Woman of the Year Page #4

I'd like to make a call

to Havana, Cuba.

Miss Harding calling the office

of Seor Batista.

Colonel Fulgencio Batista.

Just ask for the president

of the country. Right.

You read Chinese?

Fluently.

- You may go in now.

- Thanks.

Yes? Hold on a moment, please.

Cuba on the wire.

Nice party you had last night.

It was a nice baseball game.

- Thanks for the thing.

- Not at all.

I'd like to talk to you, Tess.

Shoot.

No, no. It's nothing in particular,

you know.

I thought the two of us

could sit down somewhere...

...and kick the thing around.

I thought I'd have

a chance last night...

...but when I walked into

the League of Nations...

...with two sparrows under my arm...

They're lovebirds, Sam,

and they're wonderful.

How did they get here?

How the dickens do you think

they got here?

Get your hat, and we'll go

get lost in New Jersey.

I'd love to, Sam. But gosh darn it all!

I have to speak at a meeting

up at Riverside Hall this afternoon.

- Hey, pick me up after the meeting.

- All right. What time?

- About 5:
15. Meet me backstage?

- All right, 5...

Wait. I wonder if that'll

give me time. I have a 6:00 plane.

- Plane? What...?

- I'm going to Washington.

- Washington?

- Yeah. Sure it won't be inconvenient?

- To go to Washington?

- No, to take me to the airport, silly.

- No. Where do I pick you up?

- Riverside Hall.

Yes, hold on please. It's Vichy calling.

Get on the extension and take down

every word. See you later.

Hello.

Look, do you mind

if I take this with me?

I didn't finish the crossword puzzle.

Where's Miss Harding, please?

I'm late.

Too many feel about women's rights the

way a girl I know does about her fur coat.

All her life, she dreamt about having one.

She got it after a tough struggle.

I suppose there's a sort of contentment,

and I wouldn't quarrel with her about it.

Sit down, Sam. There's a chair.

I do, however, take issue violently...

...when women try to apply

that same reasoning...

...to the rights we fi...

Finally won 22 years ago.

At this very moment, we're facing

the first major test of our fitness...

...to shoulder this responsibility.

Ellen Whitcomb has pointed out

to you this afternoon...

...the deep obligation we have

to take a vital part...

...in the crisis confronting

our country.

It is our simple duty not only

to accept what she has said...

...but to translate her words

into terms of positive action.

Ellen Whitcomb represents,

as no other individual...

...the development of the rights

women fought for...

...and the responsibilities

we must assume.

In her words, "What we fought for was

not only the privilege of equal rights...

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