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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1959-01-16

dent; Pastor Tria, first vice presi-
dent; Richard Mirador, second vice
president; Mrs. Marion Orejudos,
secretary; George Lagare, treas
urer; members of the Board of
Trustees are Art Orejudos, George
Osquisa, Leroy Fuller and Mrs.
Donna Rutledge; Vincent Barrios,
auditor; Max Molina, chief sgt.-at-
arms, assisted by Sam Duoris and
Mrs. Evelyn Osquisa; Gene Capon-
pom, advisor.
The Ladies' Auxiliary has the
following new officers: Mrs. Don
ma Rutledge, president; Mrs. Mary
Fuller, vice president; Mrs. Bonita
Dato, secretary; Mrs. Marion Ore
judos, treasurer; Mrs. Evelyn Os-
quisa, adviser.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1959-01-16
Collins Bros. AT
Service Always To
Filipino Families

A firm that has served Seattle
families since 1897 has also been
attentive to the needs of the Fill
Pine community for several dec
AIDES. That is the Collins Bros.
Funeral Directors, Inc, 1905 Har-
ward Ave.
Now under the management of
Mr. Paul Tiffany and his Associ-
ates, Collins Bros. has improved
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1959-01-16
RomuIo Speoks
At Chamber
Luncheon

NEW YORK, Jan. 9 = Ambas-
sador Carlos P. Romulo will be the
guest of honor and featured speak
er at the luncheon following the
Annual Meeting of the Philippine
American Chamber of Commerce
in New York on Wednesday, Jan.
81.
The meeting and luncheon will
be held in the Green Room of India
House, reception at IL noon and
luncheon at 1890.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1959-01-16
Bremerfon
Community
Officers

BREMERTON - Newly elected
officers of the Filipino Community
of Bremerton and vicinity and its
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1959-01-16

IL a d i e s. AuXili-
airy will be in
stalled on Febru-
airy II at t h e
L a Dor Temple
h e r e Dancing
will follow the in
stallation.
Elected for the
1859 adninistra-
ton are: Angelo
Peralta, pre- i :
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Arose by Any
Other Name i.
County Comment

Few politically minded persons will OBJ
ject to being classified either as a conserva-
tive or as a liberal on national issues But
for some reason these same terms become
dirty words when applied to local matters.
Last fall, for example, the voters were
asked to choose between two states of school
board candidates. a conservative one and a
liberal one But neither group wanted to be
identified publicly in that way. Instead, each
invented an innocuous, mother-G od-andflag
title that managed to convey nothing.
Everyone knew, of course, that Wylie Bar
row was a conservative and that Rose Kramer
was liberal, but few would say so right out.
Wyle was in favor of economy and return
to the fundamentals" while Rose was sup
porting "the best education possible for all
children" Newspapermen solved the prob
lem by putting conservative and liberal
in quotes, or by referring to the "socalled
liberal slate"
Now comes the Council for Better Educa-
ton, which was organized in opposition to
current trends fostered by the liberal board
incumbents The Council clearly is con-
sentative group, and yet some of its members
objected when this newspaper called it that.
I'VE are neither conservative nor LIBERAL"
came the plant. "We're just for better
schools"
Why the reticence to call a spade spade?
At least in part, it arises because, although
everyone seems to know what conservative
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07


"A to very, very unpleasant situation
The unpleasant situation that has developed is the
bristng attitude and the friction between the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission and the union that try
ing to win recognition bargaining agent for its employees
The very very unpleasant situation that could develop is
strike by trash and garbage collection workers employed
by the WSSC 1t hardly necessary to elaborate on
the unpleasantness and the possible health menace
that would result from accumulation of several weeks
of trash and garbage.
Open hostility between the union leaders and WSSC
officials based refusal of the WSSC to recognize the
union The WSSC bases its position the fact that there
is no law authorizing it public agency = to traffic
with unions and in fact State court decisions have held
that such agencies should not deal with unions. The
unions position is that there is ample precedent concern
ing recognition of public union employees by public en-
ployers.
The seriousness of this situation is underlined by the
fact that each feuding principal convinced he is right
Tt will be long tme and only under duress before either
side gives an inch Meanwhile, almost intolerable
neutrality-suspicious. strike could be oisted off the
deserving public
We believe that WSSC officials might do well to sit
down for just minute and be contempatve about their
role 1t is they reluctantly fill the role of community
garbage collector But the fact they charged
1y morally and every other way can think OF with
that function and serious responsibility Accordingly they
should fulfill that responsibility the best way they
They are not fulfilling it. it seems to u.s. by INDUCING
in garbagemanshp that is taking the public to the brink
of garbage strike. If the working conditions and pay,
of garbage collector adequate adequate, rea
lively speaking, those of teacher policeman,
an assessor county clerk - the WSSC should have
nothing to fear from unions attempts to organize If
the conditions inadequate (and question whether
the base pay of $50 is adequate the WSSC has brought
about unnecessary labor strife And it'll be the public that
pays If trouble comes.
There has been no need for labor organization else
in and
for 1t in the of WSSC garbage workers Government,
generally afford to establish good superior work.
ing conditions and pay And certainly wealthy" Mont
goery County afford to give its garbage collectors
decent pay and working conditions Even if it meant
increase in the cost of garbage collection fees have
little doubt that pay increase to WSSC employees would
be publicly supported The important thing is to avoid
garbage strike.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
An Opinion
Our Courts. Too
Must Be Modern
An Opinion

A spectacular circuit court case usually
in a courtroom. And it also often points to
certain reforms that might be helpful now
that Montgomery County is no l-Iger quiet
and small in terms of population.
The conspiracy case against four men just
ended called attention to our jury system and
just how a jury is gotten together. 1t took
a full day to get II jurors to hear evidence
in this case and decide the fate of the men,
Since there were four defendants, each one
had 20 challenges and the States Attorney had
10 for each. There were almost 100 persons
challenged. Therefore, the usual jury panel
was used, plus all extra talesmen called in
anticipation of just such an event, and the
sheriff had to go out on the streets to pick up
talesmen before a complete jury of II could
be sworn.
At the present time, il Is the responsibility
of the judges to furnish names for juries. In
the old days this was fine. The judge usually
knew almost everyone in the county and all
about his background That isn't true today.
And the judges find it no easy job to line up
SO persons qualified to serve on the grand
or petit juries.
Another thing judges have to do is to
listen to the thousand and one excuses per-
sons give for not serving on the jury This
takes time and infinite patience. A Judge
should not be subjected to this sort of thing
1t has been suggested that jury COM
mission composed of about three or five per.
sons be retained on a part-time basis and
charged with the responsibility of obtaining
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Elected Odd Jobbers

- AITHERSBURG town heads who are continuing to
~ fight court ruling that they should divest them
selves of the nantes they have not likely
to win much enthusiastic public support
The picture in fact of an elected city head insisting
on his right to put lines sidewalk personally paint
fire hydrant for nominal fee from the city treasury,
seems almost absurd in this day and age.
Their action in appealing the recent strongly-worded
county circuit court final decree that such payments
made Illegally unconstitutionally and mistakenly" is
difficult to understand.
1t would even be more difficult to understand why
town funds should be used to finance such appeal to
the higher court if that should be the case.
BY insisting that the practices they were following
were right the present past elected councimen have it
seems to u.s. exhibited total lack of of the
safeguards that must be thrown tightly around public
funds No for moment suspects the hghy-respected
community leaders of any rreguarity whatsoever that
should be made quite clear. At the time however,
these same men apparently don't know won't concede
that the system they have followed and which they
espouse = lends itself to abuse of public money stua-
ton that is considered ntoerabe in most parts of the
country They should take another look at their decision
of Monday to tilt against such windmill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Letters to the Editor

who are complaining now, would
be the first to yell These wom-
en- are healthy and able to work,
why must we support them with
our hard earned money"
These mothers who are writ
ing in saying how awful it is for
us to be looking for a Nursery
for our children should get on
their knees and thank God they
are able to stay home and care
for their little ones. We know
our babies are with us just
short time and don't you think
for one minute that it doesn't
hurt us not to see our children
take their first step, get their
first tooth and see them do all
the cute things that babies will
do. There may be some moth.
ers who dislike caring for their
children but let me tell you most
of us would give up our jobs in
a minute to be at home with
our children. We don't want
luxuries for the children, only
the bare essentials such as food,
clothing and a roof over their
heads. Have you ever seen a
child cry because it was hun.
cry or cold? That is what would
happen to ours if we didn't work.
It's easy for those of you who
can stay home to write about
these mothers that are out work.
ing but be thankful you are not
in our shoes and try to help us
with our very hard problem of
getting the best care we can af.
ford without us, for our chill
dren. 1t would look a lot diff.
ferent for you women if you
women had to go to work then
maybe you would not be so crit.
cal of the Working Mothers"
Put yourselves in our shoes be-
fore you start complaining.
Mrs. Margaret Burch
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Bird Lovers. Beware

KING of the Bethesda corridor plan leaves the
whole question of where Rt 240 will enter the Dis
ict exactly where it was three years about
10000 feet up in the air.
is almost inconcevable really that so much brains
and money and effort could be put into the building of the
beautiful Rt 240 without anyone having the foggest notion
where the southeast leg is going to go.
Hopes for the Corridor" plan scared when it was
veaed that by tying into the Districts timer loop the
corridor could have been 90 percent financed by Federal
funds. That hope is dead. Builder Alvin L. Aubinoe
will go ahead (and properly now with his $45 mil
lion office building which is right smack in the way of
any such corridor. Traffic jams along Wisconsin, which
were acute 10 years ago. will become CHASTITY In
couple of more years. the traffic problem will have become
nightmarish and after that you can have Bethesda.
Meanwhile, new look is being taken by more than
nonbrdwatcher at Rock Creek and the possibility it
affords for fast to downtown Probably it'll never
happen The Nation they say would be outraged by such
rape of the quiet beauty of Rock Creek Park treasure
In the National Capital that belongs to every man,
and child in America. Meanwhile, every man, woman
and child ETC. bos at the very thought of high speed
eeway through Rock Creek Park the patience of several
hundred thousand motorists is wearing thinner and
thinner.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Wick Byron

qualified persons to serve on jures. This
commission would also determine who should
be excused and for what reasons Further
more, a commission could notify prospective
jurors months in advance which would elimi-
nate some grief now suffered because of short
notice.
The Maryland Legislature would have to
pass bill authoring such a jury commission.
In the meantime, the Montgomery County
Bar Association may appoint a special commit
tee to look into this matter.
An official improvement in the Courts
setup was brought about by the enactment. of
bill during the last session of the Legislature
authorizing the appointment of an Assign
ment Commissioner plus the necessary depu-
ties. This individual would be appointed by
the judges. He would come under their
Jurisdiction. They would also establish salary
scales.
In the past, Charles Bell has been the
assignment clerk under the jurisdiction of the
clerk Of the Circuit Court And while this
has worked very satisfactorily for the past
seven years, it was thought wise to make the
position bit more important Mr.. Bell is a
lawyer. He has passed the bar and expects
to 60 into practice in the next few months.
Therefore, an important job vacancy will exist
There are other court reforms that will
come up for study by the County Bar Associa.
ton. Some Of them have to do with the re.
tirement system now in existence for Judges.
Many Of the provisions seem outdated.
Like other branches of government the
judicial systems have to keep up with the
times.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07

Roger Furquhar

bors are beginning to beat the drums.
They can take comfort from a report that
we believe to be authentic which has it that
if ORC loses in Cabin John they're going to
give up on Montgomery County and settle in
the fields of adjoining Howard County That
should take good care of the neighbors in Be-
thesda who work at ORC and who would then
be sweating out traffic for an hour each way
each day as they commute to work.
Maybe an ORC, which employs more
than 400 persons, isn't the answer to the SUBJ
urbia and transportation problems, although
we think it is. Maybe the big Air Force office
building thay had hoped to build in Rockville,
but the citizens didn't like, wasn't the answer.
Perhaps the Dream City, they started hear
ings on last night, with some industrial ION.
ing, wasn't the answer, either.
But some day. somehow, Montgomery
County is going to have to accept buildings,
facilities, firms or institutions that provide
employment to people within reasonable dis
lance of their homes. The endless houses,
row on row, with no employment opportunity
anywhere except in the heart of downtown
Washington an hour away, can't go on.
Some day person who doesn't like the
idea of a filling station or office building
near him. is going to have to just sell his
place-at a fat profit-and move somewhere
else into place of his liking. You could sort
of call that an ostrich on the move
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07

travelling Through has an
alyzed Montgomery County
Schools correctly in saying they
are below minimum standards,
but incorrectly in placing the
blame on average PTA-type par
ents.
Those of us who send our
children to public schools know
the classes are overcrowded, the
work is geared to lazy-average
students, and teaching materials
are too few. We are all honest.
ly working as hard as we can
to raise taxes and bring up the
standards in the public schools.
Ask any one of us II we would
be willing to pay an extra $50 a
year for our childnen's future,
and we would say, Gladly"
The reason our elementary
ScnoolS are so rotten is that
special interests want to keep a
wide difference between public
schooling and private schooling.
People with easy money don't
want our children to compete
with theirs, and they know ours
would If educated thoroughly In
the lower grades.
An occasional parent who un.
derstands the value of a solid
training in elementary school
cries because he sees it isn't
available at public expense-but
ONLY BECAUSE HE CAN'T
AFFORD PRIVATE SCHOOL
ING EASILY. For his children,
private schooling comes only
with sacrifice, and he spends a
few moments weighing in his
mind whether it is easier to fight
for better public schools or
tighten his belt.
Been Around a While
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07

Chemical Company, National
Dairy Products and more than
5000 other industrial organiza-
tons that use business airplanes
are shooed away from Mont.
gomery County. Many of them
are considering sites n e a I
Washington for technical de-
velopment and research plants,
but their airplanes are not vel
come in Montgomery County,
They all have business with the
Bureau of Standards.
1t appears now that the
County Council-sponsored Indus.
trial Development Conferences
of 1856 and 1858 (Norbeck and
Indian Springs) lacked SINGER
ity-simply provided a setting
for political lip service.
Richard ID. Stimson
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Bob Bernstein

and liberalism are, nobody has yet defined
the terms satisfactorily.
There are many definitions but most Of
them shed more laughs than light. One wag
for instance, described the Old Guard as
"those who don't believe anything should be
done for the first time" (Ths was in con-
trast to the Modern Republicans, "who think
it should, but not now) And the philosophy
of the liberal school slate was characterized
by its opponents last fall as, IF it's expensive,
we're for it," (The conservatives also liked to
dismiss the opposition as Scrambled egg
heads.")
Webster, not surprisingly, is Of little help.
Whatever your political leanings, you can find
definitions to suit your personal taste.
In looking up the word liberal" for ex-
ample, Mr.. Barrow would be apt to pick "un-
controlled unchecked" Mrs. Kramer would
be more apt to settle on mot narrow or con-
tracted in mind; broad-minded."
If they were seeking the meaning of
conservative" Barrow could choose 'adher-
ing to sound principles" while Mrs. Kramer
was selecting opposed to change or innova-
ton"
The truth is that conservatism and iber.
alism are not matters of the mind at all, but
rather of the emotions. No one decides in
tellectually whether to become a conservative
or liberal-he just IS one or the other and
chooses his political philosophy to fit his feel
ings.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Reply TO 'Fido'

The Montgomery County
Branch of the Humane Society
of the United States does not
endorse or condone in any way
a method of dog-collecting as
cribed to county dog-wardens in
recent newspaper accounts and
in a letter to the Sentinel of
April Both, signed by "Fido and
Me-" The method repeatedly con.
sisted of Turing male dogs by de-
liberately tieing a female in sea-
son to the back of a parked
Shelter truck.
The Society would like to
point out that the Montgomery
County Shelter is not run by a
Humane Society, but is a public
dog pound, paid for by taxes, and
answerable to the citizens of the
county.
The HSUS, Montgomery Coun-
ty Branch, Inc, is an organi-
cation devoted to protecting the
animals of Montgomery County
by enforcement of anti-cruelty
laws, education, and improve
ment of public pounds.
The Montgomery County Shell
ter or pound could be improved
by additional help for its great
ly overburdened single clerk, and
by the employment of sufficient
personnel to remain open some
evenings, and on weekends when
many families can best visit the
shelter, and when many animal
emergencies occur.
Peter SOlem
President, HSUS,
Montgomery County
Branch, Inc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
More on Airport

The Montgomery County Sem
tinel, in editorials and news han.
ding, has made a commendable
effort to inform Montgomery
County citizens about the need
for a business-type airport. For
myself and interested friends I
want to thank you.
AS a frequent user of bust
ness and taxi aircraft in my
work as Chief of AOPA's Flight
and Travel Department, the lack
of a local landing strip is very
embarrassing. Our headquarters
in Montgomery County serves
thousands of aircraft users in ev-
cry state Of the Union. Our pa
irons often wish to come to our
offices to discuss personally the
necessary permits and red tape
connected with flights over in
ternational borders, but cannot
land any closer than in an adj
joining county or state. Our sub
stantial list of employees spend
their income through the coun-
TVS channels of trade.
1t is difficult to understand
why the county government,
year after year, continues to dis
criminate against those citizens
and taxpayers that use time-sav-
ing aircraft in their business. All
we need is a close-in, all-weather
landing strip on less than 100
acres of land. The paved sur
face need be no more than that
on about two miles of second
airy road.
We fully understand the grow
ing local tax problem. However,
after much patience on the SUBJ
1ect of an adequate airstrip, it
seems urgently necessary this
year that the county finance a
modest public airpark. If nee
essary to accomplish this we
favor delay in constructing a
mile or less of super highway.
In the National Airport Plan
report recently released by the
Federal Aviation Agency, t h e
Rockville, Maryland, community
is listed as one of the 1927
places in the United States hav.
ing sufficient aeronautical nee.
essity to be eligible for $3.50
Federal aid in constructing a
new airport or improving an ex.
lsting aircraft landing facility.
The Plan Report describes the
facility needed near Rockville.
IN Montgomery County, as an
"eXecudve-type" airport with a
runway any length the commu.
nifty desires, up to $500 feet.
We do not need a large expen-
slve airport, but we do need very
badly an all-weather landing
strip for private, business and
taxi aircraft.
(Mrs.) Catherine v. HOwser.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07

l think it is time the Work
ing Mothers" had a chance to
tell their side of the story. Yes,
we are out working but not for
the pleasure of it. Most of us
would rather be at home
with our babies than in the bus.
mess world. We are not trying
to shirk our responsibilities. We
believe it is our responsibility
TO support our children. Besides
we are too proud to ask the
State to help us. We would rath.
er go out and work. Believe me
if we didn't do this you women
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-05-07
Ostrich 60 Home,
Find Other Sand!

Mention the word apartments, or com.
mercial, or rezoning, or new government agen-
cy and then-in Montgomery County-beat it
to the hills.
If you hang around for as long as two
seconds the neighbors will have tarred and
feathered you and strung you up from the
nearest country club roof.
Say that you think Montgomery County
needs gasoline service stations to buy gas at,
stores to shop in, and houses that people can
afford to live in and your number is up. From
then on, resign yourself to the pariahs life.
The role of the faithful in rich Montgom-
cry County is to espouse the cause of the
$4,000 rambler and the five-acre lot. Side
with that cause and you win. If you advocate
lower standards, prepare to be despised by
society-Montgomery County society-that is.
OF course, there are some true liberals in
uals concede that stores unfortunately, are
necessary But threaten to put one within
10 blocks of that persons home and prepare
for heavy artillery.
Operations Research Office of Johns Hop
kins University-a most worthy institution
that ordinary Montgomery Countians are
proud to have in their midst-was kicked
around in Bethesda when it tried to expand
into new building Now it is trying to re-
locate near Cabin John and already the neigh.