Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
Women Obtain
LANCER said on
D. {. Suffrage
VoteIess League
Convusses Senators
To Win Support

North Dakota today told delega
tion> from the Voteless District O
Columbia League of Women Voter
that he would support the Summers
Capper resolution for national rep
resentation for the District.
One of several Senators seen to-
day by the group of suffrage advo
Gates, Senator LANCER spent som,
time in friendly conference with
Mrs. Leon Henderson and Mrs
Samuel Brown on the suffrage ques.
ton. Referring to the Summers,
Capper measure, he finally said, JUS
as they left: 1--WE been for it 6
long time"
Mrs. Milton Dunn, chairman o.
the National Representation Com.
mittee of the league, expressed
qualification over the Senator.
statement.
Message Spurs Action.
The womens visit to Capitol Hill
was one of several new develop.
ments spurred by President Tru.
mans message to Congress yester.
day favoring suffrage for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Among these is the meeting al
8 pm. tomorrow at the District
Building, where the new Central
Suffrage Conference will perfect its
permanent organization.
Representative Summers, Demo-
crat, of Texas, co-sponsor of the
resolution with Senator Capper, Re-
publican, of Kansas will speak at
10:45 o'clock tonight over Station
WTOP.
The delegation of five women from
the Voteless League visited several
Senators offices this morning. Most
of the Senators were out, but mes
sages were relayed by their secre-
taries.
Hatch Boosts Cause.
Senator Hatch, Democrat, of New
Mexico chairman of the Judiciary
Subcommittee which favorably re.
ported the Summers Capper resolu.
ton, told Mrs. Dunn: I'VE talk 81
much about democracy all over thu
world, but we deny the franchise t.
the people of the District of Colum.
bia. The Presidents message gave
our cause a great boost"
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, which will &C
February 4, on the Capper resolu.
ton, came out of an executive ses
sion of the Senate Commerce Com.
mittee to greet several women of thu
delegation.
Il want you to have suffrage ir
the District for your own govern.
ment," he told the group, but
don't want you to have nationa
suffrage, I favor home rule fol-
Washington, but I am against the
Sumners-Capper resolution. I an
not in favor of taking the District
of Columbia out of the category
where you can get 100000 from
the Federal Government. If you
give this city the status of State
GliC1I yOu WILL 11dfC w give w ILL.,
State also $6,000,00O."
The secretary to Senator Eastland
Democrat, of Mississippi told Mrs
Gordon Balm that the Senator wa.
opposed to the Sumners-Cappel
resolution.
Some Oppose Full Franchise.
Mrs. Maurice Goodman of the
delegation reported that the secre.
tary to Senator Andrews, Democrat
of Florida said the Senator prob.
ably would go along with the Presi-
dent"
The secretary to Senator oman.
oney Of Wyoming was reported by
Mrs. Goodman to have declared the
Senator favorS vote in the District
for President and Vice President
but he opposes representation from
the District in the Senate.
The Secretary to Senator Huffman
Democrat, of Ohio, new member
of the Judiciary Committee, told
Mrs. Henderson that the Senator
favors the joint resolution. Mrs
Henderson learned from the secre-
tary to Senator Stanfill, Republican
of Kentucky, also new Judiciary
Committee member, that the Sena-
tor hasn't had time to study it yet. >
House Has Measure.
In his message the President not
only declared I'VE should move to-
ward a greater measure of local
self-government consistent with the
constitutional status of the Dis
trict," but added I'VE should take
adequate steps to assure that, citi-
zens of the United States are not
denied their franchise merely be-
cause they reside at the Nations
Capital"
Sponsored by Representative Sum-
ners, a resolution is before the
House Judiciary Committee, which
had voted against bringing it out
during the war.
Senator McCarran's so-called
"home-rule" bill now is before a
Senate District subcommittee, of
which Senator O'Daniel, Democrat
of Texas is chairman.
The Central Suffrage Conferences
committee, meanwhile went forward
with enthusiasm to plan further
steps in its campaign under leader
ship of Chairman James S. Beattie
One of these features is a daily
broadcast over Station WWDC dur
ing the 15-minute Mark Austad
program beginning at 730 pm. The
speaker tonight will be Ray Sawyer
of the Washington American Vet
Grams of World War I.
Speaking on the program last
night, Mrs. Robert Leonard, presi-
dent of the Voteless D. C. League OF
Women Voters, declared the situa-
ton now looks more favorable than
ever" for passage of the Summers
Capper joint resolution.
The National League of Women
Voters, she said, is circularizing
members throughout the country
who do have votes to get support
for District suffrage.
President Truman has given a
tremendous spur to the whole
movement here" Mrs. Leonard said