Evening star., 1926-03-19
Joint Committees Meeting
Organizes Plans for I'M
mediate Action.
MANY LEADING GROUPS
OF CITY REPRESENTED
Much Enthusiasm Shown at Assem-.
bly, When Definite Steps Toward
Equality Are Taken.

ing held last night. girded themselves
for a vigorous Nationwide fight to Sc
cure national representation for the
District of Columbia in the Congress of
the United States.
Under the auspices of the citizens
Joint committee on national represent
ton. steps were taken for immediate
action in the House of Representa-
tives. There is already pending in the
Senate committee on the District Of
Columbia a resolution introduced by
Senator Jones, Republican. of Wash
ington. giving the residents of the
District of Columbia the national po-
litical rights enjoyed by other citi-
zens of the Republic.
Hope Held Out for Hearings.
Following introduction of similar
resolution in the House and refer
ence to the committee on judiciary,
il is the hope that hearings will be
ordered and the suffrage diScrimina-
tion under which the District of Co
lumbia suffers thoroughly aired. A
committee on congressional hearings
will forthwith clear for action to this
end.
The goal in view is constitutional
amendment. empowering Congress TO
admit to the status of citizens of
State the residents of the District con-
stituting the seat of the Government
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 and being sued in the courts OF
the United States under the provisions
of article III, section - The Senate
committee on the District of Columbia
made a favorable report on this pro-
posal during the SiXty-eighth Con-
gress.
Much Enthusiasm Shown.
The meeting at which these prelim-
| inarv steps were taken was held at the
residence of Theodore W. Moves.
| chairman of the citizens joint COM
mittee on national representation. 1t
was attended by spokesmen and
spokeswomen of nearly every prom
inent organization in the District OF
Columbia. The meeting was pervaded
by a spirit of enthusiasm and deter
mination that presaged to all present
a campaign of wholly unprecedented
vigor TO secure for residents of the
District a political square deal.
Mr.. Moves, having explained the
purposes of the meeting. proposed
that a series of committees be organ
ized to carry out certain speciflc OBJ
| iects. 1t was decided that there
! should be committees on congressional
hearings speakers. work in the states
and State cooperation Including the
cooperation of national organizations.
, printing and publicity. finance and
conventions in Washington. The
Of tbc ioinf cOr1O1ittpe was
authorized to form committee on
committees. consisting of the chair
men he may nominate to head these
committees Members of individual
committees will then be appointed by
the committee on committees.
Time to Take Action.
n was the consensus of opinion that
the time has arrived for the District
of Columbia to speak up and make
its suffrage injustices known TO the
country without delay. and on the
most comprehensive possible scale.
At the same time that Congress IS
being asked for legislative action a
national campaign of education is TO
he waged. No legitimate stone to that
end will be left unturned. Organized
labor will he asked to put its power
full shoulder to the wheel.
Through its District of Columbia
local bodies labor has already signitied
its sympathy with the movement TO
remove the political inequality under
which District of Columbia taxpayers
suffer. The great national associa.
tions of women. like the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs. the Ma
tional League of Women Voters, the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
,,.I rHt11
will be requested to lend their support.
At the Forthcoming annual meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States in Washington. efforts
will be made to commit the business
world of the republic - the cause OF
national representatio = for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Spe. kers last night
were unanimous in believing that the
District s plight has only to be put be-
fore the justice-loving American peo-
pie to be assured of Nationwide back
ing.
Enlishtenment Needed.
On all sides the view found utter
ance that what mainly is needed is en-.
| liChtenment. Ignorance as to the suf-
| frace determinations imposed upon
| the District is unbelievably wide
spread To remove misapprehension
and to gain support for remedial legis'
lation are the twin purposes of the
movement now launched and to be
| strongly promoted.
Among those in attendance at the
meeting were the following members
! of the executive committee: David
Rabp. DIR. George F. Bowerman. Z. Z.
| Brandenburg, Walter A. Brown. r.
| r. Colladay. {. F. Crane. John Il.
Dickman. Proctor l.. Daugherty, Sci
| den NJ. Ely, II. Fl. Classic, Mrs. Anna
X. Hendley, Paul E. Lesh, James w.
| Murphy. Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey.
Theodore w Noyes. Judge Mary
! O'Toole, Louis Gutenberg. Grahame
Powell, John Clagett Proctor. Mrs.
| George A. Kicker. George G. Seibold,
A. f. Seymour. A. Leftwich Sinclair.
OdelI $. Smith. Mrs. Frank Hiram
Smell. Edgar c. Snyder. Mrs. Virginia
White Speel. Florence F. Stiles, Jesse
/ c. Suter. Washington Topham. Evan
| H. Tucker. Fred 5. Walker and Fred.
eric William Vile.
The officers of the Joint Committee
on national representation for the
District of Columbia are: Theodore w.
Moves, chairman; A. Leftwich Sin.
clair, vice chairman: John Joy Edison.
vice chairman: Jesse G.. Suter, vice
chairman. who was elected to fill 0
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