Reorganization of the Government of the District of Columbia: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia, United States Senate, Seventy-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 1420, a Bill Providing for the Reorganization of the Government of the District of Columbia, and for Other Purposes; S. 1527, a Bill to Establish a District of Columbia Charter Commission; and S. J. Res. 87, a Joint Resolution to Provide Means of Enabling Residents of the District of Columbia to Express Their Preference for a Form of Municipal Government. December 7, 8, 9, 14, 17, 18, 21, and 27, 1943U.S. Government Printing Office, 1943 - 331 頁 |
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第 43 頁
... opposition to S. 1420 , the Washington Board of Trade wishes to place its entire efforts at the disposal of those Members of Congress who have evidenced a deep and fundamental interest in the District of Columbia and join with them in ...
... opposition to S. 1420 , the Washington Board of Trade wishes to place its entire efforts at the disposal of those Members of Congress who have evidenced a deep and fundamental interest in the District of Columbia and join with them in ...
第 45 頁
... opposition that you express to the bill , you prefer to rest your case at that point or would you care to discuss the bill , if there were to be a bill ? Mr. MCGARRAGHY . I prefer to rest my opposition to the bill . Mr. SOURWINE . May I ...
... opposition that you express to the bill , you prefer to rest your case at that point or would you care to discuss the bill , if there were to be a bill ? Mr. MCGARRAGHY . I prefer to rest my opposition to the bill . Mr. SOURWINE . May I ...
第 46 頁
... opposition to it . Mr. SOURWINE . So that it would be your thought that considerably in excess of 2,400 , or half of your membership , hold personal views which are in accord with this ? Mr. McGARRAGHY . I would say that I am speaking ...
... opposition to it . Mr. SOURWINE . So that it would be your thought that considerably in excess of 2,400 , or half of your membership , hold personal views which are in accord with this ? Mr. McGARRAGHY . I would say that I am speaking ...
第 70 頁
... opposition to the chartering of a city government for Washington . The CHAIRMAN . I don't think you have to dwell on that at any great length . Mr. ARMSTRONG . That was one of the points that the representative of the Board of Trade ...
... opposition to the chartering of a city government for Washington . The CHAIRMAN . I don't think you have to dwell on that at any great length . Mr. ARMSTRONG . That was one of the points that the representative of the Board of Trade ...
第 72 頁
... opposed to statehood in the District of Columbia . I believe it is in direct contravention of the intendment of the framers of the Consti- tution . As I explained - I don't remember whether you were present when I discussed my first two ...
... opposed to statehood in the District of Columbia . I believe it is in direct contravention of the intendment of the framers of the Consti- tution . As I explained - I don't remember whether you were present when I discussed my first two ...
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appointed approval ARMSTRONG ballot believe Board of Trade BUSHFIELD CHAIRMAN charter Citizens Association city council city manager city-manager civic colored Commissioners Congress congressional constitutional amendment councilmen DARRIN David Whatley delegate democracy District Committee District government District of Columbia election commission favor Federal Government Federal workers Federation of Citizens feel FINCH form of government give going granted hearing House interest JACOBSTEIN KATZ legislation LEVERTON local suffrage majority matter mayor McCarran bill MCGARRAGHY ment MILLARD municipal national representation Negro ordinance organization Parent-Teacher Association party PAT MCCARRAN percent person petition political population present President problems proportional representation proposed question RANSOM referendum represent resolution Rhode Island Avenue right to vote salary self-government Senator BURTON Senator McCarran Senator OVERTON SOURWINE statement suffrage suggest thing tion trict United United States Senate voters ward Washington WENDER WHATLEY
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第 3 頁 - Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives.
第 6 頁 - Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings be interrupted with impunity ; but a dependence of the members of the General Government on the State comprehending the seat of the Government, for protection in the exercise of their duty, might bring on the National Councils an imputation of awe or influence, equally dishonorable to the Government and dissatisfactory to the other members of the Confederacy.
第 147 頁 - It is a condition and not a theory that confronts us and it is your organization that will help us to assimilate.
第 59 頁 - ... will have had their voice in the election of the government which is to exercise authority over them ; as a municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will of course be allowed them...
第 299 頁 - The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government. Modern times have the signal advantage, too, of having discovered the only device by which these rights can be secured, to wit: government by the people, acting not in person, but by representatives chosen by themselves...
第 2 頁 - Vacancies in the membership of the joint committee shall not affect the power of the remaining members to execute the functions of the joint committee, and shall be filled in the same manner as in the case of the original selection. The joint committee shall select a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members.
第 6 頁 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it| not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings...
第 4 頁 - If, at any election for Representative or Delegate in Congress, any person knowingly personates and votes, or attempts to vote, in the name of any other person, whether living or dead, or fictitious ; or votes .more than once at the same election for any candidate for the same office ; or votes at a place where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote; or votes without having a lawful right to vote ; or does...
第 123 頁 - ... prohibit the same activities on the part of such persons as the United States Civil Service Commission has heretofore determined are at the time this section takes effect prohibited on the part of employees in the classified civil service of the United States by the provisions of the civil-service rules prohibiting such employees from taking any active part in political management or in political campaigns.
第 299 頁 - The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case. The proposal therefore to disfranchise any class of men is as criminal as the proposal to take away property.