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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
UNEQUAL REPRESENTATION

The Allied Civic Group may have point in contending
that Montgomery and other newly ossomed argepopula-
ton counties not adequately represented in the State
Legislature How to get the very Legislature they
claim is weighted against Montgomery to do something
about the alleged mspropotonae representation is going
to be quite task
In June of last year the Presidents Commission on
ntergovernmenta Relations reported Zone of the problems
of State egsates) is to maintain equitable system
representation In majority Of States ctydwelers out
number the citizens of rural Yet in most States the
rural voters overwhelmingly in control of legislative
house and overweghted if not dominant in the other
Clarke Fauver, ACC president, blames the rlralarea
dominance in the Legislature for the Montgomery County
delegations failure to always bring home the Bacon
In 1850 the membership of the House of Delegates
frozen 123 Each of the States % counties has Senator
and each of Baltmores legislative districts Senator
Mr. Fauver charges that Is Senators representing Coun
ties with only Is cent of the States population
majority in the upper house and that Delegates from 10
counties representing only % per cent of the States popu
ation majority in the lower chamber The ACC official
holds that the combined populations of IL countries
scented by II Senators and 81 Delegates equal to the
population of Montgomery County, represented by Sena
tor and six Delegates.
We can't agree that the Senate is dsproportonately
composed The principle behind all upper legislative bodies
is that its members represent Jurisdictions not population
For instance the United States Senate Rhode Island and
New York each have but two Senator's despite their popua
ton differentia
The situation in the House of Delegates could bear look
ing into though Does che membership freeze" that
counties whose populations looming by much
third onehaf year have hope of getting
Delegates? Will the predomnatey rural counties whose
populations remain stable continue to benefit from Delegate
distribution plan devised before the growth of large urban
areas?
While Annapolis is the breeding-place for the political
maneuver known Understanding doubt that
the best deaaker talk the dominate counties into
reagnng the House of Delegates representation
Equitable basis The rural counties the drivers seat
they know it, and they don't want to get out
Anyhow it's much too late to do anything about dspro
poronate representation by the opening of this Legislative
session next week
Meanwhile suggest that the Allied Civic Group or
some other citizens association undertake project
Thorough study of the representation problem With all the
facts and background in hand and with legal advice, the
group could then propose positive steps for giving Mont
gomery County residents their proper representation in
Annapolis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

would not destroy the public
school system.
IntegratiOnists Attacked
Herbert Mertz, Silver Spring,
Maryland Petition Committee
chairman, charged that those
who work for Indignation work
with Communism" He said that
MarXism and Communism are for
extinction of the races. Mr..
Mertz charged that indignation
means extinction and amalgama.
ton"
Mr.. Mertz stated, when you
get down to the bottom of it int.
grationists would not want their
children to marry Negro
Mr. Mertz defended the segre-
gationists as being tolerant" He
said they were tolerant of the
Negroes homes, schools, restau-
rants, etc. He said that integra-
tionists were "intolerant" of the
white mans right to have his own
culture. Mr.. Mertz said the
groups desire to preserve segre-
cation does not mean hatred for
the Negro.
The meeting was opened by a
prayer asking Gods blessings "as
we meet to protect our rights as
creatures of Thy making and as
citizens of this State and this ma
ton"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

aimed at relieving the property
tax was the one authorizing the
County Council to levy a cigar
cite tax, which would presum-
ably be at the same rate as the
cigarette tax now in effect in
the District of Columbia. There
is a good chance that we will not
succeed in overriding this veto,
because all of the legislators from
the tobacco-producing counties
will automatically vote against
us. If that happens, we will re-
enact the bill in 1857 and make
it stick.
Two of our Park and Planning
Commission bills were vetoed ap-
parently as matter of partisan
politics, although the reorganiza-
ton bill specifically permitted the
incumbent Commissioners to fill
out their unexpired terms. In any
event, there is no need to argue
about it because this bill has a
fatal defect, in the opinion of
Attorney-General Sybert. The
Senate Journal shows that it
blouse Bill 505) passed two read
ingS in the Senate on the same
legislative day without the neces-
sary suspension of rules.
If this isn't the grandfather of
all technicalities, l don't know
what is. Senator Wheatley Cd,
Prince Georges, who was han
ding the bill on the floor, is one
of the Senate's most meticulous
operators. He thinks that he did
have the rules suspended and
that the error is in the Journal.
Mr. Sybert, however, says that
the courts would have to be
guided by the printed record.
All of this means that the Park
and Planning Commissioners will
continue to be appointed by the
Governor until next year and
that Montgomery County will
continue to be split into two sep
arate planning Jurisdictions.
Governor McKeldin also vetoed
my bill about farm assessments,
which would have provided that
land in active agricultural use
be assessed as such and not as
if it were subdivided or on any
other basis. The intent of the bill
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

which may be followed by a
short special session in March
with very restricted agenda)
The first thing on the bill of
fare next week will be considera.
ton of the 60 bills that the Gov
ernor vetoed after the adjourn
ment of the 1855 session. Under
a fairly new provision of our
Constitution, the legislature gets
the final Whack at vetoed bills
and can override the veto If
threefifthS of all the members
of both houses see fit to do so.
OF course, many of the bills
were vetoed because of technical
flaws, and the governors action
will be sustained as a matter of
course. Many others were vetoed
simply because the Governor did
not see eye to eye with the leg
islature, and these will be the
subject of land and loud contro-
versy at Annapolis.
Probably the most celebrated
veto is the one that was hung
on Senate Bill $40, which would
increase State aid for school con-
struction by $40 per pupil per
year. The main purpose of the
measure is to take some of the
burden off of the local property
tax, which is used to amortiZe
county bond issues, and place it
on the wider variety of revenue
sources that are available to the
State.
If this veto is overriden, Mont
gomery County, which now gets
the majestic sum of about $50.
600 per year from the State for
school construction, will get an
additional annual contribution of
about $475,000. And, for once,
there will be no discrimination
against Montgomery County be-
cause of its fat tax base. The in.
creased aid is based on population
only. l intend to vote to override
the veto, and l think all of the
other legislators from Montgon.
cry and Prince Georges Counties
will do the same.
Another vetoed bill that was
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

requisites for the groups. Appli-
cants are accepted in order of
registration until groups are fill
ed. Discussions are based upon
brief weekly readings, with two
leaders conducting each group.
Fees are $40 for an individual,
SIS for a married couple. Regis
tration blanks are available at
any Montgomery County or
Washington library.
Sponsors in the Washington
area include American Universe.
ty, Howard University, the Social
Action Committee of the Christ
Congregational Church of Silver
Spring, the Jewish Community
Center Of Washington. and the
Unitarian Church of Montgom.
cry County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
Think Well See
Any Good Deeds?

County Manager NJ. L. Reese
and the seven County Coun.
cilmen even Mrs. Stella
Werner - are sporting Bow
Scout pins! The salons were
gifted by area Scouts and
Cubs in a ceremony before
Tuesdays council meeting.
The pins were distributed as
part of the boy Scout Week"
celebration February 6 to IL.
Council President Robert
Snure advised the lads, 1--WE
are proud to wear your pins"
Making the presentation
were Richard Hughes, an Eek.
plorer Scout in Troop AL; Art
Sellers, also OF Troop 447;
Parlette Moore, a Scout in
Troop Sal; Clarence Hebron. a
Cub Scout in Pack sal; and
Kurt Schork, a Cub Scout in
Pack 4S2.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
The Letter Box

Editor:
The County Council for Mont
gomery County appreciates the
splendid cooperation it has re-
ceived from your newspaper, the
Montgomery County Sentinel, in
publicizing the recent council
sponsored Commercial and In
dustrial Conference held at the
Manor Country Club. The coun-
Gil was gratified to find the in
terest shown in the conference
and attributes much of its sue
cess to the excellent press cover
age which was received.
Again, many thanks for your
cooperation.
Very truly yours,
Robert T, Snure, President
County Council for Mont
gomery County. Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
Segregation

Continued from Page II
sonic Hall is not usually lent fol
public gatherings.
Mr.. Prettyman says that some
members of the Library Associa
ton, believing that R. f. l.. Smith
Jr., of Kensington, a Mason, "just
wanted to have some of his friends
lin," granted him use of the hall
Saturday. when the whole as
ISOLATION found out it was to be a
public meeting" states Mr.. Pretty
man, "they decided not to allow
them to use the hall"
r. f. L. Smith, Jr., is father OF
Elgar Smith, secretary of the
Maryland Petition Committee.
Defiance Urged
Petition Committee membership
chairman Everett Severe of Ken
sington told the meeting, 1--WE are
suggesting defiance of the Su-
preme Court decision, which, if
done in an orderly way, is our
legal right" Members were
urged to:
l. Vote for Baltimore lawyer
George Williams, seeking the
Democratic Senate nomination on
platform of segregation.
2. Write letters to State Legisla-
tors stating, 1--WE want a Gray
Plan for Maryland"
3. Stand up and challenge
anyone who uses the word dis
elimination ain a slurring way
against YOU"
Mr.. Severe said 1T is not be.
You'd the realm of possibility that
we will get out and picket. That
is dramatic way of demanding
your rights"
Mr.. Severe urged speedy action
by the Petition Committee, stat
ing, 1--WE have it on good author
ity that all Montgomery County
schools will be integrated in the
fall" He said, at is easier to
keep what you have than to win
back what you have lost"
Mr.. Severe charged that at the
last legislature session, the Com
mitee on Education refused to
act on bills prepared by one group,
representing $4,000 people" The
membership chairman stated that
petition urging segregation had
been signed by $4,000 people in
Maryland, $50 to SIS percent OF
those approached" Some Negroes
signed the petition, he said.
Earlier, in explaining the Com.
ittee-backed legislation that
would keep Maryland schools
segregated, Mr.. Furniss said,
"The State and County would
each contribute money to children
who do not want to attend an int
grated school," He said the State
would contribute 500 annually
per child and the County coulc
decide on its own contribution
'The plan is clearly constitu
tional," stated Mr.. Furniss, "an6
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Johns

working and l guess in a way
I'm real farmer at heart
Joe and Idella once again prove
what | have been saying in my
column for the past few weeks.
It's the people over 60 who de-
serve a lot of credit but who are
all too often forgotten by the
younger generation. 1t is a real
pleasure to nominate them to my
Sixty Club.
I want to thank those of you
who have given me your COM
ments on my Sixty Club. l hope
that you will take time out to
tell me of some good Montgom-
cry County citizen who deserves
to belong to this select group.
Just write to me, in care of the
Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
World Politics
Groups Form

Seven world politics discussion
groups. TO meet in Silver Spring,
Bethesda and Takoma Park, are
now being organized and will
start their 10.session course the
last week in February.
Basic political and philosophi-
cal concepts and their application
TO current world problems will be
discussed. Sample topics are
what causes war. what are the
essential differences between de-
rnocracy and communism, and
how are domestic and foreign
policies related.
: There are no educational pre-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
Beautiful Lights

Editor:
Beautiful Lights
The beautiful lights do no harm
They help to keep our hearts
warm
They make night more like day
And speed the weary worker on
his way
AS they are, please let them stay.
Beautiful lights.
They are not to blame
ITO complain is an awful shame
Use a screen. pull a shade
The lights will not then invade
JAS they are. please let them stay.
Beautiful lights
This attempt at verse was
made by an old person so years
old. ] hope you have room for
at least part of the appeal
With best wishes.
Name Withheld Upon Request
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

the legislature
will be back in
business for
another SEES
sion.
The 1856
proceedings at
Annapolis will
be limited to a
30-day regular
session. with a
+ e S t r i C t.
ed agenda),
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

Listen to Brooke Johns eUery
morning Monday through Fri
day at 9:05 q. m. and Sdtur-
days at 900 q. M. OUer WIDOW
and WASH-FM on the Brooke
Johns Shot0 broadcast direct
from the Brooke Manor Farms
Country Club.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26

phrase. His name
is Joe Mammele,
and I'm nominal
ing him for my
Sixty Club.
Joe is now six
ty-eight years
old, and has been
working hard for
most of those
years. And he
loves it, and he
assures me that
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assures me that MR.. JOHNS
it never has hurt him.
Joe and his lovely wife Idells
live in Norbeck, in a pretty We
unpretentious little home over
looking Montgomery County
from high hill They moved
to the County in 1888, and have
made this their home ever since
Joe was born in Wilmington
Delaware, on December z, 1883
Idella Vandergrift was born or
farm in Cecil County in 1889.
1della was next to the young
est of eleven children who were
all raised and educated in Elktor
schools. 1--WE were taught tc
harness our horse and drive Is
miles from our home to school
in all kinds of weather." she re-
calls.
They met in Wilmington
and in very interesting way.
Idella says, "Joe had date with
my sister, and at the last min
ute she couldn't go, so 1 went in
her place. 1t was what you
might call blind date But you
couldn't call it love at first sight.
We were married three years lat
err, on November %, 1911"
Joe was in the provision bust
ness with his father. The Nam
mele name was associated with
the meat packing industry in Will
mington for IS years. After the
death of his father in 1924 Joe
sold his interests.
The farm they moved to in 1884
has quite a history. There are
a number of springs on it, and
the story is that Union soldiers
during the Civil War stopped
there to fill their canteens and
to rest.
1--WE love Montgomery County
and wouldn't live any place else"
says Joe. "Our home is always
the center of a lot of activity.
Our daughter, Anita, and her hus-
band, Ralph Retler, live nearby,
with their two children, Jo-Ann
aged 10 and Janice aged d."
Joe now works for the L. S.
Briggs & Company in Washing
ton. He is always the first man
on the road in the morning head
ing down Georgia Avenue on his
way to work, and neighbors set
their clocks by him. He has
worked for Briggs for the past
"a years.
Until recently, Joe had the old
est COW in Montgomery County.
Her name was Bessie, and he
bought her in 1884. One of the
regular morning routines was to
milk her before heading for work.
Although Joe is certain to be
classified as a gentleman farmer
he takes great pleasure in look
ing after his farm land. He and
Idella keep active in the affairs
of Norbeck and Montgomery
County.
They had a slight mishap at
Christmas time. Idella was reach
ing for a pan high on a shelf in
her kitchen to roast the turkey.
She fell off the ladder and hurt
her back. That's what 1 call true
love! They have been married
for As years and she is still falling
for him. I'm happy to say that
she is well now and I trust they
have moved the pan to a lower
level.
Joe is one of the foremost au-
thorities on pork products. He
loves his work and the people
down at Briggs count him as one
of their most important employ.
eeS.
Il love getting up early in the
morning" Joe says, you have
never seen how beautiful Mont.
gomery County is until you have
seen the morning sun coming
over the hill. A lot of my friends
have asked me how l can continue
to get up so early, but l enjoy
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-Nings-
| RENEE BER

Hard work never hurt any
man."
think 1 must know the man
who wrote that we'll known little
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-01-26
BLAIR LEEE, III
CHAIRMAN
Montgomery County Delegation
Reports on the
MoFyIcnd General Assembly

Next Wednesday at high noon
the gavels will bang on the ros-
trums of the Maryland Senate
and the House of Delegates, and
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Evening star., 1956-12-13
HOLLY WOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
Stars Want More Money

HOLLYWOOD (NANA) Rob
ert Mitchum and Rita HaywOrth
are battling with Warwick Pro-
ductions, claiming they have not
received all the money due from
Fire Down Below" There's even
threat of a lawsuit. Helen
Hayes has finally written her
life story. in conjunction with
Nanette Kutner. Helen touches
on the Hollywood phase of her
career that began with The Sin
of Madelon Claudet" in the early
l930s and concluded with the
winning of an Oscar for Fare
well to Arms"
Judy Holiday and Sidney
Chaplin are hearing bellS-and
not just those in their Broadway
hit. THE Bells Are Ringing" It
was Judy who helped young Sid
get the job and subsequent ac-
claim as her leading man. +.
Shirley Jones was thumbed down
by ROssanO Brazil for his lead
ing lady in South Pacific
Evening star., 1956-12-13
THE PASSING SHOW
THE PASSING SHOW
'Odongo' With All O's
Long, Reviews Self
BY JAY CARMODY

Rhonda Fleming, had been in her high school class
would have had vote the girl likely turn up in the
African bush.
Well in "Odongo" at the Trans-Lux, Rhonda pre-
tending to be veterinarian with African practice
would be the Of tenant of 1850
Evening star., 1956-12-13

mature enough. he said. But goth
Century-Fox was ready to team
her with James Cagney in a dra-
matte part in THE Wedding
Clock" They couldn't get Gag
Iney. so the picture is off the
studio schedule.
4
Rod Steiger's trip to England
in January will start the Diana
DOrS rumors again. But Rod will
be in England to star in Across
The Bridge" for producer John
Stafford. while Diana is Jolly
well reconciled with Dennis
Hamilton. Look for more
Hollywood pictures to be made
See GRAHAM, Page B-21
Evening star., 1956-12-13
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
Arena Theater - "Tartuffe.
$50 pm.
Catholic University-Aeschy
lies "Oresteia $3.50 pm.
National = THE Lark; 8:3C
pm.
Shubert-"Protective Custody,
$50 pm.
TheaterS
Ambassador - Giant: lis
$50 and $3.50 pm.
Capitol julie; IL. 2:3O
Ass, 7:25 and $50 pm.
COlOny-"The Prisoner; $50
and 9:40 pm.
COlumbia-"Flight to Hong
Kong; 11:15 am. 1;55. 4:45
1885 and 1925 pm.
DupOnt-"Secrets Of Life; /
ESQ, 4:40. $50, 500 and 1910
pm.
kelth'S-The Ten Command
ments"; 2 and 8 pm.
Macarthur - Wee Geordie";,
6, 7::55 and $50 pm.
MetrOpOlitan-"Giant";; l0:45
am, 2:10. $40 and 9:10 pm.
OntariO-"Friendly Persua-
SION; l:25. 4:10. 6:55 and 9:4C
pm.
Palace-"You Can't Run Away
From IT,; 11:40 am. lao. $40
$40. 7:45 and 9:45 pm.
PlayhOuse-"Fantasia";; 10:45
am, 1855. $40. $50. 7:35 and
$50 pm.
Plaza-"Lady Chatterly's
Lover; 1918. 2:l5, AIS, 6:15
BIS and 10:15 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Odongo": 1l:2C
am. los. $50. 4:35. 6:25, $40
and 9:55 pm.
UptOwn-"Oklahoma!"; 2 anc
$3.50 pm.
Warner-"Cinerama Holiday,
730 and $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1956-12-13

only, of course, since Miss Flem-
ing'S patterns are true balloons,
etc.
Considering the quirks that
govern Hollywood's use of red
heads. it really is not surprising
TO see Miss Fleming in what
must have been quite a style
show for the Mau Mau. Never
theless. it remains the most
original idea Of the Columbia
f1lm which is something of a
natural for the pre-Christmas
season when almost no one is
looking.
A listless glance at the credits
Of the Trans-Lux exhibit sug-
gests there was a novel called
"Odongo" before there was a
picture. The book apparently
was about a small native lad
who loved animals. With Miss
Fleming and Macdonald Carey
around. however. Columbia was
not going to waste its time and
film on any African tyke'S af-
lection for animals.
The studio does not altogether
treat the boy as If he were a
nuisance but the cameras pay
much more attention to the
vulnerability of Miss Fleming
and Carey to the seductive mys-
teriousness of Africa's climate.
That old dark magic, you know.
1t works for them. however, in
an emphatically inverse ratio to
its effect upon. 80
Pronounce the word "Odongo"
with the middle 20" as the basic,
or long, vowel and it becomes a
one-word review Of the picture.
CLOSING NOTICE: "Protec-
tive Custody" starring Faye
Emerson at the Shubert, will
close on Saturday night, can
ceiling it's second week booking
here and Surrendering its New
York theater lease.
It's merits, a doughty per-
formance by Miss Emerson. and
a mechanically impressive set by
Peter Larkin. were deemed out
weighed by its melancholy
BRAIN washing theme.
SPANISHLY SPEAKING: Paul
w. Murphy, chief of protocol.
organization Of American States.
comes up with startling statis-
tic in a letter of praise for
Washington Internationa! Thea