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The people's voice., 1959-01-23
Juvenile Crime Publicity Hearing
Brings Sharp Diversity of Opinion

McGarvey (D-Flathead) would pub
lish the names of juveniles in traffic
or liquor violations.
At the public hearings Friday,
Judge Loble took the greatest part
of the proponents time in dramatic
and sometimes humorous presentation
on the preventive" aspects of MAX
ing these matters public after all else
has failed.
Two Billings high school students
presented a petition with 800 student
names asking that they be relieved
of the Stigma" of their age group
by publishing the names of offenders.
Billings high school students felt that
because the names of offenders are
not published they can not walk into
any business establishment without
being suspect.
The Child Welfare Advisory Com
mittee supported the legislation be-
cause of public pressure and pres
sure from the Montana Press Asso-
citation, but they thought the names
should be published only at the dis
cretion of the judge.
Loble felt this would cause too
much pressure on judges.
The state head of Parent-Teacher
Association and their legislative repre-
sentative spoke against the bills, and
Father Sargent, Episcopal pastor
from Anaconda, said promotion of
such legislation reflected an entire
misunderstanding of the problem, and
said if any of these bills were to pass
juvenile advisory committees would
not be able to do what they have to
do. He pointed out that invariably
aggravated cases of juvenile delin-
quency came from children who had
dropped out of the normal circle of
teen-age activities because of their
to cope with competitive So
ciety, that they were unable to excel
in their studies or social life and |
turned to other forms Of self-glorifi-
ration.
Mrs. Pat Gilfeather, from Great
Falls, urged a better probation pro-
gram, with trained and properly sup
ported staff.
Judge Gillian pointed out it costs
100000 to send man to the peni-
entiary, $4,000 to send boy to
eform school and $3.50 a year to
,eep him on probation. He said nine
ut of ten offenders make good on
"and that is pretty good
attinp averaUa',
He said most newspapers are will
ng not to punish the names of juve-
lie offenders because of ethical rea- ;
ons that have nothing to do with {
reedom of the press. i
X X In
HB 10 and So were given a do t
not pass recommendation out of 6
judiciary on Tuesday, and it is ex- c
pected substitute bill will be pre-
sented that will allow public access l
to Juvenile proceedings without
the publicity of publication. a
The people's voice., 1959-01-23
Their brothers Keepers? :.
Whether JobIess Eat Does
Not Bother Employers
By GRETCHEN BILLINGS

The ancient struggle of property people attracted the
usual large crowd public hearing Monday afternoon when
House chambers filled with people hear opponents and
proponents of HB The bill would direct the Unemployment
Compensation Commission with the
federal to extend compensation the unemployed
who have exhausted their benefits under the
The people's voice., 1959-01-23
The House That Jack Built
CONTINUED From Page One)

And they suggested to Gov. J. Hugo
Aronson that g. Mr.. Cohagen not
be reappointed to the Architectural
Board of Examiners" (Cohagen was
appointed to that board after he was
unable to provide plans for the man.
sion within the legislatively-approved
appropriations
WHAT TO DO NEXT?
With legislative and popular indig-
nation running high over the unfin-
ished "white elephant" Montana has
on it's hands, legislators are likely to
be somewhat reluctant about handing
over without some strings attached
the additional $4,000 requested by
the Board of Examiners Wednesday
to complete the structure.
The special committee recommends
against completion of the building
as a Governors mansion at this
time ;" pointing out that 'the
Board of Examiners have started a
project beyond the financial ability
and the present need of the State
of Montana :"
Instead, the committee does recon-
mend that the building be leased to
the Highway Patrol which has ex-
pressed willingness to pay approx
mately $500 per month"; for it.; "a
price which they are now paying for
quarters at their present
location . - At some time in the
future, when more money is avail
able, the committee believes, the
building can then be finished and
serve its original purpose.-HLB.
The people's voice., 1959-01-23

Absent or not voting: Aasheim, An
derson, Bradford, Corcoran, Curry, DAN
ials, Ha.ines of Prairie, Kiff. Nees, Wold
and Wright.
The people's voice., 1959-01-23
Nine Demos FIuUnt
JobIess Pay Pledge
Of 1858 Platform

The second roll call vote on an i'm
portant measure to working men and
women more nearly closed the gap
between Republican and Democratic
control of the House yesterday after
noon when HB l (11-week extension
of jobless comp.) received House ap-
proval 47-36. Nine Democrats flaunt-
ed their party's pledge to support
Montana acceptance of federal jobless
insurance aid and voted with the Re-
publican minority to kill the bill.
Had six more of the Democrats vot-
ing switched, HB 1 would not have
survived in the two-to-one Democratic
House.
The vote was on a committee mi
nority report of "do not pass. The
roll call follows:
The people's voice., 1959-01-23

HB 10 and So were given a do
not pass recommendation out of
judiciary on Tuesday, and it is ex-
pected substitute bill will be pre-
sented that will allow public access
to Juvenile proceedings without
the publicity of publication.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Is There a Sonto cIous?'

1.-THE Sentinel herewith reproduces from the Sep
TENDER 21 1897 issue of the Neao York Sun the classic
editorial as There Santa CLAUSE" The letter aOas
aoritten by Virginia O'Hdnlon. The author OF the
editorial a0as the late Frank B. Church,
take pleasure in answering at and thus promi-
Wv nently the communication below, expressing graft
caton that its faithful author is numbered among the
friends of The Sun:
Dear Editor: am years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa
Claus.
"PIease tell me the TRUTH is there Santa Claus?
Virginia OHanlon.
"I15 West Ninety Fifth Street"
Virginia. YOUR little friends are wrong. They have
been affected by the skepcsm of skeptical age They
do not believe except they They think that nothing
can be which is not comprehensive by their little minds
All minds Virginia whether they be mems or chldrens,
are little In this great universe of ours man mere IN
sect ant in his intellect compared with the bound
less world about him. measured by the intelligence cap
able of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as
certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist and
you know that they abound and give to your life its highest
beauty and JOY Alas how dreary would be the world If
there Santa Claus would be dreary as If
there were no VirgniaS There would be chdke faith
Them poetry to make olerable this exis-
tence We should have enjoyment except in sense and
sight The eternal light with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not be-
eve in faires You might get your papa to hire men to
watch in all the chimneys Christmas Eve to catch Santa
Claus but if they did not Santa Claus coming
down. what would that prove? Nobody Santa Claus
but that is sign that there is Santa Claus The most
real things in the world those that neither children
men can see Did you fairies dancing the lawn?
OF not but that's proof that they not there
Nobody conceive imagine all the wonders there
unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and what
makes the noise inside but there is veil covering the
world which not the strongest man, nor even the
united strength of all the strongest that lived
could tear apart Only faith fancy poetry love-
push aside that curtain and view and picture the super
nal beauty and glory beyond Is it all real? Ah Virginia.
in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives and he lives
forever. thousand years from now Virginia nay, ten
times ten thousand years from now he will continue to
make glad the heart of childhood
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Council Decision

The League of Women Voters
of Montgomery County wishes
to congratulate the Sentinel for
it's December II editorial on po-
litical appointments. The coun-
ellis recent move to refer nomi-
nations for the personnel board
to a state central committee for
political acceptability" clear
ance is a step backwards in the
battle against political patron
age.
1t will cancel the nonpartisan
character of the personnel
boards work. We also feel that
the services of qualified people
who have spent their free time
working in civic or professional
groups rather than political
party activity will be denied the
county if political clearance is
to be a standard for public APP
pointment.
We have asked the council to
reconsider its decision.
Mrs. Thomas G. Casey,
President
League of Women
Voters of Montgomery
County
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Reversed Needed

IN letter to the editor appearing elsewhere this page
the Montgomery County League of Women Voters asks
the County Council to reverse of its recent decisions
That decision is the in which the Council last week
unanimously resolved to refer nominees for appointment
to the County Personnel Board to the counts Democratic
State Central Committee for prior screening by that 100
per cent political group before the individuals consd-
cred for appointment by the Council
This extremely iladvised decision of the Council
makes shambles of the whole concept of objective i'm
partial nonparsan consideration of county personnel mat
tiers and the Council must have had temporary blind spot
it would not have considered taking such step. The
whole idea of the counys merit SYSTEM which the person
mel board administers is to keep county government
poyes out of politics. That's why the merit system
created in the first place. This action by the Counc--
sistng that political consideration be given to jobs that
should be completely non-potcal-makes mockery of
nonpartisan personnel administration which Montgomery
County has had for 10 years and which should
suredly keep
We would like to suggest to the council that this is
not one of those issues that will just quietly go way that
people will forget about Embarrassing may be- this
is situation where the Council should orhrghty admit
that made mistake and its decision If it does
it will not only not lose the respect of the public will gain
great deal of public respect If the other hand it
wants to be known group that out to pepetrate
system of political spois it should let its decision stand
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Open Session

HE seven-member, all Democratic new Montgomery
County Council has rounded out its first year in
oce-wth three to go-and in at least facet of
its operation heartiest concentrations in order.
The in which the present County Council deserves
to be congratulated is the in which has conduct
ed public business in pubic-instead of private Public
bodies to an increasing extent it seems tending go
behind closed doors to transact public business This
Councils predecessors did frequently and the practice is
quite common throughout the United States particularly
on Capitol Hill.
Obviously If the public sufficiently angered by
these practices they would be discontinued but there are
still too many who Indifferent about the conduct of
their government. That is why the politicians in many
areas can get way with closing the public DOORS We use
the word politician" advsedy because in many instances
1t is the potcansas distinguished from genuine public
servans-who responsible The practice of conducting
public business in private is needless and in fact insulting
to the taxpayers who footing the bills and for whom
government created and exists Too many public Of
fcals think government be like private business
They are saying when they close the door of their meeting
room: "the public be damned"
Happily, the incumbent Council started off on the
right foot last year and has consistently maintained high
standard of performance this whole Freedom of In
formation" business We commend them for this and here
with express the sincere hope they will keep up the good
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
artificial INSTRUMENTATION.

artificial birth-preveAsion. :"
The preponderance of opinion
in the United States, scientific,
philosophic and religious, does
not agree with the Catholic
viewpoint. In my opinion the
Bishops have tried to enforce
a tenet of their faith on not
only Americans of other faiths,
but on nations receiving aid
from America. India and Egypt,
troubled by over population, are
encouraging birth control pro-
grams. Is it right that they be
denied this help or be forced to
go to private sources for it, be.
cause a tenet of the Catholic
Church finds it improper? In
my opinion, this is arrogant in.
reference in government by a
church, and I strongly resent it.
I suggest that anyone inter-
ested in the separation of
church and state problem would
do well to read Bishop Pixies
article in the current issue of
Life magazine.
Lester L. Kimble
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Franklin Press
Elects Hane

James w. Hane, City Attor-
ney for Gaithersburg, was elect
ed secretary of the Franklin
Press, Inc, Gaithersburg print
ing firm, at a meeting of the
Board of Directors December
IL.
Hane, 80, is married, and
lives at 10 Maryland ave. He
succeeds Cecil E. Custer, who
resigned last week.
Merton F. Duvall, president
of the Board and Mayor Of
Gaithersburg, announced the
election. Alfred w. Duvall, the
Mayors brother, is vice presi.
dent and treasurer Of the firm
that was founded by their
grandfather in 1888. It is To-
Gated at II North Frederick
ave.
Hane is graduate OF George.
town University Law School and
Is a native of Frederick, Md. He
has lived in GaithersburR nine
and a half years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
work. They should know that the chief beneficiary of
their open door policy is the public
S+ronge Recommendation

IT difficult to understand why Frank L. Hewitt of
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, should
choose to recommend publicly his when he
nounced his decision to step down chairman And when
1t is considered that the person he recommended dyed
inthewool completely dedicated Prince Georgian, the
move is doubly difficult to comprehend
1t seems entirely gratuous in the first place for Hew
lit to attempt to influence his colleagues to who the
new chairman should have been The responsibility of
eectng chairman is solely that of the remaining
commissioners and it not clear at all why the outgoing
chairman should presume to tell them who it should be-
When Montgomery Countans look back the events lead
ing up to Hewitts selection chairman only brief six
months ago. they will indeed find his recommendation of
Prince Georgian passing strange. The commission,
cording to all accounts locked in deadly struggle
the election of chairman. Montgomery County for the
first time since 1918 standing up for its right to have
one of its residents chairman. And supposedly Prince
Georges County interests resisting with might and
main in desperate attempt to retain the Craftsmanship
they have held in iron grip for the last four decades
Suddenly, Montgomery County's victorious champion
up and quits And he tells his colleagues they should pick
Prince Georges to replace him. It's all very strange
Needless to say the Prince Georges now has it. And
Montgomery County is right back where has been for
the last 40 years. Thanks Mr.. Hewitt
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
KimbIe Reply

The letter addressed to me in
last weeks Sentinel by Louis j.
Wimsatt, who calls himself a
dyed in the wool Roman Cath
Ole, American Republican, asks
people of this ilk to come out
like a man and say they are
anti-religious." He also asks me
to point out the consistency of
a person administering an oath
under God when that person
has stated no belief in God"
Mr.. Wimsatt, l shall fight for
your right to be a dyed in the
wool Roman Catholic, Amer
lean, Republican" 1 shall fight
for the right of you and your
sons to have the services of a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22

Citizens of the Kensington'
Wheaton area are rightly op.
posed to the recommendations
of the Planning Board of the
Maryland Regional Park and
Planning Commission with ref.
erence to the rezoning in our
area. We came into an area
which we thought was safe
from apartment houses and
other uninhibited and undesir-
able building; but now we find
the Commission opposing its
own technical staff. Why does
not the Commission stick to the
original master plan for this
area?
Here is a real paradox: Gov.
ernments are moving toward
the elimination of slums and
crowded conditions; and yet
right in our own suburbs where
we thought we were free from
such conditions, the Commission
proposes such changes as will
in time result in the same con-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Tip Of the Week

ditions they are fighting in the
inner cities. If citizens cannot
trust the master-plans for these
areas, where are we going to get
the kind of housing we desire?
What does the Planning Com.
mission hope to gain by its un,
welcome recommendations? II
is certainly losing the good will
OF the citizens. 1t is paving the
way for lot of For Sale signs.
If the present plans of the
Planning Board go into effect
and this rezoning continues, we
can expect to see our taxes go
up, our property values go
down. What is still worse-we
are changing the character of
our community; or rather, the
Commission is changing the
character of our community
without our approval. Why
don't they give the people who
live here a chance to voice their
views? In one case a change in
the master plan resulted with
out a public hearing? If the
ideas of the Commission were
submitted to the people, they
would be defeated overwhelm-
ingly.
Lawrence p. Fitzgerald
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22
Letters to the Editor

chaplain available in the armed
services. l shall also fight any
attempt by you or anyone else
to impose your particular re-
ligious idea on another person.
If I interpret your letter cor
rectly, you use the terms great
champions of individual free
DOM" and the Latin term for
friend of the court in sarcastic
manner. Are you sneering at
individual freedom and the SUI
preme Court which has done so
much to insure that freedom?
Or are you sneering at Roy Tor
case and those who defend him?
1t is strange, indeed, when
any American defending the
rights of his fellow Americans
to freedom of belief, finds him
self under attack by other
Americans. 1t is strange when
a man of courage like Roy Tor
case, at great expense of time
and money challenges an ar
chaic law which penalties him
for his religious belief, and finds
himself under attack by Amer
leans who do not grant him the
right of freedom of belief with
out penalties. Mr.. Torcaso is
not trying to force his belief on
anyone. He believes the Mary
land law requiring a belief in
God for notary public is in con-
flict with the Constitution; it is
not only his right but his duty
as an American citizen to bring
this law to a test in the courts.
You enjoy the freedoms OF
America, Mr.. Wimsatt, because
the United States is able to pro-
duce a few men of CUTS like Roy
Torcaso. You and 1, and every
other American owes him a debt
of gratitude.
My authority to protest the
attempt to force any person to
believe in God or suffer the con-
sequence, be it only the denial
of the privilege of serving as a
notary public, is the Constitu-
ton of the United States and
decisions of the Supreme Court.
BY whose authority do you, Mr..
Wimsatt, require others to be-
lieve in your God, or If not in
your God, in whose God? Go to
the teachings of the 267 organ
lied religions of the United
States and tell me how many Of
these UNCONVENTIONAL definitions
Of God are acceptable to you?
Let us consider a deist, one
who believes in the existence of
a personal God based solely on
the testimony of reason and re-
jecting and supernatural re-
hgion. Let us assume that this
deist rejects the Bible and the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22

Just a line at year end to
thank you and other members
of your staff for your fine CO.
operation during 1859.
Your fine coverage of WSSC
news contributes UNNECESSARILY
to greater public understanding
of Commission projects, policies
and problems.
Please relay my best wishes
for a Merry Christmas and a
top-notch 1860 to everyone who
helps cover the WSSC.
With best regards, 1 am
Sincerely yours,
Arthur p. Brigham
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-12-22


thority of the Bible with his
own reason and the word God
with the word Nature. Should
he be permitted to swear to tell
the truth so help him Nature?
Should a Buddhist be permitted
to swear to Budda? Should a
Hindu be permitted to swear to
Vishnu, silva, Brahma, or some
other God of his choice? These
are not idle questions. In law
the meaning of terms must be
clearly defined, otherwise the
law takes on many meanings.
Any American has the right
to be an atheist, agnostic, Prot.
estant, Catholic, Moselm, Bud
dhist or to embrace any reli.
gious or anti-religious philoso.
ply he chooses. My "anti.re.
ligion" is the type embraced by
Thomas jefferson and the Faith
er of our Constitution, James
Madison. They knew of the evils
of a joining of church and state
-harassment, persecution, tor.
ture, Imprisonment, and even
murder of men because of their
religious beliefs. They knew
that when any religion became
established as the state religion
in any nation, persons of other
faiths became second class citi.
zens in some respects. They
knew that religious beliefs can
be only a matter of reason and
conscience, not a matter of law
or coercion. They rejected that
intellectual arrogance viii h
says, my religion is the only
true one and my God is the
right one.
The joining of church and
state is not past evil that we
find only in history books. 1t
exists today in nations like
Spain, Italy and England. Due
to the English love of freedom,
although produced some restric-
tons as to holding office, there
is no harassment of any religion
in England. In Spain and Italy,
however, non-Catholic religions
have been recently harassed.
There can be no lodging of re-
sponsibility for this state of
affairs in Italy and Spain. If
either the state or the Church
desires it, the Church could be
disestablished in a month.
In America there are alarm.
ing indications of a drift away
from the principles of separa.
ton of church and state. In Chi.
cago last year, pressure from
either the Catholic Church or
some of its members, caused a
television station to cancel the
showing of film about Martin
Luther; considerable counter
pres sure from Protestant
groups was necessary to permit
the showing of this film. In a
New York public hospital, a
non-Catholic doctor was pre-
vented from using the hospital
facilities for fitting a patient
with a contraceptive device;
again Protestant pressure was
necessary to correct this situa.
ton. In both of these cases, it
would be reasonable to expect
some American Catholics to step
forward and protest this en-
forcing of their tenets or beliefs
on others, but to my knowledge
this did not happen.
Just a short time ago, the
Catholic Bishops of the United
States stated that American
Catholics will not +. support,
public assistance, either at
home or abroad, to promote