Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Gov. Price 10 Discuss
CONSUMPTION Over
Radio Tonight
Montgomery Board
May Have to Ask
Aid of Volunteers

Gov. Price of Virginia will speak
on CONSUMPTION over Statewide
radio hookup tonight, 1t was an
nounced yesterday as several Vir-
ginia groups planned to discuss the
State defense program.
Meanwhile, in Maryland, the
Montgomery County Board of Elec-
ton Supervisors disclosed 1t may
have to rely on the services of VOL
unteers to help with consumption
registration on october is.
Gov. Price will go on the air at
$50 o'clock tonight, the Associated
Press reported from Richmond.
The Governors office said the Is
minute broadcast, over WRVA, Rich
mond. WTAR, Norfolk, and WJDB,
Roanoke, is intended to help the in
dividuals affected by the registration
act-both married and single men
between the ages of 81 and IS years.
The program was arranged with
the idea of reaching as large an au-
dience as possible after the evening
church hour.
Discuss Protective Force.
The new State Committee on Civil
Police Mobilization will discuss the
feasibility of organizing a State
wide cooperative protective force at
its first meeting in the office of
Gov Price tomorrow.
The committee chairman, State
Controller Leroy Hodges, said he
felt all civil protective forces of
the Commonwealth should be con-
sidered as a unit in meeting emer-
gencies. If the committee decides
tomorrow that such force is FEAST
BILE, it will then discuss plans for
the general method of operation.
Alexandria Police Chief John M
Arnold is a member Of the COM
mittee.
National defense also will be dis
cussed at the annual conventions
of the League of Virginia Munich
palities and allied organizations in
Roanoke this week.
Gen. Anderson to Talk.
Brig. Gen. James Anderson, exec
utive officer at V. NJ l.. will discuss
Public Works and the National
Defense" Tuesday.
C. E.. Heinrich. special agent for
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton at Richmond, will talk on ways
of strengthening the national de-
Tense at the Wednesday morning
session of the Virginia Police Exec
utives' Association, which also meets
In Roanoke.
Sheriffs. police chiefs and other
Virginia law enforcement officers
will meet Thursday. at the call of
Gov. Price, with members of the
State Committee on Civil Police
Mobilization to hear plans of that
committee for cooperative effort
by all police in case of national
emergency.
The part localities play in ma
tional defense will be discussed
Tuesday at a gathering of mayors
and councilmen by Hugh Gallagher
of Washington, of the division OF
State and local cooperation Of the
National Defense Advisory Commits
sion.
Books To Be Revised.
In announcing that Montgomery
County may have to rely on the
services of volunteers in the regis
tration of draftees, Donald M
Bowie, jr., president of the Board
of Election Supervisors, explained
that the board will have representa-
tives in the county's 68 precincts
October IS to revise the voting
registration books. Whether all men,
bers will be able to sit on the follow
ing date. when more than $4,000
registrants under the Burke-Wad
worth CONSUMPTION bill are expected
to enroll, is another question, Mr..
Bowie said.
Some of the members of the regis
tration staff may be sick and others
may not be able to serve a second
day away from their work, he said.
In either event, substitutes would
have to be named.
Mr.. Bowie said the board had re-
ceived several offers of services on
the registration boards and that
list was being compiled so an ade-
quate number would be available
when registration day arrived
I'VE are not sure whether or not
the registration officials will be
paid" he said, but regardless of
that angle, we may need volunteers
in the event some members are I'M
able to stay away from work more
than one day"