Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-09-09
Arlington Group
Backs Seven for
Board Contests
Factions Established
In School and
County Elections

fractional lines were established
today in Arlington School Board
and County Board election con-
tests as the result of last nights
Endorsement of candidates by the
Greater Arlington Association.
The association voted to accept
reports of its Executive Committee
backing five persons for the county's
first elected School Board and two
nominees for the vacancies on the
County Board. The meeting was
held in Bauserman's Hall, Colum-
bia pike and Glebe road. About go
persons attended.
For the School Board, the asso-
citation Endorsed william Montgom-
cry Smith and Ernest C. Belts, jr.,
incumbents, and DR.. Charles P.
Cake, Ralph Kimble and Ernest
Gearheart.
Incumbents Endorsed.
For, the County Board the asso-
citation Endorsed the two incumbents,
F. Freeland Chew and Harry w.
Cuppett. The name of Lincoln
Mackey, civil engineer who has
filed for the County Board, was sug-
gested from the floor by Attorney
William c. Cloth, jr, but the group
accepted the Executive Committees
recommendation by 31-9 vote.
The School Board candidate will
oppose the slate of five which has
the Endorsement of the Arlington
School Board nominating conven-
ton, a group of citizens organiza-
tions, and three other candidates
who are running without organized
support. The three are John NJ
Stewart and Mrs Lucy G. Busy,
incumbent, and Roger B. Sprigg,
a public accountant.
The two candidates for the County
Board will be opposed by T. oscar
Smith and Mrs. Florence Cannon,
who were nominated by the Better
Government League. -Four other
candidates, in addition to Mr..
Mackey, also are in the race. They
are Robert w. Gaines, Jacob C.
Bechtel, Lawson Wimberly and
Millard P. Divine. They do not
have the Endorsement of any Or
ganized groups.
Proposals Opposed.
The Greater Arlington Associa-
ton opposed an elected School
Board and issuance of bonds for
school and county improvements in
a referendum last May. Lined up
for both issues were the Citizens
Committee for School Improve
mentr the Better Government
League and the Arlington Civic
Federation, all of which were men,
bers of the nominating convention
last month that picked a School
Board slate. Nominees of the con-
vention are Mrs. Edmund D. Camp
bell, Colin C. Macpherson, o. Glenn
Stahl, Barnard Joy and Curtis E.
Tuthill
Harley Williams of the Arlington
Better Government League today
characterized the. Endorsement of
Mr.. Chew and Mr.. Cuppett as proof
positive that these board members
have always favored real estate
spectators over the vast majority
of home owners and other citizens. -
Prediction Recalled.
Oscar r. LIE Beau, chairman OF
the Citizens Committee and CO.
chairman of the nominating con-
veution, last week predicted the
association soon will make pub
lie the five hand-picked candi-
dates. - ="
President J. Foster Hagan last
night declared that Mr.. LIE Beau was
correct in his assertion that the
candidates would be hand picked.
Mr.. Hagan said certainly they are
hand picked. That's what an exec
utive committee is for. We have
picked them after carefully consid-
ering all candidates"
Capt. P. T. Wright, U. S. N, re-
E. tired, who said he was member Of
the Executive Committee but was
not present when the candidates
were selected, said he would have
opposed Mr.. Chew's nomination had
, he been present. Capt. Wright also
declared the association membership
must be on the alert against possible
subversive elements getting into the
school system.
A. Leon Richardson, head of the
colored chapter of the association,
appealed to the membership to vote
the ticket when we 60 to the polls
Ia November