Evening star., 1946-10-29
Suffrage P|ebiscite
Workers 10 Get Final
Instructions Friday.
Polling Places Will Be
Scattered StroteeicoIIy
Throughout City

Final instructions will be given
volunteer judges and poll clerks
at the $50 voting places for the
District suffrage plebiscite of
November S at a meeting at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce auditorium, 1915 H street
NV, Friday at 8 pm.
This was announced today as
plans for the referendum neared
completion at headquarters in the
Washington Board of Trade
The hundreds of workers who
have agreed to man the polls will
be addressed by Clifford H. Newell.
chairman of the Committee on Or
ganization; James E. Collifower,
general chairman of the plebiscite,
and others.
Scattered Throughout City.
It was indicated. meanwhile, that
the exact polling places will be an
nounced soon. The approximately
$50 boxes will be scattered strate-
gically throughout the city's 81 pre-
cincts, giving most of them more
than one voting place each. AL but
n will be ut schoolhotases.
The Commissioners at a meeting
today approved the setting up of a
headquarters to receive election re-
turns in the District Building. This,
the Commissioners decided. may be
either on the first-f1oor corridor or
in the boardroom on the fifth floor.
whichever the Executive Election
Committee prefers.
When the list of voting places is
announced, it will answer one of
the most frequent and persistent
questions now beginning to food
plebiscite headquarters and news
papers: Where do I vote?"
Map to Show Voting Places.
A map will be published before
Election Day showing in detail the
boundaries of the 81 precincts, and
where the polls will be located in
each.
Rules for the plebiscite were
adopted yesterday by the Executive
Committee in the form of 10 points,
known as "the ten commandments. -
The general Plebiscite Committee,
much larger than the Executive
Committee, will meet at pm. to-
morrow in Room 528, The Star
Building. A big program of busi-
ness is to be taken up, it is under
stood. Many problems will be dis
cussed.
Clifford H. Newell. chairman of
the committee on precinct organi-
zation. who has been out of town
for few days, expects to return in
time to make comprehensive re-
port.
Lining Up Volunteer Staff.
Mr.. Newell is lining up the big
staff of volunteer workers to man
the precinct polls. About half of
the precincts already have their
full personnel, Wilbur S. Finch re-
ported yesterday to the Executive
Committee.
Most of the colored precincts al
ready are well set up Woolsey
Hall, president of the Federation
of Civic Associations, reported.
Meanwhile, plans to acquaint the
public with the forthcoming ref
erendum gained new impetus.
Radio stations soon will begin So
called spot announcements" to call
attention to the subject between
programs. Four radio chains are
laying plans to send out election
day news of the results.
Under direction of Mrs. Milton
Dunn, chairman of the speakers
bureau many gatherings about the
city al ), hearing from leaders in
the suffrage movement. Questions
and answers often follow these
speeches.
Increased interest by magazines
of national circulation was reported
|by plebiscite headquarters. Several
Inquiries have been received from
Washington correspondents for
magazine material. Foreign news.
papers have shown interest in the
voteless plight of Washingtonians
| for the first time, it was said.
Voting from 8 AM. to s PM.
General plans for balloting were
laid down yesterday by the Execu-
| tive Committee, in adopting the
10-point set of rules.
The biggest change made in pre-
vious plans was to cut of the last
hour of balloting. The original time
schedule, for polls to be open from
10 am. to 8 pm, was shifted to
these hours: 8 am. to 8 pm.
The earlier closing will help tell
ers in counting ballots, and thus
bring to the waiting electorate an
earlier report on the outcome.
The ballots will be counted by
1see PLEBIsCITE, Page A-4J