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Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Roger Forquhor

on fixed incomes. This is good idea but it NAV
be fraught with danger and the whole thing must
be closely watched. There are lot of persons
other than the elderly" type who would trv to
get in under such law
Inere was ll-ue hooker in the platform
aDOuU IaVorIng periodic review OF tile scnoUI
curriculum 10 Lil.iKe CnaJ the Educational
program remains wor,.Iy Cne vast amount
VI puJnc money tlaC Denlg nIvesued IN H.
1his no doubt, was play for votes inasmuch
as there Is some alscontent with the school cur
rculum but now that the election is over and the
Democrats won we suggest they forget this par
ucular pledge The scnool board an elected
body - is responsible tor the school curriculum
ana the County Council is no more qualified to
TOOL around WIN the curriculum than is the school
board with a sewer bond issue.
most worthwhile plank is one which pro
misses law forcing zonlng petitioners who have
been twice denied TO wait three years before they
can apply again. 1t will eliminate large amount
OF unoue harassment of neighborhoous, as the
platform points out.
Another excellent plan was one pointing out
that the County Council should be able to approve
trunk sewer extensions. loo many government
functions are involved in this problem TO continue
to let the Washington Suburban Sanitary Com.
mission be autonomous in this respect
lot of voters too, will be waiting to see
what the Democrats do with their promise to have
all six members - instead of only four on the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission ap-
pointed by local governing bodies of Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties That's good plan.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Lila Thomson

something like $4,000 voters present at the polls
fail to voice preference in the matter of a group
OF people who spend 67 cents out of every tax
dollar spent in this county?
AS heaviest spender and big stick that meas.
ures and sets the quality of education in Mont.
gomery, there is no farce in the statement that
election of school board members is one of the
most important responsibilities of voters in these
parts The responsibility falls on all voters = not
just voting parents
The foregoing should not be gathered to the
bosoms of recently defeated conservatives and
paved over in order to discover a possible side
sWipe at the new board In this columns little
notebook the new board stands or falls on its
actions.
While on the subject of school boards and
their election past and future this question
now is posed for consideration by those interested:
Any person able to collect 200 names on peti.
ton and to pay for legal advertising of those
names is eligible to run for the Montgomery
County School Board. Are 200 names on peti.
ton sufficient to qualify aspirant for so i'm.
portant an office? This column believes mo"
There are educational standards that could
be set; background in fiscal matters which could
be considered, and active participation in civic and
P.TA affairs which could provide the nucleus of
set OF legal requirements for school board mem.
bers. Consideration of the hows, where's and
whyfores might provide interesting discussion
If nothing else, in the vacuum which will exist
until next election.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Barrow Quits

A DECADE ago in Montgomery County
~ group calnng lrsen the Parents League
4oI curriculum Improvement was formed.
Many VINO sincerely oelIeved tnat our educa-
tors nad begun TO subordinate certain neceS-
Sary educational fundamentals became actIve
IN lne group. Une or uneSe was Wyne w.
Barrow, VINO won seat on the Scnool board
lU years ago anu VINO last week resigned MS
Scnool post alter having Deen Dearen at the
polS III the november 4 elecIIon.
At considerable personal sacrifice Mr.
Barrow has earnestly Iougnt Tor the prln-
cIpeS IN winch ne DelIeVeu over the last
oecaae. Ana some OF them nave been worth
ngnJlng Tor. none Shoulu accuse nm or IN
consistency or nslncerty. 'Inose VINO dldn
agree WIN MN, at least respected nlm And
now the voice OF Barrow, VINO always stood
ior ms maJestys loyal opposluon on the
board mas Ueen stIlIed. he Will be missed.
Inc VICTORIOUS slate or hKe-mnaed scnool
board candidates tnat will run scnool aIIalrS
Tor the next TWO years could = quite frank
ly - use Barrow. lie speaks Tor a large
minority whose Ideas should be listened 10
mtentiy and, IN part, be Incorporated into
ScnooI poncy Il our ScnoolS are to be op-
Grated on a broad base to serve all OF our
clUlZenS.
Some have already greeted his resigna-
ton with lll-becomng grace. In his own
light - and that OF many others - Mr. Bar
row has served the county well. He deserves
honest thanks Tor sustained, conscientious
public service.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Should just Anyone
Head Our Schools?
On fhe Squure.

The grinding of liberal moars when it ap-
peared John Oxley, conservative had captured a
seat on the School Board can die away to less
than chatter now that the official canvass shows
Mr. Oxley to be loser instead of winner
While the loss of Mr.. Oxley's steadying
hand will be lamented long and loud by some
conservatives, this column concludes Mr. OK.
ley, as lone conservative on the board would
nave been hardpressed - and frequently
in stemming the tides of liberalism
AS matters stand now, the liberals have
prime opportunity. Without beef or bark (and
with responsibility to none other than too in.
aruculate electorate) they may lay about, hot and
heavy, and provide the kind of school system they
say is needed in Montgomery County And good
luck to them. 1t is pointed out however, that
the board must realize at the outset: accomplish
ments or lack of accomplishments will make up
the record on which the whole liberal education
movement in this county may stand or fall.
And this brings US to the point where we may
say, the recent school board election here serves
as an indictment public disgrace to a county
that prdes itself on the number of college degrees
and high intelligence quotient of its citizens
We call to your attention that over $4,000
voters went to the polls. or that number,
approximately $4,000 troubled TO cast a ballot
in the election of school board members.
Why? Why in the name of common sense,
in the interest Of future citizens in the interest
of the heavy tax burden borne by every resident
and property owner in this county why would
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Platform Reminder
Might Be Timely
Viewpoints

County Democrats offered the voters a good
platform in the justconcluded campaign 1t was
undoubtedly factor in their landslide victory
last week. Party platforms sometimes have way
OF getting lost after the election. So perhaps
few platform reminders to the Democrats might
not be amiss.
One OF the major Democratic platform planks
was one which commits the new County Council
to appointing special commission composed of
eminent citizens who will come to grips with
the conflict-ofinterest problem The sooner the
new Council does this the better It's long over.
due.
The platforms promise to hold the county
tax rate at the lowest possible leve is of course
pure politics and the reader of the platform ac-
ceptS it as such. OF course, they will do this as
would have the Republicans. More meaningful
is their firm pledge to work for ultimate aboli.
ton of taxing retail stock in trade and if neces.
sary, enact a fairer substitute tax on business
This, too would be overdue Improvement -
III they can swing it-but the odds NAV be against
them We have a hunch, however, that the Demo
Gratis were sincere in offering to try
We hope their ultimate abolition" efforts
meet with somewhat better success than greeted
the efforts of Gov. Theodore r. McKeldn who
campaigned in 1850 with the pledge: Il will work
for ultimate abolition of the sales tax" (He of
course had no intention whatsoever of fulfilling
the pledge and privately admitted as much mme.
diately after the eection)
Another firm and worthwhile - Demo.
cratic promise is to work for new law that will
reduce taxes on homes of elderly persons living
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Illegal Election?

A FEW days before the November ballot
~ ing, group of candidates running for
the House of Delegates issued a statement
IN which they raised serious questions con-
corning legality of the countyS forthcoming
school board election.
Using rather strong language, they
accused the five Democrats and one Repub-
llcan on the countyS legislative delegation
OF possibly having been guilty of a serious
oversight in enacting the school board elec-
ton law which, they said, might be in con-
fllct with constitutional amendment requir-
ing persons holding county offices to serve
four years. Under the county school board
election law, some school board candidates
will serve only two years.
AS far as we know, the COP legislative
candidates didn't check with the legal au-
thorities in the States Department of Legis-
lative Reference, the Attorney General the
State Department of Education, the Cover
nor's office, the county school board, or even
the county legislative delegation before MAX
ing the accusation. Any or all of these Off
clals or agencies could possibly have shed
some light on their question.
So now we are confronted with the ques-
ton: Were the seven successful school board
candidates elected illegally? Surely the can
didates who were so vitally interested in
the question when they raised it five days
before the election, are still very much con-
cerned. Yet we haven't heard them - or
anyone else - revive the question now that
the election is over and the candidates lost.
Does this mean that the question will just
hang in mid-air eternally unanswered? Are
we doomed to wallow in ignorance forever on
this vital issue?
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Foolish Censorship

c HOULD theater manager in Maryland
- be required to bar all children under 16
IRON seeing certain pictures unless they are
accompanied by responsible adult? The
question is not an academic one. A serious
proposal to this effect has been made and
the legislative council, unit of the Mary
land General Assembly, was to have held a
hearing on the subject last night.
To some persons the proposal may make
sense. But to others, and we include our
selves in this category, it is almost ludicrous.
There is no censorship of television. News
papers are not censored. Book publishers
are given free rein. If any of the communica-
tlons media are purveylng obscenity, there
are laws with plenty of teeth in them to
punish the offender.
How blue-nosed can Maryland get? 1t
already has movie censorship - one of only
four States in the Nation that still does Too
many OF our politicians and citizens think
it's possible to legislate morality 1t isn't
possible to do that any more than it is to
pass law which will suddenly make all
parents responsible parents who won't allow
their children to see certain Objectionable"
films No doubt, the latter law is more
needed than the first one. And the first one
is ridiculous. The new censorship proposal
is ill-considered, unconstitutional and unen-
forceable and should be dumped in a waste
basket somewhere
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Borrow Reply

l have read with some concern
your editorial entitled Election
Results" which appeared in your
issue of November 9th.
Commenting on the school
board results, and the Scharf-
Barrow contest in particular, you
state: ut is quite clear that a
majority (empnasis added of the
voters, in effect, signified their
approval of the present basic
scnool board policies and the new
board should be guided accord
ingly." l will overlook the words
"ln effect" which are the hedge"
used in the sentence quoted, and
get to the impression you were
trying to convey to your readers,
which is, that the "clear cut" cleo
ton of Mrs. Scharf (and Mrs.
Kramer) was expressive of the
views of majority of those vot-
ing.
Better instruction in the fun
damental skills" was a major
topic for discussion in the recent
school board campaign. Your edi.
torial writer apparently has been
short-changed on either instruc-
ton in the English language or
in arithmetic. Webster defines
majority" as being the number
greater than half. The school
board vote in the 4th district
totaled 56,410, of which a ma.
jority would be 28,206. The win
ming candidate from the 4th dis
trict received 26,863 votes, or 476
percent of the total vote cast.
Conservative minded candidates
90 received 52.4 percent of the
vote. Results in the 5th district
were even more pronounced, with
Mrs. Kramer receiving less than
80 percent of the total vote
hardly a resounding vote of CON
fidence in the present board ma
jority.
Freedom of the press carries
with it responsibilities for objec-
tive reporting and for editorial
comment based upon facts. News
papers, like individuals, achieve
respect and admiration through
adherence to enduring principles.
Wylie w. Barrow
Editors Note: Mr.. Barrow is,
of course, correct. We erred. We
should have said plurality - not
majOrity.)
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Praises Reich

1t was nice of Wick Byron to
pass out post-election bouquets to
some of our Montgomery County
Democrats, but in his efforts to
bestow poison ivy on some of the
Democrats which he says were
"conspicuously absent" he has
not been entirely fair. In the in
terest of accuracy it should be
noted that Dean Acheson was not
a candidate in the primary cleo
tions, although he was an active
supporter of several candidates
who were defeated.
AS treasurer of the Democratic
organization in Precinct I'll
where Dave Reich is chairman, |
think | am in a better position
than Mr.. Byron to know why he
was not active during the cam
paign. The unhappy truth of the
matter is that Dave was under
strict orders from his doctor TO
eliminate all outside activities
apart from his law practice, and
he had to cut that down too.
Knowing this, he made full ar
rangements for the other elected
officers of his precinct TO take
over the work that had TO be done
during the campaign. Mr.. Byron
has only TO check with Ward Cad
dington and Peggy Mann to learn
that the precinct was effectively
worked, that it far exceeded its
quota in the Dollars for Demo
Gratis drive, and that il moved fur
ther into the Democratic column
than 1t has in the past several
elections. Every Democratic can
didate with two exceptions, Tom.
my D'Alesandro and John Foley,
carried Precinct I'll.
Instead of criticiZing Dave for
absenting himself from the cam
paign which he did for perfectly
valid reasons, Mr. Byron ought to
praise him for having organized
his precinct so well that it could
carry on in his enforced absence.
Harrison Sasscer
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
She Disaqrees

May disagree with one point
which you make in your editorial
of November 6, Election Re.
suits"
You indicate that the new
school board has received a man
date from the voters TO continue
its present policies on the basis
Of "the apparently clear-cut vic.
tory of the liberal camp in the
Scharf win" and the victories of
her fellow liberals. Yet Mrs.
Scharf did not receive a majority
of votes cast in her contest. With
the vote being split four ways
she did receive the highest mum.
Der Of ballots but that constituted
a minority Of the total vote cast.
Neither did Mrs. Kramer in the
9Th District nor the two liberals
who won in the At Large con.
tests receive a majority of the
votes cast. In these three con.
tests the vote was split four
ways again and the victors won
again with a minority of the total
votes cast.
In the lst and 3rd District con.
tests the voters were given a
definite choice between a liberal
or a conservative for there were
only these two candidates. BY
close margins the 1st chose u
liberal, the 3rd conservative.
But these two were majority
choices. Had this same choice
been offered in all the contests
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Book Censorship

| have been advised by Mont
gomery County Library officials
that they have decided not to
place copies of James Jones book
Some Came Running" in Coun-
ty libraries because the book is
full of dirt and filth"
This amazing and uncalled for
slap at the author Of From Here
to Eternity" means that thou
sands of Montgomery County res
idents will be denied an oppor-
tunity to borrow Mr.. Jones lat
est book from their own tax.sup-
ported libraries. The refusal to
place Mr.. Jones latest book in
the libraries was based, | was
told, on a review written by a
New York firm supplying libra
ries with literary reviews. This
is censorship in its blindest form!
We are not confronted here
with an unknown author. Rather,
this is a man who has written
what is considered to be the de-
finitive novel on American Army
life just prior to World War IL.
This novel, later, was made into
a motion picture which received
equally wide acclaim and several
Academy Awards. And to top 1t
all off, copies of From Here to
Eternity" are available in the
county Libraries. How, then, can
we balance the willingness to
stock libraries with the first nov
el, which admittedly is no Sunday
School text, with the refusal TO
carry the second novel?
Suppose this same self-appoint-
ed censor doesn't like Ernest
Hemingway's next book or Will
liam Faulkner or John O'Hara?
Does this mean their works also
would be banned? OF course we
can buy the Jones book or get
1t from a lending library. But
that is not the issue here.
What we are confronted with
is an attempt TO tell us what we
shall or shall not read in our own
Libraries.
n IL V.,t,,,a,,
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13

'log.rolling" and normal political
maneuvering.
The fact that l saw the actual
distribution by precinct workers
OF one slate Conservative of
School Board candidates enclosed
with party material, not only be.
trayed the desire indicated in the
past by the voters, but it also
thoroughly confused some peo-
pie so much that they voted for
candidates whom they did not
wish to vote for.
If this was a pattern typical
of the poll behavior" of other
Republican precinct workers in
the County, | feel that the Re-
publican Central Committee owes
the voters of Montgomery Coun-
ty, an apology.
If both parties and everyone
else in general are still dedicated
to the "nonpartisan School Board
concept" and the rash of unethi-
cal promotion was the result of
the heat of battle" maybe we
should have the School Board
elections at different time from
local and state elections.
AS a registered Republican,
have TWO reasons to hang my
head these days.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Sentinel Thanked

wish to thank you for giving
UNICEF such favorable and ex-
cellent coverage in the Sentinel.
Your editorial was a big boost.
I'm sure it was large factor in
making the contributions from
the suburban area as generous
as they were.
We like your editorial policy
and the way in which you have
expanded the Sentinel to make it
necessary reading for informed
NJ 1tgomery Countians.
Gwen Il. Geiger
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Letters to the Editor

the entire complexion of the
board might be different.
1t is apparent that the present
system is open to serious abuses.
While l have no reason to believe
it was done in this election, a
field can be deliberately crowded
with candidates so as to make an
intelligent choice exceedingly diff
ficult. feel strongly that an
election SO important as the
school board should not be left
wide open for such abuses.
Mrs. Helen VanKirk
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13

The unethical promotion of the
Conservative slate of Montgom-
cry County School Board candi-
dates at certain polls during the
recent election, by the Republican
Party, should be protested by
everyone interested in good edu:
cation for our children and clean
politics in general.
Several years ago, the voters.
by adopting non partisan elected
School Board, expressed their de-
sire to keep public school educa-
tional policy separated from the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13

The population of Montgomery County
increased from SO, ,912 in 1910 to an estimated
100000 in 1857. Between 1890 and 1900 the
increase was from $4,000 to 30,400.
The death rate in Montgomery County,
based on 1855 figures, is one third less than
the average figure for the state.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
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Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
Wick Byron

he will begin Immediately his campaign TO re-
capture his seat in 1860
Many Republican leaders expect Brent BozeIl
to continue his interest in the local Republican
Party and do what he can to bring about har.
monious feeling between all COP leaders Some
expect that he may be a candidate for either
the State Senate or U. S. House OF Representa-
tvcs.
Oldtime courthouse observers are surprised
that Judge John Reeves picked up his belongings
and moved out Of his office two or three days
after the election. He refused to 90 back on the
bench after his defeat by Jim Pugh although
everyone expected him TO serve until Mr. Pugh
received his commission and was duly sworn in
II is fairly certain that the new members Of
the County Council will rotate the presidency Of
that body. Mrs. Werner is expected TO be elected
the first president. Also, NJ. l.. Reese is expected
to be retained as County Manager. Most newly
elected Council members agree that he has been
an efficient and effective County Manager
John OXley is genuinely glad that he was
an official recount Of the votes was made. lie
called Mr.. Thomas Immediately and congratulated
him.
Who is going TO get Ed Brights job on the
County Personnel Board? Will Mrs Solomon
become Congressman John Foleys Administrative
Assistant? Or will he tap someone from the upper
district for this spot? Most believe she will be in
the office in the second spot. She did good job
during the campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-11-13
School Election

j. B. ZatIIIail
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-07
PARA NELA

Despues de largo matrimo-
Mo Sc divorcio listed y Sc vol
VIC a casar. Siente por los
hijos de su primer matrimo-
MO un gran carino y muy
pequeno por SUI esposo. Por
ellos viviria listed en- Puerto
Rico, por Ell tiene que vivir
en- Miami. Sc encuentra en-
i'm grave dilema, porque, al
parecer, es impossible convivir
con. ellos Y con Ell. Pues bien
Geje hablar a SUI corazon y,
sin pensar en- otra cosa, siga
ell consejo que Ell lie dicte.
Diario las Américas., 1958-10-07

dicho estado Guido Mondin pa
"a Senador, que cuenta tam
bien con ell apoyo de los rojos.
En- Pernambuco, Cid Sampa,
10, candidate para Gobernador
va triunfando con respaldo CO.
munista por seis mil votos.
En- Rio de Janeiro, Roberto
Silveira, candidate del Partido
'Trabalhista con respa1do de los
rojos, va a la delantera por
5000 votos sopre Getulio Mou-
ra, ell candidate social demo
cratico.
En- Sac Paulo, sin embargo,
Carlos Alberto Carvallo Pinto
continda a la cabeza en- las cleo
clones para gobernador con
10000 votos contra 10000 pa
ra Adhemar de Barros, a quien
respaldan los ro1os. De Barros
perdio la election en- SUI propio
pueblo de Piracicaba.
Tambien en- Sac Paulo, ell
Padre Benito Calzans esta de-
rrotando para Senador al can
didato del Partido Trabalhista,
ell filocomunlsta Frota Moreira.
En- Rio de Janeiro, Amaral
Peixoto, ell p%residente del Par
lido Social Democratico y &C.
tual Embajador de Brasil en-
Washington, Sc esta imponien-
do por ligera mayoria para Ell
Senado a Miguel Cuoto.
En- Bahia, Juracy Magazines,
p%residente de la Union Demo-
cratica, sobrepaso a SUI mas pro-
ximo rival para la gobernacion
del estado.