Evening star., 1936-05-12
D. c. TAKES VOTE
TO MAJOR PARTIES
Effort Will Be Made to Have
PIanks Adopted at
Conventions.

6Se bOeiA VIC DChAoStouS oAAA 4sSPub-
ican National Conventions to include
planks in their platforms favoring ma
tional representation for the District
of Columbia.
This developed late yesterday at
meeting Of the Executive Committee
Of the Citizens Joint Committee on
National Representation for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, at the Board Of
Trade.
Special committees will be ap-
pointed by Theodore w. Noyes, chair
man of the Executive Committee. to
cooperate with leaders from both
major parties, in efforts to get the
suffrage plank.
The resolution authorizing this
action was introduced by Jesse c.
Suter, vice chairman Of the COM
mittee. In a report he told the or
ganization that Senator Capper. Re-
publican. of Kansas, former chairman
of the Senate District Committee, and
Chairman Norton of the House District
Committee had already pledged their
support to such a declaration by their
respective parties.
Characterization Of D. c."
Reviewing the status Of national
representation, Mr.. Noyes declared
that the "merciless buf1eting" which
the District had been suffering in
its fight for fiscal equity had ac-
centuated the impotency Of Washing
tonians ito protect ourselves In any
vital legal or equitable right, lacking
the sword and shield Of voting repre-
sentation in Congress"
This violent buffeting," declared
Mr.. Noyes, has changed hundreds Of
hitherto Indifferent Washingtonians
into enthusiastic and determined
claimants of the American right of
national representation, which at
taches inseparably to national taxa
| tion.
AT no other time have the forces
which fight for Washington been so
aroused and so infiamed into new
enthusiasm for the Americanization
of the WaShingtonian.
|
of our slow progress in winning Con-
gress to our contention. that we waste
time in our effort which should be
devoted to work for some community
benefit more easily and quickly OBJ
tainable"
I'VE waste no time in laboring for
national representation. Our constant.
| f,,e nf
injustice, and especially our repeated
demonstrations of the fine, strong
quality of our population, put convinc-
ing force behind our other demands
for fair play for the unrepresented
Washingtonian."
Women's Groups Lauded.
Prasing the women's organizations
for their work, Mr.. Noyes asserted he
had found fresh inspiration in mo-
ments Of depression in the cheerful,
unfailing optimism and, the loyal en-
thusiasm of the voteless women of the
District"
The Executive Committee author.
lied increase in the number Of. its
vice chairmen to five. Paul Lesh. at
torney, was elected a vice chairman
to succeed the late John Joy Edson.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle was elect
ed vice chairman to succeed the late
Mrs. Ellen Spencer MusSey, and Mrs.
Harvey W. Wiley was elected to the
additional post of vice chairman.
A new standing rule, proposed by
Frederic William Vile, was adopted,
providing for four stated meetings of
the Executive Committee each year
in January. March, May and Novem-
ber. Other sessions could be called
in the discretion of the chairman.
On motion Of Proctor L. Dougherty,
a special committee is to be appointed
to draft letters of coincidence to the
families of the late Mr.. Edison, Mrs.
Mussey and Edwin c. Brandenburg.
Mr.. Suter, in a report on the status
of the fight for national representa-
ton reviewed the situation. not only
In Washington, but throughout the
country.
Taxes Increased.
| "The trend of events through recent
years." he declared, has shown that
our taxes have been increased and
the Federal participation all but elm
mated. Our local legislature, in which
we have no representation, has to a
large degree disregarded our wishes,
not only as to taxation and appropri-
alton, but as to legislation on many
subjects.
while this condition Of tyranny has
been a hardship and the source Of
much humiliation and disgust, it has
had the effect OF awakening our people
as nothing else could have done. Our
civic organizations and many Of our
unorganized citizens are aroused as
never before to the necessity of push
ing on for release from this condition
Of tyranny which is so obnoxious to
all true Americans"
Efforts will be made to bring up
for a hearing at the next session of
Congress, the joint resolution pro-
viding for national representation, he
said.
Support for the cause has come re-
Gently, Mr.. Suter reporter, from many
different organizations. He outlined
progress Of the movement to memo
rialize Congress from State Legisla-
lures. Among organizations whose
cooperation was especially praised by
Mr.. Suter were the League of Women
Voters. the Federation of Citizens
Associations, the Board of Trade, the
Central Labor Union, the Maryland
State and District. of Columbia Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, the Ma
tional Young Democrats, the Rainbow
Division of Veterans and many others.
A list Of organizations supporting
or indorsing national representation
was distributed.
Plans were discussed for getting the
national representation message and
its arguments directly to new members
Of Congress to be elected in November.