Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-28
Virginia Budget
Still Carries
Parkway Fund
Unspent Item Of
$50, 900 Is Good
For z More Years
By Alex R. Preston
Star stan Correspondent

gate John C. Webb of Fairfax
disclosed today that the $748
million budget bill carries over
for two more years an unSpent
appropriation for the George
Washington Memorial Parkway
next to Washington.
Mr.. Webb, a member of the
House Appropriations Commits
tee. which is meeting daily on
the budget bill. said an item of
$l50,000, which has not been
spent because of the failure of
Congress to provide funds, is
included in the bill.
The item represents one
fourth the cost for acquiring
rights-of-way, contingent on Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties
putting up one-fourth and Con-
gress putting up one-half. The
Federal Government pays the
whole cost of building the road-
ways.
States $4,000 Needed.
The parkway now extends
along the Potomac River from
Mount Vernon upstream to Key
Bridge to connect with Spout
Run parkway. Most of the
rights-of-way carrying the prof.
ect the rest of the way through
Arlington to the Fairfax County
line have been obtained, but
about $4,000 more of State funds
are needed to complete the pro-
gram. The remaining 500, 900
of the States share would be
used to- match Fairfax County
and Federal funds to extend the
parkway beyond the county line.
GAS a member of the Appro-
priationS Committee, Mr.. Webb
said, 81 intend to do everything
! can to keep that item in the
budget bill. I am very much
interested in seeing that the
State does its part so that it can
not be said to Congress that we
are not interested on this side
Of the river"
Falls Church Bills Offered.
Meanwhile. the Fairfax dele
cation introduced amendments
to the Falls Church city charter
this afternoon. The bills carry
out recommendations of the city
council last December.
Three bills were introduced in
both branches of the Legislature
by Senator John A. K. Donovan
and Delegates Webb and Omer
Hirst. Among changes would be
a requirement that all city Off |
Gals. except the trial Justice, be
residents of the city. The trial
Justices term would be four
years, instead of three.
Another change would be to
empower the council to condemn
property outside the city, as well
as within its limits.
The school board would be re-
quired to submit it's operating
budget to the city manager or
director of finance, and its cap
ital expenditures budget to the
city council.
Mrs. Kathryn Stone, delegate
from Arlington, meanwhile, has
decided to substitute new bill for
measure she previously had
sponsored to forestall prolonged
delays in issuing bonds. The
rest of the Arlington and Fairfax
county delegations are co-spon-
sors of the legislation.
ABA Recommendations.
The original bill had been re-
1erred to subcommittee, and
Mrs. Stone later submitted
recommendations of the Ameri-
can Bar Association. The sub
committee agreed that a num-
Der Of these later recommends
lions Should be included.
Both Arlington and Fairfax
Counties suffered long delays in
selling bonds. after Attorney
John Locke Green filed chal-
lengeS in court. The proposed
law would make it possible for
any political subdivision to speed
up the validity of bond issues
through court orders.
Senator Donovan introduced
legislation to give persons ac-
cused Of driving while drunk the
right to request or agree to a
blood test to prove their inno-
cence. Failure to make such a
request or agree to take the test
could not be used as evidence.
and this fact could not be COM
mented upon in courts.
Meanwhile, the Board of Agri-
culture approved by regulation
something Mrs. Stone had
planned to accomplish through
legislation.
The Arlington legislator was
drafting bill to permit the sale
OF artificially sweetened soft
drinks. 1t was a measure for
the benefit of those who have
dietry and health problems.
Sale Approved.
The board invited Mrs. Stone
to attend its hearing, after which
1t adopted regulation to permit
the sale Of soft drinks sweetened
with saccharin or calcium sycla-
mate. Those drinks can be con-
sumed by diabetes.
The Rock Greek Bottling Co.
OF Washington was among man
ufacturers who backed the idea.
The firm now sells the beverage
IN Washington but may not dis
tribute it in Virginia.
Mrs. Stone said the hearing
raised two possible problems,
which she now is studying: Cd
Whether legislation is needed to
give the Board Of Agriculture
authority to require separation
OF artificially sweetened drinks
from those containing sugar
when both are offered in the
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