Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1935, Page 6

A—6 VOTELESS WOMEN - PLEDGED SUPPORT ?‘;Capper and Copeland Will = Help, They Say—Edson Hero of Evening. Two Senators pledged support to national representation for the Dis- ~trict at the dinner rally last night of ~the Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters, but the hero of the evening was 90-year-old John Joy Edson, Nestor of Washington's financial and civic circles. Drawing applause from the 100 or -more women present, Mr. Edson dra- ‘matically expressed his desire to vote before he dies and deplored 75 years “of disfranchisement in the Capital of the country he defended as a soldier. “I want to vote before I die” he said simply. “I have lived here for 75 years and have never been allowed to ~vote. I have studied this situation and have seen and felt the injustice of it. ‘The relations between the Fed- eral Government and the District will never be settled until the District is “permitted national representation.” “Unjustly Treated.” “I think I have been unjustly treat- ed myself,” continued the white- haired vice president of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Repre- sentation. “I have served this Gov- ernment as & soldier, but have never been privileged to vote. Yet I hope some day to have the right to vote for the Government I helped to defend.” Aside from Senator Capper, Repub- lican, of Kansas and Senator Cope- land, Democrat, of New York, who voiced their approval of national rep- resentation, the meeting at the la _Fayette Hotel received an encouraging message also from Chairman Norton “of the House District Committee. In & note read to the audience Mrs. Norton expressed the hope that “at & not far distant time the District citi- zens will have control over their own affairs.” Mrs. Richard Hogue, president of the Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters, presided at the opening of the meeting and then turned introductions over to Mrs. *Charles H. Weston, chairman of the committee in charge. League Work Lauded. Senator Capper praised the work of the local league in behalf of the schools and housing especially, but declared their greatest service had been rendered in support of national representation for the District.* He said progress was being made. Senator Capper has sponsored the resolution now before the Senate to permit citizens of the District to have representation in Congress and the ~Electoral College. He stressed the need for continued agitation for the constitutional amendment which would remove from District citizens the stig- ma of disenfrancisement. “Mr. Edson’s speech is unanswer- able from any argument,” he sald. “It is unthinkable that this fountain- head of democracy, the Capital City, so regarded the world over, has not a voice in the affairs of government. Senator Capper said he believed the “cause is stronger than it has ever been” and in pledging his own support suggested that the league mar- shal all the outside support possible. Copeland Is Supporter. Senator Copeland explained the re- lations between the District and Con- gress and the constitutional powers which, he said, can be changed only by the amendment he joined with Capper in advocating. He declared he believed the Capper resolution is “perfectly proper.” “As for local self-determination, I believe in that, t00,” he added. Copeland said that if all the facts are represented to the Nation, it would be possible to secure adoption of a constitutional amendment which would assure complete political inde- pendence for the District. He ex- pressed the opinion that at least 80 per cent of the people in the country are unaware of the peculiar situation of voteless residents of Washington. Representative Greenway of Ari- zona, one of the honor guests intro- duced, also gave a few words of en- couragement. Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee on National Representation for the District, briefly outlined the aims of the movement. “National representation in no way effects the government in the Dis- trict,” he said. ‘“Congress can change that at any time. So there is no attempt in the amendment to take the control over the District of Co- lumbia from Congress.” Support for the campaign was voiced also by officers of the Na- tional League of Women Voters. Miss Marguerite Wells, president, said the national league would never cease to campaign for the amendment and predicted success. She said there was :g:;:?nnadf slymputhly and under- g of the voteless conditios District citisens, oo Miss Belle Sherwin, past president of the national league, sald: “The situation in the District only strength- ens the conviction that all must have the vote.” Mrs. Louls Ottenberg, legislative chairman of the national ln;x:. and Miss Edna Johnston, a member of the local Dinner Committee,, also spoke. Rl OLD ALMANAC FOUND Publication Claimed to Have Been Aide for Columbus. MUNICH, Germany, February 27 (#). — The astronomical almanac which enabled Christopher Columbus to discover the new hemisphere in 1492 is claimed to have been found at Seville, Spain, by Ernest Zinner, pro- fessor of astronomy at Erlangen Uni- wversity, The almanac was issued at Koenigs- berg in 1481 by Johann Mueller. The pages contain marginal notes which, Zinner believes, Columbus wrote, there- by challenging the theory that it was the work of the Astronomer Zacuto which made possible the discovery of the Americas. I | | Guests of Voteless D. C. Distinguished guests photographed last night at the national representation dinner given by the Voteless League of Women Voters at the Lafayette Hotel. Left to right, seated at the speakers’ table: Senator Copeland, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TREASURY SPEEDS BABY Sale to Be Launched Friday to Provi Spel By the Associa! Pleased with the money-saving suc- cess of & new borrowing operation, Treasury officials plans for launching“Friday & Nation- | wide “baby ‘This first written in sizes as small as $25 for the “little fellow” was expectéd to pro- vide & new source of spending money, not of large present-day a substantial month, ‘The latest tion constituted & new departure. Nine-month count basis for the first time, and the $50,000,000 offering was heavily over- The Mrs, Richard Hogue, president of the league; Senator Capper, Representative Greenway and John Joy Edson. DEATH LEAP FOILED “Wonder Man"” Tries Plunge, Irked by‘ Alimony Suit. LOS ANGELES, February 27 (®).— A few moments after he was ordered to pey his estranged wife $200 a month temporary alimony pending divorce proceedings, Howard Musick, patent medicine manufacturer and self-ac- claimed “wonder man,” yesterday made s dash for a window on the tenth floor of the City Hall, officers said, shouting: “I might just as well jump out the window!” Musick was prevented from leaping by a court interpreter, Court Commis- sioner E. D. Doyle sald. His wife said he had an income of $2,000 a month. = ey More Electricity Used. Electricity consumption in the Mel- | bourne district of Australia increased | | nearly 20 per cent last year. Saltz Brothers Clean-Up Sale! 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