Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-02-02
Suffrage Advocates
Making Final Pleas
For Action Monddy

For Action Monday
A final appeal to Senate judiciary
COMMITTEES members to vote out
the Sumners-Capper resolution and
give the cause of national repre-,
sentation chance to be heard by
the whole Senate" was made to-
day by a delegation representing
numerous suffrage-minded organiza-
tons which have voiced the same
desire during the past week. e
As did others before them. today's,
delegation made the rounds of
Judiciary Committee members Of
fees. outlining their reasons for
wanting to vote and asking the
Senators to consider the merit of
their request when the Summers
Capper measure comes up for con-
sideration Monday.
The delegation emphasized that
the people have proved they want
representation.
Poll Favored Representation.
James S. Beattie, chairman of the
National Representation Committee
of the Central Suffrage Conference,
called attention to the fact that the
unofficial referendum in 1888 brought
out 93,840 voters" who registered
13-to-1 majority in favor of giving
the District representation in Con-
gress.
The referendum showed 1902
favoring national representation.
Mr.. Beattie was accompanied by
Austin L. Tickling, Mrs. Gordon
Balm and Mrs. Milton Dunn.
Members of the delegation visited
the Offices of Senator Hatch. Demo-
crat, of New Mexico, chairman Of
the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee,
which has reported favorably on the
Sumners-Capper resolution: Sena-
tor Wherry, Republican, of Nebras-
ka, and Senators Moore, Republic
can, of Oklahoma: Andrews, Demo-
GRAFT, of Florida; Wiley, Republican,
Of Wisconsin; Wheeler, Democrat,
of Montana: Kilgore, Democrat. Of
West Virginia, and Huffman, Demo-
crat, of Ohio.
Civic Groups Back Drive.
Today's group of suffrage leaders
the Voteless League of
Women Voters, the Junior Board
OF Commerce, the Federation of
Civic Associations, the American
Veterans of World War II and the
Central Suffrage Conference, which
has co-ordinated the fortnight-long
campaign for the vote.
Current hopes OF the campaigners
hinge on the Summers -Capper Joint
resolution, which would provide for
amending the Constitution to en-
power Congress to grant the Dis
trlct representation in Congress and
among the presidential electors.
Though their visits with Judiciary
Committee members were to end
today, the suffrage seekers have
other means of bringing their cause
before the eyes of Congress and
the public. Plans were afoot today
to place dummy ballot box-to
emphasize the Districts lack of the
the franchise-in a strategic SPOT
in or near the Capitol.
Another plan in the making
called for the staging on the Po-
tomac River of a mock Boston Tea
Party" by way of bringing home
to Washington it's taxation with
out representation" This was set
tentatively for pm. tomorrow.
Servicemen Back Bill.
While the suffrage campaign went
on yesterday, soldier, sailor and
a Marine visited Senator Capper,
of Kansas to air the
views of servicemen regarding the
measure of which Mr.. Capper is CO.
author. Marine SiSergt. Robert
H. Ewing of 4112 Garrison street
NV, spokesman for the three, told
the Senator he and other District
men in uniform 'felt pretty badly
about having no say in the Govern
ment they fought to protect"
Sergt. Ewing, who was in Panama
when the absentee ballots were
passed around in 1914, said Marines
from other parts of the country
thought he was joking when he
told them he couldn't vote.
ut got a lot of laughs" the
sergeant related, "but it wasn't so
funny to me-
With Sergt. Ewing were Seaman
1/c E. Christian DesMarets, 10
Ninth street Sc, and Pvt. George
E. Gould, 4044 Seventh street NE.
Capper Is Optimistic.
Senator Capper said he couldn't
predict the outcome of Mondays
meeting of the Senate Judiciary
Committee, but added that chances
OF the Sumners-Capper resolution
being reported out look better than
ever before
Meanwhile, the series of radio ad-
dresses continued last night. Speak
ing over WWDC, John A. Reilly.
second vice president of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, declared
there was mo basic reason why the
people OF Washington should not en-
joy the right and privilege of every
citizen to a voice in his Govern
ment."
Pointing out that if passed by
Congress the Summers Capper reso-
luton still would only empower
Congress to grant the District a
voice in government even after State
ratification, Mr.. Reilly declared his
conviction that such ratification
would be forthcoming, and de-
manded:
How else could Congress regard
such ratification other than a man
date from the people giving Wash
ington the right to national repre-
sentation?"
Limit on Voice Cited.
On another program, Mrs. Louis
Gutenberg, speaking in behalf of
seven national Women's orpaniza-