Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-12-11
Mr.. ellis Letter

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wish to Immediately and unequivo-
cally reject it.
We understand your proposition
to be that at the approaching
emergency session the Maryland
Legislature Great an athletic board
for Montgomery County with you
as Chairman named in the bill at
an annual salary of $4,000 for a
term of five years, and that the
law shall specify that at the end
of this five year term you should
continue in office under the pro-
visions of the State civil service
law. The proposition which you
dictated to Mr.. Menke also states
that you are tired of politics and
want to get out of the newspaper
business.
You were also generous enough
to suggest Mr.. Menke as your as
sistant on this county athletic
board at an annual salary of S.
900, although Mr.. Menke had not
even heard of such a proposal until
you called him to your home. AS
final thought, you seek to add
doctor as member of the same
board at a salary of $500 a year.
Your proposition as stated in
Mr.. Menke's letter is to build ath-
letic stadia at Rockville, Bethesda
and Silver Spring, to establish
football in the county schools, to
appoint football coaches under the
State Civil Service and to secure
stenographic help with or without
the aid of the Civil Service. The
proposed stadium at Silver Spring
would have seating capacity of
100000 people and those at Rock
vile and Bethesda would be small
er. We fail to understand this last
discrimination particularly as your
proposition states that the size of
the stadium at Silver Spring would
enable it to accommodate such ma
tional athletic features as the
Army-Navy and Redskin games.
You also offer to accept Federal
or private grants or assistance and
other powers necessary to secure
land and build stadia as above de.
scribed.
Your proposition is emphatically
and unequivocally rejected for the
following, among the reasons:
1. We believe that at any time it
would be an outrageous proposal
for any citizen to ask for any mo-
tive including the price of his re-
tirement as an opposition politician
and from the editorship of an I'M
fair political paper, that the tax
payers of this county be burdened
with providing an $4,000 year job
on an athletic board for his per-
sonal benefit and support for life.
2. We think it is even more out
rageous and unpatriotic and with
out regard for the present acute
needs of national defense that this
proposition for lifetime $4,000 a
year sinecure be coupled with the
expenditure of large sums of the
taxpayers money and the use of
great quantities of essential ma
terials to build needless and i'm
practical athletic stadia when
building material for homes, stores
and many other essential purposes
is now actually being rationed in
many parts of this country.
8. We are not willing to appease
you or assume any responsibility
for your political conduct.
AS duly elected representative
Of the people of this County 1 want |
to vehemently add my personal re-
lection of your proposal as stated
by Mr.. Menke and because l be-
lieve that the people of this Coun-
ty should understand the position |
of all concerned l am releasing to
the press both Mr.. Menke's letter
with his consent, stating your pro-
position and this answer.
Very truly yours,
James w. Gill, Chairman
MoOtpOmarv County De1aUatioYo RI |