Evening star., 1938-04-25

from 29.07 for Iowa to 3.3 for North
Carolina.
The quota OF the fourth liberty
loan assigned to the District of Co.
lumbia was $27,eOs, 900, whereas the
subscriptions amounted to $51. .262, 100,
or per capita subscription Of $l27.6l,
which was nearly twice the per capita
subscription for the United States as
a whole. which was only $65.94.. This
per capita subscription for the Dis
trict of Columbia was again largely
in excess of that Of every Federal
Reserve district except the second,
which includes the State Of New York.
The aggregate subscriptions from
the citizens of the District of Column
bit Of the fourth liberty loan were
greater in amount than those OF any
one Of % States. namely: Alabama,
Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Della
ware. Florida, Idaho. Louisiana,
Maine. Mississippi, Montana. Nevada,
New Hampshire. New Mexico, North
Carolina. North Dakota, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Utah, Vermont. Wyoming.
The number of subscribers to this
loan in the District was greater than
that in any one OF rs States while
the proportion of the population of
the District subscribing to this loan,
according to the Treasury Depart
ment, was 65.8 per cent, which was
much larger than in any one of the
48 States Of the Union and about
three times as great as the correspond
ing percentage for the entire United
States, which was only 81 l.98 per cent.
OF the fifth. or victory loan, the
quota assigned to the District of Co.
lumbia was $20,3O70OO, while the
actual subscriptions were $28,307 900,
secured from 132,l59 subscribers.
Intelligence.
The census for the year 1880 shows
the average percentage of illiteracy
for all classes Of its population COM
bined was 4.3 for the United States.
while for the District of Columbia 1t
was l6. The Districts percentage of
illiterates is shown to be less than any
one of the following 81 States: Maine,
81: New Hampshire, 81; Vermont.
%: Massachusetts,, 35: Rhode Is
land, 40; Connecticut, AS; New York,
81: New Jersey. 3.8: Pennsylvania,
81; Ohio, 23; Indiana, IT.; Illinois.
"a: Michigan, 20: Wisconsin. l9;
Missouri, 81; Delaware, 40; Mary
land, 3.s; Virginia. 81 West Virginia.
48; North Carolina, 100; South Caro-
lima. 14.9; Georgia, a. Florida, IL;
Kentucky, S. Tennessee. 70; Ala
bama, 1875; Mississippi. l3.1; Arkan-
sas, 68; Louisiana. 1875; Oklahoma,
28: Texas. 6.8; Montana, IT.: Colo
RADIO, 28; New Mexico, l33 Arizona,
l0.l; Nevada. A.. and California, 2.6.
OF the illiteracy of the native whites
the percentage was two-tenths Of
per cent for the District. while the
average percentage for the United
States was Is per cent. The Districts
rate of two-tenths of l per cent was
below that of each of the States with
the exception Of Nevada, which had
the same rate as the District of Co.
lumbia
The same census shows that in the
District of Columbia the illiteracy
among the colored population was
Al per cent or about ne-fourth of
the corresponding figures for the
United States, which was 1853, and be-
low the percentage of the following
80 States: Maine, Vermont. Massa-
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio. In
diana, Wisconsin, Iowa. Missouri.
Kansas, Delaware. Maryland, Vir-
ginia. West Virginia, North Carolina,
206; South Carolina, Georgia. Florida,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ale bama, Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas. Louisiana. Okla
homa. Texas, Montana, Idaho. Wyo-
ming and New Mexico. The percent
ages in the States range from 40 in
the case of Pennsylvania, Idaho and
Wyoming-the lowest of these having
a higher percentage Of Negro illiteracy
than the District-to 269 in South
Carolina and 262 in Alabama and
233 in Louisiana and 232 in Missis-
sippi.
A comparison Of the 1880 census
with that of 1870, as we'll as Of sue
cessive decennial censuses, shows a
remarkable increase in school attend
ance and decrease in illiteracy among
the colored population. The percent
age of illiteracy among colored per-
sons Of 10 years of age and over de-
creased from 705 per cent in 1870 to
Al per cent in 1880. or decrease in
the so years Of 664 per cent.
A Demonstration of Fitness.
The foregoing statistics constitute
an unanswerable argument in sup
port of the legislation which we now
recommend. They show that 486, 1863
1930 census) people, to whom the
elective franchise is entirely denied,
have been and are now supporting the
United States with a remarkable
spirit of loyalty and devotion. In
peace and war they have always ac-
quilted themselves commercially. The
percentage of illiteracy among them
Is but one and six-tenths per cent,
and intellectually the District Of Co.
lumbia holds place above 81 States
of the Union. The people of the Dis
trict are, therefore, both morally and
mentally fit to exercise the right which
they so earnestly seek as American
citizens. Your committee believes Chat
their appeal should no longer remain
unheeded. and that now Is the time
to provide means to enable them to
participate in the councils Of the Ma
tion through their chosen representa-
tives.
(Another section OF the Senate re-
port will be printed in tomorrows
Starr.
URGES ARMING Al COST