Evening star., 1930-12-03
VOTE FOR DISTRICT
STAND REAFF|RMED
C. of C. Director Addresses
Columbia Heights Group on
Needs for Representation.

The Columbia Heights Citizens AS
sociation last night reafirmed its sup
port of national representation for the
District of Columbia after an address
by Thomas P. Littlepage, director OF
the Chamber of Commerce, in which he
explained that adoption Of the proposal
would not mean taking control of the
Capital City away from Congress.
Most of the disagreement on this
question is due to misunderstanding"
Mr.. Littlepage said. 1T doesn't mean
open to an electorate 1t simply means
giving the District the right to send
one or more Representatives to the
House and one or more Senators to the
Senate and electors to the electoral
college.
Member Nearly Lost Seat.
"The men at the Capitol do not like
to be assigned to the District COM
mittees." he said. commenting on the
practical aspects of the plea for repre-
sentation. ''One member told me sew
eral years ago that serving on the Dis
trict Committee almost cost him his
seat; that his people seemed to resent
the fact that he was working for the
Capital City and not their own inter
ests, and that he had to get of the
committee"
Mr.. Littlepage said that with the
District population steadily increasing
it was necessary that the people have
in Congress somebody to make the Dis
trict's interests a primary concern. He
said he did not feel like criticizing any
members of Congress who have served
the District, because he thought they
had done extremely well' considering
their other RESPONSIBILITIES
He predicted that If passed the
amendment would be ratified by the
required three-fourths Of the States
speedily.
There is no question that the States
would grant the people of the District
these privileges" he said, because It
has been established that such action
would not turn the District over to any
undesirable element"
Mr.. Littlepage was introduced by Al
bert E. Westrater, president, who pre-
sided.
JObless Suggestions Approved.
Eight suggestions for helping the un-
employed in Washington were formally
approved by the meeting in adopting a
report from the Committee on Taxation,
of which Harley v. Speelman is char
man. The committee believed a bond
issue inadvisable and proposed that the
following be done:
Continue to do all the public works
possible with the funds available and
make additional funds available from
the reported District surplus of nearly
$40 OO0O,0 900 aS soon as possible; speed
up payments of pensions and retire
ment funds; utilize funds in the
present emergency for construction
work rather than purchase of land; fill
all vacancies where money is available;
improve the postal service by adding
sufficient force, rather than trying TO
increase postal rates; reduce car fares
and electric light rates and other public
utility charges, as is being done In
other places; replace the poor brick
sidewalks throughout the District with
granatoid or concrete, and push legis-
lat'on for the Saturday half-hoIiday
and the f1ve-day week."
On motion of j. Clinton Hiatt, chair
man OF the Public Safety Committee,
the association urged that the tracks of
the Washington Railway & Electric Co.
be extended from Ninth street at the
intersection of Florida avenue on the
opening Of v street east to Georgia
avenue, thus relieving the heavy con-
geStion OF street cars on the Capital
Traction street railway line on u street
between Ninth street and Georgia ave-
nue."
A musical program was provided by
Irving Bucklin. Resolutions of con-
dolence were adopted and extended to
the widow Of Myer Loeb of 1910 Column
bia road, who died recently. He has
been member of the association for
many years