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Kennedy Promises
To Include Suffrage
In Reorganization
Representative Plans
To Introduce Revised
Bill at Next Session
Promises to include provisions for
District suffrage in his new plan
for reorganization of the Municipal
Government were made yesterday
by Representative Kennedy, Demo
crat, of Maryland, who heads the
subcommittee of the House District
Committee handling plans for
“streamlining” the District set up.
Mr. Kennedy recalled that he had
sponsored bills in the past calling
1 for both representation in Congress
for District residents and for elec
tion of local officials and, he added,
“my basic position” has not changed.
While emphasizing that national
representation would call for an
amendment to the Constitution.
Chairman Kennedy declared he
would incorporate suffrage pro
visions in his reorganization bill, as
revised for consideration at the
forthcoming congressional session.
The bill he offered late in the past
regular session did not provide for
suffrage.
Essential to Vote Friends.
Spokesmen for the organized Dis
trict suffrage movement had de
clared they would oppose any re
organization plan which failed to
provide for the vote. This position
was taken after unconfirmed but
undenied reports came from the
District Building that the final plan
of the Commissioners’ “Kitchen
Cabinet” contained no suffrage pro
j visions. One official has insisted
| the Board of Commissioners has not
i yet decided on this point.
A general statement of his suffrage
plans, voiced by Mr. Kennedy to
Capitol Hill reporters, was supple
mented later yesterday by the publi
cation of correspondence on the
subject with William A. Roberts,
former people’s council. In a .‘ter
| to Mr. Roberts. Mr. Kennedy had
said in all probability he would in
corporate provision for election of
certain local legislative officials after
an official referendum had been held
by a reorganized District Govern
ment.
"Kitchen cabinet rian.
Mr. Roberts had written to the
Marylander protesting that the re
organization plan as drafted re
cently by the Commissioners’
"Kitchen Cabinet-’ was a "mon
strosity.-’ He praised generally the
! revamping, scheme as offered in the
! report of E. O. Griffenhagen and
, Associates and incorporated in the
original Kennedy bill, but he also
took those plans to task for failing
to meet the suffrage issue squarely.
! "I think it should be clear by now
that the primary interest of the
great mass of organized citizens in
the District is in the exercise of the
inherent right of the franchise and
that no pallative can take its place.
We would not tolerate a king of the
District, no matter how benevolent
or economical his regime might be.
The basic fight is one for demo
cratic institutions.”
In reply Mr. Kennedy wrote Mr.
Roberts:
"I regret to state that it does not
appear that any substantial contri
bution toward expediting such re
organization may be expected from
the District officials. However, the
issuance of their recommendations
in final form will be of value in
definitely fixing their position with
respect to both suffrage and the
proposed economies and Increase in
the efficiencies which every re
organization should accomplish.
Cites Bills Introduced.
“With regard to my own position
on the suffrage question you are
definitely aware that in the early
stage of my connection w-ith this
matter I introduced bills both with
national representation of the Dis
trict of Columbia and the election of
its officials.
"Although subsequent investiga
tions have indicated the desirability
of a change in the form for such re
organization, my basic position has
not changed, and it is my intention
to include as an integral part of my
plan for reorganization provision for
a constitutional amendment pre
senting national representation of
the District of Columbia and. in all
probability, provision for election of
certain local legislative officials after
an official referendum by the re
l organized government of the District
nf r?nlnmhia
“I am sincerely hopeful that we
can have effective action on the
above proposals during the coming
session of Congress and would desire
and appreciate the earnest as
sistance of the numerous District of
Columbia groups, which have proved
their right to be heard by their
sincere interest in their local gov
ernment.”
Avoided Discussion of Plan.
In writing to Mr. Kennedy for a
statement of his intentions as to the
suffrage question, Mr. Roberts said
he had avoided participation in dis
cussion of the “abortive” attempts
of the Commissioners’ Committee.
He said this was partly due to lack
of time and partially due to lack of
invitation.
Mr. Roberts added that it was his
understanding that at no time dur
ing its efforts had members of the
Commissioners’ group made any re
quest for advice or suggestions from
Dr. L. Schmeckebier of the Brook
: ings Institution, or of E. Barrett
Prettvman, former corporation coun
sel, who headed a committee which
prepared a District reorganization
j plan, or Mr. Roberts, who some years
ago was named as one of a group of
three officials who studied reorgani
zation.
“Since these gentlemen have all
J been officially intrusted by Congress,
or other public authority, with the
task of formal study on these mat
ters and have spent long periods of
time upon it, I assume that the
omission was deliberate and that
it is the purpose of the District gov
ernment officials to assume all credit
—and all blame—for the recently
released monstrosity.”
Bill “Fundamentally Sound.”
Mr. Roberts added: “It was my
pleasure during the conferences of
the past year to inform you that I
believe these studies and plan of
reorganization, as outlined in the
; Griffenhagen Associates report and
j embodied in the bill which you have
i presented, is fundamentally sound,
! in so far as it affects the operating
I strucure of the District government.
| It errs primarily in its concessions to
the local requirements of special
groups desiring to preserve, outside
the organized structure, their own
pet institutions.
“In only one major particular,
and that a vital one, are the bill
and the report delinquent. That is
the absence of a systematic, coura
geous treatment of the suffrage
question.” j
WICHITA FALLS, TEX.—PIPELINE EXPLODES—A series of explosions along 40 miles of pipeline,
from Ryan, Okla., to Archer County, Tex., caught the auto shown above, demolishing it and rip
ping the concrete paving to bits. Roy H. Brinkley, Witchita Falls W. P. A. worker, driving the
car, received minor injuries. —A. P. Wirephoto.
C. 1.0. Joins Effort
To Force Bricker
To Call Legislature
Cleveland Mayor Sees
New Relief Crisis
Unless State Acts
By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 13 —The
Congress of Industrial Organiza
tions today joined officials of Ohio's
large cities in efforts to force Gov
John W. Bricker to call a special
session of the Legislature to provide
additional funds for relief.
Gov. Bricker has refused to cal;
the General Assembly on grounds
that municipalities failed to exhausl
all means of obtaining money lo
cally.
The C. I. O. announced a plan to
contact members of the Legislature
and also sought the support of the
State's ministers in the movement.
Mayor Harold H. Burton of Cleve
land told a Senate Taxation Com
mittee that city's immediate relief
problem had been solved but that
another crisis would follow unless
the Legislature provided new means
| of raising funds for relief.
Lasser Plan Assailed.
By the Associated Press.
Representative White, Republican
of Ohio said in a statemerit issued
through the Republican National
Committee last night that "the
spectacle of * • • David Lassei
emerging from a White House con
j ference to announce that he intends
I to lead his left-wing group of Work
ers’ Alliance members in a march
j on the office of Gov. Bricker is
j enough to make the blood of every
| American boil."
Mr. Lasser, president of the Work
j ers’ Alliance, discussed the Ohio
! relief situation with President
j Roosevelt Monday and said he would
i go to Ohio to investigate and “in
' sist on action.”
"This left-winger Lasser is neither
a native nor a resident of Ohio,” Mr.
White's statement said. "He uses the
White House as a sounding board
to proclaim his intention to invade
the State of Ohio to foment discord
and dissension over & local matter
which, apparently, is on the way tc
be adjusted to the satisfaction of
the communities involved.
“Perhaps all of the blame does not
rest on Mr. Lasser himself. Perhaps
a large share must be borne by the
Roosevelt administration, which has
coddled Communists in season and
out, and which has made Mr. Lassei
an always-welcome visitor at the
White House.”
1,441 Auto Owners
Taken Off Relief
CLEVELAND, Dec, 13 OTV—Cleve
land has removed 1,441 families from
relief rolls for refusal to surrender
their automobile license plates.
Frank G. Jones, city relief com
missioner, said today plates were
turned in by 751 families under an
order October 25 requiring all auto
mobile-driving clients to give up tags
unless they could prove an auto
mobile necessary for their living
Of the 751, plates have been returned
to 171 who later brought certificates
showing they were dropped from re
lief because of finding other means
of support.
Traffic violation records are being
carefully scanned for names of re
lief clients using cars, Mr. Jones
said. Licenses of persons visiting
relief stations in automobiles are
also checked against relief rolls.
Irish Oppose Conscription
CORK, Ireland, Dec. 13 MP>.—A
conference of Prime Minister Eamon
de Valera's Fianna Fail party today
rejected a resolution calling for com
pulsory military service between the
ages of 17 and 45.
Geneva
(Continued From First Page.)
elected today to the League Coun
cil, of which the U. S. S. R. also is a
member.
member. Bolivia and the Union of
South Africa were the two others.
Molotoff Telegram Read.
Karl J. Hambro of Norway,
League Assembly president, read a
telegram from Premier-Foreign
Commissar VycheslafT Molotoff re
jecting the League's proposal to
mediate the Russian-Finnish dis
pute. tnen called upon Freyre to
make the only address of the morn
ing session.
Rejection of the League's offer of
mediation came last night from
Molotoff on grounds that Russia was
not in a state of war with Finland.
In a telegram to Joseph A. C
Avenol, secretary-general of the
League, Molotoff said:
"The government of Soviet Russia
I thanks you. M. President, for the
kind invitation to take part in dis
cussion of the Finnish question. At
the same time, the government of
the U. S. S. R. brings to your at
tention the fact that it cannot
accept this invitation for reasons
outlined in its telegram of Decem
ber 4, sent in response to M. Ave
nol's communication.”
Molotoff's message of December
4 declared the Finnish appeal for
League aid was "unfounded” be
cause Moscow was maintaining
"peaceful relations” with the Krem
lin-sponsored. Communist-headed
Finnish "people's” government of
Terijoki. and that the Helsinki gov
ernment was not authorized to make
representations for the Finnish peo
] Pie.
neiauons nirainro.
The Finnish issue precipitated
strained diplomatic relations be
tween Russia, on one hand, and
Britain and France. French sources
indicated relations with the Krem
lin might be broken off. but it
appeared to be a question of which
: capital would be first to act.
Russian sources contended any
League action would be the work
i of Britain and France and indi
cated a rupture of diplomatic rela
tions might be a retaliation move.
French sources said the govern
ment was eager to close the Soviet
Embassy on grounds it is headquar
ters for French Communist propa
ganda.
Jakob Surits. Russian Ambassador
to Paris and League representative
was a sideline observer of the pro
ceedings from his hotel. He is here
officially as a delegate to the Bud
get Committee, which completed its
work yesterday.
Politics
(Continued From First Page.)
and the national budget brought
into balance.
Meanwhile, Senator Taft of Ohio,
already well into his campaign for
the Republican presidential nomi
nation of 1940, asserted in two New
England speeches this week that the
budget could be brought into bal
ance in "about two years.’
The assertion drew a prompt chal
lenge yesterday from the Chief Ex
I. I
ecutive, who told his press confer
ence that he would give the Senator
a very handsome prize for a bill of
particulars on just how this budget
reform could be accomplished.
Cites President's Words.
Senator Taft last night * retorted
in an interview in Boston that “No
one has ever better stated the case
'on how to balance the budget)
than Franklin D. Roosevelt, himself,
in 1932, before he was elected Pres
ident.
“He (the President) said on July
20. 1932, ‘Revenue must cover expen
ditures by one means or another.
Any Government, like any family,
I can. for a year, spend a little more
than it earns; but you and I know
that a continuation of that habit
means the poorhouse."
“The administration apologists,'
Senator Taft said, “always say that
the budget cannot be balanced
There is only one conclusion to that
argument. That conclusion is na
tional bankruptcy and inflation, the
destruction of the American system
of private enterprise and probably
the destruction of democracy itself.'
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Three Die as Train
Smashes'Auto
By the Associated Press.
MEYERSDALE, Pa., Dec. 13.—
Three Pennsylvanians met death
in the collision of their automobile
with the crack Baltimore & Ohio
Ambassador Limited on Main street
here last night.
Victims were identified by Cor
oner F. E. Sass as Andrew L. Mack,
26, Macdonaldton; Gerald L. Ma
han, 25, and Milton E. Weimer, 27,
both of Berlin, Pa.
Engineer R. D. Balton of Pitts
burgh reported the train was trav
eling about 40 miles an hour when
he saw the automobile drive into its
path. The locomotive carried the
wreckage more than 1,000 feet. Con
siderable delay was caused the
Baltimore-to-Detroit train.
Mahan and Mack were employes
on the all-express highway being
constructed between Pittsburgh and
Harrisburg, said Coroner Sass. while
Weimer was a bartender. Mahan,
a former resident of McKeesport,
Pa., leaves a widow and child. The
other victims were unmarried.
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