Evening star., 1945-10-08
Representation
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given representation only in the
House.
The Wyoming Senator also voiced
fears that II the District were given
representation in the Senate, as well
as the House, it might endanger
any chance the District has for an
increase in the Federal payment
toward National Capital expenses.
Hatch Sees Passage.
Senator Hatch has voiced the
conviction that the Senate will pass
the national representation reso-
luton once it is called up for ac-
ton there.
His formal report today gave for
the first time the exact wording OF
the joint resolution as somewhat
revised in the subcommittee. This
was done largely at the insistance
of Senator O'Mahoney and merely
makes it specific that Congress
could not grant the District larger
representation than is accorded the
States.
Senator OMahoney, himself,
agreed today there was no thought
Congress ever would give the Dis
trict larger representation than the
States, but said in proposed con-
stitutional amendment this should
be made specifically clear.
Text of Resolution.
AS now Worded, the resolution
states:
THE Congress shall have power
to provide that there shall be in the
Congress and among the electors of
President and Vice President mem
bers elected by the people of the
District constituting the seat of
Government of the United States,
with such powers as the Congress
shall determine. The number of
such members shall not exceed two
in the Senate, a number in the
House of Representatives equal to
the number of members of the House
of Representative to which a State
having the same population as such
District would be entitled, and a
number among the electors equal tc
the sum of the number of members
which the Congress authorizes such
District to have in the Senate ano
in the House of Representatives. AL
legislation hereunder shall be sub
ject to amendment and repeal"
To this was added a second sec
tin stating: that the article shall
be imperative unless it is ratified as
an amendment to the Constitution
by the Legislatures of three-fourths
of the States within seven years Of
the date of its submission to the
States by Congress.
Refers to 1887 Report.
Senator O'Mahoney today turned
to a 1887 report by the Commission
ers' Efficiency Committee to sup
port his view that the Distric
should have representation only IL
the House.
The Efficiency Committee was ;
group of civic leaders and Distric
officials, appointed by the city head
to recommend reorganization of tn
city government. 1t was heade,
by E. Barrett Prettyman, than cor
poration counsel, who recently be
came an associate justice of tn
Court of Appeals here.
Senator O'Mahoney today issue
statement referring to the eff
cheney committee report, and de
clared:
1T will be far easier to 'convinc
the two Houses of the Legislature
of 48 States that the pepole {
the District should have represen
tation in only the House of Repre-
sentatives than that they shoul
also be given an equal voice wit
the States in the Senate. Practic;
considerations, therefore, woul
seem to dictate the desirability {
asking only for representation i
the House. There is substantis
support for this point of view anon
the people of the District"
Senator o'Mahoney quoted th