Evening star., 1953-10-01
Six Candidates
'0utIine Issues
Before Women
Nearby Democrats
Listen to Aspirunts
For Virginia House
By Alex R. Preston

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Delegates from the nearby area
outlined their campaign pledges
last night at a dinner meeting
Of the Women's Democratic Club
of the 10th congressional district.
Their promises included a con-
certed drive to repeal the poll
tax, improve roads, increase
teachers salaries and additional
appropriations for health. and
mental care.
One of hem, John C. Webb Of
Fairfax, said, I'm going to Rich
mond with an ak to grind-to
weed out corruption and ineffi-
cheney in government wherever
I find it,"
The general campaign theme
Of candidates for top State of.
fees, including Thomas B. STAN
ley for Governor, has been that
Virginia, under many years of
Democratic rule, has had no
graft or corruption connected
with its administrations.
I Seeks Law on Bonds.
Mrs. Kathryn Stone of Arling-
ton, elaborated on an earlier
plan to sponsor legislation to
forestall delays in the sale Of
bonds as a result of taxpayers
suits.
Most of the candidates also
promised to back legislation at
the next General Assembly CIV
ing Federal employees the right
to serve on local governing
bodies.
Mrs. Stone offered the bond
plan in an obvious reference to
the effect of a series of suits
against the Arlington School
Board by Attorney John Locke
Green. The suits held up the
sale of about $2.5 million in
school construction bonds for
about a year until the State Re-
tirement Board bought them
Tuesday.
Through Court.
She explained her plan this
way:
"A governing body about to
sell bonds would apply to the
courts for a validating decree.
The court would give notice
of a hearing to decide
whether to issue a validating
decree, based upon the evidence
of whether the bonds were con-
stitutional and legally authorized.
If it did so, all further legal
complications would be barred"
Bonding companies would not
bid on Arlington's bonds as long
as the Green suits were pending.
Mr.. Green says he is not fighting
the sale of the bonds but con-
tests the Federal employe issue.
"My quarrel with those bring
ing taxpayers suits is not with
their doing it," Mrs. Stone said.
my quarrel is with the timing.
Litigation can drag on for
months and years, holding up
the will Of the people as ex-
pressed by referendum or their
governing bodies"
Delegate Armistead Boothe OF
Alexandria referred to Federal
employees as "the group that Is
more Disseminated against than
any other in the country" He
said that, if reelected and III
it is within our power to do. we
will see that they can serve in
capacities where there is no con-
flict with their Federal jobs"
Magruder Recalls Efforts.
Delegate j. Maynard Magruder
of Arlington recalled his past
efforts to permit Government
workers to hold certain local
Offices. ....
"We had the cooperation Of
every Northern Virginia legiS-
lator in working to eliminate tho
present situation so that Fed.
eral employees can serve on local
governing bodies" Mr.. Magruder
said.
Mrs. Stone said, II believe
Federal employees should have q
clear and undispated right to
serve on local governing bodies"
Both of the candidates from
the Fairfax-Falls Church district.
Omer L. Hirst and Webb, made
direct attack on the Republic
can opposition. They accused
their opponents of lifting" the
platform of the Democratic cam
didates in the primary.
Republicans are wandering
around Fairfax County and Falls
Church like a small band of lit
tie Sir Echoes murmuring, me-
too, me-too,'" Mr.. Webb said.
"The Republicans learned from
the Democratic primary that the
forward looking program of the
Democratic Party is the program
the voters want"
Points to Majority.
Mr.. Hirst declared, 1.-THE Dem.
ocratic Party is the majority
party and only members of the
Democratic Party can get things
done in Richmond. No number
of vague Republican promises
can conceal the fact that tho
Republicans would be members
of a small minority group In
Richmond and would return
empty handed"
Harrison Mann, candidate from
Arlington, struck out at ex-
tremists within the party, de-
claring those who whould make
it the Liberal party" and those
who would make it "the con.
party of the old South"
are equally wrong.
Mrs. William Driver, president
Of the Women's Democratic Club
Of the 10th district, presided over