1-13-60 CONTENTS Auchincloss, Hon. James C., a Representative in Congress from the Bookbinder, Hyman H., legislative representative, AFL-CIO.. Davis, F. Elwood, chairman, national representation and District of Page McKelway, Benjamin, editor, Washington Evening Star.. McLaughlin, Hon. Robert E., President, Board of Commissioners of Rosenblum, Mrs. Haskell, president, District of Columbia League of 501 Springer, Hon. William L., a Representative in Congress from the 153 Additional material filed with the committee: Adams Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Charles Smallwood, presi- 524 Additional material filed with the committee Continued American Association of University Women, Alice C. Cole, president, Statement by Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., national vice chairman_ Area Council II-A of the District of Columbia Congress of Parent- Teacher Association, Mrs. Ulysses E. Williams, president, state- Area V Council, District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teach- ers, Riddick H. Pree, legislative chairman, letter dated July 28, 1959- Barnard Parent-Teacher Association, Charles B. E. Freeman, presi- Page 535 Brookland School Parent-Teacher Association, Orren T. Cohill, president, letter dated July 28, 1959, with form enclosed. Bruce Parent-Teacher Association, Lucius G. Robertson, president, 537 Coffin, Hon. Frank M., a Representative in Congress from the State 505 529 Cleveland Park-Cathedral Heights Citizens Association, Dr. James A. Daniel A. Payne Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Earlean S. Grogan, Davis, F. Elwood, chairman, national representation and District of Columbia form of government committee, Washington Board of Trade, list of officers and directors of Washington Board of Trade, Davis Parent-Teacher Association, Maurice H. Johnson, president, Dwyer, Hon. Florence P., a Representative in Congress from the State Director, Washington bureau, National Fraternal Council of President, Baptist convention, District of Columbia, and vicinity. Francis Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association, Harry L. 505 525 520 245 Goodloe, Don B., legislative representative, Teachers Union Local 6 of the American Federation of Teachers, statement. Janney Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Jamie LaSalle PTA, Mrs. Milton Isaacson, president, statement_ 522 Loser, J. Carlton, a Representative in Congress from the State of 337 527 507 McKelway, Benjamin, editor, Washington Evening Star, excerpts 322 McKinley High School Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Barrington 526 Additional material filed with the committee Continued McMillan, Hon. John L., a Representative in Congress from the State Adams-Morgan Better Neighborhood Conference, Florence N. Page 494 American Association of University Women, Dr. Anna L. Rose 490 American Physical Therapy Association, Dorothy E. Voss, con- sultant, chapter and membership department, dated May 4, 1959 492 Boyle, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from the 499 Langley Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association, John- arthur H. Lightfoot, president, dated July 27, 1959.. Stevens Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. U.S. Conference of Mayors, Hon. Richard J. Daley, mayor of 493 Monroe School Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Winifred B. Bentley, Maxwell, Welwood H., letter dated July 23, 1959, with newspaper 536 524 Mount Pleasant Neighbor's Association, Eugene M. Baker, president; 530 National Council of Jewish Women, statement_ 534 National Fraternal Council of Churches, Andrew Fowler, director, 521 Neval Thomas School Parent-Teacher Association, William A. 529 People's Congregational Church, Mrs. Margaret P. McCane, chairman, 535 Petrullo, Mrs. Luigi, director, League of Women Voters: Letter to Representative Davis of Georgia, dated August 26, 1959. Additional material filed with the committee Continued Reuss, Hon. Henry S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin, remarks in the Congressional Record of August 20, 1959, entitled "The Power of Congress To Create a Legislative Rivers, Hon. Ralph J., a Representative in Congress from the State Roosevelt, Hon. James, a representative in Congress from the State Georgetown Law Journal, winter 1957-58, volume 46, No. 2, article entitled, "The Constitutionality of Home Rule and National Representation for the District of Columbia". George Washington Law Review, January 1953, volume 21, No. 3, article under "Editorial Notes" entitled, "Delegable Powers and the District of Columbia: An Old Problem in a New Rudolph Parent-Teacher Association, H. Herbert Baird, president, Southwest Community House Association, James E. Lewis, Jr., Excerpt from Federalist No. XLIII (Madison) Letter to Representative Davis, of Georgia, dated September 2, 1959. Washington Bar Association, E. Lewis Ferrell, chairman, board of Page 507 504 526 485 534 West School Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Elsie W. Mitchell, 526 Wheatley Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Alma D. Porter, presi- 528 Women's Alliance, All Souls' Church, Miss Eula James, chairman, 534 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Mrs. Bertha C. McNeill, president, District of Columbia area branch, letter dated DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HOME RULE BILLS TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1959 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., pursuant to notice, in room 445, Chairman Davis and the following other members were present: Also present: William N. McLeod, Jr., clerk of the Committee on Mr. DAVIS. The subcommittee will come to order, please. We have called these hearings to consider all of the pending home rule legislation before this subcommittee. There are pending 26 bills; 23 of them are identical. Three vary in some respects from the others, they are the bills by Mr. Auchincloss, H.R. 2321; by Mr. Wier, H.R. (S. 1681, H.R. 1379, H.R. 2321, H.R. 4400, and H.R. 8081 follow :) AN ACT To provide an elected mayor, city council, and nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subject to the retention by Con- gress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by the Constitution, it is the intent of Congress to restore to the in- habitants of the District of Columbia the powers of local self-government which are a basic privilege of all American citizens; to reaffirm through such action the confidence of the American people in the strengthened validity of principles of local self-government by the elective process; to promote among the in- habitants of the District the sense of responsibility for the development and well- being of their community which will result from the enjoyment of such powers of self-government; to provide for the more effective participation in the devel- opment of the District and in the solution of its local problems by those persons who are most closely concerned; and to relieve the National Legislature of the burden of legislating upon purely local District matters. It is the further inten- tion of Congress to exercise its retained ultimate legislative authority over the District only insofar as such action shall be necessary or desirable in the in- terest of the Nation. Finally, it is recognized that the restoration of the powers of local self-government to the inhabitants of the District by this Act will in no way change the need, which arises from the unique character of the District as the Nation's Capital, for the payment by the Federal Government of a share 1 |