Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-11
GROUP SUPPORTS
VOTEFOR DISTRICT
Hotel GreeterS' Chapter
Pledges to Petition Con-
greSS for Passage.

Chapter No. 81, Hotel Greeters of
America, took an emphatic stand last
night in support of the campaign Of the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation for the District OF
Columbia.
Following an address by Jesse c.
Suter, vice chairman of the Citizens
Joint Committee, the local Hotel Greet
ers. unanimously adopted resolutions
championing the right of the 100000
voteless citizens of the District to ma
tional representation in Congress, the
right to vote for President and to sue
and be sued in Federal Courts. Mr..
Suter was the guest speaker at the
regular monthly meeting of Chapter
No. 81 at Stoneleigh Court.
Hugh F. NeaSon. manager of the
| Annapolis Hotel, who is president OF
the organization, stated that the board
: of governors had already considered
/ and approved the matter OF national
representation for the District and 1t
was upon the invitation of the board
| that Mr.. Suter had been invited to
explain the movement to the member
ship.
Pledge to Petition Congress.
The chapter pledged itself to petition
| Congress for the passage OF the joint
| resolution proposing an amendment to
! the Constitution. This amendment en-
powers Congress to grant residents Of
the District of Columbia voting repre-
sentation in the Senate and House, the
vote for President and Vice President
and the right to sue and be sued in the
courts of the United States in the same
manner as enjoyed by citizens of the
several States.
The resolution approved at the meet
ing directs the delegates of Chapter No.
81 to the National Convention of the
Hotel Greeters OF America to obtain in
dorSement of the project from the ma
tional body and solicit the active CO.
operation of the various units of their
organization throughout the country to
bring about this reform which they re-
gard as being most important to the
welfare of the District of Columbia.
In his address, Mr.. Suter explained
the aims of the Citizens Joint Com
mittee, the heavy national obligation
the District and the absence of those
fundamental American rights which
are supposed to be inherent in all
Americans.
Mr.. Suter explained that in popula-
ton the District exceeds that of pos
Sibly nine of the States. He declared
the District pays in Federal revenue
an amount annually greater than a
large number of the States and, in fact,
more than some entire groups of States.
At the conclusion of his address, Mr.
Suter answered numerous questions and
resolutions were then offered by Aaron
j. Fritz, chairman of the board Of gov
ernorS. A social hour followed the
conclusion of the business before the
meeting.
Text Of Resolution.
The resolution adopted by Chapter
No. 81 is as follows:
Resolved by Charter No. 81, Hotel
Greeters of America in regular meeting
assembled in the City of Washington,
D. c., this tenth day OF December, 1929,
that:
I'VE record as our firm belief that the
more than half a million voteleSS I'M
represented fellow Americans of the
National Capital are, by every rule of
logic, fair play and basic American
principle, as justly entitled to voting
representation in their national Gov
eminent as any Of the citizens of the
several States. We heartily commend
and wish to join in the united efforts
of 'WaShipgton's leading civic, business
and other organizations to cure these
people of this unjustifiable degradation
as political aliens.
I'VE favor an amendment to the
Constitution of the United States en-
towering Congress to grant unto the
citizens of the District of Columbia vot-
ing representation in the Senate and
House of Representatives, the vote for
President and Vice President and a
status as citizens in the Federal courts
upon the same basis as enjoyed by the
citizens of the several States.
I'VE earnestly solicit the active in
terest and hearty cooperation of our
national, regional, State and local bodies
and their friends and we do hereby au-
thorize and direct our delegates to our
national convention to strive diligently
to obtain the Endorsement of this project
by that body.
THE president of this association is
hereby authorized and directed to petit
ton Congress for the prompt approval
of this proposed constitutional amend
ment and its submission to the legisla-
lures of the several States for ratifica-
ton and to take such other action as
may be necessary to make the fore
going resolutions effective"