403     October 5, 1960
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Special Guests Tallulah Bankhead, Helen Hayes and Lauren Bacall   

Though not available for review (we believe it to be a lost episode, though we have some nifty pictures below), this show was described in some detail by executive producer Gil Fates in his book What’s My Line? (Prentice Hall 1978).  With a presidential election one month away, the episode was devoted to various Secrets about the importance of voting.  Each of the guest stars “hosted” one segment, with Garry close by the entire time.  The secrets below come verbatim from Fates’ book.   

Henry Swenstad of Odin, Minnesota: “I lost an election by one vote” 
Helen Hayes’s segment. Swenstad was the incumbent mayor of the tiny Minnesota town in the 1959 election.  A carpenter by profession, he was out of town on a project on election day and got back after the polls had closed.  He lost to Duan Winters 20-19.  We said it was a tiny town.  Unbothered by his defeat, Swenstad quipped that if he had made it to the polls, “I would have lost by two.”   

Before her game, Lauren Bacall conducts a quiz on campaign songs, sung live by Oscar Brand.   

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reeks of Ashland City, Tennessee: “We ran against each other in an election” 
Lauren Bacall’s segment.  In 1955, Marion Reeks and five female friends all decided to run for city council positions in Ashland City, dissatisfied with the way men were running things.  This even though some of the men on the council were their own spouses.  All the women were active in the community as members of the local PTA and other civic organizations.  None of the women ended up victorious in the election, and even husband Sam, an incumbent, was defeated.   

Thirty-three anonymous men seated on stage: “Our names are George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc.” 
Tallulah Bankhead’s segment.  The show producers had gathered men who all shared the name of one of the 33 presidents to date, from Washington to Eisenhower.  They are seated in order of succession, and after the game, the panelists try to name the presidents in that order.