Evening star., 1943-12-08
Charles ). Cobbins
Named President Of
Arlington Federation
County Boord Charged
With Failure to Act
On Nursery Schools

Charles S. Cobbins, delegate Of
the Cherrydale Citizens Association
last night was elected president o.
the Arlington Civic Association.
William G. Watt of the Lyon Vii.
lage Association was elected vict
president and William MacMahor
of the Arlington Ridge civic grouI
was reelected treasurer.
The five members of the Executive
Committee elected are: DR.. Victor
Meyers of the Fort Myer Height.
Association, Albert A. Carretta ol
the Arlington Tenants League, C. E
Huffman of the Leeway Association
Mrs. Ruby Simpson of the Organ.
lied Women Voters and Comdr
George E. King of the Jefferson
Civic League.
Charging the county board with
repeated failure to take action or
requests that public nursery schools
be established in the county, Mrs
Florence Arnheim, chairman of tht
welfare committee, moved that tht
school board be asked to take i'm.
mediate steps in sponsoring such
action. The motion was carried
unanimously.
Detention Home Asked
Mrs. Arnheim's report stated tina,
Arlington is the only county in the
metropolitan area which has nor
provided nursery schools for the
children of working mothers. A re-
cent survey of five small housing
groups disclosed 80 children of pre-
school age whose mothers are work
ing or whose fathers shortly will be
called in the draft.
A motion was adopted on the rec
ommendation of the Committee on
Legislative and Legal Action that the
county board be asked to establish
one or more detention homes to
house delinquent minors until their
cases are disposed of by the court.
A motion to ask the county board
to establish youth centers under the
direction of recreation depart
ment was adopted
Tax Request Withdrawn.
A recommendation that State
representatives introduce and sup
port legislation at the next General
Assembly session to reduce minimum
school age from 6 to years was
referred to the School Committee.
On advice from Gov. Darden that
1T would not be possible to recon-
mend reduction in present taxes, -
the Legislative Committee withdrew
its former recommendation that a
Is per cent reduction in State in
come tax be sought by the fedora
ton
Two motions dealing with election
laws presented by DR. Meyers. chair
man OF the Executive Committee
were adopted The first moved that
assembly representative be request
ed to Introduce legislation authoriz-
ing the use of voting machines. The
second motion proposed that the
Federation ask enforcement of cleo
tion laws with regard to the con-
gregating at election places on cleo
ton day and of any violations called
to the attention Of the electoral
board.
Reiterate Bond Stand.
A motion was adopted that the
federation reiterate its stand that
no funds acquired through the sale
Of recently voted bonds be expended
for park and playground sites under
the control of the school board but
that such funds be used for acquisi-
ton OF ground in accordance with
wishes of the celebrates.
Reseipt of letter from DR.. Ralph
G. Beachley. county health officer,
which anticipated immediate action
on rat control at the trash dump,
was reported.
A motion presented by the school
committee and adopted by the
federation proposed that Gov.
Darden be asked to assure State
payment of $1,000 per teacher unit
for Sa larieS of teachers