Evening star., 1948-02-09

american AlrDaSe, announced
4 last week in Munich that she
4 planned to wed Fritz Kuhn,
former German-American
Bund leader who escaped from
German internment camp
!, at Dachau. But Mrs. Kuhn,
!. 49,, mother of his two children,
said she, had no plans for di-
voree. -AP Wirephoto.
would prevent a newspaper from
labelling a candidate as a Com
imunist.
! Doubts Communist Election.
The witness said he doubted the
provision meant that, and that If it
did he was sure it would be re-
jected In the courts. Mr.. Davis said
it was rather unlikely If a Com
imunist- or Fascist could be elected
4 to Office in Washington.
4 Referring to the diagonal avenue
plan, that the French engineer Maj.
L'Enfant put in the Capitals origi-
nal design, the witness recalled that
this was done with the idea that
If there were any rebellions such
as marked French history, the Gov
ernment could put cannon at the
head of the avenues and sweep the
streets with grapeshot.
II can't recall, however, that the
people of the District rebel much
about anything" he added.
Auchincloss Reads Provision.
Mr.. Davis said he favored national
representation as well as local suf-
frage, but said the protest that local
suffrage without District repre-
sentation in Congress was only a
half-loaf mot much of an argu-
ment" against the pending bill
The non-partisan election pro-
vision in the bill was read by
Chairman Auchincloss to clarity the
argument over its purposes. It
reads: Ballots and voting machines
shall show no party af1iliation or
emblem. No one shah publish or
state in a public meeting the ma
tional party aff1liation Of a candi-
date for the purpose of influencing,
or where the normal effect of the
action would be to influence the
voting of qualified elector."
Mr.. Auchincloss has indicated a
restudy may be made of the wording
Of this section.
Wants Say in Using Tax Money.
| Mr. Strong, who is president of
the Hattie M. Strong Properties,
said he had been living here 81
years and paying real estate, per-
sonal property and income taxes.
TT would like very much to have
Ia. vote and some Say in how these
takes are spent" =. ==sse+' u
F. He said he found it difficult to
inculcate in the minds of his three
sons a sense of civic responsibility
here, because of the lack Of suffrage
in Washington.
Mr.. Strong said the pending bill
Twas not perfect and that he would
Hike to see national representation
fgranted to Washington, but thou2htI
the pending measure was long
step in the right direction " {, andf
should be enacted. Il
Protests Delay on Housing Code.
Mr.. Wyckoff, speaking as an in
dividual, said the present city gov
ernment had been "unresponsive to
the will of the people" He protested
specifically the long delay in the
action of the Commissioners on the
adoption of modern housing code
which had been drafted by local
housing interests.
Only one section of this has been
adopted here in the past 10 years,
he said, although the general plan
had been copied by other cities. A
responsible city government, he said,
would have done more than to table |
the code, since it was intended to
prevent a spreading of the slums.
Richard Wilmer, a lawyer and ma
tive of the District, said "I believe
firmly the people Of. the District
should have a vote in their own
government"
Mrs. c. D. Lowe, a housewife
who said she had been active in
many educational, civic and welfare
organizations in the city, approved
the home-rule bill, and said she was
one of three members of the Com
mittee of 100 on the Federal City |
who voted against that committees !
report critcizing the Auchincloss
bill. !
She testified that in the meeting
of the Committee of 100 only 16
votes had been cast. |
Witness Wins Applause.
Asked by Mr.. Auchincloss If
question of quorum had been raised
at the meeting of the Committee of
100, Mrs. Lowe replied that the
chairman had ruled that a quorum
was present. Representative Auch-
incloss commented: That's a rather
convenient way to get a quorum. "
Long applause greeted Mrs. Lowe
as she left the stand. |
Dr. Paul Douglass, president of /
American University, testifying as
an individual and for no organiza-
tion. told the committee that he
approved the bill with unqualified
faith"
The most general observation"
the witness said he found among |.
opponents to the measure was their
objection to the possibility of being
governed by Negroes in Washington. T
To this objection, he commented. /
"all persons born and naturalized i
in the United States have the rights
of citizenship"
Believes Citizens Will Cooperate.
Representative Deane, Democrat,
of North Carolina asked the witness |
| if he had any apprehensions about
the best residents of Washington
taking active part in the proposed
elected form of government
There is always danger" rel
sponded DR.. Douglass. that good
citizens may not perform their
obligations, but I do believe that
good citizens will step forward and
make this plan work"
| Merlo j. Pusey, associate editor of
| the Washington Post. speaking as an
an individual, approved the home
rule bill. He referred to a recent