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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Movie Censorship
Time Running Out

Marylanders will soon have the oppor-
tunity of seeing the movie Lady Chatterlys
Lover but Free State theater operators can
already hear the happy jingle of their cash
registers as the public makes plans to see
the D. H. Lawrence classic.
Few of the headline readers who noticed
that the book has been banned by the post
office department and that the movie was
banned in New York will be aware OF the
sage remark of U. S. Supreme Court Justice
John NJ Harlan who found the movie to De
nothing more than "a somewhat unusual and
rather pathetic love triangle lacking IN any
thing that could properly be termed obscene
or corruptive of the public morals by lncit-
ing the commission of adultery" And another
justice, Felix Frankfurter, added: ITO assume
that this motion picture would have OFFENDED
Victorian moral sensibilities is to rely only
on the stuffiest of Victorian conventions"
Another jurist, Herman M Moser, OF Bal
tirnore, once turned movie critic in line OF
duty and it was he who made the classic OBJ
servation: "Marilyn Monroe standing still is
more suggestive than anything saw in The
Moon Is Blue" He also described, as well
as some professional movie critics we Know
the theme of the movie in his ruling. 1t was,
he wrote, "a light comedy telling the tale OF
wide-eyed, brash puppylike innocence routing
or converting to its side the forces of evil.
The story is one of virtue triumphant"
Maryland has had many ups and downs
with its movie censorship and the latest in
the "down" category came recently when the
U. S. Supreme Court ruled that New York
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Bob Bernstein

l. The ROtisserie Tan. This is the smooth,
even tone with that topdrawer elegance so
admired by Madison ave. Its attainment re-
quires infinite patience and, above all, the
careful precision of a Swiss matchmaker.
The objective is to insure that each square
inch of exposed skin receives the same
amount of sunlight as any other. Zone
method, for example, is to lie at 60-degree
angle to the sun, rotating the body on its
vertical axis As degrees each Is minutesO
2. The Moppet Tan. This one is confined
to certain members of the younger set who
although they spend every waking hour at
the community pool are actually IN the water
at all times. From the neck up, therefore,
they are tanned traditional nut-brown. From
the neck down below the waterline as 1t
were - the skin is shriveled and white,
bleached by three-month chlorine rinse.
8. The All-the-Way Tan. This is a rare
variety found almost exclusively at private
boys schools and certain secluded rural swim
ming holes where swim suits are passe. The
tan thus extends to all parts of the body and
is without question the most thorough type.
1t has one disadvantage: its owner - denied
the privilege of comparing exposed and UNI
exposed shades = never knows how badly he
has been cooked until it is too late.
a. The PinocchiO Tan. This one is
common among golfers and others who take
their sun standing up. 1t is characterized by
a beet-red nose contrasted against more
gently colored cheeks. 1t is not to be confused
with its cold-weather counterpart, which can
be produced either by case of sniffles or
case of Scotch
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
County Comment
Are Sun CuI+is+s
All Half Baked?

The national suntan craze, it would
appear is getting crazier every year. If you're
not doing it yourself, you probably have
compulsion to their community pools, beaches
and back yards, in the effort to gain one
shade lead over the Joneses.
Another bit of evidence is the recent
proliferaton of suntan lotions which have
found their way onto the market = each one
promising quicker, deeper tan, with its own
unique color tone to go with your new hair
tint.
Well leave it to the motivational research
people to discover the forces that are produc.
ing this mass sun worshipping cult, Judging
from current ads for the tanning lotions,
Madison ave. already has few ideas on the
subject.
Consider, for example the ad for prod
uct we shall call Pewtertone. 1t portrays
flock of rapturous, long-legged beauties cling
ing to handsome young male life-guard, all
wanting to know how he achieved his glamor-
Gus color. The answer of course, Pewter
tone. The implication: I, too, can find love
and excitement via Pewtertoned skin. Which
ignores the Disseminating reality that -
white, brown or chartreuse = I'll never look
anything like that all-American brute in the
ad, who must look pretty good to the same
group of gigglers even in the winter
In any event, friend has done spot of
research on the whole matter and has
managed to enumerate and classify the va
rious types of suntans and sunbathers. For
lack of space, we present here just few of
the more common classifications:
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Wick Byron

few vacancies left to be filled - maybe two
or three. And he didn't know what would
happen to all of those alleged applications on
file.
Stopped cold by pleasant but firm run
around, we sought information from reliable
but unofficial sources The following was
learned:
Instead of 1000, as stated by Arthur
Simonds, his office staff and others, the figure
was nearer 200 applications received by the
Board of Education through the efforts of the
MEGA. That's a tremendous difference and
one that can be proven wrong by the mere
act Of showing by the School Board a stack
OF approximately 1000 applications that came
from the Montgomery County Education AS
ISOLATION.
In fact, the School Board this year re-
celVed about 5000 applications for teaching
JOBS They received approximately 2400 last
year. And there are approximately 1000 APP
pllcation cards in two file boxes in the office
OF the School Board as of Tuesday. We saw
them.
There have been appointed this year less
than dozen teachers whose application could
be traced to the MEGA
We called Mrs. Rose Kramer, School
Board President. She agreed the information
we sought was OF a legitimate nature and
should have been answered promptly. Maybe
she VIII be able to get the true figures and
correct an erroneous impression
1t Is difficult to understand why this
situation was allowed to get out of hand, but
some officials had better awaken to the idea
that the people do not like to be given wrong
information.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Roger Farquhor

should not have banned Lady Chatterly's
Lover" on the grounds that it was illegal to
advocate that adultery, under certain circun-
stances. was proper. Granted that adultery
NAV be wrong, the Supreme Court implied,
hut it isn't unconstitutional for writer Tor
q NOVEL to advocate the contrary.
Indeed, majority of the court said, the
constitution strongly defends the right of one
to advocate such ideas if he sees fit THE
First Amendments basic guarantee is of free
dom to advocate IDEAS" Justice Potter Stew.
art wrote. "The State New York;, quite
simply, has struck at the very heart OF con-
stitutionally protected liberty"
Two other justices, Hugo L. Black and
William O. Douglas, as they have for years,
took this most recent opportunity to again ad-
vocate an end to all movie censorship.
Marylands 40-year-old censorship law
has been cut down to small fraction OF the
sweeping powers it once offered Court rul.
ings have steadily Clipped away at it. Now
the Free States chief movie censor, c. Nor
ton Goldstein, has only obscenity, immortality
and a provision which deals with movie
goers being melted to commit crimes as
weapons in his arsenal. And because the
Maryland censorship statute is almost iden-
teal to the portions of the New York law that
now have been struck down, Goldstein has
asked the attorney general to tell him what
Maryland has left
Obscenity, he is sure, is still intact in the
Maryland law but that may be all that is left
of the wreckage of Maryland's once proud
movie censorship statute.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
An Opinion
1000 Applications
Seemed Too High!
An Opinion

Arthur D. Simonds, jr., executive secre-
tary of the Montgomery County Education
Association, Inc, reported, and it has appear.
ed in the newspapers, that lover 1000 applica-
tons for teaching jobs had been turned over
to the School Board due to the spring recruit
ing program carried out by the MEGA"
This struck us as a gross exaggeration.
So we began to check The results of this
checking does not add up to very good inn
preston. Here's the story:
The young ladies in the MEGA office in
Rockville said again that approximately 1000
Board OF Education.
We called on DR.. John A. Permenter, as
sistant superintendent, who is in charge while
DR.. C. Taylor Whittier is attending a special
school at Harvard University.
He was asked how many applications had
been received by the MEGA. He said he did
not know. He called DR.. Prince who has been
in charge of personnel. He, too, claimed no
knowledge
Even when pressed to give dates of when
these applications came to the School-Board
office, and whether or not they came in
punches or small packages these two high
school officials would not say.
The school officials would not allow any,
one to see the applications even though we
promised to stand across the room. They said
a study was being made of them.
Even when it was suggested that perhaps
there were one or two hundred applications
that had come because of MEGA efforts in
stead of the 1000, these gentlemen remained
non-committal
DR.. Psrmenter did say there were very
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
AirPort Story
A Mother

A man from the midwest,
connected with the automotive
parts industry, ordered some
aeronautical charts covering sew.
eral eastern states last week and
asked If Congressional Airport
northwest of Washington was
open to business. 1t was neces-
sary to inform the flying bust
nessman that Congressional Air
port had been closed for two
years and that the Montgomery
County Government had failed
to provide a substitute.
The order and airport inquiry
came to the international Chart
and Travel Service department
of the $4,000 member Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association,
located in Bethesda.
We do not know that this man
had any interest in an industrial
site. However, it was just such
a flying trip with a landing at
Frederick, Md, that re-
Gently led to the selection of a
Frederick County industrial site
for the 10th branch plant of the
American Optical Company. We
do know that line of com
pact" automobiles are nearing
the production stage and that
subcontractors will be planning
facilities for the manufacture of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Fiscal Legerdemoin

ANY Rockville residents are not yet aware of it but
W. they already paying higher water and sewer
charges which started July The full impact of this de-
velopment decreed by the Rockville Mayor and Council
last week win not be felt until homeowners get their water
and sewer bills in the next few weeks or months.
The reason for the water and sewer rate hikes
to avoid increasing the cys tax rate City heads should
Of course be congratulated for trying to stem the rising
cost of everything If they keep the tax rate at u
cents that's fne On the other hand the taxpayer has
net gain of very much if his tax rate remains the
but he pays substantially higher water and
charges The actual increase in the case of water is from
35 cents per 1000 gallons to 40 cents per 1000 gallons and
the sewer rate is increasing from 25 per cent of the total
water bill to so per cent of the water bill.
AS result of the financial judging, the city heads
able to retain in their budget all of the major
programs including the launching of park acquisition
plan the beginning of the long-awaited Watts Branch
line that will open up west Rockville to develop
ment beefing up" of the law enforcement setup and
purchase of necessary new equipment.
Biggest thing students of the Rockville budget should
watch whether there fured drastic changes in the
water and rates result of the revsons made
in the light of longer operating experience with the cys
water system. 1t opened only few months ago
and to large extent city officials with only limited OPP
Grating experience which to base their rates.
will tell whether they justified in hiking and
rates to avoid the embarrassment of raising the
tax rate Meanwhile would appear to be sound to have
the water and sewer operations sef-supporng basis
ultimately rather than substituting them indefinitely out
of general funds raised by the real estate tax rate The
only real question is whether the city premature in
raising water and rates this year rather than wait
ing awhile longer to learn about the operating cost
figures of the water system
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09

way wheels and pneumatic tires
so that the vehicles can oper-
ate on railway tracks and on
paved highways. IT such equip
ment is practical and not too
expensive, it would add mate
rally to commuters convent.
ence in using the railway line
from Rockville to Georgetown.
Perhaps, commuters could be
persuaded to use modern, air
conditioned, rapid transit buses
which would operate on t h c
streets of Rockville, then down
the railway line into George.
town, then over the streets of
Washington into the downtown
area.
We do not believe that COM
muters can be persuaded to use
antiquated, dirty, slow, old rail-
road equipment. The railroads
will have to get some new ideas
and new methods If they are to
revive passenger traffic.
Perhaps, your staff or some
Of your readers have some ideas
or information about these COM
bination railway-highway buses.
The idea would seem to be
worthy of exploration.
George Y. WOrthington Ill
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Help the Birds

What a lovely picture on the
front page today of the cow
standing in the stream, She
looked so sweet standing there
trying to cool off.
Would you be so kind as to
print in your letter column the
following timely reminder:
Lets all provide plenty of
cold water for animals and
birds. Not only for pets, but
keep pans of water under trees
and shrubs available to all, in
Guiding the homeless ones. Also
put out food at night for them.
This takes very little time and
trouble on our part, but can
mean a lot to hungry and
thirsty animals, especially dur.
ing the hot. dry weather. They
cannot procure these necessi.
ties for themselves, and deserve
our help at all times"
PhrOcene Hamilton
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Real Opportunity

\A/EN the last time you slept out in the woods?
Wv How long has it been since you looked up at the
stars while going to sleep? Have you hked through the
woods lately, or caught frog carved your initials in
tree or had good swim every day, felt the pangs
OF hunger brought by extra exerton and then slowed
away the food in the great out of doors?
Peel off that hard crust all get from many years
OF go-tOwork go home; goo-work go home, day after
day and imagine for minute what it would be like to
bea boy who has had chance to go to camp but
Suddenly he finds himself at one. He doesn't quite know
how happened but there he u.s. And you think that boy
won't have much fun than he could ever begin to
tell about, you've sure got another think coming.
AS you well know, there are many opportunities every
summer to help send kid to camp. They're all good 1t
still isn't too late to send something (even 81 would be
gratefully accepted) to Camp Echo Lake Post Office Box
1884 Bethesda IA, Md. Also Rockves American Legion
Post Sc is again this sending 100 youngsters to camp
for full two weeks and would be glad to get money
food to help defray the cost You send that contbu
ton to American Legion Boys Camp General Delivery
Rockville, Md.
Try sending little something. And then lean back
and see how good it makes you feel
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Drunk Testing Optional

= HE county is ready to begin testing of drunk
drivers through urine tests and there is reason to
believe that the whole thing is good dea If the program
is handled properly will contribute substantially to the
conviction of those who guilty and the acqual of
those who are innocent.
There several safeguards that should be thrown
up however to insure that the drunk testing program will
be operated with maximum effectiveness One of these
should be requirement that the police officer advise the
suspected drunk driver that the taking of the test is
optional Under the law it is indeed optional the part
of the driver and believe he should be informed 1t
is true that the law does not require the police officer to
so inform the driver. But we believe he should
At the moment according to the superintendent of
police the plan to simply inform the defendant that the
drunk test is available If he wants the test he take
it, the superintendent If he does not want he
doesn't have to take it. 1t is not necessarily that simple
however Most persons inundated by the command
ing presence of police officer and all of his various inn
pedmenta for the quick of force And to these per-
simple statement by the officer that such test is
available" could be viewed command and they would
meeky comply 1t would be much healthier if the police
man, many of them do when they advise defendants
that anything they say may be held against them make
it clear to the defendant that the drunk test Is optional
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
College Degrees

F you graduated from "an accredited college or
] university the Montgomery County Recreation De-
partment would like to talk to you about the possibility
of your filling position Teen Club Leader. But
far as an announcement put out this week is concerned
If you don't have that degree tucked away in your pocket
don't bother to apply.
startled reporter this week read the following
tence in the Recreation Departments that
the personnel board recruiting for Teen Club Leaders:
Qualifications for the Teen Club Leader positions in
cude graduation from accredited college or university
in addition to volunteer paid experience in recreation
work related activities"
quick call to both the personnel board and the
reation department elected the information that the
nouncement didn't really what it said Key officials
in both departments FASTENED to the reporter that
non college degree holders who qualified would be
considered. This was indeed reassurng
Part Of the announcement told how adults with ex-
perence in recreation leadership plus keen interest in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
sGrOUe' annual
Meeting Set
For Saturday

Washington Grove will hold
its annual town meeting and
council election Saturday night
at McCatheran Hall.
Six candidates will be run.
ming for three council seats, to
be voted on between z and 10
pm. Town meeting will begin
at 8 pm, with adoption of next
years budget the main item of
business.
To be eligible to vote, a resi-
dent must own property or
hold a five-year rental lease on
property within town limits.
Some 100 votes are expected to
be cast.
Four candidates will vie for
the seats of two retiring coun.
cilmen, Norman Healy and Ed
ward Hogan. The four are Err.
nest E. Hall, L. Reynolds Youn.
kins, Philip Edwards and Fran.
els Thompson. Both terms will
be for three years.
Running for a two-year term
the unexpired portion Of the
term of resigning Councilman
Bernard o. Bent - will be v.
Roger Wood and Robert H.
Field.
George Pughe is running I'M
opposed for reelection as
mayor.
Voters can write in other can.
didates II they choose.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Wrong Conclusion

Oops! Jumped to a conclu-
sion! AS a mother deeply inter-
ested in seeing the kindergar-
tens improved, / thought 1 saw
the same interest developing in
other Sentinel readers, since the
word kindergarten" has been
appearing in so many letters to
the editor in the past few
months.
I must have been wrong. No
one has written suggesting a
way to reduce kindergarten
classes from 40 children down to
Is.
A Mother
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Letters TO the Editor

new electronic and hydraulic
parts for the automotive indus
try. If Montgomery County
wants more industry on the tax
roll, the automotive parts field
may have much to offer in new
branch plants.
Since the airplane has become
standard travel equipment for
officials in all expanding indus
tries needing branch plants or
using subcontractors, it is high
ly essential for Montgomery
County to have a welcome mat
in the form of a good small air
port.
G.. &. Thomson
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09
Swimming Pools

Your editorial in the last is.
sue of the Sentinel, Sweat it
Out" on swimming pools led
me to write letter I've wanted
to write for some time.
It does not take much to high.
light the lack of public swim
ming pools in this county. 1t
may arise when - while travel
ing - one is able to use pub
lie swimming facilities in the
many states and localities
around us where such facilities
are available at reasonable
cost. 1t may arise when the
temperature ranges from 80 to
100 degrees and 1 and the many
others who do not belong to
community pools want to be
able to have available public
swimming facilities in the Coun.
ty. 1t may arise when one Is
working with a group Of young.
sters and would wish to have
public swimming facilities avail
able for them - not only for
recreational purposes, but to
teach them how to swim. IT. may
arise when one reads about mod
crate or grandiose plans for
park recreational purposes and
nary a word about having pub.
lie swimming facilities in such
areas.
Less than five years ago more
than 40 civic and service organ.
izations in the County went on
record as approving public
swimming facilities in the
County.
To me, it is incredible that
an urban county such as ours
has become, has SO little to Of
fer the general public so far as
public swimming facilities are
concerned. We do a consider
able amount of travelling, and on
a recent week long trip through
six states, stopped for brief
swims in six different places
some less prosperous than
Montgomery County. Granted,
natural waters afforded public
swimming in a few of these
places (three Of which were
FREE) but pools at reasonable
rates were also enjoyed by us
on the trip. And there are natu-
raj swimming places available in
Montgomery County.
Whatever the question there
might be of the constitutionality
of the County substituting pri-
vate swimming pools, there can
be no question of the constitu.
tionality of providing public
swimming facilities. My hus.
band, / might say, thinks there
is a serious constitutional ques.
ton involved in our community
pool set.up.
Community pools may fill a
part of large vacuum. They
not only do not fill all of it,
but they serve as an excuse no:
to provide swimming facilities
for those who cannot afford to
pay for joining a swimming
club.
/ still maintain that this Coun.
ty could, If it were not afraid
of the over.rated spector of in
tegration, build, run, and main
tain two or three public pools
and even on a reasonable rate
season ticket schedule, would
not go in the hole.
Anna NJ. Marcus
ConnunlIfaP Ida0
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09

Pen names may be used
but letters will not be pub
hshed unless the 1Oriter
Identifies himself to the
Sentinel.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-07-09

working with young people needed to fill these posi-
TONS. With that statement would like to agree most
heartily But it's kind of tough to swallow the impica-
ton contained in the formal announcement that without
college degree you're not much good for anything except
ditchdigging or editing weekly newspaper or being
President of the United States as non-coege student
Harry Truman was