Evening star., 1923-01-05
FULL QUOTAFORDG.
NCONGRESSURGED
E. C. Brandenburg Spurns
Idea of Mere Delegate as
useless"
ASKS FOR COOPERATION
Realization Of Demands Possible,
He Says, if People Present
l. United Front.
ASKS FOR COOPERATION

ne only eIISCllN6 IHluS IOT Inc
District Of Columbia is to secure abb
solute representation in both the House
and Senate. A delegate from the Dis
trict would be as useless to the Dis
trict as an appendix is to the human
anatomy" f. @. Brandenburg of the
citizens joint committee on representa-
ton for the District told members of
the Anthony League, meeting at 1874
N street. last night.
Mexico, Brazil and all other Ameri-
can republics recognize fully the rights
of the citizens of their capitals to
vote said Mr.. Brandenburg. 'The
United States is alone in the attitude
toward a voteless capital. In the Dis
trict itself we have three attitudes to-
ward this question among our citizens.
There is a group that does not care
for a vote and Is fully willing to let
the other fellow do II for US; there is
the group which advocates a delegate
70 Congress--a Voteless individual to be
placed within the walls of Congress to
walk up and down, shouting loudly, but
getting nowhere.
The third group of full-blooded in
dividuals in the District feels it
should have some rights beside those
granted TO feeble minded, criminals
and aliens. We do not ask to change
the form of goyernment--the COM
mission form OF government is all
right All We ask is equal repre-
sentatlon with that given all other citi-
sens Of the United States.
d. C. Pays Large Taxes.
I'm 1919 the District paid, as In
ternal revenue, customs and fuiscel-
laneous taxes TO the federal govern
ment mot as local taxes), SIS,G45,0O0,
= sum greater than that paid by
a u Il
Wyoming and VermoRt combined.
These states have eighteen votes in
Congress.
The District paid more than any
one of fifteen states in the Union.
our citizens pay at the full value
in many states having a higher tax
rate they are only assessed at 55 per
cent of their property's real value.
In the liberty loans the District of
Columbia heavily oversubscribed its
quota in every instance and gave
greater number of subscriptions in
proportion 70 population than any
state in the Union. We also sup
piled greater proportion OF volun-
teers in time of emergency than any
OF forty-tWo states.
Needs Help of Women.
''If only the citizens of the District.
men and women's organizations alike,
will stick together and concentrate
on this one thing of getting the vote
for the District ] know we will put
II through. We need the help of the
Ercmen's organizations, however. We
have failed so far trying 10 do it
alone as mems organizations. Let's
cooperate on this, the biggest thing
for the District"
Mrs Anna NJ. Hendley, president
of the Anthony League, and one OF
the foremost workers for District
national Representations, at the close
of Mr.. Brandenburg's address ex-
pressed the hope that all the mem
work for the adoption OF the con-
Stitutional amendment empowering
Congress 10 grant national repre-
sentation 10 the capital.
Miss Ada Louise Townsend gave
her own dramatic reading. "The
II Speaks for Its Citizens" taken
from her pageant produced op Dis
trict day last March.
Musical Numbers Entertain.
Musical numbers and readings by
students representing four distinct
nations who are studying at the
Americanization School. 7th and o.
streets. provided a unique feature of
the program.
intermediate and advanced classes.
was In charge of this part of the
program.
Mrs. Mary Zilipsky. of Russian
birth, sang a solo in English and sang
duet arrangement of The Bar
carolle" from Tales of Hoffman" with
Mrs. Kiernan. Miss Tamara Zanoff,
also of Russian nationality, gave a
piano number. Little Miss Zanof is
in her early teens. Mrs. Howard
Lester Freeman, from Budapest,
Hungary. wife of an American citizen,
gave a short talk describing the stu
dent committee of the Americaniza-
tion School, of which she is secretary,
LAX a Rose" and a Hungarian song.
Maj. Napoleon Alcantara. sent to the
United States from Honduras to
study the government of this country,
gave a memoTlzed reading explaining
the government of the United States
Michali Kazitoris. whose parents are
still in Athens, Greece, read the poem,
America the Beautiful"