Evening star., 1925-04-05
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FOR BALLOT HERE
New Committee to Work to
i Give District National
:. Representation.

A TSntinued fight will bemade by
the WASHINGTON Chamber OF Com
merce to obtain national representa-
lion for the District Of Columbia. For
the first time in its history, the or
sanitation has a committee on ma
tional presentation, which held Its
first meeting last week.
While the Chamber of Commerce has
always ihdersed the idea of franchise
and has been active in furthering this
caiSes,lA p Aetst ofore. its work has been
carried on mainly through its dele
gates to the citizens joint committee
on national representation.
Brown Hends Group.
Last week President Lloyd called
together the new committee on ma
tional representation, which will be
one of the regular standing commit
lees The committee is functioning g
under the craftsmanship of George H.
Brown and indorsed the plan of the
citizens joint committee at that
meeting
The new body particularly indorsed
the proposed constitutional amend
ment to enfranchise the District.
The committee will, as part of its
work, urge the passage of the amend
ment, which reads as follows:
The Congress shall have power to
admit to the status of citizens of a
State the residents of the District
constituting the seat of the Govern
ment of the United States. created by
Article I. section s, for the purpose of
representation in the Congress and
among the electors of President and
Vice President, and for the purpose of
suing ana being sued in the courts
Of the United States under the pro-
visions OF Article III, section 2.
When the Congress shall exercise
tbs power the residents of such Dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one or
Two Senators. as determined by the
Congress, Representative in the
House, according to their mum bers as
determined by the decennial enumera-
ton, and presidential electors equal in
number to their aggregate represen-
tation in the House and Senate.
The Congress shall provide by law
the qualifications of voters and the
time and manner of choosing the Sem
ator or Senators, the Representative
or Representatives and the electors
herein authorized.
The Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be neces-
sary and proper for carrying into ex-
ecution the foregoing power.
No Local Vote Wanted.
y
mittee that it is not seeking a right
OF franchise which Will permit vot-
ing on municipal affairs, but is merely
urging that the National Capital, by
by reason of its American citizenry,
the proportion of taxes it pays and
national defense ii supplies should be
given the right of representation in
the National Congress and electoral
college, similar to other Americans.
As an outgroWth of the committee S
decision joint subcommittee from
the committee on national representa-
tion and the committee on District
finances will be appointed to act as
publicity organ for these two
bodies. Statistics and data on Dis
trict finances and the question of
representation will be gathered and
published. 1t will be the duty of this
subcommittee to send news matter
10 all the civic organizations and
many of the newspapers throughout
the country.
In the opinion of some there has
been much mIsinformation dissent
mated about the country on both is
sues and the members OF the commit
tees and sub committee will by ac-
curate publicity endeavor to counter
act this
The chamber will also continue to
use it's appeal for d franchise which
is printed on all chamber stationery.
This appeal reads:
Since the 400, 900 Americans of the
District of Columbia pay national
taxes, obey national laws and go to
war in the nations defense, they are
entitled on American principles to be
represented in the National Govern
ment which taxes them, which max es
all laws for them and which sends
them to war. The inha bit&nts of the
District should net be the only Amer
leans in the republic denied the rights
and privileges of American citizen
ship. Will you help? Write US and
we will tell YOU how"
Several minor matters were taken
up at the meeting and the committee
will meanwhile study the report of
Senator Jones of Washington, pre-
sented along with the proposed
amendment of the Constitution in
1922. Another meeting of the com
mittee will be called in the near fu-
ture.
Members of Committee.
The new committee is composed of
George H. Brown, chairman; A. Left
wich Sinclair, vice chairman; Ross 2.
Andrews, George c. Aukam, Charles
a. Baker. Walter c. Balderston,
Wistar NJ. Balderston, Frank w.
BdllOu, Dr. Lewis J. Battle, CharleS
J. Bell, w. a. Berkeley, Chaplin Brown,
Mrs. Bessie P. Brueggeman, Harry r.
Carroll, Merritt .. Chance, Charles
w. Darr, Il. w. Davis, Edward B.
Dean, John B. Dickman, William NJ.
Dove; Joseph d. Dreyfuss, John a.
Eckert, John Joy Edison, G.. Mason
Foote, William T. Galliher, Isaac
Cans, Henry H. Classic, Edwin c.
Graham, William B. Hardy, Robert n.
Harper, Robert E. Heater, Mrs. Anna
l.. Hendley, Frank S. Hight, Milton
Hopfenmaier, Albert A. Jones, Joseph
d. kaufman, Harold Keats, Harry
King, Henry Lansburgh, Martin A.
Leese, Thomas p. Littlepage, NJ.
Mayer Louis A. Miller. Mrs Mary p.
Mitchell, Arthur c. Moses, Alfred l..
Nader, Theodore w. Noyes, oscar A.
{. Oehmler. Michael O'Hanlons
Judge Mary O'Toole, Burd w.
Payne, James w. S. Peters, Mrs.
Susie Root Rhodes, Clarence L. Rubel,
Albert. Schulteis, George G. Seibold,
A. E. Seymour, c. Melvin Sharpe, Miss
Edna J. Sheehy, John H. Small, E. A.
Smith, c. f.. Sewers, Anton Stephan,
w. NICK. Stowen. Edward A Tripp,
Edward L. Tucker, John q. Walker,
Ivan c. Weld, Joseph l. Weller, Wayne
3. Wheeler, George NJ. Whitwell,
Martin Wiegand, George Francis
Williams, B. Frank Wright, Dorsey
w. Hyde, Frank J. Hughes, Harry c.
Allen and Mrs. Frank Hiram Smell.