Evening star., 1953-01-24
Assembly Split
Barred by Fight
For Liquor Post
Montgomery Wins
Committee Seat,
Opposed by Leader
lE EVENING STAR.
Washington, D. G.
'ATURDAY, JANUARY "a, 1853
By Gene Goodwin
s,er stoff cerrespendsni

BY Gene Goodwin
Siar Stoff Correspondent
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. "a
Republican cleavage at the Mary
land General Assembly was out
in the open today, as the result
of Montgomery County's success
full fight for representation on
the House Alcoholic Beverages
Committee.
The county delegations de-
Inand that it be given a dele
gate on the important commit
tee was granted yesterday. but
over the opposition of House
Republican Minority Leader Ar
thur H. Green.
Mr.. Green's failure to aid the
all-Republican Montgomery del
egation was seen as retaliation
against Delegate j. Douglas
Bradshaw, Montgomery delega-
ton chairman, who challenged
Mr.. Green for the minority lead
erSh1p at the opening OF the
current session.
Enlarges Committee.
House Speaker John C. Luber,
Democrat, settled the inpasse
by increasing membership of the
liquor committee from Is to 18.
With the present proportion of
Democrats to Republicans in the
House, that permitted him to
appoint Republican Delegate
Gilbert Guide Of Montgomery to
the committee, along with two
Democrats. Delegates L. Edwin
Carr of Howard County and
Joseph v. Mach of Baltimore.
Mr.. Luber said afterwards
that was the only way he could
satisfy Montgomery's demand.
because Mr.. Green refused to
drop any of the four Republican
delegates already on the COM
mittee.
However, one of those G. o. P.
delegates, Harry L. Edwards Of
Garrett County, resigned from
the committee, leaving vacancy
that Mr.. Guide presumably could
have filled. But Mr.. Luber. who
has a reputation here as a
speaker who plays fair with the
minority, said Mr.. Green also
opposed that move.
The speaker named Delegate
Omar T. Kaylor. jr.. Republican,
of Washington County to replace
Mr.. Edwards.
Unit Vital to Montgomery.
Montgomery lodged its protest
after committee assignments
were announced Wednesday and
no Montgomery member was in
cluded on the Alcoholic Beverages
Committee. The Montgomery
group places a premium on a
voice in that committee, because
Montgomery is the only Mary
land county operating its own
liquor diSpenSary system.
Mr.. Bradshaw said he previ-
ously had asked Mr.. Green to
include Mr.. Guide among the
minority members Of the Liquor
Committee and was shocked
when the assignment was not
made.
Mr.: Luber said the list of
Minority Committee requests
handed to him by Mr.. Green did
not include the name of Mr..
Guide on the Liquor Committee.
The other Republican mem
bers of the Alcoholic Beverages
Committee are Delegates Albert
r. Hassall of Prince Georges
County, Elmer N. Quade of
Charles County and Estel c..
Kelley of Allegany County.
Will Alter School Bill.
Other legislative developments
yesterday:
l. State Senator John Ray
mond Fletcher, Republican, Of
Prince Georges, announced after
a conference here with County
School Supt. William S. Schmidt
that he will change a bill he
is drafting to increase the
County School Board from three
to six members, rather than to
five members. as he previously
had planned. He said he in
tends to specify that two of
them be from the minority party
and that not more than one
member be appointed from any
one of the county'S 81 election
districts. The appointments
would be made by the Governor.
2. The Senate unanimously ap-
proved a resolution asking Gov.
McKeldin and the Department
of Mental Hygiene to step up
expansion and improvement at
Rosewood and Brownsville State
Hospitals and not to transfer
patients from one to the other.
The resolution was introduced
by Senators Bailey, Republican,
of st. Marys; Phipps, Democrat,
of Anne Arundel, and Turnbull,
Democrat, of Baltimore County.
1t resulted from a decision by
the Mental Hygiene Department
to transfer 285 colored children
from Brownsville to Rosewood.
The transfer has been vigorously
opposed by the Rosewood Par
ents Association and has been
held up temporarily by a court
suit, fled by a Rosewood parent.