Evening star., 1947-09-06
Arlington School
Campaign0pens
With hbroadside
lie Beou Charges GAA
Candidates for Bourd
Are Hond-Picked
By Robert c. RoIlinos

The campaign for Alington's first
popularity elected School Board, quiet
since the August IL deadline for
filing of candidates., gave promise
today Of reaching the boiling point.
The first indication of flare up
came today in statement by Oscar
r. LIE Beau, chairman of the Citizens
Committee for School Improvement
and co-chairman of the recent
School Board Nominating Conven-
tion which offered a five member
nonpartisan slate.
Mr.. LIE Beau predicted the Greater
Arlington Association, revived
civic group which fought the Citi-
zens' Committee in lasc Mays refer
endum on school and bond issue
questions. soon will make public
the five hand-picked candidates
which it has secretly supported from
the start and plans to enter in the
coming School Board elections"
Candidates Seek Five Places.
Mr.. LIE Beau said the GAA can
didates will be placed in opposition
to the five candidates chosen by
his group in last months county
wide, nonpartisan nominating con-
vention."
In addition to the five-man NOM
mating convention slate, eight other
candidates, including four members
OF the present five-man School
Board, are in the race. The elected
board will have five members.
The GAA currently has indorsed
eight school administrations sup
ported candidates, but will reduce
this slate to five," Mr.. LIE Beau de-
clared. The three candidates who
will be dropped, he said, were named
merely as decoys to give the ap-
pearance Of democratic SELECTION"
The second indication the CAM
paign will increase in intensity was
the disclosure that the GAA will
hold its first general membership
meeting for the fall" at Bauser-
mans Hall, Columbia pike and
Glebe road, at 8 pm. Monday.
Attendance Is Urged.
"You are urged to be present and
to hear the report of the work of the
Executive Committee during the
last three months" the notice
reads. "The association Is planning
an active campaign in the Novem-
Der election, with its activities CEN
tered on the election OF members of
the School Board and County
Board"
Neither political party placed
candidates in the field for the
School Board and County Board
races. Citizens groups have planned
to conduct both on a nonpartisan
basis.
The nominating conventions slate
comprises Mrs Edmund D. Camp
bell, Colin c. Macpherson, Barnard
Joy, o. Glenn Stahl and Curtis E.
Tuthill.
Others who have filed are Mrs.
Lucy G. Bussey, John M. Stewart,
William Montgomery Smith and
Ernest c. Belts, jr., incumbents, and
DR.. Charles P. Cake, Roger B.
Sprigg, Ernest T. Gearheart, jr., and
Ralph M. Kimble.
GAA May Back Incumbents.
Observers consider it unlikely the
GAA will irldorse any of the nomi-
mating conventions slate. Several
members of the current School
Board, however, probably will be
given GAA support.
Last May, Arlington citizens vot-
ed overwhelmingly for a popularity
elected School Board" Mr.. LIE Beau
said. Arlington citizens thus have
demonstrated that they want
School Board which will be directly
responsible to them.
THE School Board Nominating
Convention chose five well-qualified
candidates who will be responsive to
the people. On the other hand, the
so-called Greater Arlington Associa-
ton will indorse candidates who can
be counted on to ignore the will of
the people and continue the present
inadequate school system"