Evening star., 1920-01-14
"SORRY" D. c. FOLK
LACK FULL RIGHTS
u. S. Treasurer Burke Tells
Park View Citizens He
Would Fight.

From the bottom Of my heart
feel sorry for the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia in being deprived
of the full rights of citizenship. and
AS / lived for the privilege that was
denied me-" said John Burke. treas
urer of the United States. in an ad-
dress before a meeting of the Park
view Citizens Association held at the
Parkview School last night.
Sees Need of Assembly.
Mr.. Burke made an appeal to every
citizen to show Difference to the law.
and said that never in the history
VI the country was it more necessary
Tor people to meet in assembly as
now. and. in complimenting the MEM
berS of the Parkview Citizens ASSo-
citation on their splendid appoint
ments and large attendance. said
that it was only through such means
would the people of the District Sc
cure that which was denied them
He laid great stress on the neces-
sity of parents demanding obedience
from their children. obedience to
PARENTS he said means obedience
in the school, and obedience in the
school means obedience to the law.
As Governor If North Dakota I had
to preside at 'he pardoning board for
criminals. arl from that experience
1 found that 20 per cent of trcorrigi-
bic prisoners had reached that state
on account o. diso5edience in child
hood"
Tells of SuferinE i'm India.
After cleyar rendition of "Shamus
O'Brien" by Miss Aurora Edwards,
Rasanta koot.er Roy of Calcutta In
Edward j. Ward. Mr.. Roy. who is
a graduate of .he University of Wis
consin and ftr the past few years
Eas been doinS welfare work in his
native country. related the suffering
OF his people n India. "Of all your
institutions" sid Roy. "of all your
riches. of all y.ur natural resources
nothing you I ave can equal your
splendid public school system 1t is
TO that. and to that alone. that you
American people owe your wonderful
standing in tn world today. And
ing-education. tfe, liberty and pur-
suit of hapDinens Today in India
only / out of eve'v $50 attends school
and only 10 out OF every 100 can read
and write"
At the conclus,~n of the meeting
Mr.. Roy was intri'duced to many of
the members of thN association.
Urges school Retirement.
George H. Russell president of the
association. presided and after Sec
retary H. F. Harmon Nad read the re-
port of the executive Committee which
had met on January =, the following
resolutions drawn up by it were
voted on and adopted w the associa-
ton as whole: That the Parkview
Citizens Associa ton affiliate with Ma
tional Capital School Betterment
Council in order that more schools.
more teachers, better salaries and
better business management be at
tanned.
That a merger of all the railway
systems in the District be put into
effect: that the Parkv'ew Citizens
Association go on record as register
ing a vigorous protest against the
Mapes bill relative to the $3.50 plan
for the District that was passed by
the House yesterday and that the
association indorse the plan advo-
Gated by the Wash.rsrv.~ Beard of
Trade for the purchase of land now
occupied but NOT owned by the Dis
trict for permaient Fairgrounds.
Messrs. Bee-h, Bowman and Gill
more were trse sponsors for these res
olutions.
During t.-e evening Mrs Smith rem
dered a veal solo, and on the motion
of Miss Florence s. Farley of the
Parkvie.y School, vote of tharks
was extended to c. w. Gilmore of the
National Museum. who had presented
the Tarkview School with the first
instailment of set of models OF pre-
historic animals that he has prom
ise6 to the school.
After President Russell announced
that at the next meeting Of the as
sociation officers for the ensuing year
would be elected the audience. &C
companied by Mrs. Edward ]. Ward.
sang America"
Three hundred and twenty new
members were admitted to the asso-
citation.