Evening star., 1951-01-14
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Survey on.Joiint
Sewage Plant
Board Agrees That
Engineers Study
Be Authorized

The Arlington County Board
Yesterday agreed that the subur-
ban Virginia communities should
authorize an engineering study
Of joint sewage disposal plan.
The board also heard vehement
protests by certain county off,
GERS that they had been unfairly
criticized in a report of a commit-
tee of the Arlington Civic Fedora
ton.
The resolution on sewage dis
posal is the same as that approved
Tuesday by the Alexandria City
Council to end pollution of the
Potomac River in the Washington
area. ..5
The engineering study was
recommended by an interim COM
mittee representing the governing
bodies of Arlington, Alexandria,
Falls Church and Fairfax County.
The resolution asks the commit
tee to obtain specific proposals
from engineering consultants re-
garding cost of the study and the
length of time required to COM
plete it.
To Make Recommendations.
The committee, headed by Rob-
ert w. Cox, member Of the Arling-
ton County Board, was asked to
present recommendations to the
four jurisdictions by January Is.
suggesting q firm to make the
study and the amount of money
needed.
The board voted to ask the Fed
eral Public Roads Administration
to provide direct access from Key
Bridge to the new Spout Run
parkway. Motorists can use the
parkway when travelling toward
and move directly up
to Key Bridge but on the return
trip there is no ramp to carry
them to the parkway and they
must use Lee highway
The new parkway is a potential
bypass from the bridge to Cherry
dale.
Oficers who criticized the fed
Grafton had been asked to present
their proposed budgets for the
current year.
The civic federation had charged
earlier that four of these officials
the Commemorative attorney.
commissioner of revenue, treas
urer and clerk of the Circuit
Court-had failed to submit their
proposed budgets to the County
Board for public hearing before
the budgets were sent to the State
Compensation Board.
May Unbalance Budget.
The federation maintained that
if the State board should approve
higher budgets, the county's bud
get might be thrown out of ball
ance because the county's share
of the cost of these Offices also
would be increased.
Harley Williams, chairman Of
the federation's Local Government
Committee. had specifically at
tackled Treasurer John Locke
Green, Commissioner of Revenue
Harry K. Green and Clerk of the
Circuit Court H. Bruce Green.
Yesterday the treasurer told the
board, as he advanced toward Mr..
Williams. that he would speak
to him with something more than
my mouth" Mr.. John Locke
Green accused Mr.. Williams of
telling "a plain, unadulterated
lie."
Later. the treasurer objected to
a question by Board Member
Robert w. Cox and threatened to
pull Mr.. Cox from behind that
table" Maj. Harry L. woodward,
chief Of police, called for order.
Mr.. Bruce Green. the court
clerk, demanded an apology from
Mr.. Williams. Commemorative
Attorney Denman T. Rucker said
he resented" Mr.. Williams tell
ing me how to run my office when
he doesn't know what goes on in
my office"
"Push-Button Politics"
Mr.. Rucker said the federation
committees report was push
button politics"
Mr.. Williams replied that he
would not be intimidated. He
added that he would continue to
urge the people to "get a stronger
hold on the rse-strings of these
constitutional officials"
Board Member Daniel A. Dugan
made a motion that no objection
be made regarding budgets of
the officials. The State board
should be informed, however, Mr..
Dugan said. that the budget of
the commissioner of revenue, a
Democrat, might be reduced when
q new county assessment Office
is set up. The motion passed, but
was opposed by F. Freeland Chew
and Alfred E. Frisbie, the two
Democratic members.
The treasurer said the county
faces a deficit of approximately
100000 unless tax collections
increase. He said about So per
cent of 1850 taxes have been
collected.
The board elected Mrs. Florence
Cannon chairman for 1851 after
She broke a tie by voting for
herself.
Mrs. Cannon, a methods exam
lner for the Defense Department.
has lived in Arlington for 30
years.
She was president of the Ar
lington Civic Federation in 1942
and 1943. She won that organi-
1atlon's gold medal, for meritori.
ous civic achievement in 1912.