Evening star., 1952-09-26
; Nominated
For Places on
Arlington Board
Dugun Detected;
DeMik, Mrs. Common
And Mrs. Cox Numed

A Washington businessman and
two women-one the wife Of Ar
lington's ousted County Board
chairman-were nominated at q
Town meeting last night for three
board places in the November elec-
ton.
Daniel A. Dugan, also removed
from the board September 10 by a
State Supreme Court decision
banning Federal employees from
holding local Office, failed to win
nomination despite a fervent ap-
peal to the town meeting.
Those nominated are:
william j. DeMik. SO, of 129
South Buchanan street, a manu-
facturer's representative, selected
to run for the uncompleted three
year term of former board MEM
ber Alan L. Dean, who also was
ousted by the court ruling. Mr..
DeMik is an independent Republic
can.
Mrs. Martha Cannon. 80, Of
4019 South Eighteenth street, wife
Of Howard Cannon, Budget Bu-
reau organization and methods
examiner. named to seek Mr..
Dugan's two-year term. She is a
Democrat.
Mrs. Cox Named.
Mrs. Ruth ODell Cox, 81, Of
$3.50 North Quincy street. wife Of
former County Board Chairman
Robert w. Cox, assistant executive
officer of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission. nominated for
her husbands unexpired one-year
term. She is an independent
Democrat.
Mr.. Dugan told the audience of
more than 800 at Thomas Jeffer-
son Junior High School that when
a board vote was scheduled on a
controversial issue. non-partisans
would call him to say, You're
our boy"
We'll. here's your boy" he de-
clared, "stick with him"
MY feet fit the shoes of my
predecessor with an axactness that
cannot be duplicated by any other
person." he told the crowd. He
said the citizens of Virginia have
been deprived of the rights of
representation and free speech but
II cannot fully express my feel
ing toward justice in Virginia.
State I love SO well-for I would
probably be found guilty of con-
tempt"
Runs Second.
Mr. Dugan was cheered as he
concluded his address. But when
the votes for the two-year candi-
date were counted, Mrs. Cannon
had 312. he had 226 and Lawrence
d. Byers, q builder. Of 1926 North
Edgewood street, had 81.
One Of the architects Of Mr..
Dugan's defeat was his former
partner on the board, MIR. Dean.
When the board voted to set the
license tax rate earlier this year,
Mr.. Dean was absent because of
illness. Mr.. Dean said last night
that Mr.. Dugan agreed to a COM
promise below the non-partisan
objective although he knew that
Mr.. Dean could have been calle1:
to the meeting to create Q ma
jority in favor of a higher rate.
Possibly another factor in Mr..
Dugan'S downfall was the W tl7-
drawal from the race of Robert r
Meier, 35. George Washington
University professor.
Vote on Three-year Term.
In the balloting for the three
year term. in which Mr.. Dugan
was not entered, Mr.. DeMik re-
ceived 304 votes, Mr.. Meier. 214,
and Mr.. Byers, A. Mr.. Meter
said he had decided for personal
reasons not to compete for the
two-year and one-year nomina-
tionS.
This left Mrs. Cox and Mr.. Byer
the only candidates for the one
year seat. Mr.. Byer withdrew and
Mrs. Cox was nominated by ac-
clamation.
The Rev. Ross Allen Weston,
Unitarian minister who was given
a suspended fine earlier this month
for contempt of Arlington Circuit
Court, gave the invocation. Mrs.
Florence Cannon, former County
Board chairman and moderator
Of the meeting, said Mr.. Weston
"memorized his invocation and