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Evening star., 1953-08-02
Death, Ruin, Won't
Are Nations S Lot
By EorI H. Voss

"My country is an extreme case
of all-around anemia."
Thus the Republic of Koreas
Foreign Minister. Pyun Yung Tai,
described his country's troubles to
the United Nations last November.
Here is what DR.. Pyun meant:
Fifty-three of South Korea's S.
largest cities have been destroyed
or badly damaged: 1900 of 1900
villages have been burned; more
than 10 million of the Is to 19 mil
lion people have lost their homes
or their possessions; over 100000
children have been orphaned; prices
have risen 2O-fold since 1850: the
national capital of Seoul. captured
and recaptured four times, is a
Shambles.
Among more than 10 million
refugees only million are getting
full or partial relief. The other ha1
get nothing. And Korean winters
are colder than Northern W1scon-
sins.
This is by no means a complete
picture of the misery in Korea, OF
course. But the magnitude OF the
problem is evident. The truce has
now brought enough stability to the
country to do something lasting IN
the way of reconstruction. AS last
ing. anyway, as the truce.
FoIse Stort in so
Relief and reconstruction agen-
cies had q false start back in l9oo'
when it looked like Gen. Mac
Arthur's drive to the Yalu would
end the war. The Chinese Com
munists changed all that, of course.
and a cluster of relief organ1za-
tions sponsored by the United Ma
tions. United States or Republic OF
Korea have been hanging around
Pusan ever since. Because OF war
time uncertainties, they have not
been able to spend much money
only about $357 million-but they
have had plenty of time for sur
veys. The impatient DR.. Pyun
points out that thus far there
have been many surveys and many
reports. but tragically little recon-
Struction."
United States plans call for spend
ing ST billion or more on relief IN
the next four or five years. These
plans have not been cleared with
Congress, however. The 81 billion
figure is already a considerably
shrunken estimate. The Republic
of Korea advocates a program call
ing for $24 billion to So billion for
rehabilitation, improvement and
new production facilities. The ROKs
claim that even this amount would
get their people back only to a
minimum level" It provides moth
ing for the Korean Army, which the
United States will still have to
finance.
Estimotes Are Cut
The Koreans eStimate-not yet
a formal request-of what they
would need already has undergone
surgery by President Eisenhower's
special economic representative in
Korea, DR.. Henry j. Tasca. His re-
port is still not a matter of public
record, but one total he is said to
have considered was SIT billion.
Since he returned to Washington,
the figure is reported to have de-
creased another $700 million.
It is still too early to Jump to
Evening star., 1953-08-02
Rehabilitation: Next on the Korean Agendo
'Anemic' Economy
REQUIRES Billions

main interest has been in pilot prof.
ects. Two weeks ago, for example,
it agreed to spend SIS million on an
irrigation and land reclamation pro-
gram mapped out by Republic of
Korea, which is to expend $40 mil
lion Gn Korean money! on the 1877
individual projects involved.
Q Combined Economic Board. This
is a co-ordinating agency, which is
composed of representatives of the
United Nations Command and the
Republic of Korea.
Economic Picture
What is the economic picture in
South Korea which these relief
agencies are hoping to improve?
The sector of Korea below the
cease fire line is predominantly ag-
ricultural. Eighty per cent of the
people work at jobs related to farm
ing. With fertilizer, irrigation and
modern farming techniques-and
expanded fishing industries-South
Korea can become self-sufflcient in
food. But until the agricultural
framework is rebuilt, Korea will
need lots of food from the outside.
Industrially, the picture is less
hopeful. Most basic reconstruction
items will have to be imported. Steel
production is all but non-existent,
and always has been. The forest re-
serves will run out in 10 years at
the present rate of cutting, and re-
construction is expected to hasten
the depletion. Lumber needs are
running high, as can we'll be "imag-
ined from the stories of devastation.
Coal is available in Korea, but
grievouSly inaccessible because of
poor mining techniques and lack of
equipment. The outlook for domes-
tic oil production is bleak.
Electric power facilities must be
rebuilt and vastly expanded to meet
normal peacetime needs. Up to
1947 South Korea depended heavily
on Yalu River power complexes in
North Korea for it's electricity. But
the Reds cut off the power in 1947.
Thermal plants slowly filled the gap,
but most of these have been des-
troyed in the war. At present ROK
power needs greatly reduced be-
cause of the devastation among
power users) are being satisfied by
United States Navy diesel engines
operating on barges. This is hardly
adequate for a full-dress reconstruc-
ton, of course. Thermal plants will
have to be rehabilitated and water
power will have to be harnesSed.
One windfall will be the Hwachon
power complex, now in ROK terri
tory just behind the cease-flre line
in Central Korea. Before the war
this was in Communist hands. 1t
will have to be repaired, of course,
but would help Seoul to recover.
Korea hopes to revive its textile
industry. rubber and chemical
manufacturing and fertilizer pro-
duction. She has hopes of even
tually producing exportable quanti-
ties of tungsten, gold, graphite and
other minerals. Transportation will
be another problem. DR.. Pyun
paints the present sad picture: The
war destroyed the bulk of our beasts
of burden. Ok carts are seldom
seen. The bottleneck in trans
portation is the worst handicap of
ALL"
It is in the face of these grim
facts of war devastation that the
relief workers in Korea are setting
out.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
County Winners
Named at Home
Demonstration Event

County winners among older
All girls who have been in club
work three years were decided at
the second demonstration day, Sat-
urday, March %, in the Extension
Office.
They are Anita King, Clarks-
burg Club, individual dairy demons
stration; Janet Candy and Betty
Henderson, Potomac Glen Club,
team, dairy demonstration; Mary
Virginia Dorsey, Germantown
Club, individual, bread demonstra-
ton; Roberta Grimes and Margar-
ct Ann King, Woodfeld Club, team,
bread demonstration; Virginia Jen-
sen, Germantown Club, poultry
demonstration; Mary Jane Arnold,
Lewisdale Club, Cherry Pie demon
stration.
Mrs. Leo O'Gorman and Mrs.
Hamilton Wells again served as
judges. Their awards to other par
Elephants were as follows:
Gaithersburg All Club: Anita
Mae King, Making a Dustless
Cloth, Red Award; Patsy Messer,
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Council OK's
Hyde Transit
Control Bill

Support of Rep. Dewitt S.
Hyde's House of Representatives
Bill to establish a three member
commission to regulate transit
companies on a metropolitan area
scale was voiced Tuesday by the
County Council.
The council reiterated earlier
statements in support of Wash
ington area transit authority after
a report on two bills introduced in
Congress.
Affected under the proposal
would be all buses which cross
State lines, including those serving
Rockville, which are owned by the
Montgomery Bus Lines, Inc, a
subsidery Of the Capital Transit
Co. Most Of the CTC buses would
be affected, since the terminals
for District buses are almost all
in Maryland.
The commission would supplant
control of the Interstate Com
merce Commission over transit
companies in Maryland, the Dis
trict and Virginia. Several coun-
cilmen indicated opposition to a bill
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Elementary. PTA
Spring Festival
Huge Success

The Spring Festival of the
Rockville Elementary P-TA has
been pronounced a tremendous
success by the co-chairmen of the
event, Mrs. Frank Tyler, Jr. and
Mrs. Joseph Steinberg. Proceeds
from the festival total more than
$1100 which will be used for the
work of the PTA at the school.
A crowd estimated at more than
700 persons filled the cafeteria
and adjacent corridor which were
decorated with streamers in Eas-
ter colors and branches covered
with crepe paper flowers by Mrs.
B. T. Welsh's decorating commit
tee.
The marionette show "The
Matchless Poo Poo" put on by a
group of parents from the Seven
Locks Road area drew such a
crowd of children it was necessary
to give two shows. The younger
set declared the show a huge sue
cess.
The Mary Hartline doll with
complete wardrobe was won by
seven year old Susan Carolyn
Hinchcliffe Of Mrs. Porter's second
grade class. Susan is the daugh~
ter of the British Armv's 1t. Col.
l.. G. Hinchcliffe and Mrs. Hinch-
clif'e. They will be returning to
England the middle of May and
Susan isn't going to play with her
dolly until she is aboard ship. 1t
will be a wonderful prize to show
to her little friends in London
when she arrives.
The white lephant sale was a
favorite with the older children.
Dave Belts as auctioneer did an
excellent job as MANY children
tried their hand at bidding for the
first time.
Saul Bendit of Worth's Depart
ment store won the bicycle, first
prize. Second prize, a deep fat
fryer, was won by Mrs. j. c.
Curto. Third prize, a large ham,
was won by VIM. J. EIiltner. The
small ham was won by Mr.. Aims
worth Of olney.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Attention!
GGithorsbUrg
Residents

Attorney William B. Hess,
Duckwall Building, Pratt, Kan
sas, has written to The Sentinel
asking aid in locating relatives
of Mrs. Melville w. Gather,
the former Miss Mamie l.. Sar-
yer, who left Gaithersburg about
1902.
Mrs. Gather died intestate
leaving an estate valued at sew
eral thousands Of dollars, Hess
says. He is anxious to locate
heirs to the estate, his letter
states.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Upper County
Plan Body
threatened
HY Holman Photo

The controversial Upper County
Planning Commission will be out
Of business if Senator Lofstrand's
bill to revamp the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission becomes law.
Furthermore, the County Council
will find itself June with rec
reation program it once sought
and no longer desires.
Under provisions Of the bill in
troduced by the senator, to the
CONSERVATION Of the Council and
the county delegation in the House,
the suburban planning commits
SONS activities would be expanded
to include the entire county.
Some Upper County farmers,
enraged over rigid subdivision reg
ulations administered by the rural
planning agency, have indicated
they wanted the suburban plan
ners to take over planning in the
farm areas.
County Attorney David Mac
donald, however, feels the pro-
vision that would kill the up
county agency is unconstitutional
since it provides that for two
years the farm area would get
planning and coming services with
out the payment Of the three cent
tax rate proposed for the sub
urban section.
The up-county agency now is
financed out of the general tax
funds and suburban area residents
have charged this is unfair since
they not only pay for their own
planners but also about 80 per cent
Of the cost Of the infant rural
agency.
Another provision Of the Sem
ator's bill-he introduced it Jointly
with Senator Fletcher Of Prince
Georges Couuty-has drawn the
wrath Of the Council.
This section Of the bin would
transfer the suburban recreation
program from the MNCPPC to the
County Council but would retain
control Of recreation facilities in
the hands Of the planners. The
bill also provides that the county
would have to pay three fourths
Of the cost Of maintaining these
recreation centnrs.
Councilmen charged Tuesday
that the recreation program
could not be administered by il
under such divided authority.
They went even further and said
they wanted nothing to do with
Continued on Page -
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Fund Drive
For Muscular
.Dystrophy On
Hy Holman Photo

April may well be called mus
sealar Dystrophy Month";" for the
entire thirty days will be devoted
to a concentrated drive for funds
to combat this dread disease. A
progressive disease that attacks
the muscular system by starvation
of muscle tissues, fatal compli-
cations in body systems weakened
by Muscular Dysrrophy develop.
While it strikes twice as many
children as adults, known cases
range from babies of year to
adults more than so years old. 1t
is not contagious and does not
affect the brain or nervous system.
The purpose of the drive is to
secure funds for this purpose.
Commander George Dixon, USN,
head of the Washington Muscular
Dystrophy Association, has ap-
pealed to the residents of Mont
gomery County to assist in the
drive this year. A group of local
citizens, headed by Clifton Veirs,
Jr. of Rockville have made plans
for the Montgomery County Drive.
Those assisting him are Adolph
GUIDE, Jr., Mrs. Will Stackhouse,
Mrs. Mary Veirs, Lou Hamburg
and Stanley Davis.
There will be no house to house
canvassing, but canisters and pos
tiers will be placed in public places
and residents are urged to contrib
ute. Each community in the County
will raise funds by some means of
public activity. Chairmen have
been named for most of the areas
and they will be announced later.
On April 81 there will be an
Amateur Boxing Match in the
Auditorium at the University of
Maryland and on April %. there
will be a dance at the Indian
Spring Country Club. TVS Art
Lamb, and Chuck Dulane of
WGAY will be on hand to assist
in the evenings entertainment.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Health Aids
SOcialistic,
Says Cravelle

Louis A. Gravelle, freshman
lenember of County Council, Tues
day attacked as another social
istic, New Deal theory" several
programs of the county Health
Department.
Gravelle, who called for greater
economies in health and welfare
expenditures, dashed out at the
county's providing free transport
alton for children to health clinics
and free medical attention, especi-
ally in the schools.
Council President George F.
Nesbitt, however, received council
support when he told DR.. V. L.
Ellicott, county health officer, to
be guided in setting up his depart
ment on a philosophy of President
Lincoln: 1.-THE Government should
do for the people only those things
which the people cannot better do
for themselves"
Gravelle's statement that these
phases of the health program are
"socialistic, New Deal theories, y
drew gasps of protest from the
rest of the council, four of them
also Republicans.
= Ellicott told the council that the
Transportation program costs the
county only $4,000 a year and that
the whole clinic program would
be shot to pieces" if transportation
were not provided. He pointed
out that in all but one case Of 80
investigated one day, no cars were
available for the people attending
the clinic. In the one case, the
wage Garner of the family, who
usually uses the car, has taken a
day off, Ellicott said.
Ellicott added that in most cases
it was the up-county farm laborers
who used the clinics, and that if
free transportation were not pro-
vided, they would not come to the
clinics. Mrs. Stella Werner said
she felt the whole theory was not
one of helping the people as much
as it was preventing them from
becoming breeding grounds of
disease and injecting others.
Gravelle then launched an attack
on a study by public health nurses
of emotionally disturbed children
at the Viers Mill Elementary
School, in which cases it was be-
leved physical troubles were
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Easter Egg Hunt
At Twin Brook
Recreation Center

There will be a community Eas-
ter Egg Hunt at. the Twin Brook
Recreation Area, beginning at II
am. on Easter Monday. This is
the first Egg Hunt to be held in
the community, and is being spon-
sored by the Twin Brook Citizens
Association, A. G. Stoughton, Pre-
sidcnt.
All children 3-ll years of age
are invited, and there will be
prizes for the most eggs found,
and for finding the Golden Egg.
Anyone having boiled, dyed eggs
to contribute, please leave them on
Easter Sunday with either Mrs.
John Curling, 1901 Ardennes
Ave, or Mrs. Robert Ward, 1902
Atlantic Avenue.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Countrywide
Farm, Civic
Business
Groups Aid
Slogan Contest Prizes
Will Be Presented at
Exercises Tuesday
In County Courthouse

Montgomery County's long
awaited " Roadside Cleanup Cam
paign" will be staged the week of
April to April IL.
Residents of the entire county
are asked to clean up the roadsides
adjacent to their property and re-
move trash from their fields and
yards.
The Montgomery County Cleanup
Committee, a group of citizens re-
presenting farmers, civic and bust
ness groups of the entire county,
has been promoting a Slogan Con-
test in the schools IL the county.
A Total OF $400 has been collected
for prizes in the contest to develop
a permanent slogan for the annual
cleanup.
First prize will be 5000 to the
school whose student has entered
the best slogan. Judges will be
Chief Judge Charles w. Woodward
of the Montgomery County Circuit
Court, Mrs. Harold Ickes and
Clayton Sanders.
The prizes will be awarded Tues
day at the meeting of the Mont
gomery County Council in the
Rockville Courthofse.
Signs have been erected to show
directions to the county dump at
Beantown, near Rockville, and
county trucks will roam the streets
and roads to pick up bundles of
trash which have been collected by
citizens.
A schedule of the collection SER
vice is at the end of this story.
Those who find that their trash has
not been picked up may telephone
Mr.. ToIson, Oliver 4-2300, if they
live in the suburban areas, or o. w.
Anderson, Poplar 2-3737, if they
live upcounty.
Upcounty farmers also are CO.
operating by using their farm
trucks to carry trash to the Bean
town Dump.
Bumper streamers have been dis
tributed for automobiles and trucks
to advertise the. cleanup campaign
by county gasoline filling stations,
Continued on Page d
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
McNayr's Annual
Report Ready
For Distribution

County Manager Irving G. Nc
Nayr's annual report will be avail
able to the public on or before
April IA.
Some $4,000 copies of the report
will be published this year. They
will be available at the Rockville
Courthouse, the Bethesda and
Silver Spring County Buildings,
and all county Libraries and book
mobiles.
For the first time, the county
will deliver copies of the report
to civic groups for their member
ship,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
West Montgomery
Citizens to Hear
Wilton T. Allen

Wilton T. Allen, Assessor for
Montgomery County, will address
the next meeting of the West
Montgomery Citizens Association
at the Potomac School on River
Road, April 6, at 8 pm. Many of
the members Of this group live IN
the area of the Tenth Election
District which was recently re-
assessed. They recently have or
gained a Property Owners Pro-
tective Association.
The election of the nominating
committee for new officers VIII
take place at this meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Commissioner CamaIier
Mems Club Speaker

District Commissioner Renah f..
Camalier will speak at the Mems
Club Dinner, April 8, at the Beth
,csda Methodist Church.
He is Past Master Of the
Masons Of the District Of Columbia
and Past Potcntate Of the Almas
Temple.
Those wishing to attend, please
contact Dr.. Lloyd f. Church at
OF 4-8054.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Volunteer
Firenen
Face Tax
Revanping
County Council Plans
To Revise Tax Rate
For Depts. Not Having
Mandatory Rate

County fire departments this
week prepared to combat what
appeared to be a new threat to
bring them under the control of
the county council.
At Tuesdays council session,
Councilman J. Louis Monarch
long an advocate of single coun-
ty fire department under council
control - successfully urged the
council to study very carefully"
the tax rates requested by those
departments operating from tax
funds.
Monarch, after the council re-
ceived a list of the departments
which have so far submitted their
next years tax rates and those
which said they would not require
county funds, noted that in some
cases the county can vary. the re-
quested rates.
The council then asked the coun-
ty attorneys office to find out in
which fire tax rates the council is
permitted to vary from the depart
mental request, and, more impor-
tant, which they are not permitted
to touch now but could with new
legislation. Some of the depart
ments operating under S lat e
charters must receive whatever
they ask up to maximum set BY
the Legislature
Monarch also suggested that the
council hold public hearings on any
of the variable tax rates which it
feels are too high. Two of the
Departments, Silver Spring and
Kensington, have already held
hearings on their proposed budget
themselves.
The council, and County
Manager Irving G. McNayr, have
several times indicated a desire to
take over the volunteer fire de-
partments.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
Father, Son Breakfast
AT Our Lady of LOurdeS

The Holy Name Society Of Our
Lady Of Lourdes Church is plan
ming a Father and Son breakfast to
be given Immediately following
1880 Communion Mass on April ~.
Installation Of new members and
9Th grade boys in the Holy Name
Society will take place during Mass
that morning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-04-02
LathrOp Smith Named
Council Secretary

Councilman Lathrop Smith, of
Travilah, has been chosen secre-
tary of the County Council.
He succeeds Mrs. Stella B. Wer-
rer, who resigned Tuesday because
of pressure of other affairs.
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