Evening star., 1948-08-14
Green Supports
Clair as County.
COP. Nominee
Arlington Treasurer
Charges Bod Faith
By Party Chairman

John Locke Green, Arlington
County treasurer and anti-organi-
cation Republican, today announced
his support of Francis j. Clair as
the G. o. P nominee for County
Board in the November 3 general
election.
AT the same time, Mr.. Green
/ only Republican county official
charged the Party Chairman Edgar
w Pumphrey had acted in bad
faith" concerning the question of a
primary to pick nominee for the
County Board.
Mr.. Clair, free lance writer and
former National research director OF
the Republican Party, last June at
tempted to file for a Republican
primary which he declared had been
called by Mr.. Pumphrey for August
3. The County chairman, however,
stated the Executive Committee had
never decided to hold a primary for
the County Board.
Clair Ruled Out.
In this connection, Mr.. Green as
serted the "so-called Republican
county chairmon advised Mr.. Clair
that ne would take the question of
his candidacy up with the Republic
can County Committee, and in due
, course the committee met with not
more than II members present,
which of course was not even a
quorum and certainly not majority
of the committee"
After due deliberation and much
argument" Mr. Green continued,
st was decided that Mr.. Clair could
not run as a regular Republican,
Notwithstanding that he had relied
upon the statements in the public
press put out by the so-called Re-
publican county chairman that
there would be a Republican prim-
ary for the county board"
Mr.. Green declared that Mr.
Pumphrey, ''by virtue of his office,
considers himself the Republican
boss and guide and father of all
the 5000 Republicans who voted for
Dewey in 1914, and it is possible
that by some unknown f1uke he
could be right; but based upon eX-
perience over 20-year period, !
have considerable doubt that this
so-called county chairman and his
half-dozen followers are worth
more than 300 votes to any mans
candidacy"
Deal Charged.
The county treasurer asserted he
is lone Republican" who is not So
ing to support Lee Potter, vice
chairman of the COP County Com
mittee, who is running for the
county board as an independent
Mr.. Potter has been Endorsed by the
Citizens Committee for School I'm
provement in what H. Herber.
Howe, another board candidate, has
declared Is part of deal between
Republicans and independent
leaders.
Mr.. Green said that, since Mr.
Pumphrey had acted in had faith
we will hold the Republican
primary in November so that thous-
ands of Republicans will have a
choice"
Petitions bearing the signatures OF
about 200 county residents asking
Mr.. Clair to run and requesting that
he be "designated the Republican
candidate or nominee" on the ballot
have been received by Mr.. Clair, he
said yesterday Many more petit
tions are being circulated, he said.
In addition to Mr.. Clair, Mr.. Pot
ter and Mr.. Howe. two others are
in the race for the one vacancy
which occurs this year on the five
member board. They are Alfred F.
Frisbie, incumbent and winner of
the Democratic nomina6on in the
primary last week, and Jacob Bech-
tel, who is running as an independ-
ent. Mr.. Howe also is an independ-
emf candidate