Evening star., 1948-03-21
Green Suffers
-Four Defeats
In Arlington
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Treasurer FuiIs
r To Win Place on
: List Of Delegates
By Robert G. RoIIinos

County Treasurer John Locke
Green, only Republican of1iceholder
in Arlington, yesterday suffered
four defeats at the annual county
@. o. P. mass meeting.
Defeat No. came when the more
than 100 persons gathered at
Thomas Jefferson Junior High
School picked Clyde Stovall by a
vote of 60-51, to be chairman Of the
mass meeting. Mr.. Stovall was a
political unknown until last year
when he ran unsuccessfully for
Arlington commissioner Of revenue
Mr. Green has been elected treas
urer on three successive occasions,
each time with an increasing
majority.
After the meeting gots under way
with Mr.. Stovall presiding, Mr.
Green's motion to have members Of
the nominating and resolutions
committees elected rather than ap-
pointed was voted down, 69-47. The
dkfeated measure also would have
limited membership on the commit
tees to five each.
Left of Committees.
Next setback for Mr.. Green, here
tofore almost always q member OF
the party's inner circle, was the fact
that he was not placed on either
of the nine-man committees.
The final defeat-and perhaps the
most important-was the omission
of Mr.. Green as a delegate or alter
nate to the 9th District and State
conventions. It marked the first
time in many years that Mr..
Green's name was not on the list.
OF the SO delegates and SO alter
mates named, many were not at the
meeting, Green supporters noted.
Although Mr.. Green declared be-
fore the vote was taken that 1t was
"immaterial" to him whether he
was named chairman, he turned
aside o suggestion from the floor
that he withdraw in favor OF MIR.
Stovall.
The treasurer's opponents jubi-
lantly announced (but not for di-
rect ouotation) that he was being
repaid for what they termed his
desertion Of the party in the last
elections. Mr.. Green, they said,
failed to support Mr.. Stovall in his
race against Derpocratic Commis-
sioner of Revenue Harry K. Green
(no relation to John Locke Green.
Nor did he support. they declared,
Oren Lewis, Republican, in his bid
for the Commonwealth attorney
post. AS to the latter, the anti
Green faction points eAt that George
Rucker, the chief deputy treasurer,
ia an uncle of Dennian 7. Ruckef,
the Democratic nominee, who was
elected Commemorative attorney.
Opposition Minimized. -
supporters Of Mr.. Green mini
mized the effect OF the meetings
action on the county treasurer. They
pointed out that the antl-Green
faction in the party had counted
out the veteran politician on various
occasions in the past. But the TACT
remains, they assert, that ne Is
the only Republican who can get
elected TO public Office in the county.
In other actions. the meeting re-
elected Edgar w. Pumphrey county
chairman; named a 23-man county
committee; elected the delegates
and alternates to the two conven-
tions, and left up in the air the
Republican stand on the question
of non partisan elections for the
County Board.
The non-partisan election question
was dumped in the lap OF the county
committee for the County Board II
in the committees judgement 1t
should be done.
The motion as reported by the
resolution committee directed" the
committee to pick a candidate. An
amendment by Colin c. MACPHERSON
left the matter to the judgement
Of the group.
A resolution was passed deploring
the fact that milk prices are higher
in Virginia than in the District, and
calling on the Virginia Milk Com
mission to do something about them.
Another resolution asked the County
Board to set up a bipartisan public
utilities Commission, Independent OF
other county commissions. The
present PUG is an advisory group
to the County Board.
EEnC n. oL;ur u af.eaI
The meeting refused to indorse
the Fair Employment Practices
Committee as suggested by A. T.
Shirley, colored, of 1862 North Cul-
peper street, but instead adopted
a resolution reaffirming the con-
stitutional guaHntee of justice and
equality before the law" for all per-
sons.
Elected to the County Committee
were Mrs. Wilma Macpherson, Oren
Lewis, Fred Dawson, Mrs, Kath-
arine. Hawkins, Lee Potter, Tai
mage Wilcher, Hal Hughes, Stephen
M. Smith, Fred Windridge, Miss
Minnie Parker. Roy Fulcher.
Also, John ]. We'll, Margie Pry-
therck. Charles o. Pratt, Bert
Slough, Mrs. Minnie Smith, Floyd
McCord, Mrs. j. r. Hutchinson
Henry Ames, A. G. Anderson
Charles Carter, Clyde Stovau and
Lester Sorenson.
Mr.. Wilcher was chairman OF the
Nominations Committee and Mr.
Smith of the Resolutions Commit
tee.
Jewish War Veterans Posi-
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