Evening star., 1955-11-11
Annexine Lows
Also Pondered
At Convention
BY MARY LOU WERNER
Star stan Correspondent

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ROANOKE. Va, Nov. liz
Resolutions to prevent school in-
tegration and TO tighten annex
alton laws were before the League
of Virginia Counties. meeting
here today.
The anti-integration move
|ment originated with delegates
from Prince Edward County.
which was the setting for one
|ot the suits that resulted In the
Supreme Court segregation dect-
sion.
The plea to make annexation
laws tougher came from the
Fairfax County delegation in the
nope Of warding on possible an-
|nexation Of the new Seven Cor
Iners shopping center by the city
|of Falls Church.
The i-integration and an
|nexation resolutions were to be
placed before the final business
session Of the league convention
today.
State Action Urged
One anti-integration resoiu.
ton. recommended by the iegis-
lative committee. asks the State
Legislature to take such action
las may be necessary to prevent
the use and expenditure Of pub
lie funds for the support Of any
Iintegrated schools" It further
recommends that the State adopt
any such laws "as may be nec-
Iessary to prevent integration"
and suggests that a Statewide
referendum ''be an absolute pre-
requisite TO an integrated school
In any locality OF the State.
The same resolution recon-
mends. "as an additional safe-
guard" that the constitution
and statutes Of Virginia be
amended to provide that no
county may operate integrated
schools unless approved by unan-
imous vote Of the county school
board, unanimous vote Of The
board Of supervisors and by o
two-thirds majority vote Of al
citizens Of the county.
The resolution was introduced
Ii1 the legislative committee by
Fred N. Watkins Of Prince Ed
ward County.
Would Amend Constitution
A second anti i-integration reso.
Tuition was recommended BY the
Education Committee. It asks
that the State constitution be
amended to permit educational
grants TO parents so they can
send their children to private
schools.
| The resolution to tighten IN
ANNEXATION laws was introduced
lin the Legislative COMMITTEES BY
supervisor c. B. Runyon of Fair
fax and seconded by Fairfax
Supervisor Stuart De Bell. It
was that annexation laws be
Iamended to give the affected
people q vote on whether or not
they want to be annexed.
The resolution also requests
the General Assembly to take
whatever other steps are neces.
lsary to make 1t harder for cities
to grab choice chunks of county
land.
Other Fairfax supervisors, who
were attending other committee
lmeetings when the annexation
discussion came up, said they
were in complete agreement with
the proposal Of Mr.. Runyon and
mn. De Bell. Other Fairfax dele
gates attending the session are
Mrs. Anne Wilkins, g. Wallace
lCarper. Maurice Fox and Arthur
lShaffer.
In Fairfax County, We have
been working hard to attract
new business into the county"
said Mr.. De Bell. Now we've got
Q multi-million dollar shopping
center going UP at Seven Corners
and Falls Church wants to grab
Iit. That's the kind of tax revenue
Fairfax County needs"
Recalls Other Attempts
William Speck. executive sec
retary Of the league, recalled
that other attempts have been
made BY the counties In recent
years to get annexation laws
changed to help the counties.
Besides Falls Church, we have
to worry about the towns Of Fair
fax and Vienna reaching out for
more county land" said Mr..
Runyon. And they always want
to take the best Of what we've
got"
Mrs. wilkins pointed out that
Fairfax County changed its zon-,
ling laws to attract the big new
Melpar plant into the county.
II suppose Falls Church has
its eye on that, too, after we go
TO all the trouble Of getting it
located in the county" said Mrs.
wilkins.
Highway Fund Formula
The highways committee was
to recommend that the league
lindorse a l-cent increase In the
gasoline tax for secondary road
improvements and revision Of
the State highway fund alloca-
ltion formula to count the NUM-
Der OF cars registered in q county.
Mr.. Shaffer, who sponsored the
resolution for readjusting the
highway fund formula. said he
believes Fairfax County would
stand TO gain a larger share
under the plan.
He also introduced the resolu-
ton asking for a 1-cent gasoline
tax increase but did not want
Nv limited to secondary roads.
Mr.. Shaffer said he feels the
extra incomesfrom the additional
1-cent tax should hep annljefi In