Evening star., 1944-11-07

this day the people OF the United States the citizens
executive and legislative functions Of the
q sseap men but t i is
am the n;a whole people Every American sovereign in
deposits vote in the ballot box
To the -Amsricanised Americans of Washington tn.
The Americans Of the ed District Of Columbia alone are
sovereignty which belongs to them and attaches nsepaab
The sesosl Americans of the District us4o census
the only in al the
In relation to the national laws the sole function
District residents is to obey They take in making
n1 THAN
The Americans Of the District Of Columbia according
tie States Dakota North Dakota. Montans Utah,
%ong and s snd as
s to 9aF er M hs qt
Utah, 4; New Mexico I: Idaho 4 arizona q New Hamp
Island in "er slightly the district
Of Columbia population She sends to the National Leg
e
nw o n9 e only m eoasa We 1u M
the President Of the United States each Of the 10 States
has in the Congress Same Oh V0eS ~n'n eacn
i, taxes s s. the ss 5 Of the
say like other taxpayers concerning the amount and kind
PAYS MORE 4Aas HEE s4a4Rs E
In the fiscal year ending m e. June 80 @ s4 Vhop M any
p fS!
Carrier these socaed taxes are trust fund
support Of the Federal Government9 p"'N
The District Of Columbia with Representatve in
g sss & = and Sdes m than
Tennessee IL Alabama + Iowa. TO- Louisiana @ TO- Okla
m s. west
Mains AeS S n m0aaRs
Vermont non .:lIs 3 and Wyoming 3
sentatye contributed in national taxes to the fund from
s % sa
Rsd by nine States Namely Nevada south Dakota North
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
These States combined paid in 1896
and sent to the National Legislature SO vote
and how the tax Should be spent The district Of
Columbia contributed in national sAos and
aure to participate in deciding how the tax should
more hagrant of taxation without representation
sssosl Americans Of the District Of Columbia to fight
mG OK
They have no representation in the Government which
ss
ct in the World War Numbered 7s4s estimates
place this total as high as 27s5p more than were
%m an
Nevada votes In Congress to make to end to
decide whether our sons shall to cast by those
communities, as follows
District of Columbia o. New Hampshire a. Vermont 3;
New Mexico 4; Wyoming, 8; Arizona A. Delaware g. and
Nevada 3.
This contrast was shown wildly under the Selective
Service Act of 1910 between the number o required Of
the voteess and unrepresented District Columbia and
the number required of of the sovereign States In the
mobilization by July l. 1941 of 100000 for military
training for national defense the Districts quota 1892
quota larger than that of any 16
States which furnished fewer than the District
Delaware, Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island Vermont,
North Dakota South Dakota Arizona Colorado New Mexico
Idaho Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
In the present goba war District Seective Service
has sent into the services approximately $4,000 living
in the District before the This figure would
10000 with the inclusion of who commissioned,
enlisted and called to active duty from the National Guard
or the Enlisted Reserve Corps An additional $4,000
who registered in other communities but here
entered the services from the District through the draft
This makes total OF in the armed forces from the
POPULATION OF VOTING AGE IN 1910 EXCEEDED EACH
OF THIRTEEN STATES
The D. c. population of citizens of voting age (2 and
over in the 1910 474793 excusive aliens
and citizenship not reported').
1t contended, however that these figures of citizens
OF voting age misleading for the that there
thousands OF District residents who vote the States
VINO might not vote In the District if they had the
opportunity.
October 90 194O press release of the Bureau of the
Census estimated that in the presidential election
45oOOO District OF Columbia residents OF 81 and will
be barred from voting"
When the final figures released it was found
that the estimate of the total population voting age in
the District greater by 1000 than the final figures
Adjusting the October estimate Of voeeSs residents
number revses the estimate voteess to 42293 This
latter amount deducted from the total of citizens
d voting 47493) would indicate that residents
Of the District according to Census Bureau estimate had
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