Evening star. [volume], April 11, 1933, Page A-6, Image 6

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"Battle of Washington" Was
"Tempest in a Teapot,"
She Declares.
This is the tenth of a series of
daily articles in which Mrs. Dolly
Gann. sister of Charles Curtis, Vice
President in the Hoover adminisha
tion, is giving reminiscences of her
interesting experiences in politics
and society in Washington.
BY DOLLY GANN4
If I had not been a central figure In
the so-called "war of precedence" I
could not have Imagined it possible for
so many words to be written on such
small foundations of fact.
I am not one of those who scoff at
newspaper report*, especially if the
news fails to coincide willi their opin
ions or is insufficiently laudatory; but
in the "precedence controversy" I was
astonished at publication of rumors
easy to disprove. This is not a blanket
accusation. Many newspaper corre
spondents are careful and accurate, and
among them I number some of my best
friends.
iup war w«s no war at all: the
"controversy" never reached proportions
Justifying the word. It was a tempest
in a teapot. It was a mirage. One ciay
I could see it in front of me, next day
It wasn't there. 'ilien the old story
would get a new start, and I would heJr
all over again that I was raising a
merry row vs to where I .should march
in the line to a stale dinner and where
' I should sit at the table.
1 However, even an absurd rumor usu
ally has a start In a fact. Si) it was in
this. Tlte fact w.s that I faced in
creased duties when my brother became
Vice President. That he should have
an official hostess was important. The
Vice President represents the President
in social amenities, which are neces
sary In official life, and the President
neither makes calls nor is entertained
outside the White House except when
he calls upon visiting dignitaries and
attends the few dinners where his pres
ence is required by tradition.
My brother, with dally obligations for
which he had to have a woman's help,
expected me to serve as hostess, as I
had been doing for years. He w;s a
widower. His two daughters were so
occupied with their families that they
could not move to Washington. I was
his only helper on the social side, and
certainly he had been too good to me,
and I too devouted to him for me to
think of deserting him or for him to
think of allowing me to desert.
Avoidance of my new duties was Im
possible. If I li&d disliked them it
would have been outrageous for me to
retreat; but I enjoyed my social activi
ties. and I was especially fitted for them
through long experience. The criticism
which might befall me for doing my
duty wal of no consequence, but I
should have been truly distressed if,
after falling in that duty, I should have
found myself blamed for having shirked.
Brother was asked casually by a corre
spondent Just after the mauguratlcn
whether I was to be his hostess and
replied: "Of course!" Brother wrote
the State Department I was to repre
sent him. This required no answer, so
my brother was astonished when Secre
tary Kellogg wrote that I might sit at
the head of our own table—a privilege
I certainly would have granted myself
without his permission!
Curtis BtokM Protest.
A few days later the department in
formed the diplomatic corps that at
state social functions I should be seated
after the Ambassador's wives. This was
not the result of any query or request
from the Vice President. The depart
ment's spokesman acted on initiative
other than ours, and the statement was
accompanied by an explanation that
the ruling on seating arrangements ac
corded with iternational diplomatic
usage.
In the inaugural procession I had
ridden with my brother from Capitol
to White House and. according to cus
tom. we had opened the inaugural
charity ball: also we had been the first
persons in the line at the reception.
Brother demurred to Secretary Kel
logg's precedence ruling, writing that
the place of the head of his household
was not where the State Department
had indicated, but in the front of the
line, so to speak. Before this letter
was answered Mr. Kellogg retired and
was succeeded by Mr. Stimson.
Brother wrote him asking that the
Kellogg ruling be revised. Mr. Stimson
was in something of a quandary. It
was rare for a predecessor's decision to
be upset in the State liepartment. yet
the .Secretary did not wish to offend
the Vice President. The upshot was
that Mr. Stiimon proved himself a
jolly good diplomat bv referring the
puzzle to the diplomatic corps on the
ground, apparently, that our foreign
guests might properly pass upon a so
cial question in which they were pri
marily interested.
They decided the Vice President's
sister was entitled to the ranking place
and that they would welcome "with
That Precedence Tempest
MRS. DOIi.Y GANX AND MRS. ALICF. LONGWORTH.
i great pleasure" my presence In the
| capacity of his hostess.
But nn effort was made to create
the impression—at any rate, the im
pression was spread—that, despite the
diplomats' action, secret conlroversey
still raged over where I should sit at
the table. A lot of fun was had. The
more distant the scene from Wash
ington the more muddled the informa
tion.
X do not need many words to ex
plain it. The situation is simple. Kx
perience lias e.stublLslxd in Washing
ton, as in Oilier national capitals, that
there must be an exact code govern
ing gallit rings attended by olHcutl per
| sons.
If rules were lacking or slovenly en
forced, there would be confusion; no
body would know wiiere he or she
belonged, and many would strive to
appear entitled to places not theirs by
right.
Order of Precedence.
The order of precedence in Wash
ington follows:
The President.
The Vice President.
(Ambassadors, the Chief Justice,
associate Justices. Ministers, disputed.)
The Speaker of the House,
Cabinet members.
Senators.
Chief of staff of the Army.
Chief of operations of the Navy.
Representatives.
Charges d'affaires.
Major generals and rear admirals.
Counselors, military and naval at
taches.
Tin solicitor general.
First foreign secretaries.
Undersecretaries and First Assistant
Secretaries.
Federal Reserve members.
Interstate commerce commissioners.
Secretary of the Smithsonian Insti
tution.
Director of the Pan-American Union.
Second and third foreign secretaries.
Second and third American Assistant
Secretaries.
There seems a general impression
the rules of precedence are snobbish.
The opposite is true. "Rank" in Wash
ington entertaining is the rank of a
democracy. Placing one person ahead
of another means that the preferred
person has a higher post through elec
tion or appointment, never because of
Inherited prerogatives or wealth. What
ever place I might hold was due to my
representing socially the Vice Presi
dent.
a lew aays after the diplomats made
their graceful gesture In response to
Secretary Stimson'a suggestion, much
ado was made when their dictum was
observed at a dinner given by Senor
Da Vila, Chilean Ambassador. I pro
ceeded to my place on the Ambassador's
arm. Tremendous event! Newspapers
recorded the climax of the "Battle of
Washington," when, in fact, the pro
cedure was only what would have been
adopted if the question had not been
raised at all.
At no time before or after the dip
lomats' decision was the question raised
at the White House, where I always had
full recognition as my brother's hostess.
But gossip would not down. Just
how Alice Roosevelt Longworth's name
first appeared I don't know. If she
ever said anything about it I never
heard of it. We had known each other
for years. We know and like each
other still—at least, I like her, and 1
hope she likes me.
This new phase was brought to view
by Alice's husband. Nicholas Long
worth, though I never heard of his
making any official complaint. His
contention, it appeared, was that the
Speaker of the House outranked the
Vice President, and therefore that the
Speaker's wife should precede the Vice
President's hostess at social gatherings.
Evidently Speaker Longworth had over
looked that the Vice President, elected
by the people, is. under the OoMtitu
tlon. successor of the President upon
the President's death or disability. We
paid no attention to the protest, if in
deed one was ever formally made.
The gossips discoursed upon the new
development. Correspondents put tlie
story on the wires. The alleged con
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troversy between the families became a
cause celebre, and I found myself In the
limeiight, topic of innumerable rumors, j
Rome not entirely complimentary, and
the victim of the most ridiculous mis
statements.
"Two Jungle Women."
Uninformed readers would have
thought Alice Longworth and myself,
venomous as two jungle women, v.e.'e at
each other's throats. We were pictured
ps saying the most astonishing things
to one another or behind each other's
back.
A specialist in historical episodes ex
claimed, apropos the rumored contro
versy: "Did Alice burn? Did Daily
rave?" So it went, and during the
whole period the two combatants did;
not even meet. There are few Wash
ington entertainments where the Vice
Hiesident and the Speaker both appear.
They are of such high rank that each
Is guest cf honor at almost every din
ner he attends.
The situation had its humorous side
and gave me more laughs than annoy
ance. I went to an afternoon affair
wearing a drers with a defective belt. I
had to pin up the bflt otherwise it
would slip down. The pin became un
fastened. the belt slipped, and I was a
fright. But I did not discover the mis
hap In time. A photographer took a
snapshot, and the picture was repro
duced In a newspaper and caused this
comment:
"Why should a woman who looks like
thl3 care where she sits at the table?"
It was a long while before my family
ceased to gibe at me, and I don't use
pins In my belt any more.
In September, 1929, when It was an- j
nounced that the British prime min
ister, Ramsay MacDona d, was to visit
the United States, it was solemnly as
serted that the principals in the "pre- j
cedence war" would absent themselves |
from Washington. I w.s in Kansas. I
hastened back to Washington. When
the President had his dinner for the
visitors I was seated on the left of Mr.
Hoover and Lady Isabella Howard, wile
of the British Ambassador, on his right.
My brother, out of courtesy to the Brit
ish guests, had waived the question of
precedence hi favor of Lady Isabella,
and Mr. Stimson described the Vice
President's act as "most gracious and
considerate."
Some weeks before I had been on the
front pages again when I declined wine
at the British embassy. The Ken
tucky W. C. T. U. wrotg asking if I had
done this, and I replied that I knew
the Ambassador had a right undpr our
laws to serve wine, but that I had not
taken any "out of consideration of my
own country and my brother."
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■ over a meeting of Alice Longworth and
myself at a White House reception. The
report that she said "Hello. Dolly." and
I responded "Hello, Alice." was the
text for ail announcement that the
"social war" seemed ended.
And Such Excitement!
Soon after I visted the Senate gal
lery and got into the same elevator
with Alice, whom I asked to Join me
in the Vice President s seats. As we
entered the gallery there was a rush of
newspaper men, while the Senators
looked up to see what was going on.
The correspondents shot rapid-fire
questions. 'How dil it happen?" "Why
are yon two together?"
We laughed, and our Inquisitors
Anally dispersed. This was the only
time any one ever mentioned the "con
troversy" when Alice and I were to
gether. She never spoke of It to me or
I to her.
I have always admired Alice Long
worth, since the time when we had
barely a bowing acquaintance. She
does what she likes and cares not a
snap of her finger what anybody thinks
about her. Lor.g before smoking by
women became so usual she would light
a cigarette. I used to say to myself,
"My, that girl's independent!"
It happens often that we envy or
praise in others qualities which -would
not become ourselves and which. If we
could acquire them, would not suit us.
I like people too much to disregard
their opinions or court their disfavor,
yet I think I understand how a woman
of Alice's brilliancy might find It more
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' tngton who has more charm, can say
cleverer things, or hks had more in
teresting experiences-. Through her
years at the White House she enjoyed
to the utmost what Washington could
give a President's daughter, evading, as
she does today, formalities not to h?r
liking.
As wife of the Speaker she never
kept open house or gave the routine
entertainments which adherence to
tradition would have imposed upon
her. She did not make calls. So far
as I know, she did not do anything she
preferred not to do.
A law unto herself is Alice Long
worth. Those who like her. among
whom I am one. .have no wish for
her to change. Real individuality is a
gift too unuaual to be spoiled by rules
of conformity.
(Tomorrow—Hon tew for the Vice
President.)
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