The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-09-21

At the request of the Maryland
State Tax Commission, the hearing
of the appeal of County Tax Assess
or Simon Chopper, against the taxes
assessed by the Board of County
Commissioners, scheduled to begin
yesterday, was postponed indefinite
ly, pending conference between
the Commission and the County
Board.
Just as we went to press, re-
ceived word that Thomas W. Pang-
born, president of Pangborn Corp
Grafton. had been advised by the
Honorable Herbert Hoover that he
had been elected as National As
sociate for the State of Maryland of
the Boys Clubs of America, of which
the Hagerstown Boys Club is a
member.
Mr.. Pangborn has repeatedly
shown his interest in the Hagers-
town Club, the members of which
are proud and happy that he is now
a member of the parent organization.
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Talking with some prominent
Democrats, both in Hagerstown and
Baltimore, about the amazing re-
suit of the Gubernatorial race,
find two schools of thought.
Some see, in the Baltimore City
vote, reputation of Mayor D'Ales-
andre rather than Governor Lane,
while others see, in the result, the
return of power of Willie Curran,
veteran Baltimore politician.
But whatever the reason, one
thing is certain-the fact that Gov
ernor Lane lost the popular vote
but won the nomination on Conven-
ton votes, gives the Republican
Party the best chance they have had
in many, many years to elect Re-
publican Governor in November.
In Washington County the vote
(both Democrat and Republican,
ran just about as expected, Cover
nor Lane had more than three
thousand majority over Mahoney
and John Marley led John Butler
by slightly more than d thousand
(and this in spite of the fact thai
the State Central Committee pub.
licly supported Butler).
have disagreed with Mayor Mill;
ION many occasions since he took of
flee, but think he has been unjustly
blamed for the failure of the city tt
grant cost of living increases to the
city employees.
The charter distinctly states tina
the Mayor - and only the Mayor -
is charged with the definite respon
sibility of seeing that the budget il
not overspent, and since there is NJ
provision in the budget of the va
rious departments for increased sal
aries to their employees, the in
creases, should they have beer
granted, could possibly have resulted
in the overspending of the budget.
In my book, the sole responsibility,
of the failure of the city employee
to get cost of living increases lie
squarely on the shoulders of the fiv'
members of the city council. Thes'
gentlemen, when the 1850 proposed
budget was before them, saw to i
that every dollar that could possibl.
be squeezed was included in tn
budget for their various wards. Blu
they were not elected just to TAX
care of their own individual wards
but also to govern the city as
whole.
Therefore, if they felt that cost o
living increases might be necessar.
before the year was out, they Shout,
have made it their business to Sc
that this item was included in tn
budget of each of the city's depart
ments, and had this been done tn
present situation would never hav
arisen.
1t is true that the three Republica,
councilmen recently voted in favo
of granting increases and that tn
two Democratic councilmen vote
against it, but you can't vote to give
or not to give, something that 20
haven't got.
Election Assured