A Woman's Place

In the full tide of an election year, the male politician becomes an expert at measuring off the White House in the spans and cubits of politics, prestige and power. But what about his wife? She naturally assumes that her husband can get anything he really tries to get, looks upon Inauguration Day as Moving Day, and ponders over the size of the Trumans' backyard. An example is Mrs. Estes Kefauver, an attractive mother of four, whose husband is going through the routine of being coy about running as the Democratic nominee.

She "had a feeling" that Estes would run, she told an interviewer this week, although there were "so many angles." But she was worried about moving the children from a "nice, normal, conventional environment" to the White House. Said Mrs. Kefauver: "Linda was very upset one day about moving. I pacified her by saying I would make her lifeguard of the [White House] swimming pool. And David wanted to know if he would have any room to play in. I told him their backyard had far better accommodations than our own little bit of a backyard.

"I can't honestly say that being First Lady appeals to me very much. It carries a tremendous responsibility, but I would try to do the best I know how to do what is expected of me." In other words, if a husband wants to run for President, a woman's place is in the White House.

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