People: Women at Work

In Indianapolis, the Indiana House of Representatives thought it would be nice if the local theater attraction, Mae West, would pay them a visit. Representative John R. Ryan, appointed a committee of one to extend the invitation, brought back his report: "She can't come. She asked me what time we met, and I told her 10 a.m. She said: 'Jack, where I come from, the roosters don't even take off their muzzles until 11:30 a.m.' "

At a Washington newswomen's luncheon, Guest of Honor Anna Rosenberg was asked if she had mastered "government procedure." Said the new Assistant Secretary of Defense: "Where...

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