Evening star., 1939-05-06
RandIe Association
To Launch Drive
For District Vote
Proposal for Mailing
Post Cards Asking )
Support Indorsed

An intensive campaign to arouse
support for District suffrage legisla-
ton In Congress was authorized last
night to be conducted by . special
committee formed Of members Of
Randle Highlands Citizens' Associa-
ton. The decision was reached at
the final meeting Of the season for
the civic group held In Orr School.
The committee will function, never
theless. until further notice.
Although President Adelbert w.
Lee deferred appointment until next
week he was authorized to instruct
the body to canvass thoroughly the
Randle Highlands area and to no
tify Representative Randolph, House
District committeeman, by letter
and personal audience Of tho asso-
cations plans and to ask his in
dorsement.
The organization also voted to
subscribe to the District Suffrage
Association proposal Of mailing post
cards asking individual support of
the suffrage movement.
Mr.. Lee declared every possible
means Of enlisting popular backing
Of enfranchisement for the District
must be exhausted. While the Suf-
frage Association petition system Is
admirable we feel our plan pushes
the matter further and proves that
we mean business in securing our
rights as citizens Of the United
States"
Penal Wharf Plans Fought.
The group voted to confront Sec
-etary Of the Interior Ickes in an
effort to stop q P. w. A. allotment
for the construction of the proposed
Occoquan penal wharf in a central
Southeast location and reiterated
full support to the Southeast Coun-
Gil In its move to prevent establish
znent of the wharf between Eleventh
Street Bridge and Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge. Mr.. Lee, who Is
leading collective campaign of
Southeast civic groups was delegated
to make arrangements with Secre-
tary Ickes office for a hearing.
A heated discussion arising from
the subject called attention again to
the undesirable and hazardous ele-
ment that the wharf would intro
duce' into the area and individual
protests of numerous citizens present
were entertained in open debate.
che protest move has obtained sup
bort Of every citizens association In
the Southeast as well as that Of the
Southeast Businessmen group and
the Anacostia Lions Club.
The program of the City-Wide
Playground Council calling for con-
solidation of all recreational agen-
cies of the District under one de-
partment and constituting as "unad-
visable and inimical to the effective
ness and morale of playground man
agement" any contemplated shift of
playground authority, was Endorsed.
Fire Fund Cut Opposed.
The Highlands group backed the
action Of the Budget Bureau disap-
proving proposed $56, 900 deduction
in appropriations for the District
Fire Department. Herbert M. Fraz-
Ter, acting secretary, declared the
slash would necessitate dismissal of
from rs to IS of the department per-
sonnel and would "injure the present
inadequate setup to an even more
dangerous extent"
The proposed bill to establish
horse racing in Washington was dis
approved on the grounds the betting
element involved would work an un-
wanted influence in the Nations
Capital.
In two other resolutions the asso-
citation approved authorization OF
city-wide parking meter installation
with the specification that the funds
derived be directed to highway
maintenance instead of the District
general fund and Endorsement was
voted congressional bill to regulate
the optometry profession in the Dis
trict as regards licensing and ex-
animation of prospective eye spe-
cialists.
The group indorsed the current
investigation of local milk practices.
Allen E. Lee of the Speakers Blu.
reau of the District Medical Society
presented a talk on Cancer. Its
Prevention and Cure" Motion pic
lures were shown on the develop
ment OF the automobile industry.