Evening star., 1949-06-27
Home Rule HEARINGS
Assured by Mcmillan;
will Start tomorrow

Chairman Mcmillan Of the
House District Committee today
gave renewed ASSURANCES that
hearings on Washington home
rule bill. would be held toner
row, as scheduled despite debate
over his personal opposltton 10
local suffrage
A statement that the hearings
would begin tonorrow also came
from Representative Harris, DEM
ocrat. Of Arkansas. q home fuis
opponent, whose Judiciary Sub
committee viii conduct the heat
mss.
Mr.. Mcmillan also said hs
wanted further hearings sehed-
uled 10 take testimony from the
30 or more citizen witnesses al
ready lated on the hearing Asen-
da. He said he saw no reason
why all necessary hearings could
not be concluded in reasonable
time.
The statement. followed eriti.
elsm from suffrage advocates al
the attack Mr., Mcmillan leveisd
Of home rule proposals in . lets<f
10 = South Carolina resident sho
had questioned him on hls stand.
Three More seek 10 Ts.tifs.
In this letter. Mr.. MeMlIlsn
argued that Congress should no.
delegate 10 q local government ia
control over the National Capital
and said most Of The people who
had written him In support of
Home RUIZ had "coFnnunistIe
tendencies
After yesterdays disclosure Of
the Mcmillan leti~r---fnAds public
by the Washington Hnsns Rtils
Committee-Mr. MeMliian said he
had received . number Of iett<ss
this morning psslsins him on his
stand
Three more witnesses tnday
asked TO be heard at The hssTlnea.
They are DR. Clark Foreman.
chairman OF the Progressive Party
OF the District. Mrs 0~r,rp6s
Evans. executive secretary os the
Progressive Party here. and Mrs.
NJ o. 0uyer. q Eesidess Of oeosEs
Warrington inn.
District civic leaders sspresa<d
resentment that MI MsMilian
linked fsosns rule with people ~he
had eosnnuniss.e tsnceneiss.
Democratic leaders here siso
criticized Mr.. Mehsillsn. and katd
the party advocated District homo
rule long before the Cosnnuniss
Party existed.
Charges Called GsesaAisss.
Culver u. Chamberlain. pr~si-
dent OF the Central Suffrage Con-
ference. In . letter 10 Nj Ae1n-
ian. insisted tire 'ctsnnunIsse
tendencies" charges are ground
lesk-
The fact thai Mr. aeMliisn
should come up wIih ssseb 'ral-
umnIes~ raises The as~tsifsn
xhether he 10 "A NJ person 70 eoss-
gadef such lesisisstna. Mr. Cham
hsraasn said. lie pointed osai that
practically aii the fofssrd-icnA"
ing pecpie here" support u hs
listed among them nssaop Asasas
Dun Of shs Washington Dso~ens
and said many oshes ei~rgym~n
also arr hcne rule baeksra
Gerhard r. Van Afksl. secretary
os ihe Democrats Central Cora
nsssSs for tina District. alsp ico6
Representative MeMiiisn 20 lash
for nia istt~r.
Inseesssai<s ChasssA
Mr. Van Arksl asd Repre-
sentative MeaIians ssss<fn<rs 3s
N aGnkkAfs&sy aA&&N Va ssF @#~3 ~"e~s*
from . p~gsos, In his posashesa. Ne
must kncx. or hs yossid kS0w "
he bothered 30 ssok n ~. Hasi
house rule fns ih< Dassssst has
been In ~sery national p&sssnsns
os tk< Democrats Party sas@s
iss2. Thai. Incidentally. wss BE-
fore any cosnmunass Party ssssssd.
Ard In tfsas possssoa. R~tms-
sentative M<Mkiinn ssszsad kncs.
vhean<r hs sxsxaaIiy coes a. s.eS.
that Dassxses ssf1sass has se~a
e1sis6 far IN the iass three p~zne-
cratic platforms. ineias6sns Ne
sns aAepse6 n ie<A"