Evening star., 1921-04-29
CUT OUT ALL SLURS
NOW UNNECESSARY
No Determinations Against
District Unless Demanded
by National Necessity.
EQUITY IN ALL THINGS
fnrraSnop1apre of The Star
EQUITY IN ALL THINGS
Editorial Correspondence of The star
THEODORE w. MOVES.

Let us dSSuIlt lndl our
our Congress and the capital COM
munity are cooperating faithfully.
earnestly and effectively to promote
the welfare of the nations city.
What are the needs of the capital
which must be met in order to bcstow
upon it a maximum of deserved pros
perity?
What are the Determinations against
it which must be removed in order
that it may enjoy the maximum OF
American fair play?
The District il entitled to every
American right. privilege and power
" fich in not Inconsistent with that
fall control by the nation of the ma
tons city. which the Constitution pro-
vidcx.
tiOn to which the people OF the capital
are subjected Is this: 'Does the ma
tiOnal safety or the national welfare
absolutely demand this sacrifice by the
capital community:"
What, then. are the American rights.
privileges and powers. heretofore de-
MED the District which in equity AS
the result of the application of this
acid test must be restored or be-
slowed?
What does the WaShingtonian need
to relieve him of hurtfhl discrimina-
tons that are not demanded by con-
siderations of national safety or ma
uonal necessity?
Relief From Defamation.
First, he neeCs continued and un-
grudgirg recognition by the nation
and by Congress of his public spirited
services as capital builder. as con-
tributor in land and money. as a tax
payer and otherwise, to the city's de-
velopment; he needs faithful fulfill
ment of the nations own financial OBJ
legations in respect to the capital and
at times he needs relief from ISLANDERS
upon his public spirit and from un-
deserved slurs as Il mendicant. The
WaShingtonian is entitled to financial
equity in taxation and appropriation.
including the just disbursement of ac-
cumulated tax surpluses. And the
Washingtonian is entitled to his good
Lame.
Access to Means OF SeIf-Support.
second, lie HeeOS access LOT MS SOHS
to local means of self-support. that
they may not be exiled in order to
live. The establishment of light and
clean manufactures, like those OF
Paris and Vienna. and the develop
ment of local trade, wholesale and
retail, must be encouraged. Then re-
peal or amend. in the interest OF the
District. the apportionment of offices
law, so that the youth of Washing
ton. n the most meritOrioun of all mp
pIicnnts. may have ready access to
the government departments and
workshops. which, for Washington,
take the place of iron mills in Pitts
burgh and the cotton. wooden and
shoe factories of many New Eng
land cities. Congress. by its policy of
Giscouraging commerce. and manu-
factures at the capital, excludes all
other great factories and workshops
than it's own, and then by the ap-
portionment Of the offices law IA relic
of the old spoils system. distributing
offices like bandits plunder among
the states in proportion to their
strength shuts out the growing
youth of the city from the c!assifed
service and from access to the only
local means of self-support of this
kind which il permits to exist. In
the nations city national workshops
are local. Washington II the only
community in the world where em-
pIoyment Of the local youth In the
loeaI workshop, instead OF being en-
couragcd, is prohibited; where the
youuc man must go abroad in order
TO become eligible for employment at
home.
Repeal Appointment Of Onices LAW.
tionment Of Offices law was exposed
in an it's unbusinesslike hurtful in
efficiency In order that the national
government might function quickly
and effectively to meet the require
rnen.s of the business Of war-nra k ing
ces law was evaded. ignored. sus-
pended. Under true meEit system
the government should be a BILE to use
to do the nations work. whether in
war or peace, the best fitted Of Amer
ican applicants. irrespective OF the
which they hail. As an integral part
of the system Of business efficiency
to which the new administration II
sincerely committed the appOrtiOn-
ment of Offices law should he re-
p~aied ns uns0und in principle and
hurtfui in practice.
Judicial and Political Equity.
Third. the Washingtonian needs ac-
cess IN equal terms with other
erlcanS 10 tHe leieTa1 courts. tne
same right to sue in n federal court
as that enjoyed by the citizen of a
state.
Fourth. without disturbing nation
al control OF what remains OF the
ten miles square" he needs repre-
sentation in accordance with Ameri-
can principles in the national legis-
lature which exercises this exclusive
control. and which may dispose of
his property. his liberty. his life.
Fifth, he needs. like other national
Americana. representation in accord
ance with American principles in the
electoral college which elects the
nations President.
These rights. when granted. will
not necessarily weaken in the slight
est the nations control of the Ma
tional Capital or reduce in the least
its obligation to participate financial
ly in the capitals development; and
they cannot much longer be denied
No New Discriminations.
Meanwhile the Wnshing gtonian
should he scrupuiously protected in
the menRer vestiEes OF representa-
ton and pnrticipa lon in hfs own Cow
eminent md affairs which he now en-
Joys by custom or by law. He should
endure no slurrin9 disc crimina ton,
new or old. which ts not clearly
shown to he essential to tho national
welfare. In MIS- inaugural address de-
livered March 4. ls4l. under weather
conditions which brought to him
speedy death, President William
Henry Harrison said: 1T is in this
District only where American citizens
are to be found who under a settled
system Of policy, are deprived of
many important political privileges
without any inspiring hope as to the
future. Their only consolation un-
der circumstance of such depriva-
ton is that OF the devoted exterior
guards of camp-that their suf-
ferings secure tranquility and safe
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