Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-03-03
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Area Political Groups
Back Public Places Bill
BY Sandy Rovner
Oliver 6-8863

SANSA o1AOAi ny Tie judiciary COM.
mittee of the State House of
Delegates in Annapolis was
voted by two area political
groups at meeting last week. !,
In separate actions, the 7.3'
Democratic Women's Club and
the 7-3 Democratic Precinct Orr
ganization voted to urge favor.
able consideration of the meas
ure by the county's delegates.
In a telegram sent to Dele
gates Alger Barbee and Charles
Woodward, who are members
OF the judiciary committee, and
to delegation chairman Blair
Lee I'LL, precinct chairman Wal.
ter Hansen reported:
"The members OF the 7.S Dem
ocratic Precinct Organization OF
Montgomery County endorse
the principle of equal treatment
for all persons at places of pub
lie accommodation. Therefore
we urge your support for legis.
lation designed to accomplish
this purpose"
Similar messages to the same
delegates signed by Anastasia
T. Dunau, legislative chairman
OF the Women's Club, stated,
We support the principle
OF service without regard to
race In all public places and
urge you to support all legisla.
ton which will effectuate that
principle"
In other action the Women's
Club voted to urge the County
Council to hold public hearings
on the National Capital Trans
portation Bill before any coun.
Gil member or any other mem
Der Of the county government
offers testimony on behalf Of
the county before a congress
sional committee. (The bill Is
expected to be introduced
momentarily and official coun.
ty testimony probably will Do
solicited sometime this spring.
The resolution stemmed from
a discussion of mass transpor-
tation and metropolitan region.
al planning with David Stolen
bach, who told the group that
the bill-which grew from hear.
ings before the Bible Commit
tee, a Joint Congressional Com
mittee on Metropolitan Prob
lems-would cerate a federal
agency to handle the regional
transportation problem.
He warned that unawareness
and apathy on the part of the
public, and fearfulness and/or
indifference on the part of local
governmental bodies could lead
to situations where the entire
metropolitan area, with an ex-
pected population Of more than
three million by 1880, would be
imprisoned In a wheel of con-
CRETE" because of no adequate
regional transportation system,
or where, on the other hand, a
regional transportation author.
ity, with little or no direct re-
sponsibility to the public, could
dictate development of the
region to a much greater ex.
tent than could the Washing
ton Suburban Sanitary Com
mission in the county until It
was placed under County Coun-
Gil control.
Citing the danger OF "the
transportation tail wagging the
metropolitan dog" Stolzenbach
said that IF, as was the case,
laying sewers could influence
development, think what q sub
way could do"
Pointing out that transporta.
ton Is only one of many prob
lens best handled on a regional
level and indicating. as an ex.
ample, the sewage disposal
from the Chantilly airport,
Stolzenbach described as an
ideal ultimate" metropolitan
governing body composed Of
representatives from the
regions local governing bodies
who could determine regional
policy on a majority rule basis.
More Immediately, he indi
Gated that statutory basis for
the Washington Metropolitan
Conference, even with a great
power" veto for the local gov.
ernments, would be adequate at
least temporarily, providing
area citizens with a publicly re-
sponsive group concerned with
the entire region. as soon as
possible.
The conference, an extra.level
advisory body, is composed Of
representatives from two coun-
ties and two cities in Virginia,
Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties In Maryland,
and the District
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