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It was the last of & spe- cial series of radio progiams arreng:d by the Citizens' Joint Committee on National Representation for the District in an appeal for representation tor the disiranchised residents of the Capital. |~ “The granting of national representa- | tion to tne District of Columbia appears |to be a proposition so simple, so rea- sonable, that the great wonder is that it has not been granted long ago,” Mr. Kuhn declared. Foreseeing successtul conclusion of the movement to this end, he said “The dawn of political emancipation THE EVENING i | |surely approaches in the rapidly crys-, | tallizing belief of the Nation that all citizens should have those rights so eloguently set forth by our foretathers, and that there should be no exception in their National Capital.” Answers Questions Raised. Directly answering one by one ques- tions Was! t college, and providing access to the Feaeral courts in civil cases, as pro- ngon voting representation in posed :n the joint resolution now beiore ' afr Congress. the speaker closed with an appeal to local citizens actively persistently to demand their rights un- de. the American form of democratic government until this right be granted. Mr. Kuhn spoke as tollows “To be an American is the greatest privilege of mankind today. “To countenance anything that will make any American citizen less an American should be unthinkable “Yet sucn a condition exisis today. By a governmental decree many scores of years ago nearl: 600,000 good Ameri- can citizens today are deprived of those privileges inherent in their national birthright, namely, citizens of the Dis- trict of Columbia, who reside in the Capital of a Nation which was founded upon the broadest interpretation of the rights of man—upon the principle ‘jus- tice to all." | “But just as these disenfranchised citizens of the District have with pa- tience, fortitude and courage struggled forwarc in political darkness, just so do they today tace the light. The dawn of political emancipation surely ap- | proaches in the rapidly crystallizing be- |lief of the Nation that all citizens 'should have those rights so eloquently set forth by our forefathers, and that | there should be no exception in the | case of their National Capital. Resolution Pending in Congress. | *“Pending before the Judiciary com- | mittees of both the Senate and House of Representatives is a congressional joint resolution proposing an amend- ment to the Constitution of the United States, leading to the grant of voting representation to the residents of the District of Columbia in Congress. This would be accomplished by the selection of one or two Senators and by such voice in the House of Representatives as would be determined by the scope of | population. Presidential electors equal |in number to aggregate representation ## |In the Senate and House would be made Here are Vesta and Elaine, beautiful daughters of Mrs. E. Nalley, 517 Eleventh St. SE. Washington. Their mother’s ex- rience shows what can be done keep children robust. She says: “Since I found out how good Cal- ifornia Fig Syrup is, I have kept some in the house. It always helps my girls. 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Co-operating in this move- | ment are to be found such great national | organizations as the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, American | Federation of Labor, National League of Women Voters, National Retail Coal Merchants’ Association, International Typographical Union, National Federa- tion of Federal Employes, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, | American Federation of Soroptomist Clubs and the National Council of Jew- | ish Women., | *“Acquisitions of support, both national !and local, as well as among members |of the Congress, make the outlook for | early favorable action upon this propo- sition brighter than at any time during the number of years its pioneer sup- porters have worked earnestly for its fulfillment. “The granting of national representa- | tion to the residents of the District of Columbia appears to be a proposition | 50 simple, s0 reasonable. that the great | wonder is that it has not been granted l long 2go. “So one-sided does it appear that POOR COMPLEXION? 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Have there not been ilaid down very definite basic princi- | ples—all men are created free and | equal and endowed with certain inalien- {able rights and ‘governments derive their just power from the consent of {the governed'? There is no uncertainty in the Declaration of Independence, and [these principles are supposed to be ‘fully guaranteed by the Constitution. . The Nation and its component parts— |the States—are guaranteed republican | forms of government. Thus, by infer- ence, a guarantee is given to every citi- zen he shall have the right to live under and be a full shareholder in a_demo- ! cratic republican form of government. | “The only way in which any one may participate as a shareholder in the'af- Ifairs of any republic is through the ballot box. If that channel be closed to | him, the Nation ceases to be a republic, |0 far as he is concerned, constitutional guarantees to the contrary. Surely it| will be conceded there is. a natural basic right inherent to the citizen to. | participate in the affairs of the Nation lin the only way such participation is possible. “To deny the American citizens such basic right as the ballot and consequent | representation in the councils of the, Nation there must be offered some valid reason. It must be shown that there is individual unfitness, or the granting of such rights would iniure the Nation as Last Week Mrs. L. J. L. Spent only $2.31 2 Men’s Shirts 2 Pieces Underwear She used (unstarched) It cost her only $2.31 (Compare your laundry with hers) Her laundry bag contained}—r Finished Family Service but beautifully STAR. ASKS VOTE FOR DISTRICT regarding the plan for giing there seems to be analytical value in!a whole, or in some way impair the rights of the sovereign States which Houscand Sena.c anud mtneelectoral | in order that any possible reasons for make up our national family. “Does the average resident of the District of Columbia meet the require- ments of individual fitness? Surely he is not to be classed with those who are vecognized as being definitely unfit. He is neither an imbecile nor a lunatic. He possesses full intelligence and meas- ures up to the highest educational qual- ifications. H> is neither an illeterate nor a criminal. “He is law-abiding, public-spirited. patriotic. and always has cheerfully borne the buidens and met the obliga- tions of American citizenship in a man- ner second to none. Who is there to cha'lenge that? Wito desires to chal- lenge it? “So much for the District citizen, in- dividually and collectively. “If the individual citizen fully meas- ures up to the qualifications for recog- nition as a thoroughgoing American oitizen, what, then, is the obstacle to granting him the vote and voting repre- sentation in the national legislature which makes the laws which he must obey, which levies the taxes which he must pay, which disposes of the result- ing tax money, which declares the wars in which he must fight, and which de~ cides the terms of eace? “What possible injury can come to the Nation? In what way will the rights of the States be impaired through the recognition of the District resident as an able American citizen? What can be gained by not according certain na- tional rights to him? “It may be asserted that the Consti- tution has given Congress the power of -exclusive legislation in all cases what- soever over the seat of the Federal Gov- ernment. That is true. But where, by the farthest stretch of imagination, can WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, |there be found impairment of that | power by permitting District residents |to elect a fractional part of the Con- | gress, elect a fractional part of the electoral college. and, incidentally, have the same participation in the affairs of the National Capital as is exercised in | this same respect by every patriotic citizen in any State or any ecity on election day? What harm can come to | the Nation or the States in permitting the District residents in the same man- ner other Americans to vote for the President, who appoints the administra- | tive and judicial officers for the Dis- trict of Columbia? 1 Would Not Make District a State. | “It is claimed that the rights of the States will be impaired through grant- ing the ballot and national representa- tion to District residents. The granting of such rights does not admit the Dis- trict to Statehood. Its residents would be given the status of the citizens of a State for the sole purpose of representa- tion, but no new sovereignty would be created. A certain national citizenship | | status would be given to these resi- | dents. Representation in the Senate {br one or two Senators would in no | way deprive any State of its guaranteed right to equal representation in that body. There can be no imaginable in- jury to the States through such repre- sentation in the House of Representa- tives, where such representation is ap- portioned according to population. “Greater harm is being done, both to | the Nation and to the States, through | this _continued denial of the’ right of | the ballot and consequent representa- tion than could possibly come through the grant. ] “The Nation at large and the several States are entitled to the full benefit of | the council of the very best minds and | hearts of the Capital of the Republic. | The residents of the District of Colum- | | bia, by reason of their point of vantage, have acquired, almost unconsciously, an intimate knowledge of the workings of the Nation. Therefore, there are no people better equipped for rendering in- | telligent national service through their ! duly elected representatives. “Do you tell us that it was not the intent of the forefathers who founded this Republic that the District resident | should have any voice in the Govern- “Such an idea would be far afield of actual truth. When the seat of the Government was established in the Dis- trict of Columbia. in 1800, two thriving, self-governed towns were here—George- town and Alexandria. Congress in 1802 set up a third government, known as the Corporation of the City of Wash- ington. This form of local self-govern- ment continued for about 70 years, and it is interesting to note that it' was established by the very forefathers who, some would tell us, did not intend the residents of the seat of Government should have any participation whatever in the Government. Many of these very men who framed the Constitution, in their addresses and in their writings, clearly indicated that eventually there would be a participation in the affairs of the National Government by the vesidents of the seat of Government. | | Will Net Disturb Control. | “Some may tell us that the Federal | Government has large interests here, | and that the people throughout the country are vitally interested in main- | taining national control over its Capi- tal City. That's as it should be. But how, pray tell us, will the granting of a vote in the national elections and voting representation in the Congress and electoral college in any way disturb this national control? “The seat of Government is very definitely placed by the Constitution under the exclusive legislative control of Congress. 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Complacency it by the very force of your intelligent should not exist in the minds and the demand. hearts of District of Columbia citizens. | “Patriots of old won their right to “Some would tell us that the District| “It is not sufficient to merely agree; that designation through the forceful ' of Columbia at one time possessed the it is not sufficient to merely pass elab- union of individual t. Their de- ballot and that this system was a com- | orate resolutions; it is not sufficient to mands being predica plete failure because of the large col-| merely resolve to do—each citizen of and right, they achieved victory. and ored population. I have already men- | the District of Columbia should rjse thereby laid the foundation stones for tioned the fact that fdk 70 years there | with the knowledge that he is right and this Nation. Each citizen of the Dis- was practical local self-government | further the great principles of justice. !trict of Columbia has it within his through the manhood suffrage of the and persistently should demand all power to contribute largely in the bat- District residents. This suffrage was/those privileges embraced in the Magna | tle to obtain a real citizenship for the purely for election of local officials, and | Charta of American citizenship. National Capital. And when the Dis- any bad, unsatisfactory conditions to-| “Rally around the banners of those | trict shall have won a citizenship with- ward the close of this period gan:l:blymbo today have brought this cause so|in the fullest meaning of the term let were due more to the failure of ese | forciply to the attention of Congress your name stand high in ranks of to properly legislate than to any other and the Nation. Contribute your those who have achieved. ent cause. The very crude election laws| personal effort, so that organized action | there must be if justice and liberty and of the times. the newly acquired citi- be made unanimous. Convince the Na- |full citizenship are to remain the chief zenship by the recently emancipated | tion that Washington citizenry is an|factors in any of our and unprepared slaves created scan- aroused citizenry. You mest convince | American heritage.” dalous conditions in other communities Twelfth & F Berberich” Twelfth & F during the reconstruction ] “Such conditions elsewhere never have been used as an argument to - vent other American communities from exercising the privilege of the ballot in national _elections. ~ Modern _election laws and the secret ballot, then un- known, but, above all, an educated, enlightened civic spirit of our colored citizens, have reduced the possibility for such abuse. Is it not a slur upon them and a slur upon the potential white voting population to say they are unfit for the greatest of all American privileges—the right of ballot? Neglect to Vote Is Menace. “Today the real danger to municipal- ity, State and Union is to be found in the neglect of citizens to perform that fundamental obligation of citizenship by participation in the elections. The exercise of the right of suffrage is & citizen’s most sacred obligation. But here I would impress you—the question of suffrage for local officers has no part in this discussion. Representation for the District of Columbia is national in its character. “Some Federal employes in the Dis- trict of Columbia holding voting resi- dence in the States have raised the question, ‘What is to become of us in event of representation being granted to the District of Columbia?’ “They may rest assured that there is nothing in "this proposed amendment which will in any way affect their status. As non-resident voters in a State, they are, of course. subject to the laws of that State governing such voting_privileges. This privilege may be withdrawn or modified by the State at any time, but it is difficult to see how they will in any way be affected by granting the ballot and voting repre- sentation to the large body of Ameri- cans who claim no place otaer than the Nation’s Capital as thefr legal residence, “The population of the District of Columbia, according to the Federal cen sus of 1920, was 437,571. It is esti- mated that this number has been in- creased to about 560,000 or more at the present time. It is estimated that the number of legal residents of the States of voting age does not exceed 65,000, which estimate is considered to be very conservative. This deducted from the population of those more than 21 years of age leaves at least 250,000 potential voters. Fear of Personal Loss Dispelled. “This would give the District a vot- ing_constituency. after these most lib- eral deductions, greater than those of eight States—Idaho, Utah, Vermont, Arizona, New Mexico, Delaware, Wyom: ing and Nevada. There is no occasion for concern on the part of the Federal employe in the District of Columbia who holds voting residence in the States. ‘There should be no fear of injury by any interests or group through the ex- tension of these natural political rights to District residents. “Hearty agreement on an issue means nothing unless there is crystallized a firm determination to see this great re- Spring Brings an important announcement from our greater Millinery Salon Within the removal of our Millinery Salon to the Sece . ond Floor of our store we present to our patrons one of the city’s most compree hensive displays of fine re- productions and adaptations of dressmaker hats. 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