Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-21
ASKS D. C.. OFFICES
Be GIVEN NATIVES
Fred A. Emery Also Reiter-
ates Stand for National Rep
reSentation in Address.

A plea Tor WaShingtonlans IN WsSn-
inRtcn ofices and q reiteration of the
organizations stand for national rep
resentation for the District of Column
bia. marked the retirement last night of
Fred A. Emery from the presidency Of
the Society of Natives OF the District
Of Columbia.
Following Mr.. Emerys plea. the So
ciety adopted q resolution urging the
Board of Education and the superin-
ten6ent of schools to name only bona
fide WashingtonianS" to positions as
officerS and teachers in the school sys-
TEN. except in cases Of emergency.
Mr.. Emery'S withdrawal from the
highest once OF the society followed
automatically the election at the same
meeting OF DIR. Clarence Weaver as
president DR. Weaver was chosen over
Miss Eta Taggert by a vote OF 4S
to 46.
In his retirement address, Mr. Emery
declared that 30 mayors, a couple of
governors and q host of District Com
missioners, backed by the dynamic
force Of public spirit and activities of
the real residents OF washington dur
ing the 13l years since the National
Capital was founded. have demonstrated
the capacity OF WaShingtonians to func-
ton in charge OF their own purely local
affairs" Commenting upon the events
OF the past two years during which he
was president of the Society of Natives,
Mr.. Emery pointed out that Washing
tonians have been so often ignored by
the appointive powers.
Cats Paw of Politics.
1--WE do not believe that the District
of Columbia government should be the
cats paw of Federal politics nor that
its purely local ofices-the civilian
commissionerships the District bench
and so on--should be the gifts to
strangers nor the dumping ground of
lame duck politicians" Continuing he
said:
We glory in the fact that one of the
District Commissioners today Is ma
tive Washingtonian while the other two
both able and delightful gentlemen
are brought in from the outside as
Army officers. along with a military
superintendent of Washington police,
also called in from the outside to tell
WashingtonianS what they must do with
respect to their own local affairs. We
are also proud Of the WashingtonianS,
Two of them natives, on the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, and
Courts of the District, including those
judges who are members of the Society
of Natives-and of the other distin-
guished men, official and lay, in the
rank and file of this society,""
Mr.. Emery recalled that for three
quarters Of century the Federal Gov
eminent was guest Of Washington.
paying. he said, mo taxes on Federal
property and paying only small con-
tributions to meet the staggering. bur-
dens of the taxpaying residents of
Washington" despite the fact that the
Federal Government owned more than
half of the real estate here. It was not
until after the Civil War, he pointed
out, that the National Government I'M
dertook its share Of the expenses Of
operating the Capital.
And we Neutrality-suspicious." he added,
''are today paying, In the aggregate, to
the Federal Governments income, more
money than any one OF half of the total
number Of states in this Union al
though denied certain subsidies and
benefits the Congress grants to the
States. So say purely local Washing
ton ofnces should be filled by bona flde
resident Washingtonians.s
Among the eminent Washingtonians
who added glory to their city Mr..
Emery named Gov. Alexander Shop
herd, Crosby Noyes, former editor of
The Star; William F. Mattingly and
Myron Parker. In recognition Of WASH
ingtonians' contribution to their city
Mr. Emery pointed out that the So
ciety of Natives successfully urged that
new schools be named for Crosby Moves
and Daniel Rapine. an early mayor. A
year ago. he said. the society paid trib-
ute to Theodore W Noyes, present edi-
tor OF this newspaper as 1.-THE foremost
native WaShingtonian of the present
sgeneration."
Tracing further the activities of the
society during the past two years, Mr.
Emery pointed out that It had strongly
reaffirmed its position in favor of ma
tional representation for the District.
In this position, a6hering to 1t as to an
inspiring ideal, the Society of Natives,
he said, is allied with the great or
carnations like the Board Of Trade.
Chamber of Commerce, Federation of
Citizens Associations and the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associ-
alton"
Society in Active Role.
THE share OF the Society of Natives
In the community life of Washington
during the past two years." the retiring
president declared, has covered wide
range of civic activities 1t re-entered
the Federation Of Citizens Associations
its delegates there have been active in
the federation's work and other men,