Evening star., 1924-12-07
TAKOMA PARK ROW
ST|RS FEDERATION
Action Delayed on Question
of Recognizing New Citi-
zenS' Association.

After several hours of spirited de-
bate. marked by parliamentary ma
nruvering, the Federation of Citizens
Associations last night postponed ac-
tiun for two months on the question
Of taking into its fold the new
Citizens Association of Takoma Park,
i. g.
The existence of two associations
I'm the Takoma Park section, with one
OF them already in the federation and
the other seeking admission resulted
in one of the liveliest MEETINGS in
the federation in recent years.
Suffers status Affected.
At the last meeting Jesse c. Suter,
delegate from the old TakOma aSSo-
citation. was chosen president of the
federation for the ensuring year.
few days later the Takoma associa-
tion held its annual meeting and
elected new man, Walter Trey, to
succeed Mr.. Suter as delegate in the
federation.
This action raised a question of
the status of Mr. Suter as president
OF the federation. The Society of
Natives of the District. however,
elected Mr.. Suter as one of its dele
gates to the federation, which placed
lim back in the central body.
The next development came last
Monday night, when a second aSSocia-
tion was formed in Takoma. composed
entirely Of District residents. Ihls
new organization named Mr.. Suter as
cne of its delegates and applied for
admission to the federation.
Notified of Selection.
When the federation met last night
the Takomd Park situation came TO
the front upon receipt of letter
from the old association announcing
its choice of Mr.. Trey as delegate
\ motion was made to refer the
letter to the committee on member
ship, which is considering the appli-
cation of the new Takoma associa-
tion for admission. This motion
brought forth objection from num-
Der OF delegates who contended that
the. old Takoma association has been
i'm the federation for number OF
years and that there was no occasion
for having the membership committee
pass on its choice of new delegates.
After numerous points OF order and
substitute motions, the federation
finally voted to receive and file the
notice Of the election of delegates by
the old Takoma association.
Debate Later Revived.
This disposed of the question for
the time being, but it arose again
later in the meeting, when Chairman
Murphy of the membership commit
tSe submitted report recommending
the immediate admittanCe of the new
Citizens Association of Takoma, d. C,
to the federation.
In it's report the membership com
nittee Of the federation stated that
1t has recently de=olnned that the
Takoma Park o.. rs Association,
through variut.- O. cessions of citizens
OF Maryland f. its membership, has
hecu'se in ct more representative
cr &. izen@ of the State of Maryland
than # lie people living in the Dis
trict Columbia.
ate Hall of the Mid City
Citize.s Association raised a point
Of order. on the ground that the new
association had not complied with
the requirement in the federation's
constitution that il hold meetings for
three months before seeking ad-
mittdnCe.
Vote Down Point of Order.
Because he was personally involved
IN the matter under discussion, Pres
ident Suter asked the delegates to
decide the point of order by vote
rather than have him rule on it.
The delegates then voted down the
point OF order, which again placed the
question of admitting the new Ia
koma association before the meeting.
AT this point the delegates consented
to permit Mr.. Trey to speak on behalf
% the old Takoma association.
Mr.. Trey stated that the old Takoma
Park Association has 557 members,
Of whom 296 live on the Maryland
side of the suburb and 261 on the
District side He declared, however,
that this ratio of membership has
existed since 1921 and that during all
that period the organization has been
in the federation.
The Maryland and District sections
Of Takoma, Mr.. Trey pointed out, are
divided only by an imaginary line.
The Maryland membership is slightly
larger. he explained, because the
Maryland side of the community is
the largest