Evening star., 1925-12-01
MONTGOMERY CIVIC
BODY PICKS HEADS
19 Citizens Organizations
Admitted to Federation.
ZihIman IndOrSeS Move.

The Montgomery County Civic Fed.
Grafton became fact last night when
is representative citizens orEanlZa-
tions pledged their united allegiance
to the organization. which viii he the
. Nigilant observer and clearing house
; in the DEVELOPMENT of this metropoh-
tan suburb Of the National Capital
into great residential area.
| The permanent organization was Ell
ifected and the following officers elect
ed: Oliver Owen Kuhn. Alta vista,
president: Capt. Frank l.. Hewitt Sll-
.yer Spring, vice president; MAJ. i. Is.
Lawrence, Battery Park. secretary ;
Cant. Charles Y. Johnson. Iakoma
) Park treasurer These officers. to-
sether with the following. also elected
last night, will form the executive
committee: Mayor Charles G. Holland
of Rockville. II. A. Filler. kensineton,
sand Col. A. b Barber, Bradley HIS.
Sees Great Need Filled.
That such an organization viii MI
trreat need in the county was the S,a.
s,pant made to the delegates last night
h,l Penresentatiye Fred ~ Zihlman of
sATarvland. who congratulated the or
ganizers on their success in Such a
move.
"If there ever was time when
there is a necessity for unity and CO.
operation, II is in this Day ana stage
J of the development of your county.
The District Of columbia has eNperl-
enced a substantial and remafNahie
growth. This county Will fiEure very
largely and materially in the progress
{ of the National Capital. Such prob
RI q
s water. etc. must be solved by organ
: izations such as this. You and ! want
to see a beautiful Capital built up 70
; the District line We don't want TO
see an unZoned area. with its ware.
houses. stores. gas stations. You will
have to take up zoning and its re-
5 lated problems and settle them.
Mr. Zihlman referred TO the far
reaching decision OF the Supreme
Court of the United States several
davs ago. in which il was said that
/ public utilities commissions had the
power and authority to compel the eX-
tension of service lines of the utilities
without regard to the question rs to
whether such extensions would be re-
. munerative or not. and pointed ont
that the public utilities commissions
. would give great weight 70 the re-
. quests OF such organizations such q
l
Transportation problems also could be
decided by such organizations. and he
pointed out that the results obtained
will more than COMPENSATE the mem
hers for the time and trouble spent in
bringing about cooperation.
Explains Park Board
He then explained the work Of the
National Capital Park Commission in
%In Tf III nj r,l9 No
areas, and told of the authority which
the commission had TO purchase park
lands in MARYLAND. Two of the play
ground areas recently purchased by
the commission. he said. had been in
the District close to the Maryland
line and would be available for the
ichildren in the District and Maryland.
He explained that he was at first OPP
posed 10 the purchase Of the Chevy
Chase playground because it was too
thigh. but was later a supporter. If
at the time he had had the advice OF
an organization such as this one ne
said at would not have hesitated for
q moment.
MANY problems will come before
YOU" he continued. such an organ
izatfon as this Will work them with
equity toward all the communities,
Thrash out your problems and unite on
one proposition. 1t will tighten the
work Of those officials charged with
them. and will also tighten the bur
dens of your legislators in the Con
gress. II will be a pleasure and
privilege to cooperate with you to the
fullest extent possible in the working
out OF the problems of Montgomery
County"
During Mr.. Zihlman's address the
nominating committee. headed pS j.
sHbnd smith, prepared the slate of Off
tcers. for the ensuing year and brought
I'm its report soon afterward. All the
officers We're elected unanimously on
one ballot and We're Immediately n
stalled.
Z Nnu- President SneakS.