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Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Wick Byron

cude the record of the following resolution which
was adopted on December 10, 1855, about two
years before Sputnik:
That the State Superintendent of Schools
be requested to call meeting of county Sl1ner
lntendents and members of county Boards of Edu.
cation, to consider steps TO increase the number
of students entering the fields of science and en-.
gineerng and to improve the quality of instr1Ic
ton in mathematics, science and related subjects
now offered in the public schools of this State"
Mr. Barrow introduced this resolution and
Messrs. Birdsell, King and McGraw ioined him
in voting for it. Mesdames Kramer and Scharf
and Mr.. Smith voted against it,
Under Adult Education, the P.TA Council
Report shows that on January 23 1857, Mr.. Bar.
row and Mr. King voted to delete $4,000 from,
the Budget. Birdsell Kramer, McCraw and Scharf
and Smith voted not to delete
On January 26, 1857, - just three days
later - the SchOI Board official minutes show
that Mrs. Scharf introduced a resolution call.
ing for the deIetiOn of $4,000 from the Suner
intendents recommended 1888 Operating
Budget for Adult Education. II passed unani.
mOusly.
1t seems TO u.s. the Elections Committee ~
the Council of P!TA's should have included this
vote in its report if its object were to give clear
and impartial view of the voting record of School
Board members.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Lila Thomson

a 7OOmember organization = just in case the
Guild and Others wish to take heed - is further
indication of sad state of affairs in civic life
a state, strangely enough, deplored by majority
of the 685 Guild members not present at last
Wednesdays meeting
Groups, organizations and just plain citizens
are too prone to sit on their behinds too long and
too often. AS result they find themselves rep.
resented = and too frequently - by vociferous
and articulate few whose IDEAS deologies philoso.
sophies, aims and actions, neither are compatible
with nor representative of the majority Until
the majority removes the lead from portions of
the body where lead never should be- maiorites
will continue to be spoken for and governed by
an articulate few
Groups, organizations and individuals who
prefer various pOstures i'm the living room
rather than articulate participation i'm affairs
that concern their social, economic spiritual
and political well-being deserve what they get
from the more energetic few
Irish patriot, John Phipott Curran who stood
up in 1870 and said eternal vigilance is the price
OF liberty had more than a point He had the
key to survival
And at this point and in these times it is
pertinent to quote Mr. Currans statement in full
when, fighting corruption in government, he spoke
well upon the Right of Election. He said. "It is
the common fate of the indolent to see their rights
become prey to the active. The condition upon
which God hath given liberty to man is eternal
vigilance; which condition, if he break servitude
is at once the consequence of his crime and pun
ishment of his guilt"
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Two Big Ones

you're the kind of a citizen who likes
| to help out, you've got two beautiful op-
portunities coming up.
One of them will happen when the blood
mobile sets up shop in Rockville on October
13. Rockville, we are told, received a black
eye on the last visit of the bloodmobile.
Hardly anybody showed up and some people
got the idea the people of Rockville weren't
very interested in helping out.
The other opportunity will be when you
hear knock on your door and you open it
to see tired but still determined solicitor
for United Givers Fund. When you see this
person you might try thinking about the
umpteen thousand persons SO much less for
tunate than you who will be helped in the
next year by 142 agencies participating in
funds raised by UGF. They urgently need
81 million dollars.
We're the first to concede that so many
people call on you for help that you're get
ting little tired of it all. But these two -
blood bank and UGF - are big ones. Don't
let the down.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Northrop Committee

A A ARYLAND'S smaller counties are
w rapidly bringing their property taxing
methods into line with fairer methods used
by the bigger counties, giving the latter a
long-deserved break.
Some smaller counties, for decades, as
sessed property at low rate. This gave resi-
dents of these counties tax break residents
of bigger counties didn't enjoy And it meant
bigger counties, like Montgomery, had to
contribute more money than was really
necessary to help support the smaller, poorer
counties.
Everyone including the politicians in the
smaller counties cucked their tongues. But
the small county politicians kept right on
currying favor with their constituents - at
the expense of the bigger counties. Finally
progress has been made.
So many counties were grabbing more
than their share of State aid by deliberately
underassessing property that the General
Assembly in 1853 ordered committee to
investigate. 1t reported that the key to the
problem lay in the State exercising stronger
control over the property assessing. Since
that time, diligent efforts to achieve that
goal have been put forth, principally, by
committee of the Assembly's legislative coun-
Gil headed by State Sen. Edward S. Northrop
of Montgomery County. The committee is
named Committee on Taxation and Fiscal
Matters and Northrop has been SO aggres-
sive and diigent in heading the committees
work that it is commonly referred to as "the
Northrop Committee"
The committee has worked closely with
the State Tax Commission in closing the gap
between unfair and fairer assessments and
it deserves commendation. Now it recon-
mends that the State Tax Commission con-
duct survey of real property assessment
ratios throughout the State next year and
every five years thereafter. The suggestion
is good one.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Trick or Treat

The action of Roclxville's Mayor
and Council in proclaiming g
Trick or Treat" night as Octo-
Der 81 came as the result of
many months consideration. This
was brought about at the urging
OF several of the P-TA groups in
the city who have been study
ing this problem for some time.
October 81 was chosen because
this was the recommendation of
the county police. 1t was also pre-
ferred by many mothers who
want the extra police on duty
when their tots go out after dark,
not so much to prevent vandal-
ism by said tots but to protect
the tots from older hobgoblins.
The problem of two "Trick or
Treat" nights had become a diff
cult one, not only for those with
children but for those without.
Nobody knew which night to cele-
brate. Consequently there were
children "Trick-or-Treat-ing' on
both nights, and sometimes the
same children went out both
nights. Last year when so many
families had sick youngsters with
Asiatic flue at this time of year,
the constant visitors two nights
in row presented a real prob
lem. AT this time some of the
schools attempted to regulate the
confusion by asking everyone in
their school districts to observe a
certain night. This failed to be
completely satisfactory, however,
because not everyone knew of the
plan, Parochial schools observed
different night, and those from
other parts of town were not in
on the plan. That is why the
schools requested this year that
the Mayor and Council set a defi-
mite night so that activity of this
sort in Rockville would be uni
formly on one single night from
now on, throughout the whole
city.
Since the county police prefer
October 81, this seemed the bet
ter night. Also, if October 30th
had been chosen there would al
ways have been a few who went
out on October 81. This has, we
hope been taken care of. am
surprised that the Sentinel has
chosen to criticize this action.
Our "Trick or Treat" problem is
one which rural readers cannot,
perhaps, appreciate, but here in
Rockville it had really become a
nuisance. One "Trick or Treat"
night, we feel, is enough.
Rosemary p. Smith
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02

Two trick or treat" nights have
long been a thorn i'm the side of
many Rockville residents. For
several years some efforts have
been made to limit these activi-
ties to one single night. l am
glad that the Mayor and Council
have responded to the requests
of the P.TA's and acted to settle
this matter on a city.wide basis.
l am also glad that they have
done this in cooperation with the
County Police Department. (They
could hardly do otherwise.)
1t is not true that Oct. 30th is
the traditional trick or treat"
night. Many people have always
observed Oct 31st. 1t depends
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
wearing his other hat, helps to regulate.
Roger Furquhor

wearing his other hat helps to regulate.
The fact is, however that there are many
citizens who are getting little tired of such pious
utterances in justification of these actions
"every citizen is entitled to be represented before
the bar of Justice" BY the same token, such
statements as I'm a real estate man and this
is the way earn my living" are beginning to
wear bit thin Nor does it make sense for al
subdivider to say what subdivision regulations
should be adopted
There is plenty of law business and plenty
of real estate business that can be indulged
i'm where there is absolutely no question of
conflict. The wise office holder avoids the
areas where criticism is likely to arise.
To offer an analogy, a newspaper reporter
who ndulged in press relations on the side for
fee would be fired from his job - and iustfiably
so. member of the Federal Power Commission
wouldn't dare let himself be put on the payroll
of the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. under any
circumstances. A Sherman Adams cannot accept
a vicuna coat or free hotel lodging from
who is being investigated by the Federal Govern
ment even though the eager donor is an old
friend.
Isn't it about time that Montgomery County
grew up and began to demand that its public
officials set up - and follow some sort of
ethical code that would make it difficult = if not
impossible for officialdom to adhere to anything
other than rgidly high standards? If this were
to happen political parties would gain in stature
Individual office holders would enjoy new prestige
and respect Everybody would win except the
special interests who seek shortcuts to what they
want
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
P-TA Units Report
Was a Biased One
An Opinion

Sooner or later, the election in November
approaches candidates for the School Board will
be divided into two or three groups.
AS a matter of fact the School Board Elec.
tions Committee of the Montgomery County Coun.
Gil of Parent Teachers Associations has taken the
first step in this direction. The report of this COM
mittee, which shows portion of the voting record
of the present School Board, indicates that two
members of the Board Wylie Barrow and Harri-
son King differed quite often with the other
members This is quite true but we believe the
report attempts to give the wrong impression Of
the two members who appeared to be in the
minority.
To keep the impression from being too
distorted it might be wise to point out couple
of resolutions Of high importance that were
left out - resolutions and the voting thereon
which might give wider reflection on the
actual thinking of the Board members.
About this time last year, world educators
were shook, as the expression goes when the
Russians were successful in launching the first
Sputnik. Our entire conception of the educational
system in Russia was changed overnight And
our attention turned to our own inadequacies in
the educational field of science and engineering.
There is not much question about this subject
being one of the most important to have come up
before the School Board Therefore, il is difficult
to understand why the PTA Council did not in
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
'Liffle Beggers'

You seemed to misunderstood
the purpose of the Mayor and
Councils proclamation regarding
Halloween.
If there is a Rockville tradition
about trick-or-treat night, October
Both, how do you explain the lit
tie beggers who venture out the
next night, October 31st. 1t would
seem that the tradition has been
weakened and confused by the
enormous number of recently-ar-
rived residents from all over the
country.
Police protection is for the chill
dren, of course, not the adults.
Many parents accompany their
youngsters on their rounds, but
it is good to know that all the
children are under the watchful
eye of our police that night.
Whether they do their begging
the 30th or 31st doesn't matter to
most parents, but we do want
it kept it to one night. We are
the ones who put the pressure
on the Mayor and Council and
we are grateful that they recog-
nized our pleas.
Your newspaper could be a big
help in this campaign to end the
confused Hallowe'ens of the past.
hope you will think about it
and give your support instead of
darkly suggesting that the chill
dren defy authority. Next year,
perhaps the night will be changed,
but the purpose is a good one.
Please reconsider.
Mrs. John j. Brewer
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Thanks, Ladies!

The League of Women Voters, bless em,
has done it again. They skillfully turned
out another comprehensive "Voters Guide"
to help the electorate select better qualified
candidates in the coming election.
This is a national project by League
units but surely the local ladies must out
shine their sisters elsewhere in compiling,
editing, printing and distributing such COM
prehensive Guide" that reflects so much
credit upon them - and the county.
For the primary, the League (often
called 'the Plague" by politicians who have
suffered from their nonpartisan wrath) pro-
duced an eight-page tabloid setting forth the
qualifications of almost 130 candidates. 1t
was mammoth job and was given wide dis
tribution = and acclamation.
Now, for the general election the hard
working ladies have repeated their achieve
ment and brought forth another tabloid-size,
eight-page "Guide" jampacked with data on
races in the general election - everything
from Governor and u. S. Senator on down
to the figurative dogcatcher. Not only can
you find out exactly who is running for what
but you can find out pertinent biographical
Data on the candidates and how they feel
about important issues.
The county would be lot poorer with
out the League, generally, and this "Voters
Guide" project specifically More taxpaying
citizens ought to thank the girls for their
good work. We suspect, however, that the
only reward the ladies want is for their labori-
ously compiled project to be used.
If you're interested Wen give you
hint: call Juniper 1892 and they'll send
you one.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
'Conflict' Question
Is Hardy Perennial
Viewpoints

Disclosure this week that an elected head Of
the Montgomery County government is also on
the payroll of big electric utility as real estate
appraiser again raises the conflict of interest
question - for the umpteenth time.
There are who getting a bit
weary Of the question coming often.
The question was raised earlier this year -
as it has been in the past - in connection with
real estate men and builders holding down jobs
on the Park and Planning Commission. Of you're
a subdivider it's obviously smart to win an ap-
pontment to the Planning Commission where
they lay down the rules that you have got to fol-
low in your business)
The question has been raised in connection
with lawyers who are members of the State Sen
ate and who, at the same time represent clients
before the Roads Commission in condemnation
cases. Of you're State Senator you're in posi-
ton to influence the selection of State Roads
Commission personnel, and what the State Roads
Commission will be for the coming year, and
what many of its policies will be- and what the
laws will be controlling the operation of that
agency The client is eager to pay you we'll for
services rendered and the State Roads Commits
sion is scared to death of you)
IL must be emphasized here that there is
nothing whatsoever illegal, or contrary to any
rules or regulations, about County Council
man offering himself for hire to Potomac
Electric Power Co. as a real estate appraiser,
or builder serving on the Park and Plan
ming Commission, a lawyer who is also a
State Senator hiring himself out as an attor.
ney representing clients who are fighting a
State agency that the lawyer, when he is
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
I'm Only 81

The Montgomery County Citi.
zens' Information Committee on
School Board Elections has per-
formed a valuable public service
by publishing its fact sheet on all
10 candidates for the Board in the
field. For many voters the fact
sheets may be the only contact
with school board candidates.
Since this is so, / wish to point
out that, through a typographical
error, the fact sheet lists my age
as 50. Actually, l am 80. I am
somewhat bothered that this may
deprive me of the obvious asset
of being young parent who has
been working actively for better
schools. What is worse, it has
bolstered my daughters OCCASION
al complaint that 1 am too old
to understand the problems of the
young.
William r.. Thomas III
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
Is Booking Pugh

All thanks go to the Sentinel's
impartial reporting on September
25, 1858. Politician John Reeves
has been smoked out by his clos
est supporter. Now the public
knows, what every lawyer knows;
namely, that the sole reason can
didate Reeves is a sitting judge,
is because he was appointed by
Governor McKeldin.
Mr.. James H. Pugh has been
a brilliant trial lawyer since 1882,
so competent that retired Judge
Woodward's signature heads the
long list favoring Mr.. Pugh., Mr..
Pugh enjoys the recommends
tions of the Maryland, Frederick
County and Montgomery County
Associations.
Photographs spread all over
this county picture Judge Reeves
in his judicial robes. Could that
political display of Judge Reeves
approved photography tend to
arouse reasonable feeling that he
probably enjoys having his agent
apparently using the (photo-
graphed) prestige of his judicial
position to promote his candi-
dacy? BY contrast it was Mr..
Pughs' nonpartisan support that
elected Republican Judge Ander-
son, the most competent lawyer
then at the bar of this Circuit
Court. Mr.. Pugh has been buster
practicing law in Maryland since
1882 than has Judge Reeves been
in Maryland since 1889, and this
Is why Mr.. Pugh Is more quail
fled than candidate Reeves. In
this judicial race the better law
yer should win.
Sumner Wood, Sr.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02

public meeting at the Damascus
High School, the Damascus Utili-
ties Company was organized.
Public spirited citizens subscribed
more than $4,000 in stock and
the company borrowed 100000
from the Philadelphia Life In
surance Company. This debt is
not in any way guaranteed by
Montgomery County as are obli-
cations of the Washington Sub.
urban Sanitary Commission.
The Board of Directors consists
of II public minded men who
have worked countless hours
without any compensation what
soever for the last three years
organizing the company, placing
the loan, and obtaining clearance,
permits and franchises from vari.
GUS governmental bodies. The
Montgomery County Council is
only one of many agencies that it
is necessary to deal with in mat.
ters such as these. Others in.
clude:
l. The State Roads Commits.
sion.
2. The State Public Service
Commission.
3. The State Tax Commits.
sion.
4. The Maryland Fire under
writers Rating Bureau.
5. The State Health Depart
ment.
6. The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission.
Z. Montgomery County
Health Department.
8. Montgomery County De-
partment of Public Works.
The II men, officers and di.
rectors. who are giving of their
time and money, to manage the
affairs of the company are from
all walks of life such as lawyers,
farmers, merchants, bankers and
builders and they are both Demo-
crat and Republican. The Chair
man of our Board is one of the
most prominent Republicans in
Damascus. There has been no
thought of politics in this oper.
alton.
We feel that the people respon.
sible for the misleading state
ments owe a public apology to
the Damascus Utilities Company,
the people of Damascus, and to
the Montgomery County Council.
Damascus Utilities Company
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02
POLITICAL
JOS
Letters to the Editor

on what part of the country they
come from. But the important
thing here was to settle on one
night for the whole city and
am glad they have done it.
(Mrs.) EVELYN X, Scott
Montgomery County sentinel., 1958-10-02

William r. Thomas III
Milford chronicle., 1958-03-07
A Day I'm r.Sa|k$ laboratory

he man who helped
Il conquer one of the
worlds greatest scourg-
es polio - continues to
wage war on disease.
In aneat, well-equipped
laboratory at the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh where
he developed the anti
polio vaccine, DIR. Jonas
E. Salk is finding life
somewhat more calm than
In the early days of his
great discovery. But the
calm is deceptive, for In
the former Municipal
Ho spital Building now
owned by the university
and to be named Jonas E.
Salk Hall research moves
steadily ahead.
There the 42-year-old
scientist and his team
continue virus studies un-
der a March of Dimes
grant and move into basic
research problems in
volving Investigations of
cell growth and metabo-
lism.
AS virus laboratories
go, DIR. Salk's is not par
ticularly large. Actual
laboratory equipment oc-
cupies a dozen rooms on
several floors. The
rooms are neat and or
derly. Work goes on qui-
city. DR.. Salk arrives at
his office early, works
through a long day. often
leaves long after his as
sociates are gone. When
he returns the following
morning, his briefcase
contains compl eted
homework. TT would be
a rare thing if I went
home without a briefcase
full of papers," he says.
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