Evening star., 1919-02-21
TO SPREAD STORY
OF V0TELESS D. c.
Circulars Being Prepared for
Fight for National Rep
reSentation.
USE OF LETTERS URGED

Hundreds of circulars telling the
story Of how 100000 Americans are
kept voteless in the National Capital
are being prepared by the business
men of the city to be used in their
campaign to interest the voters in
the states in Washington's appeal for
representation in Congress.
Merchants are being asked to slip
a circular into every letter they mail
out of the city. On the outside of the
folder are printed few brief lines
intended to catch the eye of the ma n
who receives it, and induce him to
read more about washington's case.
What Circular Contains.
Help the District of Columbia get
suffrage" the circular begins. 'TaA-
alton without representation is tyran-
NY Write to your representatives
and senator's Interest your local
newspaper. Hand them this folder.
On the inside of the folder is repro
duced the statement which appears
daily in The Evening Star of how the
District of Coiumb bia is governed. The
circular, in closing, quotes the joint
resolution now pending in Congress
right to elect senators and represent
atives and vote for the President with
out disturbing the present form of
city government.
If you are willing to help get the
vote by using these circulars in your
mail call up Joseph D. Kaufman.
Franklin s27. and he will tell you how
to get them.
Must Fight to Win.
Mr.. Kaufman. discussing the ques-
tion of suffrage today. declared that
Washington can win its fight if every
man in the District win join in this
campaign of appealing to the people
in the states and thereby show them
that the residents here really want
the vote. He said:
When we stop to reflect on the un-
American form of goverRmen ent under
which the 400.000 residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia live, move and have
their being does not IL gradually
dawn on US that We are just a little
bit responsible for our own plight?
True, we had no hand in the estab-
lishmsnt of this 'unhoIy condition. but
has not the opportunity been always
present for US to Shout our cause
to the four corners of the United
States? Have not we been guilty of
hiding our light under a bushel?' So
task of getting that which is ours
by every right, by every argument. by
every principle for which the republic. of
the west has been the pioneer champion.
To the point-we must advertise
our product to the people. Let US
eliminate sentiment and approach the
problem from a COOL calculating, jan
alyxing standpoint. The big method
the modern method of selling. and
remem ber, we must sell this convic-l
ton to the hundred million people Of
our land-the modern method OF SELL.
ing is-'make the public demand your
product'-they in turn get behind the
retailer and he gets behind the jobber.
and SO on. There yen have it-and
there is only one unfailing method.
namely, the continuous day-in' and
'day-out' public&ty campaign.
Washington has -se4n IN the past
three weeks Z beginning OF d publfcity
campaign to the people of the states
selling campaign to the public In
favor of the product national rep
resentation for the 400, 900 people of
the District of Columbia. The be-
ginning is q modest one. but the
all pull together: gradually by fund
and by fury work this plan up to
an immense, Irresistible. contagious
and convincing campaign, and when
We have done our part District Of
columhia suffrage will be ours for
the asking"