European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 22, 1969 the stars and stripes Page a photo most sought after guests on Washington social lists now include in addition to Pat Nixon and mrs. Agnew front third and fourth from left wives of Cabinet members from left mrs. Clifford Hardin mrs. John n. Mitchell mrs. William p. Rogers and mrs. Robert Finch Back from left mrs. Walter Hickel mrs. Winton Blount mrs. Melvin Laird mrs. George Romney mrs. George Shultz and mrs. David Kennedy. Not pictured Are mrs. John a. Volpe and mrs. Maurice h. Stans. They la help set Washington s social standards by the associated press they probably would Bemore at Home at a Church social than a Truman capote party. They Are not members of the Jet nonetheless i now is up to them to help set the social standards for official Washington. They Are the 12 women whose husbands were selected for the Cabinet by president Nixon. They Are a diverse group coming from All parts of the country and All kinds of Back grounds. In fact about the Only thing they have in common is the fact that they All have children a total of 43 among them and that they All firmly believe wife s place is beside her Hus band helping when she can keeping out of the Way when she can t. Mrs. William p. Rogers,57, the soft spoken wife of the new Secretary of state is the Only one of the wives of Nixon Cabinet members who has Beena Cabinet wife before. Her Hus band was attorney general when w i g h t d. Eisenhower was president. Watching a new administration get into gear is fascinating says mrs. Rogers. This whole new team is very exciting. They Are very colourful and very interesting. I am not much of a party goer mrs. Rogers said. I will try to attend any place i can be useful or i can learn something but there Are six million re quests you cannot most of her efforts will reconnected with the state department and International activities she said. She already has had briefing about the foreign service Blair House what organizations names wives and pictures getting mater already to do our Job she Calls it. Mrs. Dean Rusk wife of in outgoing Secretary has introduced her to this the hospitality and information service which does a wonderful Job of making diplomatic families feel at Home Here. Mrs. Rusk has been just wonderful. She has been so help Ful mrs. Rogers . Rogers achieved instant identification for millions of television viewers last month when the president elect introduced the new Cabinet. She was the one with the cast. Her ankle was broken in a fall More than a year ago and she limped with pain for months be fore undergoing surgery last fall to reset it. It feels like a Concrete leg she said. I have just five More weeks in the cast so i am Over the in sturdier times she has enjoyed Tennis Golf and swimming in the heated Pool outside the Rogers Home in Bethesda my. We swim a lot morning afternoon and night she said. No Pool parties the Rogers favorite enter Taining has been Small dinners of 10simply because that goes around the table and you cantal to everyone. We enjoy she has enrolled in a French class for foreign service wives to Brush up on her schoolgirl French and Converse with Herne daughter in Law the former Therese Sanchez Galarraga a Basque. Mrs. Rogers laughed when she was asked if the fact Therese was a Basque might in fluence the incoming Secretary of state in his dealings with Don t think so. 1 Don t think it s a world policy matter she . Rogers a graduate of Cornell University Law school who chose marriage Over prac timing Law will Finis i her 10thyear As a Cornell trustee in june. Another of the in w cab inet wives mrs. David m. Ken Nedy is of the women s Boardo the University of Chicago. Her husband will be Secretary of the Treasury. She s not one of those Kennedy a Friend said. She s not the swinging Type. She Doe most of her entertaining through her Church the Church of Jesus Christ of mrs. Kennedy was president of the Young women s Mutual improvement association an teaches in the Church Relief society. She babysit with her 17grandchildren, traces her family tree takes great Pride in the Flowers she grows in her Garden in Northfield i. And make Many of her own dresses but not the Avocado Green silk she planned to Wear to the inaugural 62, she met her husband when she was 16 and he move across the Street in Ogden Utah. They were married three years later at the mormon tem ple in Salt Lake City and have four grown children. Mrs. George Romney wife of the new Secretary of housing and Urban development also is Active in the mormon Church. Perhaps the Best known of the Waigner that some said she should have been running in Stead of her husband. never commented. Often while campaigning she visited children s hospitals. Victim of a number of allergies she has spent some time in the Hospital herself. Mrs. George p. Shultz wife of the new Secretary of labor has been a popular Host Ess in Chicago where her Hus band is Dean of the University of Chicago graduate school of business. She s a Mother figure for the College a Friend said. A world War ii nurse who went to a gourmet cooking school on the i Bill she has four children of her own mar Garet 22 Katherine 18 Peter,15, and Barbara 12. Mrs. Clifford m. Hard in s husband the new Secretary of agriculture has been Chan cellar of the University of Cabinet wives she campaigned for her husband and touched off a Small controversy last Yea when she said she thought open housing Laws were proper but that open occupancy ought not to be wonderful thing about having a very Able talented wife is that your wife does t Al ways agree with what you say and you Don t always agree with what she says Romney be had a wonderful marriage because our marriage has not prevented either of us from developing our talents As when her husband ran for Hegop presidential nomination mrs. Romney 59, Mother of four Suid i Don t think an woman would want to share her husband with the we re a team and Well stay a team no matter former actress mrs. Rom Ney was such an effective Cam help with the jokes for his speeches said the former Pur due teachers College Beauty Queen mrs. Hardin is the Mother of five. So is mrs. W i n t 0 Blount who was voted the most popular girl in High schooling Union Springs Ala. More recently she has Bee Active in Community affairs in Montgomery Ala., where they lived before her husband was named postmaster general. Mrs. Walter j. Hickel the former Ernlee strut is another Mother of five alloys. She is descended from a Pioneer Alaska family. The have lived in Juneau since her husband was elected governor. Alaskans Are different peo ple. They Don t like to have peo ple Tell them what to do said the wife of the Man Nixon named Secretary of the Interior. Mrs. John a. Volpe 57,a tiny grandmother immigrated from Pescoran Enesco Italy when she was two. She designs hats including the one she wore when her husband was inaugurated governor of Massachusetts. A nurse she said she had been inclined to be shy before her husband ran for decided if 200 people came out to shake my hand Why should i be timid she said. Her husband will be Secretary of transportation. Mrs. Maurice h. Stans wife of the new Secretary of Commerce has a special hat too. It was made of a Zebra she shot. A big game Hunter she also has a Leopard coat and a lion handbag trophies of safaris with her husband. They have four adopted Chil Dren All grown. Stans was budget director inthe Eisenhower administration and they lived in Washington then. Mrs. Robert Finch Mother of four and her husband who will be Secretary of health education and welfare lived in Washington before too 20years ago when Finch was an aide to Nixon then a representative. Washington is the most wonderful City in the world she said looking Forward to the move. Mrs. Melvin Laird has been in Washington since her husband was elected to congress16 years ago Only five years after they were married. He willbe Secretary of defense. A former teacher she assists a Maryland Nursery school one Day a week and takes piano lessons. Her three children John 20 Alison 17, and Davis,14all play the Organ. Blonde mrs. J o 11 n n. Mitchell of new York is University of Miami graduate and the wife of the new attorney general. She has three children John jr., Jill and Marihu and two grandsons
