Evening star., 1953-04-05
County Faction
May Fi|ibuster
On Parks Bill
Montgomery Fights
Plan to Extend
Commission Rule
} THE SUNDAY STAR
washington, d. G.
SUNDAY, APRIL 3. 1883
By Gene Goodwin
Stor Stoff Correspondent

By Gene Goodwin
Star Stoff Correspondent
ANNAPOLIS, April 4.-Mont-
gcmery County House members
said today they would f1libuster
or take any other action neceS-
sary to stop passage of a bill
to extend the Maryland National
/ Capital Park and Planning Com
mission into the rural areas Of
] Prince Georges and Montgomery.
I Delegate Gilbert Guide, Repub-
lican, of Montgomery, said he
and his colleagues, will go to any
extreme to keep the bill from
being revived-and that includes,
he said, losing the bill or COM
pletely failing to show UP for
the last day Of the general as
sembly Monday.
One other device being con-
sidered by the desperate Mont
gomery group is to offer series
of amendments in hopes of STALL
ing a vote on the measure.
Democrats Thwarted.
The moves being considered
by the Montgomery delegation
came to light today after Dele
gate Harry E. Taylor, jr., Repub-
lican, of Prince Georges, said
he would move to reconsider the
vote by which the House Friday
night refused to force the bill
out Of the joint Prince Georges
Montgomery delegation commit
tee. That move was defeated
when a group of Baltimore City
Democrats Joined the Mont
gomery delegates and several
Republicans to thwart the plans
Of the House Democratic leader
ship.
Mr.. Taylor said he decided not
to move the consideration today
after he heard Of Montgomery's
plan to filibuster. He said, how
ever, he will make the motion
Monday.
Mr.. Taylor, who is a political
ally Of Senator John r. Fletcher,
Republican, of Prince Georges,
one of the sponsors of the PLAN
ming bill, said the Senator asked
him to move reconsideration.
He agreed to do it, he added, be-
cause he believes the bill ought
to be brought out and voted on
its merits.
In the joint delegation COM
mittee, q majority Of Z to 3
voted to hold the bill.
The House voted to transfer
building inspection and enforce
ment of zoning ordinances from
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
to Prince Georges County.
The transfer was an amend
ment to a Senate bill adding a
section Of Bowie (Second Pre-
cinct of election District 14 to
the Maryland Washington re-
gional District.
Shortly afterwards, Senator
Fletcher, author of the bill, asked
for Senate concurrence and the
measure was sent on to the Gov
ernor.
Governor Gets Bill.
Other developments at the
General Assembly today:
/. The House concurred In
Senator Fletcher'S amendments
to a bill aimed at diking the flood
waters at Peace Cross, and the
legislation now goes to the Gov
ernor. The bill would require the
State Roads Commission, the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Prince
Georges County Commissioners
to spend $4,250,000 for the
project if the Congress will ap-
propriate 81 million.
2. The much discussed meas
.ure aimed at Tightening Prince
Georges County liquor laws ap-
pears to have died as the result
of the failure of the House AL
coholic Beverages Committee to
act on it. The bill was not in
,troduced until this week, al
though county lawmakers have
been working on it ever since
last fall. Committee Chairman
tUpshur Stevenson said his group
has not had the time to consider
the 10-page bill.
3. The House Education Com
.mittee amended a bill increasing
the size of the Prince Georges
County School Board to strike
out a provision that the county
commissioners be allowed to ap-
point one of the seven members.
The amendment provides that
the Governor would appoint all
seven. It was accepted by the
House and sent to the Senate.
where Senator Fletcher, sponsor
iof the bill, said he would not
oppose it.
$1,000 Expense Account.
4. Senator Fletcher revealed
he has amended a bill to au-
thorize a $1,000 annual expense
account for the president of the
Prince Georges County Commis-
sioners and $500 expense &C
counts for each Of the four other
commissioners. The original bill
put in by the Senator provided
a $2,500 expense account for the
president and $3.50 for the
other four commissioners.
5. Two bills authorizing the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission to extend its water
lines to Howard and Anne Arun-
del Counties were enacted.
The commission intends to
serve the new District Training
School for Boys and some nearby
communities fro mits new Rocky