Evening star., 1933-03-10
Resolution for Local Repre-
sentation Is Offered by
Capper.
KANSAN HOLDS HOPE
FOR EARLY PASSAGE
Presents Plea for National Suf-
frage for Citizens in Asking
for Legislation.

One Of the first District measures
reintroduced in the Senate today for
consideration by the new Congress was
the Joint resolution proposing a con-
st1tutional amendment under which
Congress would be empowered to grant
the people of Washington representa-
tion in the House and Senate and the
right to vote for President and Vice
President.
The resolution is being sponsored in
the Senate by Senator Capper, Repub-
ucan, Of Kansas, who has just COM
pleted eight years as chairman Of the
Senate District Committee and who Is
remaining on the committee as ranking
minority member For number Of years
the national representation resolution
was handled in the Senate by the late
Senator Wesley L. Jones, Republican, OF
Washington, who died several months
ago.
Hopes for Action.
II am glad to have this opportunity
to reintroduce the joint resolution pro-
posing q constitutional amendment to
provide for national representation for
the people of the District Of Columbia" I"
said Senator Capper. Il hope that the
resolution will be acted upon by the
present Congress and the question sub
mitted to the States for ratification.
Il have always advocated national
suffrage for the people of the District.
There Is no valid reason why the 500,
900 citizens of the Nations Capital
should be without voice in their Ma
tional Government. I am convinced
that the ratification of the Constitu
tional amendment by the States will
give to the citizens of Washington COM
plete National representation, while
not disturbing the right Of Congress to
exercise exclusive legislation over the
seat Of National Government"
Text Of Resolution.
The resolution reads as follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United States
Of America in Congress assembled
(two-thirds Of each house concurring
therein), That the following amend
ment to the Constitution Of the United
States be proposed for ratification by
the Legislatures Of the several States,
which, when ratified by the Legis-
latures Of three-fourths Of the States,
shall be valid as part Of said Consti.
tuition, namely, insert at the end OF
Section three, Article Four, the fol-
lowing words:
1.-The Congress shall have power to
admit to the status Of citizen Of a
xhA TiStr1cf
constituting the seat Of Government of
the United States, created by Article
One, Section Eight, for the purpose OF
representation In the Congress and
among the electors Of President and
Vice President, and for the purpose OF
suing and being sued in the courts OF
the United States, under the provisions
Of Article Three, Section Two.
LEGISLATORS to Be Chosen
"When the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents OF such district
shall be entitled to elect one or two
Senators, as determined by the Congress
or such other Representative in the Sen
ate as Congress may provide for, Repre-
sentatives in the House according to
their numbers, as determined by the
decennial enumeration, and presi-
Dental electors equal In number to
their aggregate representation in the
House and Senate or as Congress may
provide.
"'The Congress shall provide by law
tho qualifications Of voters and the
time and manner of choosing the Sen
ator or Senators, the Representative or
Representatives, and the electors herein
authorized
1.-The Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution
the foregoing power
All bills and resolutions not finally
acted upon when Congress ends must
be reintroduced at the opening of a new
Congress.