Evening star., 1941-01-04
Junior Board Maps
New Drive for D. T..
Plans to Work on
Several Fronts to
Spread Democracy

Plans to 60 forward with an ac-
tive campaign for national repre-
sentation for the District of Colum-
bia were formulated yesterday by
the special committee on national
representation of the Junior Board
Of Commerce at a meeting at 1340
New York avenue NV.
Meeting with the committee, under
chairmanship of James S. Beattie,
chairman, was A. 2. Foster Wood,
president of the junior board.
Mr.. Beattie announced after the
session that the group was planning
an intensive campaign" to achieve
national representation.
To Work on Several Fronts.
This campaign" he explained,
will be carried forth through sew
eral channels: First. through Repre-
sentatives and Senators themselves
who must pass the pending national
representation amendment to the
Constitution before it can be SUBJ
mitted to the State Legislatures for
approval: second, through the peo-
pie most affected-voteless Wash
ingtOnianS. and third, through the
Nation at large.
We plan to stir up sentiment in
the cause of democracy he de-
Clared One of the means to this
end will be to get in touch with
other groups here who have passed
resolutions favoring the cause, who
are more or less inactive" at pres
ent.
I'VE hope to get their continued
active support" he said. The pres
ent committee was appointed in
July. and is considering number
of other plans. the nature of which
will be disclosed later.
Began Campaign in 1886.
The Junior board launched its
campaign for national representa-
ton here in 1886. 1t succeeded in
getting the United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce national
body with which it is affiliated, to
adopt a resolution favoring the
cause.
Last October in Chicago, the
Board of Directors of the United
States Junior Chamber of Commerce
rejected similar resolution after
discussion, and by a very close vote.
They based their objection on the
point that the issue is not of ma
tional concern.
Mr. Wood challenged this position
of the national board of directors.
I'VE think that it is a matter of
national Importance he insisted.
I'VE think that the board in Chicago
is wrong in taking their position
against the project. We shall try
to get approval of the cause by the
next national annual convention
at Minneapolis in June.
I'VE feel that with the world in
the condition it is today. it is vital
10 the cause of democracy that
there should not be in America any
island of voteless Americans to
whom our enemies may point in
derision of our professed noble OBJ
jectives.'
Plan Educational Activity.
Among the immediate steps to be
taken next by the junior board will
be a program of education on their
own behalf, to inform themselves
more in detail of the whole problem,
the objections to national represen-
tation, and how these objections
may be answered best.
To this end the committee is to
meet again in another of series
of conferences with Paul Lesh, a
vice chairman of the Citizens Joint
Committee on National Representa-
ton, and chairman of subcommit-
tee of that body on congressional
action.
Attending the committee meeting
besides the chairman and Mr.. Wood
were James G. Wills, jr.; Frank
Wise, Emile Beauvais, jr.: Richard
K. Lyon and Jerome j. Harris.