Evening star., 1932-04-26
|DR, MARVIN SCORES
RULE BY MINORITY
Speaks at BicentenniaI Ban
uuet of Mid-City Citizens
Association.

Striking impartially at violators OF
the eighteenth amendment, politics, in
stallment buying and the influence OF
organized minorities upon the will OF
the majority, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president of George washington Uni
versity, drew a vividly contrasting pic
ture of present-day life, as against that
advocated and practiced by the Ma
tton's first President, at the Bicenten-
NAL banquet of the Mid-City Citizens
Association last night.
He held forth the ideal OF personal
character as the panacea that will lead
the individual and the Nation out OF
the throes of economic depression and
away from the threat of political
ch1canery," and urged the rededication
OF the citizenry to the ideals Of George
washington as fitting tribute to him
during the Bicentennial year.
Raps Minority Rule.
'The Nation today is dedicated to
the god of privilege, to the rule of an
organized minority that takes account
of nothing save its own selfish inter-
ests, he declared. I'VE think in terms
Of blocs and not in terms of the will of
the majority.
10 further their own ends, groups
within the labor movement are destroy
ing organized labor today and agricul-
ture Is torn aSunder by similar selfish
interests Our whole social structure is
threatened by the brigandage of cit
liens who hold themselves above the
law, who arrogantly decree that they
have the right to violate the eight
eenth amendment with impunity
Ihat law Is the law, and as such is
to be obeyed. No one has the right to
interpret 1t but the United States Su-
| preme Court.
No nation can be great, no people
can survive, without holding true to the
fundamental concept that certain great
spiritual forces will finally dominate its
| destiny"
DR.. Marvin pointed to the meticulous
care with which Washington kept his
| personal accounts, to his personal
honesty and integrity, and to his rigid
policy OF applying those rules to the
conduct of national affairs.
| The question of representation In
Congress for residents of the District OF
Columbia was urged by Harry King
| president OF the Washington Chamber
| Of Commerce, in brief speech.
! While the Government of the Dis
! trict is all that we can expect it to be, >
| ne SAID, we must not lose sight OF the
| fact that the members of the Senate
and House District Committees have
| their own constituents back home to
think about, and in serving them they
! cannot give the people of Washington
! the full consideration to which, as tax
payers, they are entitled.
Other Speakers.
"Our only hope for relief lies ir
| having our own representatives in Con-
greSS, who can speak for us and bring
to bear the pressure necessary to OBJ
| tain for the District the consideration
it should have. 1t should be the duty
| of all of us to work to this end anC
| to bring about the congressional rep
resentation to which residents of the
District are emitted"
Brief talks were made by Judge Rob.
ert E. Mattingly, George w. Offutt
| president Of the Washington Board o.
Trade Miss Sybil Baker, director Of
/ the District Playground Department
and Mrs. E. K. Peoples, director of the
Community Center Department.
Entertainment was furnished by Miss
Swannie Crofton and Ambrose Durkin
The banquet, which was held at the
Burlington Hotel will become an an
nual affair, according to vote of the
association.