Evening star., 1918-01-12


Federation Of Labor cooperate with the
joint committee, but do not participate
in its work through delegates.
Appoints Assisting Committees.
In addition to cooperation committees
designed to bring into unity of action the
various organizations affiliated with the
movement, there have been formed and
are in working activity several COM
mittees the personnel and functions of
which Chairman Noyes set forth in his
report. One of these is the finance COM
mittee, comprising the presidents of the
six large cooperating ganizations. with
W. T. Galliher as chairman. A committee
on Office administration is composed of
the secretaries of the Board of Trade, the
Chamber of Commerce and the Retail
Merchants Association.
THE committees heretofore consid-
ered." states the report have been
those essential to the thorough or
ganization, cooperation and internal
administration of an association rep
resenting many thousands of District
residents and combining Washing
tonians for a common purpose in a de-
gree Of unity unequaled in the pre-
vious history of the District.
This common purpose is national
representation for the District. t. e.,
voting representation in House, Senate
and Electoral College, as proposed by
House Joint Resolution 73 and Senate
Joint Resolution "a, which by consti-
tutional amendment empower Congress
to grant District residents this repre-
sentation.
The constitutional amendment which
is to bring eventual national repre-
sentation to the District requires for
adoption a two-thirds vote. in each
House of Congress and a three -fourths
vote of the state legislatures. Before
this amendment can be considered in
Congress it must be reported from the
judiciary committee Of the House or
from the Senate committee on the Dis
trict Of Columbia
"Washington's campaign for national
representation aims first to secure ia
vorable reports upon the proposed
amendment from these congressional
uA national legislators, by verbal or
printed appeals to their sense of justice,
a two-thirds vote of each House; and
finally by missionary and educational
work. by speech and by printed word.
throughout the country. to convince
three-fourths of the state legislatures
of the equity of the Districts plea"
Law and Facts for Hearings.
Campaign committees have been ap-
pointed to accomplish these spe-
cific results. One of them deals with
the legal issues involved in the move
ment. comprising number of the
leading members of the District bar
who are members of the affiliating or
sganizations. A subcommittee of this
law committee is charged with the prep
aration of a brief for use at the hear
and Senate. the membership of which is
A. 8. .Worthington. chairman: II. B.
F. Mcfarland. H. H. Classic. e. C.
Brandenburg. Chaplin Brown. E. F. Col
laday, A. Leftwich Sinclair and T. W.
.Noyes, ex officio.
A committee on historical and sta
tistica1 data Is also at work gathering
and formulating facts and figures re-
John B. Larner. with w. B. Bryan. La
Verne Beales, Allen c. Clark, VIM. v.
Cox. G. F. Bowerman, J. Harry Sham
non and A. NJ. Fisher as members
Committee of Speakers.
general campaign committee on
speakers and another on publicity have
been charged with the presentation of the
Districts case to Individual congress
men. to the capital community and to
the country at large. orally and in
print. The speakers committee is
headed by A. Leftwich Sinclair and
the publicity committee by John Joy
Edison.
The purposes of the publicity commit
tee are to prepare and select and ap-
prove argumentative matter for publicity
with subcommittees to secure publication
Rnd to spread this matter throughout the
country by all available means.
1t Is planned to organize in each CO.
operating organization Campaign COM
thusiastic and capable advocates of ma
tional representation in those bodies
They are to canvass Congress in the
interest Of representation for the District
this cause within the city by suppiyinr
speakers for meetings and distrihmtine
written and printed matter
Mr.. Noyes in his report noted that the
nucleus for such campaign council
has been already secured in the various
organizations. as follows.
Board of Trade-Odell S. Smith, E. E.
Clement, G. F. Crane. c. ]. Gockeler
William Clabaugh: Chamber of Com.
merce-J- F. Oyster. William F. GUIDE
P. T. Moran. J. /. Weller; Federation OF
Citizens Associations-J. p. Crawford
Herman A. Phillips. William NICK
clayton: Retail Merchants Associa tior
Joseph Berberich. NJ. A. Leese. wash.
j. Wilmer Latimer. George E. vii.
son. John A. Ryan; Central Laho,
Union - Hugh D. Digney. Samuel ds
Nedrey. John H. Lorch. John B. Dick.
Observation-Disclosures ]. Rice; poiitica
organizations r. N. Harper. chair.
man; John T. Costello. first vice chair
man; =. F. Colladay. second vice chair
ncns AsoSS Z. AuuTeWSs w. L. Galliher
District Delegate Association Roy e
Ciaf1in. William NcK. Clayton; women,
examinations - Mrs. Ellen Spencel
Mussey.
Campaign Of Information.
The report concludes:
The campaign for which the mach;n
cry ID thus provided is one of informa
ticn. bringing certain vital facts yiy
idly to the attention Of the American
people, as represented In Congress and
the state jegtslatures. Az soon a. thes.
faota ar1 Impressed upon the nationa