Some 40 of his Senate colleagues joined the League of Women voters of the
United States last week in honoring Arizona's Senator Carl Hayden, the
only man still in Congress who voted for woman suffrage Present were the
nation's only two women senators, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine and Marine
Neuberger of Oregon. 41 years earlier, on august 18th 1920 the necessary
36 states ratified the 19th amendment to the constitution, granting women
the right to vote mrs William H Would the nonpartisan Leagues Nationals
Secretary, read a letter from mrs roberta phillips of ST Charles Illinois.
National president of the League, Senator Hayden has done a statesman's
job not only for women's suffrage, but for all legislation important to
the nation's progress. The letter said Chairman of the powerful Senate
appropriations committee. Senator Hayden began his congressional service
in 1912. The year his native Arizona became a state
Mrs Haskell Rosenbloom, a member of the League's National board of
Directors presented the Arizona senator with a book relating the
congressional history of women's suffrage.
Mrs Luigi Petrillo, another board member, described the dramatic moments
when the League of Women voters parent organization, the National American
Woman suffrage Association heard that Tennessee, the 36th ratifying state
had put the amendment over the top.
Then Senator Hayden was given a giant bouquet duplicating the one
presented in 1922, Carrie Chapman Catt, the foremost leader in the then
victorious suffrage movement. Hayden recalled that he first advocated
women's voting rights at the Arizona Territorial Convention in 1911
The following year, the new state accepted his advice and became the 8th
state to open its polls to the fair sex on the eve of his historic mission
to Berlin. Vice President Lyndon B johnson was among the many to
congratulate Senator Hayden and to join the League of Women voters in
celebrating the 41st anniversary of american womanhood is crowning
achievement. The right to vote.
Senator Hayden. It's unusual for you to break from your heavy workload
even to announce your candidacy for reelection. And there's been quite a
bit of speculation about your plans this year, we've been uhh asked to see
if we can find out, what can you tell us? The newcomers to Arizona and my
old friends, a both entitled to know. Arizona has grown tremendously in
the last decade and that growth cannot continue until we have a greater
supply of water. And I'd like to be here to participate in that work. And
I take it you will definitely be a candidate. Certainly. Well, now, could
you tell us before we leave Senator, just what the situation is in regard
to the central Arizona project. If we are very hopeful that the case now
pending before the Supreme Court decided in Arizona Saver, that event, it
will be necessary to proceed properly with providing funds to carry on the
construction. Thank you very much decided to Hayden for allowing us to
visit with youtoday