Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-10-01
30 Candidates At
Tea Given Friday
BY Women Voters
Col. Lee Warns of Urgency
Of War Effort; Opponent
Is Absent, Represented By
Peter Snyder

More than 200 persons attended
the garden party given last Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. B.
Peyton Whalen in Bethesda in hon.
or of candidates in the general
election of November 8.
Approximately thirty candidates
whose names will appear on the
ballot in Montgomery County at
tended the affair. Lt-Col. E. Brooke
Lee, Democratic candidate for Con-
gress from the Sixth Maryland
District, headed his party's group
at the party and was the princi-
pal speaker.
His Republican opponent in the
Congressional race, ]. Glenn Beall,
was unable to attend. Peter F.
Snyder of Silver Spring, Repubh-
can candidate for the House of
Delegates, spoke in place of Mr..
Beall. Members of the Indepen-
dent Party ticket were led by
Clarence H. Small of Laytonsville,
candidate for State senator.
Mrs. MINER Hostetler, president
of the Maryland League, outlined
the program of the League of
Women Voters. Mrs. Durward ".
Sandifer presided, and Mrs. Frank
R. Garfield introduced the candi-
dates. Mr.. Snyder spoke briefly
in behalf of Mr.. Beall, pledging the
latter's support of the war effort.
Col Lees speech follows:
every American and all that
is American today is on the de-
fensive. We are not winning the
greatest, most important. the
fastest moving, the most danger
GUS war of all time. While a
people are on the defensive they
are losing a war and the national
danger continues and increases.
With everything that is American
in bitter truth on the defensive
and in such complete peril the
order must be forward and the
united movement of the entire
American people must be to take
the offensive.
"The great and courageous de-
tense that Americans have made
in recent months at Bataan, Cor
regidor and Wake Island ended
only in local disaster. The only
way to survive this war is to win
it, and the only way to win it
is to move forward and again for
ward. To fail is to lose every
thing.
"To win for America will re-
quire and will receive everything
from every American with the
fighting forces and will further
need the utmost in work and sac
rifce and united effort from
every other American on the home
front.
each of us can help most on
his or her sector and, as candi-
date to serve in the House OF
Representatives, I propose to talk
to you today about why feel
that as a man whose entire life
has evidenced a complete belief
in and much hard work for demo-
cratic principles, / can help in
the Congress if elected to that
opportunity. The viewpoint, the
effective ability and the expert
ence of the Representatives who
are to be sent to Congress If
elected to that opportunity. The
viewpoint, the effective ability
and the experience of the Repre-
sentatives who are to be sent to
Congress have never been more
important to the future Of every
one than today. This year your
ballots are bullets. Your Repre-
sentatives translate and imple-
ment and even Mechanic your
belief in the ultimate supremacy
of the American Constitution
wrought in the work, the sacrifice
and the blood Of the men who
founded this country. Fail here
in this duty on the home front
and we too are lost to a con-
queror who believes in the superb
ority and right Of few to rule
the many.
"Late in 1912 / read a book
called the "Valor Of Ignorance"
! (Continased on Page 81