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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Utility Tax

1T can be argued very strongly that the
utility tax proposed by the county
manager Is unsound and that II should be
axed. We believe, however, that the move
was an honest one by the county manager
to Tighten the tax burden here. And It
would do exactly that, as matter Of fact,
although such tax certainly is mixed
blessing. We would undoubtedly lose some
of the savings In increased electric and
telephone bills later but we submit that
there are lot more electric and telephone
users than there are property owners
and, in that sense, such a tax would
broaden the base, as the county manager
commended. The property owner who al
ready contributes most of the coumty's
revenue would not be hit quite 50 hard.
1t Is little irritating to have utility
glibly say that such a tax merely puts it
In the role of tax collector. We prefer
to look at it from the view that the utility
has big stake in this community and
when revenue problems arise, the utility
can pay its share Of the burden as do
others In the community. II doesn't have
to pass 1t all back to the consumer.
What really worries us, however, Is
the apparent feeling on the part of some
members of the county legislative delega-
ton that 1t was UP to them to Judge the
r merits OF the tax that had been requested
by the County Council. We believe it il
up to the County Council-not the legisla-
tive delegation-to run Montgomery Coun-
ty for the next four years. If the Council
does not do it properly, it then becomes
a matter to be settled by county voters
at the next election. We thought that was
the general idea when we acquired home
rule charter decade ago. The county
should be run from Rockville - not An.
napolis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Remove Barriers

Congratulations on your Fair
Trader" editorial of last week.
I agree that most consumers,
like myself, would have urged
action on Msryland's fair trade
some time ago il all the facts
had been brought to light
The cost of living is already
high enough without these 'un.
necessary artificial barriers" to
hike prices even higher. The
average family could well bene.
fit through the junking of the
fair trade laws.
If these barriers are removed,
I believe that the local bust.
nesses involved will see the re.
suits in their cash register re.
ceipts.
Jerry b. Davis
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

Unwise TO Clip
Managers Wings

The County Manager in the Council.
Manager type of government is the one au-
thority who is required to have clearly in mind
the overall picture of governmental opera
tons. Many believe this includes the financial
request needed for schools, especially as it
relates to the entire fiscal policy Of the county,
Many legal minds in the county have stated
that the County Manager has not only the
authority but the responsibility to review the
school budget and to make specific recommen.
dations to the County Council.
This policy was adopted by the first Coun.
ty Council and County Manager In 1919 and
has been carried out every year until this one.
At that time, the first Council, was composed
of the prime movers and authors of the charter
and therefore knew its intent Fred Lee was
president.
About two years ago the Montgomery
County Civic Federation made an exhaustive
study concerning the desirability Of amending
the charter provision that requires a five to
two vote of the Council IN order to increase
items in the budget that have been cut by the
manager. The yearly discussions concerning
the school budgets brought about this study.
Many legal opinions were sought. And after
thorough analysis Of the situation, the fedora.
ton voted not to seek an amendment to the
charter.
Section 68 Of Article n Of the Annotated
Code of Maryland 1857 states that the County
Board Of Education must prepare an itemized
and detailed school budget and submit 1t in
writing to the County Commissioners County
Council in this county,. Commissioners tCoun-
CID authorized, empowered s'' to collect tax
to produce the amount necessary. However,
should the amount requested exceed the rate
specified by State Law and should the add.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

COUNTY TAX RISE OF 39c
PER HUNDRED DOLLARS OF
ASSESSED VALUATION OF
REAL ESTATE~
SCHOOL HEADS GREET
r ZEE S Els ANNOUNCEMENT
WITH UNcONCEALED
GLEEi"
You asked for It, Montgomery
County, and now you have it.
The tax rise alone, If passed by
the County Council. II applied to
the family owning a S15.000-as-
sessed home, viii take as much
of your income as you spend for
two weeks of food for the fam
ily ($5s.59).
Including the whole 2.57 of
the new tax scale, you will be
paying every month as much in
county taxes as you spend every
week for your food (32.12). Add
this to your state income and
sales taxes, the federal income,
gasoline. cigarette. and the other
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Proud Of Role

Your fortnight editorial on
the need for repeal of the Fair
Trade Law is very much needed.
So many people buy advertised
items in the District of Column
bia at cut rate prices and are
not aware that repeal of this
law could make our local mer-
chants competitive on these
items.
1t seems to me that everyone
would benefit from the repeal
of this Anticipated price-fixing
device - except for the dis
count houses In downtown
Washington.
Incidentally, am very proud
Of my Coop stores for taking
the lead in the legislative effort.
The Sentinel keeps getting
better and better!
Virginia Reid
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Bob Bernstein

hospitality. They are exceedingly fair and UNI
biased"
Another section, entitled, "52 900 mother.
heroines" explains the systems of rewards for
child-bearing Ten or more babies, it seems.
qualities one for the distinguished title of
Mother Heroine" Seven, eight or nine chill.
dren will put woman in the GLORY Of Mother.
hood" order, and four or five will bring a
Mothers Medal"
The rewards are monetary as well as hon.
orary. Three children are worth a stipend of
200 rubles from the government the sixth will
bring 1000 rubles and ninth, 1880
On at least one occasion, the Russian
authors of the pamphlets are guilty of an ap-
parent slip in English usage. It occurs in the
caption of picture showing some 20 Russian
children (all dressed in the same uniform in.
cidentally) grouped casually around a camp
fire: The message: ut fun (sic) to discuss
things around the campfire, or sing and dance,
or just dream"
Some of the harsher facts of Red life are
limited at, but sugar-coated. For example: "In
rare instances when parents are not sufficient.
ly interested in their children's well-being the
teachers consider it their duty to make this fact
known to social organizations at the father or
mothers place of work Timely and comrately
criticism has helped many an irresponsible pa
rent come to his senses and realize the full
meaning of his parental responsibilities
Siberia helps, too. But it's not so much of
n fllnl
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Fair Trade Good

The fair trade laws are being
attacked today due to a lack of
understanding about this vital
legislation. The original purpose
Of this legislation was to pro-
tect the trademark of the manu-
facturer. Where a product was
footballed advertised below
wholesale prices) by a cut rate
dealer, the other outlets for this
product discontinued handling
the item because they could not
compete, the manufacturer lost
his distribution and his product
was destroyed.
A study of prices over the last
20 years shows that the increase
in prices of fair traded prod
ucts was much less than the in
crease Of other products that are
not on fair trade. The reason
for this Is that a manufacturer
put the lowest fair trade price
possible on his products to COM
pete with other items of the
same type and still gave the
retailer enough profit to remain
in business. In this manner he
had wide distribution and large
volume sales which also helped
keep prices down.
Check on advertised items
that are offered below cost and
you viii find two very common
practices used by these opera
tors. The first is to be lust
sold out" of the item offered
but I'VE have something better
(not advertised, of course) for
less money" The second is to
switch the customer to an un.
known item on which the mark.
up Is higher than the advertised
item even at fair trade prices.
The consumer has no guarantee
Of the quality of the unknown
brand except the assurance OF
an INSCRIPTIONS dealer.
The honest small businessman
can not compete against this
type Of promotion and If he
goes, the community will lose a
valuable asset. 1t must be re.
membered that an important
law Of economies is that you
must make a profit to stay In
business.
Melvin j. SOllod
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Wick Byron

tional tax not be approved or sanctioned By
the County Commissioners, then they Com
missioners) are to indicate which item or items
have been denied in whole or in part.
Article VI, Section lib Of the Charter OF
Montgomery County, says that the head Of
each department or special agency Of the
executive branch Of the County Government
and OF each agency financed in whole or In
part by County funds is to submit an itemized
estimate Of requirements for the next fiscal
year to the County Manager in such form and
at such time as he County Manager) may
prescribe, Such estimates are then subject to
all requirements Of Article VI dealing with
such phases as the managers recommenda.
lions, five to two vote by Council to increase,
etc.
From these two documents, past policies
and many legal curbstOne opinions, one can
see there is room for speculation as 1t concerns
the Councils or Mr.. Reese's decision not 10
make recommendations concerning the school
budget In the same manner as recommendations
applicable to general county operations.
For some reason, Mr.. Reese has great con.
Germ this year over the procedure Of former
years He seems to feel that it is impossible
to reconcile the laws.
~ appears 10 US tnat tnls new Council has
been moving In this direction ever since It
took office. The general attitude of the ma
Jority (most of them lawyers) seems to b
that the Council should assume more and more
OF the governing authority and the manager
less and less. This is contrary to the charter
which was sold to the voters on the basis there
would be competent administrator to carry
out the various daily governmental functions.
The Council may find that it outsmarted
itself.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Fair Trade Farce

The article and editorial in
last weeks issue regarding Fair
Trade pricing were sensibly
stated and are much needed.
Competition on a free market
is basic to consumer satisfac-
ton at reasonable costs. Words
like, Manufacturers Suggested
List Price," and Fair Trade
Price" are indeed becoming a
farce because the critical buyer
knows the price is artificial and
inflated to compensate for "dis-
counts"
Let's have merit" pricing In
stead of dictated sales tags!
Leslie b. Cole
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

excise taxes you shell out every
day, and you don't have much
left.
The suggested tax on the utili-
ties will be 3.5 per cent. If this
is passed by the council, this,
OF course, will be another rise
in rates to the utilities con,
sumner - in other words, you.
II 1t IS not passed, Mr.. Home.
owner will be taxed another 10
cents, or an additional SIS to
make a total of S40O.50 for the
year. In other words, you are
being charged a monthly rent"
of S33.37 for owning a home.
The most irritating factor is
that this is not the will of the
people. The bulk of the pro.
posed budget is for our schools
which unfortunately are run
by the present School Board. In
our recent elections approx
mately one fifth of our voters
were enough to elect the pres
ent progressive" liberal school
board. One small organized
fraction of our community
troughly $4,000 people) spear.
headed by the Kramer-Scharf.
Horsky group is able to levy
school taxes Of fifty-three mil.
lion dollars to be paid by w
Montgomery Countians!
Remember their motto at the
polls? Better Schools for Less
Money" Hall
Please, Please write to your
County Council Immediately ex.
pressing your disapproval of
this next tax rise. Only YOU
are the one to lose II this IN
approved.
Thomas NJ. Wilson, MD.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

Sabbath had little or next to
nothing to do with the tone of
the editorial. The editorial did
not discuss the pending action
of the General Assembly, but in
stead, took this opportunity
tsubject of Sunday to express
the secular, materialistic opin-
ion that Sunday Is no longer
suitable for a majority commem-
Grafton of the Sabbath.
The editors statements that
ID Some say that, Sunday is
Gods day and it's sacriligious
to work on the Sabbath" and (2)
"Some say Sunday is family
day. And everyone should spend
that day with his family in hap
py, normal family pursuits -"
reduces the Roman Catholic.
Episcopalian, Methodist an d
Presbyterian fundamental teach
ings to the casual attitude Of q
minority.
It's difficult to understand
how the editor could be 30 naive
as to confuse the issue Of the
general observance Of Sunday
with the operation Of essential
business and cultural activity or
entertainment.
But what iC Of real concern
Is that the attitude expressed In
the Blue Laws" editorial COM
pletely disregards the tradition
Of Sunday as a basic Christian
precept, and that this opinion
flagrantly disregards the teach
ings Of most of the religious
leaders. most of the community
and civic leaders, and practically
all Of the Christian mothers and
fathers who have the ever-in-
creasing difficult task to try to
pass on to their children some
semblance Of Christian tradition.
The editor of a newspaper of
influen@ In a growing commu.
nifty like Rockville should have
a great deal more consideration
Of his own position Of imDor-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
County Comment
Propaganda Slip
Is Found Showing

Sherwood PTA hosted an extremely in
teresting guest at its last meeting. in the
person Of Vladimir S. Polyahov, second secre-
tary Of the Soviet embassy In Washington Mr..
Polyakov Is a sober, somewhat owlish little
man of 80, whose demeanor and general
appearance suggest that Of an obscure office
employee of the corner finance company.
But, despite his apparent difficulty with
English language, Mr.. Polyakov proved him.
self an able diplomat As he fielded questions
from the audience about the Russian educa.
donal system, he was courteous, affable and
seemingly frank and open. II he propa-
gandized, he did it with an air that implied
he, after all, was merely discussing cold facts.
When he finished, Mr.. Polyakav brought
out some official Russian government litera.
ture In which, sad to relate, the propaganda
message was far more blatant.
This consisted of three pamphlets, lavishly
illustrated in black-and-white and four colors,
which cover virtually all aspects of Russian
life and which were gotten up for distribution
at the Brussels World Fair
They display Russians Of all ages and
descriptions, invariably welldressed, wellfed,
and smiling in manner that would warm the
heart Of Norman Vincent Peale or Dinah Shore.
One full-page picture, for example, shows a
portion of the audience at some sort of public
gathering, in which the spectators are smiling
and applauding. The caption tells us, with
touching modesty: Soviet sport fans are
known the world over for their cordially and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

Thank goodness we have a
paper with the courage to stand
up for all of us who, according
to the Department of Justice.
are being soaked about % per-
cent extra by druggists because
of the Maryland so-called fair
trade laws. If this were a tax,
what a fuss would be made. For
years, however, the manufac-
turers of fair traded" prod
ucts have been taxing" us I'M
mercifully, and giving US
nothing in return.
l hope the Legislature repeats
this one real fast.
Henry Redkey
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

lance than to express so casual.
ly this kind of opinion.
It's unfortunate that the edi.
tor did not consider what we
lose by further surrendering the
custom Of Sunday as the Sab
bath, while he considered what
We gain by unrestricted bust.
ness activity.
Charles @. Mallon, Jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Look Liked

CONGRATULATIONS!
I liked the look and I com.
mend you on the forward step
taken by The Sentinel.
Keep up the good work.
Montgomery County should
be proud of The Sentinel and
I am sure the Fields and PCS
also nod their approval from
above.
The best of luck.
Charles i. GerWig
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

I have always been pleased
by the broad approach and gen.
orally intelligent attitude which
The Sentinel has displayed in its
editorial policies of the last five
years that have been a reader.
But suddenly / read this
weeks editorial titled BLUE
Laws" and came away with the
feeling that the editor is not the
least impressed with the major
Christian effort to try to keep
some semblance of tradition, re-
lgion and custom to commence
rate Sunday as the Sabbath.
Whatever the Maryland Gen.
eral Assembly does in the way
of legislation for maintaining
the observance OF Sunday as ths
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Letters to the Editor

profitably. Write or wire Gov.
Tawes, Sen. Northrop and Sen.
Wheatley (c/o State House, An.
napolis) and support Senate
Bill 213 to repeal the so-called
Fair Trade law.
Thanks again to the Sentinel
Your public service merits the
support of every shopper who
wants to fight initiation by stop
ping legalized price fixing in
the State of Maryland.
Robert T. B0nham
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12

This is to express my appreci'
alton of your editorial on Fair
Trade Laws in Maryland" ]
agree intellectually with you,
and ! congratulate you for your
courage and convictions.
w. E. Vaughan
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
Blue Lows

The Maryland Legislators who
recommended the enactment of
a blue law would do well to
consider the full meaning of
such law. We must respect our
neighbors day of rest by keep
ing a quiet atmosphere about
the churches and homes, but it
is unthinkable that law should
be passed forbidding business
transactions or work for those
who can do so without troubling
the worship or rest Of their
neighbors.
Last year in Virginia a man
was brought into court for work.
ing on Sunday. This man at
tended church on Saturday. AS
reported in Washington paper,
the local official dismissed the
case because the man went to
church on Saturday. Although
the official didn't say so, the
implication was that If the man
had not attended a church, he
would have been found guilty.
This sort of thinking is obvi.
ously in direct conflict with the
Constitution of the Unite d
States.
1t Is strange that such a thing
could happen in Virginia. About
a month before the Declaration
of Independence was adopted by
Congress, the Virginia Conven-
ton adopted the Virginia Bill of
Rights. The last paragraph of
the latter document states, That
religion, or the duty which we
owe to our Creator, and the
manner of discharging it. can
be directed only by reason or
C lotion, not by force or vio-
lence; and therefore all men are
equally entitled to the free ex-
ercise of religion. according to
the dictates of conscience; and
that it Is the mutual duty Of
all to practice Christian for.
bearance, love, and charity to-
wards each other"
/ can think of no stronger
argument against a blue law.
Lester L. Kimble
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
New Look

Congratulations on the bold,
new look Of The Sentinel. Best
wishes for growth and success
OF your fine newspaper.
Carleton ID. Smith
Station WRC.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-03-12
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Kodiak mirror., 1959-12-19
Teachers ak To Representatives

On December 16 the monthly meeting of the Kodiak Education Association was held. Following refreshments and a brief business meeting the members discussed coming Legislation affecting schools and teachers with Representatives Deveau and Haag.
 The group held dinner party at the 49 Room on December 5. The guest speaker was Dr. Robert Parker, Senior Biologist in charge of research for the Department of Fish and Game.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-12-19
Parents-Teachers Sing Xmas Carols

' The Kodiak PTA held it's Dec ember meeting last Thursday in the gymnasium of the High School
 Following the business meeting Mr. Gary Benson, music instructor, and Wayne Kraft presented a pro gram of short clarinet duets. With the Christmas season close at hand MT. Benson then led the audience in singing a selection of Christ. mas carols. Closing the program, a film strip of the Christmas story was shown.
 Members met in the cafeteria af- ter the meeting was adjourned for refreshments served by the Second Grade Mothers.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-12-19
Tree Burning Plans Complete

4 campaign to promote com1nun ity fire safety consciousness is be ing sponsored by the local Jaycees in their first annual Christmas tree burning project. The pickup date is slated for Saturday, January 2, followed by the burning cere- monies to be held that evening al the south end of Mission Lake.
 7 Fire Chief Harold Heglin will be standing by to supervise the burning. Free hot dogs will be giv- en to the kiddies and coffee pro. vitled for the grownups.
 The Jaycees will be assisted by the Boy Scouts in Operation Tree Lift" with trucks donated by Chuck Powell of Alaska Transfer and Russell Wright of Feiton and Wright Construction Co. Residents of Kodiak are asked to leave their trees in conspicuous places along the roadside Ito facilitate pickalps.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-12-19
Rotary Xmas Party Set For Dec. "A

The big, annual Christmas party for all the children of the commun- ity sponsored by the Rotary Club will be held the Thursday before Christmas Day, it was announced by President Peter Ramaglia to- day.
 On December 24th at 2 pm. sharp, the free specially chosen movie program will begin at the Orpheum Theatre, to be followed by a personal appearance of Santa Claus himself, with a Christmas stocking for every child. There will be no candy given this year.
 All children of pre-school age and up to and through the 7th
Kodiak mirror., 1959-12-19

Forest areas no longer supply enough quality trees to meet he growing demand, says Herbert A TraSbs, regional manager for Hcf- ert- Many farmers now grow iChristmas trees as a supplement- ary crop.
 No one has counted the Christ nfaS trees sold in the United. States each holiday season The 40 mill ion figure is merely an industry estimate.
 But tjie desire fer a tree in the living rOoms at Christmas time Is not: restricted by distance or eli mate. A few trees have been ord cred from points as distant as Guam There's large demand in Alaska Hawaii, Mexico and Cuba.