Evening star., 1936-05-10
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
The Week in Reyiew-D. G. National Representa-.
ton Committee to Meet Tomorrov-Oafh
for Congressmen Is Proposed.

with local party leaders and con-
gressional supporters In an attempt
to get national representation
planks In the Democratic and Re.
publican national platforms.
4. Action on proposed stand
ing rule of the Joint Executive
Committee providing for four stated
meetings each year.
S. Suggestions for aggressive ac-
tion before the Seventy-fifth Con-
gress.
Mr.. Edison and Mrs. Mussey had
for many years served as vice
chairmen Of the committee and
were ardent advocates of the cause
OF Federal suffrage for the District.
The probable selections to fill these
vacancies is not known.
The Citizens Joint Committee
on National Representation consists
OF the various organizations sup
porting the proposed constitutional
amendment. The Executive Com
mittee is composed of the active
members of these various organi-
zations-in a number Of instances
members of national representation
committees of their own organiZa-
tions.
There are at present on this
Executive Committee more than
100 members.
Subordinate to this Executive
Committee, there are IL subcom-
mittees having charge Of the va
rious divisions Of the work. The
Executive Committee and the sub
committees have been meeting at
the call of the respective chairmen.
1t is proposed to continue this
practice, with the variation that
the Executive Committee will hold
four stated meetings per year and
such other special meetings as may
be called by the chairman.
National League of Women Voters
Advances ID. c. Vote on Program.
THE District delegation to the re-
cent convention in Cincinnati
OF the National League Of Women
Voters. returned to Washington en-
thusiastic over the friendliness of
the convention toward the voteless
and unrepresented District. The
national body renewed It's support
of the campaign for a constitu-
tional amendment granting Fed
eral suffrage to the District and
placed this proposal at the head of
its support program" This is ex-
planned to mean that the League
will give immediate active support
to the proposal to give residents of
the District the right of voting rep
resentation in Congress and the
Electoral College. Resolutions
adopted by the convention COM
mended Senator Arthur Capper,
Republican, of Kansas. and Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton. Demo-
crat, of New Jersey. for their in
terest in and sponsorship of the
District of Columbia Federal suf-
frage amendment in their respec-
tive houses of Congress.
The National League of Women
Voters has been on record as sup
porting District National Repre-
sentation since 1924 and has rem
dered much practical aid in be. half
Of the movement. Several years ago
the league published and distrib-
uted a pamphlet by Miss Katherine
A. Frederic under the title The
Case of Federal Suffrage for the
District of Columbia" This is con-
sidered an excellent treatise on the
subject and has been reproduced in
an Evening Star broadside, of
which free copies are available.
Other practical helps have been
through the questionnaires sent by
the various State leagues to candi-
dates for nomination as Senator
and Representative in most of the
States. The movement originated
by the present President, Miss Mar
guerite Wells, to have the various
State legislatures memorable Con-.
gress to pass the proposed amend
ment and submit it to the States
for ratification is expected to bring
real results. The State Legislature
of California is so far the only one
to adopt such memorial.