Evening star., 1947-07-18
Arlington Unit
Disqua|ifies 18
Candidates
Only z Of Democrats
Appeared at Hearings
Appeal Is Possible
By Robert c. RoIIinqs

Eighteen candidates for the Ar
lington Democratic Executive Com
mittee, all but two Of whom failed
to appear before a special certifica-
ton subcommittee, have been dis
qualified and their names will not
be placed on the ballot in the party
primary next month, the commit
tee announced today.
The committee took the action
last night in adopting a report of
the special subcommittee. A total
of IS candidates were certified and
three others withdrew their applica-
tions. One of those certified, Leon
ard o. Hilder, also withdrew.
Disqualified candidates, however,
may appeal their cases to the Eighth
District Committee, which will meet
at noon Monday in the Alexandria
offices of Chairman Gardner L.
Boothe.
Open Session Held.
The subcommittee report was
made in an open session last night
"in accord with a motion to hear
any candidate who was present and
who desired to be heard prior to
the final action of the Executive
Committee"
The report was adopted in exec
utive session. but, the committee an
nounced, "In voting to certify or
not to certify the various candi-
dates, the committee first voted to
disqualify from voting members of
the committee who were themselves
candidates in the precinct voted
upon"
Disqualified candidates, each of
whom failed to appear before the
subcommittee, were listed as Har-
old Schilz, Esther l. Cooper, Perry
F. Gawen, Vincent A. Tramonte,
James D. Franklin. Beatrice 3.
Smythe, Ellsworth H. Mosher, Vir-
ginia Thatcher, Carl P. Sanderhoff,
Edward F. Behn, irving N. Hoddes,
Martha p. Wildhack, Josephine Y.
Barber, Albert A. Carretta, H.
Smith Rucker and Laurence S.
Knappen. 7
Two Others Fail to Qualify.
The two candidates who were dis
qualified after an examination by
the special subcommittee were listed
as William S. Tickle and Elizabeth
w. White. The subcommittee report
declared testimony of the two re
vealed that they had not complied
with the requirements of the party
plan in the last general election
," =" The report said, This sub
committee was impressed with the
candor and honesty exhibited by
both of said candidates.
In voting to disqualify the 1e who
did not appear, the subcommittee
said 1t was "impelled to the action
because said candidates have failed
to comply WITH the rules of the
Democratic mittsesadopted pur-
suant to the rights and powers
granted to the committee by the
party plan in that they failed to ap-
pear and failed to furnish any in
formation under oath upon which
the subcommittee could certify that
they have complied with the re-
quirements of the party plan"
The candidates who withdrew, in
addition to Mr.. Hilder, are George
P. Grove, S. r. Harrison and Marie
Dresser, the report stated.
Certified Candidates Listed.
The following, who were exam
ined under oath by the subcom-
mittee, were certified, it was an
nounced:
M. M. Caskie, jr.; Mary r. Day,
Ernest Russell, Ella T. Odenthal,
Homer Lee Krout, William M. AK
en-, Harrison Mann, Nixon A. Brew
er, Lester r. Conley, Charles r.
Fenwick, Thomas G. Edwards,
Homer G.. Bauserman, Glenn H.
Deem, Beulah Goss, J. Ernest Bur-
Lesson, E. L. Usilton, Ralph w. Fair
banks, Edith Smith Simpson, Cath
crime Dinges, John w. jackson,
J. Lawrence Manning, Lawson
Wimberly, william L. King, Ben
jamin Collins MILAN, W., Henry
johnson, j. w. England, Thomas
j. Crack, Robert H. Rollins, Harry
A. Grant, E. w. Hamman, Malcolm
D. Miller, Thomas J. Broyhill, AL
fred Frisbie and Hamilton M.
ARyere