Evening star., 1941-04-23
BY J. A. O'LEARY.


day with civic groups in supporting
District suffrage before a Senate
judiciary Subcommittee, after
Chairman Randolph Of the House
District Committee had also made a
strong appeal on behalf Of voteless
Washingtonians.
The Cdpper-SumnerS resolution,
proposing a constitutional amend
ment that would enable Congress
TO grant both national representa-
ton and greater degree of local
government, was indorsed by the
following newspaper spokeSmen:
For the Times-Herald, Frank G.
Waldrop, foreign and political ed
itor; for the Post. Merlo J. Pusey,
editorial writer, and for The Star.
Jesse c. Suter, who laid before the
subcommittee editorial correspond
ence on the subject dating from 1888,
by Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Star.
Appeal by Gordon W. Rule.
Other high lights of today's hear
ing we're:
A timely appeal by Gordon w.
Rule, speaking for the Junior Board
Of Commerce, that Congress, while
aiding democracies throughout the
world. extend the fundamental DEM
ocratic principle of suffrage to its
own Capital.
A statement filed by the District
of Columbia Suffrage Association,
explaining that it does not insist on
retention of the local Self-govern-
ment provision in the pending reso-
luton. explaining its contention is
that Congress already has power ito
delegate all the necessary and desir-
able authority to a locally elected
municipal government" The asso-
citation at the same time reaffirned
its support of national representa-
ton.
Repeal Right Reserved.
Throughout the hearings most Of
the questions of subcommittee men,
bers have related to the wisdom Of
including in the proposed constitu-
able Congress to delegate ANY or
ALL Of its authority over the District
to local government.
Mr.. Suter said The Star has favor
ed provision empowering Congress
to delegate such of its powers as
seem desirable, because of court de-
cisions which questioned the ex-
Ia
however, that The Star would not
for a minute press that at the risk
of jeopardizing national representa-
ton"
No matter what form of local
government Congress may at any
future time establish for the Dis
trict, it would always retain ulti-
mate control over the Capital City,
Mr.. Suter pointed out. One of the
provisions of the Capper-Sumners
resolution specifically reserves to
Congress the right to repeal or
amend any suffrage granted under
the constitutional amendment.
Americanizing of District Urged.
The Star has advocated national
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years" Mr.. Suter began, after ex-
pressing for Mr.. Moves The Stars
appreciation Of Chairman McCar-
rams invitation to be heard. Mr..
Suter placed in the record excerpts
from a series of articles entitled
Some of WaShington's Gievances,"
written by Mr.. Moves in 1888, Short
ly after he became associate editor
of The Star.
For many years, he continued,
The Star has observed the National
Election Day every two years as
day of mourning for ''the un-Ameri-
canized Americans in the District of
Columbia"
He cited also a speech Mr.. Moves
made to the Board of Trade in 1917,
at the outset of the World War,
stressing the justice of Americana
ing the Washingtonian as a measure
of national defense, which also was
cited during House consideration of
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