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Show The New Cabinet Wives. w:vei of th N'xon Cabinet members bc3$t personal latent ard many possess a rvvy of the Wa:hin9.on social scene. This second article In a series reveils in whyf direct. r.-- they arc expected to influence that scene. Mrs. P.omncy did not hesitate to take the President ot the United States to task). She is the most likely oi all the Cabinet wives to make her mark as a public person. There lias been much talk of coordinating the vast number of volunteer organizations around the country to aid in new Administration projects. If so. Lenore is ready, a veteran of the speaker's rostrum, Her enthusiasm for ti e Administrations experts, such as Henry A. Kissinger and Dr. Lee A. DtiBridge ("Fabulous to hear and learn from"), is. only outweighed by her pride in her husband: "All his experience has been punning toward this job." She is one political wife willing to lay. her own opinions directly on the line. I'm Ev. CAROLYN BELL HUGHES Thai's a pearl group if 1 ever saw one, murmured a poetical kibitzer after meeting the wives of President Richard M. Nixon's Cabinet. Jet, this jaded observer co03d be wrong. Despite an overall Junior League appearance, the women who will set WASHINGTON two-stran- d tli social tone in Washington next four years are nether very conservative or teijjibly social. Their backgrounds vary. fertile todays demanding of social conscience, wfves of the Cabinet members art expected to provide many of work above v$man-hour- s add beyond social duties. jlow they perform in these duties is often considered imof portant to the sum-tot- tllpir husbands performance Adjit: Washington and in the ministration. Mrs. Melvin R: Laird's husband is the new Secretary of Defense. She long ago set her cjm D.C. style. In the 16 years that her husband served iiv Washington as a Wisconsin her volunteer Congressman, works ' (such as remedial raiding) went unheralded and w)sung. want to be helpful she sijys now, well aware of her new status as a Cabinet wife, fcut I want you to know I didnt like 4liis sort of thing. she By "this sort of thing njt ans the publicity. tI ;v. - ., 1 H t - !',' K-QL. 4 , . ' . t x - A- . - ' - terribly strict, a moralist, I guess, said this woman who raised her own four children in the Mormon faith. Yet she is often asked Pictured here with her' husband, new head of and Urban Development, is Mrs. Housing George W. Romney. The Romneys are former residents of the Beehive State. The new Secretary of State and Mrs. William P. Rogers are known to love dancing; so are the Gecrge Romneys, who ar? Mormons and teetotalers. It has been said of Lenure She could dance Romney: all night. SO INTELLIGENT the firing-lin- e post in the Department of Housing and Urban Development is probably the best known of all the . new Cabinet wives. Lenore Romneys swinging d walk, her eager, face are familiar; so is her emotional defense of her husband. (Subbing for her hus-- , band on the' speakers platform during the Detroit riots, heart-shape- Talkative and brainy, the wife of the man who will hold . to to speak groups on sex. high-scho- CABINET WIVES' other hand, among the new Cabinet wives are several novices On the politics. Until the beginning of the Nixon campaign last year, Martha Beall Mitchell, wife of a Wall Street lawyer, had never been involved in politics. As the wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, she will find that her husband lias exchanged anonymity in one power center for full exposure in another pow er center. It was her husband, one of the leading municipal and state bond attorneys in the country, who managed President Nixon's successful nm for the White lluusc, who is perhaps closest to him. controversial image prethe new Secretary of Interior, Walter J. Picket, A ceded from his office as first Repub of Alaska. lican Governor Even before his official arrival, his views on conservation liad already been challenged in the press and in government circles. Mrs. Hickel is in direct contrast to her outspoken husband, who parlayed an early stake into a building empire. Ermalee Strutz Hickel is a dainty, proper, gracious and in the restrained woman words of one of her friends, a woman wtio would intimidate no one. IS MIDWESTERN Howevv. despite certain unusual regional cultures, the Nixon Cabinet is salted by a strong Midwestern flavor. Its families have moved in Chicago banking circles, like tliosr of Treasury Secretary David M. and Budget Kennedy Director Robert Mayo. Others have been campus celebrities, like the Clifford Ht.rdins of' the University of Nebraska. And the George P. Schultzes of the Univarsity of Chicago. They will serve in Agriculture and Labor, re- Betrothed AW V ut ! X console table was designed from scraps. This adds right touch to area. It TRY THIS IN YOUR HOME Great Decor Idea By PAULINE GRAVES 36 long, sitting side pieces, each the two on 30 long. If you are furnishing your home for the first time, or redecorating it for the second or third, perhaps you have readied the place where there is hot enough money to finish the job completely. Because the wood is massive and heavily textured, it seemed best to leave the corners square, instead of Or perhaps there is a corner where you feel only a certain furniture piece will do, ana you cannot find it. At this For piece stage, sit back, look around and see if you can devise just what is needed. mitred. Certainly easy construction. of It makes for decorative detail, a picture molding fills in Hie front apron. Although the molding appears to be installed on a slant, it was mounted on a strip of ply- - wood which was then secured to the table. THE DESIGN The bottom edge looks re--' cessed because that is the design of the frame. Flat white paint covers the table, matching it to the wall, so that the table doesnt domi- 'I nate the small hall in which it . stands. But the contrast in i textures, the rough against vi H the smooth, is very nice. A gold framed mirror above H adds richness. -- Af SO CLEVER Council To Hold mr She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Robert ' Jkirdtich, 1957 Laurelhurst Dr. Mrs. Murdoch s hostess at the event. J V'-- Special Meeting of the future. bridegroom are Mr. aijd Mrs. Charles F. Lauritzen, 1070 Catherine Sti .,y Kathleen Murdoch engaged couple will exchange wedding vows March 18 in the Salt Lake Temple.. 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