Evening star., 1934-02-18

sary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony,
famed woman's suffrage warrior, has
given new impetus to the campaign
for national representation for the
District of Columbia.
For a half century the great pioneer
! feminist fought untiringly for the
right of women to vote, and IA years
after her death those efforts were
rewarded In the ratification OF the
nineteenth amendment.
Yet today neither the men nor
the women in the District of Co
lumbia are permitted to vote, as was
SO graphically pointed out by speakers
at birthday celebrations in honor Of
Miss Anthony Wednesday and Thurs
| day.
Mrs. Richard w. Hogue, president
of the Voteless District of Columbia
League of Women Voters, recalled in
brief address at ceremonies In
Pierce Hall Wednesday night a visit
to the rare book section Of the Lii
brary of Congress, where, she said,
she spent hours going over the Susan
B. Anthony collection.
Decries Lack Of d. C. Vote.
"It was my way of getting ac-
quainted with Miss Anthony" she
explained. But it left me with a
feeling of personal ineffectualness be-
cause I have not worked even harder
for suffrage for men and women OF
the District of Columbia"
Mrs. Hogue spoke also at the cere-
mony Thursday in the crypt of the
Capitol, in which so leading womens
organizations united to pay homage
to Miss Anthony. There, too, she de-
cried the lack of vote in the District
and expressed the hope the memory
of Miss Anthony would drive workers
to greater efforts in achieving en-
franchisement.
Jesse c. Suter of Citizens Joint
Committee on National Representa-
ton for the District of Columbia, also
a speaker at the Pierce Hall celebra-
tion, expressed strong admiration for
Miss Anthony and said boyhood at
tendance at meetings held by her
thoroughly convinced him that men
and women of the District should
be entitled to the vote"
He deprecated the placement oi
sculptured suffrage group, with Miss
Anthony as the central figure. in the
basement of the Capitol, but re-
marked that now Congress has
become more "memorial-minded."
"A few years ago one of the great
boulevards in the Capital was named
Constitution avenue" he continued
"and shortly another great boulevard
will be named independence avenue
the first after the Constitution and
the second after the Declaration Of
Independence.
Reminder Of Deprivation.
"It seems a good idea. BY memor-
ializing these names, We reminc
people of these great human docu'
ments, and it might also serve as 6
constant reminder that while th'
, people of the District of Columbis
, are required to bear all the burdens
and responsibilities imposed by thu
Constitution, they are deprived Of
vital American privilege, and all o
this because the fundamental prin
ciples laid down in the Declaration
of Independence are not consistent,
applied in the District Of Columbia.
Miss Anita Pollitzer, vice Chairman
of the National Woman's Party, de
clared her organization is dedicate'
to continuing the great work OF mis-
, Anthony. She said;
II think all of us should reallZ
, the reason we are united in honorin
Susan 3. Anthony is because of tn
way she used her life. She worke
INCREASINGLY, unselfshly, for NOR
than a half century to remove dis
elimination against women and .
. fight injustices which on every SID
were being perpetrated against he
sex.
THE National Woman's Party, 70
,. which speak, is dedicated to one oh
jective-that is, the carrying on G
Miss Anthonys work, to the end tina
there shall be no discriminate
against women in law or custom.
Tells Of Intimate Contact.
f ITO this end we are working fc
\ an equal rights amendment to tn
United States Constitution. TIL
amendment, which has been intro
u duced in Congress, declares: Men an
Q women shall have equal rights through
a out the United States and every plac
| subject to its jurisdiction
- sdThis is an evening of Renaissance.
Y and so I am going to tell my on
\ most intimate contact with Sudan ]
a Anthony. OF course. 1t came not d
= rectly, but I felt almost as though !
that contact I were getting close I
the spirit of Miss Anthony herself
1T was when I went out to Kanss
a a few years after suffrage was wol
n 7 went to Leavenworth to ask Nil
4 Anthony's nephew, Daniel r. An
: thony, who was then in Congress,
he would introduce our equal rish
n amendment to the United 6tatt