Evening star., 1945-04-11
CityCounci|Gets
Court Summons
In zoning Suit
Alexandra Residents
Ask Court to Void
Order on Big Tract

appear in Corporation Court Mon
day to answer a suit filed by sixth
ward property owners seeking to
nullify the Councils recent action
in rezoning 12A -acre tract on
Route / to E industrial.
The suit, filed by Frederick L.
Flynn, attorney for D. M. Kelly,
A. S. Robertson, Joseph Pennazon
and Jennie Knight, asks that the
rezoning ordinance be voided on
grounds that the Councils action
was not properly advertised and
that the sixth ward had no repre-
sentative on the Council at the
time. The action also seeks to re-
strain A. r. Lash, building inspector,
from issuing building permits to
owners of the property.
The Council members were served
with the court summons as they
filed into City Hall last night to
attend the regular Council session.
A motion by Edward Downey, sixth
ward Councilman, who took Office
after the rezoning, to have the
property advertised for a hearing
to return it to its original residen-
tial classification was made two
weeks ago and lost by tie vote.
Mayor Refuses to Apologize.
Following the regular business at
last nights meeting, Vice Mayor
George K. Bender asked Mayor
William T. Wilkins to apologize to
the Council for his statement last
week that the action taken in pass
ing resolution favoring election
rather than appointment of juve-
nile judge was "a Pearl Harbor at
tack" Councilman John Logan, in
echoing Mr.. Bender's request, ad-
mitted authorship of the resolution,
which was signed by six members
of the Council, but which, Mr..
Wilkins stated, had never been pre-
sented to the Mayor.
Mr.. Wilkins declined to apologize,
stating that he considered the
presentation of resolution which
did not emanate from the Council
officially and which had never been
presented to its chairman, unprece-
dented and unethical, if not illegal.
He reafirmed his position of favor
ing appointment of a juvenile Judge
in accordance with State law.
The first step toward establish
ment of center to aid returning
veterans was taken with the passage
on first reading of 5000 appropria-
tlon to finance such center for a
year. The request for city aid was
presented by Joseph H. Saunders,
jr., chairman of the Citizens Post-
war Employment Committee.
Professional Help Needed.
Mr.. Saunders pointed out that
professional help is needed in max
ing survey of employment OPEN
ings, in giving help to veterans with
all types of problems, and in CO.
operating with the Selective Service
Board and the United States EN-
ployment Service.
| The Council instructed City At
torney Joseph M. Pancoast to deter
mine if the Council has the right to
appropriate and expend funds for
such purpose, and at the same
time, instructed Acting City Man.
ager c. Luckett Watkins to cooper
ate with the committee In securing
location.
Mr.. Watkins also was instructed
to order plans drawn for a new
fire station to be located in the
1900 block of Cameron street to re-
place the present station on North
Patrick street. The council had
previously authorized plans drawn
for the remodeling of the old sta
ton, but Fire Chief James M. Dun
can. jr., pointed out that it would
cost $4,000 to rebuild the old sta
ton, whereas a new one could be
built on property already owned by
| the city at cost of $45,0 900. and
that the Cameron street location is
more desirable. In addition, he said
the present station and site could be
sold, thereby bringing the cost Of
new station fairly close to that Of
remodeling the old one.
Acts on Rezoning Requests.
The council denied a request to
rezone 1446, 1448 and 1450 Duke
street from C-1 residential to Elm
dustrial; granted requests to rezone
$40 South Washington street from A
residential to D-1 commercial, and
to rezone 1415, 1417 and 14l7h
Prince street from C-1 to CO resi-
DENTAL
The application of Glenn U. Rich
ard to rezone lots l., 2, and 4 of
the subdivision of a portion of Oak
vile on the north side Of Calvert
avenue from ca to B residential
was voted advertised and set for
hearing on May 8.
The council passed on second
reading an appropriation of $1,240
to cover the cost of printing souvenir
brochures for use in connection with
the presentation of gifts to the Of
ficers and crew Of the U. S. S. Alex
andria.