Evening star., 1951-03-01
Mrs. Rush Seeks
1oUpset Elected
Board Rejection
Montgomery Delegate
Sees Victory for Bill
On School Members
By J. B. Zotmon
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. l.--MOnt'
gomery Delegate Leona M. Rusf
today began buttonholing mem
bers of the House to obtain theii
support of the all-Republican dele
cations elected School Board bill
Despite an 8-to-7 vote against
the measure yesterday by the
House Education Committee, Mrs
Rush was confident she could per-
suade the delegates to reject the
committees report when 1t is
brought on the floor early next
week
Meanwhile, the House passed
and sent to the Governor a reso-
luton ordering an. electric voting
machine to be installed in the
chamber next year at an eSti-
mated cost of $4,000.
The delegates also accepted
compromise resolution settling
differences between friends and
foes of world government" II
would urge the United States tC
strive for a stronger United Ma
tions to preserve peace.
Council Issue Up Today.
On the other side of the State
Capitol, the Senate deferred ac-
ton until today on favorable
committee report on bill to per-
NIT non-partisan council elections
in Montgomery County.
The poStponement was agreed
upon because mimeographed copies
of an amendment, which would
confine the proposal to Mont
gomery rather than to any county
which might adopt a charter were
not on the Senators desks.
The Senate then went on to
bar chiropractors from State
Health Department laboratories
The vote on what Senator Hubert
Barton, Democrat. of Baltimore
termed a "well-lobbied amend
ment" to admit chiropractors, re-
suited in a 14-14 tie. Under the
rules, the amendment was re-
jected.
Before adopting an unfavorable
report on the Montgomery School
Board bill, the House Education
Committee turned down a motion
by Mrs. Rush to refer the meas
tire to her delegation.
This is local bill" Mrs. Rush
told the committee, land I believe
the Montgomery County delega-
ton should have the right to pass
on local legislation
Politics Feared.
She recalled Majority Leader A
Gordon Boone, Democrat. OF
Baltimore County, had described
the measure as a local bill during
debate on a Baltimore County
proposal last week. The latter,
which has since been sent TO the
Governor, transferred title to
school property from the Board of
Education to the Baltimore County
Board of Commissioners.
Committee members opposing
the Montgomery bill contended,
however, that it would destroy
the uniformity of the present syS-
tenn under which members of
school boards throughout the
State are appointed by the Gov
ernor.
After the group voted to keep
the bill in the Education Commit
tee, Mrs. Rush made an impas-
stoned plea for a favorable report.
Her voice shaking with emotion,
Mrs. Rush said
There already is politics in our
school board. 1t is just coincl-
dence that for the last Is to 20
years, board members actually
were appointed by State Central
Committees. resulting in the nam
ing of wardheelers and politicians.
We are trying to remove that kind
of politics"
She emphasized she intended
mo reflection on the present
board all of whom are Demo-
Gratis. But she added, 1--WE want
a board that is more directly
accountable to the people"
Subject to Referendum.
AS far as uniformity is con-
cerned. Mrs. Rush said. there
are no two boards in Maryland
of the same size" She pointed
out Maryland is the only State
in the country in which the Gov
ernor appoints school board mem
berS.
"I am in the minority party ir
my county, where the Democrats
have more than 2-to-1 registra-
ton majority"
Mrs. Rush asserted "yet I have
been elected to the General AS
sembly twice because campaignec
on this question.
"This bill is subject to ref
erendum. If the people approve
it let us see how it works. II il
doesn't work out, l will ask FOL
its repeal"
Bills introduced in the House
included a Prince Georges County
measure to repeal the present
provision requiring trial magis-
trates to alternate between Hyatts-
vile and Upper Marlboro Police
Courts.
The Prince Georges delegation
also introduced bill to change
the laws relating to prosecution
on information filed by the State!
attorney.
Prince Georges Delegate Alber
H. Hassall, Republican. sponsored
a measure to increase the salar,
of the sheriff's stenographer from
$500 to $4,000 a year.
From the Montgomery delega
ton came a bill to revise thu
Chevy Chase Village Charter tt
give the community more home
rule.
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