Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1930, Page 10

A—10 = THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 23, MALPEYSERASKS VOTE FOR DISTRICT Former President of Bar As- sociation Makes Plea in Radio Address. “Running up and down the confines of this great collnlry," said Maj. Julius 1. Peyser, in a radio address last nllh! on the subject of national representa- e o e have ‘wor] the Dh(.’r?:?pnll Columbia Illdm:" k, Peyser formerly was president of Bar Association here and is a p‘lt de- partment commander of the American Legion. “The v:rbosity is very interesting,” he said, “but the knowledge consists of a series of written information of dis- mal and dreary mistakes. “You may approach any citizen in mr travels and make a wager that he not a skeleton of an idea whether the District of Columbia is a State, a territory, a city or a monstrosity.” In at least one respect, the relation of the people to the system by which they are controlled politically, the Dis- trict is a monstrosity, sald Maj. Pan Speaking from Station WMAL, under auspices of the Citizens' Joint Commit- tee on National Heprsenuwm he em- ployed sarcasm and irony in drawing 2 lively picture of the District as & map covered by “four D's—defects, derelic- tions, defaults and deficiencies. “You can turn to the nm.horluu on the District of Columbia,” he said, “and learn that Washington, or the District, is governed by Congress, or by the Sen- ate, or by chance, or opportunity. Each has a up‘nte and w-k-kneed inter- pretation.” One thing is certain, he said, that conditions in the District |: they now exist, among people “withou suffrage for the citizenship and with- out residents in official life,” is “de- plorable. Clzim Bzsed on Fundamenta! Right. “The claim for national represents- | it sees At | B 2 i A Far ¥ do the the mn:u:zoz Columbia bear District the Dusumsmetreu!vemmm- stitutional g:.n.ntees that are given citizens of States? We are texed rough Congress without any by the MAJ. JULIUS I. PEYSER. —Star Staff Photo. lumbia 1s a gteec of land set apart to contain the City of Washington, which is the seat of the Federal Government. It is governed by three Commissioners, appointed by the President, and has no local legislature nor municipal govern- ment, the only legislative authority being Congress.’ gaze e city or district which skins along from day to day and into eternity in piness without the of 2 munie) government. The Commissioners have under them a de- fined municipal government and they frame regulations in conformity with the lews passed by the United States Co.m Ashley’s ‘The Ame.-:m:: Ped- St Povermse b Congress 35 umbls is ess as 1870 the city was allowed =0 neu'.n: municipa! govern- ment. Thex for some years it was gvnrud:mu\e Congress; -td:u‘t‘laennzre".w_u’buz lamentation of the court in the case of Geoffrey vs. m{gs it was concluded that the District of Columbia was a stitution and the Treaty of Paris, giv- ing an alien the right to inherit real t‘z:t.lte' lgg. 'Ee:m]dmthe ahunn'm‘nl It not a for the purpose of giving a citizen the right to sue in a Federal Court but only for the purpose of giv- ing an alien the right to inherit prop- erty. Are Citizens Just Strangers? “Are persons residing in the District of Columbia convinced whether they 2ve allens or denizens? Are they just strangers v‘t!-‘* the gates? the 2ot cf Congress cf July 18, 1780, providing for the scoeptance of terri- tory, and which territory was not to ex- cece 10 miles square, to be locztad on the Potomac River between the Eastarn Branch and ths Connochesgue, will cczelustvely prove thet ths of the territory is now proved il and that ths municipsl status of District of Columbiz 2s now constituted is wrong. The peculiar growth of the 7 | District of Columbia is 2 constant and . The infractions of the assumed suthority 74 caused the District of 'LséL' 2 howling suc- Sp! wn failure. In 1872 L.e Distriet of CO!“ nbis wes tolvex:z, yet in two years, without any tOrY | dinary burden of expenses, 1t wes 8- United - States? | )’ 15| Vi 8 E . §25a85% FUERE H sggg‘g Bot fels &gfifig sggg 3 2o H gee “Not only do we face outside h.ndlm'dl, non-resident polif luuveopholflumnol columbh face outside mmn!mflm, is governed by or the Ben- ate, or by chn%pwflunnw has a separate and wenk-kn.od Inur- 're_}xl‘:lon r suffrage mz 1t three Comml.uinmmw ot t”hg; eivilians and one an Army r£ '-:‘hec I:I:mn of celux;:,bh accord- ws enacted Congress, and are appointed by the President and eonfirmed by the s:nne ‘The Hon. his American Com- James Bryce th ‘The District of Co- Special This Week Toric Lenses ———— Fine Quality Lenses, to See Far or Nur— Fitted to Your Eyes Speciat $3-00 Up “Every Pair of Glasses Guaranteed” Eyes Examined FREE by Dr. A. 8. Shah Shah Optical Co. y 812F St.N.W. 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The ecm:mmee 2p- pointed to invesl.slbe the affairs recom- mended to Congress the a.ppo!nunem of liquidating trustees so as to permit the District of Columbiz to die in peace. The four ‘D's'—defects, derelictions, defsults and deficlences—cover the mep of the District of Columbis. In the bill na.s.:edd ':;s!”gmbgecm 2s the vulso'y ucation wes pro- vided inspectors be =appointed lously low price. State within the meaning of the Con- | ! Sale Price under the child labor law. No child labor law was passed until after 1908. President Roosevelt in his fourth an- ual it was mortify- compulsory school attendance law lnd that careful inquiries indicate the habitual absence from the school’ It required the Pre-ldmt of the United States to be mortified to obmn relicf for the schools. Since President Harri- son, all of the Presidents have asked Congress to meet the many needs of the District of Columblia, yet no was made into the reasons for the real and actual need of assistance. President Arthur, in one of his annual reports, “The report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia is herewith | pary transmitted. I ask for its careful at- taxes and increase of water &ply The Commissioners who were appo! under the act of June 16, 1883, entitled late and improve the . the umfld States’ en- u] discharge of Tt then President had forgotten that the Commissioners of the District of Columbia were not the same & the commissioners of the Civil Serv- Conditions Held Deplorable. “The conditions of the District of Co- lumbia as they now exist, without suf- rnfe for the citizenship and without dents in official llle is deplorable. Lacking vote, residents for ll’l have been appeflln( to Congress be priv- lleged to vote for huldem and Vice President and for representation in the Hmme of Representatives and the Sen- “'me claim for national representa- tion is based upon the mndnnenul right of a citizen of a republic b’;’ par- . an the Constitution empowers Congress to gve and grant unto to residents of the t of Columbia the same right and privilege, in fact, the same right and privilege that is given to the resi- dent of any of the insular or other pos- sessions. There is nof in the A study of m its own way, leflhhmmm'm the right o! mflnn be exercised. Congress is glving u&.um Tt of Colum \ 1930—PART ONE. % WOMEN TO DEPLORE % VOTELESS STATUS . e| District League to Join in Na- direct participation in the affairs of the United Btltel and an indirect partici- pation in the affairs of the District. “Will those who hear me help to be mdpueelonhnmtmbet— ter the conditions of the residents of the Help those who are in- terested in this movement to persuade their friends in the Senate and in the get acquainted ith the amendment -nd vhen they e the name of the voleless e uml ve f the Dis- o OSMabin & pE Ay i e DRI O Marriage Licenses. Irving k W.lth a“:nfl'l‘ull; B. Eg- slesto : g Katherine L. tmore, Md: Judse “llfilnll’ John 8. Dofl!l. 25, lnd l‘llnol’ J. Wible, o W, Taplor. 31 Ihls Chiy, and M jor. 5 ity " poth . Beckwith, 2. mrml’nm:n M leuldl. 2% and Marion L. Rev. H. 8 Fiaingr, 58 M0 Hatnter, wa. and Dorothy V. Wameling, this Rev. J. Harvey Dunham. Edward A. Garrison. ir., 21. and Willa E. pi%p b0th of Richimond, Va.i Rev. 21, and Bdith E. Richmond, Va.; Rev. 41, and lena B. Va.; Rev. 4 Huited tional Celebration of Suffrage. ‘The voteless status of women in Washington will be contrasted to m voting power of women throughout the States next Wednesday whzn f.h: Dis- trict ot Columbia mgu Voters will hold a “celebration,” llllul- outthemntry,mmo{me tenth anniversary of woman suffrage. ‘The local meeting will be & luncheon at Stoneleigh coun at 1 o'clock, with Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, mmnl. presiding. Two woman members Congress, Mrs. Mary Norton of Ne' .vemy and Mrs. !lm Kshn of OA!- fornia; Mrs. A. Harriman, dent of the !‘u\le of Repul Women; Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, president of the Women's National Democratic Club, and Mrs. w. lley of the National Council of the National Woman's Party, are among the honor guests who have accepted the league's lnvih"on to participate. Radio Broadcast Planned. 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There will be a special tenth birthday party in Denver, league luncheons in Helena and Great Falls, Mont., and also in Salt Lake City. The radio voices will find members of the Iowa e assembled in annual convention at r Rapids, where a luncheon is planned in honor of Mrs. Catt, whose suffrage career be- gan In that State. Te Revive “Yellow Umbrellas.” The famous “yellow umbrellas” an old-time suffrage parade will be carried in procession around the tables at the luncheon planned in St\ Louis, Mo. Minneapolis and other " local es in Minnesota are making their celebrations the occasions of honoring new members just entering upon their league careers, In Houston, Tex., more than 250 woman voters will be of listening in at a luncheon, and Wis- consin reports plans for celebration in nearly every local league. Illinois is to have several luncheons, the chief one in Chicago, with Miss Julia Lathrop, a counselor of the Na- tional League of Women Voters, as its guest of honor. Indiana reports “parties all over the State.” Six county leagues in Michigan are ready for lunch- eons. Detroit is to have a brilliant affair at the Hotel Statler, with Mrs. John H. Rosenstiel of cmeun, national league director, as speaker. Cleveland and many other cities and vmu- in Ohio are scheduled for .M"u-finm Massachusetts 15 to fitting date, the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts Suf- frage Association A large luncheon in Boston is to be addressed headed by Alice Stone B! celebration in every leagus New Jersey's goal. Connecticut, Mary- land and Vermont are other Eastern Btates planning various kinds _of recognition evenis. Rhode Island has a large luncheon in Providenee, Penn- sylvania expects more than 200 at a Philadelphia luncheon‘ Florida's cele- bration is to be in Miami, and West Virginia has five “listening-in" parties planned. 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