Evening star., 1942-03-19
$4,000 Sought
In Fairfax for
Defense Needs
County Boord OK s
$4,000 Loan for
High School Site
Special Dispa tch to The Star.


FAIRFAX, Va, March 19-The
Fairfax County Board of Super
visors yesterday was asked by
civilian defense heads to provide
approximately SIS 900 for the county
defense program.
Items included are:
$4,000 for so first-aid stations
and 13 casualty stations
$4,000 for nine control centers
for air raid wardens.
$4,000 for 10 auxiliary fire de.
partment units.
$500 for auxiliary police.
$15,500 for communications, in
cluding two-way radio outfits for
police cars.
Before acting on the recommends
tions the board, accompanied by
r. M. Loughborough, county de-
fense co-ordinator, will visit nearby
Maryland and Virginia areas to-
morrow to see what is being done
elsewhere.
1t was estimated by board mem
Der that If the $4,000 is approved
1t will mean an addition of about
IS cents on the tax rate.
Annexation Conference.
A committee including Chairman
G. Wallace Carper, Supervisors c. H.
Powell, Andrew w. Clarke and John
T. Blincoe and the Commemorative
attorney was named to confer with
a group of citizens in the vicinity
OF Falls Church, who are opposing
annexation Of portion of the
county by the town. The meeting
will be held tomorrow evening.
A request for permission to bor-
row an amount not exceeding $40. 900
for purchase Of high school site
in the vicinity Of Falls Church was
approved by the board.
No action was taken, however, on
a second request that the super
visors and Planning Commission set
up a requirement that developers Of
subdivisions must set aside possible
school sites for Subdivisions Board
members felt they would have no
authority to take the action.
Action of Alexandria Hospital in
advising the Board of Supervisors
that it will not be in a position to
handle any INDECENT or part-indigent
cases from the county, effective
Immediately, was termed "hasty
and ill-considered" by board mem
bers.
Hospital States Position.
The board had before it a letter
from the hospital in which it was
stated: AT the direction OF the
Board of Directors of this hosital
we are compelled to advise you that
this hospital will not be in a posi-
ton to handle any INDECENT or part
INDECENT cases from your county
effective this date.
we shall be compelled further
to advise each doctor in Alexandria
and Fairfax County that inadequate
arrangements have been made, that
the county fails to meet its require
ments as we see 1t and that, as a
result. we will not be able to handle
the cases in question.
I'VE do not hold ourselves re-
sponsible for any unfortunate situa-
tions. deaths or otherwise, which
might arise as a result of our de-
cision. We feel this responsibility
must rest with the Fairfax au-
thorities."
Replying. the board said in q
letter:
1T seems rather strange to us
that you are now refusing to admit
Fairfax County indigents to your
hospital, as our budget ttentative)
for the next fiscal year. beginning
July /, 1912. contains an item of
$1,000 for disqualification, which is
an increase of $4,000 over the
amount for this item in the budget
for the current fiscal year, and you
have in the past admitted such
indignets for disqualification with
only that amount set up in our
budget"
Past Payments Cited.
Board members also called atten-
ton Of hospital officials to the fact
that the county has always in the
past paid in full for every INDECENT
case where the disqualification was
properly authorized.
The board pointed out it cannot
provide more than the $4,000 in
crease for the coming fiscal year in
view of other large expenditures
brought about by the war and in
creased school needs.
The board approved the employ
ment of an assistant for Common
wealth's Attorney Brown, with the
county's share of the cost not to
exceed 1900.