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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Fine Arts Commission

~ I'D you wonder why in that you visit
all Of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. excepton-are attrac-
tive and wedesigned and there seemed to be sort of
overall pleasant effect achieved leaving you with good
impression of that community?
County-and you probably count the fact that the
you had that happy experience because that par
tcular community had fine arts commission, perhaps
they called it by other name whose job it to
to it that you got exactly the impression you did.
Talk of creating such governmental body in Mont
gomery County has up from time to time but moth
ing has been done about it. And now along comes
the Bethesda Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce with
the suggestion that such agency be created for its bus
ness district
It's good ideal
Neither the Bethesda business community nor the one
in Silver Spring the in Rockville are of such cali
Der that visitor would get the impression mentioned
above And it can-and will be-argued particularly by
owners of business property their agents. that the
impressions gained by chance visitor not too mpor
tant But what we are discussing of course is the i'm
preston obtained by everybodynot just the chance vs
tor And submit that is important Particularly in
Rockville the county seat which has rich colonial back
ground, would creation of such commission be good
idea.
The very least would urge in this whole proposal
is that study of its good points and bad points be
launched Considering the unusually high per capita in
come character of Rockville and Montgomery County,
such commission would to be natural for our
type of community We require high standards in every
thing else. Why not architecture too?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Old Ghosts Still
EnIiven My Office

Old law offices have many ghosts. They
come in and sit down on leather chairs and
make themselves at home. These ghosts of
litigants of old cases slip out from the files
and the musty books and brag to each other
about how they fooled the law or some old
fuddy-duddy judge. They are a companion
able lot--not at all like the sorrowful spirits
that whine around in doctors offices and
sneeze and cough and revive bad memories of
patients who have died.
The lawyers who suffered through the
fire and the loss of their offices have pretty
well catalogued their losses land made APP
propriate claims for exemptions, deductions,
exceptions, recoupments and abatements),
but most of us have not been able to renew
our friendship with the ghosts that lived in
our old quarters. My ghosts came into the
roaring fire to cool off from the heat of their
natural habitat. 1 can take no credit for
them; they were of my fathers retinue.
They were a swashbuckling. full-blooded
encampment of ghosts who, as men, would
bravely stand up and fight for their rights
and refuse to have their lives run by an IBM
machine. One of these old ghosts, brave
spirit he, had obtained a patent on paper
punch which punched holes in county tax bills
exactly the size of an IBM hole. He used this
punch to alter the tax bill which he returned
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

to the county with his check. This mutilated
tax bill caused all sorts of trouble in the coun-
ty building when it was run through the IBM
machines, and was such a satisfying nuisance
that the old ghost started to sell the punch to
other complaining taxpayers The law stepped
in and stopped him, but he had good time
while it lasted.
One of my old ghosts was faith healer,
KwadO Mi, who claimed he could vanish into
thin air. But he was arrested and confined
for awhile-despite his talent-in jail on
charges of fraud. He claimed he was framed.
l don't see much of him any more.
One rare ghost always makes noise when
he comes into the office because he is differ
ent from other ghosts Once he made bid
for Immortality when he filed suit to recover
for personal injuries and said in loud clear
voice, 1T isn't the principle that counts-it's
the money"
Another detected ghost would constantly
proclaim "All 1 want is justice"
A female ghost swishes by every now
and then. She obtained divorce from her
husband because the constant roar of six
shooters and laundering hoofs from the magic
land of television imposed upon her by her
39-yearold husband was held to be cruel and
inhuman conduct on his part. Oh, learned
Judge!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Perks and Recreation

was with surprise and disappointment - that some
county residents learned the County Council had again
put off the question of what to do about the park and
recreation functions
For years. administrative confusion had existed in
the handling of these two highly important and complex
functions of local government The county government
and the MaryandNational Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Democrats and the Republicans have
alternately kicked these two questions around for years
A report prepared after great deal of work by
special committee recently cited the need for creation of
special agency to handle both functions Parks are now
handled by the M-NCPPC and recreation is now func-
ton of the county government
AT its meeting last week, the County Council gave
tentative approval to creation of another committee to
study the question further This may well be sincere
move by the council to pursue this important matter
more thoroughly Or it may be way of putting this
not potato on the shelf We hope is not the latter
because this important question deserves to be faced up
to- We have always felt there great deal of merit
tothe plan for creation of agency to handle these
Two functions that are so closely allied And
dent substantial segment of the public feels the same
way.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

NH, parents where are you! Wnen are you going 10
~ get up your hind legs?
We must have been slightly numb because we didn't
say word the schools and the county, and the city,
and the State and the Federal Government and the Boy
and Girl Scouts and the bowling alley manager and the
teen center director and few dozens of others gradually
whitfield away parental prerogatves and response
bilities as renquished after another of them
But now we have reached the breaking point 1t was
the P-TAs that did it!
, We didn't utter peep the P-TAs charged ahead
last year with preparation of teen code for senior
high school students The code, you doubt know,
tells teenagers when they should smoke when they should
drink when they should breathe at what age they should
wear pstick and suspect what to do about that first
kiss We actually haven't read It. to be perfectly honest
because the whole idea is slightly repugnant.
Well now they're charging ahead with code for the
junior high kids The story the paper said parents
sponded enthusiastically last year to request for guild
in preparation of senior high CODE So now the
PTAs going to give the junior high kids break and
give them code, too. We have FOR the PTA far
that responding enthusiastically business is concerned
We know of one parent who didn't-us!
s If any P-TA'er would to send QUESTIONABLE
and ask guidance from the drawing up of this CODE
we'd be delighted to it. Although we're not at all
the persons reading answers would up to
them.
OF course, we're not blaming the PTA, particularly.
This whole sorry deal probably symptomatic of the
times in which live Personally intend to bring up
children way thank you just the same,
dear PTA. But have bunch this is going to make
an awful lonely individual
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Whof Is the Answer?

A low are going to lick the trash problem?
/ Pretty much everywhere one goes in the United
States he the litter left behind by the thoughtess
and inconsderate. Many persons leave behind them
trail OF empty beer cans soft drink bottles chewing gum
wrappers debris of kind another that they SIM
ply heave with thought as to its unsightiness or
who - if anyone = is going to pick it up eventually.
Harassed public officials in most cases try to cope
with the problem but it exists to such an extent that it
dees solution. The current anti-lerbug campaign Is
a most worthy project and is beginning to make some
noticeable Roadway 1t deserves all of the support that
each of us give it,
Meanwhile although public officials are concerned
with the problem and trying to solve it, believe eff
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

/ who have been unable to escape
them.
In B. A. HIS letter of March
10 in the Sentinel, he Cor she)
said it was impossible to imag-
inc the builder erected unpaint-
ed, leaky rooted windowless
DIV -Ilings, with trash and gar.
bage strewn on grassless yards"
Apparently it is also impos-
sible for B. A. H. to imagine
that the houses got in this
leaky, implanted, CRASHES con-
dition before the Negro family
ever moved into the house. 1t
is a rare Negro family that
moves into new house, as only
about one per cent of new con-
struction is for Negroes. The
landlords, often absentee and
white, fail to maintain houses
occupied by Negroes because
Negroes have to put up with
bad conditions as they have
little housing from which to
choose.
mentioned the phony tech
nique of association: Blaming
Negroes for slums is like blam-
ing the captured American CT
for prison camps in which he
was corralled in Korea.
B. A. H. raised another point:
Shouldn't Negroes "be allowed
the freedom to stay where they
are"-and he adds with doubt
full validity "and continue to be
happy" He apparently as.
sumes that democratic Ameri.
cans" are, to use his term, "forc-
ing" Negroes to move out of
the slums, into good housing
in good neighborhoods where
there are good schools.
If that is true, why does Nor
ris Milgram find it necessary to
build a controlled occupancy"
development limiting the pro-
portion of Negroes to one third?
If B. A. H. looked into the facts,
he would find that the volun-
tary, natural demand of Ne
groes for decent housing is so
great tina t.. projects selling
houses 20 Negroes would find
more than enough colored Luy-
ers for all the available houses
unless some limit was placed
upon the proportion of Negro
occupants.
Residents of Montgomery
County, including the builders
and real estate brokers, can
save themselves a lot of need
less worry and grief if they viii
make a real investigation of the
facts about modern interracial
housing developments instead
of being satisfied with outdated
misconceptions. Much new ex-
perience has been acquired In
the last five or 10 years which
at least challenges some of the
old myths and stereotypes.
After all this is the year of a
sun satellite: things do change.
If B. A. H. stopped to think
instead of Imagining" he would
realize that Negroes who are
financially able to buy $4,000,
or $4,000 or even 100000
homes (as is the case in Wash
ington) are not by any stretch
of the imagination slum
dwellers.
(Mrs.) Margery T. Ware.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

Mr.. Gregory Jacques intern
perate attack on officers of the
Air Force is more revealing of
his own attitude and lack of
knowledge than of any "fetid
odor +. traced to officers" I
do not have an accurate knowl-
edge of Air Force regulations
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Reese Is RIGHT

Melvin Reese is right about
the Lee Committee Report; eth
les cannot be enforced by law.
An example; the Hippocratic
Oath in medical practice.
The path to law and order in
the Kaleidoscope affairs of
modern life lies in the direction
of less, not more, regulatory
agencies, including courts, be
they true" or kangaroo"
THAT government is best which
governs least"-but still gov
erns. Not criminal statutes, but
constitutional restrictions on
what representative govern
ment (the "majority") can do
to property rights (by taxation
or otherwise) make law and
order feasible in a free country.
It's a sad society that puts its
internal conflicts of interest in
the hands of referees who adj
judicate these conflicts, making
up the rules as they go along,
then "codifying" this law" as
a matter of stare decisis. This
Is the method of the English
constitution" which, unlike
ours, Is an unwritten and un-
duly slippery affair, just as is
treaty law and the United" Ma
tons.
Should we turn Blair Lee out
as a lawmaker because the
courts have declared his farm.
tax law unconstitutional? Is it
relevant that his family are
major landholders? / am not
even slightly interested in that
sidelight on his proposals. Bet,
ter ways of determining land
use and tenure are very much
needed. Zoning is not such a
way. Neither Henry George
with his single tax nor Blair
Lee with his double tax have
given the answer; but the single
tax may point to solution OF
the conditions, particularly the
taxes, under which land rent
may be collected by its owners
in a system of truly competitive
enterprise that is regulated by
law, not by men.
1t should be taken for grant
ed that in a given field quail.
fled public administrators al
ways do have a conflict of in
terest. They should be disquali
fled If they don't! Wherever
for lack of sound laws, regula,
tory boards are necessary as a
makeshift, the only way to even
a semblance of justice lies in
pitiless publicity. Except in mill.
tary affairs, nothing-but moth
ing!-must be decided, or dis
cussed in making decisions, be
hind closed doors with the pub
lie and press excluded. No con
tracts for public works should
be permitted without full dis
closure of the plans therefor
at least 60 days before bids are
asked. The publicity period
should be longer in proportion
to the sums involved, and should
end with a public hearing. A
hearing alone is not a compe
tent defense against conflicts OF
interest.
Alden pOffar
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

A writer who hides behind
the anonymous cloak of initials
B. A. H. tried by use of invalid
association technique to imply
that because some Negroes live
in slums, the slums were there.
fore caused by the unfortunates
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Letters to the Editor

concerning the steward rating,
but l do know that all high
ranking officers will require
the help of servants or stewards
at times. No doubt there have
been abuses in this field of &C.
tivity as there are in all activi.
ties involving human beings.
Such abuses should be prompt
ly corrected, but let us not turn
back the clock to the day when
a fine, dedicated officer like
General George Marshall was
smeared and slandered. General
Marshall was abused in the
name of anti-communism; Mr..
Jacques attack was apparently
touched off by the Air Force
pamphlets.
High ranking officers of the
military service are required to
do considerable entertaining
this is not a matter of choice
but a duty. In many of these
social affairs, there will be
tables to be set, food prepared
dishes washed, drinks mixed
and served, and similar services
performed. In some places these
duties will be performed by
civilian personnel, and in others
presume, by Air Force per
sonnet trained for such work
The cost to the taxpayer would
be much higher if civilian helT
were used. If regulations permit
the training of military men fol
such work, don't condemn the
Air Force for preparing instruc
ton pamphlets.
III the high ranking Officer
were a civilian in a comparable
position of responsibility, his
salary would be much higher
and civilian servants would bt
employed to help meet certain
social obligations. High ranking
military officers will have
similar obligations without tht
personal wealth to meet them
Don't condemn the military
man for meeting his obligations
and doing his duty in this re
spect.
Does Mr.. Jacques feel thai
the job of servant or steward /:
dishonorable occupatio n? A
competent servant or steward
deserves the same respect giver
to any competent individual
They are paid for doing a jot
and it demeans them not one
whit whether they do that jot
for a military officer, the presi
dent of a corporation or
plumber. One of the finest per
sons l have met in this ares
earns her living by helping
house wives clean their homes
including private toilets" Sh,
is honored and respected by al
because she is fine person
and does a good job.
1t is interesting to note tina
military nurses are officers
and when the occasion demands
it, are happy to perform thu
most mental chores for theil
patients, be they officers or en-
listed men. 1t would take thu
most arrogant kind of snol
to look down on them for per
forming such services.
Lester l.. kimble
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31

forts of the city, county and state could be
considerably stepped up There could be signs
trash receptacles and they might start getting
little tough with constant volaors good stiff fine i'm
posed few houghtess individuals might make them
and the rest of the public - think little about
the problem that they now seem to be obnvious of.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-31
Parents, Arise!

nh, parents where are you?
~ get up on your hind legs?
Evening star., 1960-11-13
Continued from poge II

obey field to stand steady to shot,
and to respond to the directions of their master
And the old dogs exuberant after summers idleness
calming that their excitement won't spoil point
when the opens.
Many who delight in training and working their
own dogs small hand gun during training
Then when the is flushed after point the be
fired with o attempt to hit bird.
Thus the dog learns hold his point and to stand steady
when the birds fly and the gun blasts.
Bird hunters will tell that the kenneraised dog rarely
gun dog And fine dogs often develop in
dvidua personalities
There Willfu Virginia dog that used to bark
just before pointing his master would know where he
the dog that would leave the hunter and
return home birds missed And the old setter that al
ways ate the first bird hot-it was his.
And guns and dogs and qualbut mostly dogs up
of Americas greatest sports
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-12
Dog Warden
Continued from page u


general fund.
Supervisors approved claims to-
falling $702.58 submitted by persons
suffering fowl and livestock losses
from dogs during 1859, OF the total,
s1O3.75 was in fowl claims approved
and $598.83 in livestock claims.
The dog warden is present during
supervisors meetings to consult
with them on his investigation of
claims. During the year, the super
visors amended the dog ordinance
to require claimants to notify the
dog warden of losses within "a hours
OF their occurrence.
Collections Up
The amount realized through sale
Of dog license tags in the past year,
6,3O5, was higher than in previous
years. These were $5,4O5 in 1858;
s5,289 in 1857. and $5,243 in 1856. In
changing to the local warden sys-
tenn. supervisors had estimated tag
receipts would rise with the work
of full-time local warden.
Supervisors now are seeking to
establish uniform and equitable
TERMS in determining reimburse
ment for losses claimed, by fowl and
livestock owners There are many
considerations involving price S.
weight, value of fowl and stock and
circumstances surrounding the loss.
The board is agreed that quick re-
porting OF loss to the warden is the
best way to get fair adjustment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-12
Rete Rensss ffom {g19 70 $17s0
Average Charge For City Hospital
Rooms Revealed In Institute Stlldu

The average charge for a two-bed
semiprilate <hespital room in cities
Of more than 100000 population
ranges from low Of $9.29 a day to
a high of 81 80 a day. the Health
Insurance Institute reported today.
When the nationwide survey was
extended to cities with populations
OF Is 900 or more. the variance was
wider. with low Of So a day and a
high Of S32 a day. the Institute
stated.
The study was based on inforrna-
ton supplied by the American Hos
pital Association from survey Of
hospitals throughout the U. S. con.
Quoted early in 1859. The survey.
measured weighted average hos
pital room rates for cities of q, 900
or more population.
The survey disclosed that gener-
ally rtes and charges were higher
in the West. Northeast, and North
Central sections Of the country and
lower in the South.
There also is a considerable
spread in the average hospital rate
within larger cities. due to the ex-
istence of both large and small hos
pitfalls. of which some offer compre-
hersive services and others make
available simpler services.
The difference in hospital rates
and charges is reflected in most
health insurance programs. said
the Institute. whether it is a group
plan or an individual policy.
Provision of medical care In the
United States historically has been
local in character and the charges
established BY the providers oil
medical and hospital services there
fore reflect rot only the cost Of nv-
ing in the local community, but the
range of services provided and the
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-01-12
News Summary
,Continued from page u

Offset losses in. taxes due to thu
steel strike.
! President Nasser OF the United
Arab Republic threw switch Sat
urday which signaled the start o.
construction Of the Aswan high dan
tremendous project designed te
control the flood waters of the Nile
and provide hydroelectric power
B fore cheering thousands, he
thanked Russia for providing money
to begin the project after the U. S
and Britain withdrew their offer o.
assistance in 1856. But mindful that
he may still need Western help to
finish the project, he declared he
bore no rancor The AsWan dam
was long a pawn in the East-West
cold war.
Recommendations to-, help Vir.
ginia''s school teachers meet state
certification requirements were
contained in 73-page report to
Gov. Almond and the General AS
sembly by the State Commission
on Public Education. The commits
sion. created by the 1888 General
Assembly. said the state should pay
the tuition fees Of teachers attend
ing summer. school. to- meet the
1860 certification standards. II
recommended special summer, in
stitutes for teachers of science
mathematics. foreign languages in
Guiding Latin. and for guidance
counselors in 1860 and 1861 and that
the state assist localities in buying
science and foreign language
laboratory equipment.
A breakdown on West Berlin
teachers who refuse to give their
students an accurate picture Of life
under the Nazi regime was
threatened Saturday by school of
Ficials. School Superintendent Carl
Heinz Evans said youths who have
had their schooling since World War
II are mainly responsible for the
wave Of anti-Semitism and desecra-
ton in the city. On Friday night
some 10000 Germans staged quiet
demonstration against hatemongers
and Naziism.
The eight-mOnth steel dispute
was finally settled last week on the
basis of recommendation by Vice
President Nixon and Secretary of
Labor Mitchell. Union president
David Mcdonald said former am
bassador Joseph Kennedy. father of
Democratic presidential hopeful
Sen. John Kennedy, played a big
role in persuading Wall St. fl
nanciers to accept the settlement.
The agreement reported calls for
a 39-cents-an-hour increase in pay
and benefits which will cost the
companies a billion dollars. No i'm
mediate increase in the price of
steel is forseen.
Congress convened Wednesday
and heard President Eisenhower
State of the Union message Thurs
day The President submitted
balanced budget for fiscal 196O-61