Evening star., 1946-01-17
Bill
On Indigent Aid
Being Drafted
Clarke Asks Vireinio
Assembly, to Gust
Personnel Director
BY ALEX r. PRESTON.
Star Staff Correspondent.

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 17.-Dele-
gate Lake Triplett of Fauquier
County said today he is preparing
legislation requested by his County
Board of Supervisors to require the
State Board of Public Welfare to
maintain a proportionate share Of
support to INDECENT persons after
they are transferred to a district
almshouse.
AT the same time, Senator Andrew
W. Clarke, Alexandria, Fairfax and
Prince William, plans to introduce
at today's session of the General
Assembly bill prohibiting j. H.
Bradford, director of the budget,
from also holding the office of State
personnel director.
The welfare legislation was re-
quested in letters to Mr.. Triplett and
Senator Robert l.. Button, Culpeper,
from I. E. Bartonstein, Warrenton,
clerk to the supervisors.
Average Is S12.87.
Mr.. Triplett, who was a former
supervisor and a member of the
board OF the district home at Manas-
sas, said the average monthly pay
ments in Fauquier County for the
reiief OF the aged is $12.87 each as
long as they remain in the county,
fauquler pays an average of s2.4l
OF this amount.
However, when indigents become
homeless and are sent 60 the district
nome, the State ceases its contribu-
ton and the monthly cost to the
county then becomes $25, Mr.. Trip
lett said. He concurs with Mr.. Bar
tonsteln that when such persons are
sent to the district home they be-
come even more a public liability
than in a private home. He added
his proposed bill would require the
State to continue contributions in
the same proportion as payments are
made for private home support.
Senator Clarke declared the object
OF the measure he has prepared is to
remove Mr.. Bradford from Office. BY
provisions of the bill the director Of
the budget would be ineligible for
the personnel Office and the Gov
ernor would be prohibited from ap-
pointing him to any capacity in con-
nection with the execution of the
State Personnel Act.
Disapproves of Methods.
7 disapprove strenuously of the
methods and manner with which the
present incumbent administers the
personnel Office" Senator Clarke
said. Il feel the department heads
should have more of a voice in con-
Quoting the affairs of their selec-
tions, so far as placing State en-
ployes In a proper classification is
concerned.
Too many discrepancies exist for
which we've suffered many valuable
losses and the State is suffering ir-
reparable losses in the administra-
tion of the Personnel Act"
Yesterdays House and Senate ses-
sionS were merely perfunctory be-
fore the two bodies went into joint
assembly to receive guests prepara.
tory to Gov. Tuck's Inauguration.
81 Bills Offered.
Sixty-seven bills, including meas
ures on such controversial matters
as liquor rationing, absentee voting
and the poll tax awaited attention
of General Assembly committees to-
day.
The antiliquor rationing bill, with
Delegate Paul Crockett of Yorktown
as chief patron, would terminate the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Boards
present rationing regulations on
February on all beverages contain
ing 20 per cent or more of alcohol by
volume.
A bill by Delegate John B. Boat
wright of Buckingham to limit the
use of mail ballots to voters absent
in the armed forces, and Senator
Ted Dalton's bill to provide for a
May z election on calling an unre-
Stricted contitutional convention for.
among other things, repeal of the
poll tax as a prerequisite to voting.
also are among the legislation pend
ing In committees