Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-02
Virginia Senate
Slated 10 Act f.
On Loyalty Oath
Foction in House
Drives to Revive
Corter Tax Bill
By Alex R. Preston
Stor StoH Correspondent

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Stor Stoff Correspondent
RICHMOND, Mar. State
Senate action was scheduled to-
day on the controversial Fenwick
bill to require State employees to
sign a loyalty oath. s
At the same time, a final effort
was congealing among a faction
in the House Of Delegates to re-
vive the Carter income tax credit
suspension bill in the Senate.
When the House takes up the
$3.50 million budget bill tomor-
row. a block of delegates report
edly will be ready to push for
amendments to throw the budget
out of balance by about 81
million.
The ST million is the amount
that would have been made
available this year under the
Carter bill by suspending the
Byrd automatic tax credit law.
The Carter bill passed the House.
Sc to 40, but was killed in q
Senate committee.
Floor Fight in Strategy.
The idea is to make a floor
fight in the House to tack on
ST million in extra appropria-
tons, spreading the benefits gen.
erously so as to appeal to all
sections of the State. Then the
Senate must either kill the items
or revive the Carter bill to pay
for them.
The loyalty oath proposal Of
Arlington Senator Charles r.
Fenwick was on second reading
in the Senate this afternoon,
meaning it is up for debate and
amendment from the floor.
Mr.. Fenwick said he intro
duced the bill at the request Of
the Arlington County Board. The
bill would require any employee
who receives his salary, in whole
or in part from the State, to
sign an oath that he is not and
never has been a member of the
Communist Party. A false oath
would be classified as perjury.
With Dockets of both branches
crowded. the House set its first
night session for tonight. Both
the House and Senate adopted
a rule that. beginning Monday,
each branch will consider only
bills originating with the other
branch.
Bills Sent to Governor.
Among bills passed by the SEN
ate and sent to the Governor
were the following;
The Smith bill to prohibit use
Of gasoline tax revenues for any,
thing but road building and
maintenance. Its effect would
be to require expenses of the
Division of Motor Vehicles and
the State. police to be paid from
the automobile license tag fund.
Frost bill to provide for only
one license plate on automobiles
owned by dealers.
Frost bill to require State APP
proval for refrigerated cooling
systems on automobiles
Right-to-Work Law
Violated, Lawmakers Hear
Spee,oI Dispatch 10 The Sio,
RICHMOND. Mar. Vir-
ginia's "right-to-work" law has
been f1agrantly violated in North
ern Virginia, a joint legislative
committee scanning proposed
amendments to the law vas told
yesterday.
Spokesman from Alexandria
and Fairfax County told the
Senate-House committee the
proposed amendments, supported
by Gov. Stanley, would put teeth
in the present law.
Cites Union Activities.
Andrew w. Clarke of Alexan-
dria. former State Senator,
said unions in Washington have
many members who work in
nearby Virginia. He said the
policy set by the "right-to-work"
law is being brushed aside be-
cause of union activities.
Mr.. Clarke represented the
Alexandria Contractors Associa-
ton. He said that in one case a
Virginia subcontractor had to
cancel an agreement after it was
signed because he maintained
an open shop policy.
Lytton H. Gibson of Fairfax.
representing the Northern Vir-
ginia Builders Association, de-
clared:
ANY one who opposes the
amendments is opposed to the
right-to-work law because all
the amendments do is put teeth
into the law"
Attacks Stanley Stand.
Former Representative Thom-
as B. Fugate, of Lee County.
attacked Gov. Stanley's position
on the amendments as a re-
versal of a gubernatorial CAM
paign pledge. Mr. Fugate man.
aged Gov. Stan'ey's campaign
in the 9th district.
BY indorSing the amendments.
Mr.. Fugate said. the Governor
was contradicting his campaign
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