Evening star., 1952-11-11
Comes 0ui
For Restoration
OF D. {. Vote
Fuvors City Council,
But Thinks U. S. Ought
To Keep Some Control

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De Witt s. Hyde. Republican
Representative-elect from Mary
lands 9Th district. who may b.
named a member of the Hous,
District Committee, believes vot
ing rights should be restored t.
the National Capital.
He said. in an interview yester.
day, he thinks the District shoule
have voting representation in tn,
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 a share of control because
this is the seat of the Federal
Government.
In this respect, he said, 1.-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.
'"The District has more than a
half million people," he said, "or
more than a number of the
States" ,
Mr.. Hyde. Bethesda lawyer with
a practice here, called for creation
of a regional utilities commission
to seek improvement of transpor-
tation service in Maryland, Vir-
ginia and the District.
THE separate commission con-
trols," 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
toms 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.
What's wrong with using
friendship" Mr.. Hyde asked. "It
is a matter of 5 or 10 minutes
longer getting to and from the
port. That is of no consequence
to one making a long trip. And
to use Friendship would save con-
siderable costs for the Burke de-
velopment."
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
it should be determined on the
basis of the equivalent of what
the taxes would be on Federal
here.
Congress, he added, should
grant the same treatment to
nearby Maryland and Virginia
areas where problems have been
accentuated by the population
overflow from the District.
Mr.. Hyde called the new re-
gional planning commission a big
step forward. Planning of devel-
opments in the Metropolitan Area,
ne said, must be done on an area
basis, not separately.
Wants Highways Finished.
He said he wanted to see COM
pleted, as soon as possible, the re-
naming links of the Washington
Baltimore Parkway, the Annap-
olis Freeway and the new Wash
lngton- n-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-
cipation date was that a UNIVERSAL
feeling, well or i'll 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"