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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
TOrcaso
To Appeal
Oath Ruling

Roy R. Torcaso, denied a
notary public's commission
because he doesn't believe in
God, will undertake a court
fight that could conceivably
take the issue to the U. S.
Supreme Court.
Joseph A. Sickles represent
ing Torcaso, said he intends to
file for a writ of mandamus in
Montgomery County Circuit
Court.
If granted, the writ would
order the clerk of the court to
administer an oath of office
that would not include any dec
laration of belief in the exist.
ence of God.
'Gf the ruling Is against u.s."
Sickles said, 1--WE hope to appeal
the case as far as necessary"
Since Torcaso believes the
present oath violates the U. S.
Constitutions guarantee of free
dom of belief and religion, his
appeal could go all the way to
the Supreme Court.
Deputy Attorney General
Stedman Prescott, jr., last week
handed down a legal opinion
that, to hold public office or
trust in Maryland, a person
must declare a belief in God.
Torcaso, office manager for a
Bethesda building firm, sought
the opinion after he was denied
his commission by the County
Circuit Court Clerks office be-
cause he refused to declare such
q belief.
Prescott's opinion, released by
Attorney General c. Ferdinand
Sybert, was based on Article 81
of the Maryland Declaration of
Rights. 1t prohibits any reli-
gious test "other than a declara-
ton of a belief in the existence
of God"
Torcaso is contending that
the oath of office specified in
Article /, Section 6 of the State
Constitution Is the one that
should have been applied. That
oath makes no mention of belief
in God.
However, Prescott held that a
declaration of belief in God is
not part of the oath itself. but
merely a prerequisite to taking
the oath. He said:
1.-THE declaration OF a belief
In the existence of God Is not an
oath Of office as such, but Is
merely a declaration prescribed
by the constitution which must
be made to qualify the official
to take the oath of office"
Prescott's opinion disregarded
a 1949 ruling by Circuit Court
Judge Charles Marbury holding
that a Brentwood city council
man, ]. Milton Stanford, did not
have to declare his belief in
God.
Prescott said the Marbury
ruling did not apply to the Tor.
case case, since it had to do with
Article 70, Section 9 of the Mary.
land statutes.
That section states an office.
holder must declare a belief in
the Christian God or in a system
of rewards and punishments
after death.
Judge Marbury ruled that the
only oath that could be admin
istered was the one In Article 1,
which makes no mention of u
belief In God.
After refusing to take the
oath, Torcaso told reporters he
would be making a false state.
ment il he declared a belief in
God. He said he believes in the
Golden Rule, and that it's origin
Is of no concern to him.
He is a former Army captain
who held topsecret security
clearance. A resident Of Wheat.
on, at 37os Bright View St, he
has been active in civic affairs
in the county.
His application for a notary
public's commission had been
approved by Governor Tawes
and State Sen. Edward North.
rop, Montgomery Democrat, be.
fnps. fba 10th fggtta arngn
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
City Heads
Disapprove
Apartments

Plans for a Luxury
Apartment" in the center of
Rockville were Squelched
Tuesday when the City
Council vetoed a coming
amendment that would allow
special exception residential
coming in commercial zones.
Attorney Glenn ]. Goldburn,
appearing for Nathan Landow,
said his client planned "lux-
ury apartment" on the S. E. cor
ner of w. Montgomery ave. and
S. Adams st. as transitional be.
tween commercial and residen-
tial areas.
The Planning Commission had
recommended against the text
amendment on grounds that a
mixed use Of commercial and
residential pulls down both.
The council expressed fears
that the amendment which
would allow special exception
coming in commercial zones for
motels, tourist courts and
homes, auto lodges, hotels, and
multiple family dwellings, might
leave the council with too lit.
tie control over future zonings.
Landow could not apply for
RIO Irregular apartment zon-
ing) since the city requires 1000
square feet of land per dwell
ing unit for apartments and
that would not be feasible for
his pyanned 70 units on $4,000
feet of land.
The council called for a plan.
ming commission study Of the
desirability of a transitional
zone between commercial and
residential areas, and what
would be the best buffer coming.
In other coming affairs the
council granted R-90 zoning for
as acres and R-75 for Is acres
on Montrose I'd. behind the Con-
gressional Shopping Center.
County residents across the
street from the tract appeared
at the May hearing to argue
against lots smaller than those
established in the area.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-30
Weather Outlook

Quite warm, humid today and
tomorrow with scattered show
ers. Cooler over weekend. Tenn
peratures will average 2 to A
degrees above the normal highs,
lows of 80, 60. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Representative S Porch
Rents for $500 Month

| My wife made the arrange
ments for the Office and it's a
convenient place for it,"
He said his wife and two
other Office employees work IN
the Office at their home at
1859 Burlington drive in
Muncie.
They've been doing a lot of
business too" he said, "espe-
cially since the earlier publicity
about my wife working for me. ="
Mr.. Harmon, who defeated
Representative Harvey, a Re-
publican, in last falls election,
was a factory worker in Muncie
before his election.
He said he had run eight
times for the position. five
times as a Republican and three
times as a Democrat.
Il don't care what you write
about me anyway" Mr.. Har-
mon said. Il don't read the
newspapers. I do have the
home town paper sent here.
but I don't read anything in
that except the funny papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Jackson Family Alive,
Unsigned Letter Says

search for Carroll Vernon Jack.
son, 20; bis 27-year-old wifi
and their Swear -old and 49,
month-old daughters, MISSING
since January IL.
Mr.. Cooper said he was usinl
the substation telephone as 6
contact source. but would meet
the letter writer at any spot
the writer chose. He said the
identity of the writer would be
kept confidential.
He will stay in Alexandra
through tomorrow. Mr.. Cooper
said. After that other Officer
will relay any messages which
come through.
"Of course" Mr.. Cooper said
I'VE have no way of assessing
credibility of the contents (oi
the letter., but those contents
certainly warrant further in
vestigation.
He declined to reveal the
letters contents for what he
said were two reasons:
/. The letter said the Jack
sons were alive at the time Of
the writing. If they are still
alive, to release the contents
of the letter would endanger
them.
2. The writer's life might also
be endangered by revealing the
contents.
The Jackson family disap-
peared the night of January II
when returning to their Louisa
County home from the home OF
Mr.. Jackson's parents. Their
abandoned car was found the
next day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
PUT FOOT DOWN
ON V THRILLERS

BUT OTHER KIDS ore oIIowed
TO" is the time honored vol when
porents put the porentoI foot down.
Marjorie Holmes writes why she
thinks blood ond thunder TV is bod,
whichever the neighbors do, on Poee
B-7.
TlGHTRoPe walking poles, com
pared to the precoriousness Of high
finonce. Some Of Uncle SONS money
troubles ore discussed on Pose A-29.
BEETLE BAILEY peered out from
beneoth his cop to please the
youngsters OF ChiIdren's Hospital
Yesterday. His adventure ond the
rules for The Stor's Comic Contest
appear on Poee A-3S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
BY the Associated Press

1
Virginia State police today
issued an appeal for the writ
err of a letter dealing with the
disappearance of a Louisa
County family to come for
ward. The unsigned letter said
the family was alive at the
time it was written.
@. S. Cooper, a State police
investigator, came to Alexan-
dria today and asked that the
writer of a letter which used a
symbol as a signature to get in
touch with him at the State
police departments substation
at Engleside.
Mr.. Cooper sought the aid of
all available news media -
newspapers, radio and televi-
sion stations-in appealing to
the letter writer to call him at
Rockwell 8-1500.
He said the writer Of the
letter used the symbol as a
signature and said further COM
munications would be signed
with the same symbol. The SYM
Dol resembled a line drawing of
the sun and its rays.
The letter was postmarked
in Washington at 1890 am.
January %. No further word
has been received, Mr.. Cooper
said.
The letter was sent to Mr..
Cooper and to r. l.. Bumgard-
ner. another State police in
vestigator, at the Mineral. Va,
Observation-Disclosures of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
BY the Associated Press

An Indiana freshman House
member is drawing 500 a
month from the Government
as rent for the front porch
of his home in Muncie, used
as his congressional district Of
flee. His wife presides there
at a salary of $344 a month
Acknowledging this today
Representative Harmon, a Dem.
ocrat. told a reporter he
thought it perfectly proper to
rent the front porch as office
space.
Its nobody's business but
my own" Mr.. Harmon added
M tones of irritation. Its a
two-room, closed-in porch and
1t makes a good Office"
Mr.. Harmon said the $100-a-
month rental check goes to
his wife, Mary, who runs the
district Office.
you act like we're stealing
the taxpayers money" Mr..
Harmon said, That's not so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Tito Woos Greeks,
Warns on U. S. Bases

ATHENS, Mar. 4 (AP).-Yu-
goslavia's President Tito and
Greece's Premier Constantine
Karamanlis promised today to
work for closer relations be-
tween their two countries.
A joint communique summed
up two days of talks between
the two leaders.
Marshal Tito was reported by
an Athens newspaper to have
advised Mr.. Karamanlis against
accepting American m issile
bases on Greek soil, contending
that their presence would bring
any war threat closer to the
Balkans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Macmillan to Consult
On Disengagement
Plans to Talk
With Allies
On PuIIbuck

LONDON, Mar. 4 (AP).-
Prime Minister Macmillan said
he would consult with the
Western allies on a disengage-
ment in Central Europe.
He told Parliament in a re-
port on his Today visit to the
Soviet Union that he and So
Wet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
had a useful and l think con-
Istructive discussion, in private,
on this matter"
Hugh Gaitskell. leader of the
opposition La0or Party, said
the most important part of the
communique on the Khru-
shchev-Macmillan talks was
the agreement between the two
governments that there is the
possibility of an area of Central
Europe in which forces should
be limited. both nuclear and
conventional"
Mr.. Gaitskell asked if Mr..
Macmillan felt reasonably GER
tain that this part of the COM
munique would be supported by
Britain's allies.
Sees Further Study"
Mr.. Macmillan replied: 1T
is one of the matters that in
my view must be further
studied, together with all the
countries concerned, and it is
partly one of my purposes to
take up that and other ques-
TONS"
Mr.. Macmillan said he and
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd
viii visit Paris and Bonn next
week and that he hoped to
arrange a visit to Washington
soon after at President Eisen-
movers invitation.
| There have been a number
Iof plans advanced, both by the
East and West, for a olsen
gagement or pullback in Eu-
rope.
The Communists have put
their emphasis on a military
naturalization of Germany, with
the Soviet Union pulling its
! troops back to its frontiers and
the United States clearing out
, Of Europe. The West has stead
lily opposed the various Com
muniSt plans.
/ No Elaboration
| Mr.. Macmillan did not elab-
crate further on disengage-
ment. The Moscow commune
que referred to by Mr.. Gaitskell
said the two leaders agreed
that further study could USE
fully be made of the possibility
Of increasing security by some
method of limitation of forces
and weapons. both conven-
tional and nuclear, in an agreed
area of Europe. This would be
coupled with an appropriate
system of inspection.
Mr.. Macmillan told the House
Of Commons that on the various
problems 1.-The right thing to
do now is to try and get nego-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

many should be united by fret
elections. he added.
Silent on DISBURSEMENT
Mr.. Eisenhower refused u
discuss Prime Minister Mac
millan's reported interest in a
plan for disengagement IN
Central Europe, by a thinning
out or evacuation of nuclear
land conventional forces there
This is a detail that should be
considered in a broader con-
text, he said, although the
subject could be approached
either from the specific to-the-
general or the general-to-the-
specific.
Mr.. Macmillan has "some
different ideas" than the
United States about reaching
agreement with the Soviet
Union on nuclear-test suSpen-
sionS. the President disclosed,
but he would not divulge their
nature.
Study by this Government
doesn't reaSSure u.s." Mr.
Eisenhower comented, that the
new Macmillan proposals are
completely practical" but the
United States is perfectly
willing" to have the British
leader discuss them in Moscow
and report back.
Mr.. Macmillan visits Wash
ington week after next he will
be able to discuss with the
President the nuclear-teSt issue
as well as his reported belief
that a Big Four Summit con-
ference should be held soon.
Formally Invited
Mr.. Eisenhower ally
invited the British leader yes
terday. Mr.. Macmillan is to go
to Paris to see President De
Gaulle next Monday or Tues
day. then to Bonn on Thursday
and Friday to confer with
Chancellor Adenauer on his
mission to Moscow.
The President continued to
be cautious about going to a
summit conference with the
Soviet Union without advance
assurance some progress could
be made.
What I deplore, he said. is
talk of summit meeting when
one cannot see any possibility
of a constructive step coming
out. IF a constructive step
doesn't come out" he added.
then the meeting shouldn't be
held"
The President drew a distinc-
ton in this regard between his
own negotiation with Premier
Khrushchev and Prime Minister
Macmillan's. Nothing was ex-
pected of their meeting and the
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
INTERPRETIVE REPORT

sioners have not taken any side
Their position. according to
Commissioner David B. Kar-
rick, who oversees the health
agencies of the community,
must be this:
/. Good quality milk safe
guarded by approved health
standards is required for the
people of the District,
2. Coupled with this neces-
sity is the desire to encourage
consumption of milk-especi-
ally by the young-which is in
directly affected by the price
to the consumer.
Hearings in Prospect
That is the offlcial position.
How this basic purpose might
be affected by a decision in the
current dispute will determine
what that decision will be.
Last week Sealtest dairy off,
Gals recommended changes in
line with the United States
model code.
Public hearings on these pro-
posals will probably be held
within the next few months
That will be the battle-ground
where the extent of regulation
changes. if any, will be thrashed
out.
Some observers say District
regulations cannot be so drasti.
cally changed as to allow out
See MILK, Page B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

answer as conStructively as !
can, he declared.
British Prime Minister Mac,
millan's trip to Moscow can
not be evaluated in its effect:
on Soviet policies toward Ger
many and Berlin. however, Mr.
Eisenhower said, until "events
unfold"
The, visit frankly had to be
made" the President observed
and as a result certainly all
Britons feel better" The indi-
cation was that Mr.. Eisenhower
believes British public opinion
demanded that Mr.. Macmillan
make another attempt to deal
personally with the boss of the
Soviet Union, Nikita Khru-
Shchev.
The President gave no ground
on the United States own posi-
tons toward the question OF
Berlin and Germany.
Promise Repeated
He repeated again that
America never will abandon
the people of West Berlin.
In the whole field of nego-
tiation toward a German peace
treaty. as the Soviet Union de-
mands, there could be many
different types of solutions and
all of them have to be discussed
in a constructive manner, the
President declared.
But he recalled that the So
Wet leadership had agreed in
the 1855 Geneva summit con-
ference Germany should be re-
united by free elections.
For the moment this has
been thrown overheard by the
Soviets, Mr.. Eisenhower noted,
and they say reunification is
possible only by negotiation of
the two separate Germany's.
The President said he didn't
see how that can possibly" be-
come an allied proposal "aS
things stand now" The United
States continues to believe Ger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Hare Flies to Yemen

CAIRO, Mar. 4 (AP) Ray
mond Hare, United States Am
bassador to the United Arab
Republic. flew to Yemen yes
terday to present to Imam
Ahmed, King of the desert
kingdom. his credentials as
United States Minister. Mr..
Hare will fill both posts at the
same time. He is the first
United States diplomat ever
accredited to Yemen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Red President Gives
Kiss of Coexistence

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Mar. 4
(AP.-A Communist president
kissed a sultan last night to
demonstrate peaceful CO.
existence.
Ho Chi Mimi. visiting presi-
dent of North Wet Nam, en-
braced Hamengku Buwono,
sultan of the Central Java State
of Jogjakarta.
Il am a Communist" said Ho.
You are a sultan, and l will
give you a kiss. That's friend
ship. That's the Asian-African
spirit. That's peaceful cock
istence."
The meeting took place in
Solo, near the Sultan's home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

lCuIiSulkiCI Will AAhVC W Puy AOh
milk.
The key to the Washington
market is o set Of laws and
regulations first established in
1925 which govern the importa-
ton and sale Of milk by means
Of strict sanitation requirements
placed upon the farmer. With
out this milk code. the farmers
say, their position is precarious
milk, at possibly cheaper
prices, can be brought here
from out-of-area production
centers.
/ For months the District
Health Department has been
working with regional officials
of the United States Public
Health Service studying revi-
sions of the regulations. These
studies are based on a milk
code recommended nationally
by USPHS and in effect in
more than $500 municipalities
and used as the basis Of State
law in "a States.
Two diaries, Chestnut Farms
(Sealtest) and Thompson's,
have attacked the District code
as outmoded and a hindrance to
getting good milk at cheaper
rates. They have asked the
Commissioners to revise the
regulations. Their action was
a dramatic move.
The Maryland Virginia Milk
Producers Association, which
controls 80 per cent of the pro-
duction in this area. is deter
mined to oppose any change.
1T is the associations seeming
lily timeleSs attitude.
So far the District Commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Reds Threaten
Separate Pact
Khrushchev Hits
U. S. on Proposals

LEIPZIG, East Germany
Mar. 4 tAP).-Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev said today
the Soviet Union win sign 3
separate peace treaty with Easi
Germany II the West fails Il
come to terms on an all Ger.
man settlement.
Mr.. Khrushchev accused the
West of refusing his proposals
on Germany without proposing
any alternatives that a normal
human intelligence can agree
to-"
The Western allies have re-
fused to recognize Premier Otto
Grotewohrs Red East German
regime. which never has faced
a free election. as a legal gov
eminent. The West insisted
they would not deal with it on
Berlin controls that the Rus
slams propose to give up this
spring.
The Soviet leader insisted in
a 20-minute speech that his
government wants only peace
-and needs peace to carry out
its seven-year economic eX-
pansion program.
Arrives to Visit Fair
Mr.. Khrushchev had just ar
rived in town for consultation
with his East German Commu-
mist allies and a visit to Leip-
gigs big spring trade fair.
Speaking before a big crowd
in a rain at Wilhelm Leuschnsr
Platz. he insisted all the Soviet
Union wants is peace.
However much these people
rage" he said of Western lead
'erS, nothing VIII come OF it
A crowd which the East Ger
nan Communist radio estimated
at items of thousands" heard
the brief speech without marked
They did cheer and
applaud. though, when he spoke
of peace.
"In the name of the Soviet
Union" he said. Il declare that
those people could be reason
able who are responsible for
signing a peace treaty. The
United States, England and all
nations want peace. Now the
governments should listen to
See KHRUSHCHEv, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
BULLE TIN
Sudan Council Out

KHARTOUM, Sudan ZAP.
The Supreme Military
Council ruling Sudan since
a coup last November re-
signed today after an army
battalion surrounded general
army headquarters. Premier
Ibrahim AbbOud retained his
post. When the council quit,
the troops were withdrawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Less Rightly Is Seen
In Latest Soviet Note
President Says Developments Will Show
Effect of MocmiIIun's Moscow Trip
BY EARL n. VOSS.
slar star Writer

The United States is taking optimistcaly it
the conditional Soviet acceptance of foreign ministers
conference President Eisenhower told his conference
today.
The final paragraphs of Mondays Soviet note represents
"some lessening rightly In posture and the West will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
Rodio Link Regoined
As Pioneer " Scars

hoped. They had aimed at
something inside Of 10000
miles.
The GOldstone station. which
had been out Of touch with the
Pioneer for more than Is hours
at the time of the 1888 contact.
expected to lose touch again
around 4 pm. as the trajectory
and the earth's rotation carried
the probe below the horizon. A
distance of 232. 900 miles from
earth was calculated for that
hour.
Deepest Penetration
Yesterdays final tracking re-
port fixed the tiny space probes
position at 1882 miles This
was more than half The 220.-
000-mile distance to the moon
and by far Americas deepest
penetration into space,
In its dizzying ascent into
the unknown, Pioneer w grad
ually slowed down. But this
was expected. Approximately
II hours after it was blasted
aloft from Cape Canaveral,
Fla, shortly after Monday mid
night, Pioneer ~ had dropped
from a launching speed of a.
800 miles an hour to 5,498 miles
an hour.
Scientists had reckoned ear
lier that the 13-pound cone
would pass the moon at 2 pm.
today, coming within $4,000
miles of it.
But the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration at
tributed the revisions to updat-
ing of preliminary calculations,
See PIONEER, Page A-3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-04
D. Prepares to Look
Into Milk War Causes
Key to Dispute Is 1925 Set of Laws
Governing Importation and Sale
BY GILBERT GINlBLE
star star Writer

The District Commissioners long Of the problems
their complex and tightly controlling milk rules have fos
tered appear ready to investigate the Of
between two Of the cys dares and their farmer producers
They faced with such formidable questions the
economic fate Of the Washington mkshed and the price the
nurinh ana N far