Evening star., 1953-08-23
Arlington Board
Moves 10 Solve
School Crisis
County Governing
Body to Consider
Getting Loon Itself

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legal obstacles to the sale of
school construction bonds, the
Arlington County Board will go
into extra session Wednesday in
an attempt to solve an impend-
ing crisis in the educational
system.
A new proposal to be studied
was advanced yesterday by the
Arlington Independent Move
ment, a political group which
sponsors independent candi-
dates.
Would it be possible for the
County Board to borrow funds
to loan them to the School
Board so that the construction
program can continue?." Conrad
P Harness of the AIM wanted
to know.
A series of suits by Attorney
John Locke Green challenging
the right of Federal employees
to hold county Offices has had
the result of foreStalling bond
issues already authorized by
the voters.
At present $2.8 million in
school construction bonds are
tied up by the latest Green suit
seeking to oust three School
Board members who work for
the Federal Government. Several
projects now being built are
threatened by lack of funds.
Fear Tragic Outcome.
Board Member Alvin F. Kimel,
who was elected as an AIM
candidate, offered a motion di-
recting County Manager A. T.
Lundberg and Commemorative
Attorney William J. Hassan to
meet with School Supt. Edward
T. Rutter and other education
officials prior to Wednesday to
study Mr.. Harness suggestion
along with other possible solu-
tionS.
I'VE think it will be a tragic
consequence if present schools
under construction are not COM
pleted on schedule" Mr.. Harness
said. I'VE do not want to see
some 5000 students on halliday
schedules. .. Delays in con-
struction undoubtedly will entail
many extra costs. Among these
would be damages to uncom-
pleted buildings, possible con-
tractor claims against the School
Board, and hence the public, due
to stopping and starting of con-
struction.''
The School Board has run out
OF money. he said, and because
Of litigation has exhausted its
credit and resources. d
Time counts desperately" Mr..
Harness added. Our school chill
dren must have help outside the
School Board"
Appointments Made.
Appointments to the new five
member Zoning and Land Use
Commission were made on mo-
ton of Mr.. Kimel. Members are:
Carroll Wright of l North
Glebe road, temporary chairman
until the group organizes; Charles
H. Purcell, jr.. 3033 North Pollard
street; Leon H. Bryner, 1901
North Twenty-Seventh street;
Emory H Hosmer, 3130 North
Eighteenth street, and Ralph
kimble, 1909 Army-Navy drive.
The new group will take over
the duty of recommending action
on Zoning and land use petitions,
formerly performed by the Plan
ming Commission. The County
Board recently stripped the Plan
ming Commission of these powers
as an aftermath of a dispute
stemming back to last spring
when the board demanded the
designations of all Is members
of the planning group. All but
five resigned.
Action was deferred until Sep
tember 19 on a request by the
Civic Federation to initiate a
referendum for a 100000 bond
issue for swimming pools.
Harold Anamosa of the civic
group made the request after
telling the board that this
amount was the sum which the
Recreation Department says is
needed to build three pools. one
each in North and South Arling-
ton and one for Negroes.
Pressing Needs Cited.
But Board Member George M. |
Rowzee, Republican, expressed
the opinion there are many
more pressing needs that con-
front the board" at this time.
Delegate Robert Whitehead of
Nelson County wrote the board
that it probably could receive in
excess of $4,000 from bank
stock taxes as a result of legis-
lation he sponsored in the Gen
eral Assembly last year.
Mr.. Whitehead, an anti
organization Democrat who has
indicated he will run for Gov
ernor in 1857, reminded the
board that under the new law it
should ask the county treasurer
to file a request for the funds
after next June /. The law en-
titles counties to receive 80 per
cent of the tax on all stock in
banks located outside of incor-
porated town.
Nursery Permit Denied.
In a 80 vote. the board denied
a use permit for Mrs. jeanette
T. Hudson to operate a day
nursery at 2606 North Glebe
road. In a 81 vote with DR..
Robert H. Detwiler abstaining)
it denied a similar application
by Mrs. Mamie H. Spencer for