Evening star., 1926-05-14
CAMPAIGN PRESSED
FOR VOTELESS D. c.
Attitude of House Encourage
ina to Cause of National
Representation.

Noteless Washington has enlisted
tho lively interest and SNmpathetit
con siderati"n of the judiciary com
r,ittee nf the House OF itepresehia
l;ves. That was the high Sp"' 81
last night s meeting "t the eNeru'iNf
committee on national representation
Tor the District of columbia.
Word was fort thcom!nE at the meet
tD- that the recent hearings on the
constitutional Amendments To hrlhl
about representa- tion had made nfel
inpre Nsion on the Judiciary commit
Tee The committee. il was reported
was struck hy the terse torcetul aho
persuasive arguments when Were
submitted The arguments were
listened 10. last nights meeting was
Informed. with wholly unusual alteh
tion and pronounced by conCreSSIona
old hands as among the most effective
eyer submitted 10 House committee
The hearings are NOW being com
riIed and printed. hut. owing To the
Judiciary committees unusual pres
sure of business At this time. the
r,.tte, of a report has not yet beer
considered.
Too Early to Forecast.
1T Is naturally too early 10 lore
cntnnnittee's report on our project VIII
a., said Theodore W. \oNeS. chair
man of the national representation
executive committee. "Eut we nave
req son to ;.elieVe that some members
who we're formerly opposed are now
op .he fence and that some VII" were
on The fence are now on our S'de
That denotes substantial progress. We
are justified in hoping
John JOY Edison. vice chairman "'
the executive committee. expressed tne
hone that WAYS and means conld ne
found To press for favorable action
BY the House of representatives pe
fore adjournment Of the present ses
sion ~ Congress Il have been a
resident of Washington for 64 wears
raid the veteran banker, and | have
never voted. | want to vote hetore
die. I believe I will. ! am not reaoH
n think that so unjust. unfair ana uh
American a deal as Washington nov
suffers at the hands of the Nation VIII
he perma nently maintained
Urges Public Campaign.
Mr.. Edison strongly recommended
that Washingtonians who heheNe II
national representation lose n" "ppot
,urity 10 convince their own fellow
citizens in the District Of the WORTH
ness of the cause. Many of them'
said Nr Edison. need education or
that roint. They are under the In
enenre of fears and prejudices thai
have no foundation In fact, Lhere
i not single objection I" natlona
representation that cannot ne IuiiH
and satisfactorily met.
Last nights meeting. which was al.
tended by subcommittee chairmen ano
vice chairmen representing the OH
ferent organized bodies of Washington
,;,-ic life rnaninously favored an in
tensive nation. wide, campaign, to De
wased necessarily from now on. fol
national representation. To that enc
there was animated discussion Of the
sinews of war necessar! for sucn
crnsade William T. Galliher. chair
man Of the hoard of the Federal
American Natioral Bank, VINO heads
the nationa. representation nhahct
committee, was authorized 10 ask lndl
yidual members of the executive com
rnittee and the constituent orga MIA
tions for subscriptions to cover I'm
mediate financial needs.
Mr. GalIiher expressed the opinion
that the money would he speedily
forthcon4ing "C'lr cause ia on the
march" he told the meeting. The
time to advance 1t is now. Our prog.
ress must not he retarded because OF
lack Of funds,
ENCOURAGING reports came from
John B. pickman, chairman ot Inc
subcommittee on cooperation with
labor. and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey. chairman of the subcommittee
m womens activities. Mr.. Dickma n
stated that the Central Labor Union
of the District Of columbia was heart
md soul with the national represen
iation movement. Later on II is the
purpose Of Mr.. Dickman's committee
to approach the American Federation
nf Labor with view to securing its
powerf,il Endorsement of the plan to
relieve the plight of voteless Wash
inston.
Women Strongly Allied.
Mrs. Mussev said that more than
so wonens organizations in the Dis
trict of Columbia are allied with the
movement to give Washington a
SQUARE suffrage deal" The women s
subcommittee is in touch with many
women's national orga MIA tions like
the League Of Women Voters and
tho Federation of WomAn's Clubs II
is planned to hiring the matter before
the federation at it's approaching an.
nual convention in Atlartic City.
subcommittee chairmen dea ling with
conventions. speakers. publicity. radio
campaigns in the States and co-opera
tion with other orsa niZations all ten
dered reports IN last nights gather
Ing, indicating that tho national rep
resentation current is flowing strongly
and vigorously in all useful directions
Jesse c. Suter reported that nexi
weeks Washington convention of the