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Woman vice president
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How long does it take for
the American voter to break
with a deeply-rooted tradi-
tion in politics at high
levels?
Al Smith made history in
1928 when he became the
first Catholic to be nomi-
nated for President; but it
was not until 32 years later
that a man of Smith's faith
— John F. Kennedy — won
both the nomination and
the November election.
Moving down a step to the
vice presidency, one recalls
that the name of Frances
Farenthold of Texas was
placed in nomination at the
1972 Democratic conven-
tion. Now, only 12 years la-
ter, a woman sits on the
United States Supreme
Court, two hold U.S. Senate
seats, 19 are in the House of
Representatives; nearly
1,000 are lawmakers at the
state level; Kentucky boasts
a woman governor; and few
prognosticators brush off
the possibility that the
Democrats may choose a
woman to run for Vice
President.
House speaker Tip
O'Neill has already th.rown
Geraldine Ferraro's hat into
the ring. On the speaker's
scorecard, she scores high as
a Catholic. A second plus for
the Congresswoman is her
Italian ancestry.
Were it not for the fact
that Vice President George
Bush is the Republican
choice, the GOP might be
considering Senators Nancy
Landon Kassebaum of
Kansas and Paula Hawkins
of Florida; Jeanne Kirkpat-
rick, U.S. Ambassador to
the United Nations; Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor;
Elizabeth Dole, Jill Ruckel-
shaus and other Republican
luminaries.
And if Geraldine Ferraro
doesn't get the brass ring on
the Democratic ticket, Con-
gresswomen
Patricia
Schroeder,
Barbara

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Mikulski, Lindy Boggs;
Kentucky Governor Martha
Collings; Mayors Diane
Feinstein and Kathryn
Whitmire will win consid-
eration.
So here we are in 1984,
118 years since Elizabeth
Cady Stanton dared to run
for Congress but was able to
poll only 24 votes; and 116
years since Susan B. An-
thony first appeared at a
GOP convention to plead
the cause of women's suf-
frage, a cause which failed
to triumph until 1920.
In a nation that boasts
many minorities in connec-
tion with the vote today, it is
noteworthy that women
comprise that rare commod-
ity — a majority. The cur-
rent score is: men, 47 per-
cent; women, 53 percent. A
fair estimate is that women
going to the pollson Nov. 7
will outnumber men by nine
million. Four years ago,
women voters outnumbered
men by only six million.
Perhaps even more im-
portant are the great
changes in family status.
For nearly a decade now,
the majority of American
mothers with children
under 17 have been in the
labor force. Child care cen-
ters and the availability of
free legal services are musts
for many. What's happen-
ing to health care and what
further cuts may be made in
Aide To Families With De-
pendent Children anger
them. The ominous term,
"battered women," is much
on their minds.
If Sally Ride can fly into
and return from outer space
with such Verve and confi-
dence and if Midshipwoman
Kristine Hilderreid can
finish -first in her class at
Annapolis, why not vote a
woman into the vice
presidency, or even the oval
office?

A Seven Arts Feature

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Cost-of-living ruses in Israel

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Tel -Aviv (JTA) — The Is- running at an annual rate of
raeli cost-of-living index just under 400 percent.
soared by 13.3 percent in
The only favorable eco-
June, the highest increase nomic statistics indicated
ever recorded for that that Israel's balance of
month.
trade deficit was 23 percent
The figures were a severe lower during the first half of
blow to the Finance Minis- this year than during the
try and the Likud govern- last six months of 1983.
ment just a week before
Baruch,
election day.
Nissim
The 13.3 percent rise was director-general' of the Fi-
nearly four times higher nance Ministry, told report-
than in June 1983 when the ers that no matter which
index increased by only 3.6 party wins the Israeli elec-
percent. It was twice as high tion next •week, Israelis
as the previous June record must expect drastic cuts in
government spending and
of six percent in 1982.
Since the beginning of the possibly "limited unem-
year, the cost-of-living ployment." He said there
index has risen by 122.5 should also be •lower taxes
percent. Inflation is now and lower inflation. •

