Evening star., 1961-03-30

Massachusetts,: "AS q member
Of the Senate District Com
mittee, I am delighted that at
long last the citizens in the
District have been given a
voice in national affairs.
II hope that this is Just the
first step toward granting them
full voice in their own govern
ment and full voice in their
own affairs. I intend to work
toward this end"
Representative Celler, DEM
ocrat Of New York: THE rat
ification of the Twenty-third
amendment to the Constitution
securing the vote for the citi-
Zens of the District marks a
major milestone in my 80
years as a member Of Con-
greSs.
II feel honored to have had
a vital role in sponsoring the
new amendment for which we
all worked so hard.
Representative AuchinclOss.
Republican of New Jersey: II
am delighted to see this great
step forward In franchising the
residents of the District of CO..
lumbia who are just as good
American citizens as we have
in other parts Of the country"
Representative BrOyhilI, Re-
publican Of Virginia: This is
indeed a great day for the peo-
pie of our Nations Capital and
a very gratifying one for those
of us who were the original
sponsors of this amendment.
The next step now will, Of
course, be to implement this
amendment with enabling leg
islation to set up the election
| procedures"
william Norwood, president
Of the Federation of Citizens
Associations: I'VE are very
gratified the citizens of the
District are securing a vote
for President and Vice Presi-
dent. We have worked for this
a long time both in the Feder-
alton and also in cooperation
with the Citizens Committee
for the D. c. Vote. We feel the
vote is the least the citizens of
the District should be given"
DIR. Phillip 4. Johnson, presi-
dent Of the Federation Of Civic
Associations: I'VE now face
the prospects Of being voting
citizens Of the Nation. This
gives us the added responsible
ity Of being citizens Of a city
that is not only the capital of
the Nation but Of the world" "
John C. PyIes, jr., president,
the Metropolitan Washington
Board Of Trade: I'VE are jubi-
liant over the passage of the
amendment granting District
citizens the right to vote for
President and Vice President.
This victory can be credited to
an all-out community effort.
Every segment of our commun-
ity backed the proposed d
amendment to the hilt."
Kenneth Wells Parkinson,
chairman. Junior Bar Section
Of the District of Columbia:
1--WE are extremely delighted to
hear Of the final states ap-
proval Of the Twenty-third
amendment. We have for many,
many years felt the citizens of
the District deserve vote"
]. Mitchell Brown, vice presi-
dent, the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce: I'VE are delighted
to hear the amendment has
been ratified. We certainly
wish to express our appreciation
to the States which have given
us this basic right to vote"
william C. Foster, president,
Federal City Council: This is
very good news and the coun-
Gil feels this is an excellent re-
Election Of the growing under
standing in the country Of the
Importance Of the Nations
Capital. I'm hopeful that with
this opportunity to exercise the
franchise on the part of the
Districts citizens that we will
be further able to develop the
capital to that symbol of our
nation towards which we in the
council are all working"
Mrs. Morgan Pryse, president,
D. C. Federation Of Women's
Clubs: Each and every club
! member is thoroughly thrilled