Evening star. [volume], August 20, 1958, Page A-12, Image 12

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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
WswiDtr, appear m. ims
A-12
WM&A Assails Chalk
On Transit Study Offer
The Washington, Marlboro and Annapolis Transit Co. today
attacked the offer of O. Roy Chalk, preaident or the D. C.
Transit System Inc. to finance a survey of public transporta
tion needs in suburban Maryland.
Lester E. Pierce, president of WM&A, declared he was
"deeply distressed" that the Maryland Public Bervlce Commis-
mlsslon "could „ dignify Mr.
Chalk's unwarranted, presump
tuous and arrogant proposal” 1
by Indicating It would coasider
It.
Newspaper reports of Mr
Chalk's proposal, according to 1
State Placement Action
Awaited in Arlington
The next move In Arlington i
County's school racial contro-j
versy apparently is up to the
State Pupil Placement Board
in Richmond.
Fifteen more Negro students
seeking transfer to white schools
completed interviews yester
day with an official of the place
ment board and county school
officials.
This brought the total num
ber of interviews to 27 during
the last two days. Thirty-one
Negroes are seeking transfer
to white schools in Arlington,
but four of the students were
on vacation and will be inter
viewed later.
Results of the interviews are
being turned over to the place
ment board in Richmond, ac
cording to B. 8. Hilton, director
of the Arlington placement of
fice, where the questioning was
held.
Attorneys for the Negroes
aaid their future moves will de
pend on action taken on the,
applications either by the
placement board or the local
school board. The Negro at
torneys, who maintain the
State board has no authority
in Arlington, agreed to let the
transfer applicants submit to
the interviews only after local
school officials said they would
participate in the questioning
Methodists Let
Building Contract
RICHMOND, Aug. 30 <AP).
—The board of trustees of the
Methodist Childrens Home of
Virginia yesterday awarded a
$206,218 contract to J. Kennon
Perrin Co. of Richmond for con
struction of a new activities
building.
Six new trustees were named
to serve five-year terms, and a j
seventh person was named to
fill an unexpired four-year
term.
New trustees are the Rev. Dr.
Harry S. Coffey,Lynchburg; the
Rev. Dr. H. B. Lipscomb, jr„ j
Roanoke; the Rev. J. W. Turner,
Harrisonburg; T. V. English,
Arlington; Melvin C. Moss,Kin
tale, andG. Edmond Massie 111.
Richmond.
The Rev. G. H. Boyd, Waynes
boro, was named to 1111 the un
expired term. •
The activities building will
house a combination gymna
sium and auditorium, a swim- i
ming pool, a handicraft room
and a music room.
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system if the survey indicates
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1 "In my humble opinion,” Mr.
l However, Arlington school
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.Pierce wrote te the PSC in
i Baltimore, “it Is sheer fantasy
for Mr. Chalk to believe that a
public regulatory body such as
the PBC could allow the D. C
Transit company to finance a
survey when such survey might
b 2 used in determining the re
lative rights of the D. C. Tran
sit company and competitive
carriers.”
He declared the WM&A com
pany would resist to the full
est extent any attempt by Mr.
Chalk to infringe upon “its
legally granted operating
: rights" in Prince Qeorges
County. He labeled considera
tion of Mr. Chalk's propositions
"a reversion to the law of the
jungle where the stronger pm ■
vail.”
"In this case,” Mr. Pierce
added, “the analogy being that
a super-financed, super-pub
licised transit operation would
be allowed to squash leu
wealthy public utilities.”
He pointed out that WM&A
is employe-owned and its offi
cers and employes are for the
j most part residents of the
Prince Georges County areas
served by the firm.
"The laws of the State of
Maryland, as well as the regu
lations of the PSC,” he went
on, “assure the WM&A transit
company of certain rights and
safeguards in so far as its op
erating privileges are con
cerned. Ten thousand propo
sals such as Mr. Chalk has
made cannot chip away any
portion of these rights and
safeguards."
Mr. Chalk was quoted as say
ing that a single company
which is most able and best dis
posed to fill the public transit
needs throughout Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties
should be permitted to provide
whatever service Maryland
needs.
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