Evening star., 1921-02-15
FIGHT FORVO
/: IN D. C. TO GO ON
Optimistic Meeting of Citi-
{! zens' Executive Commit
:: tee Is Held.
CHEERING TALKS MADE
Hope for a Favorable Report From
. House Committee at This
i:: Session.
CHEERING TALKS MADE

Evidence Of its determination to
carry the fight for Americanization OF
District citizens TO the next Congress
and as many Congresses thereafter as
may be necessary to achieve victory
was furnished yesterday at meeting
Of executive committee of the cit
lzens' joint committee on national
representation for the District of Co
1umbia. Standing committees were en-
1arged and plans adopted FOR arousing
greater interest in the states in the
justice of national enfranchisemen.
for Washingtonians. There was a
general overhauling and testing OF
the machinery of the committee. with
the members voicinS the unanimous
opinion that it had proved it's eff
cheney in the recent hearings before
the House judiciary committee and
ultimately will reach the goal for
which it was designed.
Many In Attendance.
Chairman Theodore W. Noyes pre-
sided at the meeting, which was held
in the Board of Trade rooms and drew
a large attendance. That hope of
favorable report by the House judi
cisry committee at this session on the
joint resolution, for national repre-
seHtation has not been abandoneeAw was
indicated when Mr.. NoyeS urged the
members to be unremitting in their
efforts to the very end of the session
to obtain such a report
1t was announced that 5000 copies
of the report of the hearing before
the judiciary committee will be ready
ZOE distribution at an early date The
Board of Trade, Chamber of Com
msrce and City Club will be the prin-
cipal distributors.
DIR. BOwermnn Approves.
Enthusiastic Endorsement was given
a 10, h,- ID
ernan, librarian of the Public Lii
brary, for carrying the fight into new
fields when he proposed high school
debates throughout the country on
the question of national representa-
tion for the District. The sugges-
tioR was referred 10 the apprOpIIa,e
committees, to work up interest in the
matter End to supply the debaters with
material. I
Secretary Seymour of the Chamber
channel through which it is hoped to
obtain outside support. He said the
Chamber of Commerce would send
copies of the hearing reports to The
principal chambers Of commerce through
out the nation. The reports probably
will be accompanied by letter request
ing the commercial bodies to consider
resolutions fayoring the principle of na-
tional citizenship for Washingtonians.
Urges Pamphlet of Facts. -'
II was suggested by Jesse c. Suter
that there is need of a pa -sRe:et tor
cireulation in the public schools set
ting forth the exact facts as to the
Districts political status He said
there had come recently to his at
tent ion evidence that at least one
teacher had been making statements
which were at variance with the facts
presented in the committees brief.
Fhis prompted DR. Bow werman to an
neunce that one of the needs of the
SCHOOLS is a chiid's history of the
District. ard that a member Of the
library staff is now engaged in pre-
pairing such a history. >.
Henry B. F. Macfarland, chairman of
the committee brief. who took an
active part in presenting the committees
case before the judiciary committee,