Evening star., 1957-12-27
FIRST TICKET TO MCLAUGHLIN
Bean Has Key Vote
On Arlington Board

A Democrat who has had no
formal connection with either
Of Arlington's splinter parties
win hold the controlling vote on
the school board for the next
two years.
He Is L. Lee Bean. who with
Robert A. Peck was appointed
by the outgoing Arlington
County Board last night to q
school board term beginning
January /. Their terms run
four years. The next vacancies
on the board viii occur at the
end Of 1859.
The appointment Of Mr.. Bean
came as q surprise. He was
nominated by Democrat Wes-
ley Cooper. outgoing chairman
Of the county board who Gus
tomarily votes with the more
conservative Arlington Inde-
pendent Movement faction.
The two AIM county board
members. Mrs. Leone Buchholz
and Or. L. H. Blevins. support
ed Mr.. Beans appointment.
The two county board rep
resentatives Of the more lib
eral Arlingtonians for a Better
County. David Krupsaw and
Ralph Kaul. voted against Il.
The split was the same on the
appointment Of Mr.. Peck. who
has been active in AIN since
its organization.
With the two new appoint
ments. membership on the new
school board after January 1
viii line UP ike this: Mr.. Peck
and Mrs. Helen Lane. who are
identified with AIM: James @.
Stockard and Barnard Joy Of
ABC. and Mr.. Bean. who has
not been active in either group.
ABC Loses Control
It will be the first time ABC
has lost control Of the Airing
ton School Board in 10 years.
During the period that Airing
tons school board was elect
ed. ABC candidates won every
time.
The turnabout comes at q
time when ABC Is on the verge
Of assuming control Of the
county board on January l.
when Herbert L. Brown Of ABC
replaces Mr.. Cooper. The
legality Of the appointments
being made by the lame duck
county board was challenged
in court and upheld.
Mr.. Beans name had not
figured IN any advance specu-
lation over school board APP
pointments. His name did not
appear on q list Of approxi-
mately three dozen candidates
suggested by organizations and
individuals.
Mr.. Bean said that although
he had not been active In AIM,
he had voted for candidates Of
that faction in the last three
county board elections-Mrs.
Buchholz, Dr.. Blevins and j.
Maynard Magruder. who made
an unsuccessful race in No
vember.
Has Supported AIM
TT has just happened that
I always have known the AIM
candidates better. and gen.
serally have supported them. but
I have never regarded myself
as an AIM member. I'm a
Democrat" said Mr.. Bean.
He said he regarded himself
as conservative politically
with some liberal tendencies"
On the school segregation
issue which has been a major
difference between AIM and
ABC sentiment. Mr.. Bean said
he was determined that Airing.
ton schools must be kept open
at all cost" He said he had
not studied Virginia's segrega-
ton laws sufficiently at this
time to comment on them.
Mr.. Kaul said he did not
consider Mr. Bean "as ex-
treme as some nominees AIM
might have suggested, but
there is no question the new
school board viii be an AIM
board"
Mr.. Kaul said he didn't want
anyone TO have the illusion
we achieved q compromise
Mr.. Bean definitely is an AIM
appointment"
He said regardless Of who
controls the school board,
however. the ABC county board
would do everything possible
TO maintain q close working
relationship between the two
boards.
Mr.. Bean, Al, has three chill
dren-Rebecca Ann. Z, q stu
dent ct Page Elementary
School; L. Lee Bean III. who
10 8. and Meredith Lee Bean. Z
months.
He Is a native OF Fort Meade,
VA. and q graduate Of tin