Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-26
EJaycees Launch Campaign
To Get Out D. c. Voters
Only 300 Now
Registered For
Moy | Election


laAnounced each has pledged
81, 900 to finance the campaign.
Members Of the District Board
Iof Elections, Board Of TRADE.
and several civic organizations
ATTENDED the meeting, which APP
proved the Jaycees' tentative
program for the campaign.
Chairman Newell w. Ellison
of the Board of Elections said
the current voter registration
has been "disappointingly
small" OF the more than 100000
eligible voters in the District,
only about 300 have registered
since central registration head
quarters opened on the ground
floor of the District Building
more than two months ago.
T, Vinton e. Lee, chairman Of
the Board of Trades National
Representation Committee. sug-
gested that the Jaycees be called
lin to do the co-ordinating Of
the campaign for registrations.
"These young men," he said.
'have the power to do things.
They can get more out Of q dol
lar than anyone else"
Campaign Is Mapped
The campaign, as outlined by
Kenneth Wells Parkinson. Jay
lcee committee chairman. will in
lclude q ceremony at the District
Building. with erection of a mill
Itafy barrage balloon above the
building, issuance Of a proclama-
ton by the Commissioners and
other ceremonies.
The group also plans to print
Ihandbills and posters for dis
Itribution by civic groups and
posting throughout the down.
town area and near each Of the
ia neighborhood registration
places which viii open March "a.
They will also organize q
speakers bureau to carry the
word to organization meetings,
ARRANGE for radio and television
announcements, put UP a giant
billboard and banners at the
District Building, prepare NOV
ling picture shorts" for theater
showing and post messages in
Istreetcars and buses.
Mr.. Parkinson estimated the
lcost Of such Q drive-with jun
lior Chamber members doing all
1.-THE leg work-would be roughly
81. 500. George L. Hart, jr., Re-
publican State Committee chair
imam, and Albert K. Herring, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Demo-
cratic Committee. said they be-
|lieve they can get the additional
$500 early this week If it is
needed.
Democratic Commi e m an
Robert Mars pledged $500 to buy
newspaper advertisements on be-
halt of his firm, r. Mars, Inc.
and asked the Jaycees to CO.
!ordinate purchase of similar
newspaper ads by other local
firms.
Registration Requirements
Aim Of the drive will be to
Ieducate the public about voting
Requirements and the need for
the District to make a good
showing If it is to convince
Congress that the city wants Q
more inclusive franchise.
Anyone may register if he has
been a resident of the District
since May 2. 1855, is a citizen
Iof the United States and is at
least 81 years old-provided he
does not vote elsewhere.
. The Elections Board will set
UP neighborhood registration
stations at "a locations. They
will be open from l to 9 pm. on
March IA. Is and Is: from 10
am. to 2 pm. on Saturday,
March II; and again from / to
8 pm. on April 9 and 10. The
central registration Office in the
District Building will remain
open daily except Saturdays and
Sundays until April Is.
/ In the May election, mem
bers OF both the Democratic and
Republican parties will choose
delegates to the 1856 national
conventions, name two members
of the National committees and
pick local party. committees.
at about 4:45 pm. when a tree
tell over. swapping a telephone
pole which pulled 20 other poles
down with it.
i The fallen poles draped cables
down the middle of the pike,
forcing one-way traffic in the
vicinity.
| A telephone spokesman re-
ported about 200 telephones were
out of order throughout the
metropolitan area as a result Of
the storm.
i The Weather Bureau predicted
strong northwest winds and q
low of IS degrees during the
might, Today is expected to be
sunny. windy and much colder
with a high in the mid-forties.
A low of 30 degrees is expected
tonight, but tomorrow is to DO
Slightly warmer.
| Strong winds whipping the Po-
tomac into choppy waves i'm
periled salvage launch in the
Washington Channel and blew q
26-foot Whaleboat of the Sea
Scouts into a mudbank at the
entrance to the Washington Sail
/ ing Marina.
Tom Miller, IS, owner OF the
Marine Towing and Salvage Co.
400 Maine avenue S.W. was sail
ing to tow job in the channel
when his craft began shipping
water from the wind-whipped
waves near the tip of Hams
Point
Vessel Pumped Out
When the water reached 10
! inches in the hilll no yaade fo,.