Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 21

Capper Calls Lack 0fD. C. Vote Example 0f Dictatorship Legislators Inconsistent In Scoring Despots and | Barring Suffrage, He Says Members of Congress have no right to denounce dictatorships in Europe as long as they withhold suffrage from the residents of their own Na- tional Capital, Senator Capper, Re- publican of Kansas, told the Politi- cal Study Club of Washington yes- terday afternoon. Sponsor of the pending resolution for a constitutional amendment em- powering Congress to grant the Dis- trict representation in Congress and the right to vote in presidential elections, Senator Capper told his audience he believes the country as & whole “is coming to realize the in- Justice perpetrated upon the resi- dents of the District of Columbia.” “What right have we in Congress to hurl denunciations and epithets | at dictatorships and totalitarian Ktates in other parts of the world, when an almost perfect example of such irresponsible forms of gov- ernment is maintained by our Na- tional Government in our ewn Na- tional Capital?” the Kansan asked. Time Is Long Overdue. “To my mind, the time is long overdue for correcting so un-Ameri- can a condition of government as exists here in the District of Co- lumbia. If democracy is right and proper for the government of our States and of our Nation, it is right and proper that the same system be established and main- tained in the Capital, and there should be no delay in removing this dangerous political cancer from the heart of the body politic.” Senator Capper pointed out that more than half-million residents of Washington meet all of the ob- ligations of citizenship in war and in peace, that they are intelligent, public spirited and patriotic, “but when it comes to their possession and exercise of vital and funda- mental political rights, they are rated in the same class as the crim- inal and the lunatic.” Turning to national and interna- tional affairs, Senator Capper op- posed a third term for any Presi- dent, and urged America to keep out of the war in Europe. Declaring it would not be good for the coun- try to have either the Republicans or Democrats remain in power con- tinuously, Senator Capper said he| believes the Nation needs a change | in administration now. Sees Peril in Third Term. “And.” he continued, “while I have great admiration for the present oc- cupant of the White House, and recognize his strength with the peo- ple, I say unequivocally that I al- ways have believed, and believe now, that third terms, no matter how pop- ular a President may be, will deal & serious blow at representative de- mocracy; will insure executive domi- nation of the judiciary, and bring about either rubber-stamp Con- gresses or stalemates Between White House and Congress that will nullify attempts at action when action is needed.” In urging the United States to re- main out of the war, Senator Capper said this country should be ade- quately prepared for whatever emer- gencies arise during or after the present conflict. The Program. Mrs. Edgar Boyd Key, president of the Political ‘Study Club, presided. The salute to the flag was led by Dr. | Ella R. Fales. { Mrs. Harry Englebright intro- duced the honor guest of the day, Mrs. Charles McNary, wife of Sena- tor McNary. Other honor guests were Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, Mrs. Henry Al- berts, Mrs. James C. Wilkes and Mrs. Sophocles Papas. It was announced that the an- nual breakfast, the largest social affair held by the club, will take place at the Mayflower Hotel, May; 11. Mrs. Edward Campbell Shields, | chairman, said outstanding speakers | and artists would appear on the | program. Hundreds of reservations | already have been received. Committee fo Resume N. L. R. B. Quiz Wednesday Hearings of the special House eommittee investigating the Na- tional Labor Relations Board will be resumed Wednesday, Chairman Smith announced yesterday. The hearings were suspended early in March, after continuing at inter- vals since December. During the recess the chairman and two other members of the com- mittee—Representatives Halleck of Indiana and Routzohn of Ohio, both Republican—joined in a ma- Jority report recommending 17 amendments to the Wagner Act, some of them drastic. Meanwhile the House Labor Com- mittee, to which the Smith bill was referred, adopted a bill of its own, calling for milder amendments to the labor relations law. The House Rules Committee de- cided yesterday to report the bill drafted by Labor Committee Chair- man Norton under an “open” rule, which will make it in order to move the Smith bill as a substitute or to offer any of the proposed Smith amendments. No date has been set for thresh- Ing out this legislative row on the floor of the House, but it is not ex- pected to come up before the week of April 29, Brazil has an investigation as to why amall sardines cost four times as much as large ones. American Radiator Co. WA o UP TO 3 YEARS TO PAY A. Rates-—1st Payment October Interfe th Present H Wnile “Gur Yastliation “Is- M. Coal, Oil or Gas Estimate Free, Day or Night ROYAL HEATING CO. 907 15th St. N.W. NAtl. 3803 Charles E. Speiden, 232 South Carolina avenue SE., cele- brated their 55th wedding an- niversary yesterday. They were the guests of honor at.a family party held at their home. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Socialist Labor Talk Today George Bopp, national organizer for the Socialist Labor party, will speak at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Raleizh Hotel on “American- ism.” The lecture will be followed by a question period. ¥ THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Civil Rights Parley Hears Sharp Atfack On J. Edgar Hoover F. B. I. Head for Liberties Of All Save Critics, Pressman Declares Hearing a sharp attack. on J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the two- day Conference on Civil Rights opened here yesterday under the sponsorship of the Washington Com- mittee for Democratic Action. Merle D. Vincent, president, told the delegates at the Washington Hotel: “We in America are not outside the orbit of current hideous events either in Europe or the Far East which are destroying or suppressing normal habits and processes of life. ‘We cannot directly solve those prob- lems, Perhaps we can influence the course of future events by maintain- ing here in America the freedom and securities of & democracy.” Lee Pressman, counsel for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, criticized Mr. Hoover for “pretend- ing to be all for civil liberties, that l‘:lm eficept for those who criticize Mr. Vincent said civil liberties in this country are endangered by “in- quisitorial activities” under the “‘guise of patriotism” which are “in- tended to suppress freedom of thinke ing, freedom of speech and lawful orggnizations of citizens.” He named as illustrations of his point the Dies Committee and the House Committee investigating the Na- tional Labor Relations Board. The conference will close to- night with a “Town Meeting” on the peculiar problems confronting Washington—the questions of suf- frage, taxation, housing, cost of living, youth, civil rights and un- employment relief. The conference opens its sessions at 10 am. today with a discussion of “Civil Rights and Minority Groups.” At 2 pm. the conference hears reports on programs for action'to withstand attacks on American civil liberties. The “Town Meeting” begins at 8:15 pm, with Dr. Richard W. Hogue as moderator of the discus- sion. D. C, APRIL 21, 1940—PART ONE. Armistice Declared In Army Maneuvers To Allow Crifique - Friends, Foes, Neutrals Go Over Campaigning Of First Week By the Associated Press. FORT BENNING, Ga. April+20. —Friends, foes and neutrals frater- nized in a'theater:tent here today for the official analysis of the first week's campaigning in maneuvers designed to test the streamlined Army Corps setup. It's called a critique. A week end armistice permitted the peaceful assembly of officers of the Fourth Corps Blues, the Pro- visional Corps Reds and the referee control group for a discussion of what they did and didn't do in mock combat over 600 square miles of West Georgia in the last six days. Enlisted men will hear about it later. They have another week of fleld work here. Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short, commander of the Fourth He will lead 45,000, men against the Ninth Corps of about 25,000, headed by Maj. Gen. Walter Kreuger, in the Sabine River Valley of Louisiana and Texas May 5, for climactic war games of the “Third Army;” region- al training force. General comment on performance of Fourth Corps units was “good.” Particularly pleasing was the way new motor transports, four-wheel for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, ° containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. 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