Evening star., 1951-03-01

showed that 80 per cent Of the
members were opposed to the then
pending Auchincloss bill in the
House.
A similar poll was taken in
1949, he said. which showed that
the amazing total. of "a per cent
of those answering the poll were
opposes.
He also quoted an Evening Star
poll of May of last year, which
indicated that spokesmen for only
II citizens associations had by
then indorsed the home rule bill,
On the other hand, he said, 25
representatives voted against the
bill and % others took no position
Doubts Right to Speak.
"On the record" Mr.. Colladay
said. sit is clear that the presi-
dent of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations may not speak
for the $4,000 persons he claims
are members of constituent bodies.
It is equally clear he may speak
only for the majority of the dele
gates to that federation who au-
thorized him to indorse the Ke-
fauver bill"
Striking back at Board of Trade
critics who had called the or
ganization a vested interest" Mr..
Colladay said a cursory check
showed other organizations lined
up with his.
He said these included:
The District Department of the
American Legion, the District De-
partment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, the Junior Chamber
of Commerce, the Federation of
Businessmen's Associations, the
Washingtonian and the Commit
tee of 100 on the Federal City
Testimony Invited.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Cola
days statement, Senator Nicely
called for the names of those pres
ent in the crowded committee
room who wished to testify against
the pending measure. Only three
of these were heard before the
hearing closed for the day.
Among the opponents were two
former presidents of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations. The
Federation itself recently had been
placed strongly in favor of the
Kefauver bill by its present head
Herbert P. Leeman.
Clifford H. Newell, former Fed
Grafton president, speaking for the
Arkansas Avenue Community AS
sociation, told the committee that
the people of his area had re-
versed their stand from approval
of the old Auchincloss bill in the
Both Congress to opposition to the
present Kefauver home rule meas
ure. He asserted that in his per-
sona1 opinion the longer the people
study the Kefauver bill, the
more opposition appears to arise
against it.
Agrees With Trade Board.
John A. Remon of the Cathedra,
Heights Citizens Association ano
delegate to the Federation, sale
his group was thoroughly in &C.
cord" with the Board of Trade op-
position to the bill. He said hi.
association had voted twice againSt
home rule bill and were par
ticularly opposed to an elected
Board of Education provided ir
that measure.
Kenneth Armstrong, an engi-
neer, the last witness of the day
filed a statement favoring home
rule and replying in detail to a
previous statement made by the
Board of Trade against home rule
Among those who said they
wanted to testify against the
Kefauver bill. were DR.. Marshal l.
Shepherd, recorder of deeds;
John H. Connaughton, former
president of the Federation of
Citizens Associations, and Maj.
Gen. U. S. Grant III, who later
told the press he was against the
Kefauver bill although he did not
oppose the general principle of
home rule.
Senator Case. Republican, OF
South Dakota questioned Mr.. Col
laday on proposals that have been
discussed for giving the District a
non-voting delegate in the House
Legislation is pending for this
purpose before House District
subcommittee.
Mr.. Colladay said he preferred
to concentrate on the effort to
get true national representation
in Congress by elected members
who could vote.
If a non-voting delegate were
to be provided, Mr.. Colladay said
the District would lose "all the
tremendous interest stirred up in
every State" in favor of true ma
tional representation.