Evening star., 1946-01-28
0'Mahoney May
Cast Proxy Vote
For Suffrage
Veterans Committee
Is Told Senator
Fovors Resolution

Although Senator O'Mahoney
Democrat, of Wyoming, a membe
of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee, will be out of the city mex
Monday when the committee i
scheduled to act on the Summers
Capper resolution, his vote may b.
cast by proxy in favor of nationa
representation for the District.
Joseph D. Guilfoyle, member o
the American Veterans Committe
which polled Judiciary Committe
members today, announced tha
Senator O'Mahoney's secretary rep
resented the Senator as favorin,
the resolution and said the Senate
would be ''amendable" to a sugges
ton that he register his approva
by proxy at Mondays committe,
meeting. Senator O'Mahoney is nov
in Wyoming and cannot be back il
time for the meeting.
Nine other Senators of the Judici
ary Committee also were polled b,
representatives of the Local Affair
Committee of the Washington chap
ter, American Veterans Committee
of which L. B. Schwartz, Justic,
Department attorney, is chairman.
Takes War Slogan Seriously.
Mr.. Schwartz said his organiza.
ton takes seriously the slogans un.
der which the war was fought"
The American soldier was told
that he was fighting for democracy
A vote for every citizen is the basis
for democracy" he said.
I'VE are really sailing under the
same banner under which our coun-
try was founded, no taxation with
out representation
Summarizing what he interpreted
as the general feeling of most Sen
ators being interviewed on District
suffrage, Mr.. Schwartz said the av-
erage Senator apparently feels that
championship of District suffrage
SIS not going to get me any votes;
there is no political advantage to a
Senator who votes for the Summers
Capper resolution"
This attitude, Mr.. Schwartz de-
clared, Ito my mind is an argument
for our position that we ought to
have some one whose political ad-
vantage is tied up with the welfare
OF the District of Columbia"
Position of Other Senators.
The position taken by Senators ir
addition to OMahoney polled by
Mr.. Schwartz, Mr.. Guilfoyle ano
William H. Long, of the AVG, was
outlined by the Senators secretaries
briefly as follows:
Senator LANCER, Republican, o1
North Dakota: HE is for a Sum-
newspaper resolution Anybody
who knows LANCER knows where he
stands. He believes in democracy
He trusts the people. He is for as
much suffrage as we can get for the
District"
Senator Ferguson, Republican, oil
Michigan: He hasn't made up his
mind"
Senator Murdock, Democrat, OF
Utah: THE Senator has indicated
his approval of a greater degree oi
suffrage for the District of Colum-
bia."
Senator Moore, Republican, oi
Oklahoma, out of town: He is con-
siGering the bill-no decision"
Senator Revercomb, Republican
of West Virginia, out of town: "Nt
commitment"
Senator Eastland, Democrat, o1
Mississippi: Against the Summers.
Capper resolution. He feels the Dis
trict of Columbia has no place il
politics. Even if the resolution i
passed by Congress the States woulc
never ratify it."
Senator Mcfarland, Democrat, o1
Arizona: HE has not taken a stanc
on the measure. His policy is not tt
take a stand on bill before tht
committee meets"
Others Undecided.
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, O.
West Virginia: mot committed. No
against the resolution, but not ye
decided"
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, O.
Montana: mot decided"
The visit of the veterans to Cap.
itol Hill today was part of a cam.
paign being waged by many District
organizations for suffrage under tht
auspices of the new Central Suf.
frage Conference A program of daily
events is scheduled until the meet.
ing of the Judiciary Committee.
The National Representation Com.
mittee of the Central Suffrage Con-
ference met early this afternoon al
the Municipal Center to plan its
further activities this week. James
S. Beattie, chairman, presided.
The outstanding suffrage event
tonight will be a meeting of the
Society of Natives of the District o1
Columbia at the Mayf1ower Hotel
Speakers will include Senator Cap
per, Republican, of Kansas and Rep.
resentative Summers, Democrat, o1
Texas. co-authors of the Summers.
Capper joint resolution; Represent.
ative Daughton, Democrat, of Vir.
ginia, and B. M. McKelway, asso.
ciate editor of The Star. Miss Etts
l.. Taggart, society president, will
preside.
Randolph to Speak.
Representative Jennings Ran.
dolph, Democrat, of West Virginia
former chairman of the House Dis.
trict Committee, will speak on Dis.
trict suffrage at 10 o'clock tonigh
over radio station WMAL.
Edward ]. Clarke, secretary of the
Natioral Representation COMMITTEES
of the Central Suffrage Conference
will speak at 7:30 o'clock tonight ovel
station WWDC.
Principal objections to nationa
representation will be answered in 9
radio program at 10:45 pm. tomor.
row over Station WTOP, by spokes.
men for the Central Suffrage Con.
ference.
Mr.. McKelway will discuss suffrage
at sos pm. Wednesday over station
WMAL.
County &C to Hear
Duckett < NJ Lewis