Evening star., 1952-02-27
Bill Advancing
Primary Filing
Up 10 Mcke|din
Monday Deodline
Set by Measure
Hastily Passed
by ]. D. zetmen
ktay klaIt Casa aahaAslahl

ANNAPOLIS, ireb. a7.--A bill
which advances the primary fillhg
date from April / 10 next Monday
and sets May B 40 the date for
this years primary election ID eNs
peeted 20 be slghed today BY Gov.
Meikeldln,
The measure was pushed
thFeuah beth Houses last nlght In
one OF the speedlest instances OF
legislative cooperation on record,
Az the same time the Senate
passed and sent 10 tho Heuse
bills providing for a $500 raise
In the State teacher salary scale
and increased annuh automatic
pay increases for MaFyland's L.
900 teachers,
Earlier, the Senate received o
bill from Senator Louis /, dolds
stein, Democrat, OF Calvert ooun-
W, which would give counties
broad taxing powers, The meas
ura has the backing Of the Mont
gomery County delegation,
The election bill Axes the lirat
Monday In May as the primary
date In years when there are
presidential elections,
Other Years In June,
II also provides that primaries
In other years will be held on
the fourth Monday In June,
rather than on the second Nom
day IN September, as at present.
The bill was drafted by the
Legislative Council to permit state
officials TO have absentee ballots
printed In time to get them TO and
from overseas military posts be-
fore, the primaries.
The only opposition 10 the
change was voiced by Delegate
Leroy Pumphrey, Democrat, Of
Prince Georges County.
"1'm afraid this ID not O good
BILL" he asserted. II never be-
lieVed II was essential that soldiers
should vote In primaries, and very
few OF them ever have.
II want the soldier boys to vote,
but ] don't see any sense upset.
ting our election laws In such q
hairbreadth's time. There's no
need for IT," n.
II Boone Answers.
IN reply, House Majority Leader
A, Gordon Boone, Democrat, OF
Baltimore County, said:
There are men overseas who
are dying for this country. It'g
only common decency for uS aA
home, whorA they are protecting.
10 give them the right 10 vote" "
One Of the tive teacher pay bills
would give teachers automatic SAL
Rry increases Of $3.50 n year an
1ually for IL years. They now
receive 900 automatic raises each
year for 10 years. The bill was
passed by a vote Of a 10 2, N
THIS measure, as we'll "A the
one calling for q D4OO juf,p IN
the state teacher pay scale,
passed BY q i1si0 vote, would be
eiieetlve on july 1, 1858, Tos
eether they would cost The statA
about A7lb million 4 year,
Among those voting aaalnAt tha
S400 raise were Republican Asns
at0rs Dewitt b, Hyde OF M0nis
homery County, Paul Bailey on
b. Mary County and James
Monroe OF Charles County,
senator John H. Fletcher, Rec
publican, OF Prince Georges
county who had Veted 10 IIph0ld
Ihe Governors veto OF 4 bin 10
D00sb teacher salaries by $500 a
year sided last nlaht with these
faV0Plna 4 R400 increase
HOlds u Only Solution,
ITO said no believes Tho latest
Pill IA the only solution IN The
LeAeher pay problem that has been
point" '' '
Rut he reserved tho viaht te
reverse himself AGAIN, n a pros
leeted commission 10 he appoints
Oh by the Governor 10 study the
teacher pay problem should turn
IN "betteF legislation"
I The bill that would have given
teachers q $500 raise would have
been financed by a raise In the
corporation tax, and this was
cited by Senator Fletcher as the
reason he opposed 1t, The cost
OF the $500 pay bill, however,
would come out Of general funds.
The Goldstein tax bill would
permit counties to tap any source
OF revenue not In conflict with the
states taxing program. The
measure would ban local taxes on
tobacco and tobacco products,
however.
Could Tax Occupancy.
Among items that could be taxed
under the bill are amusement de.
vices, public utility bills, small.
loan companies and apartment
occupancy.
Also receiving Senate approval
was a bill requiring any one hav-
ing knowledge Of rabies in q dog
to report the matter to health
authorities.
Senator Hyde introduced q res.
olution calling for appointment Of
q highway study committee to rec
ommend ways of improving and
undermining State roads.
The Senator said the proposal
originated with the Allied Civic
Group Of Silver Spring. A Similar
bill. introduced last year by Mont.
gofnery Delegate Anders II. tof.
strand, jr.. Republican, passed the
House but was killed In Q Senate
committee.