Evening star., 1940-07-28

II committee Political Status OF the Wahingtonan before
ter the declaration of Nth GERMANY reprinted part
piled to conditions no1o.
trict control of Congress- So small tail wag
large dog.
To give national representation to the Washngo-
mans works change the authority of Congress
District Exclusive is still in the hands of Congress
representing the Nation and the change merely makes the
District politically of the Nation gives
090 663l53) Americans District representation
in that Congress.
Even this change is made directly and Immediately
by the constitutional amendment for which the minimum
of justice peoning No representation
ever given by the amendment itself merely empowers
congress- IN It's discretion at the fitting time
Washngtonians this of national representation
Congress now has the full national repre-
sentation people of a new State and the nominal
representation of voteless delegate in the
residents of Territory Is there any ncongruty
danger in granting to Congress the closely related of
giving this limited in their National Govern
ment to the American of the District of Columbia?
The present condition convcts the Nation paradoxica
inconsistency nequity -Americanism, unparotc
paredness
1t involves injustice Capital shame to the
Nation.
PARADOXICAL INCONSISTENCY.
How the Nation with consistency and self-respect
tax these 100000 intelligent public-sprte
Americans of the Capital send them patriotic
Americans and at the time slu and degrade their
Americansm by keeping them unnecessarily in the
category aliens in relation all branches of the National
Government?
The Amercansm to which the Nation confidently appeals
in these times that stir mems souls through
Nations neglect fault, stunted dwarfed distorted
canSn in respect of the Republics who
arms in the Nations defense
The shock of war electrifes Amercansm of the
Nation we'll the individual of Americans collectively
well as individuality.
Will not the Nation demanding of the individual
purer higher stronger Americanis the
to its own appeal and thoroughly Americanize itself?
UNPATRIOTIC PREPAREDNESS
Preparedness like patriotism and in the uni
verSal thought.
are unframed and fabby. 1t does not know how
weapons of oense defense 1t does how
centrae ordinate and effectively apply its whole strength
1t has not organized its powers and resources.
The Nation faced with war, struggling desperately
overcome this unpreparedness.
But there is unpepa and of spirit as
we'll as of muscles and sneWs Obviously would be
unprepared in spirit to enter to destroy slavery in
other hemisphere if held portion of its people in
slavery at home. Clearly composed part
unpepared in spirit to fight for freedom for somebody else
Is the United States prepared in spirit fight the
champion Of world democracy against and of
resentave against despoc irresponsible when
tolerates the autocrac of
its own Capital under its exclusive control?
America, like the crusaders of old, is knight
who forth battle in the of representative
ernment This champion OF democracy against autocracy
protects himself from head the re-
pubicanism But in this of preparedness for battle
he om strangely enough the breastpate of repubcansm
which should protect his heart from the hrusts
In place of Achilles of old invulnerabe except
heel is modern Achilles invulnerabe except to
No striking exhibit of supreme unpreparedness
could be imagined.
AN UNCONCEALABLE NATIONAL SHAME
Un-Americanism at the American Capital is startlngy
unexpected and incongruous.
The exposure of shameful national Disagreement is
here most garingy conspicuous 1t hid like
aber slash the face brand burned
or brow.
An evil condition maintained by the Nation the
tons Capital rightly viewed typical and characteristic
The shame is national, not local.
Autocratc representative government in the only
American territory governed exclusively by the Nation
brands the Nation itself distinctly and ndeby
American. AS is the Nations City, the Nation The
Capital the Nations heart If Republic is tainted
at its heart the whole of the body polite
is thus tainted.
Washingtons slave pen in time of Civil War thus
branded the Nation itself with the shame of slavery
rid itself OF this reproach the Nation freed first of all through
compensated emancipation the slaves Nations City
First to destroy slavery of the body the National Capital is
the last to free political slaves All of Washington retained
by the Nation political slave pen which dwell Amer-
who political aliens Shall the pen
day be emptied like the old?
The shame of un-Amercansm a the National Capital
the world AS the counterpart of Hawthornes Scarlet Letter
A, America it's breast black letter U, pro-
claiming itself in its Capital Unepubican Undemocratc
UnAmerican For the Washngonan politically black
stands for "Uncean Unclean, Uncean the warning
of Americans tainted with the political leprosy
Amercansm.