Evening star., 1940-08-01
Suffrage
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three-fourths of the States, shall be
valid as a part Of said Constitu-
ton:
Section /. The Congress shall
have the power to provide for the
people Of the District constituting
the seat Of Government of the
United States representation in the
House of Representatives and among
the electors of President and Vice
President no greater than that of
the people of the States, and to
delegate to such Government as
Congress may establish therein all
or any Of its power over said Dis
trict; and the judicial power of the
United States shall extend to con-
troverSies to which citizens Of said
District shall be parties the same as
to controversies to which citizens of
a State shall be parties.
Section 2. All legislation here
under shall be subject to amend
ment and repeal; provided, that no
amendment or repeal shall affect
to Office of Representative during
the time for which he wss elected.
Section 3. Gan added section to
| the original Summers resolution)
This article shall be imperative
unless 1t shall have been ratified as
an amendment to the Constitution
by the Legislatures of the several
States, as provided in the Consti-
tuition, within seven years from the
| date of the submission hereto to the
States by the Congress"
Changes Made.
The only 'changes made in sec
tions one and two of the original
| resolution were that House of
Representatives" was substituted for
Congress" in the first section and
the words Senator or" were strick-
| en- from section two. These are
the two amendments offered by
Representative Reed.
At Hyde Park yesterday Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a con-
| versation with Chairman Randolph
of the House District Committee,
reiterated her views that the peo-
| pie here should have the right to
| vote and expressed the hope that
Congress soon would release the
existing shackles of disfranchise-
ment.
Mrs. Roosevelt's Views.
Representative Randolph. one OF
the leaders in Congress for local
suffrage, revealed Mrs. Roosevelt's
lotnSf Uiavue in fa1anravn 70
Star following his conference with
her at the Roosevelt manor in Hyde
Park. The wire read:
Mrs. Roosevelt authorized me to
state that she is happy the Demo-
cratic party has recognized through
its platform that democratic pro-
cesses should operate in the Dis
trict of Columbia as we'll as in
other parts of the country. She
further hopes that Congress will
favorably pass legislation which will
bring suffrage to voteless citizens of
Washington. She trusts such action
can be accomplished in the near
future. She is enthusiastic in her
support of the principle involved"
Goes to Advisory Meeting.
Mr.. Randolph went to Hyde Park
primarily to attend a meeting of
the advisory committee interested
in the Arthurdale homestead prof.
ect--a project for the benefit of
unemployed miners in his own dis
trict in West Virginia. He and
Mrs. Roosevelt are members of the
advisory committee.
Senator King joined late yes
terday with Chairman Ashurst of
the Judiciary Committee in support
Of national representation for the
District. He declared there is
great deal of merit in the Summers
resolution and it presents the best
approach thus far" on the subject.
He promised to study it carefully.
He recalled that some years ago he
offered bill to grant District resi-
dents a delegate in the House, and
says that he has long been in favor
of giving them delegate in both
House and Senate. He pledged CO.
operation with Chairman Ashurst
in getting prompt action, and he
hopes for favorable action by the
Senate Judiciary Committee as soon
as the Summers resolution has heen