Evening star., 1926-05-02
NEW JERSEY TOLD
OF vOTELESS D. c.
Frederic William Vile, at At
Iantic City, Urges Sup
port for Plea.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., May L.
Efforts to interest the people of the
country at large in national repre-
sentation for the District of Columbia
were launched at Atlantic City today
by Frederic William Vile, Washington
newspaper writer, in an address before
the Manufacturers Association of
New Jersey.
Mr.. Vile, whose topic was National
Problems as a Washington Core
Spondent Observes them" declared
that 'the AmercaniZation of the Dis
trict of Columbia is a National prob
lem of the first magnitude, and dis
franchised Washingtonians seek the
help OF their more fortunate fellow
citizens i'll solving it"
Cites Unjust Handicaps."
ut is always a stimulating eX-
perience,' said Mr. Vile, for a resi-
dent of the District of Columbia to
leave that disabled area and tarry for
a while in the United States where
men and women have the privilege
of voting as we'll as paying taxes
We Washingtonians are at this very
moment engaged in bringing to the at
tention of Congress and the country
the unfair. the unjust and the un-
American handicapS under which we
suffer.
I've are seeking a constitutional
amendment which will give us-not
Statehood or local self government
but national representation.
We seek. in other words. the right
to send members to the House of
Representatives and the United States
Senate, and to vote in the electoral
college for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
I'VE are a community of half
million souls. We ask a voice in the
making of the laws that govern us
and send our sons to war. We in
slst that taxation without representa-
ton Is tyranny today, just as it was
when men of New Jersey rebelled
against it $50 years ago.
I'VE invite the interest of this great
State in our plight and ask its sup
port in our fight for q, square deal"
Sees Foreign HostiIities.
The Washington newspaper %man
argued for "a square deal on the part
of America toward the outside world"
He said that our tariff. debt, immigra-
ton and general international policies
are undoubtedly building up against
the United States a wall of dislike
and hostility that some day can
gravely affect our international trade
interests. The speaker cited the re-
cent declaration in Toronto of Sir
Esme Howard. British Ambassador at
Washington, that wise craftsmanship
will be necessary to avoid "acute and
violent" conflicts over world trade
questions.
America cannot expect to enjoy
the sweets of international intercourse
without a readiness to swallow her
full share of the bitterS as WELL" said
Mr. Vile.
Discussing the corn belts pressure
on Congress and the administration
for farreaching Governmental aid to
agriculture. Mr.. Vile said that lit
will presently be demonstrated wheth-
err politics or sound economics is to be
the determining factor in farm lesis-
lation.''
Mr.. Vile. in his discussion of gen
eral national problems, alluded to
President Coclidge's recent attack on !
vote slackers, and advocated the en- |
actment of laws pe1laliZ;ng men and |
women who neglect their duty on |
election day. Following Mr.. Wile's adj |
dress, the vice president of the Man |
ufacturers' Association of New Jer- |
sey introduced resolution asking the |
State Legislature to impose a poll tax |
OF SO on all qualified voters, to be re- |
mitted to those who vote at primary
and general elections.