Evening star., 1939-08-06

Kennedy SiIences
Heck|er as Pickets
Seek Vote for DC.
Representative Aids
Demonstrators on
Capitol Hill

Provoked by the remarks of a by
stander, Representative Ambrose
j. Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland
made a sharp vocal contribution to 8
demonstration in support of District
suffrage yesterday afternoon on the
sidewalk in front of the old House
Office Building.
When the veteran House District
Committeeman approached the
building about IS minutes before
Congress adjourned, he found il
picketed by members of the Wash.
ington Youth Council bearing plac-
ards reminding departing Congress.
men of the plight of the voteless
people Of Washington. Even Hitler
Lets Them Vote" read one sign car.
ried by pretty Olga Winstead o1
Eastern High School.
Being the author of one of the
suffrage bills for the District, Mr.
Kennedy engaged the youthful
chairman of the council, David H
Scull in sympathetic conversation
Its pity Congress didn't do some.
thing about it" Mr. Kennedy said tc
the small group gathered about him
A bystander who had been anus.
ing himself at the expense of the
pickets, chimed in: We'll, why
should Congress let 'em vote in the
District? This amt a State. It's
just a piece of Federal property"
Legislator Keeps Temper.
He thrust his face upward In
the direction of Mr.. Kennedy's. HI
was little but loud.
Mr.. Kennedy bristled but kept his
temper.
why shouldn't they vote, you
mean?' he countered sharply
Thereafter he had plenty to tell the
heckler, who admitted he WASH I
resident of the District.
why should 650,000 people ii
Washington be refused the right
to vote on their own affairs?" Mr.
Kennedy insisted. They have the
same right to have some one rep.
resent them on the floor of Con.
gress as the people OF Puerto Rice
or Alaska, haven't they?"
Mr.. Kennedy apparently didn'
relish getting into a heated side.
walk argument with stranger anC
few people began gathering about
including Representative Jed John.
son, Democrat, Oklahoma. But he
wasn't going to let the District down
These people here are Ameri-
cans" he said. Congress tells them
what to do and they can't ever
vote for their own municipal Off
GERS. They haven't even the tight
to say how s43,O0O,OOO, most Of il
collected in taxes from them. shall
be spent. Do you know that?" he
demanded of the heckler who begar
retreating slowly.
Wishes Pickets Luck.
Mr.. Kennedy had to pack his grir
and go back to Baltimore. Coco
luck to you, boys, keep it up" he told
the pickets.
Mr.. Johnson's contribution to the
demonstration consisted of taking
some pictures with a camera he
carried.
One of the large signs read: Dear
Senator: Do you really believe ir
democracy? Do the folks at home
know that the citizens of Washing
ton want the vote? Yours for fail
play. the Washington Youth Coun-
Gil Others were more facetious
Whats third term to US? We
couldn't even vote for a first term,
another read.
The youths picked the wrong time
to picket. The Senate was in session
and Senator Arthur Capper of Kan
sas, staunch friend of District suf-
frage, couldn't get away to joir
them. The House was in recess ano
members were mostly en- route tc
the Union Station or busy cleaning
out their desks. The human traffic
between the Capitol and the Office
Building was very thin.
We'll, we've let them know how
we feel about going home and rot
voting on District suffrage, at any
rate" Chairman Scull said in dis.
missing his aides. They were Mrs
Scull. Miss Winstead, Howard Ennis
vice chairman; William Hale, Franz
Gordon. Leon K. Smith and Clifford
Carlstedt, editor of the Youth mag.
azine.
The council co-operates with tht
American Youth Congress but is en-.
tirely independent.
I'VE favor suffrage, jobs fol
youths, recreational facilities, anc
any good thing that will help the
young people of the District" theil
chairman explained.
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