The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-11-30
NATIONAL CAPITAL DEMANDS
SUFFRAGE
BY j. f.. Jones

are demanding their rights. The
Washington Post has given them a
chance to express themselves on the
question of suffrage. The Post las
conducted Poll among residents of
500 city blocks, which were selected
by the U. S. Bureau of Census. Top
question put to the people by the
Post was: SHOULD they be allowed
to vote for local officials, Federal
offices, or both?" They replied:
For both local and Federal officials
$50; for local officials only, 80;
for Federal officials only, SO.
Back in 1874 Congress that was
still lighting the Civi War" didn't
have sense enough to handle the
Negro question. Democrats and Re-
publicans decided to withdraw tie
Constitutional rights of Negroes to
vote in the District of Columbia.
That Congress was too cowardly to
stick to Abraham Lincoln's plan,
that gave the vote to all men in all
parts of the United States, without
regard to race, creed or color. So the
political lords sacrificed the White
voters along with the Negroes, and
kicked out the elected local officials
in Washington, by abolishing all
local offices.
For many years Congress has been
kidding the country with the alibi
that a Constitutional Amendment is
| necessary to restore the vote to
| Washington, ID. c., which is the
eleventh largest city in population in
| the United States. The Post says that
this class of legislation has been in
| troduced and reinstroduced in ses-
sions of Congress, only to be pigeon
! holed.
AS matter of fact, Washington,
your Capital, hasn't even the simple
recognition that was granted to all
territories in the Nation before the
last SO of them were admitted to
Statehood
Congress has been playing with
trick-cards all these years and the
people of Washington have expressed
themselves, overwhelmingly, in the
Post Poll. The result is an appeal for
recognition equal to that granted to
the rest of the United States.
AS a matter of fact there isn't a
semblance OF resemblance to Demo-
cratic government in the way Con-
gress has Incorporated power
over TIE District of Columbia for the
past 20 years.
Good luck to the Washington Post.
The Underpaid Man In The White
House
At $4,000 per year, President
Truman is 1.-The poorest paid man in
the United States" any ard all pro-
tests to the contrary, Jonathan Dan
rotary, contends in an Illuminating
article in Golfers magazine.
In the days when President Taft
resided in the White House-our
nations great boardinghouse"--he
boosted of saving 100000 in four
years from his $4,000 annual sti-
pend, Daniels relates. But expenses
obviously have riesn since then and
blow of blows-there is now a
heavy income tax
Out of his $4,000, President Tru-
man has to pay approximately
$4,000 yearly in income taxes, leav-
ing $4,000, according to the Col
ier's article. At a minimum, the cost
of running the White House, over
and above expenses paid by the tax
payers, is said to be $4,000. This
leaves $4,000 yearly.
President Truman's home state of
Missouri then taxes him about 81 900
leaving him only $4,000, with which
he must pay his insurance premiums,
keep up an extensive wardrobe, con-
tribute to the Democratic party, re-
spond to appeals from charity insti-
buttons, buy War Bonds, etc.
If President Truman lived as Taft
did, paying the same for groceries
and other necessities, 1.-The best he
could do would be to leave the White
House 100000 in debt" Daniels re-
ports. "For Harry S. Truman VIII
have to pay in four year term neal
ly 100000 in State and Federsl
taxes which did not exist when Taft
counted his luck and thrift"
Under the circumstances, now that
President Truman has recommended
salary increases for Congress, it s
not beyond the realm of possibilities
that Congress itself will say tit for
tat" and raise the Presidents salary
It's big job, the greatest in the
world, and any man in the post
should certainly be liberated of per-
sonal financial worries.
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