Evening star., 1938-04-30

assisted by Mrs. Ethel Lockhart Muir
ray, chairman of the Membership
Committee of the District Suffrage
Association.
IL Hours Of Balloting.
| Not until midnight or later will OFF,
cials know the result of the IL hours
Of balloting on these specific questions.
DO you want the right to vote for
officials Of your own city government
in the District of Columbian"
DO you want the right to vote for
President of the United States, and
for members Of Congress from the
District of Columbian"
The spectacle of lines Of prospective
voters waiting outside polling places
in various public schools and other
places greeted citizens of Washington
on their way to work this morning.
Many employees cast their votes before
reporting at their Offices. while others
planned to go to the ballot boxes this
afternoon and evening.
125 Vote in 20 Minutes.
More than l25 persons registered
and voted in 20 minutes after the polls
opened at 9 am. in the Lafayette
School. at Broad Branch road and
Northampton street, Chevy Chase,
headquarters Of the 54th precinct.
AT the Hubbard School, Eleventh
and Kenyon streets NV, polling
place of the 37th precinct, more than
100 votes had been dropped into the
boxes by $50 am. Many Central High
School students, not old enough to
vote, canvassed the neighborhood to
do their Bit in getting out the vote
At the John Eaton School, Thirty
fourth and Lowell streets NV, in
the 58th precinct, the rate of voting
was one minute. Mrs. Helen Over
street, 3237 Klingle road NV. voted
for herself and then asked officials for
permission to vote in proxy for her
husband. Robert. in London on ship
ping business. She was told no.
Heartily Favors Move.
Il think it's crime I can't vote for
him." she said. mo one in the Dis
trict is more for suffrage than he, and
have corresponded with him about
it, and he wanted me to try to vote
for him"
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Lansburgh, vot-
ing at the John Eaton School. Mrs.
Lansburgh, head of the Council of
Jewish Women. laughingly agreed to
pose for a photographer with the re-
mark:
We'll, here's married couple that
has finally agreed on something after
20 years of married life"
Both were heartily in favor Of suf-
frage.
Woman, 80, Casts Ballot.
One Of the older voters this morning
was Mrs. Frances H. Sayers, 8O of
Northbrook Courts, who has lived for
10 years In the Mount Pleasant section.
Appearing at 8 am. at the Bancroft
School, Mrs. Sayers said she has voted
in Maryland and hopes she will live
to vote in the District of Columbia.
She said she doesn't recall the election
Of 1874 here, as children stayed home
in those days"
The National Broadcasting Co. an
nounced plans for supplying local
listeners with the latest results of the
referendum from pm. until Stations
WRC and WMAL sign of. A special
broadcast was given from the Thom-
son School as the voting proceeded to-
day.
Autos Bring In Voters.
Approximately 200 voters had regis
tered at the Mott School, Fourth and
w streets NV, headquarters of the
twenty-ninth precinct, by $50. A fleet
Of automobiles was being used to bring
in the voters.
At the Deal Junior High, Thirty
eighth and Davenport streets NV,
approximately ITS votes were cast in
the first half hour. Many of the
people Of the community brought
their children with them, some under
the impression that the older chill
dren could vote, and others to show
them the novel experience Of voting
in Washington to make them civic
minded.
Two cover 20" Vote.
Among early arrivals at the Ban
| croft School precinct ballot box were
Mr.. and Mrs. o. M. Styron, ST., of 1918
Mount Pleasant street NV, both Of
whom said they were lover TO-" and
their son, o. M. Styron, jr. In charge
of the voting at this precinct was Will
liam G. Lee of 1853 Kilbourne street
| NV, who remarked that he had voted
in four States, Kansas, Ohio, Missouri
and Virginia. He Is waiting wistfully
for the chance to vote in the District.
In the first 10 minutes after the
polls opened in the Buchanan School,
| Thirteenth and E streets Sc, which Is
in the tenth precinct, "a persons
marked their ballots. Among these
was q cab driver, who announced it
| was the first time he had ever voted
and asked for instructions on making
out his ballot.
II don't know whole lot about
this situation" he said, but do
know the people of Washington ought
to have their own say in government"
DR.. Homer K. Butler, chairman OF
the 10th precinct, warned his staff
not to give out souvenir ballots. One
woman said she had = husband con-
fined to home by illness and she wanted
to take him q ballot "just to let him
see what one looks like" She was
refused this privilege.
Retired Printer on List.
One OF the early voters at the La
fayette School, in the 54th precinct,
was Harry F. Sauter, retired printer
OF The Star, who recalled to fellow
voters that he had set In type one Of
Theodore w. Noyes' first newspaper
articles demanding for Washing
tonians the right to vote.
First to register ct The Grant School,