Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-03
CRAMTON MEASURE.
IS GIVEN BACKING.
Arlington Federation Adopts
Committee Report on Park
way Project.
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Cramton bill, which would authorize
Federal appropriation Of 100000 for
acquisition and development Of land In
Maryland and Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia in connection with
the plan for a comprehensive parkway
system within the Metropolitan district
of washington, the Government to be
reimbursed one-half by the territories
benefited, was unanimously approved
by the Arlington County Civic Fedora
ton last night. -
This action resulted when the meet
ing adopted report of the federationIs
internal improvement and coming COM
mittee which embraced a resolution OF
fered at the March meeting by Robert
delegates to the interfederation confer
ence. The report was made by Harry
A. Fellows, chairman of the committee.
The bill, which passed the last ses-
sion of the House, but which will have
to be reintroduced because it failed to
get through the Senate before adjourn
ment, provided for the development OF
the George Washington Memorial Park
way along the Potomac from Mount
Vernon and Fort washington to Great
Falls. It was pointed out by Mr.. Eel
lows that in view of the fact that the
cost of constructing the Mount Vernon
boulevard will be taken care OF solely by
the Federal Government, Virglnias ex-
pense in the development OF the park
way system has been materially de-
creased.
The Better Government Commission, a
bureau of the federation which has
been striving for several years TO ges
from the General Assembly of Virginia
an enabling act that would give the
voters opportunity to determine at
special election If they desired new
form of local government, was dissolved
by the adoption Of resolution onereo
by L. c. McNemar for the executive
committee.
Under the resolution all functions and
records of the commission Will be
turned over to the legislative committee
of the federation, and the latter is In
structed to tender its services to the
Arlington County Code Commission for
the purpose of cooperating with said
commission in drafting code Tor Ar
lington County and for recommending
such changes in the present form OF
government as may be contemplated by
the act of the General Assembly Great
ing the Code Commission"
Mr.. McNemar expressed the opinion
that inasmuch as the Code Commission
is a legally constituted body, it will have
greater weight with the General Assem-
bly, than an unofficial group, such as
the Better Government Commission,
and that more can be accomplished in
effecting an improvement in the local
government through its functions. He
said the commission has been author
lied to make report to the next meet
ing of the General Assembly.
The income of the county from taxa
ton during the next fiscal year Is esti-
mated at $373,200 by report submit
ted to the meeting by r. E. Mann for
the committee on resources and expendi-
lures of county government. Expendl-
lures are estimated at $760,000 and q
contingency fund is placed at $113,2O0
The report cites that the federation
has requested the Board of Supervisors
to consider the following items for the
budget: For acquiring and maintaining
parks, $4,000; for the zoning Commits
sion, $4,000, for repair of jail; $1,000;
for new building to house the Arlington
district health clinic, $1,000; Tor in
crease of teachers salaries, $4,000.
That all these proposed expenditures
could be included in the budget without
an increase in the tax levy is the opin-
ion of the committee. 1t points out that
the new law which provides for more
efficient system of collecting delinquent
taxes should provide additional funds
sufficient to meet all of the extra needs.
The delinquent taxes represent O total OF
1888 900, the report states.
The executive committee, instructed
at the last meeting to decide on the
best means of showing the citizens dis
st k1Aa cnd a
of an abattoir In the county by the N.
Auth Provision Co., recommended that
each organization affiliating with the
federation have one member present
at the meeting Of the Board of Super
visors when the application comes up
for hearing to protest its granting, and
to be sure that resolutions adopted by
the various bodies in opposition to the
project are presented to the board. For
the committee, Mr.. McNemar announc-
ed that Mrs. Claude S. Semones, r. E.
Plymale, William G. Hull, Harry A. Fell
lows and r. E. Mann had been ap-
pointed to register the federation's OPP
position.
Frank G. Campbell, a member Of the
Virginia Park and Planning Commits
sion, one of the leaders of a citizens
committee fighting the abattoir, de-
clared that the Arlington-F Fairfax
County Real Estate Board would short
~ circulate literature against the prof.
ect to show that 1t would be prejudi-
cial to the best interests Of the county
and that petitions which he distributed
Tor use in various communities. would
feature the citizens attack.
Mr.. Campbell explained the activities
Of the Park and Planning Commission,
to show that the commission has been
far from idle despite the fact that lit
tie has been accomplished and lack of
productive results has not been the
fault OF the commission. Speaking on
signboard advertising, which he, as
chairman of the federation's Signboard
committee for several years has been
trying to rid the county of, Mr.. Camp
bell declared that he had reached the
conclusion that the only way to accom-
plish anything in this connection is to
make a Statewide campaign. PUT
the candidates for the Legislature on
record for or against signboards before
election and we Will get what We are
AFTER" he said. He urged the fedora
ton to take the initiative In the cam
paign.
Mrs. Ruth Lowell, chairman of the
committee arranging the federation's
card party to be held in Odd Fellows
Hall April IL, made q request on each
association affiliating with the organiza-
ton to donate three prizes for the af-
fair. She also called attention to the
need Of card tables and asked that citi-
zens willing to loan tables for the affair
communicate with her.
The application Of the Radnor
Heights Citizens Association for menu
hership in the federation was favor
ably acted on.