Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
INSIST UPON VOTE,
DISTRICT IS URGED
Appeal Made for United Ac-
ton by Citizens on Rep
reSentation.

A stirring appeal to citizens of Wash
! ineton and the growing number OF sup
porters throughout the country to con-
tinue to demand representation for the
District in their government until that
righteous pc tItlon has Decn granted was
sounded last night by Oliver owen
Kuhn, managing editor of The Evening
Star, in a radio address broadcast by
the National Broadcasting Co. through
station WRC. 1t was the last OF Spe-
cial series OF radio programs arrdnst q
by the Citizens Joint Committee on
National Representation for the District
in an appeal for representation tor the
dislranchised residents of the Capital.
The granting of national representa-
ton to the District of Columbia appears
to be a proposition SO simple, so rea-
sonable, that the great wonder is that
it has not been granted long ago." Mr.
Kuhn declared. Foreseeing successful
conclusion of the movement to this end,
he said:
1.-The dawn of political emancipation
surely approaches in the rapidly crys-
tallizing belief of the Nation that all
citizens should have those rights so
eloquently set forth by our foretathers,
and that there should be no exception
in their National Capital"
Answers Questions Raised.
Directly answering one by one ques-
tionS regarding the plan for giving
Washington voting representation in
the House and SenaUe anu III the electoral
college, and providing access to the
FEDERAL courts in civil cases, as pro-
posed IN the joint resolution now before
Congress. the speaker closed with an
appeal to local citizens actively and
persistently to demand their rights I'M
RI hn nf n
government until this right be granted.
MIR, Kuhn spoke as follows:
To be an American is the greatest
privilege of mankind today.
ITO countenance anything that will
make any American citizen less an
American should be unthinkable.
yet Sucn a condition exists today.
BY a governmental decree many scores
OF years ago nearl' 100000 GOOD Ameri-
can citizens today are deprived of those
privileges inherent in their national
birthright, namely, citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia, who reside in the
Capital of a Nation which was founded
Upon the broadeSt Interpretation of the
rights of man-upon the principle JUS
tice to all
But Just as these diSenfranchised
citizens of the District have with pa
thence, fortitude and courage struggled
forward in political darkness, just so
do they today face the light. The dawn
of political emancipation surely APP
proaches in the rapidly crystallizing be-
lief of the Nation that all citizens
should have those rights so eloquently
set forth by our forefathers, and that
there should be no exception in the
case of their National Capital.
Resolution Pending in Congress.
pending before the Judiciary COM
mittees of both the Senate and House
of Representatives is a congressional
joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, leading to the grant of voting
representation to the residents of the
District of Columbia in Congress. This
would be accomplished by the selection
of one or two Senators and by such
voice in the House of Representatives
as would be determined by the scope of
population. Presidential electors equal
in number to aggregate representation
in the Senate and House would be made
possible, and, further, the right of suing
and being sued in the courts of the
United States would be granted.
supporting this proposition there is
arrayed with the greatest unanimity
the leading trade, civic and labor or
CARNATIONS of the District of Columbia.
This local support has been greatly
augmented by the sympathetic action
of organizations in the neighhoring
States, and even in remote parts of the
country. Cooperating in this move
ment are to be found such great national
organizations as the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, American
Federation of Labor. National League
of Women Voters, National Retail Coal
Merchants Association, international
Typographical Union, National Fedora
ton of Federal Employees, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States,
American Federation of Soroptomist
Clubs and the National Council Of jew
ish Women.
Acquisitions of support, both national
and local, as well as among members
of the Congress, make the outlook for
early favorable action upon this propo-
sition brighter than at any time during
the number of years its pioneer sup
porters have worked earnestly for its
fulfillment.
THE granting of national representa-
ton to the residents of the District of
Columbia appears to be a proposition
so simple, so reasonable. that the great
wonder is that 1t has not been granted
long ego.
so one-sided does it appear that