Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-06
ARLINGTON WOMEN
OPEN JAIL DRIVE
Organized Voters Board to
Send Delegation to Super
~ visors With Plea.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
!. STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

CLARENDON, Va, January 6.-De'
ternained that another year shall MOI
pass without some provision having
been made for a new jail for Airing.
ton County. the executive board of the
Organized Women Voters on Thursday
will arrange for a delegation to appear
before the board of county supervisors
at its next regular meeting, it was
stated today by Mrs. Julian w. Simp-
son. president Of the former organiza-
ton.
A number of important matters are
to be discussed at Thursdays meeting
of the executive board, but the question
of new Jail is considered of even
more moment than the coming election
of officers.
Resolution Adopted.
At the last regular meeting of the
Organized Women Voters a resolution
was adopted calling upon the super
visors for appropriations for a new
jail. AS reported by the chairman OF
the special committee, Mrs. Crandal
Mackey, the resolution set the location
as upon parcel of ground south of the
court house that belongs to the county
AS passed, however, this part of the
resolution was eliminated, a greater
number of the members being of tbs
opinion that a new Jail upon any suit
able location would be acceptable.
The committee has reported that the
sanitary conditions at the jail are OF
The worst and that health and neces-
sary comfort of those incarcerated are
greatly endangered by the existing con-
ditions. Both Sheriff Howard B. Fields
and Jailer Harry woodward agree with
the. report of the committee, stating
that they realize the unsatisfactory
conditions, but are powerless to prevent
them.
The delegation that is to call upon
the supervisors will ask, Mrs. Simpson
said, that the appropriation for the new
jail be included in the 1880 budget and
the organization will from this time on
exert every effort to see that this is
done.
Strong Organization.
The Organized Women Voters are ac-
knowledged to be one of the strongest
civic organizations in this county and
were signally successful during the past
year in accomplishing the projects to
which they pledged their support
While the board Of supervisors faces
a difficult task in rearringing the
finances of the county to overcome the
loss suffered through the annexation of
q large pOTIlOIl Oh lie county by Alex
andria, the Organized Women Voters
believe that the safety of the general
public is at stake in the matter of the
jail and that new one should be con-
,structed even az the expense of some
other project.
The question of new policies for the
coming year are expected to occupy a
large part of the time of Thursdays
meeting. since the annual election of
officers is to take place at the regular
meeting of the entire organization on
January %. This organization holds
five meetings yearly. The nominating
committee, of which Mrs. Ruth Lowell
is chairman, was selected at the last
regular meeting in November.
1t had been planned to hold Thurs
days meeting at the home Of the sec
Rotary Mrs. Amos Crounse, but due to
her illness it will be necessary to an
nounce another place later, Mrs. Sinp-
son said.