Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
SOUTHEAST CITIZEN
GROUP PREPARES
TOAD VOTE DRIVE
Executive Committee Called
to Meet Tuesday Night
to Discuss Plans.
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE
SOUGHT BY ASSOCIATION
Law Body Chairman Advises Mem
bers to Keep Up Work to AC-
complish What We Desire"

With renewed determination to fight
for the Americanization Of the residents
of votelesS Washington, the Southeast
Citizens Association is preparing to
join the other civic organizations Of the
] city in another and more vigorous cam
paign this Winter for national repre-
sentation for the District of Columbia.
A. G. Hermann, president Of the as
ISOLATION. has called special meeting
of the executive committee of the or
sanitation at his once, $50 Tenth street
southeast, at 8 O'Clock, next Tuesday
night to consider plans for furthering
the movement.
"Our association has gone on record
several times in favor OF the move
ment to obtain representation in Con-
gress, and the right to vote for Presi-
dent and Vice President for the vote
less people of Washington" said Mr.
Hermann today. "At the meeting OF
the exec tive committee Tuesday night
we will take steps TO bring it before the
association again"
Endorsement Expected Soon.
Mr.. Hermann expects that the
Southeast Citizens Association will re-
new its Endorsement Of national repre-
sentation at its next regular meeting
in December.
The association, at its meeting last
night In. the Southeast branch Of the
Public Library, voted to refer the ques-
ton of national representation to the
executive committee and instructed
George G. Click, secretary, to write TO
the citizens joint committee Tor ma
tional representation, for sufYicient lit
erature on the subject to supply each
member of the association with copies,
so they may be In position TO lend
their aid to the movement.
The subject was brought before last
nights meeting by c. @. Degnan, chair
man of the law and legislation commit
tee. When he was informed that the
association had voted in the past to
support the movement. Mr.. Degman
said:
yes, but We must keep up the work,
II We are going to accomplish what we
desire"
Ritter Threatens 70 Resign.
A proposal to petition President Hoo
yer for the release Of the three Wash
ington Times reporters who are serving
sentences In the District Jail for con-
tempt of court interrupted the meeting,
and in the midst of the excitement,
which lasted several minutes. j. C.. l..
Ritter, author of the proposal. threat
ened to resign unless he was allowed to
| discuss It,
A. G. Hermann. president Of the as
ISOLATION. ruled the proposal out Of or
der on the. ground that 1t was O matter
for court determination and not one in
which q citizens association should at
| tempt to interfere.
Several members attempted to speak
| at once on both sides of the question.
Allan Davis brought order out Of chaos
| by appealing from President Hermann'S
ruling and asking for vote on the APP
| peal. BY q vote Of 8 TO 3, several MEM
| bers not voting, the decision Of the
president was upheld.
Mr.. Ritter then Jumped to his feet
and declared: eff this citizens aSsocia-
ton is not a place where man can
discuss an outrage against his neighbors
! in a voteless community, resign here
and now"
Several members tried to induce Mr.
Ritter to reconsider his determination
| to resign.
''I have not malice against any one"
said Mr. Ritter, but truly mean it
when say resign"
August Phger brought before the
meeting the question of approving an
! elective school board. It was referred
! to the executive committee for a re-
| port at the next meeting. r. L. Jones
criticised the District authorities for
using the rented building at Eighth
| and East Capitol streets for school
| in which the children play is often
covered with water and the proximity
of two car lines makes the location
| dangerous to life
Ask Improvement of Walks.
The association voted to ask for the
| improvement of the walks in Folgar
Square, between Third and Fourth
streets, at D street southeast, facing
Providence Hospital. Holes and cracks
| In the walks are dangerous to pedes-
TRANS, several members charged.
! The association went on record as in
! dorsing the reappointnent Of Judge Gus
A. Schuldt to the Police Court bench.
The Anacostia Citizens Association
was criticized for asking that automo-
bile parking be stopped on M street
southeast from Second: to Eleventh
streets. Several members declared that
the Anacostia body would have enough
| to do II it conflnd its attention to park
ing problems in its own territory in
| stead Of coming across the river" and
tryixsg to interfere with things on this
side.
The Southeast Association then voted
to approve parking OF automobiles on
| M street except between Seventh and
Eighth streets southeast. 1t also voted
to ask that Capital Traction cars be no
longer parked on M street between
Seventh and Eighth streets. where, 1t
was charged, they are blocking trafic.
| It was decided to write to the Sec
| rotary of the Navy suggesting the
Navy Yard be used for the manufacture
of airplanes in order to make certain
| there will be no reduction in the work.
ing force of the yard.
The association went on record in
| favor of the removal of the taxicab
stand at Eleventh and East Capitol
streets southeast to a point around the
corner on North Carolina avenue.