Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1930, Page 4

- BOSTONTEA PARTY DATE THRILS D.C. Citizens of Capital in Position of Those Who Founded the Nation. BY JESSE C, SUTER, -Oha L, t! s’ Joint Committee Ve Cosirgan, Oy Joint Commt found in our pre-Revolutionary his- tory. “There is likewise no historic in- eldent which applies with greatet foree to the voteless and unrepresented in- mates of the District. of Columbia. As school children the study of this ncident thrilled us with patriotic pride and fired tion. In our ma- bleak December night. Let us follow the crowd and then watch from the shore as the tea chests are broken open and the contents dumped into the d.l‘r't as trict people to pay. But to get back to our story. Arrival of Tea Cargoes. In November, 1773, there ‘arrived in Harbor ¢ of. tea, upon which the English tevied a duty the protest -of the American . Under the B:nn]m port"lll;«': not cleared af o :1%?&“1!’\050 days was liable accompanied by and a cry, “Hurrah for The coteaiis Hld out of the ‘The colonists out. of 3 Meeting House snd followed & long of what -m:ed o he Wk In- dians in march. fon’s | Wharf. These “Indians” with faces fantastically painted, feathers in their hair and wearing blankets, each carried & hatchet. When the wharf was the “Mohawks” boarded the the populace watched from the shore the chests of tea were t on deck, broken open with and contents dumped into the harbor. For two i et a4 3 § i § ‘You doubtless recall the thrilling in- eldents to the Boston Tea public debt. There seems o have been tion the of the colo- | 1o disposition on the part - nists to evad ity of r obll wtx:mmhz country. They were, however, firmly guwmm{mm«m:md no taxation by a Parliament in which had no representation. They de- elared emphatically that “taxation with- | out representation is tyranny.” Of course, the English idea of representa- tion was somewhat different from that| of the colonists. In fact, there was such & marked difference between the ‘The English believed that a yepresentative from any part of Eng- fand represented the whole nation and that the American colonists, Iaeln‘ . part of England, were consequently rep- ‘The colonists’ idea was that the voter and the representative voted must be residents of the same dis- ‘The voters of any district had the right to send one of their own citi- assembly if they were to be colonies made forceful pro- 0, the sional joint resolution, now pending in ¥ §§§E§§§ g AND FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO— On December 16, 1773 |*Our Forefathers Said—Not With - Flowers— But With Tea Leaves— This is the 157th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party? ° It was the American Colonists’ protest against Taxation without Representatior. YOU—YOU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Without a voice or vote in the making of any-of the laws of your' | country— Without a voice or vote in the vital issue of peace or war when the Republie, as it 8o often has been in the past, is eunfmnmq by grave eptergencies— Unijted States—has a right to determine at the ballot box. YOU—YOU OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Have & duty—foday—now—a duty from which the members of the Boston Tea Party did not, shrink— The duty to voice your demand for National Representation, for the right to have District of Columbia spokesmen in Con- The mu m".l bm for a square deal for Washing- ton, for relief from’ the un-American disabilities under which it now sufterss AL ke EE g K B FEils § SEERIE :EEE : i3] Congress {us and expends the resulting tax money, which makes the laws that we must |fore the Federal courts our rights are less than those of an allen. Congress Powerless. And, strange as it may seem, Congr: in 1itself is powerless to cure this de- condition. The only remedy is an amendment to the Consti- it is necessary that a congr {both houses of Congress and sponsored | by our Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia, be passed by both compief by Congress over thi , but simply would give voice and vote to| District residents in the Congress which exercises this exclusive control. Amendment in Brief. ‘The following concise statement is to make perfectly clear just what this constitutional amendment is does, as well as what it is not and does not: HIGHLY RESOLVE ; This day that the spirit of Boston Tea Party still lives in the COMMONTY CHEST | /LAUDED BY LEADERS Men Representative of All Classes Pledge Support for Coming Drive. fent. of relig & mee last night of religious, nal, ci'fic‘ and commercial body sentatives the United States Oohlm‘ th; EXPp} and pleas for its continued sup) voiced by clergymen of all ¢l religious belief, by educators, business men, tlub leaders and trade representa- tives. In the absence of John Poole, president; Edward F. Colladay, chair- man of the campaign, presided. Mr. Colladay introduced the speakers, who represented the Protestant, Jewish and Catholic peoples and both the white and colored races.' Needed Funds Are Greater. Mr. Colladay warned his listeners that owing to the demands made by the un- employment situation and the lack of reserve funds for the Chest which were used last year to complete the budget, it will be necessary this year to raise +200,000 and $250,000 more than the $1,605,000 collected last year if the Chest is to deal adequately with the burden placed upon it. The chairman then introduced cam- fln leaders seated on the platform in the audience, including ‘Simon Lyon, chairman of the metropolitan unit; E. C. Graham, chairman of the group_solicitation unit; Ernest Johns- ton, chairman of the Publicity Commit- tee; Joseph D. Kaufman, chairman of the speakers’ unit; James A. Councilor, chairman of the auditing unit; Mrs, John Jay O'Conner, chairman of the information unit, and Newbold Noyes, mflhllmmm of the Special Gifts ‘Com- Trade Board Troubles Acute. Dr. Reichelderfer, in the opening talk, stressed the relation between pub- lic and private philanthropy. Private mwe athop iie’ln uhm. has the advan- not ng hampered legisla- tive action which gives it -bl{ advan- tage over the public variety. He stressed the uniting of organizations for one campaign and the alding of every race and creed in the city, concluding by urging every citizen to aid in the com- ‘“uec:m o f: president of the Tge n the Board of Trade, declared that his organisa- tion knowsthe acute distress that must be met in ‘the next four months, and ledged the memhrnhlpto( the I&.rd 3 cent contributions to the chest to help meet the emer- ok Ji B. Colpoys, editor of .the Trade Unionist, spoke of ‘unemployment as a result of “machine- that supported to take care of those who wlrlbelnnzedv.hhwmurunluuu of unemployment. Dr. Mordecal Johnson, president of Howard University, made a plea for the Chest. He likened the Chest to “the heart of the soul of Washington.” Chest Project is Lauded. Substituting for Rabbi Abram Simon, Rabbi Julius T. Loeb declared Wash- ington fortunate in having uog‘ ll{eflm':m Chest. & ancient Hebrew laws which decreed public charity and publicity as & com- munity responsibility, . Rev. Dr. Coleman Neviis, B. J; presi- urged dent of Ooomm‘ Unm every person present to v ing advertisement for the speak- ing for it at : method “war, & splendid morale for the public, so that every citizen will feel Thomas. B. Littlepage, speaking f mcmm«m,mmtg :fit‘r&’d“:hc?h:;tn"mentmu- irem of clvilized _society” that its m\lltbel::é. b FHES l(l;lofl'l . James E. Freeman, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Washington, de- e S Tk R e - u) has come for o g The Advantages of This Association Are Many Chief among it enables members to make ular monthly savings that hllhu-thmmwm ips them Distrie H i 3 5?@ i Oven Daily 9 to & Saturdass Until Neon NAtlonal 1381 THE U S TREASURY 949 9th Strect. N'W, 957 WE PAY . o/_ ON SAVINGS o This is what happened when a plane about to take off and one about to smashed head on at Roosevelt Field, N. Y. Four occupants were injured land in the unusual erack-up. —A. P. Photo. FREEDMAN HOSPITAL BIDS TO BE OPENED Fine Arts Group Approves Plans for $155,000 Wing Addition. Pollowing approval of plans by the Fine Arts Commission, Bids for the em-mxgugn of a new uu,o&umvtnq of Freedmen's Hospital, at Bryant streets, will be opened at ‘Ygg* hmmul:ewmwentt.h&u 8, it was Ann at lepartment. The new addition fs to house a ma- ternity ward unit at the institution. The new structure will be of fire- roof construction throughout and will modernly egulpped. It will be 40 feet wide by 118 feet long, with an ell connection to present buildings, which are 85 feet long by 31 feet wide. our FORMER PRODIGY WIRES CASH TO PAY FOR CHECK Warrant Had Been Issued for Win. ifred Sackville Stoner When Paper Came Back. 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