Evening star., 1927-11-30
Nationwide Assistance Is
Assured as Result of Con-
ferences Here.
LEGISLATURE MEMBERS
TO APPEAR FOR DISTRICT
Lawmakers of Various Common
wealths to Urge Adoption of
Constitutional Amendment.

"A 4NdtlOH-WlQe movement 1Or repre-
sentation in Congress and the electoral
college for the District of Columbia,
In which the voteless citizens of Wash
ington will be Joined by the en-
franchiSed citizens of nearly every
State in the Union, seems to be def
nitely assured today as a result of
conferences between representatives
of the National Council of State Leg
islatures and the Joint Citizens Com.
mittee for National Representation.
Steps are being taken today which
are confidently expected to result in
the appearance of influential members
OF State Legislatures, with members
of the local Citizens Committee, be-
fore the judiciary committee of the
House in January to urge a. favorable
report on the constitutional amend
ment for District representation. ad-
vocated by the Citizens Committee.
similar hearing may be arranged
before a committee of the Senate.
While the newly-appointed commit
tee of the Council of Legislatures is
preparing a strong report indorsing
representation for the District in the
Federal Government, the Citizens
Committee is planning country
wide educational campaign to bring
the plight of voteless Washington
more clearly before the people Of the
States and is also planning to pre-
sent the matter to Congress with
greater vigor than ever this Winter.
Dyer to Reintr0duce Bill.
Representative Leonidas c. Dyer of
Missouri has informed the Citizens
Committee that he will reintroduce
the resolution for the proposed con-
stitutional amendment in the House
when the new Congress convenes
Monday. Mr.. Dyer is one of the prom
inent members Of the judiciary COM
mittee. Senator Wesley l.. Jones of
Washington will reintroduce the reso.
luton in the Senate.
Never since the movement for ma.
tfonal representation for the District
was begun 10 years ago has the out
look for success been so bright as it
is this Winter, in the opinion Of speak
ers who attended two important meet
ings on the subject here yesterday
afternoon. 1t was at these meetings
that plans were laid for the. combined
movement OF local citizens and State
legislators.
Without a dissenting voice, the spe-
cial committee of the National Coun.
Gil OF State Legislatures, in conference
with citizens of Washington in the
Office of Theodore w. Noyes, chair
man Of the joint citizens committee,
gave its hearty approval to the pro-
posal for District representation in
the Federal Government. This means
that the proposal will at once be
brought favorably to the attention of
influential members of the Legisla.
lures Of at least the As States repre-
sented in the council.
BY direction of the legislators COM
mittee, vigorous report in favor of
District representation is being pre-.
pared by its chairman, j. Ronald
Horsey Of Baltimore, delegate in the
Legislature of Maryland. 1t is re-
garded as a foregone conclusion that
the National Council of State Legisla.
lures will adopt this report before
January /. John H. Kirby of Houston,
Tex, president Of the council, sounded
sentiment in the body, and found it
favorable to the proposal, before he
appointed the special committee.
Meeting Is Enthusiastic.
The committee of legislators met
ciis executive committee After
preliminary meeting early in the after.
noon, the legislators attended a con-
ference with members of the citizens
committee. This conference was fol-
lowed by an enthusiastic meeting Of
the executive committee of the joint
citizens committee in the Offices of
the Board of Trade in The Star
Building.
Four of the FIVE members of the
State legislators committee attended
yesterdays conference. They were
Chairman Horsey. ]. Warren Topping
Of Cape Charles, Va, member Of the
Virginia Legislature; Arthur A. Sher.
man Of Portsmouth. r. L., Speaker in
the Rhode Island Legislature, and
William Winthrup Of Wilmington.
Speaker in the Delaware Legislature.
All four enthusiastically approved the
proposal. The fifth member Of the
the Pennsylvania Legislature, was un.
able to attend yesterdays conference,
but he is understood to be favorable
to the plan.
The members of the citizens COM
mittee present at the conference, id
addition to Chairman Noyes, were Mar.
tin A. Leese, president Of the Cham
Der of Commerce; Edwin G. Branden-
burg, general counsel Of the Board Of
Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, pres
ident Of the Merchants and Manufac-
turers' Association; Jesse C. Suter.
past president of the Federation of
Citizens Associations: John B. Dick
man. representing the Central Labor
Union; George F. Bowerman, librarian
Of the Public Library; Edward +. Col
laday and Gideon A. Lyon, chairman
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