Evening star., 1947-05-22
DeIllocrafsC Call
Meeting on Use
OF Mailing LIST
Arlington Head Asks
No Sides Be Token on
School Referendum


mittee viii meet tonight to study
the question of how its mailing list
came into the hands of the Greater
Arlington Association to disseminate
literature against proposed referen-
dunn changes for the county school
system.
The association declined to state
from whom 1t obtained authorize
tion to use the addresses of the
Democrats but President Charles
10. Pratt said proper authorization
for their use had been obtained.
This was promptly denied by
Chairman ]. Maynard Magruder OF
the Democratic Committee who said
neither he nor the committee had
authorized use of the list.
Would Extend List Use.
"Since the Greater Arlington As
sociation claims to have had access
to the mailing list" Mr.. Magruder
said, Il personally believe and shall
recommend to the Democratic Com
mittee that the mailing list be made
available for the use of the Citi-
zens' Committee for School I'M
provement, the Civic Federation OF
any other group concerned with the
referendum which requests it"
The Civic Federation and Citi-
zens' Committee are among group
OF organizations who seek to change
the method of selecting the School
Board and approval of $4,000, ,0OC
bond issue in Tuesdays referendum
One report OF the possible origin
Of the list centers around the cam
paign of a leading Democratic off,
cial last fall. His secretary, 1t was
said, ran of one or more sets 81
the Democratic Committee address
stencils in behalf of the candidate
and later became af1liated with the
Greater Arlington Association.
Tells Of Stencil Letter.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, candidate
for the County. Board and former
president of the Arlington Civic
Federation, said recent literature
from the Greater Arlington Asso.
citation was addressed with a stem.
Gil previously used by the Demo
cratic Committee.
Il moved from 812 South Quincy
street to 400 South Eighth street
about six years ago." Mrs. Cannon
said. Last year I called attention
| of Mr.. Magruder to the fact thai
1 had been receiving incorrectly ad.
dressed literature for about five
years. When I received literature
from the Greater Arlington Asso.
citation recently, it was stenciled ir
the same type of capital letters anc
to the same incorrect address"
Mrs. Cannon is running for Of
flee as an independent. having dis.
associated herself from Democratic
activity when she entered Govern
ment service In 1882. pe
Regrets Use Of Stencils. ,-
Oscar r. LeBeau, chairman ol
the Citizens Committee for Schoo
improvement which seeks direct
election of the school board an6
authorization of the bond issue
said that after his group heard oil
the stencil incident a member ha6
asked Democratic committeeman
for permission to use the address
plates also. The Citizens Commit.
tee representative was refused, Mr.
LeBeau said.
Mr.. Magruder said he had beer
approached by representatives oi
both organizations for use of tn.
plates.
Has Not Taken Sides.
"The Democratic Committee ha!
not taken sides in this question,
Mr.. Magruder said, land I toIc
both that I did not think the lis
should be made available to them.
| The Citizens Committee will holt
a countrywide rally to support di
rect election Of the school board ant
! the bond issue at o'clock tonigh
at the Claude Swanson Junior Higl
School, $500 North Washington
boulevard.