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NATION, Page 19Should D.C. Be Md.?
The local Pooh-Bahs of Washington share a consensus in favor
of statehood for the capital. Congressional Democrats nominally
support creation of "New Columbia," which would have two seats
in the Senate and one in the House, all certain to be filled
by Democrats. But Republican opposition and the district's
propensity for comic-opera government keep statehood low on the
agenda.
Congressman Ralph Regula of Ohio recently proposed an
alternative: returning the city to Maryland, which donated the
land 199 years ago. That idea got scant attention until
Governor William Donald Schaefer surprised everyone by saying
he would accept "retrocession." But black leaders such as Jesse
Jackson have denounced the proposal, Schaefer has backed away,
and congressional insiders say forget it. Thus, Washington is
likely to remain what statehooders call the last colony for the
foreseeable future.