Evening star., 1948-11-21

| Prince Georges County registra-
ton lists show 29,960 Democrats.
12,443 Republicans and 1856 who
classify themselves as independents.
The Census Bureau has desig-
mated a portion of the surrounding
areas as the Washington Metro
politan district. They have char
acteristics such as employment,
population and housing, like WASH
lngton.
Comprising this district are Ar.
lington, Alexandria, two magisterial
districts of Fairfax County dnclud-
ing Falls church,; four election
districts of Montgomery County and
13 districts of Prince Georges
County.
/ Worker Areas Studied
A total population of / POS ,220 for
this district was estimated by the
Bureau in April, last year. About
two of every five employed persons
/ living in the district work for the
Government. This study included
persons IA years of age or older.
Government workers totaled 49,
639 throughout the area.
In an attempt to arrive at sound
opinion as to how Washingtonians
would have voted, one might at
tempt to examine the area which
has the largest concentration OF
Federal employees.
Without doubt such an area Is
Arlington. There, the countys COM
missioner of revenue, Harry K.
Green, assessed taxes against per-
sons occupying 31,52s living units.
as of January /. l947. OF this
total, 15,206, occupied apartment
units.
AS has been shown by the Green
belt and darlington figures, most
apartment dwellers-as a rule
work for the Government. For in
stance, the management Of Buck
ingham, Arlington's second largest
development, estimates 10 per cent
of the families in 1928 units there
are represented by Government
employees. j. D. Hennessy, manager
Of Colonial Village, said between
70 and 80 per cent are Government
worker families in the 1,060 units
there. These are regarded as
Other Results
! Yet, what happened? The poll
ticians are still shaking their heads
trying to figure out why Arlington
as a whole, and particularly the
precincts dominated or largely in
fiuenced by Government worker
concentrations, voted for Gov.
Dewey.
As has been stated, darlington
voted Republican, ATS to 308. Here
is how other Arlington precincts
with the largest apartment pro-
jects, voted: Ashton Heights Buck
ingham), Dewey, 461; Truman. 2s6;
Bancroft precinct (also Bucking.
ham, Dewey, 975; Truman, 683:
Park Lane Colonial VILLAGE,
Dewey, SIT; Truman, 457: Arlington
(Barcroft Apartments), Dewey, 425;
Truman, 391; Westover (Westover
ApartmentS, Dewey, 522; Truman,
413
And so it went in Arlington. In
fact, all but one of that countys
"a precincts gave Gov. Dewey
lead.
One might examine the returns
from precincts directly bordering
on Washington with the assumption
that substantially the same ratio
of Government workers would exist
in Chevy Chase, Md, as In Chevy
Chase, D. c., for instance, or in
Takoma Park, Md, and Takoma
Park, D. c., and so on.
Obviously, this type of comparison
could not be carried out in Virginia
because the Potomac River. WASH
ington National Airport and George
Washington Memorial Parkway
separate those communities from
the District. There are no ad-
jacent residential areas on the Vir-
ginia side of Washington.
Dewey Takes Montgomery
With Montgomery County giving
Gov. Dewey a substantial 8,838-vots
lead, all of that county's precincts.
Immediately adjacent to Washing
ton, voted Republican. Here is how
they bauoted:
Bethesda 3 Cincluding Brook
mont, Dewey, 586; Truman, 543:
Bethesda (Greenacres). Dewey,
,O08; Truman, 303; Bethesda II
Friendship Heights, Dewey, 57S:
Truman, 253; Bethesda 2 Chevy
Chase, Dewey, 393; Truman, 80;
Bethesda 20 (also Chevy Chase.
Dewey, 299: Truman, 80; Bethesda
(Rollingwood), Dewey, SIT; Truman.
279; Wheaton 10 Rock Creek
Forest-F Falkland Apartments-Silver
Spring area), Dewey. 457; Truman.
1856; Wheaton 4 (Silver Spring.,
Dewey; 1856; Truman, 1873; Wheaton
20 (Takoma Park, Dewey, 488;
Truman, 256.
Continuing on around the Dis
trict, this is how the Prince Georges
precincts voted to give President
Truman a bare 156-vote lead oht Of
more than 10000 presidential ballots
cast:
Chillum (also Takoma Park,
Dewey, $40; Truman, $50; Chillum
Mount RainieD, Truman. 500;
Dewey, 1876; Chillum 3 (also Mount
Rainier, Truman. 1888; Dewey,
'24: Bladensburg 2 (Colmar Man
,r), Truman, 408; Dewey. 1853; Seat
Pleasant S Beaver Heights, Dewey.
10; Truman, 80; Seat Pleasant 3