Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-01
'Freeho|ders' Law
Backed for Virqinia
Moncure Luuds
Arlington Plan
On Bond Issues
BY ALEX r. PRESTON

STAFFORD county IS planning leg
islation to permit only the own
ers of real estate to approve
future bond issues in Virginia.
Speaking at a States Rights
Party meeting in Arlington last
night, the peppery lawmaker
congratulated "the good people"
of the county who approved a
similar plan in a referendum last
month.
you clipped the wings of the
cliff dwellers' when you passed
the freeholderS referendum" he
said.
Cliff dwellers" was taken to
mean those who live in apart
ments. Under Arlington's new
bond-authorizing procedure, a
majority of the property owners
(freeholders) as well as a major
ity of the total vote henceforth
WAL w ACAu1lCQs
Plans Bill
1.-THE State of Virginia should
have that law" Mr.. Moncure
said, lin order that the crack
pots, the cliff dwellers and the
will not leave voll.
the property owners, holding the
bag.
If reelected, I will intro
duce a Statewide bill where
only the freeholders-not ma
jority of the voters-will vote on
those bond issues"
The country lawyer, whose lit
tie frame Office is beside Route /,
almost half way between Airing
ton and Richmond, will come
up for reelection next year. A
strong opponent of Federal en-
ployeS holding State and local
Offices, Mr.. Moncure earlier this
year initiated the Assemblys
repeal of the law under which
Arlington elected its school
board. He sponsored the meas
ure, he said. at the request of the
good people of Arlington"
1--WE learned through bitter
experience in Richmond, he be-
gan bis remarks before an au-
dience Of about rs, ITO differen-
tate between the good people
and the crackpots of Arlington"
Defends Support
The fire-eating orator devoted
much of his talk to defense of
his support of the States Rights
Party candidate for President,
T. Coleman Andrews, in the re-
cent election. Mr.. Andrews drew
about $4,000 votes in Virginia.
I'm going to dedicate what
little political life / have left
to a principle / believe in and
to hell with politics." was the
way he ended his talk. He said
that while he was the only mem
Der Of the Legislature to pub
licly Endorsed Mr.. Andrews in the
recent campaign. other law
makers had told him privately
that they wished they could
do the same.
Il take it," he said near the
beginning of his speech, that
I'm speaking here to only good
people--those who favor States
Rights, and continuing segrega-
ton in our public schools; those
who oppose the burdensome Fed
eral taxation, who oppose giving
away the assets of this country
to foreign nations and who OPP
pose civil rights legislation in
Congress.
If there's anyone in here who
differs with me on any of these
things, will he please leave this
auditorium now, because I don't
want to be offensive to anyone"
He said Mr.. Andrews failure
to carry Virginia left him with
some feeling of disbursement,
and possibly a lack of faith but
not a lack of hope for the
future"
Hits Democrats
Lambasting the Democratic as
well as the Republican Party
on the national level. Mr.. Mon
cure said: THE people missed a
chance to vote for principles.
The national Democratic Party
Is absolutely foreign to US
Southerners."
( A Virginia Democrat" who
voted for President Eisenhower
in 1852. Mr.. Moncure said that
was q mistake.
He drew a distinction for what
he stressed was the Democratic
Party Of Virginia The Virginia
party. he said. supported every
candidate for Congress who sup
ported the idea Of States rights.
up here In the 10th district your
candidate for Congress under the
Democratic label did not believe
in States rights and you had
every right not to elect him.
Republican Representative
Broyhill defeated Democrat War
rem d. Quenstedt.
The meeting was held in the
auditorium Of the building firm