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which are enjoyed as matter of
course by all other Americans. and
the denial Of which would bring on
evil conflict.
Nearest Point to Success.
THE farthest north, so to speak.
Of the movement for national repre-
sentation was in 1922. when on Feb
ruary 81 of that year, Senate joint
| resolution No. 1913, introduced by Sen
ator Jones Of Washington and pro-
posing an amendment to the Consti-
tuition Of the United States embody-
ing the wishes of what your commit
tee believes to be the great majority
of the people Of Washington, was re-
ported to the Senate from the COM
mittee on the District Of Columbia
The report was made following ex-
tended hearings in which the claims
of the District were presented In a
most convincing and able manner by
representatives of the citizens joint
committee on national representation
for the District Of Columbia, repre-
sentatives of other organizations and
by numerous individuals. The joint
resolution so reported was identical
with the House joint resolution on
which, in January, 1921, a hearing
was held before the judiciary com
mittee of the House Of Representa-
tives. At that hearing also a pow
el-ful and comprehensive presentation
was made on behalf Of the District
by the late Representative Burroughs
of New Hampshire, by the late Com
missioner of the District, Henry B. F.
MacFarland; by Theodore w. Moves.
chairman of the citizens joint COM
mittee, who has performed and con-
tinues to perform the most valiant
and effective service in this great
cause. and by many other members
of the citizens joint committee and
other organizations.
Resolution Now Pending.
THAT hearing took place at the
last session Of the Sixty sixth Con-
eress, five years ago. The favorable
report on Senate joint resolution No.
lS3 was made early in the Sixty
seventh Congress. Similar joint resolu-
ions were introduced in the Sixty
ighth Congress, but no hearings were
held and no action was taken during
hat Congress. The Sixty-ninth Con.
gress began on the 4th of March last,
and on the second day of the present
session. December 8, 1925. Senator
Jones Of Washington reintroduced the
Joint resolution, which is now known
as Senate joint resolution No. Z, and
which Is pending before the committee
on the District of Columbia. There
can be no doubt that committees of
he House and Senate will accord hear
ings on the subject matter of the
pending joint resolution whenever the
request may be made.
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to go back of the history hereinbefore
recited. although it is. of course, a
we'll known fact that for a hundred
years or more efforts have been made
to change the anamolous, undemo-
cratic, and un-American status Of the
District and that several Presidents,
including Madison. Monroe, jackson
and others, have strongly recon-
mended such a change.
Division Among Advocates.
Many Washington organizations, in
Guiding citizens associations and va
rious other civic bodies, have hereto
fore taken and now maintain an &C.
tive interest In promoting the cause
OF national representation, but the
campaign has slowed up because for
time the two great divisions Of the
army which is fighting for it have not
been cooperating intellectually
The Citizens Joint Committee has
taken the most active, prominent and
effective part in advancing the move
ment before Congress and before the
people Of Washington. At the time
of the hearing in January, 1921, in adj
dition' to its own impressive list of
officers and members, the Citizens
Joint Committee had as constituent or.
carnations the Federation of Citizens
Associations, the Board Of Trade, the
Chamber of Commerce. the Central
Labor Union with an aggregate mem.
bership estimated at that time to be
from so 600 to IS ,000), the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, the
Monday Evening Club, the Bar Asso
citation, the suffrage group of the City
Club, the Association Of Oldest In
habitants. District Delegate Associa
ton, citizens associations not repre-
resented in the federation including
the Northeast Washington Association
Washington Real Estate Board. Wash
ington Advertising Club, Women's
Bar Association, Twentieth Century
Club, Manual Training Teachers As
ISOLATION, and, as cooperating organi
cations, it had the American Fedora
ton of Labor, the District League OF
Woman Voters, Womans City Club
Federation or Women'S Clubs, loca
branch of the American Nationa
Woman's Suffrage Association, tbs
Anthony League, Washington sector
of the Progressive Education Asso
citation, the District Congress of Par
ent and Teacher Associations and
others.
Has Appeal to All.
'The strength of the movement fol-
national representation lies in the ap
peal Y makes to every Washingtonian
Irrespective of sex, race, color or flnan
cial status, to. combine with all other
Washingtonians to secure a power
and a benefit vital to the welfare OF
the community and to the American
status of the Washingtonian.
This attribute of vital common
interest has brought to the vigorous
support of the national representa-
ton cause in extraordinarily rapid
succession practically every organiza
ton expressive of representative pub
lie opinion in the District.
with many subdivisions, there are
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