Evening star., 1935-01-18
FUS|0N|STS GUST
FOUR POLICEMEN;
/ BACKERS NAMED
Patronage Shake.up Hits
Program of County Civic
Federation.
TAKOMA PARK LOSES
SUBSTATI0N IN SHIFT
Montgomery Board Approves
Some Legislative Proposals
by Citizens.
By a stat, Correspondent of The Star.

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the county's largest municipality, dis
pensing with the services of the two
desk clerks and transferring the re-
manning officers to other precincts. The
Police Department changes will be-
come effective next Thursday.
Other Awards Made.
A number of other patronage awards
were made, while number of legiSla-
tive proposals were decided upon, in
Guiding recommendations for a general
reasseSsment of real property. the re-
turn of the county road system to
county supervision, bill banning the
Sunday sale of beer and wines. semi
annual payment of taxes and a meas
ure empowering the board to regulate
airports.
Several measures advocated by the
Montgomery County Civic Federation
in its ll-point program were indorsed
by the board, but abolition of the
Liquor Control Board. one of the chief
items on the program, was not given
the commissioners approval. The COM
missioners likewise opposed the sug-
question for appointing county
solicitor. and a majority vote was
recorded against the proposed con-
vision of the State Roads Commission.
Refunding Approved.
recommendations by County Ac-
countant Alexander Hancock early
this week for refunding certain bond
maturitieS during the next two years,
the general reassessment of property.
enactment of a bill permitting reissu-
ing, renewing. extending or refunding
from time to time certificates of in
debtedneSs against special street as
sessments and the passage of bill
allowing the county to impose SER
vice charge for collecting special area
taxes also were approved by the Com
misSioners.
Sergt. Roy L. Snyder, commander
Of the Takoma Park station; Sergt
Earle H. Burdine, attached at Silver
Spring and Patrolmen Thomas DeNell
and James E. Shoemaker, both of the
Bethesda station, are the four officers
who will be dismissed from the police
force next Thursday and replaced
with Fusion party appointees, while
the two Takoma Park clerks to lose
their jobs at the same time are John
z. Pope and Emmett D. Ragland.
The four policemen will be sue
ceeded by Carl " Ramey of Rockville,
Marion B. Dayhoff of Selma and Will
liam S. Crawford Of Gaithersburg, all
Republicans, and Riggs Griffith of
Seneca, Progressive Democrat. They
will be assigned as privates and are
to receive SIPS month.
Dismissal of Snyder, Burdine, De-
Nell and Shoemaker came while the
powerful Montgomery County Civic
Federation and the Bethesda Chamber
of Commerce was seeking the enact
ment of legislation which would pro-
vide for the retention of present men,
bers of the force who have proven to
be competent policemen and would
place the force under a merit system
requiring new appointees to pass civil
service examination.
Reorganization of the Liquor Con-
troll Board was completed with the
appointment of Frank Dwyer, Lay
louisville merchant and a Republican,
to succeed Downey M. Williams, Lay
louisville organization Democrat, at a
salary of $500 a year. His appoint
ment becomes effective today
Lawrence Tolson of Colesville, Pro-
greSSive Democrat and defeated Fu-
sion candidate for House of Delegates
was made county sanitary inspector
replacing W. Ernest Offutt of Rock
vile, at salary of $4,000, reduction
of $3.50 in the salary which has been
paid Offutt. Tolson will take over his
duties on February /.
Made Beer Inspector.
Nicholas D. Griffith, Laytonsville
Progressive Democrat, was appointed
county beer inspector to succeed Har-
old Bradford. Grifith's salary was
fixed at $500 a year and $50 a
month expenses, whereas Bradford
! was paid ST 300 a year with no stipu-
lated limit on his expenses.
William H. Thompson of Clarks-
burg and Mrs. Hazel Karn of Rock
vile, both Progressive Democrats, and
Mrs. Esther Fleishen of Silver Spring
a Republican, were appointed clerks
in the county treaSurer's Office at sal.
| aries of $1,000 a year each, and will
| report on February Is. It has moi
been decided whom they will replace
Commissioners Frank H. Karn
Charles E. King, Paul Coughlan anc
Richard H. Lansdale favored a gen.
eral reaSsessment of the entire coun.
ty, to be completed prior to adoption
of the 1867 budget, but Commis.
sioner Robert D. Hagner opposed any
general reasSessment that would be.
come effective prior to July /, 1888
and the final decision will rest with
the legislative group.
I Hagner declared reaSseSSment be-
fore 1888 would injure real estate de-
velopment, but said that law callint
! for an immediate reassessment o
| property bordering highways com
pleted since 1928, when the last gen
eral reassessment was made, should b'
enacted.
Seek Airport Power.
Unanimous opposition was offeret
the Civic Federation's proposal II
abolish the Liquor Control Board, bu
the fixing of the number of member
win be left to the discretion of tn
legislators. -Four members Of tn
board voted for a liquor commission
of five members, including the dispen
sary manager, while the fifth, Com
missioner Lansdale, advocated boar
Of three. The federation advocates
that the commissioners tske over tn