Evening star., 1946-02-06
Group Demands
Report
Delay
Senators Told Thut
Full Representation
Is D. G. Desire

ary Committee report out the SUM-
ners-Capper resolution without an
other days delay" was made today
by District suffrage advocates in the
name of hundreds of thousands of
fine American citizens in this city"
The demand came from the Ma
tional Representation Committee of
the Central Suffrage Conference,
which has spearheaded the current
drive for a District voice In national
affairs.
The sharply-worded request made
clear the conferences desire that no
amendment restricting District rep
resentatlon in Congress to the
House be made in the measure.
Group to Meet Monday.
t The Judiciary Committee is slated
to take up the Summers -Capper
resolution again Monday. AS re-
ported to the full committee by the
Hatch Subcommittee, it would pro-
vide for an amendment to the Con-
stitution to enable Congress to
grant the District representation in
both the House and Senate as well
as the electoral college.
At the same time the conference
announced discussions soon will be
undertaken with House leaders
seeking means Of calling the meas
ure to the House floor.
Text OF the statement follows:
"The favorable subcommittee re-
port on the Sumners-Capper meas
ure reached the Senate Judiciary
Committee on October 8. It was
not scheduled for consideration by
the full committee until January %.
Consideration then was DELAYED
until February 4, and now has been
put off again until February II.
Stress Need for Speed.
I'm view of the possible early
adjournment of Congress because
of the fall elections and considering
that it will take a long time to
get the resolution before both houses
Of Congress, as must be done before
enactment, We call on the Senate
Judiciary Committee to report the
resolution out as reported by the
Hatch Subcommittee without an
other days delay.
1--WE ask this in behalf of the
hundreds Of thousands Of fine
American citizens in the District
of Columbia who believe that 145
years without vote is long
enough"
The petition bore the signature
of James S. Beattie, chairman of
the conferences National Repre-
sentation Committee.
Wiley to Miss Session.
Mr.. Beattie also announced he had
received word from one member of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
that he probably would be out of
the city Monday when the Summers
Capper measure is taken UP. The
member is Senator Wiley, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin, a stanch ad-
vocate Of District suffrage.
Mr.. Beattie said Senator Wiley
had assured him he would attempt
to vote by proxy.
Yesterday Woolsey w. Hall, presi-
dent Of the Federation of Civic As
sociations, declared that suffrage
for the District would give Wash
ingtonians "a real place to hang
their hats" He predicted that
many thousands" of itinerant Dis
trict residents would take perma-
nent residence here if granted the
vote.
In an interview over WWDC, MI.
Hall reafflrmed the Federation's S
support for the Sumners-Capper
resolution.
Nichols Still Hopeful.
In another talk over VOL, R. Cary
Nichols, jr., member of the Central
Suffrage Conferences National Rep
resentation Committee, declared his
group would continue to fight for full
representation in Congress despite
growing Senate sentiment in favor
of excluding the District from a
voice in the Senate.
Referring to proposed amendments
to the Sumners-Capper measure Of
fered Monday, both of which
would deny Senate representation to
Washington, Mr. Nichols said his
group was not willing to abandon
hope that the Judiciary Committee
will favorably report the bill with
out changes"
Plans of supporters of the mea-
ure include a talk at 7:30 pm.
today on WWDC by Robert Sher-
man, president of the Washington
Industrial Union Council, CIO.
The following organizations will
visit Judiciary Committee members
during the week to urge support for
the measure:
Veterans of Foreign Wars, tomor-
row; Washington CIO unions, Feb
r1larv and tho Fodarotiop of