Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-11
Citizens lndorse
Third Of Budget
In Montgomery
Mekoyr's Proposal
Hos Single Opponent
!, At Council Hearing

= At council hearing
Citizen Endorsement of approx
mately one-third of Montgomer,
County's proposed $4,000. 0ot
budget was indicated by comment
of taxpayers at the first of thres
public hearings before the County
Council.
With one exception, resident!
who attended meeting in Rock
vile last night told the Council
they approve or have no objections
to recommendations made by
County Manager Irving G. McNayr
on the expenditures and take.
being discussed.
Last nights hearing covered
every phase Of the record budget
except those relating to police
health and welfare, which will be
considered at 7:30 pm. Monday
and schools-the most controver-
sial of all-which will be discussed
at 1880 pm. Wednesday. Hearings
are being held in the Montgomery
Courthouse.
No Hint of Reactions.
Councilmen gave no hint of their
reactions to MFR. McNayr's pro-
posals or to the first comments
on them. The only dissenting
statement last night was made by
A. D. Farquhar of Sandy Spring
an insurance man, who protested
a recommendation that the special
suburban district tax be cut from
81 to 20 cents per 500 valuation.
The county manager has pro-
posed an increase in the general
county levy. which affects all tax
payers, from $1.88 to $1.98. AT
the same time, he urged that the
extra suburban tax for the metro
politan area be cut IL cents.
Mr.. Farquhar. who lives out
side the suburban district, de-
clared that it "just does not make
sense" to lower the special tax to
20 cents II the suburban area is
to carry its proportionate share
of the tax load. He argued that
the unincorporated communities
of the metropolitan district, such
as Silver Spring and Bethesda.
would receive undue advantages
over the incorporated towns and
cities. like Kensington and Ia
koma Park.
Suburban Revenue Cited.
Quick retorts came from Blair
Lee, III, Of Silver Spring; Mrs. j.
Rene Hemingway. Takoma Park.
and Capt. c. E. Parsons. U. S. N,
retired, of Chevy Chase. They
said the suburban area provides
most of the county's total rev.
enues and. because of population,
requires and deserves the largest
share of expenditures. The SUBJ
urban levy, they pointed out, is
directed by State law to pay for
certain special services. Further
more, it is but one of several
special added taxes the residents
pay, they said. .....
The largest delegation appearing
last night came to indorse Mr..
McNayr's capital budget recon-
mendation that $4,000 be spent
for storm water drainage improve
ments in the Woodmoor subdivi-
sion of Silver Spring. The speakers
included Richard Conner. Norman
F. Sparks, Mrs. Harry Haskins.
Harris c. Lockwood, Cleveland M.
Seibert. jr., and Edward F..
Fallon.
Councilman Thomas C. Kelley
said the council has been consid-
ering the ACCESSIBILITY Of an &C.
CELEBRATED program of storm drain
age improvements. He asked
whether the delegation would sup
port such a program for other
areas, as we'll as their own COM
munity. The speakers said they
would, If the extra assessments
were applied to all property own
ers in an affected area and not
limited to those at the bottoms OF
hills, who suffer most from the
washing of storm water.
Backed by Women Voters.
Mrs. James v. Bennett, presi-
dent of Montgomery County
League of Women Voters, said
her organization approves the
general outline of the new budget.
Walter H. Berdier of Silver
Spring reported that the Mont
eomery County Civic Federation
Endorsed the proposed program
for public works improvements.
and John r. Moore, Bethesda, said
the recreation considers the entire
budget generally reasonable"
Stephen James of Silver Spring
read a report for the Montgomery
County Safety Board which
praised the proposals to add a
traffic engineer, add patrolmen to
the police department and provide
for a larger legal staff concerned