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“You know that lady that the Senator goes about with in New York is a great friend of Mrs. Rosenberg's. She's pressuring the Senator because her friend Mrs. Rosenberg wants to go. So she got her friend to pressure the Senator. That's what it is.”

“Well,” I said, “that's nonsense. I'll pay no attention to it. I'm not going to do anything like that. That's crazy to even think about it.”

I didn't call up the Senator, although McIntyre had advised me to. The next day, or two days later, the Senator called me up himself. He acted as though this was all news to me. He said, “I heard about this idea you have of sending a commission to England.”

I said, “Yes.”

“Well, I think that's a good idea - a very good idea. I think that's a good statesmanlike way to go about it, but Frances, don't you think there ought to be a woman on that commission?”

I said the same old story, “I don't see why. It's not a woman's problem. There are no women involved in these matters. It's net a special problem of women.”

“Well,” he said, “I think it's a good idea in these days. We're treating women regular and equal. I think it's a good idea to have a woman on a thing like this.”