davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-31

urbanOs, y Sc los trata separa-
damente a pesar de que estan
relacjccados.
AGRICOLA. Los trabajado-
res son contratados en- Puerto
Rico a pedidC de los agriculto-
res contratistas Ell costo de los
pa&ajes vivienda y comida Sc
deducen de sus sueldos. Una vez
aqui, endeudados y hambrien-
tos. estos labriegos fluyen a la
ciudad porque no tienen a DON
de mas if. Los contratistas les
hacen Greer que las condolences
de vida son aqui magnificas y
que hay mas que suficiente di-
nero Pero despues de unos me
ses los trabajadores estan tan
endeudados que tienen que que
darse. Trabajan diez horas dia-
rias, seis dias por semana, por
solamente sesenta centavos la
bora.
Las condolences de los que
vienen de las Bahamas son
mcjores porque Ell gobierno de
las is]as no les permite venir a
menos que Sc les garantice ell
pasaje de regreso; ademas, los
campos donde Sc alojan, deben
ser inspeccionados por ell CO.
bierno de las Bahamas.
URBANA: Muchos de los Ia
tinoamericanos en- Miami en-
cuentran trabajo que require
habilidad manual, o en-. hoteles
y restaurantes. y la mayoria re-
cibe sueldos de principiantes, 10
cual dificilmente alcanza para
vivir. Ademas los patronos pue-
den despedirlos cuando quieren
para c~ontratar mas novatos. En-
general, todos estos empleados
reciben Sueldos minimoS.
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-31
Estudio pre'iminar de los
ProbIemas de los HispanOs
A7reslacitn feI f,rssiO del COndadO Dale SObre
Re- "a tomuni's '.-.aumen
n William W. Stein

Respondents a una sOlici-
rud de que S. tradI5era al es-
panOI ell reciente informe del
ConsejO de Dade County So
brc Relaciones de la C0muni.
dad dado a la publieidad en-
varioS peri6dicOs, hoy .uhli-
camOs un extracto del intere-
sante documentO que es in
"estudic preliminer DO 'Os
problemas que confrODtsn los
latinoamericanos en- eI area de
miami:
De acuerdo con los dltimos
estunIos realizados por r. w.
Benner los l-atinoamericanos re-
presentan entire ell cinco y Ell
sie'e por ciento de la poblacion
total de sudeste de Florida, o
sea en- los condados Dade, Bro
ward y Palm Beach. Becner cal
cula que por 10 menos $4,000
l-atinoamericanos residfan en- Ell
area de Miami en- 1857, siendo
los grupos mayores los que 81
guen: $4,000 cubanos, 10000
pUertoriquenos. $500 colombia
nos, 1000 venezolanos, 1000
c-entroamericanos 1.200 ecuato-
rianos v 800 mexicanos.
Los Iatinoamericanos perte.
necen a una de estas dos cate
gorias: los que vienen a los Es-
tados Unidos bajo las provisio-
mes del acta McCarran-Walt
que requiere que sepan leer
y escribir y que tengan posi-
biijdades economics y aquellos
que vienen de Puerto Rico sin
rertricciones legales porque
son ciudadanos estadounidenseS.
Muchos de estos tienen educa-
ei6n limitada y poca o ninguna
reserva economical.
Ell aumento de puertorrique-
kos en- ell area de Miami es
parte del aumento general de
imigrantes de esa iSla. Entire
abril de 1850 y mario de 1856,
2e3.000 puertorriquehos viaja.
ron de Ia isla al continente.
Dos classes de emigrantes vie
men de la isla. De las areas me
tropolitanas, quienes vienen es-
pontaneamente y Sc quedan
aquf. Y de las areas rurales,
entire la primavera y ell otoho,
emigration regularizada por
contracts agricolas.
La mayor parte de los agri.
cultores puertorriquehos vie.
men a los Estados Unidos bajo
un contrato que especifica ell
pago de salaries a precios loca-
les, garantiza 100 horas de ira.
bajo al mes y viviendas en- buen
eStado. I'm gran obstaculo al
programa eS Ell contratista que
no Sc adhere a este acuerdo.
En- Dade, Sc calcula que en-
81 apiece de la temporada agrf-
cola entire IL y $4,000 personals
viven en- los m agri-
colas. Estas cifras incluyen ira.
bajadores y sus dependencies.
La mayor parte de estos traba.
jadores vienen de las Bahamas,
de Mexico y de Puerto Rico.
Los mexicanos siguen ell cir
quito agricultural y Sc mantle
men en- c~onstante movimiento.
La emigration de las Bahamas
es controlada por los gobier.
NOS de los Estados Unidos y de
las islas Bahamas, pues los ira
baladores son considerados ex
tTanjeros.
Algunos de los trabajadorel
regresan a sus paises y otros Sc
Quedan en- la ciudad. La mayor
partc de los que Sc que
dan en- Miami son puertorri
quehos, pues estos reciben er
Puerto Rico pasajes de venid;
s0lamente y aqui no pueder
yeunir 10 suficiente para regre
sar.
PRoBLEMAs ECONOMICS:
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-31
PROBLEMAS DE
EDUCACION

Ell emigrante puertorriqueno
posee en- general poca educa-
cion pues viene de areas rura-
les en- Puerto Rico donde ell nj
vel economico-social es mas ba-
jo. La education de los hijos
de OILS emigrantes es I'm profile
ma para las escuelas. Entire 49,
-(Pasa a la pag. 81
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-31

tar Ell desarrcllo de grupos de
dclircuentes juveniles, que 81
guen la manera de los forma-
dos FOR Juveniles estadouniden-
Diario las Américas., 1958-08-31

hermanos, esposas e hijos, acu-
mulandose en- ell mismo cuarto,
ell cual dividen por medic de
sabanas en- COMPARTMENTS mas
pequenos. i.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Public Barred

~ NE of the reasons we like to keep harp
~ ing on the subject Of closed meetings
of public bodies, from which press and pub
lie are barred is this: open meetings tend to
create public confidence in the way govern
ment is run and the way tax funds are being
spent; closed meeting do just the opposite.
On Tuesday, for example, the County
Council announced to reporters that it was
retiring behind closed doors and would not
again emerge for the remainder of the day.
A curious reporter sought out the
Council president and asked him to explain
why the Council would conduct the rest of
its session in private. The explanation was
that the county's governing body wanted to
discuss welfare appointments" and the
order in which logjam of zoning cases
would be scheduled for future hearings
We are inclined to agree that the discus
sion on welfare appointments - if they,
were, in fact, discussing the qualifications
personal habits, etc. of various candidates -
should be conducted in private. That, certain
other delicate personnel matters, and the
problems surrounding acquisition of land for
public use are quite properly subjects for
closed-door discussion. But only those sub
jects should be discussed in secret and other
puUilC UuSlIeSS SIlOIlu DE COIluuCleu Ill pIlUllC
Public officials who conduct public business
in private are doing themselves, as well as
the public, disservice.
We are completely at loss to under
stand why the Council should have to bar the
public when it is discussing the order in
which coming cases should be scheduled. If
the County Council president would care to
explain why the Council must resort to such
a step, we would be delighted to publish his
statement in full in the interests of public
enlightenment. Meanwhile, we are in a COM
plete quandry.
1t is especially unfortunate that closed
session should have been held on the sub
ject of rezoning applications For in that
area, more than almost any other of county
government, there is opportunity for hanky
panky on the part of local government Off
Gals. We are certain that the County Coun-
Gil would never resort to such funny business.
But conducting coming discussions behind
closed doors isn't quite the best way of con-
vincing the tax-paying public that high prin-
ciples are being adhered to rigidly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10

likely to incur the wrath of the people of Idaho
because she looks with disfavor upon the crea-
ton of a 15,000-acre National Park within the
confines of the State of Maryland. Pray tell me,
what other reason might she have?
have preached and preached about the
apathy of the United States government as a
whole toward worthwhile projects adjacent to
the nations capital; there has always been money
galore for doubtful foreign appropriations but not
one cent for pressing and imperative needs at
home things that have lain in the discard like
the C&O Canal and the crying need for more
and more land for outdoor recreation. We have
certainly outgrown beautiful Rock Creek Park
and tiny Hams Point!
I hope that there will be enough pressure
brought to bear upon Mrs. Pfost so that she will
have to come out and say, forthrightly, just why
she is so absolutely opposed to this bill think the
American people are entitled to know why we
can't spend our money for something unques
tionaby need. I do not think it is fair to the
American people to allow any one person to
dictate just what shall or shall not be done when
the issue pertains to any worthwhile and urgently
needed project We are supposed to live in a
democracy, governed by THE PEOPLE!
The companion bill to the measure offered
by Rep, Dewitt S. Hyde (RrMd.) does not allow
Mrs Pfost to come out and say that she opposes
the bill because a national park would preclude
any possibility of the establishment of necessary
dams for future water supply in the Potomac
Valley. Rep. Hyde an ardent advocate of the
bill, has to it with provso in the bill that
would allow the use of Gro Canal park lands
for storage of water if that becomes necessary.
Unquestionably, sooner or later, number of low,
water storage dams will become must to take
care of what is rapidly becoming a highly popu-
lous area. This type of dam would certainly be
of the same utilitarian value as single, high
type dam, and would possibly add scenic value
to what is today river of turbulent, cascading
water from Violettes Lock to Great Falls, dis
stance of nine miles. Here, over most of this
distance high hills both sides of the river,
offering a natural compress for an almost un-
limited number of low dams, interfering not at
all with the natural park lands.
The passing of the bill would create what
has been aptly described as the poor Mans
National Park" Here is the beautiful virgin,
unspoiled hinterland the American Indian chose
for his home; his judgment was excellent. Much
of this area is, believe me- almost as primitive
and primeval as the original aborigines them
selves
1t is unfortunate and shameful that we are
not allowed to enjoy to the fullest the beauty,
yet to be explored, of the beautiful Potomac
River valley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10

out of the sand to take a look at what's
going on.
Apparently, the fact that the Commu-
nists are doing much better job of teaching
our language than we are of teaching theirs
is causing the public school system of Amer
lea little or no concern. Or if our educators
are worried about it - and are doing some
thing about it - the facts are not apparent
at the local level
Our public schools continue to cater pri-
marily to the average or below average
pupil and non-academic subjects seem to be
emphasized out of proportion. The bright,
superior pupils, who are going to be the
future leaders, whether parents of below
average students are willing to admit this or
not, could handle both Russian and a
French course with ease and yet, some of
them are not now afforded the opportunity of
taking French - let alone Russian.
1t has been only through dint of much
hard work on the part of parents group in
Montgomery County that there is now OPP
Grating sort of step-cbild program called
Foreign Languages for Elementary Schools.
1t takes place after school. The instructors
are paid by the parents.
Obviously, it seems to us, the public
school system is tagging badly in foreign
language instruction. But the fault does not
lie completely, by any matter of means, with
the school system itself. In many cases it is
the parent who actually obstructs the schools
efforts to improve More people = both edu-
Gators and parents must realize that this
is growing problem for the nation. Parents
and school system must be prepared to sacri-
flee small amount of physical education
or band or home arts or art, or music in the
interest of preparing our kids for the grow
ing smallness of our world.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
lrnpetuous Tex

IT is an easy thing for powerful govern
ment official, angered by newspaper criti-
cism, to propose and bring about the
enactment of = special tax on newspapers
and advertising media. And this according
to usually reliable sources, is apparently
what happened in Baltimore City when
Mayor Thomas D,Alesandro, angered by a
Yardley cartoon in the Baltimore Sun, vowed
to get even by imposing an advertising tax
But even if this report is not true, and
we are certain it will be promptly disclaimed
by D'Alesandro, now running for the u. S.
Senate, or his campaign aides, the fact re-
mains that in levying the four percent tax
on advertising and the two percent receipts
tax on newspapers and advertising media, a
single business was singled out for special
taxation.
Newspapers, of course, are glad to-and
do - pay full taxes, county, State and Fed
eral, that are required of all businesses.
They were not particularly happy last year
when Baltimore picked on them (and threw
in radio stations and other advertising media
to make it look respectfully for payment of
this special tax.
The fact that Mayor D'Alesandro later
urged that the tax be repealed and the fact
that the Maryland General Assembly sub
sequently enacted a law prohibiting enact
ment of such tax in the future would seem
to indicate that Mayor D'Alesandro's i'm
petuous tax was ill-advised in the first place
In citing his authority for striking down
the tax this week, Judge Joseph L. Carter,
of Baltimore Circuit Court, set forth the
same reasons that the United States Supreme
Court cited in 1886 when it struck down
special tax against newspapers in Louisiana
in the administration of the late Huey Long.
He also quoted numerous cases dealing with
press freedom. Needless to say we believe
the decision to be wise and proper one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
i Believe
Canal Park Bill
Tactic Shameful
By Roy Lee Yinger

Like lot of other people who love the Po
tomac River valley, am stunned and dismayed
at the frigid action thus far accorded the estab
lshment of a GRO National Historic Park which
was killed in committee this week. This bill is
apparently doomed, at least for this session OF
Congress.
Guilty of allowing this bill to die, unques
tionably is Representative Oracle Pfost chair
man of House Public Land Subcommittee, who
is, undoubtedly allied with rich and powerful
group of rural electric cooperatives who apparent
ly think that if national park is created from
Great Falls to Cumberland it would mean the
end of their hopes of ever getting cheap hydro
electric power from the Potomac River.
1t is, perhaps unfortunate that know little
or nothing about politics" Admitting this de-
ficiency, feel that can take fresh approach
in this whole matter. Mrs Pfost is from Idaho,
depends on Idaho for her reelection and is not
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
% Medical
Reservists
In Training

Twenty-Five Montgomery Coun-
ty members of the U. S. Army
Reserve, including DR.. William
]. Peoples, health director for the
county, will be called to two
weeks of active training Sunday
at Valley Forge Army Hospital,
Phoenixville, Pa.
The % will be attached to the
354th General Hospital Medical
Reserve unit, part of the 21st
Army Corps. They were recruit
ed principally from Washington
area hospitals and other medical
organizations.
They are: Rockville area: 1t.
Col. William ]. Peoples, Route
No. 2; Capt Donald M. Boyd,
Box No. 1879, Georgia Avenue;
Capt. Benjamin Gutterman,
1870 Evanston Street; list. 1t.
Kenneth M. Levy, 1906 Eastland
Street; M/Sgt. James w. Alamo,
1904 Topping Road; Sp/S John
L. Ford, Washington, 10, D. c.
Silver Spring: Major Edna E.
Gibson, 2701 Avena Street; Major
Mary D. Thompson, COS Harding
Drive; Captain Mary S. Humph-
ries, 10808 Horde Street; Captain
Helen D. Novels, 2907 Plyers Mill
Road; list 1t. Joseph F. Scham-
mo, 9104 Wire Avenue; WO/2
Clarence A. Canter, 4015 Ferara
Drive; Sp/3 Marshall E. French,
Boulevard; Pfc Patrick ]. Sulli-
van, 219 University Boulevard;
Pfc Robert M. Davis, IA Man.
chester Place; Pvt. &c Joseph M.
Warsaw, 704 Stirling Road.
Bethesda and Chevy Chase:
Colonel Joseph ]. Wallace, 5817
Lenox Road; Capt. Eva McClel-
land, Pooks Hill Road; 1t. Mary
Orgianas, 5 Pooks Hill Road; Pvt.
&c Ellsworth N. Murray, Jr., 7033
Strathmore Street, Maj. Charles
Heilman, 1915 Turner Lane.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
CRY Hospital

This subject is prompted by a
desire to get someone besides me
interested in the organization of
a general hospital for this town.
I happen to be a registered
nurse and work in one of the
three hospitals located in Mont
gomery County. On occasion, l
have had the opportunity to work
for short while in the other
two.
1 have found that most gen.
orally they are all overcrowded.
Surely many other residents
would like to see our "All Ameri-
cam City" have a general hospital
to its credit. 1t would render a
great service to the town in care
of the i'll and would also be a
boon to employment.
Not being an experienced per-
son in getting the ball rolling"
l would appreciate your sugges-
tons.
(Mrs.) Lillian Shelton
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Career Teachers
Are Urgent Need
BY a Staff Reporter

Attracting more career teachers, that is men
and women whose primary concern is school
teaching, is an urgent need in the Montgomery
County school system.
Superintendent c. Taylor Whittier considers
this the first goal of his proposal for 12-month
school year. His recently released plan offers
teachers an annual salary based on IL months
rather than 10 months of work through stepped
up Summer program.
Ideally, teaching should be the main support
in the family rather than the secondary job To
this end, Whittier wants to increase the ratio of
men to women from the present ISIS percent to
where the number of men teachers equals the
women.
1--WE would not be able to operate without
reservoir of sincere, well qualified women
who are future mothers and housewives"
Whittier stresses, but adds, Their first re-
sponsibiIity is to their families"
Using these women on fulltime basis rather
than reserving them for substitutes in emergen.
cies is one reason for the county's high rate of
teacher turnover Whittier believes.
Maternity leave home responsibilities. or NOV.
ing out of the area because of the husbands
change in jobs are the principal reasons why
teachers leave the system. Last year there was
25 percent turnover Accordingly, 745 new teach
ers were needed although there were only 300
new positions.
The second weak spot Causing teacher
4 turnover IS the low salary scale, especially at
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
At Dickerson from p. I
Youth browns
In Quarry

CONTINUED from Page -,
it. 1t was removed to the Hilton
Funeral Home in GAINESVILLE and
later was transferred to Cham
bers in Hyattsville.
The quarry is on land owned
by o. w. Anderson, former coun-
ty agricultural agent for Mont
gomery County and the owner of
several farms.
The stone quarry covers three
and three-quarters acres and in
places, its banks are 60 feet above
the waters surface.
1t is known to be at least 80
feet deep and its bottom is irreg-
ular. For instance, young Davis
body was recovered near the CEN
ter of the quarry, on a ledge, 65
feet down.
Rumors persist that the quarry
originally was flooded so quickly
from tapped underground
streams that large pieces of me-
chanical equipment were left on
the pits bottom.
Experts agree that it would be
nearly impossible to drain the
quarry or to fill it. Fencing the
entire property would be exorbi-
tant.
o. w. Anderson, owner, has of
fered unsuccessfully to lease it
to the county for dollar a year
but his offer has been ignored.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Polio Clinics

EVERYBODY connected with the just-con-
Z Guided immunization clinics deserves
pat on the back.
For the health department, which de-
voted many hours of administrative and
physical effort to making the program sue
cess, it was substantial chore. Some of the
regular health programs no doubt, were
hurt bit as result of the quickly-executed,
unscheduled polio program being held. But,
a substantial segment of the public undoubt-
edly believes the sacrifice was web worth it.
The Montgomery County population, as
result of the four Clinics is exactly 5417
polio shots closer to being immune from the
dread disease. And those who argued that
polio immunization on a mass basis is pub
lie health responsibility, as result of the
Salk vaccine discovery, are applauding DR..
Peoples for his decision to go ahead with the
clinics The dissenters in this case, at least,
are almost = if not completely - non
existent.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Russian Scoop

\A/HILE this newspaper last week was
w 'scooping" the Catholic press of the
Nation and the Washington dailies on the
fact that Russian language courses will be
started this Fall in county parochial schools,
it was also perfectly apparent that Catholic
educators had again "scooped" the public
school system by being the first to launch
the program.
The full extent Of how effectively Russia
has already passed us in some fields and is
rapidly overtaking us in others can best be
realized by understanding just how well the
Russians are eUen beating us in the language
field. There are SO many more Russians who
can speak English than there are Americans
who can speak Russian, it is tragic. 1t would
behoove many Of us to try to shake off some
of our buiIt-in smugness about American
superiority in all things, and pull our heads
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
School Heads
Announce New
Appointments

This months school appoint
ments approved by the School
Board Tuesday included three
supervisors, three principals, two
assistant supervisors and one
vice principal.
In addition Superintendent c.
Taylor Whittier reported on the
transfer of Principal Richard
Reese from Colesville to Pleasant
View, Mrs. Eliza Callas from
Pleasant View to Woodside, and
DR.. Lillian Gore to elementary
supervisor from a leave of abb
sence with the United States De-
partment of Education.
On the matter of transfers,
Board Member Helen Scharf won
the backing of the majority of
her fellow board members that
approval by the board was not
"our privilege or responsibility
under the statute"
Colesville Elementary will get
Mrs. Loumae Kramer as prin-
cipal. Mrs. Kramer has been
penmanship consultant in the
county for the past three years.
Richard D. Davis. who taught
at Pinecrest and Twinbrook since
coming to the county in 1851. will
head Jamestown Elementary.
Laytonsville will get a Damas-
Gus teacher, Richard T. Nell, as
its principal. Before coming to
Montgomery, Nell had taught in
Anne Arundel and Carroll Coun.
ties.
Sherwoods new vice principal
will be William r. Porter, who
has been guidance counselor there
since 1856. He had previously
taught English and social science
at Richard Montgomery High.
Lewis w. Francis, mathematics
teacher at Walter Johnson, was
promoted to Supervisor OF Pur-
chasing; Charles Wyatt, a bus
driver, to area supervisor for the
transportation division; and Mrs.
June Odor, cafeteria manager at
Oakland Terrace, to area super
visor of the school lunch pro
gram.
New assistant supervisors win
be Mrs. Rozelle Miller In special
education and Mrs. Hazel Smith
in elementary music.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-07-10
Letters
City History

I am a student in the Lone Oak
Elementary School in Rockville.
A lot of my friends and | would
like to know something about the
past history of our city.
We have lot of questions in
our classes about our city. 1t is
especially hard to answer those
about Rockville, since a lot of
us came here to live only a few
years ago.
Our parents cannot help us too
much as they too, came here
only short time ago.
1t would be of great interest
to many residents of Rockville,
both native and new, if you could
print a series in your newspaper
about our city's history.
Sue Shelton