Evening star., 1929-12-13
GROUP IS NAMED
TO STUDY OIL CASE
Arlington Chamber Directors
Appoint Committee to Con-
slider Permit Question.
BY LESTER n. INSKEEP,
STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, December 13-
Unable to reach a definite agreement
as to the stand that will be officially
taken on the question of whether it is
to the benefit of the county to have the
Sun Oil Co. locate a large storage and
distributing plant on the Lee Highway
at Rosslyn, the board of directors of the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce, meeting last night in special ses-
sion, passed resolution requesting the
president to appoint a special commit
tee Of five members to make careful
study of the question and, after due
notice to all members, report its find
ings at a future meeting.
TwO-HOur Discussion.
This resolution. which was presented
by Clarence r. Ahalt, followed a dis
cuSsion of more than two hours on a
resolution offered by Charles T. Jesse,
attorney for the oil company and a
member of the board of directors of the
chamber, that the board of directors
of the Chamber of Commerce of Ar
lington County of Arlington County.
Va, indorse the project of the Sun Oil
Co. to establish an oil storage and dis
tributing plant on its proposed site at
RoSSlyn, since it is the Judgment of
this board that the entry of this con-
Germ into our business community will
encourage other new business to seek
location here and will increase the
general prosperity Of the county"
When those present found themselves
unable to agree, Jesse withdrew the
resolution and Ahalt substituted the
one that was finally adopted. AS the
matter stands, the chamber has as yet
taken no definite stand on 1t, despite
that it was for that purpose that last
nights meeting was held.
Secretary Resigns.
The special committee that was ap-
pointed to make study of the needs
of the county for the coming year re-
ported among other things that 1T was
felt that the services of a full time
secretary could be dispensed with as
soon as practical as the funds of the
organization would not warrant the
payment of such expense, and instead
OF such employe that an experienced
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be employed at
nominal salary"
Since the resignation of p P. Wood
prldge, present executive secretary, was
already in the hands of the president,
Keith A. Brumback, it was decided to
defer until the regular meeting next
week discussion on both the recon-
mendations of the committee and
Woodbridges resignation. Woodbridge
stated today that while he concurred
Iully with the committee in regard to
nnance, 1t was also matter of record
that he had not been in sympathy with
the administrative policies of the cham
Der Tor some time past and did not
care to assume the responsibility for
another year.
On the motion of Ashton C, Jones
the special committee that has been
working on the problem OF obtaining
the cooperation of the State in the
development of the county, adopted the
following report which they will ask
the board of county supervisors to pre-
sent to Gov. Harry F. Byrd, with a re-
quest that he give it favorable con-
slderation in his 1880 plans:
First; State appropriation of $780,
600 to be available when matched by
an appropriate sum from the Federal
Government for the establishment of
the first unit of the George Washington
Memorial Park along the Potomac River
near Washington in accordance with the
plans OF the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission. The appropria-
tton can be made as Virginia's contri-
putlon In honor of the 200th anniver-
sary OF the birth of Washington.
second: The completion of Lee
boulevard for width of at least 40
feet from the Federal road westwardlv
at least as far as Fort Buffalo by 1882.
TINS road to be opened approximately
the same time as the opening of the
new memorial bridge and the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway.
Grading and Surfacing.
Third: Grading and surfacing first
unit of the Straight-to the bridge road
Ieaolng from the Fort Myer military
reservation to Clarendon, a distance of
approximately l mile, the same to be
ready for traffic at the time of opening
OF the new memorial bridge, This is
OF vital Importance and will be a heavily
used road at all times and especially
until Lee boulevard is completed to its
connection with Lee Highway.
Fourth: State participation in pur-
chase OF rights-of-Way for Lee Boule-
Varo and straightforward bridge road to
the extent OF obtaining those portions
OF the said rights-of-way which cannot
be obtained by private organization now
working upon the same.
Fifth: Completion of Glebe road to
the Alexandria City line. This project
is now practically completed to CohIm-
bia pike leaving but little more than a
mile necessary to reach the city limits"
AT special meeting of the executive
committee, held yesterday afternoon. it
was decided to hold the annual ban
quet and election of officers at the
Washington-Lee High School on the
night OF January 10. The meeting will
be open to the wives of members and
other guests.
The work that the chamber has done
with regard to zoning and the benefits
TO the county that have resulted will be
the subject of the principal speakers. 1t
was decided to eliminate the usual pro-
cedure of having nominating commit
tee to recommend a slate of directors
Tor 1880, the matter to be left entirely
open and the nominations to be made
direct from the floor for the 16 vacan-
ctes. The president and other officers
are selected by the newly elected board.