Evening star., 1947-02-23
MonfgomeryG.0. 0. P.
Delegation AssaiIed
By Democrats

The Montgomery County Repub-
lican delegation to the State Legis-
lature was assailed in statement
released last night by the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee for
Montgomery County for it's alleged
failure to introduce legislation seek
ing additional public services or pub
lie improvements in the county.
"It is high time" the State Central
Committee suggested, that the coun-
ty representatives to the General
Assembly cease giving their entire
time and effort to the cause of par
tisan politics and job seeking and
devote substantial part of their
abilities and time to the general
service of the people of Montgomery
County"
The committee charged that, al
though the first two months OF the
three months session has already
elapsed, Senator Roy Tasco Davis
and the delegates have not even
mentioned a bill which is an at
tempt to provide for the construc-
ton needs of new school houses for
the children of Montgomery County
or the construction needs for new
rural roads or suburban streets or
the needs for additional public serv-
ices or public Improvements of any
kind, other than several new county
proposals, or seek to provide any
needed, usual or other partisan
change in the plan Or procedure
of the county government"
Agency Drives Charged.
Activities of the group, the state
ment continues, have been centered
upon an obviously intensely parti-
san desire to amend existing State
wide or bi-county laws to change
the present policy of appointments
to such groups and agencies as the
County Liquor Control Board and
the Montgomery County Board OF
Education, and to destroy the county
civil service law.
The State Central Committee, at
the same time, expressed its opposi-
ton to certain features of civil
service bill introduced by Senator
Davis calling for creation of a
three-man commission to be ap-
pointed by the Board of County
Commissioners and seeking other
changes in the present civil service
law in the county. 1t requests a
hearing on the bill from the Sen
ators for Prince Georges, Frederick
and Montgomery Counties, who are
the members of the special commit
tee of the Senate to whom the bill
has been referred.
10 Morgan Upheld.
Characterizing the present Civil
Service Commissioner, 10 v. Morgan
of Edgemoor, as "a man of high
character, integrity and recognized
capacity" the resolution adopted by
the State Central Committee de-
plored the provision in the bill which
seeks to reduce Mr.. Morgan's term
by approximately two and one-hal1
years and. to substitute for him q
new civil service commission to be
appointed by the recently-electeo
Republican Board of County Com
misSioners."
The measure also objects to the
| inclusion of the extension Of the
general provisions of the Federal
Hatch Act to the merit system in
Montgomery, and to the clause ex-
empting from the present civil serv-
ice law several positions now filled
by Democratic appointees.
Failure of the bill to add officials
such as the county chief of police,
the secretaries of any of the Repub-
lican members of the Board OF
County Commissioners, or the
county supervisor. to the civil serv-
ice system, also is deplored by the
Committee. It voiced objection to
the proposal that employees of the
County Liquor Control Board, whose
members are now appointed by the
Governor, be included in the new
county merit system whose admin
istrative board will be appointed
by the Republican County Com