Milford chronicle., 1949-06-10
Rnh-Tan DemOcraeY


One of our distinguished Sena- /
tors grabbed the newspaper mead
lines a few days ago by explaining
how the District of Columbia
would be given home rule, a1ter
struggling to recover the rights OF
American citizens during three
quarters of century.
The bill before Congress, provld-
es for a Getty Manager That isn't
a. Democratic formula. It's non
sense in a city of a million people.
In the 187O's Southern Demo-
Gratis gathered Northern support
in. Congress and abolished the Ter
ritory of Washington.
There were a lot of Negroes IN
Washington who had escaped from
the South during the Civil War. We
all remember that Abraham Line
oln made it very clear that there
would be no racial issues tolerated
in the United States.
A few years after Lincoln's death
home rule in the District Of COlum-
bia was destroyed by Congress
and none of the people thereafter
voter in a National or home rule
election.
Senator Bilbo blared right up TO
the time of his death that no one
would ever vote or enjoy home rule
in Washington during his lifetime.
That tyrant didn't live long after
that.
The schemes for home rule pro-
vided for a public referendum
which would show whether those
who are legally entitled to vote
favor race segration," that would
prevent Negroes from voting.
There are about 100000 Ne
gros in the United States of which
approximately $4,000 live in
Washington, D. c.; the total popu-
latiOn of which is nearly one mil
lion. If Washington is restored to
home rule" and freed from the
domination of the bosses in the
National Government, there would
be no danger that the Negroes
would lower the standards of Cit
izenship in the National Capital.
1t has been kicked around by Con-
gress.
: Only politicians on the Hill re-
pudiate Democracy in the Worlds
leading Capital.
Now, What Have We!
An alleged home rulebill" has
been approved by the Senate. 1t
provides for the election by quail
fled District residents to vote for
| members of the City Council and a
: school board. Nine councilmen
would be elected-two appointed
: by the president. But Washington
lans would not vote for q President
or Members of Congress. And be-
lieve it or not this City would have
a City Manager instead of a Mayor
If the present monstrosity is made
a law by the Lower House of Con.
gress. The really funniest thine
n ever received Senate approval this
century is the sentence in the home
rule bill to preserve basic elemen
I is OF Congressional control ovel
the District imposed by the Con
stitutiOn."
There is no telling what tn,
Y House of Representative will d,
with this bill. They should throw
it into the garbage pail.
SO
Out OF Our Window
Shortly after noon nearly ever
r day in the week your correspon
/ dent and his staff look out of ou
t, Office window across the publi
'e parking lot that permits us to Sc
ID President Truman, accompanied b
/. police and officials, to the back dc
l. or of the Blair House where he al
g. lights from hic car and always wa
YES a friendly gesture to the color
" ed men who manage the parkin
district. The colored boys on the lC
al have told your correspondent tha
&. President Truman is very friendl
to salute us this way"
Nothing Wrong With LiIienthaI
There has been a lot of loud crit
Z icism Of the Administration {
David E. Lilienthal because he ha
done some little things that h
couldn't explain-but which mos
people who have kept a Garrett
watch on the National Atomic Er
n. ergy Program, believe to have bee
n. properly handed in the interests
r the American people. Senator Hi,
kenlOOper has written an open lie
at ter to President Truman askin
the removal of Mr.. Lilienthal Z
IN chairman of the Commission. 1t
not hard to understand why Liliel
thai disagrees with some of til
leading Senators and Represent;
tives who have watched the At
mic Energy Commission, lookir
I'D for loopholes. There is nothing, S
far, to indicate that Lilienthal h;
failed to protect our Nation. If |
is guilty of any wrong-doing
D wouldn't be any trouble to conyit
u MIN. But there is no proof of di
'el loyalty among the men who al
nj safeguarding atomic energy se
y rets. Our atomic energy is mo-
ne likely to be ready for instant use
ne our Russian enemies start a "h,
to i World War"
es. The Second Round
to General Motors has attractt
les wide public attention again bv Al
'e- nouncing a significant secor
round of price reductions on i
Dp- passenger cars and trucks.
in AS 1t did three months ago. GeI
63 eral Motors reduced it's car ar
ed. truck prices $40 to $40 to coinciC
6.5 with a downward adjustment in Il
,er cost-of-living allowance to empI
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