Evening star., 1952-02-09
Vote on Opening
Relief Rolls Due
InHouseNonday
Action to Be Pressed
On Fenwick Bill for
New 10th District
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff coFraspondent

ton to open relief rolls to publ
inspection was expected to receiv
final action in the House of Dele
gates when the General Assembl,
resumes sessions Monday.
The measure was advanced {.
passing stage yesterday after tn
House turned down, 28-to-60, al
amendment which would hav'
made it difficult for newspaper
to publish the names of person
receiving relief frequently.
Chairman Robert c. Walden o
the Senate Privileges and Elec
tions Committee announced h,
would move to suspend the rule
Monday and try to get the Senatl
to pass the Fenwick redistrictint
bill which gives Northern Virgins
a new 10th congressional district
These were some of the othel
developments before weekend re.
cess yesterday:
House Courts of Justice Com.
mittee approval of a bill by Dele.
gate Armistead Boothe of Alex.
andria giving that city a seconc
corporation court judge.
Act on Daylight Time.
Final action by the Senate on {
bill making it more simple fol
Washington's suburbs to adop
daylight saving time along with
the District of Columbia. Here.
tofore the Governors approva
had to be obtained and each juris-
diction had to pass ordinances
Now they may do it without the
Governors approval and by simple
resolution of the governing bodies
This bill, sent to the Governor fol
signing, was sponsored by Dele
gates Edwin Lynch of Fairfax. j
Maynard Magruder and George
Damn of Arlington, and Mr.
Boothe. who represent the affected
areas.
Passage by the Senate of a bill
by Senator John A. K. Donovan
of Fairfax to broaden the appli-
cation of the law governing estab-
lishment of park authorities. This
now goes to the House.
Approval by the House of the
Damn -Magruder bill making it a
crime to offer and accept brides
in professional and amateur sport
ing events. This goes to the Sen
ate.
BOOthe Bill to Senate.
Also sent to the Senate was a
Boothe bill increasing from $4,000
to $4,000 the amount that may
be bequeathed to cemeteries.
Passage by the House Of the
Lynch-Magruder bill, also spon-
sored by Delegate Tom Frost OF
Fauquier, establishing Dogwooo
Day on which volunteer fire COM
pany auxiliaries may sell lapel pins
to raise funds.
New bills introduced 1ncluoec
one by Senator Charles R. Fen
wick of Arlington designed to per-
init local school boards to give
teachers more security in theil
Jobs. It would direct the State
Board of Education to promulgate
rules by which local school boards
could enter into continuing con-
tracts with teachers. At present
teachers are employed on a year.
to-year basis. Senator FenwlcE
said this bill has the backing Of
the Virginia Education Associa-
ton.
Delegate Frank Moncure oi
Stafford introduced a bill to re-
quire the driver of an overloaded
truck to unload excess cargo al
the nearest place where the cargo
can be stored or transferred tt
another vehicle.
cat present" Mr.. Moncure said
"the police just fine them anc
then let them continue on thell
way, destroying our roads"
Redefines Reckless Homicide"
Senator Raymond Guest oi
Warren introduced a bill defining
the crime of reckless homicide
whenever a reckless driver is in
volved in a fatal accident. The
penalties would be from $lOO tt
$1,000 fines or one to five years
Imprisonment, or both.
Senator Donovan introduced g
bill permitting court clerks tt
maintain sealed indexes of adop-
ton cases. Records on the cases
themselves are sealed. but the
index is open to public inspection
he said.
Mr.. Lynch introduced a bill tt
permit the Fairfax Board OF Su'
pervisors to establish a depart
ment of public works, headed by
the county engineer.
There was a sharp round of de-
bate on the relief roll bill. Ther
the delegates voted down thu
amendment by Delegate Edward
M. Hudgins of Chesterfield tha'
would have required evidence o.
fraud or maladministration be-
fore any names could be published
Delegate j. Randolph Tucker
ir.. of Richmond went to grea
lengths to explain the aims of hi
bill, which was on second reading
in the House-its amendable ant
debatable stage. He cited welfare
scandals in other States and th'
drop in costs in Michigan ant
Illinois since the rolls have beer
opened.
= Cites Relief Case.
Asked if there had been evi
dence of misapplication Of relic
money in Virginia, Mr.. Tucke
cited the recent case of an elderl,
man on relief being attacked ant
robbed of $1,400 at Orange. Va
The issue of opening the wei
fare rolls was made possible by al
act of Congress which formerl
made secrecy a requirement o
obtaining Federal welfare funds
The House debate on the wei
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