Evening star., 1950-05-22
Home Rule Bill
Foes Still Lead
Federation Poll
Kefuuver Measure
Opposed by rs Units
And Backed by "


bill among individual member as
sociations of the Federation O
Citizens Associations still out.
number its hackers by one-third
This was revealed in a surve,
completed yesterday by The Star
The latest tally shows:
For the measure, II.
Against 1t, Is.
Not yet on record, %.
With many Of the association!
already closed up for the summer
and virtually all Of the other.
having only one more meeting t<
go. this still leaves about thirc
Of the federation membership
with no formal expression Of sen.
timentS. The federation already
has twice backed the legislation
Congress Veto Opposed.
Principal objections to the
Kefauver bill. which provides for
local self-government under an
elected city council. appeared to
be that Congress still would have
a veto power. and that home rule
should not come before, or with
out, national representation.
Two groups which have not
acted specifically ON the Kefauver
plan have backed home rule "in
principle" Another foe Of the
bill, however, is the Northeast
Washington Citizens Association.
which is not q federation MEM
Der. Northeast's unfavorable res
olution raises the total of opposing
citizens groups to rs. .
Several associations plan to take
O. stand on the matter at their
next meeting, before the summer
cessation Of activities. officers in
most of the others which have not
yet acted said the issue had not
been brought UP.
The Kefauver bill already
has passed the Senate and is be-
fore the House District Commit
tee. A petition to release 1t for
floor action has not yet acquired
the necessary 218 signatures.
Other Bills Introduced.
Two other measures for more
"watered-down" versions Of home
rule have been introduced re-
Gently in the House by Represent
ativeS Harris, Democrat, of Ar
kansas. and Auchincloss, Repub-
Ncan, of New Jersey. Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss new bill is less sweeping
than the one he introduced two
years ago. Both measures also
have been referred to the House
District Committee.
The federation firsa backed the
Kefauver plan "n principle" and
last January reiterated its stand
by voting to have the legislation
released from the District Com
mittee for a showdown on the
House floor.
Although about 38 signatures
are still needed on the release
petition, Herbert P. Leeman. fed
Grafton president, said he was
confident they would be obtained.
Asked about the large number of
citizens groups opposing the
measure, he declared:
I'm satisfied that the ma
jority of the people in the Dis
trict want it. Wherever I have
had an opportunity to show an
association just what the set-up
would be. they've been over
whelmingiy for it."
An earlier poll by The Star.
published March 6. showed ap-
proximately the same ratio In
the lineup-9 favorable, 16 un-
favorable and 40 not committed.
There have been a few reversals
by individual groups. but most
have stood by their original de-
ciSionS.
Latest Tally of Associations.
Here, according to the latest
tally. Is how the associations feel
about the Kefauver home rule
bill:
In favor-Chillum Heights, Co.
lumbia Heights, Connecticut Ave.
nue., Fort Dupont. Hillcrest, Kalo-
rama. Lamond Heights. Mid City
Minnesota Center, National Gate
way, North Randle Community
Petworth, Progressive of George
town. Southwest, Stanton Park,
Summit Park and Washington
Highlands.
Against-Anacostia. Association
OF Oldest Inhabitants, American
University Park, Bradbury Heights,
Brightwood. Brookland, Cathedral
Heights, Chevy Chase, Citizens AS
sociation of Takoma, Congress
Heights. Crestwood, Dahlgren Ter
race. Friendship, Forest Hills
Glover Park. Hampshire Heights,
Lincoln Park, Mount Pleasant
North Cleveland Park, Northeast
Washington (not a member Of the
federation), Palisades, Rhode Is
land Avenue, River Terrace, So
ciety Of Natives (this group OBJ
jected to three specific provisions)
Southeast and the Washingto.
mans.
No action as yet-Arkansa.
Avenue. Bellevue, Brentwood Ter.
race. Burleith, Burroughs, Citizen.
Forum Of Columbia Heights, Du.
pont Circle. Fairfax Village, For
Davis, Foxhall Village tnot fed.
Grafton member. Georgetown
Kenilworth. Manor Park, Metrop:
oils View. Michigan Park, Nortf
Capitol. Park View. Randle High,
lands. Shepherd Park. Shiple,
Terrace, Sixteenth Street High
lands. Trinidad, Thomas Circl,
and West End.
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