Evening star., 1923-12-02
Progressiues Look
With FAVOR on
d. c. Legislation.
to Secure
ActiOn to Start
in Fen Days.

Voting representation in Congress
and in national elections for the resi-
dents of the National Capital is one
of the most important measures af-
fecting the District of Columbia that
the incoming Congress will be called
upon to approve. according to Rep
resentative Florian Lampert of Wis
consin.
A resolution providing for voting
representation for the District in both
branches of Congress. the same as
for any state, through constitutional
amendment, will be presented in the
House early next week by Repre-
sentative Lampert. who will carry
on" the work for this cause cham
tive Sherman E. Burroughs of New
Hampshire.
Before ID. c. Committee.
This constitutional amendment
resolution will be considered in this
Congress. however, by the House
District committee instead OF by the
Judiciary committee, which held hear
ings in the Sixty seventh Congress
upon the Burroughs resolution.
Several Legislative proposals re-
garding suffrage for the people of
Washington came before the District
committee during the last Congress-"
and l understand that they will
a=ain be introduced. l will insist
upon all of these measures being
considered a the same time In order
that what is really best for the peo-
pie of the District may be determined
after careful comparison and study
by the committee"
Representative Lampert is a MEM
ber of the progressive conference and
has been urged by some citizens as
sociations in the District as very
desirable candidate for chairman of
the House District committee.
Sympathy for District.
THE progressives in the House are
very sympathetic towards the Dis
trict and believe that legislation af
secting the National Capital should
have more careful. prompt and sym
past" said Representative John NJ.
Nelson of Wisconsin. chairman of the
progressive conference. He said that
Representative Lampert, being a.
member of the District committee as
we'll as Of the progressive conference.
could voice the progressives' attitude
regarding the particular legislative
needs of the District.
Three hold-over members Of the
House District committee are active
in the councils Of the progressives,
Lampert of Wisconsin, Representa-
tive oscar Z. Keller of Minnesota and
Representative Roy .. Woodruff of
Michigan, who is secretary Of the pro-
gresSive conference.
Announces Program.
AS spokesman for the progressives.
Representative Lampert announced
the program Of legislation he believes
should be enacted and for which he
will work persistently. He empha-
sizes that there is no end of de-
sirable legislation for the District
that might properly be urged at this
time" but said that "it is better to
drive for few of the more vital and
essential measures. get them passed
and then tackle few more. than to
try for a great many and perhaps get
none of them through
Representative Lampert has been
advised that Senator Wesley L. Jones
of Washington will introduce in the
Senate the same measure for q consti-
tutional amendment that he himself
is prepared to introduce in the House:
that a local self-govrnment bill will
be introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Capper of Kansas and in the
House by Representative Frederick
n. Zihlman of Maryland, and a Dis
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in the Senate by Senator L. Heisler
Ball of Delaware, chairman Of the
Senate District committee. and in the
House by Representative Stuart F.
Reed of West Virginia. prospective
chairman of the House District COM
mittee.
The constitutional amendment reso-
luton. which was fathered by Sena-
tor Jones, was favorably reported to
the Senate during the last session of
Congress.
Teacher Pay Bill.
The teachers pay bill, which will
be brought before the House Dis
trict committee at the earliest op-
portunity, will have his heartiest sup
port. Representative Lampert SAYS.
We must have. the. best teachers
obtainable for our children" he said,
and we cannot have properly trained
teachers unless we pay them u living
wage. We must pay them sufficient
TO retain in the service men and
women of unusual character. as we'll
as OF special training"
ADEQUATE school accommodation is
also District need that, Represent
ative Lampert says. must have
prompt attention, and there should
be no delay in erecting school build
inss when Congress has authorized
the work." he said
Representative Larnpert has very
decided views regarding the street
railway situation. He fayors the
abolition of the Public Utilities Com
mission. He says he will use his
strongest influence toward reuuir-
ing scent fare and universal trans
fers. He hopes that Senator Couzens
will be placed on the Senate Dis
trict committee and that through his
intimate knowledge of street railway
matters that he will be able TO work
out some plan to make scent car
fare an early accomplishment
FavOrx High Pressure.
High pressure water service for the
business section of the National Cap
ital, as urged by the Washington
Board of Trade, will have stanch
advocate in Representative Lampert.
Il believe that all possible safeguards
should be provided against the fire
hazard. especially since unreplacable
records of the government should be
in imminent danger If serious fire
should start In the business section"
The health office milk bill. on which
hearings were held in the last Con-
gress by subcommittee of which
Representative Lampert was chair
man, will be called up for action BY
him, at the first meetfnp NJ foo J,js