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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Group Asked
To Be0uHH
City PARKS

A new citizens advisory com
mittee for Rockville's beautifica
ton has been proposed to provide
a coordinated plan to plant trees
and shrubbery on city parks and
approaches through cooperation
between civic and business
groups and the city.
Frank A. Ecker outlined his
proposal this week for the beau
LITIGATION committee" to draw up
low cost program for planting
good nursery stock over the next
several years. City labor would
be used. Areas would include all
municipality owned land.
Councilman Alex ander j.
Greene agreed that such a pro.
gram carried out on a city-wide
scale under the advice of Rock
vile residents from various parts
of the city would greatly increase
the overall attractiveness of the
city and add to the growing civic
pride of Rockville's residents in
their All-America home town"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Memo McKinsey
individual School Budgeting
Rejected by Board Officials

NJ. Benson says the necessary
voluminous reports" required for
individual school budgets are
secondary considerations" in his
opposition to the proposal.
He says if each school we're re-
quired TO make a monthly report,
the problem Of assembling, ana.
lying and reviewing such data
would be tremendous" Mr.. Ben
son estimates that 1000 individ.
ual monthly reports, each with at
least nine categories of expense.
would be required TO formulate
separate school budgets.
Few Costs Set
Mr.. Benson says he opposes the
idea primarily because so few ex-
penses are actually determined
by the individual school principal.
The McKinsey report states,
THE greatest portion Of the
operating budget is expanded
within the schools" With indi.
vidual school budgets 'it will be
possible TO pinpoint those install.
lations which are exceeding their
planned expenditures and, as a
result. contributing to cost over
runs for the system as whole"
Their proposal would not cause
principals TO spend undue time
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05

Road which leads from Bradley
Boulevard to their Knollwood
Subdivision. Before granting the
permit, the County must make
sure it owns the road.
Silver Spring Lawyer r. Rob-
ert Linowes, representing Mr..
Basiliko and Mr.. Jolles, told the
County Council Tuesday that the
road has been a public way for 40
years and therefore may legally
be claimed by the County.
Rockville Lawyer James r.
Miller, representing Bethesda
Country Club, called the proposal
for the County to claim the road
"legalized larceny" He said the
country club owns ito the center
line of Stillwell Road according
to its deed.
Mr.. Miller charged, Hundreds
of Montgomery County taxpayers
who belong to the country club
will be imposed upon so that a
Washington developer can have
the prestige of a Bradley Boule-
ward address"
Mr.. Hardesty bought a piece Of
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05

I The council will ask the
County Personnel Board to
study a retroactive police pay
raise that will cancel out the
illegal" overtime pay. The
Personnel Boards displeasure
with Mr.. Reese's overtime pay
plan brought the squabble to a
head.
At the request of the Person
mel Board, Attorney Irelan pre-.
pared an opinion holding that
only the board has the right to
initiate pay raises. though the
County Manager has the right to
authorize overtime pay. Mr.. Ire
Ian charged Manager Reese's
overtime pay plan did nothing
more than give the police a pay
raise"
The councilmen and Mr.. Irelan
emphasized that they are in
favor of police pay raises but
said they want the raises granted
legally.
The complicated dispute de.
veloped this way:
1. On December 20 the County
Council on Mr.. Reese's recon.
mendation authorized a "A in
stead of a 48-hour week for
policemen. The police continued
to work 48 hours weekly and Mr..
Reese okayed overtime pay for
the extra four hours.
2. On December 20 the Person.
mel Board asked Mr.. Irelan II
Manager Reese's action was
legal.
3. The attorney prepared a
memo saying the action was il.
legal. Twice in January he
showed the memo to Mr.. Reese
who, says Mr.. Irelan, scoffed,
You're wrong.
4. Between January n d
March % Mr.. Irelan conferred
with Mr.. Reese and the Person.
mel Board "in hopes Of working
the situation out legally"
5. On March % Mr.. Irelan gave
his formal opinion to the Person.
mel Board. The attorney adj
mitted to the council, Il suspect
/ made a mistake in holding my
opinion so long"
6. The battle was made public
Tuesday
Mr.. Reese contended, "The
policemen would work an actual
44-hour week If we could hire
additional men," He said appli-
cations for police positions are
"meager".
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Acc Office
Construction
Starts Soon

The Atomic Energy Commits.
sion will open bids on its new
10 million dollar Germantown
office building May 3. Construc.
ton will begin three TO four
weeks after the bids are received.
Completion is expected by late
1857.
In announcing the bid date, the
Acc revealed additional details
of the building which will be 10.
Gated at the intersection Of Route
119 and the New National Pike.
The building will accommodate
1000 workers. The main building
and auxiliary structures" will
contain 10000 square feet.
"Monolithic reinforced concrete"
will be used TO build the four
story-and- bascment structure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Late News Briefs

Hospital with a fractured leg and
cut eye.
John X. Foley, candidate for
the Democratic Congressional
nomination from MaryIand's
Sixth District, told a te'rvisiOn
audience last week, I'VE must
strike a fair balance between
our older and more experienced
leaders and us youngsters who
are eager to move forward AID
to inject new blood and new
IDEAS" Foley has been criti-
sized by his main primary OPP
pOnent, j. Grahame Walker,
for accepting the backing of tl-p
Montgomery County DemOcra.
tic organization.
James K. Crutchfield, 19-year
old colored youth, pleaded guilty
to breaking into the Rockville
Farmers Banking and Trust Com
pany three times during January
and was sentenced in Circuit
Court this week to Is months In
prison. Police say crutchfield en-
tered the bank January %, 26
and % and took a total of S64.50
Because of delayed steel ship.
ments Certified Builcrrs IncOr-
porated have been given an adj
ditiOnal 100 days TO complete
the new Silver Spring library.
The structure was originally
set for completion February /.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05

Juggling dollars ard cents" states
McKinsey. The individual school
budgets would not be presented
to the County Council as part OF
the operating budget request but
would be used by school finance
officials during the year ito as
sist in controlling costs"
Mr.. Benson says his monthly
financial statement, instituted in
October Of last year, accom-.
plishes the detectives Of McKin-
sey's proposed monthly budget
target for each school division.
Says Data Adequate
The present financial report
provides data for adequate cost
control" Mr.. Benson says" The
financial report will probably
eliminate overruns.' He hopes TO
wind up fiscal 1886 with about
$4,000 excess operating funds.
The financial report usually
runs about 10 pages. II shows in
detail the amount budgeted. com.
uncommitted, expended,
and unexpended for each Of the
school systems seven operating
divisions, The report also pro.
iects the figures so probable def.
Continued on Page ~
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Memo on McKinsey
BY Ronald II. Nessen
Staff Reporter

(This IL the fifth i'm a series
Of articles on McKinsey and
Co.'S recommendations for I'M
proving the administration Of
the Montgomery County school
system. the background on, and
the reactions to those recon-.
nlendations. This weeks arti.
Gle continues consideration Of
McKinsey's proposals in the
field Of school finance. Eds
Note)
The McKinsey Reports recon-
mendation that each school set
up its own yearly budget has met
with no favor.
State Superintendent Thomas
G.. Pullen, Jr.. states, u cannot
bring myself to agree with the
recommendation that every
school principal should have his
own budget. Some such arrange.
ment as this is necessary in those
states in which schools operate
on a district or single basis, but,
in my opinion. it would simply
be waste Of time and an added
burden to impose this require
ment upon principals"
School finance director Brian
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
WernerNOd
Given Slate
In Primary

Mrs. Stella B. Werner of Chevy
Chase, member of the Montgom-
cry County Council, this week
left her position in the wings and
stepped to the center of the po-
litical stage.
Mrs. Werner officially confirm
ed long-standing rumor: she is
actively working for the seven
member anti-organization slate Of
candidates to the state democratic
convention.
At the same time Mrs. Werner
refused to take ian active part"
in any of the other primary cam
paigns.
The slate backed by Mrs. Wer-
ner includes Richard Abel, Shir-
ley Barshay, Alice Hostetler,
James Mann, Frank Morris, Felix
Putterman, and Margaret
Schweinhaut.
Mrs. Werner calls the slate she
packs, "A group who show a will
ngness to let the Democratic
oarty grow and unity itself under
leadership capable of winning
statewide general elections"
In an obvious slap at the coun-
TVS regular Democratic organi-
zation, with which she has fire.
4uently tangled, Mrs. Werner
charges that the sixth Congress
sional district has not elected a
Democratic Congressman or
given support to a Democratic
candidate since 1910.
The anti-organization slate is
called Democrats for State Con-
vention." Mrs. Werner says the
slate was formed for the COM
mon purpose of electing a state
chairman Of the Democratic
party who will unity the Demo
Gratis of the state under our party
management and who will lead
Democrats to victory in the gen.
eral election"
The state convention slate
backed by the regular county
Democratic organization includes:
William \ F. Hickey, Ruth E.
Hayes, B. IL. McCeney, c. o. Bor-
deaux, JameS J. Welsh, John p.
Moore, and Frank Morris.
David Cahoon and Henry Graf
ton Doyle, Jr., are running un-
connected to any slate.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
MOreland Named
Maryland Library
Group President

George Moreland, Director of
the Montgomery County library
system, will be installed as presi-
dent of the Maryland Library AS
ISOLATION at the associations an
nual meeting April d and % in
Baltimore.
Mr.. Moreland succeeds Miss
Sue Graham, supervisor of school
libraries for the State Depart
ment of Education.
Mr.. Moreland will also sit on a
panel discussion the management
of the American Library Associa-
ton.
Guest speakers at the meeting
include author Mrs. Jean
Grambs and Viking Press presi-
dent Harold K. GuinZburg.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Planning Group
Discusses Parks

Mrs. Agnes Meyers and Homer
Holt will be the guest speakers at
tonights forum on regional parks
sponsored by the Montgomery
County Planning Association.
Mrs. Meyers was president of
the Westchester County, New
York, planning commission for
Is years. Mr.. Meyers is chair.
man of the board Of the Washing
ton Post.
Author and economist Hoyt
prepared an economic survey of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties several years ago.
Four other planning officials
will speak at the forum to be held
in the Jewish Community Center
on East-West Highway near
Meadowbrook at 8 pm.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
City Near
Annexation


With the final decision on Jo-
seph Geeraert's petition for an
nexation on Tuesdays agenda,
Rockville's mayor and council APP
pear to be ending this controversy
which has been hanging fire
since May, 1855.
The city officials had agreed
on February % to annex the 22O
acres south of Rockville on which
Mr.. Geeraert plans to build the
500-home Meadow Hall subdivi-
sion if he can get definite COM
mitment on water supply from
the Washington Suburban SAM
tary Commission.
Mr.. Geeraert reported to the
council this week that the WSSC
is ready to start construction of
a water main up Viers Mill Road
that will be ready to service the
area directly within five months.
The difficulties in annexing
here arose from legislation nipple
menting the home rule bill which
would keep the territory in the
coming and sanitation jurisdic-
ton of the Maryland National
Capital Parks and Planning Com
mission and the WSSC even after
annexation by the city.
With the water problem almost
solved, Mr.. Geeraert felt that any
differences with the city planner
or the planning commission on
the subdivision plat could be
worked out to mutual satisfac-
ton.
He also treasured the council
that he still intends to dedicate
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05

Judge John B. Diamond of the
Peoples Court, where traffic
cases are tried, says "When there
is a reasonable doubt, l must find
in favor of the defendant" He
says he is particularly cautious in
convicting alleged drunk drivers
because of the severe penalty.
Police Superintendent James S.
McAuliffe claims, There is no
hesitancy to make an arrest for
drunk driving when my men
think they can prove the charge"
The superintendent would, how.
ever, like to see two new laws
that he feels would improve traf-
fic law enforcement:
1. Policemen ought to be able
to arrest a driver when there is
is a reasonable cause to believe"
the driver has violated the traffic
law. At present a violation must
take place "in the officers pres
ence' before he can make an ar
rest.
2. Maryland ought to designate
the quantity of alcohol permitted
in drivers blood before he is le-
gally drunk and fought to provide
for chemical tests to determine
the alcohol in drivers blood.
Superintendent McAuliffe adj
mits that the police department
has slightly adjusted its proce-
dures for charging drunk drivers
after conference between police,
the states attorney, and the
Peoples Court judges. Col. Nc
Auliffe says the conference pro
duced a mutual understanding"
of the problems involved in con-
victing a driver for being drunk
at the wheel.
While emphasizing that the po-
lice and the courts have a com
mon goal of convicting drunk
drivers, Superintendent McAuliffe
suggests a more stern" attitude
from the courts.
Figures Reflect Caution
Police statistics for 1855 indi.
cate caution in bringing drunk
driving charges. Reports show
that 523 drivers involved in 1908
accidents had been drinking"
But only Sc were arrested on
charges of driving under the in.
fluence Of alcohol" Fifty-eight
were found guilty. Fifteen cases
were still pending when the sta
tistics were compiled.
Motorists not involved in acci.
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Mcpherson
Hits Prefab
School Use

An interested taxpayer of
Montgomery County, Maynard E.
Mcpherson, appeared before the
School Board Monday night to
protest the decision to use a pre-
fabricated building as an addition
to Viers Mill School.
Mr.. Mcpherson, whose slogan
is Standardization only with
equality and economy which he
feels does not apply to prefabs,
asked the board TO consider what
would happen to the county if it
had a 30-year bond issue on a
building with a life expectancy of
Is years.
He also asked the board to com
pare the prefab with a conven.
tienal school construction such as
Gaithersburg Elementary which
is still in use after AZ years. In
such a comparison he said, the
taxpayer would only be receiving
33 cents of value on every dollar
spent.
Mr.. Mcpherson, who is vice.
president of the B and M Weld
ing and Iron Works in Gathers.
burg, said that he knows there
are contractors and architects in
the county who would be willing
and financially able to defer pay.
ment on immediate construction
until the next budget year if the
board could solve the legal diff.
cultieS involved.
At the time of Mr.. Mcpherson S
appearance, the problem of an
addition of any kind to Viers Mill
this year was very much up in
the air due to lack of funds.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
G'b'u'lrgCets
NeWZoning
AppealUnit

The Gaithersburg mayor and
council appointed a new five-man
Board of zoning Appeals Monday
night. The former appeals board
resigned en- masse early in Febru.
airy after a feud with Mayor Mer.
ton Duvall.
Named to the new board were
Harry c. Perry, former Gathers
burg mayor. Charles K. Davies,
Jr, former Town Attorney; Ed
win r. 'Kinsey, ESQ station
OPERATOR Clinton v. Frey, Jr.,
surveyor; and Charles r. Walker,
realtor.s
Also at the, Monday night meet
ing a group of citizens complain
ed about a dirty, dusty" empty
lot on Brooks Avenue near Fred
erick Avenue. The lot adjoins
Mayor Duvalis print shop, the
Franklin Press.
Mrs. Norman Belt and DR.. and
Mrs, William c. Miller called the
lot IAN eyesore." They charged
that junked cars are parked on
the lot, it is strewn with beer and
whiskey containers, and "hotrod-
ders" use it for a raceway.
Miss Connie Field, owner OF
the Gather Theater which Dor
ders the lot, said she has tried to
buy it but found the price too
high.
The owners are repeatedly
Thomas Crown, Samuel Riggs,
and Glenwood King.
Mayor Duvall said he would
consact the owners and advise
them Of the complaints.
Also at the meeting, the mayor
and council decided to place a
two hour parking ban on the pub
lie parking lot at Diamond and
Summit Avenues. The lot, next
to the B & 0 station, is being
paved.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
PTA Chides
School Board
On Book Ban

Twinbrook PTA's executive
committee took the Montgomery
County School Board to task this
week for its January action ban.
ming the social science textbook
Social Living" by Paul Lands.
The board on March 10, in an
effort to answer the storm of
protest that arose in the county
following this action, voted an ex.
preston of confidence in the
county's teachers and the present
method of selecting textbooks
and stated that it had no inten-
ton of limiting study or discus
sion in the classrooms.
In a letter to board members
and superintendent Forbes Nor
ris dated March 30, George Dick
son, president of Twinbrook Ele.
mentary PTA, spoke for his COM
mittee.
The boards intentions were
never questioned, he said, and
his people had felt all along that
each member Of the board was
acting according to his con.
science"
But, he stated, this does not
answer the basic questions raised,
which according to the executive
committee are ''how much con-
troversial material shall be per-
mitted to be taught and to what
extent shall the board on the
basis of the political beliefs Of its
various members limit the teach
ers and other professional people
in what they teach and the tools
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Policemen Overtime Pay illegal
HeIan Says Manager
Acted Beyond POlUers

Montgomery County policemen have been illegally"
paid for four hours overtime work each week since Deem
Der L. County Attorney Charles NJ relan told the County
Council Tuesday For the past four months police pay has
been based 44hour week. though the actually work
48 hours They paid overtime for the extra four hours
County Manager Melvin L. Reese, who initiated the
overtime pay scheme told the council policemen might have
to refund their overtime pay since December have it
deducted from future paychecks He estimated the total
overtime pay from December to the end of the fiscal year
in June would be $4,000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
County Must
DecideROad's
ActuaOiUner

Who owns Stillwell Road be-
tween Greentree Road and Brad.
ley Boulevard in Bethesda? The
Montgomery County Council
must decide. And whichever way
it decides, there's going to be a
law suit.
Bethesda Country Club says it
owns half the road. Walter Har-
desty says he owns the road.
Nick Basiliko and Phil Jolles say
the County owns the road The
road Is narrow and paved only
with gravel.
Mr.. Basiliko and Mr.. Jolles
want a permit to pave Stillwell
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05

G. Sprigg Ward says he will
not seek reelection to the Gath
ersburg Town Council when his
term expires in May. MIR. Ward
has Ieen councilman eight
years. Previously Samuel
Briggs has announced he will
also retire from the Council at
the end of his present term in
May. Mayor Merton DuvalI,
whose term is also up this year,
has not reaclrd a decision on
seeking election again.
The Maryland Department OF
Geology, Mines, and Water Re.
souces holds a public hearing this
morning in Baltimore on the Pc.
tomac Electric Power Company's
request for permission to con
struct a dam on the Potomac
River below the Monocacy.
PEPCO plans to build a general
ing plant near the river close to
Dickerson..
The Montgomery County ii.
brary Association meets tonight
in Gaithersburg TO approve
long-rangc plan for library con.
structiOn.
An SS-year-old Silver Spring
man was struck by a pickup
truck while hitchhiking on Viers
Mill Road carly yesterday morn.
ing. The victim, Frank Sherrer,
is in fair condition at Suburban
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
$I7 Million
Budget Set
For Schools
BY Dorothy Walesi
Staff Reporter

Tomorrow the county manager
is exepcted to get the record
breaking SIT million-plus operat-
ing budget over which the Mont
gomery County School Board has
shaved for six work sessions in
the past two weeks.
The biggest addition was the
approximately one million dollars
for a teacher pay raise voted last
week, to be added to superinten-
dent Forbes Norris original $16.1
million requests.
Since then the board has Wran-
gled over textbooks, materials of
instruction, psychologists, cigar
cite urns, equipment for a cosme.
tology lab and industrial arts
courses, bus drivers pay raise,
and whether to offer the PTAs
10 or Is cents per card for a pre-
school census.
Board member Wylie w. Bar
row fought losing battle all
along the line to save the tax
registered protest in many in
stances by refusing to vote.
Recommendation Stand
In the end, the superintendent
recommendations were either ac-
cepted or raised in all but two
cases. The two deletions were
$36, $50 for compensation to var
sity coaches for extracurricular
work and $1,000 for the Washing
ton TV Association.
Increases granted went to the
Montgomery Junior College, up
ing its appropriation from $133,-
723 to $152,716; substitute teach.
ers to SIS day to total $195, 900;
bus drivers raise to cost S18,420
plus four new supervisors at an.
other $4,000; a 500 across-the.
board raise for janitors and Gus
todians; a lump sum raise to ad-
ministration clerks and stenog-
raphers; another psychologist at
$1,000 plus; 10 additional teachers
for grades one to six, costing at
least $4,000 under the new pay
scale; and $805 for audio-visual
equipment at Wheaton High
School.
Mr.. Barrow's strongest protest
was against the textbook appro-
priation of $331,814. The increase
of Sol, 100 over last year was
caused by the new minimum
standards accepted by the board
two months ago.
The watchdog of the taxpayers
interest, Mr.. Barrow, felt that
additional study should be given
to the new standards in view of
the fact that Montgomery's per
pupil cost of textbooks is more
than double that of surrounding
areas.
He was voted down on move
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-04-05
Social Service
Dinner on Tuesday

The Social Service League Of
Montgomery County will hold its
annual dinner meeting at Z pm.
Tuesday at the Washington Grove
Methodist Church. Miss Lavlnia
NJ. Engle, assistant to the com.
missioner of the Social Security
Administration, will speak.
Tickets, at 81 each, should be
reserved by noon tomorrow at
the league office, 101 S. Perry
Street Rockville, or by calling
20 1896.