Evening star., 1954-05-19

women. are in the race for six
Democratic nominations in
Montgomery County for Mary
lands House of Delegates.
Six of them have been in
dorsed by a majority of the
One Of o Series About Principal Con-
didotes in the Nearby Maryland Pi-
mories June 28.
county's elected Democratic pre-
cinct chairmen on what has
been referred to as a harmony
slate headed by DR. H c. Byrd
for Governor.
The other four are running as
individuals.
Only six Republicans filed fol
the House, hence there will be
no COP contest. The Repub-
lican slate includes five incum-
bents-J. PAUL Marshall, Mrs
Kathryn j. Lawlor and Gilbert
Guide, all of Chevy Chase; Rob-
ert A. Wallace of Silver Spring
and Julian P. King of Cedar
Grove-and a newcomer, j. Fen
dali Coughlin, also of Silve,
Spring.
These are the Democratic can.
didates, with those on the har.
mony ticket so indicated:
Warren Browning (Harmony
Ticket)-A 38-year-old attorney
who lives at 5409 Moorland lane
Bethesda. He is married, has
Cwo children and has lived ir
the county since 1889.
He received his education al
the University of Maryland, Uni
versity of Edinburgh in Scotland
and Georgetown University Law
School, and notes that his an
cestors have lived in the county
since 1854.
Mr.. Browning was an assistant
corporation counsel in the Dis
trict from 1912 to 1914, a county
trial magistrate at Silver Spring
from 1947 to 1949, and the
Montgomery County member o1
the Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission from 1949 tc
1851. He was elected four years
ago to the county's Democratic
State Central Committee ano
currently is its chairman. He is
a veteran of Army duty in World
War II.
John b. Diamond III-LiveS al
lis Upton street, Rockville. He
is a former assistant United
States attorney in Washington
from 1910 to 1947, and then
again in 1928 under Charles
M. Irelan, now seeking the party
nomination for Representative
from the 9Th Maryland district
which includes Montgomery.
A native of Rockville, Mr.. Dia.
mond, A, Is married and has
three sons. He attended county
schools, st. Johns High School,
in Washington, Catholic Univer-
sity, Benjamin Franklin Uni
versity and Columbus University
Law School. An uncle. John B
Diamond, is a former county
commissioner and retired about
two years ago as county treas
urer, at the age Of 10.
In 1851, the younger Mr.. Dia-
mond was an assistant county at
torney before he left to resume
private practice. He was in the
State Guard in World War II
and for many years was active in
the Upper Montgomery Young
Democratic Club.
Blair Lee III (Harmony Tick
eta 37-year-old former execu-
tive officer Of the National Cap
ital Planning Commission, who
is following a family tradition in
seeking public Office. His grand
father. the late Blair Lee. twice
served in the Maryland Senate
and also as a United States Sem
ator. His father, E. Brooke Lee,
is a former speaker Of the House
Of Delegates and longtime coun-
ty Democratic chief.
A Princeton University grad
uate, he now is a real estate
and planning consultant. He is
married and has five children,
living at 400 Warrenton drive,
Silver Spring. He also is a for
mer vice chairman and park
commissioner of the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and from
1945 to 1949 was editor Of the
Maryland News. He resigned
earlier this year from the Ma
tional Capital Commission after
serving with it since 1851.
In World War II. he was a
Naval officer on convoy duty in
the Atlantic.
b. Houston McCeney-A 30
year-old native Of Washington
who lives at 108 Lynnmoor drive,
Silver Spring. He moved to the