Evening star., 1949-04-10
More Meetings
On Fall Elections
SET in Arlington
Better Government
League, School Boord
Conference to Meet
By Robert {. RoIIinas

on the fall elections were an.
nounced last night, bringing tc
three the number Of such gather
ings scheduled for the next two
weeks.
Covered by the latest announce
ment were a special session of the
Better Government League and a
reconvening of the School Board
Nominating Conference OF 1947
Set previously was the county
wide mass meeting of Arlington
Republicans at 7:30 pm. tomorrow
in the Thomas Jefferson Junior
High School, 900 South Fillmore
street.
The fall elections which the
meetings will concern cover three
positions-one County Board seat
and two School Board posts. The
Democratic Executive Committee
has announced that primary is
planned to select a County Board
nominee, thus killing all hope
Of the independents for a nom
partisan election. At the same
time, however, the Democrats said
they would continue hands off
policy in the School Board con-
test.
Position of Republicans.
The position of the Republicans
in the two races is expected to be
determined tomorrow night. The
COP stayed out of the first School
Board contest two years ago and
for the last three years has not
entered candidates in County
Board races.
In 1946. the Republicans com
mended" Daniel A. Dugan, a
Democrat running as an Inde-
pendent because he is Govern
ment employe. Mr.. Dugan sur
prised many observers by defeat
ing Edmund D. Campbell. the
Democrat incumbent. In 1947,
with two seats at stake, a nom
partisan mass meeting nominated
Mrs. Florence Cannon and T..
Oscar Smith against the Demo.
cratic incumbents. F. Freeland
Chew and Harry'W. Cuppett. Mrs.
Cannon and Mr.. Chew were elect
ed, Mr.. Smith running third by
about 200 votes.
Last year, a Republican. Lee
Potter, ran as an Independent with
Endorsement of the Better Gov
ernment League and the Citizens
Committee for School Improve
ment, and lost TO the INCUMBENT,
Alfred E. Frisbie. by only 10 votes.
Mr.. Smith said last night he
will be an independent candidate
this fall "if the Republicans put
up a candidate"
Mass Meeting Planned.
The Better Government League
special session, according to its
president Harley M. Williams. lis
to. discuss plans for holding a
nonpartisan mass meeting to
choose a County Board candidate
to run against the Democratic
machine candidate" 1t will be
held at 8 pm. Tuesday in the
Lyon Park Community House.
Mr.. williams said the meeting
will be "in the nature of an ex-
ecutive session for obvious rea-
sons" but that "all sincere .advo-
Gates of nonpartisan School and
County Board elections are cor
daily invited"
The proposed mass meeting. in
dorsed by the Civic Federation.
will probably be held before June,
Mr.. williams, said. so that deci-
sions will be made before many
citizens are on vacations.
He urged prospective independ-
ent candidates to announce early.
Harrison Mann, chairman OF
the Democratic Executive Com
mittee, yesterday declared that
the civic federation's Endorsement
of the mass meeting will inevi-
tably lead the federation into
politics"
The call for the reconvening Of
the School Board Nominating
Conference. also indorsed by the
civic federation, was made by CO.
chairmen Campbell and Oscar r.
LeBeau. for 8 pm, April 20, In
the Pershing Drive Christian
Church.
Letters Sent to Groups.
In letters to seven countrywide
organizations, the co-chairmen
suggested each group send five
representatives to the planning
sessions. The seven groups are
the Federation, the Citizens Com
mittee, the Organized Women
Voters, the League of Women
Voters, the Better Government
League, the Council of Negro Or
ganizations and the Federation
of Cooperative Pre-Schools Of
Northern Virginia.
Both Mr.. Campbell and Mr..
LIE Beau indicated one of the first
actions of the conference would
be the election of new officers
since they would like to retire Ito
a less active status after the
initial meeting.
The five nominees of the 1947
convention were elected over
whelmingly in a field of IL. They
are Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell. Bar
nard Joy and Colin c. MacPher-
son, who were named for four
year terms. and Curtis e. Tuthill
and O. Glenn Stahl, whose two
year terms expire December 81.
The County Board term expir-
ing this year is that Of Basil M.
De Lashmutt. currently serving as
board chairman. Although he has
not announced, he is expected
again to be q candidate.
The Republicans tomorrow
night also will select delegates and
alternates to the State convention
n