Evening star., 1937-02-19
WAGES NEW FIGHT
/. FORD|STR|CT VOTE
Mrs. Norton to Press for
Enfranchisement by Con-
stitutionaI Amendment.

Chairman Norton Of the House Dis
trict Committee announced today she
would redouble her efforts to remove
the shackles Of disfranchisement from
District residents.
Ths announcement, followed intro
duction by her in tht House late yes
terday Of q joint resolution providing
a constitutional amendment to grant
national representation to the Dis
trict-an amendment that will give
its residents the right to vote for
President and Vice President and elect
Representatives in the House and
Senate.
Hopes to Get Hearings.
The resolution was referred to the
Judiciary Committee, where a similar
resolution sponsored by Mrs. Norton
languished throughout the last Con-
gress. Mrs. Norton, however, hopes to
arrange with Chairman Summers of
the Judiciary Committee to hold hear
ings on the resolution in the near
future. She had endeavored to have
the resolution referred to her own
committee, but because it provides
for an amendment to the Constitution,
House parliamentarians said it be-
longed properly In the Judiciary Com
mittee.
An identical resolution Is pending in
the Senate Judiciary Committee. This
resolution was introduced by Senator
Capper, Republican, of Kansas, an
ardent advocate of national repre-
sentation for the District.
Promises Vigorous Fight.
Mrs. Norton said she would fight
more vigorously than ever at this
session Of Congress to aid the District
to get national representation because
she Is firmly convinced it will be the
only method by which residents of
Washington will get a square deal''
from Congress.
The text Of the Norton resolution
follows:
Resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress as
sembled (two-thirds Of each House
concurring therein), That the follow
ing amendment to the Constitution of
the United States be proposed for
ratification by the Legislatures Of the
several States, which, when ratified
by the Legislatures Of three -fourths of
the States, shall be valid as a part of
said Constitution, namely, insert at
the end Of Section 8, Article ", the
following words:
"The Congress shall have power to
admit to the status of citizens Of a
State the residents of the District
constituting the seat Of government Of
the United States. created by Article I,
Section 8, for the purpose of repre-
sentation 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 III, Section 2.
Would Provide Qualification.
when the Congress shall exercise
this power the residents of such Dis
trict shall be entitled to elect one or
two Senators as determined by the
Congress or such other representative
in the Senate as Congress may pro-
vide for, Representatives in the House
according to their numbers as deter
mined by the decennial enumeration,
and presidential electors equal in
number to their aggregate representa-
ton in the House and Senate or as
Congress may provide.
"The Congress shall provide by law
the qualifications Of voters and the
time and manner of choosing the
Senator or Senators, the Representa-
tive or Representatives, and the
electors herein authorized.
THE Congress shall have power to
make all laws which shall be necessary
and proper for carrying into execution
the foregoing power"