Evening star., 1952-11-11
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or Restoration
|0f Dc Vote
Fovors City Council,
But Thinks US. Ought
To Keep Some Control


De Witt s. Hyde, Republican
Representative-elect from Mary.
lands 9Th district, who may be
named member Of the House
District Committee. believes vot.
ing rights should be restored te
the National Capital.
He said. in an interview yester-
day, he thinks the District should
have voting representation in the
House and at least one member
in the Senate.
He favored a city council, partly
elected and partly appointed by
the President, but he emphasized
that the United States should re-
tain share of control because
this is the seat of the Federal
Government.
In this respect, he said. "the
District is not like London OF
Paris. with their great industrial
developments. Here the Govern
ment is the Districts only real
industry-the rest is service.
Would Share Government.
"The District is the creation of
the States and is partly supported
by them." he said. II think,
therefore, the local government
Should be shared between the Dis
trict and the United States"
But District residents, he con-
tended. should be granted the vote
in presidential elections. He said
this should be done Immediately,
without awaiting action on con-
|gressional representation.
Mr.. Hyde, Bethesda lawyer with
Ia practice here, called for creation
|of a regional utilities commission
to seek improvement of transpor-
|tation service in Maryland, Vir-
lginia and the District.
"The separate commission con-
trolls" he asserted. mo longer are
adequate. Bills to this end were
considered in the past session but
failed of enactment.
Hits Capital Transit.
"The Capital Transit Co. has
treated the Maryland communi-
ties in a cavalier fashion. The
Maryland bus service is terrible.
"The Maryland operations have
been treated strictly from the
balance sheet viewpoint - not
service. I agree the company
must stay in the black financially,
but I think its figuring is faulty"
Mr.. Hyde suggested that WASH
ington content itself with using
Baltimore's Friendship Airport
for any overflow from Washing
tons crowded National Airport.
The project to build a major Sec
ondary airf1eld her at Burke, Va,
was halted in the past session,
largely because of objections from
Virginia and Maryland Senators
and Representatives.
FavOrs Fair Payment.
Mr.. Hyde spoke up for a fair
Federal payment toward District
expenses. Judging from his pres
ent information, he said, it prob
ably should be higher than the
|present $11 million. He suggested
lit should be determined on the
basis of the equivalent of what
the taxes would be on Federal
holdings here.
Congress, he added, should
grant the same treatment to
nearby Maryland and Virginia
areas where problems have been
Iaccentuated by the population
overflow from the District.
: Mr.. Hyde called the new re-
Igional planning commission a big
step forward.
Wants Highways Finished.
He said he wanted to see COM
Ipleted, as soon as possible, the re-
manning links of the Washington
Baltimore Parkway, the Annap-
oils Freeway and the new Wash
on-Frederick road.
On racial segregation questions,
Mr.. Hyde suggested that changes
be made gradually. He said he
was reminded of an observation
by Abraham Lincoln that a rea-
son for not advancing the eman-
Icipation date was that a universal
feeling, well or Ill formed, could
not safely be disregarded.
I'm the District, there are a lot
of people opposed to integration.
especially in the schools" Mr..
Hyde said. But aside from this
there is no moral argument
against doing away with segre-
CATION"