Show rules town by direct action she wields effective axe when axe Is necessary pacific grove calif calit mayor julia 13 plaat seventy three oldest woman mayor in the united states may rule this seaside community with scientific logic and she may way rule it with a crusading ase she smilingly admitted recently that though she regards the task of city government just another set entitle problem she lias has known knon the expediency of direct action and would old not hesitate again to employ iao it L she referred to two once when she protested against an in attempt to aggrandize public beach for private gain by smashing a bachl trase cass barrier with an axe another time when she urged beautification ot of a male spot ana falling to get quick action led a crew of volunteers with spades and wheelbarrows until the littered spot was cleaned and plant ed it in floors traced Cl biologist miss hatt was a practicing bl bi in germany and naples narles before settling here 31 years ago my training in the laboratory she said gave me a fondness for a problem I 1 nud nod this his training very valuable on this new jot I 1 hope to m work ork out this s towns problems as I 1 would any grobi pr obi i arising in the laboratory sometimes that ern t be done then well try something else 1 she laughed she ran for mayor she said because politicians ft bere ere threatening to undermine ter I 1 or favorite reform the city manager form of govern went established here four years ago mainly through her efforts staunch humanitarian she mind heeln leelna anyone take a drink but hates to see any one get drunk slie she does not ob jcck to women smoking though she feels it Is unhealthful in excess she Is a staunch humanitarian and her arch hate Is the eye for an cie theory of punishment she believes that many are thus penalized for hereditary and environmental accidents beyond their control she bel believes lees instead of correctional and educational methods which are she said in their infancy she Is a new englander born in to burlington I 1 t L she was grala abed from the university of ver ler mont la 1882 |