Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-12-14

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Miss Barbara Ann Fogelsanger
is an instructor at the Oakland
high school. Her twin teacher at
the Lisbon high school.
the groups of houses to be built
for rent to the poorest paid
! workers in the agricultural coun-
ty should be located in smaller
groups than previously suggested
and to include such small groups
as from 2, A, 6, s houses in a
group with the groups to be
placed more generally throughout
the agricultural area so as to be
more convenient to the farms OF
the section in question. Such
groups of houses would lose the
characteristics of villages and
would actually make available bet
ter houses for the poorest paid
farm workers in locations more
convenient to their work through
out the farming areas.
Secondly, we believe tina. an
existing sub-standard house should
be eliminated for each Of the
new homes to be built.
"'The Housing Authority re-
iterates it's many times stated
position that no important detail
of its proposed program is finally
decided upon or fixed, no sites
have been purchased, no options
have been exercised, and the
members of the Housing Author
ity continue to request the con-
structive suggestions of the peo-
pie of Montgomery County toward
working out the most constructive
and generally helpful plan of
making these better houses avail
able for the poorest paid workers
of the county, without dislocation
of the farming industry or any of
! the other existing activities, val
ues or public services of the
county.
"'The only decided position of
the Montgomery County Housing
Authority is that Federal money
is available to provide houses for
rental occupancy by the families
of the poorest paid workers in
the agricultural county, and that
the opportunity to make such
houses available shall not be lost
through failure to produce the
best available plan and program
"Two weeks previously, I had,
upon invitation, appeared
before the Directors of the Farm
Bureau and discussed the then
suggested housing program, and
at that time stated that the only
definite part of our program was
that the money was available to
build the low rental houses for
the poorest paid workers in agri-
cultural Montgomery County and
asked any suggestions on the pro-
gram, and the only response from
the Farm Bureau directors, how
ever, had been general resolu-
ton of opposition to the entire
proposal. s
Following last Mondays meet
ing, however, when / presented
and received suggestions, 1 felt
that great progress had been
made toward the best utilization
of this opportunity from the
standpoint of all of the people of
agricultural Montgomery County.
This opinion continued well into
Tuesday, when 1 was reliably ad-
vised that President James B.
King, of the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau, had called meetings
! of the Bureau members in each
election district and that either
Mr.. King or County Agent o. w.
Anderson (both of whom have
consistently expressed opposition
to the proposed low-rental hous-
ing program) will appear at each
meeting to explain the Housing
program.
81 take this opportunity to
again ask the richer people of
agricultural Montgomery County
to apply their minds and hearts
to the problem of so placing and
arranging these new available low
rental modern homes that the
United States Government will
entirely pay to build, so that the
poorest paid people in their re-
spective communities can live in
them, and to so help us work
out and execute a plan that will
be of help to all classes of Mont
gomery County people and dam
age to none. This result, l am
sure, is possible, and l believe
that our present program is well
along that road.
"If the intelligent and alert
people of Upper Montgomery
County will help plan this pro
gram, this County will be the
location of homes that will helI
improve the health, happiness
viewpoint, as well as the willing,
ness and ability to work, of the
poorest paid people throughout
the county, which improved con
dition generally will, from every
standpoint. benefit the farm anC