Evening star., 1947-01-14
Tuck's Program
Moves Forward
In egisIature
Stute Rent Control
And Study Of District
Vicinity Are Proposed
By Alex R. Preston
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

closed shop bill have placed Go
Tuck's legislative program in
strong position for enactment viz
tually unchanged by the Geners
Assembly.
Legislators reconvened today wit
two new measures of signifcanc
to Northern Virginia before then
One-expected to be as much a
issue as the labor, teachers an
alcoholic beverage tax legislatio
already on file-would set up
State rent control agency to becom
effective at the expiration of Fed
eral regulations July i. 1t was pre-
sented by Delegate Walter H. Scot
Roanoke.
The other by Delegate Edwin "
Lynch, Fairfax, proposes a stud
of the areas near to Washington
where Expansion of the activitie
of the Federal Government in tn
area concerned has brought prob
lens of great complexity whicl
appear insoluble under existin
statutes"
Would Touch on Annexation.
AS introduced, Mr.. Lynch's join
resolution calls for creation of
special commission. He said, how
ever, he is amenable to sugges
ton that the study be undertaken
by the Virginia Advisory Legislative
Council. Annexation would f1gur
prominently in the study, he said
The rent control proposal me
quick opposition from Delegate w
Selden Washington, Alexandria, whit
said he would vote against it because
he believes the sooner controls arr
lifted the quicker normal building
will be resumed.
The Senate version of the teach.
ers' salary increase, sponsored by
John S. Battle, Charlottesville, wa
approved, 81 to 0. 1t carries an over.
all appropriation of $6,500,000 rec,
commended by Gov. Tuck for tht
next IS months. 1t goes to the House
today.
Still in the lower body is a dupli
cate measure which already ha'
been amended in committee to pro-
vide $1,500,000 more than the Gov.
ernor recommends.
Closed Shop Bill Advanced.
Administration forces in the HOUSE
succeeded yesterday in beating dowr
all proposed amendments to Mr.
Tuck's bill to prohibit closed shop
contracts. BY vote of 65 to 81
they advanced the bill to its "thirc
reading" in line for passage today
Still up for debate, however, is the
Governors bill to prohibit strikes in
essential public utilities. Action is
slated by the House today.
House advancement of the anti
closed shop bill was without record
vote. Delegate E. Blackburn Moore
of Winchester and Clark County, 8
co-sponsor, explained its provisions
and fought off the major attempts
to amend it. Stuart B. Campbell
Wythe County, presented a plea fol
a change which would have declared
the right of citizens to work re-
gardless of union membership to bt
the public policy. His amendment
would have directed that the prob.
lem be studied by the Legislative
Council for report at the 1948 reg.
ular session.
After defeat of that change, Mr.
Campbell unsuccessfully sought al
amendment requiring a vote OF *
per cent of employees before a closee
shop contract would be valid.
School Measures Offend.
The Campbell changes were re
iected 81 to 65-an indication of thu
final passage vote expected today
Chairman G. C. Louderback of tn
House Appropriations Committee
sponsored a measure to appropriat'
$275,000 in the next fiscal year tt
make up retirement and annuit,
benefits for school teachers. A sec
cond measure by the same sponso
would limit availability of free text
books to the next fiscal year.
Although the Senate version o
the teachers salary bill carries al
unchanged total figure, sums in tn
breakdown classifications were jug
gled to an extent that may worl
to the detriment of IL countries
including Arlington.
Senator w. N. Neff, Abingdon
obtained support of the change
which reduces by half the sum Sc
up in the $5,500,000 appropriation
for equalizing educational benefit
"a fund for the benefit of countrie
without sufficient taxable valuable
to come up to the overall Stat
standards.
Benefits to Localities.
Meanwhile, State School Supt. q
Tyler Miller made available tn
benefits to localities that would b
realized under the Governors pa
raise bill which devotes 5,552 900 II
teacher increases exclusively. Unde
she average daily attendance formul
the raise costs $4.34 per pupil unit
July / and $40 for the 1947-
fiscal year.
If the localities match the sum
with a 80 per cent appropriation
Northern Virginia would receive tn
following amounts for the first ST
months of this year and the mex
complete fiscal year, respectively:
Arlington, S42,960, 1924; Alex
andria, $26,540. s45,268; Fairfa1
S35, 5,S40, $61,13o.
Tinuor Tax RiII DELAYED.
Meanwhile, the House Financ
Committee postponed until this aft
ernoon further consideration of
bill by Delegate Robert Whitehea
to impose 10 per cent tax on wine
and liquors designed to finance
much more extensive teacher salar
increase than proposed by the Gov
ernor.
The appearance Of former GoN
Darden before the committee to tes
tify as "a plain citizen" against tn
measure indicated proponents sale
organization forces are worried
about the popularity Of the plar
Mr.. Darden reiterated his positio
expressed while Governor that ABB
revenues should not be closely tie
in with the States education system
Mr.. Whitehead countered wit
the statement that ABC profits al
ready accrued to the general fund,
part of which goes to schools, an