Evening star., 1948-11-08
COP. Select
Slate 10 Run
Under Charter
AT Least ! Candidate
To Be Chosen Tonight
For Council Contest
By J. v. Homer

An agreement is expected tonight
on the choice of at least one Re-
publican candidate for Montgomery
County's new seven-member council.
Delegate Anders R Lofstrand, IT.,
Silver Spring and Rockville manu-
facturer, indicated this candidate
would come from Montgomery's ALL
Republican delegation to the Mary
land General Assembly. Mr.. Lof-
strand, member of the House of
Delegates, is chairman of the group
The council nomination is due at
O routine meeting of the delegation,
one day after the Republican State
Central Committee decided to i'll
dorse party slate for the coun-
Gil election in January.
Dawson Announces Decision.
County Republican Chairman Wal
ter w. Dawson of Rockville an
nounced that the committee de-
cided yesterday to indorse a group
of candidates after consultations
among party leaders.
The Republican action virtually
assures another warm political
campaign for Montgomery over the
next two months. The Democratic
State Central Committee will meet
this week to consider council nom
nations, and the bipartisan Char
ter Committee proposes to indorse a
slate of seven persons.
Some of the Charter Committee
candidates may come from the lists
Of the two major parties, however.
Party Leaders Divided.
Mr.. NLofstrand disclosed that "a
great many" names were discussed
by the Republican committee
yesterday but the party was not yet
prepared to make any public.
Neither Republican nor Demo-
cratic party organizations took a
stand In last weeks election which
adopted q charter form of govern
ment. providing council and
county manager in place Of the
present commissioner system.
The political leaders, acting in
dividually, were split over the pro-
posal but many in both parties were
active against the change.
All but one member of the
Republican legislative delegation
supported it, however. The opponent
was Delegate John r. Reeves.
In o statement issued after the
State Central Committee meeting
yesterday, Chairman Dawson as
serted the charter movement was
started "for the purpose of eliminat-
ing a political boss and a self-per-
petuating political machine" He did
not name the boss" but the state
ment was interpreted as a reference
to e. Brooke Lee. the retired" dl-
rector of Democratic forces in Mont
gomery.
Points to Administration.
Speaking for the Republicans, MIR.
Dawson said that in 1946 the Demo-
cratic Party fought the charter
movement but the Republican Party
believed the people of Montgomery
County were entitled to choose their
own form of government"
Since the election of a Repub-
lican administration in 1946," he
said, "they have proved that good
Government is possible without
subsection to any political boss.
The voters have spoken. Al
though our county committee will
not have an opportunity to carry
out the constructive program which
they have started, we will Cooper
ate to see that the mandate OF the
people is carried out"
Members of the Republican
County Committee who attended
yesterdays meeting, besides Mr..
Dawson and Mr.. Lofstrand, were
Leslie G. Aries, George Warner, jr.;
Ted Ray, Adolph Guide and Mrs.
I,eona Rush.