Evening star., 1954-11-14
Newly Elected
Council Takes
Reiins tuesday
AII-Democrut Body
In Montgomery PIun
Cautious Policy
A-12 THE SUNDAY STAR
~ washington. d. G.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER ID, 1854

SUut1OUS TVllSy
The new all-Democratic Mont
gomery County Council is ex-
pected to move with caution
when IL takes over the reins Of
the county government Tuesday.
The new .councilmen will meet
at 10 am. with the outgoing
Republican controlled council.
then move to the Office of the
clerk of the circuit court who
will swear them in.
Ae few minutes later the new
council will meet and organize,
electing president and secre-
tary.
Prior to the meeting, however,
the new council will get together
to make organization plans.
Despite rumors prevailing for
the last week. it is believed un-
likely that the Democrats will
elect Mrs. Stella B. Werner, as
president.
Is Hold Over Member.
Mrs. Werner is a hold Aover
member of the council and
polled the heaviest vote in the
November I'd election. She also
is the only woman on the coun-
Gil.
The councilwoman, however,
Is a controversial figure in coun-
ty politics.
No wholesale firings are in
store although Democratic Of
ficials have been deluged with
applications for jobs.
Nevertheless, some depart
ment heads are going to get
strong advice from the incom-
ing group as to how they shall
handle the public. Red-tape and
over-regulation were key words
hurled at the present council by
the Democrats.
Some Changes Likely.
Some heads are likely to fall
especially in the upper echelons
The new councilmen are making
no statements, however, until
they see at f1rsthand the present
employees at work and see their
ability to adjust to the new
regime.
The first big task the council
will have is the hiring of a
county manager, county attorney
and health officer. .r
Although the new council has
indicated it will lean heavily
toward local men for the posts,
1t already has authorized the
advertisement for manager ap-
plications in the International
City Managers Association bull
letin.
TOuchy Rural Zoning. 1t
The council also is expected
to adopt a go-slow policy in
handling the recently adopted
Upper Montgomery County zon-
ing ordinance.
Four of the councilmen are
committed publicly to repeating
the ordinance.
The council, however, may
hold a public hearing on the
measure before deciding just
what action is to be taken.
Other Council Members.
Besides Mrs. Werner, the
other members of the new coun-
Gil include:
Grover X. Walker. of Gathers
burg, a farmer and breeder OF
Holstein cattle who was re-
elected to represent the second
council district.
Jerry r. Williams, operator OF
a LaytonSville farm and co-oWner
of the Damascus insurance and
real estate agency. He IS from
the first council district.
Charles H. Jamison, of the
thVi district. He Is a real estate
broker, operator of three farms
and a Poolesville resident.
Wilbur N. Baughman, a Wash
ington attorney and operator OF
the Olney Realty Co. Mr.. Baugh-
man lives on a farm near Silver
Spring and is an at-large men,
ber Of the council.
Robert T. Snure, assistant
treasurer and editor for the
American Coal Sales Association
and former president of the AL.
lied Civic Groups Inc, of Silver
Spring. A Silver Spring resident
he will represent the fifth coun-
Gil district.
j. Grahame Walker, an attor.
ney in Washington and former
enforcement officer for the Dis.
trict Office of Price Sterilization
A Bethesda resident. he is an at.
large member of the council.