CONTENTS Page A bill to provide for home rule in the District of Columbia and for other 17 139 Statement of Boisvert, Harold V., Central Democratic Committee__ Bryan, William G., representing the Central Democratic Committee__ DeWitt, Maynard, local affairs chairman, Greater Washington Area 121 110 131 3 84 75 Dunn, Mrs. Milton, chairman, Suffrage Committee of the Voteless 72 Evans, Mrs. Gertrude, executive secretary of the Washington Industrial Council, CIÓ.. 105 Finch, Wilbur, and Kenneth Armstrong, Suffrage Conference of the 62 Foreman, Dr. Clark, chairman, Progressive Party of the District of 102 Grant, Gen. U. S., 3d, chairman, National Park and Planning Commission. 58 Hall, Woolsey W., president of the District of Columbia Federation of 74 Kamerow, G. E., Federation of Businessmen's Association. 109 60 163 Matthews, Paul, vice president, Junior Board of Commerce, Wash- 107 Purcell, Ganson, attorney representing the Washington Home Rule Sigal, Benjamin, representing the District Democratic Central Com- Sillers, Mrs. Charlotte, Women's Auxiliary, United Public Works, 114 98 Stull, Harry N., president and present chairman of the suffrage com- 78 122 Wender, Harry S., chairman of the District of Columbia Recreation 80 Whatley, David, member of the District of Columbia Bar 133 1949 71 Beach, Howard P., Jr., letter to A. L. Wheeler, February 14, 1949_ 136 84 Foreman, Dr. Ciark, chairman, Progressive Party of the District of 104 Ihlder, John, statement_ 137 Kefauver, Hon. Estes, memorandum, Qualifications of Electors – 68 III Letters, statements, memorandums, etc.-Continued McKee, Jerome B., chairman, legislative committee, American Legion, letter to Joint Congressional Committee on Home Rule, 124 Sillers, Charlotte, Women's Auxiliary, United Public Workers of Washington Home Rule Committee: Letter to Hon. Estes Kefauver, February 16, 1949_ The constitutionality of the draft bill, statement.. Wiley, Mrs. Harvey W., chairman, department of legislation, Dis- trict of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, letter and state- TO PROVIDE FOR HOME RULE AND REORGANIZATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1949 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HOME RULE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30 a. m. in the District of Columbia Committee Room, Capitol Building, Senator Estes Kefauver, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Present: Senators Kefauver and Smith. Also present: Senators Miller and Hendrickson; Representatives Auchincloss and Allen of California. Senator KEFAUVER. The committee will come to order. This is a meeting, as all of you know, of the Subcommittee on Home Rule for the District of Columbia. We have invited all of the members of the full committee in the Senate, and we hope many of the Members can sit with us. The subcommittee consists of Senator Smith from Maine, Senator Neely from West Virginia, and myself. We are very happy this morning that Senator Miller, of Idaho, a member of the District of Columbia Committee, and Senator Hendrickson, of New Jersey, are with us. We have also invited, and we hope to work in closest cooperation with, Members of the House of Representatives Committee of the District of Columbia. I know it is difficult to work out, but we hope that as many members of the House committee as possible can meet with us during these hearings and join with us in consideration of the matters involved. We are honored this morning to have Representative Auchincloss of New Jersey with us, whose committee in the last Congress did a thorough and remarkable job in studying the affairs of the District of Columbia with reference to representation and home rule, and brought forth a bill which is well considered, a very full report which the members of this subcommittee have had the opportunity of studying and which will greatly decrease the work that we have to do. Also Congressman Allen of California, a member of the Auchincloss committee, and now a member of the District of Columbia Committee of the House of Representatives, is here. Also Mr. William McLeod, the clerk of the House committee, is here. We are delighted to have you and any other members of the House staff. 1 The purpose of this meeting is to give everyone who represents an organization, or who has some personal opinion to express on the matter, an opportunity to give the committee and the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives their views on the broad matter of suffrage and home rule for the District of Columbia. This is a hearing prior to the preparation of a bill. I think I can speak with authenticity on this subject, that, as far as the members of the subcommittee-Senator Smith, Senator Neely and I-are concerned, we feel that there should be some legislation in this field. We want you to give us your views about what you think should be done. If any of you feel that nothing should be done, or have any objections, we will be glad to hear your views also. After this hearing, after everyone who has an idea as to the type of legislation, if any, that should be introduced and passed has given us the benefit of his counsel, the subcommittee will then consider the type and the frame of legislation to be introduced in the Senate. I also want to say that we are delighted to have with us Dr. George Galloway, who is head of the staff of the Auchincloss committee, who did a masterful job with that committee. We hope that we can share some of his valuable time in giving us information and help. He has several other important assignments, but we hope he can be with us for a considerable part of his time. In general the broad fields that we are interested in are, first, the matter of representation in the Congress of the United States, either representation of the type that will require constitutional amendment in the House and in the Senate, or representation by way of a delegate pending some effort for national representation, which would of course require a constitutional amendment. The second matter has to do with suffrage and home rule. That might very well be divided into two categories: first, the matter of suffrage who is to vote-and, second, in what form the Government should be the governing body-how they should be elected. And then the third category, the reorganization of the government of the District of Columbia. We want to give everyone an opportunity to testify fully, but we know you are appreciative of the fact that the members of this committee have read the Auchincloss hearings, or most of them. We have been in Washington for some time and we are fairly familiar with the problems here. We want your suggestions, and anything that you put in the record that you do not state orally will, of course, be studied by the subcommittee before we come to the preparation of the final bill. On behalf of the committee, I want to thank all of you who are here to give us your counsel and advice, for your interest and appearWe are grateful to you and we hope that in this session we can secure ideas which will enable us to draft a worth-while measure, and that we can get it through this Congress. ance. Senator Smith, is there any statement that you would like to make? Senator HENDRICKSON. No; thank you. Senator MILLER. No; thank you. Senator KEFAUVER. Mr. Stewart is present, and Mr. Wheeler is present, as well as are the members of our staff. |