The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-03-10

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teer workers, without fanfare, have
been hard at work soliciting funds
for the annual Red Cross Drive in
Washington County, which was
scheduled to end yesterday.
Through Monday noon these work
ers reported the fine total of $9,471,
and although we went to press be-
fore the results of Wednesdays
meeting were announced, feel con-
fident that the goal of the drive,
SIT, 100, has been reached.
Too much credit cannot be given
to these men and women who gave
of their time and effort to put the
Red Cross Drive over, a job that
was not easy, considering the num-
Der of other calls that are being
made on the public at this time. My
healtiest congratulations to Mas
sey Roe and all his workers for a
job well done
With the City elections in the Of
fing, and all of us concerned about
the high cost of government (local,
state and federaD, Ida 10 Martins
Horse and Buggy Days" column
this week (you will find it on page
p is particularly interesting, since
it deals with Hagerstown's finances
back in the 1905
Some of the items that 1 found
particularly interesting, were; the
tax collections in 1872; the amount
paid the police force, including
uniforms; the Mayors salary; and
the lamp lighters salary, including
oils and lamps.
One thing that everybody seems
to have overlooked in the hot"
Sunday movie controversy is the
fact that four of the county's six
delegates-Simon Downey, John
Newcomer, Howard Ankeney and
Myron Bloom-all live outside the
city limits of Hagerstown. This
means that if the delegation re-
fuses to pass Senator McLaughlin's
Bill which authorizes a countrywide
referendum on the Sunday movie
question in 1850, the four delegates
who reside and vote in Washington
County will in effect be saying: 1--WE
don't live in Hagerstown so we have
no objection to passing Bill pro-
viding for referendum for Sunday
movies in Hagerstown only. But
when it comes to the question of
Sunday movies in the county, we
are very definitely against it and
will not even allow our people Chose
who live outside the corporate
limits of Hagerstown) to even vote
on the question"
Although Mr.. Mills and his cam
paign committee have consistently
ignored my paper Gas you will re-
member l stated sometime ago that
Mr.. Mills didn't even bother to send
me copy of the statement he made
at the time he filed for the Primary,
l still feel it my duty to publish
any reliable information 1 have con-
corning Mr.. Mills candidacy.
am reporting to you, therefore,,
that a couple of weeks ago the cam
paign committee held two meet
ings, one .on a Wednesday evening
at the Republican Headquarters, and
the other on Friday afternoon at
the home of Mr.. A. K. Coffman. The
main topic at both these meetings,
I have been informed by those who
were present, was the question of
endeavoring to heal the breech be-
tween Mr.. Mills and the established
Republican Party (Which you will
remember Mr. Mills stated he want
ed no part of when he filed for the
Primary also learned from those
attending the meetings that the
breech is still very far from being
healed.
l have personally, and through
the columns of my paper, ever since
l came to Hagerstown, worked hard
for the Republican party, and l am
still 100 per cent behind the Re-
publican candidates for City Coun-
Gil, but the attitude of Mr.. Mills and
his committee makes it impossible
for me to support the Republican
Mayoralty candidate.
I may be wrong, but cannot help
but feel that Mr.. Mills ignoring
of my newspaper is an indication
that, if he is elected Mayor, he will
give the same sort of treatment to
other small businesses in Hagers-
town. I'm not foolish enough to
think that my paper carries the
same weight or influence as the