Evening star., 1947-09-03
104 Policemen
In Montgomery
Awarded Raises
$4,000 in Increases
Principally Go to Men
In Lower Grades
By J. B. Zotman

By J. B. Zotmon
Wage increases totaling approx
mately $4,000 will go into effect
Immediately for the 104 members
Of the Montgomery County police
force.
The increases, most of which 60
to privates, corporals and desk
clerks, were approved yesterday by
the County Commissioners in exc
cutive session after a delegation
representing the County Police As
sociation presented a proposed pay
scale to the board.
Brooke Johns, president of the
board, cast the deciding vote for
the new salary schedule. Also voting
for the increases were Commission
ers Wesley I. Sauter and Charles H
JamiSon. They were opposed by
Commissioners George c. (Ace) Es-
worthy and o. w. Youngblood.
Privates to start at $500.
It was learned that both Mr..
Esworthy and Mr.. Youngblood in
sisted that increases be granted
only to privates and corporals.
Under the new wage scale privates
will start at $4,000 a year and will
receive an additional $100 annually
for four years. Desk clerks will
start at $2,400 with an additional
500 each year for three years.
Other officers will receive the
following salaries: Corporals, $3.50;
sergeants, $3,400; 1ieutenants, So, 100
and captains, $4,000.
At present, desk clerks start at
$2,249.50 and 60 to $2,60660 at the
end of two and one-half years
Privates start at $2,310 and go to
$2,69408 after two and one-half
years. Corporals receive $2,970;
sergeants, $4,000; lieutenants, $3,-
$50, and captains, $1,000.
Scale Asked by Police.
The pay scale proposed by the
police association called for desk
clerks to start at $2,500 with a
maximum of $4,000 after three years
and privates to start at $4,000 with
a maximum of $500 after five
years. Corporals would receive
$3,420; sergeants, $3,720; lieutenants
$4,000, and captains, $4,000.
In addition. the police delegation
recommended that detective cor
porals and sergeants receive $12(
a year more than uniformed cor
porals and Sergeants.
Capt. James S. McAuliffe, ir
charge of the Bethesda substation
and Policeman John Higdon, sta
toned at Silver Spring, who repre-.
sented the police association
claimed that policemen work long.
er hours and assume more risks
than the ordinary county employe
Others in the delegation included
Capt. Joseph Nolte, in charge o1
the Silver Spring substation ano
president of the association; Sergt
H. Melvin Wheeler, Detective
Sergts. John P. Leahy and G. w
Linthicum, Detective Corpl: William
Whelan and Policemen Kenneth
Miller and Lester Jones.
Resolution on Time Adopted.
The commissioners action eli
makes a police campaign for higher
salaries that started soon after the
board granted 10 per cent cost-of-
living increase to all county en-
ployes last July.
Transfer of seven policemen at
the Rockville, Silver Spring and
Takoma Park stations was an
nounced by Chief Charles M. Orme
The transfers were made amid re-
ports of friction between county
and town policemen at Takoma
Park over the twin Jurisdictions in
the area.
Four county policemen normally
are stationed at Takoma Park, al
though the number has now
dropped to three as result of the
resignation last week of Corpl. W.
w. Waddell.
"Some Friction" Admitted.
The station also is shared by four
members of the town police under
1t. Earl Thomas. Neither force has
control over the others actions.
The transfers, which Chief Orme
said are for the "betterment of the
department, involve Policemen E
r. Jones, Preston Walker and David
Bisset, from Takoma Park to Silver
Spring; Corpl. Joseph Hawkins
from Rockville to Takoma Park and
Policemen Thomas Harding, Colin
Turner and Roy Wrenn, from Silver
Spring to Takoma Park.
Although Commissioner Young
blood, who represents the Takoma
Park-Silver Spring area, admitted
there was some friction" in the
Takoma Park station, he refused
further comment. Both he and
Police Commissioner Sauter said the
transfers would promote eff
ciency."
Elimination of the Takoma Park
station was recommended last year
in report presented to the COM
missioners by the international AS
sociation of Police Chiefs. Commits
sioner Sauter said he is studying the
proposal.