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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08

The Montgomery County Coun.
Gil and the county chapter of the
Maryland Municipal League dis.
cussed the touchy subject of mu.
nicipal annexation and five other
topics at a joint meeting in Rock.
vile last Thursday. Representa-.
tives of Washington Grove, Glen
Echo, Poolesville. Kensington,
Gaithersburg, and Rockville met
with the council.
Only Rockville and Gathers.
burg indicated that it had future
annexation plans. Rockvilles
Mayor Dickran Y. Hovsepian
stated, 1--WE can annex if we wish
without council approval" He
explained, however. that the
County Council and the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission would have to
amend their boundaries so that
Rockville could exercise planning
and coming powers within the an.
nexed tract.
Mayor Hovsepian denied Coun.
Gilman Charles Jamison's conten-
@tion that many land owners seek
to have their tracts brought with
in Incorporated towns because
regulations are less stringent in
municipalities. The mayor held
that the attractions" of munici.
pallties are sewer and water serv.
ices, not always available in the
County.
Councilman Jamison said that
municipalities should prepare
plans showing their probable ulti.
mate limits.
County Manager NJ. L. Reese
charged that state revenues are
being distributed TO counties and
municipalities in Maryland on the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
County, Municipal League
Discuss Mutual Problems

basis of outdated census figures
and ridiculous formulas" He
said Montgomery and Baltimore
counties, which have grown
greatly since the last census in
1850, are not receiving their fair
share of state revenues.
Mayor Hovsepian stated that
the Municipal League will submit
legislation to the state legislature
in 1857 to correct inequitable state
fund distribution. He admitted
that some municipalities whose
populations have remained stable
or. grown only slightly may re-
ceive a smaller share of state rev.
enues than they do now if new
distribution method is employed.
Kensington Mayor Dr. Lewis
Marian told the council that he
is afraid too much land in Ken.
sington is being zoned CONNER.
cial. He said developers apply for
new commercial classifications to
escape paying higher land prices
for the unused already CONNER.
cially-zoned tracts.
He asked that so council vote
be required to rezone tract con-
trary to the master plan for any
municipality.
Also discussed at last Thurs
days meeting were library serv-
ice, extension of the county build.
ing code to the up.county and
county-municipality fiscal rela.
tons.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
Indignation
Continued from page y

Continued from page II
Education employees shall be ac
complished at the same time as
the Indignation of pupils.
Employment and placement OF
all personnel shall be based or
relative merit established by per
sonal and professional qualifica
tons for the requirements of any
particular vacancy"
The next time this policy state
ment was brought to the atten,
ton of the public was in July
when DR.. Norris recommended
that Mrs. Margaret Taylor Jones,
supervisor of the eight Negro
elementary schools in the county
since 1851 and principal of Rock.
ville's Negro Rock Terrace Ele.
mentary School, be appointed
full-time principal of the Rock.
vile School as a result of the
closing of four Negro sub.
standard schools.
At that time, board member
Rose Kramer stated that Norris
proposal was a contradiction of
the boards policy that teacher
personnel matters be decided con
relative merit established by per.
sonal and professional qualifica-
TONS"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08


then blithely voted in favor of
the pay raise. The senate prop
erly killed the pay raise bill.
Since neither program was to
take effect until year from next
July, no vital time has been lost.
This problem can be studied dur
ing the summer and returned to
the legislature next January.
Then came the bill for state
seizure of the strike-bound Balti-
more Transit Co. and compulsory
arbitration of the dispute between
labor and management. The bill
had been vigorously opposed by
both labor and management and
all the other utility lobbyists as
well.
No one is happy about the idea
of (a) government seizure of pri-
vate property or (b) government
interference in the normal pro-
cesses of collective bargaining.
But when the people are deprived
of vital utility by the mulish
arrogance of both parties to a
labor dispute, the time for aban-
doning theories and taking drastic
action must inevitably come.
The seizure bill was first de-
feated and then, on the following
night, it was reconsidered and
finally passed after a marathon
of speech-making and soul-search-
ing. Charley Woodward and l
voted for it; Peggy Schweinhaut
and Billy Wheeler voted against
it, and Warren Browning and Gil
bert Guide were absent.
The last big pressure effort was
the veterans bonus bill, which
would have put the state in hook
to the tune of $90,000,000, with
amortization of the debt through
an increase of the sales tax of
from per cent to 3 per cent. The
Montgomery delegation voted
solidly against it, but the bill pass
ed the house just the same. For
tunately, it was killed in the SEN
ate, while another bonus bill
which had passed the senate was
killed in the house.
So you see that l had a rousing
week and, during the course of
it, managed to outrage practically
every big pressure group in the
state. Well, who wants to live
forever?
spent a good bit of time dur.
ing the last week of the session
on the joint subcommittee dealing
with the race track bill. BY add
ing four extra days of racing to
each of the mile tracks and by
making the tax increase effective
Immediately rather than on July
l, we managed to scrape up
enough money to start the new
incentive fund bill (Senate Bill
340) working earlier than had
been expected.
AS a result, each county will
receive half of its new incentive
fund money in fiscal year 1857,
rather than none at all. Of
course, they will get the full
amount in F. Y. 1858 and there
after. This means that Montgom-
cry County will get an additional
$260,000 in state aid for school
construction or debt service dur
ing the coming fiscal year. Every
little bit helps keep the local prop.
erty tax under control.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
County Will .
Continued from page l

continued from page u
and Prince Georges County now.
Manager Reese said the survey
would point the way to industrial
and commercial expansion to in
crease the County's taxable base
during the coming period of ex-
pensive secondary school con-
Struction.
County Manager Reese told the
council Tuesday that the County
Attorneys office is deciding
whether or not the county can
accept for maintenance roads in
Eugene Casey's Rosemont sub
division which do not meet
county standards.
Mr.. Casey says he built the
roads to Gaithersburg standards,
believing the subdivision was
within the towns boundaries.
Mr.. Reese says the roads have
been improved but still don't
comply with the county's subdivi-
sion regulations and road code.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08

make the House
of Delegates face
the realities OF
life by voting a
tax prog r a m
along with the
salary increase
program, but nc
such luck. In
one of its more
idiotic moods,
the house reject.
ed the taxes and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
Miss KInsley Honored

Beverly Kinsley of olney, a
student at Huntington College,
Montgomery, Ala, has been nam
ed TO the first semester honor roll
az that school.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
McKinsey .

N1OHllnueQ from page u
derstanding that the external APP
pearances of prefabricated struc.
lures are entirely satisfactory and
the internal decor is quite consist.
ent with the high standards estab.
lished in Montgomery County"
In a formal reply to the con.
struction recommendations Of the
Mckinsey report, the Potomac
Valley Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects states, "A
recent report in the American
School Board Journal indicated
that they (prefab schools) cost
$1S,400 per classroom not com.
plete, while the average Mont
gomery County school cost is ap-
proximately $4,000 per class
room. High shop" labor wages
and shipping expenses are gener-
ally blamed for the prefabs' rela-
lively high cost.
The claimed two to three
months construction time for a
prefab school lis not the case"
say the architects.
Some members of the building
trade bemoan the fact that money
spent on prefab schools "goes out
of the county, National Homes
factory is in Indiana.
One architect says he would
forfeit his fee and would get a
contractor to do the same if they
could not build a conventional
school as fast as a prefab. Some
builders feel they could erect
schools more quickly if the time
between bid acceptance and con.
thanksgiving were shortened. A
representative of the Masonry In
stitute holds that if school plans
were repeated and architects
were given more control over ma
terial selection, conventional
schools could be built as quickly
as prefabs. An architect and en-.
gineer are necessary for a prefab
school.
Inside Staff Hit
Private architects have bristled
at the McKinsev suggestion that
the Board of Education hire it's
own architectural staff. Private
architects are paid six percent of
construction cost for their serv-
ices, which include design, draw
ings, and supervision. Architects
who design a school are usually
assigned the job of designing flu
ture additions.
The area ALA chapter holds,
There is not a single case on rec
ord where actual experience has
proved that an architectural bu-
reau is more economical than nri-
vate architectural services" The
architects state that New York
CITY found its internal architec-
tural staff costing 1S to 20 per.
cent of construction prices and
that the federal government
found its internal architectural
offices costing Is TO 25 percent of
construction costs.
The architects charge, "The
governmental architectural Of
flee blocks the normal and heal.
thv connection anone members
of the architectural profession for
hieher and HIGHER standards ot
excellence and economy Of de-
sign and offers no incentive for
Research, experiment. and other
activities to advance the art
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-03-08
Statements Qualified

In September, DIR. Norris, in
answer to a previous letter of the
NAACP, qualified this statement
on personnel with the addition,
However the judgment of the
school administration shall be
the deciding factor.
In celebrating on this point, DR..
Norris went on to say that
"Other items to be considered
are the degree and caliber of
service required by the school
system and the prospects of sue
cess faced by the candidate. AS
with the pupils, so with other per.
sonnet, it is a wise policy to place
individuals in situations where
they will have a reasonable
chance to succeed"
Although the board has heard
expressions of opinion on this
issue from many county groups
since then and held two public
hearings, first in November and
then in December, it has taken
no further action nor issued any
clarifying policy statements.
AT the November hearing,
Charles A. Horsky, chairman of
an unofficial clearing house"
group on indignation matters in
the county, asked How many
Negro teachers, with both de.
grees and experience, have APP.
piled for teaching positions, who
have not been employed, although
there have been a considerable
number of white teachers EN-.
ployed this year who have neither
college degrees nor previous
teaching experience?"
Placement Questioned
The February % letter from
the NAACP released this week
asks why this question has not
been answered. The Montgom,
cry County chapter also wants
to know "why no Negro teachers
have been placed in secondary
integrated schools and why Lin,
coin Junior High has not been
closed?" This school has been
declared substandard.
The letter also questions why
305 out of the $50 students at
Rock Terrace are being trans.
ported a total of 305 miles to
school.
Included with the letter are
statistics on the distances to the
10 communities from which Rock
Terrace pupils are drawn and
the number of pupils who travel
these distances each day.
The greatest distance is the 16
miles that four children from
Spencerville travel; others are:
80 pupils travel 10 miles from
Seneca; six travel 10 miles from
North Chevy Chase; four travel
10 miles from Silver Spring; two
travel II miles from clarksburg;
one travels 10 miles from Ger.
mantown; five travel II miles
from Bethesda; 10 travel eight
miles from Norwood; and AZ
from Jamestown come seven
miles.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
Stevenson Goes on Record as
 Differing With Truman on Hiss Case

ing that he passed government secrets to a Soviet spy ring.
 Stevenson also said he would not have called Republicans "le- gal racketeers," as Truman did, but that he fully agreed with the point he thought Truman was making.
 In Kansas City, Truman de- clined comment on the news con- ference remarks.
 Stevenson's running mate, Sen. Estes Kefauver, also fielded the Hiss question in news confer ence in Madison, Wis, Monday. His reply:
 "I agree the verdict in the Hiss case is justified by the evidence. It showed that Hiss was not loyal to his country"
 Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall, Nixon, and other COP speakers have been prod ding Stevenson for comment on Truman's stand on the Hiss case.
 Stevenson said this puts them "back on the same low road' travelled during the 1854 congress sional campaigns.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
Town Has No Phone Service During Strike

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, R-This Ohio River town of about 40,000 people was without telephone ser vice today. All calls going in and out of the city, as well as intra- city calls, were suspended after incidents of violence in two month-long phone strike.
 Police Chief Hugh Rudity de- elared an emergency. He ordered all police personnel and auxiliar- ies to report for duty.
 A local "hot rod" club organ ized it's members to act as eouriers for hospitals in the area.
 Telegrams were the only means by which residents of this south ern Ohio community could com municate with friends or relatives outside the city.
 The struck Ohio Consolidated IelepnOne 10. closed US excnanS- es in Portsmouth and in Scioto- vile, a small village near here, last night. The company president said the action was taken after an attack earlier yesterday on five supervisors who were repairing cables in the Sciotoville area.
 The five employees needed hos pital treatment.
 The strike by approximately 500 operators and service person nel began when representatives of the company and Communica- tions Workers of America were unable to agree upon a new con tract.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
By the Associated Press

Vice President Nixon said yes- terday the Eisenhower Adminis- tration "offers the best hope for peace without surrender" and deserves a vote of confidence" for its accomplishments in the past four years.
 Nixon addressed a noon meet ing in Indianapolis, the first stop in his l5,000-mile campaign trip thru 32 states. It marked the be- ginning of an intensified Repubii can presidential campaign.
 In his prepared remarks, Nixon said Eisenhower has " cleaned up the mess he found, has not al- lowed another to be made, and will continue to maintain stan dards that will make every Amer ican proud of his government ]"
 Nixon pounded the "peace, progress and prosperity" theme of the Republican campaign.
 Truth Is Sufficient
 At Washington, President Els enhower told Republican cam paigners that they need only to tell the truth about his admins tration to win the election.
 Eisenhower spoke at a sendoff breakfast for Nixon and other Republican leaders setting out on campaign tours.
 The President told the COP members he does not claim per lection for his administration. But he said where it has failed it is not from lack of trying.
 Sen. Knowland R-Cali0, one of the COP spokesmen leaving on campaign tours yesterday, said he plans to discuss both Alger Hiss and Communists in govern mentp during the campaign whenever I think it is pertinent"
 Knowland Sees Close Election
 Knowland told reporters he ex- poets a vigorous campaign and close election, with Eisenhower winning. He said he doubts either party will emerge with more than a two-seat margin in the Senate.
 Present divisions are 231-201 for the Democrats in the House,
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
,BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,

Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson used a Washing ton news conference Monday to disassociate himself from a cou- pie of statements by former Presi- dent Harry Truman. Then he went on to praise Truman as an asset to the Democratic campaign.
 Stevenson said he "never doubt ed" the jury verdict that convict ed Alger Hiss. If this puts him at odds with Truman, he went on, that is where the record must lie, must rest"
 Truman said recently he did not believe Hiss, a former State Department official, was Com munist spy. Hiss served a federal prison term for perjury in deny
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
THRIFT'S BIRTHDAY
Seattle Post Intelligencer)

This is anniversary year of which thrift is the birthday cake and security it's candles Its celebrators millions of Americans in every conceivable patton, in every economic and social level They are the investors in Series E and H Savings Bonds.
 Fifteen years ago. in 1941, the US Treasury Department tentatively began a program to raise money for national defense and as brake against imitation by borrowing from many persons pos sibe This the birth of the Series Bonds It was the birth also of what to become the largest thrift program of all time
 Treasury officials are human, to the trary notwithstanding, and none among them could have foreseen even dreamed of, 15 years ago. the incredible growth of the Savings Bond idea until today it has become integral part of the American way of life.
 According to Secretary of the Treasury George M Humphrey more than 40 million Americans today own more than $40 billion in Series and H Bonds the latter being added to the thrift program in 1852 And of these bond owners than eight million sav ing more than $160 million month thru the payroll savings plan by means of the patriotic cooperation o the huge corporations the small businesses where they work and of organized labor as friendly and persuasive associate.
 It was to be expected in the fervor of the World War II years that great many Americans would buy savings bonds and great many did But when the war was over and the fervor gone they kept on buying themthat is the astonishing thing, and that IS the astounding commonplace these millions of Americans are celebrating this year.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
Dodgers Shook By Severe Case of 9th-Inning Jitters

BROOKLYN, R- The Brook lyn Dodgers appear to have come up with severe case of ninth inning jitters.
 Three days in succession the Brooks have run afoul of this strange malady. But the third time it proved fatal.
 As a result, the Dodgers saw a seemingly 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals last night turned into a 6-5s setback. It was a bitter defeat to swallow because of Milwaukee's GA vic tory in Pittsburgh that narrowed Brooklyn's first place margin to one percentage point over the Braves.
 "We just can't seem to get past that ninth inning without some thing happening to us," said Dodger manager Walter Aston dolefully.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
Station KFQD Sold to New Anchorage Firm

ANCHORAGE, William J. Wagner, president of the Alaska Broadcasting Co, announced yes terday the sale of Station KFQD to Anchorage Broadcasters, Inc, a new corporation composed of eight Anchorage stockholders.
 The sale of KFQD, Alaska's first commercial station started in 1924, is subject to approval by the Federal Communications Commission.
 Members of the new corpora ton include five local business and professional men and three longtime employees of the ABC.
 Among the ABC stockholders are Frank Reed, leader in An chorage community affairs, Ken Sheppard, general manager of Alaska Concrete Products O., and Claude Bentz, director of the Anchorage Chamber of Com merce.
 Wagner said KFQD will remain an affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System and will also emphasize service to the cornmu- nifty.
 Wagner, a resident of the terri tory for over 50 years and the territory's oldest pioneer broad caster, retains KFRB in Fair banks, KINY in Juneau, KEW in Sitka, and KIBH in Seward. He also owns KINY-TV at Juneau and is a stockholder in Northern Television, Inc,
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19
Eisenhower Administration Offers Best Hope for Peace Without
 Surrender, Vice President Claims

and 3937 for Democrats in the Senate.
 House COP Leader Martin of Massachusetts, also departing yes terday on a transforming tour, Monday predicted a national Re- publican sweep and a 25-man margin for the COP in the House after November.
The Nome nugget., 1956-09-19

Fine Job Printing ai The Nugget
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-20
District X. Of {. Officers
Hold Meeting in Caldwell

Officers and members of
Knights of Columbus councils in
district 81, comprising Guernsey,
Washington, and Noble counties,
attended a district meeting held
in Caldwell last Thursday even
ing.
District Deputy Thomas l..
SchWendeman, of Marietta, pre-
sided over the district meeting.
Paul Wargo, state activities
chairman, was also present and
spoke briefly on the progress of
the SiX-point program being con-
Quoted by the state council.
Officers and members of Fr.
kleuber council, Caldwell, were
hosts to the group. Approx
mately 40 members were in at
tendance. Grand Knight William
Nau presided over the regular
meeting of the local council,
which preceded the district meet
ing.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-20
Herbert u. Smith
Is Local Speaker
Before Democrats

Herbert u. Smith, Democratic
candidate for Congress, told
Noble county Democratic execu-
tive and central committee men,
bers, Saturday night, Sept. Is,
at Caldwell that he will seek a
full share of the federal long
range road building program for
the 18th Ohio district.
He added that another of his
goals is a conservation program
including the Improvement OF
farm lands and the prevention of
floods.
Smith said he takes a dim view
of "give-aWay" programs that
increase the tax burden, especi-
ally schemes that bear foreign
labels. He pointed out that he
will also do all he can to protect
the industries of the district
from the importation of cheap,
inferior made products.
Smith told the audience in the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
that his platform includes better
interracial understanding and
better foreign relations; sustain
ed veterans programs for the
disabled, and the striving toward
peace in our time" with the
United Nations being the sound
est means for international
harmony.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1956-09-20
Over 1000 Attend
leh0vah's Witnesses

While attending the semi
annual assembly of Jehovah's
Witnesses at Cambridge, Sept.
l4-l6, Glenn Kotoff, Patricia Kot-
off, Linda Smith, Gary w. Hen
nen, Elizabeth Epling, Joan
Vance, Patricia Anderson, Charm
Aitken, Richard Ball, Margaret
Ball, Elizabeth Trickey, and
Maude Trenner from northern
Noble county were among the
AZ immersed on Saturday after
noon. They were part of the
delegates from the Cambridge
congregation, Mr.. Fillman, pre-
siding minister for the local con-
gregation, reported today.
Sunday, district supervisor, L.
L. Roper, spoke on the subject
What Will Armageddon Mean
For Your" to 1899 people to
close the assembly.