Evening star., 1947-08-26
County Police
Pay Par|eySet
For Tomorrow
Montgomery Bourd
Accepts designations
Of Three Officers

designations of three policemen,
all for jobs with higher pay, were
accepted by the Montgomery County
commissioners today as members Of
the County Police Association
planned to confer with the officials
tomorrow to seek an increased salary
scale for the entire police force.
The three officers who are leaving
include corporal and two privates.
Pvt. Robert L. Phillips, Al, of 6703
Firty-sixth street. Chevy Chase, Md.
already has turned in his equipment
and left the force. He was stationed
at Bethesda.
Also resigning are Corpl. w. M.
Waddell, SO, of 314 West Mont
gomery avenue, Rockville, who is
stationed in Takoma Park, and Pvt.
Joseph w. Saunders, jr., IS, 210
Albany avenue, Takoma Park, of the
Bethesda station. The latter was on
leave from the force all last week
attending the first postwar encamp-
ment of the Maryland National
Guard at Camp Ritchie as warrant
officer in the service company, 115th
Infantry Regiment, in Silver Spring.
Act Today on designations.
Their designations come at time
when the county police force.
through the association. has voiced
dissatisfaction with the current
wages, asserting they were tired of
a scale characterized by stew meat
and grade B eggs
The commissioners tentatively set
10 am. as the time for tomor-
rows conference with committee
Of the Police Association. "a
Their decision to meet with the
policemen followed an au-day plea
yesterday by the group to the COM
missioners individually at their
Offices or domes.
Commissioner Charles H. Jamison,
the boards only Democratic mem
ber, was the lone official not con-
tacted by the special committee.
which started with three and grew
Ill az CdS4l oVOPs
Meet With Commissioner.
The group decided on this method
of contracting the county board, fol-
lowing a two-hour meeting yesterday
afternoon with Police Commissioner
Wesley I. Sauter and Chief Charles
M Orme at the commissioners
Office in Bethesda
At that time, the COMMITTEES
asserted it sought a pay scale COM
parable to that of District police
men.
Attending the meeting as repre-
sentatives of the 106-man force were
Capt. Joseph B. Nolte, in command
of the Silver Spring station and
president of the association; Capt.
James S. McAuliffe, in command Of
the Bethesda station and a trustee
of the. police organizations; Detective
Corpl. William Whalen of the
Bethesda station, and Pvts Kenneth
Miller of Rockville and John Hig-
don, Silver Spring.
The latter two officers were MEM
bers of the original three-man COM
mittee chosen to represent the
group. The other policeman was
Pvt. Lester Jones of Bethesda, who
was on leave yesterday.
At yesterday afternoons closed
meeting, the group was advised to
draw up program it will request
in an official resolution to the COM
missioners and was urged to take it
up with the entire association first
before submitting it.
Sauter Impressed.
Following the conference, Com
missioner Sauter said the group
presented very logical and intelli-
gent argument as to their needs"
adding, however, they required fur
ther study"
Il was very much impressed with
their intelligence and spirit of CO.
operation" Mr.. Sauter declared.
They're not going about it in a
half-cocked manner"
Meanwhile, it was learned through
committee spokesman that the
group would compromise for a pay
raise of about SO per cent of the
difference in salaries between Mont
gomery County policemen and those
of the District.
1t would mean. for example, that
where captains annual salary is
$4,000 in the county and $4,000 in
the District, the proposed increase
would be $500.
Recently Raised 10 Per Cent.
The police were given 10 per cent
raise in the budget approved in
June, according to County Super
visor I. G. McNayr In addition,
the amount of deduction from pay
for their retirement fund
was reduced from to 21a per cent.
Since the money for the county
already has been appropriated for
the current fiscal year, the only
way pay increase could be ordered
for the policemen would be by the
issuance of short-term bonds, Mr..
McNayr said.
Other county commissioners, in
cluding Brooke Johns, president Of
the board, were noncommittal about
what action they would take.
All said they were willing to hear