Evening star., 1951-08-17
FederationStudy
0fFaiirfax Police
Raise Sought
Ward Cites Danger
Of Gambling Graft
Under Present Scale

The Fairfax County Federation
Of Citizens Associations has beer
asked to study policemen's pay
because, IF we want them te
stay honest. the public is goine
to have to take an interest ir
them"
Harold A. Ward. former presi.
dent of the group. said last night
he will urge the federation tt
recommend an increase in thu
present pay scale for privates
which he said ranges from $2,76(
a year for beginners to a maxi.
mum of $3.460.
"Our policemen are frequently
exposed to graft" Mr.. Ward said
We've got to remember" hi
added. that these other fellow.
are willing to pay them plenty.
He explained he was referring tt
leaders of organized gambling.
At the September meeting, Mr.
Ward said, he will present specifi,
proposals for pay increases. Ar.
lington pays its patrolmen a mini
mum of 5000 and a maximum O
$3,928, he reported.
To Consider Truck Issue.
The federation also agreed II
consider. at its next meeting, /,
proposed resolution, urging tina
trucks be permitted to continu
using Shirley highway.
Under a newly adopted polio,
OF the federation, new busines
is not acted on at the time it i
presented but is studied by tn
executive committee for later pres
entation to the organization. Nor
than 40 people attended las
nights meeting at Annandal
School.
Robert C. Taylor, who spoke TO
the Vernon Heights Citizens AS
sociation, said his group has in
formed Gov. Battle it opposes tn
move of Arlington County ant
others to ban trucks on the dua
highway.
"All the arguments that high
pressure Arlington politicians ar
using to try to get trucks off tn
Shirley highway are magniflet
many times in our conditions OF
U. S. l." Mr.. Faylor said. Th
arguments include added nois
from trucks and depreciation o
adjacent residential property.
Other Groups Protest.
Other citizens associations alon,
U. S. l also have protested to tn,
Governor that they are agains
the proposed ban on Shirley true
traffic Jefferson Manor. Bucknell
Fairhaven and Groveton ar
among the groups, it was reported
In other business, the federation
heard a discussion on location O
the county's sewage treatmen
plant at New Alexandria. Speaker
were County Sanitary Enginee
James j. Corbalis and A. E. Nc
Caskey, chief Of utilities opera
tions in the Office of the Chief O
Army Engineers.
A number of member associa
tions of the federation have op
posed the location because it i
near residential areas. A sui
has been filed in Circuit Cour
to require the county to put tn
plant in an industrial area.
/ Mr.. Corbalis said the site wa
the best available, and he ex
pressed the hope that construc
tion will get underway soon be
cause of the threat of higher costs
if the project is further delayed
Warns of Pollution.
He also warned of the danger
from polluted Potomac River.
There is such a thing as
saturation point" Mr.. Corbali
said. "The death of thousands @
fish in this open sewer may be
forerunner of tragedy that ma
befall human beings"
The polluted condition of tn
Potomac River as it flows througI
the Nations Capital is "knowl
in every school and college in tn
countrywide the Washington
Monument" Mr.. McCaskey sale
Mr. McCaSkey said the county
proposal seems reasonable. He sal
the type of plant to be installe,
will require expert operation, how
ever, because an overload or al
underload within a 10 per cen
range either way could caus
trouble.
The trouble should not includ
an offensive odor, Mr.. McCaske
said, because "odor as problem
: has been whipped in properly de
signed and operated plants"
: The federation admitted
membership the citizens associa
tion of Braddock Hills, a com
munity between Annandale an
Lincolnia.