Evening star., 1946-11-11
Letters to The Star
Some Replies to California Voter
Who Lectured Washingtonians

COIuS NGPASS " AdllIOI Hio VOtCT
Who Lectured Washingtonians
To the Editor Of The Star:
You published communication on
your editorial page November in con-
nection with the plebiscite held in the
District of Columbia on November s.,
written by one Edgar E. Barker, ONCE
Civilian Production Administration, Tin,
Lead and Zinc Branch.
I am wondering If some one isn't
"ribbing" the editor OF The Star, be-
cause I am certain that even among
the personnel of the defunct New Deal
there can be none so dumb.
If there is such a one as Mr.. Barker
in existence, he typifies every ignorant
and contemplate thought of the most
devastating regime ever in control of
civilized nation.
If you have the address of Mr.. Barker,
1t is your duty to give the information
to the District authorities, who should
investigate this persons qualifications
for residence in the District of Colum-
bia, and by this mean: Has he paid his
taxes?
Mr.. Barker very shortly will realize
that the decadent era of the New Deal
is at an end. TAXPAYER.
To the Editor OF The Star:
I cannot let pass the letter of Edgar
E. Barker. 1t seems to me that he, and
not the Washingtonians, is presump-
tious. Why does he call us (although
I live in Montgomery County, Md,
am a native Washingtonian) q SILLY
2O0,0 people? Really, it doesn't speak
well for the ofdceholders in the Gov-
ernment, whose salaries are paid with
the taxes collected from Washingtonians
as well as the residents of the States.
Mr.. Barker apparently doesn't realize
that home owners in the District of
Columbia most assuredly do not believe
that their property is owned by others
than themselves. Their property is
taxed as well as their income.
Washington is full of Government
employees, especially since the war, but
some one should have a talk with Mr..
Barker and tell him that there are
people in this city who do not work for
the Government, nor run newspapers,
nor banana stands, nor bootblack shops.
And the Government of the United
States belongs to Washingtonians just
as much as it does to residents of the
States. The difference Is in the fact
that Washingtonians have a personal
pride in the city and genuine love
for it that residents of the States do
not always have. The heart is where
the home is, and apparently there are
some folks here on Government Jobs
who are dreadfully misinformed or
terribly ignorant of the soul of WASH
ington, District of Columbia.
Why shouldn't we have a say in the
way our city Is run? We love it, we
want 1t to be better than it is, we have
a personal, heartfelt concern in its well
fare, as well as in making it more able
to serve our fellow men who come from
all parts of the world.
Even now say my CITY," although
am no longer a resident Of the Dis
trict.
In conclusion, want Mr. Barker, as
well as every resident of the States, to
know that there are Washingtonians
who feel that they own Washington as
much as any one else in the whole, wide
world. MARTHA J. WOODRUFF.
To the Editor Of The Star:
ynfaJoev y,o${yo 80 W.
D. c., the letter Of Edgar E. Barker
raised my blood pressure until I started
to analyze 1t. In the first place, a course
In composition and rhetoric would not
hurt this egotistical oficeholder and
lecturer. Definitely 1t would be too
much of a strain on his mentality to
suggest course in logic or plain old
American history. He mentions that
he had three sons and daughter in
the service-all oficers-who came back
in one piece. 1t is nice to know that
there are some good Americans in this
family, and that he was the only war
casualty. We are told that many war
casualties were psychoneurotics, and I
see no reason to doubt it in Mr.. Barker's
case.
The pay-off was when he signed him.
self, "Of6ce Civilian Production Admin
istration, Tin, Lead and Zinc Branch" !"
Frantic consumers often have wondered
what happened to the production Of
these critical items. The letter of Mr..
Barker explains everything.
GRACE MARIE MATTINGLY.
To the Editor of The Star:
must congratulate Bill vi, United
States of America, on his unbiased let
ter Of November Z on the recent plebi-
scite.
BY the way, why don't all Of the
people that so bitterly oppose a D. C..
vote 60 back to their orange groves in
California or cotton plantations in
Dixie and continue to keep their mil
lions of poor whites and blacks in those
Fascist lands from using the ballot?
The best argument in favor of home
rule and national representation for the
District of Columbia is Theodore Bilbo
and Edward Barker and all similar
minded so-called Americans.
ANTI-FASCIST.
To the Editor of The Star:
Edgar e. Barker, Civilian Production
Bureau, Zinc, Lead and Tin Branch
who advises Washingtonians how to
vote-resembles the bureau that he rep
resents and in addition is what we in
the Nations Capitol call Government