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PIebiscite
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told.
Voting in the plebiscite will be
to adults, at least 81, who
live in the District. They may vote
yves" or no on two questions, to
indicate whether or not they want
local suffrage or national suffrage
or both,
Several important steps to handle
the referendum were going forward
today.
Precinct Map Due.
Voting precinct boundaries were
completed by special COM
mittee, which has taken into con-
the great growth during
the last eight years in certain sec
tions of the city, particularly in the
AnacoStia region.
A map showing these boundaries
is expected to be made public to-
morrow, to indicate where every
body may vote.
A huge committee is being re-
cruited by Clifford H. Newell chair
man of the Committee on Precinct
Organization, to man the polls.
The slogan Vote for Your Right
to Vote" has been tentatively
adopted for the campaign.
Voters who are ''incapacitated"
will be hauled to and from the polls
free by the 1,6O0 members of Taxicap
Operators, Drivers and Garage En-
ployes Local 935 (AFL).
Junior and senior high school stu
dents already have begun making
tentative plans to conduct their
separate suffrage ref en- d m
the city, with the ap-
proval of the Board of Educa ton.
Ads to Promote Plebiscite.
Elaborate plans for cooperation
Of colleges and universities are
under consideration. An education
committee is expected to be ap-
pointed soon.
The Washington Advertising Club
a program for merchants
% carry messages about the plebis-
cite in their advertisements.
Offers of cooperation of many
Kinds and suggestions for stimulat-
ng public interest in the plebiscite
came from spokesmen for both
mems and women,s organizations
1t the leaders meeting yesterday.
John Russell Young, president of
he Board OF District Commission
,rs, who is honorary president of
The Plebiscite Committee, was an
interested observer.
Prediction of an overwhelming
majority for both local and national
suffrage was made by Wilbur S.
Finch. vice chairman of the Plebis-
cite Executive Committee.
Population Growth Cited.
Frank C. Waldrop, chairman of
the Committee on Districts and Fa-
cilities, predicted possible vote OF
250.0O0 on election day, as COM
pared with more than $4,000 in the
previous similar plebiscite in 1888.
He referred to the rapid growth
of the city since 1888, and said latest
estimates placed the population OF
the city at more than 1863 900 people.
The Anacostia census tract had
increased to population of 1882,
he said, almost tripling itself in
the past eight years. Some changes
might be made in its voting pre-
cinct boundaries, he indicated. But
for the most part the precincts
probably will follow general lines
of those used in the 1888 referen-
dunn.
Mr.. Waldrop and his committee
worked late into last night to COM
plete the map so it can be made
public tomorrow. The committee,
which may be enlarged, now in
cludes Harry N. Stull, chairman OF
the local Suffrage Committee of the
ton of Citizens Associations;
Woolsey Hall, president of the Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations; Henry
Austin, first vice president of the
Southeast Council of Citizens As
sociations: M. Douglas Clark, chair
man of the Zoning Committee OF the
of Citizens Association;
Mr.. Newell, the sole candidate for
president of the Federation; Mrs.
Robert M. Leonard, president OF
the Voteless District League of
Women Voters, and Kenneth Arm
president of the Washington
Chapter American Association OF
who is treasurer of the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
Reassured on Hatch Act.
Mr.. Newell outlined his sugges-
tions for the personnel setup at the
precinct polls, emphasizing the need
of more help after pm. when the
heavy vote is expected to roll in.
Asserting he had reports that
Federal employees were worried for
fear they might violate the Hatch
Act forbidding political activity if
they voted in the plebiscite. Mr.
Newell emphasized there was no
such danger.
This is absolutely a civic move
ment and not a political movement" )"
he declared. Pass that information
around"
Mr.. Newell's proposal that diff
ferent colored ballot be used by
people who live here but retain vot-
ing rights in the States drew sub
stantial criticism from several
spokesmen.
These objections stressed the
necessity of simple ballot without
any complications. James E. Coli
flower. plebiscite chairman. said he
also is opposed to two differently
colored ballots.
AfterWard, he indicated his per-
sonal opinion that the Executive
would insist on one ballot
ONLY. MIR. Colliflower outlined prog
ress already made in plebiscite ar
and praised his CO.
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