Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1927, Page 4

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON Ao FRIDAY, JANUARY b 1927. CITIZENS GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST FRANCHISE INJUSTICE Board of Trade Meeting Develops Over- whelming Sentiment in Favor of National Representation. The voice of the half million people | trict of Columbia, through | their spokesmen. last night | wag heard in vigorous protest against | taxation without representation, in a | meeting on national representation held at the Willard Hotel by the Board of Trade Nearly one thousand ness and professional leaders of Wash ington gathered in special session to Protest against the present “unjust and humiliating” situation and to urge early passage of the pending | joint resolution proposing an amend- | ment to the Constitution granting to | vesidents of the District representation | in the. Senafe, House and Electoral | ‘ollege and access to the Federal Courts. Other Civic Representatives Invited. In addition to the members of the Roard of Trade, who attended in unusually large numbers, there were present by special invitation repre- <entatives of other civie organizations identified with the movement for national representation and also several members of Congres Representative Leonidas C. Dyer. vice chairman of the House judiciary committee, before which the joint | resolution providing for mnational representation for the District is pending, addressed the meeting and evoked enthusiasm by his declar tion that the proposed constitutional amendment would be ratified by the Legislatures of more than three- fourths of the States and his state- ment that the resolution will be con- sidered by the judiciary committee at its meeting next Wednesday. He was given a unanimous rising vote of thanks for his address. Proponents of the movement for natonal representation pointed out with emphasis that national repre- sentation as projected would not take from Congress its power of exclusive Jegislation for the District of Colum- bia, which is granted in thé Constitu- tion. National representation, how- ever, it was asserted, would give to ‘Washington residents a_definite part in their own government. Pleas Win Applause. Rounds of applause greeted decla- rations of speakers for the right of the taxpaying residents of the Capital 10 have a voice in their government and bursts of laughter were brought forth at descriptions of the ludicrous situation of a nation that boasts of a government ‘“‘of the people, by the people and for the people”—except in the District of Columbia. Forceful arguments in support of the justice of the claims of the resi- dents of the Capital to a voice in their government were delivered by a number of speakers. Edwin C. Graham, president of the Washington Board of Trade, who pre- sided over the meeting, foresaw in the action of the representative citi- zens present a movement spreading over the District in the form of simi- lar meetings by other local organiza- tions demanding action on the plea of the residents here for national rep- resentation. Mr. Graham predicted that the movement will continue until it culminates in the granting of this right to the “stepchild” city. Bell Guest of Honor. ‘Engineer Commissioner Bell, whose retention for another term of assign- ment here has been asked by associ- ations throughout the cit¥, was a guest of honor, representing the mu- nicipal government. The pringipal address of the occasion was delivered by Representative Dyer of Missouri, who has introduced in the House the resolution for the proposed constitu- tional amendment granting national representation to the District. Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the Board of Trade committee on na- tional representation, reported, as chalrman, outlining activities during 1926, and indicating an intensive cam- paign to make 1927 a banner year in promotion of the cause. Vote Injustice Cited. Paul E. Lesh, secretary of the Board of Trade committee, pointed out in a brief address the injustice now suf- fered by District residents in being denied access to the Federal courts when sued by residents of any State in the Union, and Edwin C. Branden- burg, vice chairman of the commit- tee, eloquently protested the “intol- erance” of the existing denial of citi- zenship rights to be found here. In his address Representative Dyer explained in detail the pending legis- lation, which will propose and lay the foundation for national repre- sentation and gave forceful argu- ments in support of its passage, enu- merating the heavy burden of taxes now assessed against a people who have no voice in the levying or ex- penditure of that revenue, and point- ed out the generous response the Dis- trict of Columbia has given in war service, subscriptions to Liberty loans and other public needs. Describing ‘the pitiful situation of nonrepresentation, Mr. Dyer declared ‘At present they possess only the political rights guaranteed by the Constitution. They have the right of assembly and assoclation, freedom of expression by speech and writing, as well as the right of petition. Further than that, they have no voice in our National Government. Citizens Show Interest. “There exist in the District of Co- lumbia many associations of its c zens, and they have shown an_inter- est, and an intelligent one, in all gov- ermental affairs. These associations cover the whole city of Washington and their officers and members are men of keen intelligence and of a very putriotig frame of mind. ~They are all proud” of their country and of their city. Since they have all the qualifications for participatinggin the affairs of their government afid per- form ai tne duties required of the citizens of the United States, 1 feel that they should have a say through representatives in the Congress and the selectioa of a Chief Executive of the Nation. 1 also feel that they | should not be put in the same class as aliens, so far as the Federal courts are_concerned 1t is very true that the Congress and its conmittees give careful con slderation 1o their views touching leg- ixlation affecting this city. Yet there is missing the one thing which is dear every nmerican citizen, That is re right 10 be & part and parcel of the Government. This wish can only te gratified by representation similar to that non enjoyed by the citizens of the various States “My juogment is suggesied Ly my resolution is the one .o advocate and to work for. think the view that some express ¢ a coctrol of the local government » the people of the District of Co- mbia through election of its off\ als and so forth, is out of the ques- tion."” strong, busi that the action Cites American’s Creed. Mr. Dyer launched his impre: address on national representatiol e District with a quotation of “The | American’s Creed.” by William Tyl Page, clerk of the House, which he | sald was “most applicable” to the sit uation confronting this city. To alleviate this situation Mr. Dyer recalled that he had introduced in the » | President resolution (H. J Congress, 1o Distiict House the Res. 208) to authorize give (0 the people of the of Columbia a voice in th ment of the United e resolution follows “Resolved by the of Representatives of States of - Am in Congress as: sembled (two-third of each House concurring therein), at the follow ing amendment to the Constitution of the United States be proposed for rati fication by the Legislatures of the sev- eral States, which, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States, shall be valid as a part of the said Constitution, namely, insert at the end of section 3, Article TV, the following wor “The Congress shall have power to admit to the status of citizens of a ate the residents of the District con stituting the seat of government of the United States, created by Article 1 section 8, for the purpose of repre- sentation in the Congress ahd among the electors of President and Vice and for the purpose of suing and being sued in the courts of the United States, under the pro- visions of Article 111 > joint the United section 2. Vhen the Congress shall exercise this power the residents of such Dis- trict shall be entitled to elect one or two Senators as determined by the Congress, Representatives in the House according to their numbers as determined by the decennial enumera tion, and presidential electors equal in number to their aggregate repre. sentation in the House and Senate “The Congress shall provide by law the qualifications of voters and the time and manner of choosing the Sen- ator or Senators, the Representative or Representatives, and the electors herein authorized. “The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be neces- sary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing power. Gives Congress New Power. This resolution provides, Mr. Dyer explained, a new constitutional power for Congress, and a new right and power for residents of the District, to be enjoyed when Congress, in its dis. cretion, shall exercise its new consti tutional power. This new power sought for Congress, to grant national voting representation to residents of the District in the House, Senatg and electoral college, together with' ac- cess to the Federal courts, would not deprive Congress of its present power of exclusive legislation over the seat of Government, the speaker said, would not make a State of the District and would not grant to residents of ‘the District any other privileges, powers or attributes of citizenship than those specifically enumerated. This safeguard, he pointed out, is contained in section 8, Article I, of the Constitution, which reads: “To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such Dis- trict (not exceeding 10 miles square), as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Con- gress, become the seat of the Govern- ment of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines and arsenals, doc! yards and other needful buildings. Ratification of the proposed amend- ment, he said, would cure the im- potency of Congress to grant na- tional. representation to a part of the territory belonging to the United States, as well as tend to cure the inability of the District residents to participate, #s other American citi- zens, ih their Goverament, Cites Justice of Appeal. Pointing out the justice of the ap- peal of the residents of Washington for a voice in their Government, Mr. Dyer cited the great part residents of this city have played in subscribing to the Liberty Loans, in contributing monumental sums to the support of the Federal Government, in payment of local taxes and in meeting other requirements of citizenship. “The City of Washington,” the speaker said, “has reached a popula- tion of more than 500,000 people, and they have qufalified themselves for participation in the Government by doing all the things expected and re- quired of American citizens anywhere else. It has furnished its full quota of manhood, and more, for defense in every war in which we have been en- gaged. It contributed more than it was called on for in the Liberty Loan drives. “The amount assigned to the Dis- trict during the World War as its quota of the first Liberty loan was $10,000,000, whereas its people actually subscribed $19,261,400. This makes a per capita subseription by ‘the Dis- trict of $52.50, which is nearly four- fifths greater than for the country as a whole, which was only $29 exceeded that for each of the eral Reserve districts except the sec- ond, which includes New York State. Quotas Greatly Exceeded. “The quota for the District on_the second Liberty loan amounted to $20.- 000,000, while its people actually sub- scribed $22,857,050, a per capita sub- seription of $57.73 against $44.55 for the United States as a whol “On the third Liberty I the quota for the District was $12,870,000, while its people actually subscribed $25,992,250. This makes a per capita commercial bank aids the captains of industry in their financial problems so the Morris Plan aids the wage earner, salaried and professional man. Do you know about the Morris Plan? Come in and see us-lets talk it over. Morris Plan Bank UNDER SUPERVISION U.S. TREASURY. 1408 H ST..NW. | Delaware, | while the | dubscription of $64.98 against $40.13 | for the United States at large. ver capita subscription was consider- ably in excess of that for each of the Federal Reserve districts except the second, which includes the State of | New York he subsecriptions on this loan were ter than any one of 18 State nely. Alabama. Arizona, Arkansas lorida, Idaho, Maine, Mis Montana, Nevada. ~New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Caro linax_Nortn Dakota, Sout Carolina Utah! Vermont and Wyoming On the fourth Liberty I quota for the District was § subscriptions of its people amounted to $51,262.100, or a per capi sissippi | ta subscription of $127.61 Senate and House | $65.94 for the United States Whole. In this loan, the subscriptions | of the District were greater than that subscribed in any one of the 23| es. namely, Alabama, Arizona, Ar Colorado, Delaware, Florida Louisiana. Maine, Mississinpi Montann, Nevada. New Hampshire. ! ew Mexico. North Carolina, North kota, Oklahoma, Oregon. South Carolina. South Dakota, Utah, Ver 7t and W yoming The number of subseribers in the trict was greater than any one of tes. According to the Treasury Department. the proportion of the population who subseribed to this loan 5.8 per cent, which was much er than any one of the 48 States and about three times as great as the corresponding percentage for the entire United States, which was 21.98. | People Well Fitted. The people of the District of Co lumbia are intelligent and well fitted to participate in Government affairs. | They contribute abundantly to the ex-| pense of the Government. For the | year ending June 30, 1926, they paid | into the Federal Treasury for income and miscellaneous taxes a total of | $17,065,805.07. -This was more than was paid by @ of the following States and Alabama, | Alaska, Arizona, . Colorado, Delaware, i, Tdaho. | Iowa, Lou Mlssi!snv\m“ Montana. New Hampshire, kota, Oregon. Idaho. Maine Nevada. ‘ew Mexico, North Da- Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota, Utah, Ve mont. Washington, ~West Wyoming and the Philippine Island Each of these States just named ha two Senators and Representatives, ac cording to their popufation, but the District of Columbia has none. Another argument cited by Mr. Dyer for the justice of the proposed constitutional amendment is the fact that under present conditions a_citi- zen of the District, sued in some State of the Union, cannot, under the deci- sions of the Supreme Court of the United States, remove the suit into a “ederal court. The amendment pro- vides access to the Federal courts. The speaker also cited statements by former Presidents of the United States showing the justice of the cry of Washington residents against taxa- tion without representation. Quota- tions were taken from addresses by Presidents Monroe, Jackson, William | Henry Harrison and Andrew Johnson. Delivering the report for 1926 of the board's committee on national repre- tion, Mr. Noyes said: This is election year of the House of Representatives and of one-third of the Senate—the two bodies constitut- ing our municipal as well as our na- tional legislature continuing, he de- clared. “We Washingtonians have again suffered the humiliation of witness- ing the exercise of the highest right and power of American sovereignty by all the Americans of continental and contiguous United States except the Americans of the District of Co- lumbia. “We are still the only Americans to whom the basic American princi- ples are a mockery. In the world’s great republic, just government is rooted in the ‘consent of the gov- erned,’ except in the District of Co- lumbia. ' ‘No taxation withéut repre- sentation,’ ‘except in the District of | Columbla. ‘Government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth,’ except in the District of: Columbia. “The shameful condition, remains that we have no_part in making the national laws which we must obey; that we have nothing to say, like other national taxpayers, concerning the amount and kind of taxes we shall pay and how the tax money shall be spent, and that we have no voice in the councils which determine peace or war, and no. representation in the government which reguires us to fight, to bleed and, perhaps, to die. Year’s Record of Progress. “Practically all of organized Wash- ington combines with the Board of Trade in the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation for the District to fight for the adoption of our proposed constitutional amend- ment empowering Congress to grant to residents of the District vosing rep- resentation in Congress and the elec- toral college, with access to the Fed- eral courts, . “The most notable event of the year in the joint committee’s campaign was the hearing on our proposed con- stitutional amendment in April, 1926, before the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives. “The members of the judiclary com- mittee attended these hearings in gratifyingly large numbers and gave close and sympathetic attention to our argument for District national repre- sentation, which was ably and effec- tively presented by many speakers, among whom representatives of the Board of Trade were honorably con- spicuous. We hope for a favorable report from this committee on our proposed constitutional amendment early in the approaching session of Congress. “In our campaign at the next ses- sion of Congress for the adoption of the joint resolution submitting to the State Legislatures our constitutional amendment we propose to fight vigor- ously (1) for a favorable report from the House judiciary committee on the basis of our hearings before that com- mittee last Spring and (2) for a re- iana, Nebraska., 'WASHINGTON This | | of Independence itse | who | Federal T newal in this Congress of the favor- able report upon our amendment in the last Congress by the Senate Dis trict committee. “Encouraged by the results of our efforts in the Summer and Autumn to spread far and wide the gospel of District national representation, wi are planning fgr an intensive cam paign of print’ and radio publicity which will, we hope. help to make 1927 a banner year in the promotion of the cause.” Assails Local Conditions. ndenburg in his statement ed that though the very fundamental of a democratic form of government is that the people shall have a voice in the conduct of its af fairs. this right is denied to the resi dents of the District. ‘The Declaration declares that governments “are instituted amorlg men deriving their just power from msent of the governed.” he said n a more drastic departure from | this proposition be found than in the | conditions existing in the Nation's | Capital”” he asked “Is it conceivable that the patriots barefooted and hungry fought through the Winters of the Revolu- tion. suffered the torments of hell at Valley Forge, and who tattered and torn marched against Cornwallis at Yorktown for a principle, intended that there should ever be a place in the United States where its people should be denied the rights for which they fought?" Denies Ban Intentional. “1 defy any one to show that this denial of the right of franchise to the citizens of the District was intentional on the part of the framers of the Constitution. Under this situation, is it possible that the country has grown so prosperous, so .big, and so great that it cannot rectify a mistake? Must our people year after vear on bended knees keep on petitioning Con- gress to grant us a right to which as American citizens we as# entitled?” Turning te the part played by Wash- ington residents in supporting the | Government. Mr. - Branden- | burg cited the great contributions | made to Liberty loans and the grow. ing size of the o declared: “It whll be found that in our con- tribution to the Federal Government through the payment of the same character of taxes as paid by the citizens of the States, that time and again such payments, year after vear, have exceeded ,the amount paid for like taxes of 15 to 20 States and more. tax revenues, and Pay Heavier Taxes. “A summary of the report for.the year 1924 shows that the amount of taxes paid for this purpose to the Federal Government by the citizens of the District exceeded the combined payments for sim taxe: States, namely, Arizona, Tdaho sippi, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota Vermont and Wyoming. Taxation without representation is repugnant to every theory upon which this Govern ment is formed. “Is Congress and the people of the United States longer to permit this de- parture from the fundamental princi ples of our Government?" Mr. Brandenburg concluded his ad dress with quotations from a number of Presidents of the United States in support of representation of the Dis- trict. Oppose School Site Act. Recommendations affecting other phases .of the life of the District of Columbia also were made before the | of sites for public schools, which pro-| | hibjgs the cit [land thav is | the assessed value of the piots, were | lie schools. ! | of the mass meeting by chairmen of a num- ber of committees of the Board of Trade which for some time have ac- tively been engaged in studying vari- ous negds of the city. The reports were approved. Urgent recommendations for the A ! abolition of the limitation placed by ongress last session on the purchase to pay a price for such per cent higher than | made in the report hy Paul Cromelin for the committee on public schoc Mr. Cromelin declared this prov recently the subject of much tion. was seriously endangering five-year building program for the pub now | sys- | “A very critical situation is confronting our public Ql'htl‘nl tem." id Mr. Cromelin; “a situation that is giving grave concern to offl cials of the school system. members | Board of Education, th® Dis tict Cormmissioners and all others who have at heart the interests of our hools Situation Held Serious. Your committee refers to the seri ous situation with which we are con fronted in the hindrance and impair ment, if ‘not destruction, of the so called five.year s hool building pro- gram by the enactment n"»l slation limiting the price to be paid for sites for public schools.” Due to this legislation. Mr. Crome lin said. the school building program now is at a U\vl&é:l] o far as the purchase of school sites is concerned. | and declared that unless prompt relief | is provided building of much needed schools would be stopped entirely dur ing the present vear. Prompt and decisive Washington's _citizens’ ) trade assoclations, etc., concerning this situation was rec mmended by the committee. kach community in terested in the acquisition of a par. ticular site for school purposes, said Mr. Cromelin, should see to it that proper evidence of the value of the proposed site is submitted to the Dis trict authorities or to the condemna tion jury, as the se 1 v be, and that suitable precautions be taken to insure. that the price ultimately paid in each case he fair and reasonable. action by associations, Would Remedy Measure. to the present law. My From the standpoint making the appro priation and the facts presented to it. there may have been justification for the insertion of such a prohibition as was adopted, particularly inasmuch as the dire vesult of the passage of the same was at that time unknown. and it is confidently felt that if the Congress is shown that only the fair and reasonable price of land purchased or acquired for school purpoges is paid and is to be paid, the Congress will certainly take the necessary steps to correct the existing legislation and to carry out its legislative decls tion as respects the school building program, the necessity and wisdom of which is undisputed. Odel . Smith, speaking for the public order committee, urged pas sage by Congress of legislation r garding fugitives from justice, va- grants, and to provide better regu- lation of the sale of deadl s the latter of which has for able period been recommended gen- erally by citizens of Washington. Mr. €mith, for the committee, also urged fewer arrests on the part of policemen, but greater moral suasfon in the interest of law enforcement, heavier penalties for persons convict- ed of violations “of laws. Another proposal was for the establishment of a central police headquarters building Mr. Smith reported that there were § arrests during the year ending ne 30, 1926, and that there was a noticeable and steady increase in ar- s for violations of the liquor laws. ng the fiscal year ending i 1925, he id, there were 14, rests for violation of prohibition law: and an increase to 19,204 in the year ending June, 1926. Reporting_ for the public committee, Dr. D. Percy Hickling rec ommended the establishment of publi T Referring Cromelin_said of the Congress For a Special Group of ¥75 t0 #1100 SUITS Reduced to @m@@smm@ 1325 F STREET 55 and *60 Kuppenheimer $38 L Py stations street urteenth and U si teenth street Dr. Hickling also recommended that medical nurses be employed for guarding the health of the children in the District and and refuse in the newly de-| veloped sections of the more better s in public particularly affectis apartments, heat for the Need Isolat Construction of an District chairman of the reports Lea, chair tee on insurance, and Frank Weller, chairman of the Green Speaks on A spectal feature of the meeting was | He is Thomas Edward Gre speakir Red Franklin, thrift of American Urging ‘the benefits of thrift and the red that statistics sho 100 * estates: 7 out of 100 die ““comfortabl : 8 die leavi that 84 person in its drive for funds for the erection new building w underground at Florida avenue, ets, Eighteenth road and at Park road. and Columbia and inspectors and | ventilation of of Washing collection of etter busses systems of District, pro {thing handling markets and meats quiring houses, | thesda provide » comfort of | 145550, In municipal stems of Edward R of legislation of boarding hotels, ete., to | was educated there and for solation hos- | hig also is badly n Hospital. District 1893 he that Congress eminent sanitary | transferred to a study and report | Commerce, of sewerage conditions | an attorney was made by Asa E.|about 20 years. committee | ber, 1 He the National were delivered by | Mr an_of the commit | her of the ociations urer of committee on water lheift. on thrift delivered by | daughter . national direc- | tors, Mrs. W sérvice of the | Alfred W, who declared whose b was observed th 1e example | being the first of If-made’ thday | lyn. N. Y The have afternoon at its absence, Mr. Green *d that 1 persons die leaving * estates to their £10,000 or less, and yut of 100 die leaving | slaying of his the care of their ~de- | today State prison 1id for C salty Hospital | mum sentence delivered by was secretary of [ was in i assisted by Cottrell of the executive staff of the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade Quartet gave a musical program. | EDWARD R. MAGIE, 71, DIES | Native of New Jersey Was For- merly Attorney in Department Magie, former attorney of the Department of Commerce, died his home, at Be. last night Macdis 1855, Mr. M 1 e mov parents, to Canton, 1L, in the public several father in the | Canton Register. he said | in o recommendation asked to authc the appointment committee of engineers to make publication following his appointment partment of Justice where he ha: in the solicitor He retired in Octo- University Magie has resided in Bethesda for the past 2 years. Federal and a past master and treas. Lodge, No. 204, and past patron of Bethesda . and A. M »mi Chapter, Eastern Star. survived Miss Hazel Ma liam H Phillips of this el by his a brother, Charles H Bethesda charge of the funeral services to be held at the residence tomorrow 2 o'clock Masonic 25 YEARS FOR KILLING SON JERSEY CITY Thomas Hammil, of murder in the January 21 (#) convicted y ond degree in the rear-old was sentenced Five years were cut nurder on account nith corhmendation for Webster of the jur merey. s mother’s arms Robert J the shooting. of Commerce. Jerry Offredo, a young white man, was given a term of two vears in the vears old, penitentiary today by ‘clock October with his 1860. He schools vears assisted of the three rolis df linolewm J. Williams November had a o inal record. 7 last. Saul Kessler to Washington Vo the: De. | ing_stolen He later was| Turner Department. of served as office for property, Bruce A Towney. graduated from | Harry € Law School. [ A% He was a. mem District Bar | 500 asked for clemen pointed out that there the theft of an widow. gie; two sis. nith ad Mrs. and Magie of Brook- already is charge. Other: clude J ing, one vear; Robert ¢ assault. sentenced to lodge will Bernard L. Downey riding, 10 months, Probation under s tences was extended by terday on in July, | to 25 vears in from the max-|tice before that tribunal. second degree | was Senator Shortridge of Californ! who asked that Samuel M., jr., who has law offices in San Francisco, be His request 's rec The child at the time | admitted to practjce. was granted. It Isn’t the Reductions —but the Character of the Clothes Reduced that is of most Importance Therefore there can be no equal to this Clearance Sale _ of ours—including as it does All Fashion Park Suits and Overcoats All Charter House Suits and Overcoats All Richard Austin (English) Overcoats All Mode Suits and Overcoats —the world’s best in value; and interpretations of the best in fashion. 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The Mode—F at Eleventh GETS PRISON TERM FOR LINOLEUM THEFT AT HOME IN BETHESDA | jerry offredo Shown to Have Had v e Criminal Record—Former Police- man Committed to Occoquan. ling in Criminal Division 1 A term of two years was imposed on Foster Johnson, colored, who rob bed Abraham Levitin of $5 December | months in the penitentiary for receiv and colored, was given a term for a criminal assault 18 months each also were Imposed on Trevathan and Edward W olored, for housebreaking. Johnson, a former police- man, was sent to Occoquan for one He forged a check for $500 in the name of Reginald Cross. but the court against him in Ohio in connection with automobile. Woodyard, charged with white slavery, was given one vear at Occoquan. under sentence of three vears in the penitentiary on a similar Ford, colored, housebreak rdon, colored, one year: Georgianna Madi s6n, colored, housebreaking, one year joy-riding, stx months; Richard Green, colored, joy ustice Hoeh ling to a number of prisone: Court 0.K.'s Young Shortridge. Father and son appeared yesterda before the Supreme Court seeking ad mission of the younger man to prac-