Evening star., 1948-02-08
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Fairfax toAdopt
Daylight Time
Assembly Holds First
Postwar Meeting at
Williamsburg Capital
BY Alex R. Preston
Ster Stoff Correspondent


The Fairfax County Board of Super
visors would be authorized to estab-
lish daylight saving time to conform
with action taken by Washington
this summer, under terms of bill
to be introduced Monday.
This was disclosed today shortly
before the General Assembly came
to this historic spot to resume its
custom Of meeting once every two
years in the restored Colonial
capitol 1t was the first of these
meetings here since 1912, when the
war forced their discoptinuance.
The daylight time bill will be
offered by State Senator Andrew w
Clarke, of Alexandria, Fairfax and
Prince William Counties. He an
nounced his plans shortly before
the General Assembly came here
Senator Clarke was unable to attend
the Williamsburg meeting.
The proposed Clarke bill would
apply only to Fairfax County and
its operation would depend upon ac-
tion taken by the Board of Super
visors. The board would be author
lied to provide for and enforce"
the summertime schedule for the
conduct of all business and elections
Darden Attacks Russia.
Former Gov. Colgate w. Darden,
president of the University, de-
livered a scathing attack against
Russia in an address to a joint
session of the House of Delegates
and the State Senate in the old
hall of the House of Burgesses. Gov.
Tuck, in a brief talk, warned of
conflicts within our own Nation as
well as dangers from abroad.
The General Assembly met in
the tiny House of Burgesses where
it first convened 244 years ago.
Members were the guests of John
D. Rockefeller, jr., and Colonial
Williamsburg at luncheon follow
Ing the ceremonies.
Today's ceremonial meeting in
terrupted the 1948 Assembly's most
controversial issue to date. When
the House of Delegates adjourned
yesterday, 1t left in mid-air a de-
bate, amounting to revolt, on Gov.
Tuck's proposals to increase taxes
$21, 100000 during the next two
years.
Medical Plan Disclosed.
Apparently wearied by the discus
sion yesterday, members agreed to
suspend debate until 1890 pm.
Monday, at which time the admin
istration tax measures will be taken
up again.
Meanwhile, Senator Charles R..
Fenwick Of Arlington disclosed
plan to extend his program for
furnishing medical facilities to
rural areas so that 1t would apply
to Negro communities.
When Senator Fenwick was a
member of the House of Delegates
in 1s43 he sponsored the so-called
Country Doctor Bill" 1t made
scholarships available to medical
students who would agree to serve
in designated rural areas one year
for each year of the scholarship.
Senator James D. Hagood, a
physician of Glover, introduced a
bill to increase the amount of an
nual scholarships to $1,000. Ten
scholarships. under the Fenwick
Act, are offered at the University
of Virginia and like number at
the Medical College of Virginia.
Senator Fenwick said the patron
of the new bill had agreed to an
amendment providing for five schol-
arships of $1,000 each, for Negroes
at Meharry Medical College, Nash
vile, Tenn.
Senator Fenwick also has reached
an agreement with the patron of a
second bill providing 500 annual
scholarships for nurses so as to set
up Is scholarships each year for
colored student nurses at st. Philips
School of Nursing of the University
OF Virginia.