Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-11
Fairfax Residents
Fight Airport Plan
5000 Petition
Against Any
Site in County

INV ~ SONuN
A petition opposing location Of
a second Washington airport in
Fairfax County was presented to
the County Board of Supervisors
today.
The document, with almost
5000 signatures, was submitted
by Ernest w. Reisner, chairman
of a committee which has been
waging a fight against the Burke.
Va, site "or any other location
in Fairfax County" 1t calls on
the supervisors Ito take what
ever steps are necessary to pre-
vent airport construction there.
The board, with one member
dissenting, is already on record
in opposition to the airport,
which President Eisenhower is
seeking in a request for $34.7
million supplemental appropria-
ton.
Board member not opposed is
Brig. Gen. Richard Ovenshine.
The boards action instructs
Chairman Joseph Freehill to APP
pear and oppose the airport at
any congressional hearings that
may be held.
Opposition, as voiced in the
petition, is based on contentious
that the airport would not only
be detrimental to future de-
velopment of a large area of the
county, but would be a source of
great annoyance to those of us
who are now residents of the
county.
I'VE further believe that with
the use of jet air transports in
the very near future. if such an
airport were established, we
would be subjected to more and
greater noises, destructive vibra-
! lions and hazards and as a re-
! suit our homes and properties
would be greatly reduced in
value as residential property"
Mail Poll Conducted
Last January a mail poll con-
. Quoted among Fairfax County
t residents by Representative
: Broyhill. Republican, whose dis
: trict includes the Burke site, in
Dictated that 5.544 favored the
= Burke location with 4,127 ballots
S against it.
Meanwhile, the Civil Aero
e nautics Board has announced
S that it has Baltimore'S Friend
l ship Airport under current study
: for possible use as a co-terminal
S with Washington National.
Interim division of some Wash
: ington National Airport traffic
to Baltimore was recommended
by Commerce Secretary Weeks
three days ago. The proposal
came following President Eisen-
hoWer's request for S3.7 million
from Congress to start the long
delayed construction of second
/, Washington airport at Burke, Va.
Mr.. Durfee said he expects
+ action from the board "as soon
5 as is humanity possible" But he
added that Il don't believe the
/ need will arise today or tomor-
t row or next week for e-routing
. planes to Friendship"
RevisiOns Surveyed
What the boards investigation
!, of the Baltimore airport involves
!, is a thorough inspection of ia
cilities and of the necessary re-
visions which increased traffic
: might involve.
The co-terminal proposal yes
terday drew fire from the Air
Transportation A ISOLATION,
spokesman for the commercial
! airlines. and from the Air Line
Pilots Association.
. They want Burke and they
, want it quickly.
President Eisenhower's Mon
day request for money to get the
! Burke project under way was
! reminiscent of the executive in
tervention required to start work
on National Airport after IL
years of wrangling. President
Roosevelt took the matter in
hand.
. The National site, reclaimed
from the Potomac River, evicted
no one, but dangers existing at
the old Washington and Hoover
d airportS dictated action after a
: dozen years of indecision.
The Burke airport request
went to the Senate Appro-
prlations Committee, currently
holding hearings on a SIS bill
: lion supplemental appropria-
tons bill. There are two ways
: to get action on it this session.
by moving it into the appropria-
\ tons bill now before the Senate
d Subcommittee. or by Offering it
on the House floor as an amend
ment.