Evening star., 1952-12-07
.A|ssemb|yvotes
Redistricting,
Ends Session
House Beuts NewMove
To Let U. S. Workers
Hold LocuI Offices
BY Alex R. Preston
Stor Sfoff Correspondent

RICHMOND. Dec. 6.-The Vir-
ginia General Assembly completed
IA five-day special session today
after rediStricting its membership
to give the 10th congressional dis
trict adjacent to Washington a
total of six members in the House
of Delegates and three State Sen
atorS.
The new legislation gives Alex
andria a Senator of its own; Fair
fax and Falls Church together
get one, and Arlington keeps it's
one Senator. Arlingtons House
strength was raised from two to
three: Fairfax and Falls Church
got a second Delegate and Alex
andria retained it's one House
member.
At hearings on redistricting bills
Spokesmen for Alexandria had
asked that the city retain its one
Delegate and add a Senator of
its own. Fairfax and Falls Church
wanted three Delegates and a
Senator, Arlins ton asked to retain
It's Senator and increase it's Dele
gates to four.
Before acting. the House beat
down attempts by Delegate Frank
P. Moncure to place Prince Will
liam County in the district of
Senator Robert Y. Button of
Culpeper and to keep Stafford
County in the district of Senator
Benjamin T. Pitts Of F'redericks-
burg. The two counties were
placed in the district of Senator
Robert o. Norris, jr.. of Lancaster
County.
Mr.. Moncures amendments
were defeated, 70 to 81.
Passed by 81 to 4 Vote.
Then the House passed the bill
reapportioning Senate seats by a
vote Of 81 to 4. A short time
earlier, the Senate had approved
a companion bill to redistrict the
House membership by a vote of
IS to 4.
The House also prevented Dele
gate j. Maynard Magruder of
Arlington from amending a bill
so as to give Federal employees
the right to hold local Offices.
Gov. Battle had refused to sub
nit bill for this purpose because
of its controversial nature. After
this setback, the Arlington dele
cation. including Senator Charles
r. Fenwick and Delegate George
Damn. made separate attempts to
Introduce the legislation. but they
failed to obtain the necessary
unanimous consent.
The final attempt by Mr..
Magruder today was to amend a
bill by Senator Albertis Harrison
of Lawrenceville to permit persons
serving on SelectiNe Service boards
to hold State, County or municipal
Offices.
Mr.. Magruder's amendment, in
effect, would have extended this
right to all Federal employees.
Called Glass Legislation.
Gov. Battle refused to send
down bill on this subject" Mr..
Magruder said, "but this is class
legislation of the first degree"
Mr.. Magruder said it was un-
fair to extend this right to one
class of Federal employe and deny
it to all the rest. But Delegate
John B. Boatwright of Bucking-
ham county declared. IF you agree
with what the gentleman from
Arlington has to say, you should
kill the bill. It has been a long
standing policy of the State to
separate employees of the Federal
and State governments.
What these gentlemen are
trying to get around is a recent
decision of the Virginia Supreme
Court"
The court last September ruled
in a case which resulted in the
unseating of three members of the
Arlington County Board who were
Federal employees at the time of
their election.
This is the same attempt" I"
Mr.. Boatwright went on, that
we've had from these people from
Northern Virginia from year to
year to try to change the entire
policy of the State. A man can
not serve two masters"
Delegate Armistead Boothe Of
Alexandria said: I'm our area,
we have a great number of people
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