Evening star., 1928-11-04

election DAY, IN the face of the great
| est registration of voters in the history
of the country, will be brought i'm
pressively to the attention Of the Nation
in forcible manner in connection With
revised plans now bc.ng formed by the
! Joint committee on national representa-
| tion for the District of Columbia.
| With the White House as a back
Ground sound pictures OF the decorated
| float and the body of legionnaires who
| will protest the disfranchisament of half
a million citizens at the seat of Gov
ernmant, will be taken on election day
for distribution in sound picture reels
throughout the country. When the
float leaves its position in front of The
District Building Tuesday morning after
a brief demonstration, 1t will halt on
its tour of the city on Pennsylvania
avenue directly in front of the White
House, for whose next occupant millions
of Americans will be casting their bal
lots all day. There the sound pictures
will be taken, so that thc appeal of
Wsehington's disfranchised citizens
may be brought directly to the eyes
and ears of the Nation.
Debutantes to Bomb" City.
One of the spectacular features Of
Washington's DAY of Humiliation" will
be an aerial bcmbardment of the city
by debutsntes Who will drop hdndl eds
of toy balloons bearing the slogan:
Give Washington Nationel Repres eEta-'
ton"
The airplane squadron will take of
from the Washington Airpo"t OF the
New Washington Airline dt ll'41
o'clock and news reels will be taken
showing the debutante nolun res as
1o stNr niIH
Mrs. Arthur D. Condor is chairman of
The debutante committee. among whom
will be numbered some of the daughters
of members of the cabinet
Padlocked ballot boxes located at the
principal street intersections of the
Capital will bear mute testimony to
the voteleSS condition OF its citizenry.
Members of the VotelesS League of
Women Voters of the District will stand
guard over these empty boxes. A great
padlocked ballot box also will form a
central feature Of the .ioat
Many of the leading civic and busi-
ness organizations of the District are
cooperating to make WaShingtons
Day of Humiliation" memorable one
/ in the history of the movement to give
the people of the District the right to
vote for The President
These cooperating organizations,
many of which have national affilia-
tions, are the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia the Washington
Board of Trade, Washington Chamber
of Commerce, Washington Real Estate
Board, Washington Merchants and
| Manufacturers Association, Federation
of Citizens Associations, Federation of
Women'S Clubs Associated Retail Credit
Men, Washington Florist Club, Monday
Evening Club, District Delegate AS
| sociation, Advertising Club of Washing
! ton, Central Labor Union of Washing
ton. District of Columbia League of
Women Voters, City Club of Washing
| ton, Women's Bar Association. Twentieth
Century Club, the Associatio of Oldest
! Inhabitants in the District of Coluna-
bia, Susan B. Anthony Foundati ton, and
the Women's City Club of Washington.
Approve Groups Efforts.
| In addition TO these, many other
civic and commercial organizations have
approved the efforts of the Joint COM
F! mittee.
American Legion men are responding
heartily to the call of Department
! Comdr. Harland Wood, and 1t is expect
ed that there will be a full representa-
ton at the demonstration in front of
the District Building of the Victory
Post, No. 4, Drum Corps; the Costello
Post, No. Is, Drum Corps, and the 8
and 40 uniformed drill team, which
have been invited to participate
Extensive plans have been made also
for the heralding of Washington's vote
less condition through the medium Of
the movie screens of the city. Slides
and trailers bearing pertinent facts in
the fight for national representation
will be shown to thousands of tEeater-
goers each night throughout the week
A popular trailer will read: Another
election day and Washington remains
the only worlds Capital City without
representation in the National Govern
ment.
Washington people must unite now
and demand suffrage
The District of Columbia is more
populouS than seven States of the
Union, and pays more national taxes
than do Is States.
Washington wants suffrage now
Other slides will bring to mind the
fact that Americans in the District of
Columbia are taxed without representa-
| tiOn "