Evening star., 1928-06-14
D. c. BALLOT PLEA
WILL Be REPEATED
Grape Covered Boxes to Be
Set Out Again in
November.

while all the rest of the Nation is
s voting for President, Vice President and
members of the House and Senate on
election day next November, the vote
less condition of residents of the Ma
tional Capital will be strikingly called to
the attention of people here and
throughout the country by placing in
prominent places in the city sealed bal
5 lot boxes, draped in mourning, by mo-
ton picture and newspaper publicity
and in other spectacular ways, under
auspices of the Citizens Joint Commit
tee for National Representation for the
District of Columbia. A proposal for
such a demonstration was approved at
meeting of the executive committee of
the citizens committee yesterday after
noon in the rooms of the Board Of Trade,
in The Star Building.
On the sealed ballot boxes signs will
be placed stating that everywhere eX-
cept in washington votes are being cast
in the national election. 1t was sug-
gested that one of the ballot boxes be
placed near the White House and others
be put in prominent places in front OF
other public buildings and in the busy
downtown sections of the city.
Plan Is Endorsed.
This plan was approved after it had
received the hearty Endorsement OF va
rious members of the executive commit
tee Mrs Edna L. Johnson, District OF
Columbia member of the department OF
efficiency in government of the National
League of Women Voters, told of the ma
tion-wide publicity given to the voteless
state Of Washington by the display OF
sealed ballot boxes here on election day
four years ago.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey, chairman
of the Womans Committee ON Ma
tional Representation for the District.
said that public demonstrations OF this
sort. and especially the famous woman S
march through the streets of Washing
ton, when the marcherS were subjected
10 many indignities. were largely re-
sponsible for the wonan'S suffrage VIC
tory.
Il nearly lost my life in that march.
and ] know something about II" said
Mrs Mussey.
Others who indorsed the proposal
were Mrs. George A. Kicker, chairman
OF the District representation commit
tee Of the Kalorama Citizens Associa-
ton: Mrs. Louis Gutenberg and Gideon
A Lyon. chairman OF the publicity SUBJ
committee Of the citizens committee,
1t was decided to request the newspa-
pers to give publicity TO the disenfran-
eaised state Of Washington residents on
election day
John B. Colpoys and Robert n Har-
Der were authorized to represent the
citizens committee before the reso-
buttons committee of the Democratic ma
oonal convention at Houston later this
month and to urge that District rep
resentati0n plank be included in the
Democratic platform. At the suggestion
OF Jesse c. Suter. the executive COM
fnittee approved plan TO request local
business men and others TO display
flags here. If District representation
plank is approved by either of the ma
tionai party conventions this month.
The executive committee authorized the
chairman. Theodore w Moves. to send
suitable kilograms Of thanks TO either
or both conventions and members OF
the resolutions committees in such /
case.
Publicity Campaign.
A suggestion advanced by Mr. Col /
poys that the subcommittee on cam /
pafgning IN the States be authorized I
20 bring the voteiess condition Of Wash /
ington formally 10 the attention Of the /
legislatures ard governors ~ States re- |
rei@ed the approval Of the executive
committee Hr Cclpogs said that /
statement Of the real state nf affairs 1
here should be sent 20 these authorities /
in each state and they should be re- /
uIcste6 ~ help IN ~ATnericanizing tire /
Ceopie Of the Nations Capital"
In opening the meeting Mr. Moves /
told Of plans 10 keep the question Of /
national representation alive during the /
recess Of Congress and present the Dis /
tYict's case with increased determlna- /
ton At the next session. He said there /
was good chance that the House /
judiciary committee would make fay i
Ofable report next Winter On the pro- /
posed constitutional amendment for 1
District representation. He suggested /
that plans 20 forward for the expected /
hearing before the Senate judiciary /
committee.
Agr. Lyon reported that 5000 copies /
Of the printed hearings before the House /
judiciary committee al the recent ees- |
sion Of Congress had been ordered from /
the Government Printing Office. Mrs. |
Johnston said today that copies Of /
these hearings would be sent 70 each /
State chairman and members of the /
department Of efficiency III government |
~ the National League u Woman /
Voters and every effort made IN arouse !