Evening star., 1949-06-16
Budget Hearing,
Are Concluded
In Montgomery
S3,746. TOT Sought
By Edueot,on Bood
Gets Wide Support

SeH woe ouppoU
The aaas9 had had - last
svsG to<szs 90 Menisoszaety
Cxzantys rs~ eSaasss ana u Fw-
manned Ies ths ccantS ceaEAe4i
10 sices ses~ ~gtaIa twe sewka bee
mggs It scaAd xs~gsa IN itss nss,
yeas and wiass tAs iatr wSsSaa1 hs
required
Al q Hsaal hearasss Lana night
calm by caastFRss sash ssaF lat
swAf~lae CyssinN1s fess4,w<s nu-
asetuas requests tsAt II apEaese
tas Board ai hsaeatAesa proposals
toI ScsAesal operations
This group sAros~St Asosssasasa fs
= - Tss SeS s-tsoal tudees instead
al the sssse sls recommended by
County MANAGE liNtisE q Me
Sayr.
The Montgomery County c4yk
Federation. on ttle other hand Tn.
dofsed The AeNayr schedule one
efIte Of The 3hsoi authorities.
speaking a. an indiN lduAl, also
urged the Council 10 reject The
Board Of EdEation program,
ASKS fetal ef 81 see eoe.
The amos4n, asked by ths scheSA
Board Is tsas 600 more than ia
current budget Mr MeNayts
Recommendation il for aF lsarrwass
of ssss.sie
The county manager has pro.
posed a total operating budget az
more than 81 500 600 ioE the nscAl
year This includes schcal out
lays he proposed an overall
budget tneildins capital improve.
ment&. Of slightly more than
sl7 600 900. and advocated that
the tax rate he raised 10 cents 10
81 90 per 800 assessed valuation.
Speaking only for himself.
Council President Frederic p. Lee
told a group Of citizens after The
hearing that he fasofs q tAx In
crease 10 he applied onty 10 tie
cost OF debt service for nea cap
itAl improvements
He aaid debt service on pre-
vtously approved capital pgos rama.
and all operatins costa. should
be borne by additional revenues
10 be received automatically from
a higher real estate assessment
base.
Cites Debt Service rreba~ra.
Mr. Lee said the Council 10 faced
with the problem Of obtaining
debt service revenues for a long
period. Assuming that the rate
Ia increased ie cents, and ths
revenue II produces during The
next II months exceeds actual re.
auircments In that period. he .s ID
the excess would be applied 70
debt payments IN future years.
The alternative. he observed.
would be little lower rate next
year but . materially higher levy
later.
Proponents of the full auaaunt
sought by the Board Of Education
included the County Council OF
Parent Teacher Associations. the
MONTGOMERY League OF Women
Voters. the Bethesda branch Of
The American Association Of uni-
versity Women and several trssi.
sidusls. Some citizens pleaded for
approval OF specific items wishou.
referring 10 the whole schedule.
John A. Maeintirs, Nathan n.
gilbert, Leslie NJ. Abbe and Irwin
], Wensink, appearing for Lhs
PTA. and Mira Justin Edgnrton,
for the women voters. led sfsp-
msnis for the boards request.
Evarts ], waes Kpoks for the civic
federation Ia support Of the
MeNayr plan.
GFeaves Asks Rsleetlsas
There vas no almiiarity between
the hearing and ons held q PEAR
ago. when discussion before the
county commissioner produced
prolonged fireworks. Only onns
last night vas there alsn Of ten
sion.
II came when Percy n. ureayes.
q member Of the Parents League
for Curriculum improvement, Dr.
manded that the Beard Of Educa-
ton budget be rejected because
the estimates would not stand tias
test Of reliability Last year, Mr..
oreases recalled. the board said
II could hire no new teachers and
would be forced 10 eurtati various
services II the commissioner did
not approve the budse, IL had pro-
posed. He said that although tsas
commissioners cut the budget, 30
teachers we're hired and services
were eurtaiied IA only one minor
respect,
Mr.. oreaYes declared tnla 70
be evidence that reliance could
moi be placed ia the boafds
statements. Since the aanas Of
nclals prepared school hadReta fnr
both years hs thought Tire rssw
one should be rejected.
The audience Tsve the hawaesi
hand Of the hearing 10 MFs 0eex.
gina Dunn. who made O psra IN
behalf of instruction. for ehslassn
afnieted wfsh cerebral paisy she
asked the Counrii 10 restore % co
the county manager cut fran ss
item for Handicapped children.