Evening star., 1939-03-10
Women Voters Join
Fiqht 10 Bar Business
From Lee Boulevard
Chamber of Commerce,
However, Indorses
County Boord Stand

Another group had joined the Lee
boulevard zoning fight in Arlington
County today as the County Cham
Der of Commerce and Civic Fedora
ton reiterated conflicting views on
the matter.
The Executive Committee of the
Organized Women Voters of the
county became the 18th organization
to condemn the action of the County
Board in authorizing local business
zone on the boulevard at Pershing
drive to permit the erection of a
hotel, and asked that the authorize
ton be rescinded.
The Chamber of Commerce last
night Endorsed the boards move and
approved previous action by it's
Board of Directors, which had au-
thorized representatives to appear
before the board and urge the busi-
ness rating. To date it is the only
county organization that has in
dorsed the rezoning.
Federation Committee Acts.
Meanwhile, special committee
OF the County Civic Federation an
nounced 1t would "redouble its ef-
forts to crystalline public sentiment
and persuade the board to rescind
its action when it meets Tuesday" q"
The committee, composed of A. D.
Adams, Julian Simpson and Comdr.
P. T. Wright, also Endorsed a pro-
posal by A. M. Nevius, vice presi-
dent of Riggs National Bank, to
build a large hotel near the inter-
section of Lee boulevard and Arling-
ton Ridge road. The proposed
structure would conform to zoning
regulations.
In expressing the hope that the
Nevius proposal would receive the
backing of other organizations, the
committee recalled that Mr.. Nevius
was one of the largest property
owners involved in the original
hearing which resulted in the re-
zoning OF seven parcels of low classi-
f1cation to residential a."
Ball Recalls Roads Building.
The Chamber of Commerce meet
ing was enlivened by a talk by
former State Senator Frank Ball.
ST., in which he said: "The Federal
Government first took our entire
water front of about six miles and
now they ask us to maintain Lee
boulevard as a high-speed highway
with no business. That is unheaYd
Of"
Commencing the County Board
members who voted for local busi-
ness zoning, Mr.. Ball declared they
had refused Ito be swayed by
threats" from the Federal Govern
ment. He said he was a county Of
fetal at the time Lee boulevard was
being planned, and said two routes
were proposed. One was fostered
by the straight to the Bridge AS
ISOLATION" and tho other route pro-
posed by the Southern Route As
scciation." One plan would have
routed the boulevard through Clar-
endon, where it would have become
commercial, he said.
The Women Voters Executive
Committee resolved that all property
along Lee boulevard should be main
tanned residential "A" and declared
the integrity of the County Board
has been impaired by its zoning
action.
The groups that have so far re-
quested the County Board to rezone
the local business tract back to a
residential rating are the Arlington
Ridge Citizens Association, Glen
Carlyn Citizens Association, Lee
Highway Business Association, Lyon
Park Citizens Association, Cherry
dale Citizens Association, Bancroft
School and Civic League, Carne Pre-
cinct Citizens Association, Livingston
Heights Citizens Association, Lee
Heights Citizens Association, Wom-
ans Club Of Arlington, the Arling-
ton County Civic Federation and the
Executive Committee Of the Ashton
Heights Woman's Club.