Evening star., 1952-11-04
To the Un-Americanized Americans of the District,
Day of Humiliation and Mourning.
To Other Americans, Day of National Enthusiasm
and Patriotic Pride

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The Star reprints herewith With repisions and insertions
statistics article BY Theodore W. Noyes the late
editor The Star which has appeared in the past on National
election days.
American States choose their agents to perform the
executive legislative the
man or Of little group men but it distributed among the
and on this day sovereignty deposits
vote in the ballot box
To all full-fedged Americans this day of national
inspiration and patriotic pride
To the -Amercanzed Americans of Washington day
is Of humiliation and mourning.
These Americans of the District Of Columbia alone
denied the opportunity exercise in the future the
which belongs to them and attaches nsparaby to
them Americans.
These Americans of the District Of constitute
only community in all the Of the continental and
of adequate resourceshch is denied in the
National Government
relation national laws the sole function Of the
District residents obey They take part in making the
laws which they must obey.
DISTRICT MORE PoPULoUs THAN THIRTEEN STATES.
The Americans of the District of according to the
1850 census with population of so2l7s outnumbered the
of 13 of the Staes-hode Island Arizona Utah.
New Mexico South Dakota North Dakota Montana Idaho New
Hampshire Vermont Delaware Wyoming and Nevada Each Of
nine Of these States sends four agents to the National Legsa
for the remaining States three
the popula-
ton exceeds the combined population Of Delaware Wyoming
of Senators and three
while the people of the District have representation
Today's voting only for a legislature but for
Executive To the electoral college which chooses the
above sends the number Of votes which each has in
Congress. The District sends none.
relation national taxes
Americans is to pay IT They have nothing hing to say, like like other
pay and how the tax money shall be spent.
pArD NOPE NATrnNAT rAvrs THAN TvUrNrv
STATES MORE THAN STATES COMBINED.
In the fiscal year ending June so 1s4s without any
representation whatever in the taxing body the District of
Columbia paid
purposes $36321o4s9 payroll
collections under the Social Security Carrier
these socaed taxes are trust fund for the purposes Of these
acts and are not paid for the Of the Federal era
since 1s4s0
The District of Columbia Representative Con-
gres contributed in national be expended by Con-
States contributed in ls4s including tennessee with 70 votes
in Congress; Alabama H. Louisiana TO- Oklahoma. 10; Ar
Idaho Montana 4 New Hampshire s New Mexico s North
Dakota T. Rhode Island South Dakota Utah. Delaware
3; Nevada g. Vermont 3. and Wyoming, 8
District Columbia 1s4s. with Senators Rep
contributed in national taxes to the fund from
than the sn Of paid
Mexico, Vermont and Wyoming.
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
These States combined paid in national $3479750
and sent to the National legislature to vote for them
concerning kind of should
how the tax should be spent The District of Columbia
contributed in national taxes $36320489 and permitted
to send representatives to the National Legislature
tcpae in deciding how the tax should be raised and
spent.
Of taxation without representation
impossible to conceive.
In relation to national war sole function Of the
District fight
They voice like other Americans
councils which determine war They have repre-
sentaion in the Government which requires them fight
bleed and, perhaps, to die.
CONTRIBUTED TO ARMED FORCES IN WORLD WAR III
MORE MEN AND WOMEN THAN FOURTEEN STATES.
figures covering of citizens of the District
Columbia the armed forces World War that
the District contributed total of 1861 and
the Coast Guard 1920 This makes estimated grand total of
10376 and from the District Of Columbia in all
branches of the service This greater than Of IA Sates
Maine $685. Rhode Island 92102 Utah. 74949; New Mexico
64523 Arizona 64489 Montana 6276; South Dakota 6014
North Dakota 343 Idaho, Hampshire
Vermont 36876; Delaware. 33237: wyoming so4se. and
Nevada. 1870.
Regarding casualties the District of Columbia where so2s
sos cent For the Nation whole missing
rate was .2.98 per cent,
DISTRICTS GROWING HUMILIATION-MUST FIGHT
BUT CANNOT VOTE.
striking contrast between the fighting
and from the States those District Of
Columbia when to exercising the voting privilege in the
1914 national election They had to undergo hardship hght
bleed die their country
pcaton cards for absentee ballots only
the District fighter bring
pathetic pleas that fighter land should insured
the right to VOTE but little thought given those
provision a men
unable to explain satisfactorily to their comrades and allies