Evening star., 1928-03-18

we're born In the District 1865 per
! cent?. and that of the 326, $50 whites In
the District population. lis, S,4S6 were
born In the District t34.7 per cent?.
The Districts relation To Maryland
and Virginia is so intimate that District
residents born in these States are near
natives. and are at least not to be
! claSSed as merely transients, collecting
here solely for Government and tempo
rarv purposes.
II the District residents born in
Maryland are added TO those born In
the District the aggregate is 20S, ,9S9. or
Az per cent of total population. II the
District residents born in Virginia are
added to those born in the District and
in Maryland The total is 27l ,9S7, or g..
per cent of the total population. TN
1920 only $50 per cent of the pop,,la-
ton of New York State was born in the
Stat: and only 63i per cent of
lliinoiSl But 2S.548 District residents
are of foreign birth. and by that fact
are removed largely from the category
or transient visitors from the States.
Suhtracting this number from the
total population il appears that the
District residents of home birth. e.,
birth in the District. Maryland and Vir-
sinia-number s7I.9Ss. as against
l3;.0S6 born In all the other States Of
the Union.
Great Strength of Districts Voting
Constituency.
When We consider how many thou
sands OF this l37.036 have become
identified with the District as isolated
WaShingtonians. having no connection
with the States OF their birth. and when
we consider how many thousands Of
war workers from remote States were
brought here In the war emergency and
"ho were StiH here in 1920 this number
OF l3T,eS6 Is not strikingly large When
discounted as suggested 1t becomes
small
tS!nce 1920 the number of emplovcs
in the classified service has been re-
ducod by 100000
Extraordinarily large numbers OF ma
tlVeS of the District remain at home
When the inducements or the compul.
SionS TO Self-eXi!e are considered. Under
The operation Of the apportionment of
offices law. in conjunction with the
congressional policy of diScouraging
commerce and industrial enterprises in
the District. the District youth must 20
ABROAD IN order to get employment in
the claSSlfled service at home. And
'hrougn the constitutional denial of
natlonal representation to the District
the Washingtonian must exile himself
Ih oroer TO be represented and to
parucipate IN his national-local home
government. '-'s
IL thus appears that the negro popu.
lation can be deducted and that Ivash- :
ihstons voting constituency will stiii
De greater than that of seven States.
IL has been shown that all United
States classified workers i'm the District
can DC omitted and the District will stiII
nave voting constituency greater than
eight States
Every analysis Of the Districts popu-
iation which has been made emphasizes
the existence OF n potential voting con.
StItueney here which is ADEQUATE in
numbers and unsurpassed in quality I'm
any State Of the Union. Our business
and professional men. the education
scientific. literary and artistic elements
OF our population. our working men in
public and private employ, our depart.
ment clerks and other Government en-
pioyes. our Winter residents in process
OF conversion into Washingtonians.
combine to constitute one OF the
strongest. most intelligent, most public
spirited. and most American cOmmu-
mites in the whole Republic.
Unfitness Now No Excuse for Rejection
Of Amendment
But il the slurs upon the fitness Of
Washington's population for national
representation were thoroughly deserved
st this time and II our voting
population were viewed today as unit
in quality or inadequate In quantity,