Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-02
Bill Proposes
Liquor Profits
Alcoholics
Virginia Measure
Would Limit Sum
To So Million !
By Alex R. Preston
Stor StcH Correspondent

Stor Stcff Correspondent
RICHMOND. Feb. Part of
the profits from the States
liquor monopoly would be seq
regated to create a special treat
ment center for chronic alcohol
les, under a new proposal offered
the General Assembly today.
1T seems to me-" said Dele
gate Harrison Mann Of Airing
ton, after offering two bills for
that purpose, that the source
which creates such a disability
also should be the source for the
cure"
The Mann legislation would
authorize Gov. Stanley to take
not more than So million from
the profits of the Alcoholic Bev-.
erage Control System to estab-
lish Virginia hospital farm for
care. treatment and rehabilita-
ton of inebriateS.
The new facility would be To-
Gated close to the Medical Col
lege of Virginia here or the
University of Virginia Hospital
in Charlottesville.
THE purpose of the bills" Mr..
Mann declared, sis to make it
the States responsibility to pro-
vide treatment for those who are
not too readily susceptible to
treatment in clinics.
1.-The idea, too, is to relieve
some of the overcrowding at our
mental hospitals where I have
seen alcoholics treated"
Few Clinic Cures.
Records at a clinic for alco-
holics at the Medical College Of
Virginia show he said, that be-
tween 20 and Is per cent of those
treated do not respond well and
are not cured permanently.
Both branches of the Assem-
bly, had a deluge of new legisla-
ton yesterday. many of them
applicable to Northern Virginia
communities or sponsored by
legislators from that area.
In addition, hot potatoes were
dumped in the lawmakers laps
at both ends of the Capitol.
when identical bills, carrying out
Gov. Stanley's Inauguration rec
ommendation, were introduced to
increase the gasoline tax from 6
to cents a gallon.
Conditional Move Launched.
In an attempt to forestall the
F"soline proposal. the Arlington
md Fairfax House delegations
2 eviously introduced a bill to
i'>crease the State gasoline tax
~ cent. but only if the Fed
Il tax is raised by at least
I. It amount.
Other new legislative propo-
s.:
BY Delegates Omer Hirst and
John Webb of Fairfax, to give
that county authority to assess
for tax purposes new buildings
when substantially completed
and fit for USE" The tax could
be pro-rated, depending on the
time Of year the assessment were
made.
Hirst- Webb bill to authorize
Firfax supervisors to set up an
employees pension and retirement
plan similar to that in Arlington.
Hirst-Webb bill to authorize
the Fairfax Board of Welfare
to appoint all employees of that
department.
BY delegates ArmiStead Boothe
Of Alexandria, Frank Moncure of
Prince William, Webb and Hirst
for a third judge for the circuit
embracing the localities they rep
resent. The bill, which also
seeks q third judge for Arling-
ton. is identical with measures
sponsored last week in the House
and Senate.
Public Hearing Monday.
The bills for additional judges
have been set for public hearing
at 3 pm. Monday.
By Delegates j. Maynard Ma
gruder, Kathryn Stone and
Mann. all of Arlington, to SIM
plify procedure under which the
county board may authorize
payment for materials and serv-
ices. After board approval, the
county manager could authorize
individual vouchers.
Webb-HirSt bill to raise salary
Of the associate trial justice to
not less than $1,000, but not
more than that of the trial JUS
tice.
Delegate Norman c. Bailey of
Orange sponsored nearly a dozen
measures. primarily designed to
give county boards of supervisors
more control over local govern
ment by filling Offices now APP
pointed by courts or other means.
Among powers of appoint
ments the local governing bodies
would acquire would be to well
fare. school, school trustee and
health boards. Other measures
would give supervisors power to
fill vacancies in local offices un-
til the next election; increase
the States share of the salary
Of the commemorative attorney
to one-half: authorize supervi-
sors to appoint the county
surveyor; require the State to
furnish Office supplies for the
trial justice; divert some of the
revenue from the clerks Office
into local treasures and entitle
the supervisors, by resolution, to
official rulings from the State
attorney general.
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