Evening star., 1949-09-18

tell the District Committee what the citizens want
all groups could support.
As on a aggressive
oodd spokesman citizens
meeting get the under way The idea
would be for such meetings to pass on needs and
various Congress for enactment
success crystalline public practical
unany support Of legislative proposals Active
have frequently been confronted Capitol Hill by demand that
there must be community approval in order to obtain the
shows clearly that the
by the unanimous but by majority OF their State district
sentiment Of the people Of the district on legislative
through the nstrumentat Of mass meetings Mass meetings at
mass meetings do not express the sentiment of the
community throughout country
sn a9s the selection
Lack Of Expression Machinery.
There complete lack the District Of Columbia of the usual
registering
friendly editorial The Evening Star
AN of which
ballot. appropriate regulations
drop them in box They are and the Of the
here Washington but the President of the United States himself
authority for the statement that works matter surprising
the results, at times be-"
ton the privilege
tpation by District citizens in the Government Of the
be acquired only through an enabling amendment to the con
tuition Of the United States
approval by the citizens and more united ORGANIZED effort
of has on number Of
in ftess attempts acquire the elective franchise the
has been to h
Identity Of the Patient in the Nicely Clinic
The term Clinic applied conferences
the question as to who the paientthe District of Columbia
trc Of Columbia suffering from illness long standing
surely these attendants at the clinic who point out Of
capable of applying healing patients
blood fvong Americans.
until there SHAH through their and veins that
Capital will be beyond solution In other vote
be made Americans full participating
Of the country Then the Congress of which elected District
and want both nationally y. and locally
States Today even with its score
msn it still @ an an incomplete document far the
cerned 1t will continue to be incomplete
added the enabling its
the Congress and
with such a the such M
hereunder shall be subject to amendment and repeal"
Unmet District Needs Appear to Be Always the Same
Brought out conspicuousy Nees conferences
number Of the brought similar
welfare Institutions equitable relations between the Federal
aSa sa ea other problems
o.a That the Congress puts on to later day the
duplication of such particularly true
the case OF capital improvements under the
Aside from the need for national representation and for an
equitable division between Federal
the cost OF operation maintenance District
Columbia the vital unmet needs of the
tenn lead all others.
The for mentioning fiscal equity first is
que 10 he fat that the lack OF these largely wholly
sponsibe for the naequacy system The
cure OF these two fundamental possible
solution OF the problem of the public
he children and young people of the
entitled receive the public education
taao Pupils OF this generation must
and cannot wait for the
future building expansion other Planning the
for pupils of the future.
the schools immediate
problem the solution which cannot be deferred without serious
injury the present body pupils who must get their
education OF, in many instances, not at all
financing the providing adequate school build
found utterly mpactcabe the
Congress should authorize requisite advances of Federal funds
the Federal fair nsaments carried the
trct budget should this essential
Of must" legislation for the District
the history Of District the nadquacy of the
schools has chronic condition The schools for the last
usually oercrowdd high schools operated
plan school Fairgrounds have been covered with tempo
portable buildings and other makesh attempts have been
made at providing sufcent Newspaper files
intervals during that period disclose conditions fairly
tive Of prevailing today All
another method for financing capital improvements absolutely
required It believed that there would be
today the entire cost Of before
Its acquisition.
Beiiy Baum Stone RoouI Do costo
Il TEACHER OF PIANO servatory o Lisbon, former pupil