Evening star., 1944-06-14
Montgomery Pushes
Bid for S4,OOO,000
Naval Laboratory
Old BIodensburs Rood
Site Only Tentotive,
Representative Says

The Montgomery County Com.
missioners today pushed plans to
have q proposed $4,000 900 naval
ordnance laboratory located In the
county.
The move was initiated at the
boards meeting yesterday after
Representative Beall, Republican, of
Maryland said that selection of an
Old Bladensburg road site an
lnounced June by Representative
Sasscer. Democrat, Of Maryland
was only tentative.
In his arlnouncement, Represents
ative Sasscer said the project would
be located on Old Bladensbng road
on the western side Of the North
west Branch Of the Anacostia River
near College Park.
Mr.. Beall emphasized, however.
that several sites are being consid-
cred, including one on Old Bladens-
burg road near the Indian Spring
Country Club In Montgomery Coun-
ty. When completed, the laboratory
would employ 500 to 600 persons, he
said,
Committee to Be Named.
| Lacy Shaw, chairman Of the
board, said he would appoint a
committee to appear before the
Naval Affairs Committee to urge
that the project be located In
Montgomery County. The date Of
the meeting will be announced
later.
| Mr.. Sasscer said today that at
first he had believed the Old Bla-
densburg road site was in Prince
Georges County, but he has learned
since that it actually Is In Mont
gomery. He added that objections
have been expressed to the site be-
cause of its proximity to the Burnt
Mills Reservoir and the possibility
that it would adversely affect wa
ter supply.
Sufficient acreage in the area
between the Baltimore boulevard
and the Montgomery County line,
particularly along the line, can be
assembled which meets requires
ments for such project" he de-
clared.
IT have asked the Navy Depart
ment to explore the possibility Of
, using some of the vast idle acreage
now sowned by Greenbelt and the
Agriculture Department Experi-
, mental Station at Beltsville.
Hotel Regulations Planned.
The commissioners also approved
"a request by Or. ". l.. Ellicott,
county health ofncer, that health
regulations governing hotels and
apartment houses be drafted. The
regulations will be drawn up by a
committee including DR.. Ellicott.
County Commissioner william H.
Prescott and others TO be named
by Mr.. Shaw.
1t. Henry Heynnan, U. S. N. r.
requested permission to construct
an airport on . 116-acre tract on
! this neFth side Of the Rockville
5 Norbeck pike near Norbeck. Thu
: board told 1t. Heyman to file I
1CkAAdA dRHAki6tkbil 4oA . iSAhAke ~
that public hearing could be held
Sheldon J. Jenkins, Kensington
and Harold A. Treadwell, Silver
, Spring, were appointed emergency
! policemen for 60-day periods at sal.
aries of SITS month each.
The. designations of Carroll v
Jones and Fred B. johnson as reg
ular and emergency policemen foi
the county, respectively, were ac-
cepted.
A permit to hold bingo party at
; Gaithersburg June 22 for benefit of
the Gaithersburg Odd Fellows Lodge
was granted, as was permit for the
Silver Spring Lions Club to conduct
a carnival at Silver Spring June II
through July l.
A request from John Berry, for
several years member of the coun-
ty police force, that he be retired for
physical disability was referred to
the Montgomery County Police Trial
poard