Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-15
TWO BIG HOOK-UPS
TO CARRY D. PLEA
Nation to. Hear Prominent
Speakers on VoteIesS City
May 81 and June II.

The plea of the people of the District
of Columbia for the right to vote for
President and for representation IN
Congress will be carried to the Nation
in two special radio programs Whlch
viii be broadcast over coaSt-to-coast
networks Of the National BroadcaStlng
Co system May 81 and June II, Frank
NJ. Russell vice president OF the n b. =.
in Washington, announced today.
The first program. on Friday, May 81,
will 90 on at $50 O'Clock, Eastern
standard time. with Senator Capper OF
T[ancaS. chairman of the Senate DIS
trict committee. ard Senator Jones OF
washington also a member OF lhe
Senate District committee, as the
sneakers. The two Senators Will be
heard on the N. B. c. weekly program:
known as Half Hours With the senate.
One of the stanchest supporters "a
representation for the District OF Co.
.Iun7bia in Congress is Senator Jones.
Feeling that the District should not
continue to be deprived of proper rep
.rosan,ation. he has voiced the theory
that the District has been dlScflml-
mated against en- every hano orhdIoi
Tones has been a member of the Senate
for 20 wears and for 10 years prior
thereto was a member OF the House. AT
rthe present time he Is dsSIslail' NJ 49,
.lican leader of the Senate, Whele
formerly he was party whip
on June IL the addresses Will go on
sa+ O'Clock. Eastern standard time. ana
fha sneakers will be William Green
president of the American tederalloIi
sof Labor and Justice Wenoell
STAFFORD of the Supreme Court OF the
District of Columbia.
Third Period Arranged.
! T, addition to these four speakers.
NV PusseT announced that thlro
neriod over WRC alone would carry
messages about the voteless DISTRICT OF
columbia. The time selected is tomor-
row night from to 7:30 o'clock, WIN
Charles w. Darr president OF the
washington Chamber OF Commerce
end James j. Noonan, president OF Inc
Central Labor Union. as speakers.
The three programs are sponsoreo w
citizens Joint committee on national
representation for the District OF |
Columbia. The subjects of all OF tne !
sneakers will be connected with national
representation for Washington: eacn !
sneaker following a different line OF |
argument. !
In announcing that the facilities OF |
the National Broadcasting Co. were |
being made available to the joint COM
n1lJLee. MI. TNusoC1l dSS4oASN
N, B C. was more than glad to COOP
crate. 90
ut is interesting to observe" he said,
that the plea of the people OF Wash
ing;on for a vote is backed up by more
than 30 representative organizations In |
the National Capital. The National I
Broadcasting Co. is glad at any time TO
offer its facilities toward the further
ance of projects which have the back
ing of groups of recognized, leading i
civic and business organizations.
"I am very glad to announce that
both on May 81 and June IL, the ma
tioral representation program Is peng I
offered to virtually every member OF
the vast network of the National Broad
casting Co. The speeches will be made /
in our Washington studios OF the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co. and viii be |
carried over telephone wires to stations |
on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and
from the Canadian to the Mexican |
border"
Program for May 81.
The program of May 81 will be carried |
over the following stations: WEAF, New
York City: WEEP, Boston; VITO, Hart |
ford. Conn: WAR, Providence, r. l.; !
WTAG, Worcester, Mass; WCSH,
Portland. Me-; WILT, Philadelphia;
WRC. Washington: WGY. Schenectady
N Y, WGh, 6u1ldIo, N l.. WO@nAS'
Pittsburgh: KYW. Chicago; KSD. st
Louis WHO'D, Miami, Fla; WHAS,
Louisville, KY; VINO, Memphis, Tenn; |
WAX, Jacksonville, Fla; WFAA, /
Dallas. Tex; WOAI. San Antonio, Tex;
WKY, Oklahoma City, Okla; KSL, Salt |
Lake City, Utah: KPO, San Francisco;
KGO, Oakland. Calf; KHQ, Spokane.
Houston, Tex: WSAI, Cincinnati Ohio; !
WOW, Omaha, Nebr; WSMB, New |
Orleans. La: WFJC, Akron. Ohio; |
WSM. Nashville. Tenn.
The program on June IL will be car |
ried over the following stations: WEAF', |
New York City: VITO, Hartford, Conn; |
WAR, Providence, R; l.; WIAG'
Me; WIFI. Philadelphia; WRC, Wash |
ington: WGY, Schenectady; WGR, |
PyTalo: WCAE, Pittsburgh; WSAI, |
Cincinnati KSD. st. Louis; WDAF, |
Kansas City: WHO, Akron; WHAS,
Louisville; VINO. Memphis; WIT. !
Charlotte, N. c.; KSL, Salt Lake City; |
KOA. Denver; KPO, San Francisco; !
KGO, Oakland; KOMo, Seattle;
KGW. Portland. Greg. and KHQ |
Spokane.
on the first talks there are 81 sta
tions connected with the network, and |
, on the second talks, June IL, "a sta |
, lions. All told. the talks on national
representation will be heard in A cities. |
: So that the people of the cities in I
which the programs Will be broadcast
may know in advance about the talks, |
the National Broadcasting Co. is plan +!
ming to send to more than 1900 news !
papers throughout the country an an |
nouncement of the two programs.
It was pointed out today that the !
Citizens Joint Committee on National |
Representation. which is sponsoring the |
, local and network broadcasts, has re-
! ceived the Endorsement Of the following
organizations: Washington Chamber
of Commerce Washington Board OF
Trade, Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. the Federation of Citizens
Z Associations comprising 80 sectional
Orga MIA tions), the Bar Association OF
the District of Columbia, the Central
Labor Union. the League of Women
Voters, the Washington Real Estate
Board. the Advertising Club Of Wash
ington and others.