Jean Simmons, Mafe
To Be U. 5. Citizens
Hollywood (U.PJ Actress
Jean Simmons and her husband,
actor Stewart Granger, have
passed final examinations to be
come U.S. citizens.
"After living here seven years
we have come to regard Amer
ica and the American way of
life so highly as' to want to make
our permanent residence here,"
Granger said. "We also are look
ing forward to welcoming anoth
er American citizen in a few
months, our first child."
The movie stars said they
hoped to pay as many visits as
possible to their native England.
The couple recently purchased
a cattle ranch near Albuquerque,
N.M., and will live there be
tween pictures.
Tokyo (U.R) The Central
Meteorological Observatory has
asked the imperial household
for permission to check migrat
ing plovers for radioactivity
when the birds make their an
nual visit to Japan after flying
over the Pacific nuclear test
area.
District of Columbia Residents Get Taste
Of What Self-Government Would Be Like
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Residents of the
nation's capital had a taste this
past week of what it would be
like to enjoy
self - govern
ment as they
trooped to the
polls for the
first time in
82 years.
But it was
no more than
a taste, for the
ballots had
a. Bobt. Smith only party or
fices marked on them dele
gates to the Republican and
Democratic national conventions
and national committeeman and
committeewoman.
District of Columbia citizens
are worse off than any other
Americans when it comes to the
right of self-determination. They
are even worse off than people
in Alaska and Hawaii, where at
least local officials are elected.
The capital city has no elected
public officials, rot even a
mayor or city council or school
board, much less representation
in Congress. Nor can residents
of Washington vote for president,
the one right every voter seems
to prize most highly.
Spirit Exemplified
When the polls were thrown
open last Tuesday, virtually
everyone who had registered
showed up to cast a vote. The
spirit of people who craves the
right to vote was exemplified by
Wedding Too Much
For Actress Rita Gam
New York (U.R) Actress Rita
Gam is under a doctor's care for
"complete nervous and physical
exhaustion" resulting from the
"trying" festivities of the Grace
Kelly-Prince Rainier wedding.
Miss Gam's father, Benjamin
Gam, said yesterday his daugh
ter has been under medical care
in a clinic since April 30. Dr.
Payne Whitney listed her condi
tion as satisfactory.
Miss Gam, who was one of
Miss Kelly's bridesmaids at the
April 19 wedding in Monte
Carlo, is married to Thomas H.
Guinzburg, a published.
Indiana Soldier
Stabbed in Brawl
Seoul flJB Pfc. John F.
Keppen, 23, Michigan City, Ind.,
was fatally stabbed by a fellow
soldier in a service club brawl
at Uijongbu Wednesday, the
Army announced today.
Pfc. William Kentucky, 19,
Jackson, Ala., is being held in
the Eighth Army stockade here
pending -trial for murder.
Keppen, who had been in the
Army less than a year, was as
signed to the 39th Engineer
Company at Uijongbu. An Army
spokesman said Kentucky stab
bed him during a scuffle at a
service club.
the man who hired an , ambu
lance to take him from his hos
pital bed .to the polling place in
his home precinct; by the 95-year-old
gent who trudged many
blocks through the mid-way sun
to mark his ballot; by a blind
woman who was escorted by a
trusted friend who marked her
ballot, which she then signed.
At one time Washington was
on a par with Alaska and Hawaii.
It had a governor appointed by
the president and a non-voting
delegate in Congress elected by
the local residents the same
setup that the territories now
have. In addition, however, the
president then appointed a city
council and the people elected a
22-man House of Representa
tives Arrangement "Shori-Lired
This curious political arrange
ment lasted only from 1871 to
1874, then Congress junked self
government for Washington and
put in the present system by
which the city is run by three
commissioners appointed by the
president.
Tuesday. May 8, 1956
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
Washingtonians f r e quently
liken themselves to the Ameri
can colonists who suffered taxa
tion at the hands of the British
crovn without commensurate
representation. For while Con
gress has reduced the measure of
self-determination in the capital,
it has increased the tax load.
Not only do citizens here pay
the same federal income taxes
levied on all Americans, but
they pay a District income tax
and a two per cent sales tax. In
short, the tax load on residents
here is a good bit heavier than it
is in many states, where citizens
have full voting rights.
Bills Meet Roadblocks
Only Congress can change this
condition, but home rule bills
over the years have run into
some of the same roadblocks that
have stopped statehood from be
ing granted to Alaska and
Hawaii. Biggest obstacle is the
attitude of the typical Dixiecrat
member of Congress.
With a fairly high Negro pop
ulation, Washington would like
ly elect some Negro officials
under home rule, probably to the
school board or city council.
Dixiecrats have made political
hay back in their home states by
saying they would never vote to
let this happen in the nation's
capital.
With a fresh taste of self-government
gained in last Tuesday's
election, Washingtonians are ex
pected to go knocking on the
door of Congress all the louder
for the right to a voice in the
way they are governed.
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