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Evening star., 1955-07-24

ate Appropriations Committee
now have approved a grant of
$2.6 million for expansion of
facilities at the Washington Ma
tional Airport which might help
congestion there, but still stop
short of needs which have called
for funds for a new Washing
ton airport.
The Senate version of the sup
Elemental bill called for higher
funds than granted by the House
for aid to States and local COM
for the development of
of Civil Defense evacuation and
shelter plans. 1t also granted a
Sis million fund for administra-
tion OF the Lease Purchase"
program to enable private build
ers to develop buildings for later
Government use and ownership,
including some in Washington.
The Senate committee bill
provides compromise funds of
100000 for purchase of land
near Twenty-second and c streets
NV, in connection with the
program for new buildings to
replace the much denounced
temporary buildings.
Smithsonian Expansion
The Senate bill also carries
I$2.2 million for work on a new
building for the Smithsonian
Institution for housing for mu-
scum of history and technology.
1t likewise has $1.2 million
already approved by the House
for a variety of District needs
and adds $4,000 for more ex-
pense money for the National
Capital Planning Commission to
provide for the hiring of 10 more
stad members and a new item
OF SIS. 900 to cover costs of a
study for the proposed develop
ment OF an auditorium and art
center in Washington.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
By CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

The Du Pre- case in the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion will get the personal atten-
ton Of State Attorney General
c. Ferdinand Sybert.
Mr.. Sybert yesterday said he
planned to confer with Assistant
Attorney General Joseph D.
Buscher, Roads Commission le-
gal officer, as soon as Mr.. Sybert
returns from vacation. He is due
back at work August 2.
Mr.. Buscher was in charge of
the investigation that led to the
suspension of Ben Du Pre- OF
Bethesda and assisted in the
presentation Of evidence that
brought the sudden dramatic
resignation Of Mr.. Du Pre-.
Joint Ownership Shown.
The right-of-way engineer re-
signed Friday night, ending his
fight for reinstatement after dis
closure he had owned land Jointly
with Gus Basilko on which Max
Gutenberg. of Washington, held
a mortgage.
Both Mr.. Gutenberg and Mr..
Basiliko's named cropped up
frequently at the Du Pre- hear
ings as owner of land in the
path Of the new National Pike
in Montgomery County on which
Mr.. Du Pre- was acquiring the
rights-of-way.
Mr.. Sybert yesterday said he
assumed the Internal Revenue
Bureau would be interested in
investigating tax returns of in
dividuals who reaped handsome
profits in land transfers involved
in the roads commission aequi-
sitions.
A copy Of the record Of the
Du Pre- hearing and other infor-
nation on the investigation Of
speculation will be made avail
able to tax authorities, Mr..
Buscher said.
Evening star., 1955-07-24
BIoodmobiIe Visit

The Fairfax County Chapter
Iof the American National Red
Cross announces a bloodmobile
visit to theh Parish House of St.
ITimothy's Episcopal Church in
Herndon. Va, on Wednesday
from 2 to Bpm.
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VICEMEN WE KNOW

The second RIMS graduate to
enlist under the Army's technical
school plan during the past week
was James w. Hoover, son of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Hoover, 307 Carr
Avenue, Rockville. jim was as
sured in writing by the Depart
ment of Army that he would at
tend the Engineer Equipment
Maintenance course begin
ming next March at Fort Belvoir.
Just a week ago, Jim's former
classmate, Grafton CSkip) Reed
of Anderson Avenue, Rockville,
joined the Regular Army for spe-
cific school training at Belvoir.
The big reason why the Army
puts plenty of emphasis on train
ing and schooling is because of
its mass use of machinery and
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hands, legs, and backs. 1t takes
weeks and months sometimes
years. of technical schooling and
training to teach men to operate,
repair and maintain our Army'S
modern weapons and machines.
That's why our Army is often
described as a vast vocational
school. That's why, in the Army
schools alone, every day of the
year, an average of almost 10000
men are receiving technical train
ing the kind for which Jim Hoo
yer and Skippy Reed have en-
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rolled. Just before Jim departed
last Monday for Fort Jackson,
sc, where he'll complete eight
weeks of recruit training before
entering school at Belvoir, he said
he picked the engineer course be-
cause he plans to continue in that
field after he completes his tour
OF active duty. Prior to enlisting
Jim was employed by Nelson
Evans of Rockville who is a con-
struction foreman for Cramer
Construction Company. Jim's
father is manager of FoodtoWn at
Rockville.
FOUR LOCAL RESERVISTS
PROMOTED =. Four members of
the 800th Military Police Company
stationed at Rockville were pro
NOTED recently according to an
announcement received this week
from the Maryland Military Dis.
trict in Baltimore. Advanced to
sergeant was Corp. Robert L.
Brown, SOB Grandin Avenue. Pfc.
Glenn E. Parentheau. 1915 Van
dergrift Avenue, Rockville, was
promoted to corporal while Pri-
Yates Richard T. Disney of Der
wood and CAME B. Steele, Jr. of
Clarksburg, received their first
stripes of privates first class.
HOME OVER VETERANS
DAY Holiday =. Army Sgt. Cor
don Whetzel, son of Mrs. Ola Van
Glider, Derwood, was one of sew
eral serVicemen who witnessed
the colorful Veterans Day parade
ceremony held in front of the Old
Courthouse Building last Friday.
Whetzel, an Army regular since
1916, is a platoon sergeant sta
toned with the End Armored Cav
altry Regiment at Fort Meade.
He returned from tour of duty
in Germany just four months ago.
Others home last weekend were
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The Letter Box

maybe the seemingly old-fash.
iored system of government by
the people ~ majority rule - al
so does not offer reason enough.
His Excellency quite likely will
pooh-pOoh any suggestion that
the majority of Marylanders do
not want indignation. But there
is little chance of his denying
concrete proof of this fact. And
proof does exist. Not long ago,
for example, a petition for the
continuation of segregated schools
was circulated throughout the
State by members of the Mary
land Petition Committee, going
from door to door Because of
limited time and resources, the
committee was able to reach only
portion of the population. But
of that portion, more than $4,000
signatures, representing. appro-
Ximately 50 per cent of all per
sons solicited, were collected.
If, however, even this should
be considered insufficient evil
dence, then let the issue be put
to a referendum vote as has been
done in other states faced with
the problem, so that the issue
can be decided in the manner
established by our constitution:
by the will of the majority. Such
procedure is entirely legal and
logical, and, in the final analysis,
the only one that is just.
The principle obstacle to such
referendum vote, of course, is
Gov. McKeldin himself, who clev.
erly lodges the issue of segrega
tion-versus-integration whenever
election time rolls around. He
knows that. if at such time he
should continue to play "yes-man
to everyone but the people of his
State, he would be on his way
out of office just as fast as il
takes to count the votes.
Last year, although he had beer
advocating Indignation right dowr
the line ever since taking office
he became suddenly quiet on the
subject as election day approach
ed, then again took up the cry
of the leftists as soon as the re
suits were in. In lieu of any in
terest in the people of Maryland
however, for his own personal in
terest he should remember that
regarding segregation in Mary
land, the last vote has not yet
been counted.
The Maryland Petition
Committee
Everette Severe Treasurer
Montgomery County Chapter
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Children

Continued from Page u
Mrs. Smith became aware for
the first time that something
was wrong" there were no spec
ial education classes in the Coun-
ty. The Smiths were forced to
bear the expense 49, which they
could i'll afford - of sending FL.
len to a private school.
For two years Ellen suffered
in an atmosphere which did little
more than accept her physical
presence with no special training
and no help to the parents in
understanding her problems.
When, in desperation, the
Smiths turned again to the Board
of Education and Ellen was &C.
cepted in one of the first special
classes in the County, she had
become extremely emotionally
disturbed in addition of her han
dicap of prenatal brain injury,
Injured to disappointment, she
lived in a world that rejected and
frustrated her at every turn. It
took three years with a teacher
who had exceptional patience and
talent for handling children like
Ellen to bring her to her present
stage of happy development.
Wait for Training
Now Ellen is one of 316 chill
dren, with a waiting list of APP.
proximately go more under con.
sideration, who are receiving help
from specially qualified teachers
in 81 classes spread out through
10 of the County's schools.
They are classified as either
mentally retarded or brain dam
aged children to differentiate
from the emotionally disturbed
or orthopedically handicapped
children also in special classes.
What happens now to parents
like the Smiths when they dis
cover that their child is not nor.
NAL? Here is the typical pat.
tern Of reactions and experiences
that any of us would live through
il faced with this problem.
N First there is the period Of un
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ice Board 50 at Rockville, Jim
first became interested in music
when he joined the Potomac Band
back in post World War II days.
In 1916 he served a tour of duty
with the Regular Army as a mu-
sician assigned to the 282nd Army
Field Forces Band in occupied Ko-
rea. After getting out of uniform
he attended the Peabody Conser-
vatory of Music in Baltimore for
a year and then joined the Navy
in 1850. Jim is married to the
former Louella Amtower of Ar
lington. They were recentlN
blessed with their third child, a
daughter, born October q at Cor
pus Christi.
MARINE CORPORAL VIII.
LIAM A. TURNER, son of Mr..
and Mrs. H. c. Turner of 1925
Henry Road, Rockville, and Pvt.
Kenneth P. Malone, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel w. Maine, Ri.
II, Germantown, recently took
part in a major amphibious ex-
ercise on the southeast coast of
the U. S. Both are stationed with
the Second Marine Division,
Camp Lejeune The exercise, in
volving 80 ships, BAT aircraft and
$4,000 Navy and Marine Corps
personnel, began October 10 and
ended November 3.
TIME OUT FOR SCHOOL -.
Looks like the Army will be send
ing this "old serg" off to school.
BY the time you read this column
land we hope you do I'll be pack
ing my notebooks and sharpening
my pencils in anticipation of at
tending the adjutant generals
recruiting procedures school at
Fort Ben Harrison, Ind. The
course will run for three weeks.
Meanwhile, if you have any news
about service people you know
please mail it to the editor of the
SENTINEL or to M/Sgt. Les Ok
endine, care of the Army Recruit
ing Station, Old Court House
Building, Rockville. Must hurry
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Pfc. Johnny c. Coleman, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton c. Cole
man, Ills. Viers Mill Road, Rock
Ville,sWhe is stationed with the
2nd Marine Air Wing at Cherry
Point, NC, as a supply clerk;
Marine Pfc. Kenneth l.. Ennis,
son of Mrs. Horace Carter, RID 3,
Rockville, and a vehicle driver
with the Marines at Quantico;
Marine Pvt. Harvey E. Lee. Jr.,
of Colesville, who recently com
pleted recruit training and now
stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC;
and Army Pvt. Frank Nicholson
of Rockville, scheduled to depart
for Far East duty early next
month.
ARMY PRIVATE ELMER
JARVIS, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
mer Jarvis, Route 2, Gathers
burg, recently took part in a regi-
mental combat test held by the
First Cavalry Division in Japan.
Held at the base of Mount Full,
the exercise tested the combat eff
fectiveness of Jarvis unit under
simulated conditions. Elmer, a
machine gunner in the Eighth
Regiment, arrived in the Far East
last April.
LOCAL NAVY MUSICIAN
JOINS SYMPHONY ORCHES-
IRA Musician First Class
James ]. Ertter, son of Mr.. and
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easy suspicion when the mother
and father do not dare to face
that something is wrong" When
the problem finally forces them
into action, they usually turn
first to the family doctor.
Depending on the Doctors in
sight, they are either told that
their child is retarded or that
"she will grow out of it in time"
If the latter, they go home and
wait until the child's growing de-
viations from the normal force
them into action again.
Consult Many Doctors
Then starts a round of doctors
that ends with a referral to a
specialist. But here the father
balks. He starts blaming the
mother "if you didn't baby
her so much" IF you were
stricter with her and made her
do things for herself. )"
The strain and emotional ten.
sion increases until the mother in
desperation turns to outside help,
looking for another answer She
may get advice from a neighbor,
a parent Of a similar child or an.
other doctor.
Sooner or later, she consults a
professional person who gives her
the strength and courage to ad.
init that there is something wrong
and that she needs to find out
what it is and what can be done.
Sometimes the father will CO.
operate at this point. In fact,
in some cases ii is the. mother
who refuses to act and the faith.
er who takes over. Usually,
though the father will not ac.
cept the fact that his child needs
help so the mother takes the
child for study and professional
diagnosis.
Then comes the shock Of learn
ing that their childs brain has
been damaged either before, dur.
ing or sometime after birth. At
this point, the mother begins to
rationalize. She convinces her.
self that this can't be true.
How could the doctor tell when
he only talked to the child fc
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technical d e =
vices. Machines
alone without
S k i lie d and
highly trained
men to u S e
them are of no
value to any
one. 1t takes
little or n o
training 70 +
men who use
" [ h e T
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Council
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page u
Board appeared before the coun-
Gil Tuesday and asked for author
ization to print 100000 booklets
entitled your Survival. The
board also asked the council to
pass legislation exempting home
bomb shelters from property
assessments and to Introduce
and encourage" legislation that
would allow homeowners to de
duct money spent on shelters
from their income tax.
In other actions:
l. The council agreed to sell
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
the Dog Pound Property" in
Kensington for $4,000 and $500
square feet at Grant and Maple
Avenues in Takoma Park for
$156.58.
2. Public Works Director Mason
Butcher agreed to provide the
council with copies of May 1851
Safety Board report before ask
ing the councilmen to establish
policy on assessing property
owners for sidewalks along State
roads. He says the board recon-
mended charging property owners
half the cost of the sidewalk. Mr..
Butcher stated that a decision on
sidewalk assessments will affect
property owners along Viers Mill
Road, Connecticut Avenue, Kens-
ington-Wheaton Road, Old Bla-
densburg Road, Colesville Road,
New Hampshire Avenue, MaSSa-
chusetts Avenue. Garrett Park
Road, Bradley Boulevard, Old
Georgetown Road and county
arterial roads. Widening prof
ects are planned on all the roads
in the near future.
3. Erwin w. Bucklin was APP
pointed director of the Depart
ment of Inspection and Licenses
at yearly salary of $3.50. He
has served as acting director
since the resignation of A. Nor
ton Thomas in May. Mr. Bucklin
has been with the county govern
ment since December of 1919.
4. Nine members were reap
pointed to the Montgomery Coun-
ty Advisory Health Committee:
Mrs. Lawrence M. Fisher, Gar
rett Park; Mrs. Dorothy Vane,
Rockville; Mrs. Martin F. Kunkel,
Silver Spring; Miss Mildred
Negus, Kensington; Dean Austin
VanDerSlice, Chevy Chase; DR.. J.
R. Heller, Kensington; DR.. Dewitt
E. DeLawter, Bethesda; DR.. Will
liam T. Joyce, Bethesda; and DR..
Howard Church, Bethesda.
5. Seven new police privates
were hired: Lee Coleman Moser,
Frederick; Harry Richmond Weir,
Bethesda; George Winovieh,
Rockville; Charles Wayne Carter,
Rockville; Richard Ronald Bow
erS, Washington; Norman Alfred
Balderson, Silver Spring; and
Paul Edward Whiting, Silver
Spring. Starting salary for police
privates is $3,762 per year. I
6. Mrs. Lydia A. Dronenburg,
Rockville, was named public
health nurse at S3,963 annually.
Colbert w. Nash, Chevy Chase,
was appointed civilian police desk
clerk trainee at 1924 per year.
And Mrs. Jean U. Mayo was hired
as clerk-typist at $3.50 yearly.
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cent of the retarded children will
be able to accept independence
without supervision in semi-skill-
ed jobs; 60 per cent will be able
to do unskilled work with super
vision; 10 per cent will be able
to live normal lives within a pro-
tected environment of family
planning; and the rest will need
continuous social and economical
supervision.
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Mrs. Joseph R.
Ertter, r a n =
d 0 p h Road,
lontr o S e, re-
Gently was au-
ditioned and Sc
lected to join
Corpus Christi,
1T X.) Sy m
yphOn Orches-
ira. Jim, one
of two must
clans C h o S G n
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/ ten minutes?" "The child was
tired or nervous or not
feeling we'll"
She then goes looking for fur
Their advice to disprove the dag.
nosis. This may be the point
where the parents come to the
Board of Education. If so, the
professional staff there begin
their task of educating the par
ents to accept the fact that they
have a child who needs special
help.
The parents can agree to the
suggestion that the staff will
work out program, observe her
and see what we can do for her"
They become aware that there
are a number of other parents
with similar children.
They visit the special classes,
meet these other parents who
have gone through this expert
ence and are now delighted at
their children's progress. They
learn of the organization, Help
for Retarded Children, are invit-
ed to join and given a job to do
in terms of support.
The child is then enrolled in a
special class. At first, the par
ents hover over the situation -
Does the teacher really under
stand her? Are the children
kind?"
Child Shows Progress
But the child begins to show
enthusiasm for school and be-
comes less cross and tense. The
parents relax and are grateful
They usually join the Help for
Retarded Children group and be-
come active.
Then another period of panic
hits them as they listen to other
parents brag about their chill
,dren's progress. They get into a
other over the childS homework.
At this point the board of educa-
ton helps them again with a
series of conferences to give them
reinsurance by teaching them
what to expect and the different
steps of growth their child will
take. They are given a specific
and clear picture of what the
teacher is working toward with
the child and ways in which they
can help.
The parents then Settle down
for a long period of relaxation,
happy with their child's progress.
But as the child begins to develop
beyond even their fondest hopes,
they are suddenly hit with the
wild hope that maybe the original
diagnosis was wrong and the
child is recovering.
Back they go to the Board of
Education to ask if their child
can't be placed in regular class.
Again the board holds a series
of conferences with them, this
time with the purpose of helping
them see the long range problem
for the youngster; what are
thought to be her ultimate poten-
tialitieS as an adult; and to ac-
cept the fact that while her pro-
gress will be continuous and good
there will always be basic limita-
tons that require special consid-
Grafton.
Need Constant Help
The Board of Education staff
know that this acceptance is not
a one-time thing but is part of
the daily life of the child and its
parents and will continue as long
as they live. At each step of de.
velopment in the child's life, the
parents will need professional re,
assurance.
But once they have made the
first basic acceptance, the pa
rents usually go ahead on their
own and join the national move
ment to provide adequate facil
tiles for all children with this
limitation.
With special education, 10 pei
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-11-17

Editor:
Congratulations on the recent
editorial and news coverage on
the upper County planning issue,
showing that your newspaper in
tends to promote a better under
standing of and attitude toward
planning of a useful sort. The
choice of what win ultimately be
best for community should Ger
tainly be based on consideration
of the opinion of experts and the
experience of other communities.
Many opinions advanced on the
subject of planning show that no
thought has been given to the
question of whether a half-acre
will protect the water supply of
the dwelling against contamina-
ton by its own and its neigh
bors' disposal systems, or wheth-
er there is that much water down
below in Montgomery County,
and if it will not, or there is not,
how much it will cost to lay wat
err and sewer lines along all the
roads in the County and who
will pay for it.
In connection with a commu-
nifty mentioned in your paper, it
should be noted that the under.
lying rock in that area has al
ready created difficulty with
waste disposal and the water sup
ply, and that any water or sewer
pipes laid there will require blast
ing through solid rock.
If the County does not pay for
it and the property owners can
not, a problem area may result,
with the possible abandonment of
houses if condemned under flu
ture health regulations.
Your work toward better I'M
derstanding of the problems in
volved will be appreciated by us
and many others who have the
best interests of the County at
heart.
Yours truly,
Marian p Smith
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for the honor, is stationed with
the Navy Air Station there. Ac-
cording to his mother, who is
chief clerk of the SeleCtiVe SerN.
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Editor:
With reference to the Supreme
Courts mandate of forced inte-
grafton in the public recreation
areas of Maryland, and with re-
ference also to Gov. McKeldin's
statement that he sees no reason
for not going along with said
mandate, let it be noted that the
governor sees no reason because
he is intentionally not looking.
Or perhaps the wishes and rights
of the people of Maryland do not
constitute sufficient reason. And