Evening star., 1938-03-19

Of the Suffrage Association, a COM
mittee or subordinate organization
which shall collect fund for financing
the political equity campaign, as for
example by collecting dollar a year
subscription from the many, and
larger lump subscriptions from or
ganizations and from the compara-
lively few individuals who have the
means and the public-spirited desire
to contribute in larger and substantial
amounts to promote the cause.
1T the Suffrage Association" Mr.
Noyes' message continued. "can finance
the movement as suggested, it will be
entitled to and will receive the CRATE
full appreciation OF the whole Capital
community and no other organiza-
ton will have rendered the cause so
great service"
Resolution Endorsed.
On motion Of Harry N. Stub, first
vice president of the Suffrage Asso-
citation, the meeting unanimously
adopted a resolution expressing the
belief that the citizens OF the District
OF Columbia. like other American
citizens, have an inherent right to an
effective voice in the making of the
laws to which they are subject and
in the choice Of the officers Of gov
ernment intrusted with the admins
tration Of those laws" Such a belief
it was stated, should have been so
"self-evident under our American sys-
tenn of representative government" as
to have "obliterated the stigma OF dis
franchisement which now rests upon
us and our fellow citizens in the Dis
trict."
On motion of William A. Maio Of
the Arrangements Committee the con-
ference adopted a resolution creating
Resolutions Committee of IS men,
bers to receive and consider all plans
and suggestions for enfranchising Dis
trict citizens" and to draft such q
plan of District suffrage as the said
committee may consider practical and
suitable to the needs and desires of
the residents of the District" The
committee was instructed to draft
recommendations for future activities
of the conference, to be presented at
the April % meeting.
rs Tentative Appointees.
Chairman Finch announced the fol-
lowing rs tentative appointees for
the committee: j. Nelson Anderson.
Burd w. Payne. Sidney r. Katz, Har-
ry N. Stull. Eta L. Taggart, Harry
S. Wender, Adelbert w. Lee. William
H. Mondell, Fred S. Walker, David
Babp, William A. Maio, George A.
Warren. Julius I. Peyser, Mrs. Mar
garet Hopkins Worrell. Ernest F. Hen
ry. George w. Hodgkins, Seton Darr,
Waldron Faulkner, Karl Gerber. Mar
vel L. Lockhart, T. J. Houston. Charles
M. Thomas, c. Herbert Marshall,
Woolsey w. Hall, Ellie S. Hoffman
and William A. Roberts.
The conference also unanimously
adopted resolution offered by Charles
A. Franklin. secretary of the Arrange
ments Committee. appointing a CAM
paign council, to be composed OF one
delegate from each Of the participat-
ing organizations, ito continue in the
name of the conference and without
interruption the campaign for enlist
ing the aid of organized groups OF
District citizens in the cause OF Dis
trict suffrage"
The council was instructed to urge
participation of additional groups Of
citizens, to engage in publicity efforts
in support Of the cause, to raise funds
and to report to future conference
meetings on progress.
A resolution offered by the Rev.
George Donald Pierce calling for crea-
tion of an expert legal committee for
research into legal phases of the
suffrage matter was referred to the
Resolutions Committee.