Evening star., 1949-06-05
Board
Decides Against
VotingMdchines
Tokes No Action, but
Agrees County Locks
Funds for Chonee

Arlington .ssets wsg ssEtzass
:c cAsf t.aeE ealAe4s wgiacss ire
AK; ef exstsng machines waAen
wr;r recommended ay q kgSecaAs
yea.stfaets1ag commission ire
County RaArd Indicated sesiss-
dAy
Ia a slsart informal .lse .4Aaasa
st2sg before tlst elosf ot tese fsxa.
lar el-xr~k,y nase,4nS h~sAfks
aarass~Fs agFrea tlae country as~a
no5 have fussas 10 acagsrv ihs
machines THE board however.
took ao tcFfnAl Aetl0n
Tlse fc3sstg sei&ng eosyagHi asalsssa.
in addition Ia recommending .
rrAiFARgemeni ai the etsaaaiya =
voting precincts s0gEesIed shAI
e3 voting machines he Installed
In a report to Clrcss,t Judge
Walter T Mccarthy. the com
mission SAst a. machines would
cost the county heEwern s7l 500
and SIS; ooQ deprsdlnG ca the
type purchased The commission
pointed out that lsae machines
also could be rented sog tlso each
per year With the rental fees
applicable 10 the purchase price
II the county later decided 60
buy them
Groups inderss Mac hines
judge Mccarthy ordered the re.
aTransemen, Of the eo,lng pre-
as recommended bat made
no mention Of the machines lie
later Indicated according 10
County Board Chairman Basil NJ
de i.aShmutt, that action nn the
MAS up 10 the board
A number al county eFuups. IN
the Civic Federation. have
indorsed use OF victims machines,
IN elew Of last NoFeTn-
ber's election which vas contested
In court after Alfred n FTishie
was named 10 the county board by
a 7S~rote margin,
County Manager A T lundhefg
told the board yesterday that the
eountyk engineering coaSuitant
believes II would be less expen-
siye" for Arlington 10 proceed with
OF an addition 10 Hs
sewage treatment plant rather
than 10 share q plant with Alex
andriA and Fairfax Counties Mr.,
Lundberg had been instructed 20
confer with the consultAnt, M "a.
kleeerman, New York.
The board vas told by Attorney
Charles T. Mc0ee, who wAs re-
tanned as q special counsel 10 ap.
pear. hefore the Federal Power
Commission. that Q member Of the
Virginia State Corporation Com
mission opposes the sale Of q nat
|ural gas pipe linz In Arlington hy9
the Roasiyn Gas Co.
Sale IL Opposed.
Mr. Mc0ee said Lester Hooker Of
the sec made that statement ai
the FpC hearing on thr petition
for the sale which concluded here
Friday. Mr.. Hooker. Mr.. Me0ee
said. stated he was RoinR 10 pro-
pose thas the Virginia Commission
take the same stand and notify
the Federal agency oi ita action.
Arllngtn intsrvened In opFsoki-
tion 20 the petition OF the Potomac
Gas Co. 10 buy the line from the
Rosslyn Gas Co on the theory
that the sale rnight adversely ~.
feet sas rates 10 county consumers.
Mr.. Lalndbefg waa asked 10 sise
the board q report on the coat
Of installing two-way radio equip
ment on fire engines and the
county ambulance The request
was made after President John
Paul Jones Of the County Fire
mems Association. urged that the
radio facilities be installed, Hs
noted that neighbofinT Fairfax
County even has Q two-wRy radio
on It's dog cateheF's truck.
Board Member Danisi A. DagAn
announced that he would move for
q repeal OF the ordinance reqaflr-
ins county license tar on motor
vehicles II y sales tax Ia enacted
by the General Assembly.
Mr.. DuRan was taken 10 taak
for this statement by Mr.. FTisbss
who said he did not eoDceds the
possibility Of . salea tax and
thought that the board should
wait until such . tax Ia enacted
and then review the entire eoun-
ty tax situation.