Grass Roots View S:nce it. is from that distribu j tion that counties are allotted ; their annual funds to improve the ' county roads, boards of sqpcrvis ! ors are opposed to any more that i might mean a cib in money. They i are too close to the audible de mands asked of them in their very own districts. The voice being heard in Vir ginia is that of technical engineers of the firm of Parsons. Brineker hoff. Hall and MacDonald. New York consulting firm, which was employed to study the Virginia highway system and make recom mendations. The engineers have reported their findings to the Virginia Ad visory Legislative Council, during public hearings, that existing methods of fund distribution are "completely inequitable with re spect to needs" and that . . . con tinuation of present laws and pol icies can only result in the devel opment of a Seriously unbalanced road plant." One of the inequities, they feel, is that the secondary road sys stems share is now bigger than needs justify, in relation to needs of the other major divisions. Prince Edward supervisors Fri day replied to that contention with this unanimous resolution: "That we are firmly of the opinion that in order to establish, construct and maintain a system of Secondary highways in this state, sufficient to carry the traf fic to which they are subject, there should be no reduction in the proportion of highway funds allotted to the Secondary Sys tem." The. resolution adds a second paragraph that the county's state senator and House of Delegates member "be and they are hereby urgently requested to oppose any legislation, the effect of which would be tO reduce the proportion of highway funds allotted to the Secondary System." The consulting firm's recom mendation Eire merely that at present, but even that early in tire game, the board of supervisors here believes it is time to strike. Supervisors W W Vaughan and C. W. Gates were present for the recent public hearing in Rich mond.

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