Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-07
CONFERENCE SET
FOR NOVEMBER 70
Gov. Byrd, Col. Grant and
Others to Meet at Mount
Vernon on Plaza Plan.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, November THE
Fairfax County Beard Of Supervisors
yesterday complied with a request made
by George Harrison, former member
of the board from Dranesville district
and now chairman of the highways
committee of the Fairfax County Cham
Der of Commerce, and selected Novem-
Der 20 as the date for joint confer
ence with the special committee of the
chamber, and with Gov. Byrd, Chair
man H. G. Shirley. Col. U. S. Grant
and Planning Commission, and P. st
John Wilson of the United States
Department of Public Roads.
This meeting will be held at the en-
trance to Mount Vernon, en- the site
of the plaza which it is proposed to
develop there as a terminal to the new
George Washington Memorial Boule-
ward. Plans for this plaza, as drawn
by the Federal agents, do not entirely
meet with the approval Of local leaders
who feel that insufficient attention has
been given to the needs of the public
One of the chief sources of disagree
ment is the provision for parking auto
mobiles, 1t being estimated that moi
more than 500 can be cared for in the
space designated by the present de.
yslopment plans. The members CT the
chamber who are familiar with the
problems now afforded by the tourist
traffic at this national shrine feel thai
at least 10 acres should be set aside
for barking facilities and that more
ADEQUATE provision should be MADE fo1
other services to the travelling public.
The movement for the formation OF
county free library took definite shape
Yesterday when the board granted the
use of the room formerly occupied by
the deputy clerk in the old Office build
ing for the new project. A delegation
with Prof. Ormond Stone OF Centerville
and Thomas Keith of Fairfax as spokes'
! men, appeared in the interest OF TINS
move. other members including MRS
FRANKLIN williams and Mrs. S. G. Stuntz
of Vienna, representing the FairfaS
County D. A. r. and the Vienna Library
and Miss Ludema Sayre, Mrs. @. Ashley
Money. Mrs Kathleen Clarke and MIS-
E. D. Vosbury from the committee Of
the Chamber Of Commerce. Supervisors
d. w. Buckley and Harry Leigh were
appointed a committee from the board
to cooperate with the county citizens
and committees which are pushing TINS
work.
Brother Of Melville Stone.
Prof. Stone, who has initiated this
drive. is q brother of the late Melville
stone, pioneer Associated Press leader
Formerly a professor Of astronomy al
the University Of Virginia and now 9
resident of Fairfax County, Prof. Stone
stated that he was prepared to give a
large share of his own library as q
nucleus and had been informed tna'
numerous other donations of both books
and money would be forthcoming from
private sources. One OF the most en-
Jhusiastic promoters has been Repre-
sentative r. Walton Moore. NO money
will be asked from the county. PfoI
stone reported that Miss Leslie Stevens
| head of the extension department OF
| the State Library Association, VIII NEE,
with the joint committee November ~
| to advise as to methods OF getting tnls
project started Travelling libraries IRON
/ the state and loan privileges from the
! Congressional and other large norarles
can be arranged and Prof. Stone ma
| also in mind a plan for the anhatlor
for interchange of books and materia
Of the private libraries already estap-
! lished in the county at Hernoon, VleH Lis
and Mclean, It is thought posslpi'
| that assistance may later be fortncom'
| ing from the Rosenwald Iuno. ~,,.,
A large delegation from Falls Cnurci
district renewed the plea mace on sew
| eral previous occasions tor reheA iIoia
the nuisance Afforded py u ou u,
| arising from hog farms. speakers III al,
| Guided George White, DR.. Dodd, =.
Gaines. c. w. oliver, Will Cleveland
Miss Minnigerode and Mrs. Andrews
| Mr. White claimed that pollution OF IN
| streams from decaying garbage wa
| dangerous to cattle feeding on adJaceh
farms, and DIR. Dodd stated tnst 9a eo,
| were a menacs to the health. oahl'aI
| Offlcer r. ]. White reported tnaC an III
| spection Of the premises n l S NV
! feeding conditions bad. The boar,
| promised that it would consult wltl
| commemorative attorney and take &C
ton at its next meeting, II sucn acuo'
| was possible under the law.
Confusion Is Explained.
DIR. Brookbank from the State Dc
partment of Agriculture and DR.. j.
| Mailman. veterinarian for the State an
Federal Government, in charge OF %
vine tuberculosis eradication work, ap
peared before the board to explain IN
confusion arising over the appointment
of DR.. B. L, Poole of Herndon as as
sistant TO DIR. Hailman in conductln
the tests in Fairfax County. Certal
members of the board were at nrst IN
ciined to resent the appointment OF ID
Poole without LnelF IeCOnllnvAuo'io
and the start of the work on Novemoe
/ instead of January 1.
A delegation from the Southern sec
ton Of the county asked appointment
of DIR. A. r. Malcolm of Lorton
veterinarian to work the lower sector
According to Mr.. Brookbank the fat
that the county's appropriation
$500 cannot" be supplemented unit
next November when next years ia
money is uae, makes 1t uneconomic'
to nut more than one county inspecte
on the lob ut one time to assist tn
state inspector. He stated that Il
his So, 500 the county will get one CON
Melted test for each Of its $4,000 or MOI
| cows. regardless of the number OF n
, actors. and that all infected herds WI
| be retested within 80 days. II 1t az
pears after the first two or thr'
months work that not more than l p'
cent of reactors viii be found IN II
county. he stated that third ma
! could economically be put on to rus
. the work to completion. motto
. sponsored by Supervisors Leigh ar
Turner to continue thy work OF bovlI
: tuberculosis eradication on the arc
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