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fighting in the village of Limor
were injured by explosion.-A.
are numerous areas in the States,
bought by the United States, where
the bona fide residents, like those
in the National Capital, cannot vote
in national elections.
Perhaps the Summers Capper
resolution is the best plan for the
District. I will support that plan
if it is broadened to take care of
disfranchised residents of Federally
owned areas in the States who have
lost their votes because they no
longer are considered residents of
the States out of which those Fed
eral areas were carved"
Sumners-Capper Plan.
The -Capper plan places
in the hands of Congress the
power to grant representation in
Congress and in the Electoral Col
lege to the District of Columbia.
This Joint resolution, which failed
of action in the past Congress, and
will be reintroduced early in the
new session, reads as follows:
'The Congress shall have power
to provide that there shall be in the
Congress and among the electors of
President and Vice President men,
bers elected by the people of the
nictricf rorcfit,,tinu tho coof ~ fha
Government of the United States,
in such numbers and with such
powers as the Congress shall deter
mine. All legislation hereunder shall
be subject to amendment and re-
peal"
Burton Proposal.
The Burton proposal, as drafted
by the Senate's legislative counsel,
is as folloWs:
That the following article is
hereby proposed as amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States, which shall be valid to all
intents and purposes as a part of
the Constitution when ratified by
the legislatures Of three-fourths of
the several States:
Section /. For the purposes of
the appointment of electors of
President and Vice President, cleo
ton of Senators and Representa-
tiveS, and the apportionment of
Representatives, the District, or.
part thereof. ceded by any State as
the seat of Government of the
United States, shall be deemed to be
a part Of such State; and for such
purposes the inhabitants of such
district, or such part thereof. shall
have all the rights, privileges. and
duties Of citizens of such State. Any
additional Representatives appor-
toned to the State of Maryland by
reason of this article shall be chosen
at large by the citizens of such dis
trict.
Rights of Residents.
Section g For the purposes of
the appointment of electors of Presi-
dent and Vice President, the cleo
ton of Senators and Representa-
tives, and the apportionment of
Representatives, all places pur-
chased by the United States with
the consent of the Legislature of the
State In which the same shall be,
for the erection of forts, magazines,
arsenals, dock yards and other
needful buildings, shall be deemed
to be part of such State, and for
such purposes the inhabitants of
such places shall have all the rights,
privileges. and duties of citizens of
such State.
Section 3. The Congress shall
have power, by appropriate legisla-
ton, to provide for the application
within such district of such laws
Of the State by which such district,
or part thereof, was ceded, and for
the application within such places
of such laws of the State In which
the same shall be, and to enact such
other laws as may be necessary to
carry out the provisions of this
article.
Section 4. This article shall be
unless it shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the
Constitution by the legislatures OF
three-fourths of the several States
within seven years from the date
of its submission to the. States by
the Congress"
The references In section 8, Sena-
tor Burton said, was primarily in
tended to provide for the applica-
ton Of necessary State law for the
holding of elections, so that there
would be no conflict between Mary
land and the District as to election
laws should such a plan OF repre-
sentation for the District be adopted.