Evening star., 1955-06-19
VIRGINIA.
'Greenvs.MocPherson
Astonishes High Court

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and I still would be treasurer
instead Of him.
Mr.. Lewis: After that state
ment. now viii you just state
whether or not you can put q
dollar value on the letter?
MIR. Green: I have already
put 1t on there. How much
more do you want? If you
will use your brains instead of
your mouth so much
MIR. Lewis: Don't worry
about my brains. You take
care Of yourself.
Mr.. Green: Mine Is under.
control.
Mr.. Lewis: Mine are rea-
sonably under control.
Mr.. Green: Get your mouth
under control.
Who's O Loudmouth?
MIR. Green: I will tell you,
Mr.. Lewis, If my mind could
keep up with running as fast as
your mouth would run. I would
not need nine days.
Mr.. Lewis: Mr.. Green, I as
sumo that you are trying to
insult me?
MIR. Green: No. I think that
is impossible. I believe that
is impossible. and II you keep
on badgering me, ! am going
to ask the court how much it
is going to cost me
MIR. Lewis: If you want to
do that. 1t is perfectly all
right and I will help pay the
fee.
Judge Bazile: No. you will
not do it, either. He is a
lawyer. It is a lawyers busi-
ness to talk. You are q lawyer.
You need to talk, too.
Who's Persona Non Groto?
Mr.. Green: I hope the
jury will not hold that against
me because 7 am from Arling-
ton County and also not hold
it against my opponent.
MIR. Pickett: Where did you
come from?
Mr. Green: Culpeper County
originally. I wish I was back
MIR. Pickett: I believe you
made an application to have
this case heard in this county
or some other county than
Arlington?
Mr.. Green: 7 did not state
specifically this county. How
ever. I am glad to say I landed
here. I made that application
because I do not believe in a
case Of this kind, with all the
political chicanery in Arling-
ton County. that I can get a
jury. for that matter. that we
could have q fair and impair
tial trial.
I have been involved up
there for 25 years. I have been
In many o political battle OF
all kinds and characters. and
particularly In the last four
or i've years ! have been al
most. you might say. in politi-
cal death throes with the Ar
hngton County School Board.
I brought a case in Arling-
ton to remove the County
Board from ONCE. =. The
Circuit Court so found and our
highest Court Of Appeals 50
80 found, and they were re-
moved from Office.
Mr.. Pickett: That was the
members of the County Board?
;. In other words, all that
adds up to the fact you are
PERSONA non grata to the
Board of Supervisors and the
School Board?
Judge Bazile: And civil EN-
ployes.
Mr.. Green. I am persona
non grata to an organization
which is a third party in Ar
lington County known as the
Federal Employees and they
can poll a vote Of about 10000
and they had control OF the
county until recently and in
addition to that I fought by
myself q 81 million or $8.5
million bond issue and they
did not forgive me for that,
and the county is now bonded
for $50 million. =.
On my part, I was per-
fectly willing to try it (the
case) anywhere else, and !
informed counsel here there
was no use to carry 1t to Cul-
peper. Fauquier or some other
Of those counties, that I did
not believe the opponent could
get q fair trial because ] do
not believe they could put Q
jury in the box I was not
kin to.
So we landed here. -.
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