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ALEXANDRIA - Near Masonic
temple. SIPS mo-; liE. I'm, 3
bedrms., Ia baths, separate din.
rm., kit, full bsn1t. with exit,
fenced yard, immaculate, on
street parking. so. 5-lg14.
ALEX. : PARKLAWN; vacant, g.
bedrm., ila-bath. rambler almost
new; GE equipped kitchen; nrepl,
washer drier, dishwasher: fenced
yard: cow. schools and Pentagoni
$40. CT. 6-0263.
ALIEN. -3-bedrm brick, fenced
yard tiled bsmt. washer. conY
PentagOn. Belvoir: S115 mo. Call
OV. 1895 ewes. week ends.
ALEX, va, vic OF Braddoek I'd
2-st0ry brk. colonial. cow. TO
everything. immsd; occupancy.
Sl45 per NO. ov. 3-0692.
ALEX. -ARL. FAIRFAx = Property
managed homes; 3 70 bedfms.;
S130 TO $3.50. TATUM PROPER
TIES. JE. 4-sS1g.
rms: 3-bedrm. rambler,
on Seminary I'd. 70 5545 Fillmore
ave. ~ min. 70 Pent.; M. school:
open.
ALEX, va; 500 per me- bed
rms: Ideally located. mr.. church,
e., schools and shopping center:
lge. yard. apple trees. fenced in:
mined Occupancy. III 6-ll72.
Continued On Nsxt PaseD
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THE HARWILL

4 bsdrm., corner Nv. rm.. entr
foyer, iull kli, and baih. newly
dec, within watkins distance 81
dQuntoNn and most Govt hIdNn
~a-hr. switchboard and elag. alrV-
Ice tls 30 Ma, h-ffe1,
EFFICIENCY S65
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TIE WILLIAMSBURG
1921 4 81. NV,
lCor, hev hamp. ana 7 "a. NV
sevly dsoorated apln. WITH new,
modern, fully equipped kitchens,
nc ~ sh.fminE sles Az bios. slthln
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ROOMS. HOUSEKEEPING

MASS. AVE. NV, 1900 = Lovely
Ice rm.: mod, turn-; enc; unia;i
near bath. S17 so. no. 2-95s9
SO05 I4th ST. N.W.-Very attrac
furn. rfn., with PVT. entrs. hot
plate, refgr.; $40 VIZ Apt. 3.
1854 COLUMBIA RID. N.W.-2nd-
a, bedrm. and kit. share bath;
also rm.. refgr. and not plate
SI0.50 up. DE 2-l7s4.
COLORED-FAIRMONT ST. NV
1316-t room for employed per-
sons. Sink. etc. DU. 7-93O0.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18

all or the good of special interests Concessions
made to the press by public officials call, In turn,
for some concessions by those the receiving
end. Those who report the news may make
neither concessions compromises if they are
to live up to the dealistc demands of their pro-
fession
This column does not imply the request Of the
County Council for press suggestions is part and
parcel of deep-dyed plot to pull the wool over
the eyes of any group or groups; nor does 1t
imply that those who cover the news are weighted
with naivete. 1t does more than imply however
that a questions and answers period between the
council and the press is waste of time. The
council rides one end of the stick, reporters the
other They as far apart as the poles. Ques-
tions and answers will not alter their historic
positions.
It is the further belief Of this column that
if the new council wishes to improve its press
and public relations without fuss and fanfare it
will instruct County Manager Reese to take the
wraps off heads of county departments and allow
certain stories and statements to come from them
and not from canned press releases handed out
to reporters on council meeting day. Canned
releases not always are in the public interest and
not always are the real news.
1t also will instruct Mr. Reese TO discuss with
Police Superintendent McAuliffe the advisability
of allowing reporters to interview, quote and give
credit to police officers and county detectives who
presently are under orders to SO to speak
button a lip in the presence OF ladies and
gentlemen of the Fourth Estate. These two ac
tions in themselves would vastly improve press
and council relations.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
EIkins Would Quit
With CurIey Back

The idea that is being seriously put forward
by some that Dr. H. C. Byrd should be named
to the University of Maryland Board of Regents
is so bizarre that it is almost difficult to take
seriously Yet, we are assured, those who are
pushing the proposal are deadly serious about 1t
all and, everything considered, their efforts have
a reasonably good chance of being crowned with
success.
The circumstances surrounding this extraor-
dinary development are confused and compli-
Gated. Nevertheless, it is perfectly plain that
Maryland's declining football fortunes (pity the
boosters) and the growing emphasis on academic
standards 1--WE say hurrah) form an integral part
of the picture
The whole thing could be simple this:
under the regime of DR.. Byrd and big Jim
Tatum football at College Park reached its
most rapturous zenith. Little Maryland which
had been buying the best football talent it could
find wound up as Number One in the Nation.
Oh, proud day for the Free State! Then DIR. Byrd
decided it was time for him to do what he always
wanted to do for Governor, To do this,
he quit as beloved College Park prexy = hero of
all the old grads. And he started campaigning all
over the State Back on campus, the Board of
Regents screened host of possible successors
and hired from West Texas University one Will
H. El<ins, who had a Ph.D (earned) was an
outstanding athlete in his day and also was
Rhodes scholar at Oxford University. Quietly but
football was good thing = in its place. That the
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Bob Bernstein

happens to meet on the street whom he believes
to be the Empress Josephine
This time, John is guilty of murder - because
IL is unreasonable for man TO kill his wife lie
is guilty in sense, not Of killing that poor lady
on the street, but Of killing Josephine
This whimsical law says, In effect, that
man Is innocent II he acted as a reasonable in
man. Conversely, he is guilty II he acted
as unreasonable insane man.
Here we have amusing picture of the
court. in all its traditional dignity entering the
dream world Of an insane man and passing judg
mcnt OF the actions which occur in this fantasy.
land.
From this corner the most unreasonable ele-
ment in the whole picture would appear TO be
the judge who proclaimed this bit OF nonsense.
Actually the ruling probably seemed to make
sense at the time IL was formulated. But that was
before Freud and the great postFreud advances
in psychiatry which have helped dispc some of
the fog surrounding the whole problem of mental
Illness
Today we are sufficiently enlightened to
realize that II a reasonably. insane man attacks
a reasonably sane man under the delusion that
his victim has been unrcasonably reasonable
he'll probably be punched IN the nose in return
At least, it's reasonable assumption
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Roger FurquI,or

rising and the setting of the sun shouldn't depend
on whether College Park gridders or lost.
In the last four years he has quietly executed
this policy If the student doesn't maintain GER
tain minimal scholastic standing under Elkins'
academic probation program, he's flunked out
Any educator will tell you these kids never should
have gone to college in the first place and they're
taking up valuable space and wasting their time
as we'll everybody else's. This is bad? Also
football scholarships have declined ii percent
under Elkns. Coach Tommy Mont had Sc percent
of the purchasing power big jim" had to recruit
football talent But his record of wins hasn't been
quite sc percent of Tatums winning record. So
now Maryand's football fame is low. Old grads
who swelled with pride in Byrd Stadium when the
Modzelewski brothers pushed Terrapin grid fame
to new pinnaces now are after somebody's scalp.
Also few dolts have now been flunked out and
that has incurred the wrath of some who think
they carry big stick.
One of the best ways to get Dr. Elkins Is
to put DR.. Byrd on the Board of Regents some
are figuring. Almost certainly, EllSins would re-
sign in the face OF such a slap at him and his
administration.
SO far, apparently DR.. Ellins has stood up
to the old grads. More power to him! There is
every reason to believe that he will be able to
pursue his emnently sensible course. Unless, J.
Millard Tawes, when he becomes Governor, de-
cdes it's politically expedient to name DR.. Byrd
as a regent Then all hell could bust loose.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Area Camp Fire Girls
List New Choirmen

New chairmen Of standing COM
mittees have been announced by
Mrs. Eugene f. Merkel, newly
elected chairman of the Mont
gomery District of Camp Fire,
Girls.
The list includes Mrs. James
Previti, program; Mrs. Carl Han
nemann, group organization; Mrs.
Eldon Sweezy, training; Mrs. Will
liam Chapman, adult member
ship; Mrs. Glenora Horne, music;
Mrs. Milford Juten, awards; Mrs.
Doris Knapp, community service;
and Mrs. Rosemary Soldano, pub.
lie relations.
The Rev. Charles II. Mueller
and Mrs. II. l.. Jenkins will con.
tinue to serve as consultants.
Officers of the district are Mrs.
Norman II. Miller, vice chairman;
and Mrs. Eleanor Spence, sccre.
tary.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Reporters Role
Should Be Clear
On fhe Square

1t was news, of course, that the new County
Council had asked reporters covering the council
beat for suggestions ways and means to inn
prove press and public relations.
The councils request was of course, an ex-
sumed to have been made in good faith. BY the
same TOKEN suggestions and beefs coming from
the press were made in the same spirit and will
be adequately considered by the countys govern
ing body.
Benefits to be derived by the public from
this hOneymooning by press and council
main to be seen. HOneymOOns are of short
duration. When they over, one settles
down TO the hard and cold facts of every day
living.
Sad but true is the fact that sooner or later,
all government bodies reach the point where they
feel it is their God.given right to determine what
portion and how much of the business they con-
duct in behalf of the public is public business.
Few reporters or newspapers are willing to allow
a governing body to make this decision This
column, therefore, is hardpressed to believe few,
if any lasting benefits will be derived from the
present jockeyng for position by officials who
make the news and those who report it.
This column is hardpressed also to believe
an amicable arrangement for understanding be.
tween any press and any governing body is
healthy, desirable, or in the public interest An
alert press, not bound by friendships and under
standings guarantees better government and
better officials Government, at its best, is the
product of compromise. An unfettered press is
the only means the public has of determining
whether not compromises for the good Of
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
More on Metro

A ND now, in what is probably the most
~ important report it will consider, the
Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan
Problems has been urged in staff study not
to tamper with the basic structure of the
major local governments surrounding Wash
ington.
The finding will come as a disappoint-
ment to those who actually thought it would
be practical - and possible - to have one
government for the Metropolitan Washington
area. 1t is, of course, neither practical nor
possible to do this. And if the over-enthu-
siastic hadn't been motivated by personal in
terests in the prosperity of the downtown
area, they would have been able to see this
While we applaud the reasoning Of the
governmental experts who arrived at this
decision, we give them no great credit They
are simply facing up to the realities of the
fact that local subdivisions - amazingly UNI
complicated here, experts have said = would
never surrender their autonomy to super
government. Hence, the study's conclusions
are realistic and deserve serious study and
evaluation.
In its own introduction, the report de-
clares:
This report therefore assumes that
the principal units OF local government
In the Washington metropolitan area will
successfully strive to maintain their
separate Identifies, and will continue Wig
OrOusly TO perform wide range of func-
ti0ns. The recommendations will be
aimed at strengthening them 10 meet the
new demands of the metropolitan en-
vironment, and using them as founda~
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18

ton stones in erecting a structure Of
metropolitan institutions 10 undertake
functions that they cannot perform in
dividuaIIy, rather than displacing them
with 'supcrgOvernment.'"
1t is this realistic approach TO solving
the metro" problems that has won wide ac-
claim for the work of the various consult
ants who were hired by the Joint Committee
TO do its spade work. If the committee it.
self and later the Congress sees fit
to follow the thinking of the experts they
have hired, the area viii, we believe, be bet
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
School Budget

@OUNTY residents - and taxpayers -
now have the opportunity to study in
detail the school superintendent's 1959-60
budget recommendations which amount to a
staggering $51 million dollars.
DR.. Whittier had already submitted for
school board and public study his $17.7 bud
get for school building. This week, he for
mally asked for a $34 million budget to run
them.
This could almost be called the year of
the teacher salary crisis, according to DR..
Whittiers reasoning in asking for such
large budget = although he himself has not
used the word crisis. What he has said -
flatly - is that we are falling behind more
each year in the matter of paying teachers
enough salary. AS result, he points out,
educational standards are suffering more and
more. Our children, he says are not getting
the education to which they are entitled He
asks for substantially higher teacher pay.
There will be few who can argue with
logic against the position taken by the school
superintendent. He strikes telling blows
against the arguments of those who oppose
higher teachers pay. One of the most effec-
tive he uses is the finding of Northwestern
University study which reports that begin
ming salaries offered 1858 college graduates
in non-teaching fields go something like this:
engineering, $5616; accounting, $4992; sales,
$4944; general business, $4896; other fields,
$5148; average all fields, $5160. Then, he
points with telling effect, at the $4,000 that
Montgomery County now pays its beginning
teachers who have degree.
Teacher turnover in Montgomery Coun-
ty last year was 1913 percent. That's one
out of every five teachers here who thought
that teaching = and Montgomery County -
weren't worth sticking with.
Some day the public is going to under
stand that the key to getting and keeping
good teachers is adequate pay. Apparently,
a large segment of the public doesn't under
stand this now or our public officials would
not be able to get away with keeping teacher
salaries so low.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18

- I'VE the Republicans credit! They're
" bouncing right back off the canvas,
although we had thought they were prac-
tically slugged into unconsciousness by the
Democrats in the recent (for the COP un-
pleasantness.
With the last election only month old
and the next local election almost four years
off, the local COP has already set forth
proposed organizational plan designed to
bring the party back to life.
In it, they reveal plans to improve or
ganizational efficiency, step up the collection
and analysis of factual data for future cam
paign purposes, accelerate fund raising
efforts, assign the responsibility for drawing
up platform and direction of the campaign
(includjng the possible hiring of full-time
professional campaign chairman), improve
the party's public relations and make it "a
vigorous force and leader of public opinion"
development of a candidate committee ito
develop the best and most highly qualified
candidates"
Democracy depends for its health on
competition between the two big parties. In
view of the landslide Democratic victory last
month, there was some cause to wonder how
long it would be before the Republicans
would again become a force to be reckoned
with. We're glad to see them coming to life
SO soon.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
County Comment
DreamIand Revisited
In Old Sanity Rule
County Comment

We wish to enter our nomination for the most
amusngly weird principle Of law ever given judi
cial backing.
For very good reasons, which shall be imme-
diately apparent, the rule has fallen into dis
repute. For all practical purposes, it's pretty
much legal relic though technically still on the
books.
II is known the insane delusion" prin-
ciple, and IL propoundcd in the famous Nc
Naghten case Of 1843. Other portions Of that
decision - but not this one, let II be noted - are
still key factors in determining legal sanity in
Maryland and most other states
Anyway the al goes something like
this; II person Is suffering from am "insane
deIusiOn," he shall not be held responsible for
any acts which are reasonable In terms OF
that dcusion
Say for instance, that John Doe Is con-
vinccd that he is Napoleon and this his brother,
Jim Doe, is the Duke Of Wellington.
II John kills Jim, he is innocent Of murder
since what he has done is reasonable" from his
point of view. (Of course, nc would be guilty Of
an historical anomaly, but there seems TO be no
law covering this indiscrction citherJ
SO John goes free. But few days later,
still thinking he Is Napoleon he IaIls q lady he
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Whittier Says
We're Losing Battle
For Better Schools

come of $9391 last year in the
county.
Less than 10 percent of all
households i'm the county earn
less than the current $4,000
starting rate for teachers,
Whittier said.
The superintendent cited
figures from another recent
MEGA survey which made the
following comparisons:
. OF II similar communities
throughout the nation, only one
Nower Merton Township, PaD
has a lower beginning salary
than Montgomery County.
. OF the same group, only
Prince Georges County, Nd, has
as low a maximum salary for
masters degree teachers.
Montgomery County stands
even lower in comparison with
these communities than it did in
a similar survey five years ago,
Whittier pointed out.
Despite the fact that Mont
gomery County stands near the
top of the nation in income, it
paid its teachers only slightly
more ($4946 as against $4650)
than the national average for
teachers last year.
Our supply of qualified
teachers will diminish" Whittier
summarized, until we are will
ing to meet the demand with a
realistic salary scale that salts
fies professional standards"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
ter able to fulfill its various governmental

ter able to fulfill its various governmental
needs.
As we have said repeatedly here, there
should be little doubt in the minds Of any
one, that the only real solution to the areas
long range water sewer and transportation
problems is area rather than sectional -
control and operation Most - if not all -
of the other myriad governmental problems
can be solved by local officials confcrring
with each other around the conference table
while each is being responsive to the needs
of the particular area he represents.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Likes Sentinel

No taxpayer in Montgomery
County can afford to live in this
county without reading the edi-
torial page of the Sentinel each
week. Indeed it is the best, If
not the only, unbiased and con-
structive criticism the voter has
on the free-spending Board of
Education, over which the Coun-
Gil has almost no control, on the
influence of Mr.. Sam Fig, on the
folly of having elected Foley to
walk grinning in picket line, on
the implications of conflict of in
terest, etc. The citizens want to
know what goes on behind-the-
scenes of politics, and they safely
can derive accurate enlightenment
from the Sentinel.
In furtherance of this thought
allow me to quote from a letter
! recently received from learned
resident of this county now sta
toned in Kansas. He writes: ''We
certainly enjoy the Sentinel. !
never realized how much l would
appreciate that paper. The local
papers here in Kansas are not as
good as it in quality"
Finally, permit me to thank
you for having given the public
the VIII ole truth about Judge
James Pugh. Mr.. Tawes should
read and digest your papers ex-
posure: "Judgeship Rocket Mis-
fires :. :"
John Summer Woods. Sr.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Whittier Says

A proposed So million hike
in teachers pay is needed to
help stem the tide of a "los-
ing battle to maintain educa-
tional Standards" according
to School Superintendent C..
Taylor Whittier.
Whittier's salary recommenda.
tions are included in the pro-
posed operating budget submit
ted Monday to the Board of Edu-
cation.
The superintendent cited some
startling statistics on educa-
tional costs.
Last year, Whittier said,
Americans spent a total of
$l4 billion on all public edu-
cation - about the same as
they spent for smoking and
drinking ($15 billiOn) and far
less than for crime $50 bill
iOn).
The county must face up to
the fact that it is losing good
potential teachers to the compe-
tition of other school systems and
outside professions, Whittier in
dicated. He declared:
I'm spite of the recent empha-
sis on quality education, the key
note of which is qualified
teachers, Montgomery County is
following the trend in Maryland
and the nation of fighting a los
ing battle to maintain educa-
tional standards
This can only mean that our
children are not getting the edu.
cation to which they are en-
titled"
The answer is not simply a
''pay raise" he emphasized, but
an overhaul of the salary sched-
ule that will fully recognize the
teachers professional status.
Thus, he said, it must take into
account inflationary pressures,
increased taxes, adequate rccog.
milton Of experience, and other
factors.
Specifically, Whittier is ask.
ing for a hike in starting pay
from $4,000 10 $500, and u
raise from 5000 to $500 in
the top bracket for teachers
with masters degrees.
This would still be substan-
TALLY below the levels recon.
mended by the National Educa.
ton Association, the Montgom.
cry County Education Associa-
ton and the 39,000member Coun-
ty Council of Parent-Teacher
Association.
Whittier cited an October sur.
vey by the MEGA which showed
that 80 percent of 1873 teachers
responding to the question find
it necessary to hold down a sec.
ond job.
And II percent of 1910 married
teachers said it is necessary for
their spouses TO work in order TO
make ends meet.
Under the proposed schedule,
the average teacher would get
$3198 next year - as against an
average household buying in
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Letter to Editor
Foley Supported

A column in the December 18th
issue of the SENTINEL indicated
your columnists concern that
Foley might lean heavily toward
labor during his service in Con-
gress.
l say: Thank God, Foley's got
CUTS! The Democratic Party has
traditionally been a party of the
PEOPLE and in my book
LABOR is PEOPLE! Let the
Republicans worry about Man
agement they always have!
Trudy Morse
(Mrs. Malcolm 81
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-12-18
Early Deadlines
Due Next Week

Regular Sentinel deadlines
for news and advertising
will be pushed forward by
48 hours next week when
we go TO press two days early
because of the Christmas
holiday. Merry Christmas!
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