wouldube ingaccard with the
Cupreme Court ruling.

. The deadline for qualifying passed and“
I was never notified by the Secretary of ‘

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State whether or not I had qualified.

Mrs. Londis, with the League of Women
Voters, called me to see it I would fill
out a questionnaire which had been given
to the other candidates and I agreed.

She was very kind and went out of her way
to help me and encourage me. She also
said for me to call WWL radio to arrange
a 10 minute slot for me as a candidate
which the League was sponsoring in con-
iunction with WWL. I was not allowed to
speak, because they could not verity my
candidacy. She had received my name
from the Clerk of Court, when she had
called to see if there were any write—in
candidates, so I concluded that I had
qualified and merely had not been notified.

Then I began a series of calls trying to
get a definite answer tram Wade O.Mortin,
Secretary of State, or William Guste, as
to my status so that I would know how to
proceed. After many unsuccessful attempts,
I sent telegrams to each of them and
Wade Martin replied that the responsibili-
ty was no longer his, since he had for-
warded the papers to the attorney general‘:
office. In spite of the telegram, and
repeated attempts to contact William
Guste, he ignored me completely, although
I had left messages about the nature at
the call.

I contacted Furnell Chatrnan to re-
quest equal time on his 12:00 show as the
other candidates had been given and was
given on appointment to see him only to
find, after arriving, that since I had not
been definitely declared a candidate, I
could not be granted this time.
Mr.Chopman assured me that he would
try to contact Mr. Guste for a detinite
appraisal of my status as a candidate.

He was very sure that he would be able
to contact him. Needless to say (or is it
unbelievable?) he could NOT get in
touch with Guste.

They really had me over a barrel. As
long as I was not notified that I was not
qualified, I could not appeal the de-
cision because no decision had been
rendered. I asked the ACLU if it would
be poss'ible’for them to file something to
force the issue of a decision, but I was
told that their heavy case load and the

short time left before the electionlo little
more than a week) prevented them from
taking the case. I called Mrs. Landis
as a last resort, and she very kindly agreed
to write to Wade Martin and ask him
whether or not I had qualified. He did
respond to her letter and informed her
that I was not qualified as a candidate
and that he and the attorney general were
in the process of drafting a letter to that
effect, to be sent to me. It was now
November 28, I972. Johnston has now
been sworn in as senator. I still have not
received that letter.

Running tor ortice is by no means a
simple matter, as I found out all too well.
There were rumors going around that I had
been put up by one of the better known
candidates, so that people would be dis-
couraged from signing rny nomination
papers. A lot or blocks were holding out
to see it Dorothy Mae Taylor, State
Representative, would run. Her decision
to stay out of the race later helped gain
signatures for me, but it was too late.
And I certainly didn't get any considera-
tion from the other candidates; one of
them stated outright in my presence that
"women aren't equal to the challenge or
public office".

NlcKeithen Went Around Singing

The worst thing was that the media
refused to take me seriously. When I
called a news conference, few reporters
come, and the coverage they gave me
quoted statements out of context and
didn't give me a fair chance for rebuttal.
Channel 4, for example, showed me
saying I was a mother and that I cooked
for my family myself, because I couldn't
afford a maid, but they didn't give one
second of time to air my views on the
important political issues that the cam-
paign was about.

McKeithen went around singing
"Help Me Md<e it Through the Night",
Johnston sat on a lag in the woods‘ talk-
ing about making this a real spartsmen's
paradise, while Toledano held on to
Nixon‘: coattoils like Linus with his

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