Evening star., 1933-11-18
NATIVES SOCIETY
HEADED BY SUTER.
Six Ballots Cast in Election,
With Four Candidates
Competing.

Jesse C. Suter. a leader in the civic
affairs of the National Capital, was
elected president of the Society of
Natives Of the District Of Columbia at
its meeting last night in the Wash
ington Club
with four candidates nominated and
constitutional bylaw requiring the
winner to receive majority of the total
votes cast, it required six ballots to
decide the issue. Mr.. Suter, who was
the society's first president was the
first candidate to be nominated. Harry
Burrough next was proposed. His name
was followed by that of Fred A. Emery
and finally John A. Saul was named
before the nominations were closed.
On the first ballot Mr.. Suter re-
ceived 26 votes, Mr.. Burroughs IA. Mr.
Emery 10 and Mr- Saul 8. Besides the
writer of Washington history in The
Sunday Star Magazine. received one
vote. Mr.. Emery withdrew from the
race when the tabulation was an
nounced.
Within Single Vote.
On the second ballot Mr.. Suter re-
ceived 20 votes, lacking only one to give
him the required majority, Mr.. Bur-
Il
received and Mr.. Emery, despite his
withdrawal, was given one vote. Mr..
Saul then withdrew. In the fourth
ballot. Mr.. Suter received 90 votes and
Mr.. Burroughs followed him with 26
Three votes were cast for Mr.. Saul on
the fourth ballot.
The fifth ballot was declared illegal
when the tellers discovered two extra
ballots in the box. These may have
been blank ballots, as the tellers did
not report.
On the sixth ballot, in which each
voter was required to walk to the
rostrum to deposit his ballot in person,
Mr.. Suter was elected with a total of
81 votes against Mr.. Burroughs 27
The total number of votes cast had
been reduced in the course of the bal
lotting when a member became slightly
i'll and left the hall.
Other officers chosen in the election
were Mr. Burroughs, first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Frederick Yates, second vice
president; John A. Saul, third vice
president, and William H. Groverman
and Mr.. Suter, delegates to the Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations Besides
the officers who were newly elected. the
following we're reelected: James F.
Du'lamel. historian: Frederick G. Um-
hau, treasurer; Miss Emma Bright, re-
cording secretary, and Mrs Watson b.
Shelton, corresponding secretary.
Chest Speaker Heard.
At the close Of the election Oliver
Martin, volunteer worker in the Com
munity Chests Speakers Bureau, ad-
dressed the society briefly on the Com
nunity Chest and its present campaign.
Mr.. Martin said that the question had
been raised as to whether the Chest
really was necessary now that the Fed
eral Government has made available
more than 100000 for unemployment
relief. He assured the society that the
bare necessities afforded unemployed
persons through the Federal relief by
no means met all of the Districts needs
for a year. There are other wants be-
sides bread alone, he asserted, which go
on the year around and which the
Chest must meet.
Mr.. Martin declared that he was not
citing the duty" of citizens to contrib
ute to the Chest, but he was pointing
cut rather their privilege" of giving to
it. He concluded with the observation:
II am not making an appeal tonight
to your pockets; am making an appeal
10 your hearts. Let your conscience be
your guide"