Evening star., 1927-05-08
DUTY Is to Advise.

Duty Is to Advise
"3. Citizens who. through failure to
affiliate with their ueighborhood as
sociatious feel that they do not have
representation in the council are
precisely in the same position as the
citizen living in al voting community.
who neglects to vote,
II The specific duty Of the Citi-
.ens' Advisory Council as provided
I'M the organic act is TO ''act in an
advisory capacity to the Commits
si0ners of the District Of Columbia
upon all matters affecting said Dis
trict." This, we declare, involves fun
authority to perform any other acts
which the council in Its judgement
may determine upon all matters at
fecting the District and In general
harmony with the purpose for Whlcn
il was created.
% The organic act expressly pro
yides that the council shall not 1T
anv way restrict the activities or
ahridge the rights Of the two tedera'
ttons or of their respective member
bodies. and this plainly indicates
that the actions Of the Citizens Ad-
yisory Council are in no way binding
nnou ether federation or any Of its
constituent bodies Hence there can
he no conflict whatever of either
power or jurisdiction between the
council and either of the federations
"G. While neither indorsing nor
dfsanDroving previous acts OF the
tjtixens' Advisory Council, the Fedora
tton of Citizens Associations approves
the general SCOPE of the work under
taken by the council and has complete
confidence that the judgment of the
representative citizens constIt1tih
the council will he exercised always
in the best interests of the District
of Columbia.
~. We consider our part In the
creation of the Citizens ADVISORY
Council, with it's subsequent recogni
tion bv congressional committees ana
other official bodies together with the
thorough manner in which 1t mas done
it's work. the most notable achleFe,
rncnt in the annals of our organized
citizenship and one which mas greatly
increased the prestige OF TINS pody
and it's constituent associations. Inc
council has served and will continue
10 serve most helpful purpose in
the interest Of the District Of Column
bia. and this federation has a feeling
of lust pride i'm it's accomplishments.
Ayres Leads Fight.
The fight TO have the federation
.sc1ip the wings" Of the advisory coun
ell was led by Grover w. Ayres, who
pleaded for the adoption of the pro
posed amendment Of the West End
Association which would have written
into the councils constitution a den
nite instruction that it should not nc
certain things and forbid it even to
express an opinion or To initiate rec
ommendatons for appointment TO or
ice or to commend appointments al
ready made by the President OF the
United States or Congress.
The federation. Mr.. Ayers e%-
plained. should have an executive
committee to "do the things which
from the Commissioners as the coun
the present time" he added. the
trade bodies get the same reports
from the commissioners as the coun
ell so / see no need of the council.
When a vote was called on this amend
ment only one voice was raised in It's
favor. and that came from Mr.. Ayres
The federation then proceeded to
dispose Of another proposed amend
ment. that recommended by the law
and legisla ton committee. which was
indorsed as representing the sense
OF the federation at it's meeting
April 16. This would have relieved
the federation of any responsibility
for the views expressed by the coun-
ell And this amendment gave way
to Mr.. Suffers substitute, only after
q long and animated discussion.
Raises Point of Order.
The first obstacle placed in the path
of MI. Suter's substitute was q point