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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

traffic count on Sixteenth ST. extended at that
point was 1880 vehicles every "a hours back
in August, 1859. It's safe bet to say that
the figure has gone up considerably since
then
In other words, only sparse 6 per cent
of the thousands of automobiles and trucks
on Sixteenth st. extended find it necessary or
desirable to turn onto Arson st. That's a
mighty small percentage to try to justify
spending $4,000 of the county taxpayers
money.
Look at It another way: After more than
two months, the traffic on this modern, dual.
lane 7O-foot wide street and bridge is Just
about the same as it is on the average 26-foot
wide subdivision street.
There are some who say the project
stemmed from the Board of Trades fear that
the extension of Sixteenth st. would draw
traffic away from the Silver Spring business
district and that Arson ST. was intended to
attract cars back to the shopping area.
they claim the board lobbied vigorously
before the Park and Planning Commission in
an unsuccessful attempt to have the Arson
st. Improvement placed on the comrnission,s
Master Highway Plan; then before the State
ROADS commission in a similarly unsuccess-
1ul move to persuade the State to build it
In any event, the board obviously was
successful in getting the County Council tn
approve 1t and to build it, with some help
from the Federal Government However. on
tne basis OF present traffic figures, it appears
mgniy doubtful that the project is worth the
eliorl time and money spent on it.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Disagree With Zotmun

For a "Thoughtful' column
list, Mr.. Zatman is certainly out
on a limb in his column, Do Vot-
ers Choose Best School Board?
To continue with his reasoning,
one logically must ask, Do Vot-
ers Choose Best Councillor
Governor, or Senator, or even
President?
Elections inevitably stimulate
differences of opinion and en-
phasis. That is known as the
American variety of healthy de-
bate on which democratic and
sound conclusions are formed.
Any observer of Board meet.
ings could tell Mr.. Zatman,
who has never sat through
one, that what he calls ICON.
slant disputes and arguments
over policies" is really delibera.
tive and informed discussion
with the aim, as on any effec-
tive Board, and even in the U.
S. Congress, of coming to the
most valid and thoughtful con-
illusions.
There are over $4,000 school
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Wick Byron

one man most affected by all of the pickering.
the better will be the chances of the Repuh
licans capturing the seat they lost two years
ago.
We have noted that many of the leaders
in the Republican Party like to play the game
of guessing Just what do other leaders really
want. They sit around and imagine that this
one or that one does not really want to win
the election this year because they want it
for themselves in two years.
There is only one person who can stop
this. This person is Charles Matthias, the Re.
publican candidate for Congress from the
Sixth District.
This is the time he must show his leader.
ship in the most effective way he knows how.
He cannot afford to sit on the fence of his
own party's badly patched fence.
Charles Matthias perfect gentleman and
an effective campaigner, must choose his
team. And it must be workable team. And
if he did not do this on Wednesday, Charles
Matthias will have an almost impossible cam.
paign ahead of him. If he showed this party
leadership. then he will continue to have
$3.50 chance of getting the Congressional seat
held by Republicans from 1871 to 1883
1t is known that many of the leaders in.
volved in this constant sniping have from
time to time indicated a willingness to at
least work in harmony for the good of the
candidate. Then along comes the rumor and
half.truths artists and upset all efforts of
peaceful coexistence. These persons are
known and the quicker they are knocked into
orbit the better off the Grand Old Party will
be in Montgomery County.
In the meantime, Congressman John r.
Foley continues to send out his vague releases
that even his strongest supporters suspect as
being phony and foolish.
The summer will provide heat in more
ways than one.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

aTIE next move in the teacher fngerprintng proposal
4 is up to the people.
In shelving the question at their meeting this week,
School Board members took step which may backfire
sastrousy them by the discovery at some future date
of undesirable employees the school payroll.
We earnestly hope this will not occur for the sake
of the children who will have been exposed to such
healthy influence However, the boards refusal to ap-
prove the ngerprinng procedure has done nothing to
prevent such an occurrence.
Both the grand jury and the States attorney have
warned that fngerprnng the only sure way OF barring
those with undesirable records from county employment
And they are sound ground-the conviction OF two
teachers charges Of hoosexua practices with their
students
School boards in other of the country finger
print their teachers They apparently have found that it
does not interfere with hiring instructors. Nor do the
teachers feel that there adverse connoaon in the
requirement.
All other Montgomery County employees finger
printed All Federal Government employees finger
printed All members of the armed services are finger
printed Yet local school officials continue to employ
'hear nothing see nothing and do nothing" policy.
Now the case goes before the people. In the final
analysis it is they who must decide whether they want
every possible safeguard to surround the teaching Of their
children whether they content to rely solely on the
boards present teacher selection methods.
If they favor fingerprintng, they should tell the
School Board just thaby letter. in person and the
. telephone.
& They should remember that School Board members
are their employees and elected to do what the
!, jorty of the voters wants DONE majority wants all
school employees to be fngerprnted it is their duty c
interested in good government to inform the board
| of their wishes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

FRIENDS ARE CONCERNED over some of the dras
tic changes wanted by high county official.
DON'T BE SURPRISED II an important government
agency will change almost completely in the next two
years.
OBSERVERS FIND 1T difficult to understand why
one of the most efficient and effective administrators
hasn't been given the important appointment
ONE OF THE LARGEST manufacturing companies
in the county has been quietly looking property in
another county, Too much red tape here, they claim
.
FORMER HIGH OFFICIAL Is about to crack his
toe II present plans go through
COMPTROLLER GOLDSTEN has q running cam
pagn that probably better than any ever seen in this
state. What memory the "God Bless You All Real
Good" man has,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

CHARLES Matthias failure to begin mounting an agrees
sve campaign in the face of repeated attacks by his
Democratic opponent Rep John r. Foley is beginning to
disquiet some of his supporters.
While 1t is true that the election is still more than
Tour months away time moves swiftly and Matthias should
start now to counter the blows aimed at him by his pot
cal antagonist.
This does not necessarily mean that the Republican
candidate should make detailed answers to Foley's
charges Indeed some OF the accusations appear to lack
substance.
However, Matthias continued silence may make some
voters wonder whether there any truth to what Foley
is saying That's Foeys strategy. Matthias must fight
it by or another.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Letters to the Editor

boards in the United States, of
which 80 percent are elected. Is
MI. Zatman suggesting that
the voters of Montgomery
County are less intelligent and
qualified to determine who
should and can develop con-
structive school policies than
are the citizens of more than
10000 other cities, counties,
and school districts in our ma
ton.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Mollie Tatel
Ed. Note: Yes, Mr.. Zatman
has sat through many school
board meetings long though
they were.
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Sufe and Some

THE second of the summers "long" holiday weekends
is upon us, and Montgomery County residents once
again have opportunity to display their good
keeping the county free of the senseess accidents
that invariably the holiday weekends in other
of the country.
Happily, the Memorial Day weekend was free Of traf-
fic fatalities in the county, although the morbid predic-
tons of safety officials turned out to be shocngy
rate for the country whole It is to be hoped the
degree of caution and judgment will be exercised by
county motorists the Memorial Day and
previous holiday weekends during which the made
contribution to the appalling statistics
This time the holiday will bring not only the hazards
of hehigwas but the of fireworks that always
seem to take their Fourth OF July toll and here again
good judgment and control the essentials needed to
maintain our excellent safety record.
Courtesy, caution and consideration are the main in
gradients of the formula for safe and sane" Fourth
What could be appropriate way of celebrating our
cherished independence than by keeping ourselves alive
and healthy enough to enjoy it?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30
Drag Racing

What are our police for,
where are they? Why do they
not put stop to this drag rae.
ing that makes hideous our
days and nights?
Fail to come to q. full stop at
STOP sign, tho there be no
traffic within five miles, and
you get warning ticket duly
made out; or drive As in 35
mile zone, equally on traffic.
free road, and you get a ticket
with the warning that your IL
cense may be revoked. Well and
good, perfectly proper and le-
gal, one should always obey
traffic signals and speed limits.
But the racing goes on. They
don't drive As or anything like
it. They have high powered
cars and they drive as fast as
they can, tires screeching, en-
gines revived to the uttermost,
faster and faster as the night
advances, more like 80 or 100
miles an hour.
The trucks coming to and
from work try to get into the
act, any number can play. They
cannot go really fast-nothing
like 90-but they do their best
and they make a gratifying
row, their engines really re-
spond to revving. One pickup
made such a valiant effort that
it overturned, smashed to kin.
ding. Great business for ambu.
lances and police. There was a
respectful hush for at least 10
minutes; then the game went
on.
The police are polite and we'll
hammered and helpful. A call in
the night and for the price of a
toll call you can get 10 or Is
minutes of quiet. The cars scat
ter for a few minutes and then
come right back. They are or
gained" they say land they
have radios that pick up the po-
lice calls" Well, even crows
post sentinels, and the racing
boys are not much dumber than
crows. Is there no genius
among the police that can cir
cumvent them? Apparently not.
The police know when and
where-yet the racing goes on.
No arrests are made, at least
no meaningful arrests. Every
night, all night all day Satur-
day; all Saturday night; all day
and night Sunday. This is a
peaceful countryside. no traf.
fic to speak Of except for the
early morning and evening
hours, almost no traffic on
weekends. But the din contin-
ues. on and on, echoing thru
the valleys day and night.
In some states, notably Con-
necticut where the traffic toll
has been greatly reduced, they
use unmarked cars. Probably
that is Illegal in The Free State.
So we must just endure it or
move and let the boys have
their fun. The police have no
solution.
A Montgomery County
TAXPAYER
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-06-30

I am inclined to agree with
most of Mr.. Zatman's column
on the school board. l must
disagree with one point how
ever.
/ believe that 1t will be a lot
more fun to leave the School
Board on an elected basis and
just show them that the people
of Montgomery County are not
as stupid as a certain group
seems to think they are. This
was dramatically proven In a
recent election and I would ven
ture to predict that the same
thing win happen in the Novem-
Der election coming up.
1 will list a number of things
that our autonomous School
Board has done recently, and
you just figure for yourself.
A person has to be blind not to
see the folly of their ways.
1. Closed down Carver High
School and the elementary
school next to it. This, / under
stand, was done so the build.
ing could be used for admins
trative purposes. They were in
such a big hurry to get this
done that they were carting out
equipment before the normal
school year was over. Everyone
knows that the present admin
istration building is inadequate,
but, did they have to shut down
the schools when there is a
shortage of classrooms in the
county? We're they thinking of
our children Or their own self
ish interests? Was it more eco
nomical to use a lovely COM
pletely equipped school that
had shops and many other top
quality advantages and is con-
sidered one of the finest schools
in the entire state; or could
they have built an administra-
ton building and kept adequate
classroom space for the young
people? One can only imagine
what their reasoning is. They
don't ever explain, only justify.
2. Ignored the recommends
tons of the States Attorney
and the Grand Jury. In other
words, they ignored the normal
processes of law.
8. Permitted testing by var.
ious organizations outside the
school system. Very strange,
indeed!
a. Permit administrators to
call someone who disagrees
with the school system tech.
niques "reactionary forces s."
Now, that wasn't altogether
polite, you know.
5. Appoint people outside the
county to top jobs in the school
system. / am sure that these
people are fully qualified, but,
what is wrong with our own de.
voted people. Many of them
have dedicated their lives to the
children of this county.
On and on / could go. Just
you wait Mr.. Zatman. Novem.
Der elections will let this group
know how we feel about this
school system. 1t is very, very
interesting and amusing
might say.
liza Awakened Taxnaver
Evening star., 1960-07-31

ANSWER to Lost Week. Pu11Is)
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Up to Castro

II 1t is true that soft answer turn
eth away wrath, or can make reason
ablenesS triumph over hot iraScibility
and reckleSsneSS, then Prime Minister
Fidel Castro's temper and conduct to-
ward the United States ought now to
undergo a marked change for the better.
This probably is too much to expect, of
course, but at least President Eisenhower
has done his best to promote it.
Thus, both in his formal statement
and in his news-conference remarks on
Cuban-American relations, the Presl-
dent has been at pains to comment pa
tiently, politely and with great restraint
on how the Havana regime has poisoned
those relations with "unwarranted at
tackS on our Government and on our
leading officials" including himself. AS
matter of fact, although he has not
said so, more than a few of the attacks
have been outrageouSly insulting and
mendacious, and his soft answer to them
presumably has been made in the hope
that Cuba's bearded young dictator
whose advisers include a number of
sinister, CommuniSt-tinged personalities
may not really be as irresponsible as
he sometimes seems, which may be a
wiShful thought.
In any case, Mr.. Eisenhower has
made several important things clear.
These include the following: O The
United States, which still regards the
Cuban people with great affection" will
adhere strictly to its policy of noninter-
vention in their domestic affairs; ~ 1t
has no present intention of resorting to
economic sanctions or other repriSalS
against the Castro regime; (S) 1t recog-
nizes Havana'S sovereign right to under
take reforms as long as they are in keep
ing with international obligations; (4) at
the same time it will continue to assert
and defend its own legitimate interests
in Cuba, including those of its citizens,
and (5), with confidence that the Cubans
will recognize and defeat the intrigueS
of international communism" in this
deeply troubled situation, our Govern
ment hopes that the Castro regime is
prepared to settle differences through
peaceful negotiations.
Although all this adds up to
soft answer as far as language goes, 1t
contains an implicit basic hardness
especially in point four, which is broad
enough to include such things as the
defense Of our naval base in Cuba. Ger
tainly, If Fidel Castro chooses to adhere
to his incomprehensible hate-Washing-
ton course, he may well find that he has
grievously overreached himself.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Quiet, Please!

Many people around the world, es-
pecially people in big cities, feel the way
Sir Walter Ferguson Hannay does. A
physician, he is chairman of Britain's
Noise Abatement Society," and he fears
that we shall all become "a race Of
shouting maniacS" unless we unite to
do something about diminishing the
awful clatter and din of modern urban
society.
Cement-m mixers, pile-drivers, pneu-
matte drills, laundering traffic, cease
lesSly honking horns, the sonic boom of
Jet planes and the never-ending ca
cophony of radio and TV sets-these are
but few Of the terrible decibel-produc-
ing things that are forcing most of us
to live out our lives not in quiet desper-
alton, but amid a fearsome clamor.
Never in the history of the world has
humanity been exposed to the kind Of
mechanical bedlam that afflicts it now.
According to Thoreau, Sugar is not
so sweet to the palate as sound to the
healthy ear" But noise, noise as we
know 1t these days, is something else
again. Ambrose Bierce. in 1.-THE Devils
Dictionary" has described it aptly
enough, though inelegantly, as "a
stencil in the ear" And unless we abate
it, as Sir Walter urges, 1t may in fact
drive all too many of us quite crazy.
So let us forthwith try to tone 1t down
II we can, and the sooner the better.
Evening star., 1960-01-27

cost Of the vaccine to him is
in the neighborhood of %
cents. His fee was SIS. Quite
a percentage of profit. I
would say.
No doubt his argument
would be that he was entitled
to the fee because he had
spent long years and thou
sands of dollars in acquiring
the know-how on jabbing a
needle into your skin. But he
made no use of his knowl-
edge. His nurse did the jab-
bing and invested no more
than three minutes of her
valuable time.
There is more than mere
suspicion that the drug
makers have abused their
position In private enter
prise" but it seems to me it
i'll becomes a member of the
ANA, which has vigorously
opposed with influence and
money every attempt to re-
duce the burden on the sick,
from the inception of the
social security idea to the
present proposal to give med
ical care to oldsters retired on
Evening star., 1960-01-27
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S1tton.

us, we can have our own city
council!
This is, Of course, aside
from the main issue. Whether
we call it home rule" or
self-government, there is no
reason why the people of
Washington should not have
the same elementary rights
granted to all other Ameri-
cans. These elementary rights
are both local self-rule and
national self-rule. Congress
will continue to retain ulti-
mate authority which it may
exercise under exceptional
conditions. This recognizes
that there is a national inter-
est in the Nations Capital.
But this does not prevent
Congress from permitting
the people Of Washington to
run their internal affairs.
Congress has both a legal
right and a moral obligation
to grant Washington home
rule.
Morton GIuck.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
AntibiIIboord Proqress

Prospects of early passage Of an ef-
fective billboard control law in Virginia
have frightened considerably as result
of rush by State legislators to join in
sponsoring bills to protect new highways
from roadside DETACHMENT. With 68 of
the 100 members of the House Of Dele
gates already lined up as coSponSorS of
a bill recommended by the Virginia Ad-
visory Legislative Council, passage by
the House is assured. We hope the
more deliberative Senate will join with
the House in giving approval to the
legislation.
While the legislators supporting re-
strictionS on highway signs have stressed
the esthetic aspects of the control pro-
gram, they are not overlooking the fact
that Virginia will lose several million
dollars of a Federal bonus" If 1t fails
to enact an adequate billboard law at
this session. The Government offers
this bonus to all States which cooperate
with it in the movement to keep the new
free of scenery-obscuring Signboards.
The past Legislature adopted tempo
rary control law which will expire on
June 80 Of this year. The current Gen
eral Assembly has an obligation to make
the control plan permanent-both in
the interest of keeping the roadside
landscape unspoiled and Of making the
State eligible for the extra millions of
Federal highway money.
Evening star., 1960-01-27
Portentous Chonqe

For a long time now American
females have outnumbered American
males, but more of the latter have man.
aged to show up at the polls in national
elections This phenomenon apparently
is going to change in the presidential
contest next November At any rate,
certain shrewd observers are fatty pre-
dieting that our women-for the first
time in the history of the United States
are going to cast larger number Of
votes in that contest than our men.
This startling forecast is based on
Census Bureau estimate that by elec-
tion time there will be over 80 million
more eligible female voters than eligible
male voters. More than that, this nu-
merical superiority Of American women
(who did not get the right to vote until
l92O) is going to keep on growing from
year to year hereafter BY. 1870, for in
stance, 1T will be in the neighborhood Of
At million, and 1t will total around SIS
million a decade later. Clearly, these
are statistical projections, which, If we