Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-04
ARLINGTON BODY
21-1O FOR ROUTE
Endorsement of Lee Boule-
ward Follows Clash Over
Resolution.
Special Dispatch to The star.

4
1 ton County Civic Federation at its
meeting at the courthouse last night
| by vote of 81 to 10 adopted a reso-
luton, indorsing the route selected
by the Lee Highway Association for
| the Lee boulevard.
Friends of the resolution, insistent
on vote on the question. accomplish
ed their end, but only after a Cruel
ing verbal fight with Arthur Orr,
chairman of the Straight-to-the-b ridge
Boulevard Association, who exhausted
every parliamentary means to have
! the matter tabled until the next meet
| ing.
Mr. Orr claimed that the resolution
| raised question on which there was
great difference of opinion among the
| people of Arlington County He
claimed that any action by the fedora
| ton should be based on thorough in
vestigation into merits of the selected
route as compared with the merits of
other routes that have many friends"
| He urged that the matter be laid over
that it might be considered by larger
| representation Of delegates from all
sections OF the county.
Col. James G. Pepper, in answer
ing the last point, stated that the
meeting as well as the subject was
fully advertised and that the re-
| sponsibility for the absence of GER
tain delegates could not be laid to
! the door of the federation nor was
it sufficient reason for deferring
action
Resolution of Endorsement.
The resolution. which was offered
by Frank G. Campbell, follows:
BE it resolved by the Airing
ton County Civic Federation that
! while the location of Arlington
County at the gateway of the Ma
tional Capital renders it's inhabitants
fortunate in being partakers of the
development OF park and Boulevard
system in the territory contiguous
to Washington, it imposes upon the
people of Arlington County the patri-
otto duty of subordinating local in.
terests in connection with those prof.
ects which are national in scope: that
the proposed Lee highway is one
of such national projects. extending
across the continent and of necessity
passing through Arlington County to
reach Washington; that the people
of other communities, including
Washington, are giving of their time
and money to advance the construc-
ton Of this highway; and that the
location of the highway should be
such as to cause it to best serve
its purposes as a transcontinental
national highway.
BE it further resolved, That this
federation approves the route for said
highway selected by the Lee Highway
Association and informally approved
by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, since it appears
that said route serves great number
of communities in Arlington County.
| while preserving the character of the
highway as a tranScontinental one,
OF dignity, beauty and safety.
BE it further resolved That copy
of this resolution be sent to the Gov
ernor of Virginia, the Lee Highway
Association and the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission"
Stating that the proposed location
Of the farmers market at lexington
would not serve to the best interests
of Virginia farmers. and that it would
| result in financial loss to them in re-
| frigeration costs, George M. Yeatman,
president of the Southwest Washing
| ton Business Mems Association, ap-
peared at the meeting to urge CO.
operation of the federation in the
| fight of his organization to have the
market placed in the section covered
| by the Business Mems Association.
Southwest Washington would be the
most convenient location for the farm
ers of Virginia, Mr.. Yeatman said.
Favor Southwest Location,
A resolution offered by Col. Pepper
| put the federation on record "as ear
| nestly desiring the location of the
| farmers market in Southwest Wash
| ington," and instructed the secretary
| to convey a copy of the resolution to
| the authorities in Washington.
The action Of the board OF super
visors in appointing Asa E. Phillips
engineer in charge of the construction
installation and operation of the
county's proposed water system, is in
dorsed in resolution offered by
Arthur Orr and unanimously adopted
"It is our belief" the resolution
cites, that it Is a part OF wisdom &c
keen the installation and the admin
| istration of the water system as an
entirely separate department of the
county government, and we congratu-
late the board of supervisors upon
their action in selecting an engineer
lin whom the people of Arlington
County have entire confidence.
| On motion of Mr.. Orr, Harry S
| Saffell chairman of the Arlington
County Water Supply Commission, q
citizens organization, which conceived
| the plan for connecting with the
tUnited States Government supply al
| Dalecarlia and took the lead in get.
ting through the necessary. legislation
as well as in all other preliminary
steps in the movement, was elected
an honorary member of the federation
| '.as a mark of appreciation for his
untiring efforts and great achieve
ments while serving as chairman OF
| the commission"
! An invitation was extended through
the federation to the young men of the
county to join the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia by Lieut.
! Willard of that organization in an ad-
dress in which he pointed out the
4 advantage both to the man who en-
| lists and to the county. He said II
would be decided asset to the county
should 1t ever desire to have'a Guard
of its own, If the young men Of the
county would take a complete enlist
ment Of three years, which Is open te
them. President r. e. Plymale, who
presided, assured the speaker that the
| federation was favorable to the prop.
osition and would do everything pos
sible to stir up the proper interest
among the young men Of the county
| ton SO 1t will cease to be source OF
/ irritation between the two peoples.