Woman of the Year Page #2

Wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Safe? He's out a mile!

How much are they paying you,

you one-eyed chiseler?

What do you do in the winter,

burn down hospitals? Grave robber!

- Ain't there no laws in this country?

- Shut up, will you?

What do you mean, shut up?

You got a lot of nerve.

That guy was out a mile. By six miles!

I'll beef all I like!

You'd think I didn't buy a ticket.

Well, I did. You wanna see it? Here!

$ 1.65 of good American dough.

- Sit down.

- Sit down.

- Took his foot off the base,

and he's claiming he didn't.

Got as much right here as anybody. More

than most, because I'm here all the time.

Ask the usher, the ticket office.

First in line at the opening game.

- If the shortstop had kept his...

I mean, if the short...

Maybe I could draw you

a diagram of it here a little.

- Come on, Joe!

- Come on, Joe!

- Two on, two out.

- Have a peanut.

Thanks. A homer would win

the game, wouldn't it?

- Nothing less.

- What's the matter?

- You're wonderful.

- Of course. Didn't you know?

I had you mixed up.

What is your name again?

- Just call me Tessie.

- Hi, Tessie. Call me Sammy.

- Come on, Joe!

- Come on!

Run!

- Well, we win.

- No.

- What's the matter?

- He's out. That's the end of the inning.

- The score is tied?

- Like a wet shoelace.

What a shame. We almost won.

Let's get out of here.

- Wait, the game isn't over.

- You said nine innings.

At the end of nine innings, if the score

is tied, they play until somebody wins.

- What time is it?

- 4:
30.

I'm late already.

I've got a rehearsal at NBC.

You stay and finish. I'll be fine.

- So long.

- So long, pal.

- Wait, I'll go with you.

- Oh, please...

Looks like the ball game isn't

the only thing that's tied up around here.

Sounds like a hit. Two-bagger.

NBC, and hurry, please. 9:00.

I'm sorry, I must... I thought...

Looking for Miss Harding.

- Well, come right in.

- Is this Miss Harding's?

Yes. May I have your hat?

- Oh, I don't... I don't...

- Sam.

Sam, I'm so glad you came. Who won?

- Who won what?

- The game.

- The Yanks in the 10th.

- How nice.

Everyone in Philadelphia

must be so happy.

You dropped your flowers.

Thanks.

- Flowers.

- Sam, you're sweet.

Shall we pass them around again now?

Come on. A few people always

come in after my broadcast.

Why do you broadcast?

Just wait and tell them here.

Are they kidding

with that "da-da-da"?

You don't speak Russian,

they speak nothing else.

Now, let's see.

I wonder who you'd get along with.

There's Madame Laruga

sitting over there.

- Probably don't speak Slovenian either.

- No, just a little broken English.

Hello. Sam, will you excuse me?

He doesn't know anyone here.

How did Harry come out with that

Customs deal he was working on?

He didn't. I even went to the consul,

and he couldn't do anything.

- He stopped you?

- Absolutely.

- Why didn't you go the limit for Harry?

- I went to the Mexican authorities...

Dr. Livingstone, I presume.

Yes?

Yes. Sit down.

I get kind of lost at these big parties,

don't you?

Yes.

The situation is pretty warm

in your part of the world, isn't it?

Yes.

- Having fun?

- Yes.

We haven't met. My name is Craig.

- What's yours?

- Oh, yes.

You don't speak English,

do you, Charlie?

Yes.

You're a silly-Iooking little jerk

with that towel around your head.

- You know that, don't you?

- Yes.

- That's all, brother.

- Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Hey, ask her if it's true about

Rudolph Hess' toenails, will you?

I don't think we'll make a definite

reservation for the return flight.

Just a moment, please. Sorry.

Either tomorrow night

or Monday morning. Thank you.

- My name is Sam Craig. It's all right.

- Will you kindly be seated?

It'll just be a moment.

This is Gerald Howe,

Miss Harding's secretary, speaking.

I'd like to make a call

to Havana, Cuba.

Miss Harding calling the office

of Seor Batista.

Colonel Fulgencio Batista.

Just ask for the president

of the country. Right.

You read Chinese?

Fluently.

- You may go in now.

- Thanks.

Yes? Hold on a moment, please.

Cuba on the wire.

Nice party you had last night.

It was a nice baseball game.

- Thanks for the thing.

- Not at all.

I'd like to talk to you, Tess.

Shoot.

No, no. It's nothing in particular,

you know.

I thought the two of us

could sit down somewhere...

...and kick the thing around.

I thought I'd have

a chance last night...

...but when I walked into

the League of Nations...

...with two sparrows under my arm...

They're lovebirds, Sam,

and they're wonderful.

How did they get here?

How the dickens do you think

they got here?

Get your hat, and we'll go

get lost in New Jersey.

I'd love to, Sam. But gosh darn it all!

I have to speak at a meeting

up at Riverside Hall this afternoon.

- Hey, pick me up after the meeting.

- All right. What time?

- About 5:
15. Meet me backstage?

- All right, 5...

Wait. I wonder if that'll

give me time. I have a 6:00 plane.

- Plane? What...?

- I'm going to Washington.

- Washington?

- Yeah. Sure it won't be inconvenient?

- To go to Washington?

- No, to take me to the airport, silly.

- No. Where do I pick you up?

- Riverside Hall.

Yes, hold on please. It's Vichy calling.

Get on the extension and take down

every word. See you later.

Hello.

Look, do you mind

if I take this with me?

I didn't finish the crossword puzzle.

Where's Miss Harding, please?

I'm late.

Too many feel about women's rights the

way a girl I know does about her fur coat.

All her life, she dreamt about having one.

She got it after a tough struggle.

I suppose there's a sort of contentment,

and I wouldn't quarrel with her about it.

Sit down, Sam. There's a chair.

I do, however, take issue violently...

...when women try to apply

that same reasoning...

...to the rights we fi...

Finally won 22 years ago.

At this very moment, we're facing

the first major test of our fitness...

...to shoulder this responsibility.

Ellen Whitcomb has pointed out

to you this afternoon...

...the deep obligation we have

to take a vital part...

...in the crisis confronting

our country.

It is our simple duty not only

to accept what she has said...

...but to translate her words

into terms of positive action.

Ellen Whitcomb represents,

as no other individual...

...the development of the rights

women fought for...

...and the responsibilities

we must assume.

In her words, "What we fought for was

not only the privilege of equal rights...

...and a share in the determination

of state policy...

...but also the grave responsibility

which accompanies that privilege.

Today, women of the world

are faced with the first major test...

...of their fitness

to meet that responsibility.

Our place is no longer only in the home.

It is also in the first line of battle."

There is so little

that I can add to her words.

There is so little anyone can add.

Possibly, I'm prejudiced

because she's my aunt.

I don't think so.

Her life and her work

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