Evening star., 1933-12-14
CLUB PLANS DRIVE
FOR DISTRICT VOTE
Young Democrats to Meet
Sunday After Mapping
Vigorous Campaign.

The District of Columbia Division OF
the Young Democratic Clubs of Amer
lea, which has just made formal an
nouncement of a vigorous stand in
favor Of national representation for
the District Of Columbia, will hold its
second meeting of the season Sunday
afternoon at the home of Julian T.
Cromelin, 5420 Connecticut avenue.
To carry on its campaign Cor Dis
trict representation, the division has
created a special Standing COMMITTEE
charged with soliciting the support of
every civic, social, political and educa-
tlonal organization in the District and
every State organization Of the Young
Democratic Clubs, now numbering
100000 members
In undertaking its campaign for rep
resentation, the local division, at its
meeting October Is, adopted a resolu-
tlon characteriZing taxation without
representation as "an effective denial
and an unwarranted abridgment Of
the rights Of citizenship"
Adheres to Principle.
The text of the resolution follows:
Whereas. the District of Columbia
Division Of the Young Democratic Clubs
OF America firmly believe in and ad-
here to the principle that taxation
Without representation constitutes an
effective denial and an unWarranted
abridgment of the rights of Citizen
ship, and
Whereas, the Constitution of the
United States has invested the Congress
tnereof with exclusive legislative juris-
diction over the District of Columbia,
and
Whereas, the Congress of the United
States, in the exercise of the aforesaid
delegation of power. has laid and con-
tlnues to lay taxes upon the inhabitants
OF the District of Columbia and their
property, as well as to appropriate the
proceeds OF these said taxes to the
purposes of government in and for the
said District of Columbia, and
Whereas, the inhabitants of the Dis
trict OF Columbia are not represented
in the said Congress of the United
States, but should and as a matter of
right ought to be represented therein
on the same basis as such representa-
t1on is enjoyed by each of the several
States of the Union.
Advocates Amendment.
Now therefore be it resolved:
81. That the District of Columbia
division of the Young Democratic Clubs
OF America hereby recommends and
advocates the adoption of an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States, granting to the inhabitants of
the District of Columbia representation
In the Congress of the United States on
the same basis as such representation is
enjoyed by each of the several States
Of the Union.
%. That there is hereby created a
special standing committee of the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia division of the Young
Democratic Clubs of America, to be
known as the District Committee, which
said committee shall be charged with
communicating this resolution to every
civic, social, political and educational
organization in the District of Columbia
and soliciting the support and indorse-
ment Of every such organization for this
resolution; with communicating this
resolution to every State organization of
the Young Democratic Clubs of Amer
lea and soliciting the support and in
dorsement of every such organization
for this resolution; with submitting this
resolution to the next national conven-
tion Of the Young Democratic Clubs of
America and urging its adoption by the
said convention; and with communi-
eating this resolution to the District of
Columbia delegation to the next nation
al convention of the Democratic party
and urging the said delegation to submit /
the same to the said convention for |
adoption as a plank in the party plat |
form. |
Bona Eide Residents.
"3. The aforesaid committee shall |
be constituted as provided in the con-
stitution and bylaws of this division of !
the Young Democratic Clubs of Amer |
lea, save that the chairman and every |
member thereof shall be selected from |
among the members of the aforesaid or
ganization who are actually bona f1de |,
residents and citizens of the District of |
Columbia. The terms residents and |
citizens Of the District of Columbia as
used in this paragraph shall mean any |
competent person residing in the Dis |
trict of Columbia who is neither quail |
fed nor eligible to vote in any of the !
several States of the Union.
a. The Executive Committee of this |
organization is hereby requested to ini- |
tiate such change or changes in the con-
stitution and bylaws of this organiza-
tion as may be necessary to authorize !
the chairman of the District Commit
tee to serve as regular member of the I
said Executive Committee