The Washington times., 1919-10-28
DRAF BILL TO VOTE
FOR SCHOOL BOARD
CitizeEs' Committee Also Ap-
points Steerers to Push Meas
ure Through Congress.

At a meeting of the citizens joint
committee for an elective school
board Wednesday evening. November
s., in the Board of Trade rooms. steps
win be taken in the campaign to OBJ
tain for Washington "a system
whereby the members of the Board
of Education will be elected by the
residents of the District The meet
ing next week will pass upon legis-
lation v-rposed to put such system
into prs -.lce. Provided 1t is approved
by the committee, which meets next
week, a bill to do so will be intro
duced in Congress within the near
future.
There are thirty-two organizations
now actively cooperating to this end
through the citizens committee. Each
organization is represented on the
joint committee by two delegates.
Associations Represented.
The list of organizations and dele
gates includes:
Board of Trade. Roy c. Clafin and
= G. Hiatt; Bradbury Heights Cit
izens' Association, J. z. Crowder and
w. o. wetzel; Central Labor Union,
William NJ. Keeler and Elizabeth A.
Hnyden; Chevy Chase Citizens AS
sociation. J. NJ. Winnemore and Will
liam NJ. Steuart; Columbia, Heights
Citizens Association. II. v. Speelman
and George A. Ward; Congress
Heights Public Improvement Asso-
citation. the Rev. E. e. Richardson
| and George A Blunt; Daughters of
Veterans, U. S. A, Mrs. Rosalie NICK.
Shelton and Miss Moree Z. Buckler
Deanwood Citizens Association, Will
liam Moody and the Rev. T. A. Hen
derson; East Washington Citizens
Association. DR.. Charles NJ. Emmons
and c. Howard Buckler; Fairmont
Heights Citizens Association, C. l..
Marshall and W. S. Early; Federal
Employees Union No. 2, George War
rem and Miss Elizabeth Edes; High
School Teachers Union, Mrs. Flor
ence II. Rogers and Miss Alice Deal
Kenilworth Citizens Association, C.
e. Laser and George C. Lyle; Manual
Training Association, E. F. Pywell
and j. A. Chamberlain; National
Women's Trade Union League. Miss
Mary Burr and Miss Florence p.
! Smith; Northeast Washington Cit
liens Association, DIR. Starr Parsons
and Roscoe Jenkins; Parents League
of Washington, r. r. Horner and DIR.
j. NJ. Waldron; Public Interest Asso-
citation of East Washington, the Rev.
/ r. /. A Bennett and DR.. @. II. Rich
ardson; Sixteenth Street Highlands
Association. the Rev. James ID. Bur-
rer and John d. Rhodes; Sons of
: Veterans, U. s. A, Adolph J. Schip-
pert and George G. Seibold; Wash
! tngton Civic Center, Richard r. Hor-
ner and James l.. Neill; Washington
Elementary Teachers Union, E. H.
Lawson and Miss Estelle c. Jackson;
Washington Lodge of International
Association of Machinists, j.. H
Wyatt and Charles Frazier; Wash
tngton Newswriters' Association, A
Cloyd Gill and Paul e. O'Neil; West
End Citizens Association, H. Ran
dali Webb and DIR. NJ. F. Finley; Eek
ington Citizens Association, Martin
/ Solem; Maryland and District of Co
lumbia Federation of Labor, B. w.
Payne; Southwest Civic Association,
| James f. White; Grade Teachers
Union. Miss Dulin; Petworth Citizens
| Association Rhode Island Avenue
/ Citizens Association; members at
large, Henry w. Draper, Horace J.
| Phelps, F. 8. Tanner, and Bill Price.
Steering Committee.
Members OF the steering committee
which will present the BILL as drafted
| TO the joint committee next week,
are B. w. Payne, chairman; DR.. Starr
Parsons, william W. Keeler, Henry
w. Draper. Florence Rogers. Ethel NJ
Smith, the Rev. J. Milton Waldron
Walter S. Early, Estelle c. Jackson
J. Clinton Hiatt and Chairman Claflin
e1officio.
The election machinery provided in
the proposed bill is based largely on
bill prepared and introduced by
Senator Miles Poindexter. of Washing
ton, for the election of a delegate to
represent the District of Columbia in
the House of Representatives.