Evening star., 1941-04-02
Return Of Camp
Areas IsAsked
AT End Of Crisis
Citizens in Nearby
Areas Fear They
Will Lose Homes

A plan under which Federal land
acquisitions would revert to the
original owners after the present !.
national emergency or when no
longer needed by the Government,
was advanced today by Charles R.
Fenwick, member of the House Of I
Delegates from Arlington County, d
Va. III
The plan was suggested as Gov. 4
Price announced that, in response
to pleas from "panic-stricken" Caro-
line County citizens, he had ap- !
pointed flve-man committee to
render all the assistance 1t can In
developing and co-ordinating ar
rangements for settlement of 1922
persons who may have to give up
thelr homes for an Army training
camp
In letter to Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat of Virginia, Mr.. Fenwick sup-
gested that a study of land ac-t
QUESTION problems be made between I
the Federal and State governments
In each individual case. 4
Il have been very much concerned
with the acquiring of land in Vir-
ginia, both in Arlington and Caroline
Counties and other portions of the
state" Mr.. Fenwick told Senator
Byrd. Il realize that in the present
emergency concessions and sacrifices
must be made, but I believe that
they can be accomplished in an
orderly manner without disruptine
the sovereignty of the State and its
citUenry."
Asks LeaSe-Lend Basis.
The United States is now con-
Structlng temporary-type general
ONCE building in Arlington and
contemplates more. 1t is also nego-
tiating for the acquisition of 10000
acres in Caroline County for army
/ training purposes.
The Arlington delegate suggested
that in land acquisitions a lease lend
basis be adopted so that at the end
OF the emergency the land taken by
eminent domain will revert TO the
State or to the original owners.
/ Such acquisitions should be Sc
/ lected, where possible. from non-cul-
tivated land of the submarginal type,
/ he said.
There are today thousands Of
acres in Virginia not under cultiva-
ton, or if cultivated, so submarginal
that the tillers cannot earn a living.
The removal of such families into
fertile land would mark a great ad-
vance in the State and at the sans
fill the wants and needs of the Gov.
ernment," he said.
Residents Panic Stricken"
L. M. Walker, jr., State commits
Sioner of agriculture, was made
chairman of the Caroline County
Co-ordinating Committee by Gov.
Price, the Associated Press reported
from Richmond
Trial Justice George F. Conway Of
Caroline told the Governar that
residents of the area expected to be
included in the training ground were
"panic-stricken" because of the pros
pect of having to vacate and the
uncertainty as to the exact boun-
daries of the tract.
The Governors committee ar
ranged to assemble this afternoon
to chart its procedure.
Meanwhile, the Virginia Highway
Department reported that the Army
has not yet consulted it in connec-
ton with the future of Route 3Ol,
which bisects the 110,000-acre site.
The highway connects Bowling
Green and the northern area. 1t is
one of the main thoroughfares to
Baltimore over the new Morgantown
Bridge
In Baltimore. Sd Corps Army
Headquarters said Maj. Gen. Walter
S. Grant had invited Caroline
County representatives to another
Baltimore conference. The time was
not set.
The Army said last week it had
been found necessary to acquire
about 10000 acres near Bowling
Green for the camp, despite pro-
tests from residents in the area.