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Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Logicdl Approach

IN proposing poll of all county teachers the Montgom
cry County Education Association has taken the most
logical approach toward determining the true merits of
the Board of Educatons career recognition program
for teachers.
However, at this point, the MCEA's plan is lacking
the most necessary ingredient for finding true to
question that might well be much controversial
than it to be the surface So far the education
al group has said nothing about conducting its poll by
of secret ballot and unless this is assured
don't believe it can get the real picture.
We have solid grounds for believing that substantial
number of teachers are not accord with the present pro-
gram but refuse to speak up because they afraid of
reprsals After ALL recognition based largely
appraisal by principals supervisors and other higher
ups whom teachers reluctant to antagonze for
fear of retarding their own advancement.
Thus complete assurance that their identities will be
protected to be the only basis for finding out just
how all teachers feel about the program.
Despite glowing reports the of the program
through which some 329 teachers have gained advance
ment, have heard consistently that many teachers
aren't at all satisfied with the setup. There have been
complaints of favors, personality clashes and other
petty factors creeping in to disrupt the results of pro-
gram that should be entirely impartial and mpersona
We concede it is quite possible that some of these
complaints have stemmed from petty jealousy envy
the part of those who begrudge any the part
of their colleagues On the other hand is just pos
sble that are quite legitimate and that there is
real need for fudress review of the entire program
The only way to find out is to poll all of the teachers
to how they feel At the time, such poll must
be conducted under circumstances that will let the teach
feel perfectly free to speak their minds under cloak
of anonymity that would protect them it, indeed there is
any basis to the claims of favorsm and reprisal Fur
themore results of such survey should be given out
cording to individual schools.
We hope the education association will come up with
sound program for polling the teachers by the secret
ballot that is traditional in democratic elections. And
whatever the results may be- hope the Board of Ed
cation will give serious consideration to the outcome and
let it serve as guidance in the further development of
career recognition program
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
RIMES
of the
TIMES

Rudolph

Old Santa said, "I'd best In
spect My ddshing reindeer
team I think III look at
RudoIph'S nose And check
its rosy CLEAN" old Santa
a0emt from stall to stall :. Till
Rudolph came In sight But
IoISdt he sdl0 made Santa qOeep
On Rudy's nose--no light!
So Santa got his first aid
chest To give poor Rudolph
pills And hoped his tender
IoUing care Would cure
young RWdy's ills Then from
across the reindeer barn /.
Came pdIpitdting sighs >. And
Santa sato a timid doe i. With
loUeIight in her eyes As
soon as Rudy sat0 the doe ].
And salo her loUelight beanling
-. Old Santa knelO that all toas
1OeI For Rudy's nose 4ods
gIedmingl
Richard Hobart
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
II Rode With the
Twin-Brook Hunt
County Law

One recent frosty morning, travelled
down to Marlboro in order to try to impress
upon the court my peculiar conceptions, of
justice. 1t was observed during this pleasant
junket that the people of Prince Georges
county are divided into two classes: those
who own tobacco and those who steal it. A
really affluent Prince Georgian cultivates his
tobacco patch with all of the devotion that
we of Mungummery county give to the scrub
bing of our community swimming holes. AS
a result of the high esteem in which tobacco
and the people who own it are held, crimes in
Prince Georges county are, in the order of
their Nervousness: tobacco stealing waging
war against the government, and murder.
Thus do courts of law reflect the social think
ing of the majority of the people.
This tobacco business prompts me to con-
slider the divisions in Mungummery County.
There are those who belong to one or more
country clubs and those who can read. There
are those who are on the police force and
those who are not. Why when was driving
in Prince Georges county I was actually
passed by car which was not police car
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08

and did not have a siren ringing. Futher-
more, while driving I looked ahead through
the windshield rather than spending most of
my time looking through the rear view
mirror. But suppose all of this is the utter
ance of guilty conscience and that will
probably get ticket next week.
Now 1 have worked my way from the
road side taverns through the country clubs.
This was during the tennis years. But it was
only recently that participated in a social
event that surpasses surf swimming for fun
and danger. l rode with the Twin.Brook
Hunt. had never driven a horse before and
! never did learn how to let the clutch out on
her. ! am afraid will not be asked to ride
again. When | saw the fox, l yelled out
"there goes the bushy tailed BASTARD, instead
of "tallyho" and l am in great disrepute.
also apparently insulted a lady who remarked
to me, you have good seat and l said that
! liked hers and would see her after the hunt
was over. 1t was grand and successful
hunt. The hounds chewed up two house dogs.
one skunk, we destroyed Is acres of winter
wheat and learned how to drink high ia the
saddle
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
An Opinion
MEGA Is Facing

1t seems to many persons that the Mont
gomery County Education Association under
the direction of Arthur Simonds, Executive
Secretary, has finally reached an important
crossroad.
The MEGA was organized to improve edu.
cational opportunities of the children of the
County and to raise the status of the teachers
in the County.
How these two main objectives are to be
accomplished is more or less determined by
the leadership of the Executive Secretary Art
Simonds, and the officers of the MEGA.
Currently the MCEA maintains an office
in the new Jefferson Building in Rockville.
The office staff consists of the Executive Sec
retary, the Assistant Executive Secretary, an
office manager and two secretaries.
There are about $500 members of the
MEGA. This includes teachers and members
of the staff Dues are $50 per year for each
member Membership is on voluntary basis.
The Education Association that nearly
matches the one in Montgomery County in
numbers of members is the District of Column
bia Education Association.
There are approximately 3100 members
of the DCEA. The dues are $500 year for
each member Its office is located in one
room in the National Education Association
Building. There is an Executive Secretary
and one office secretary. The purpose of the
DCEA is to advance the cause of education
and to the raising and maintaining the profes-
sional standard of teachers.
Announcement was made this week in
the MCEAs news organ that "a permanent
home for MEGA which will provide visual
image of the educators position in Montgom-
cry County is at last, close to reality"
The proposed home is the 22room
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
According TO Smith
Mumbo-Jumbo
In the Congo

Even If the Congo crisis weren't a
momentous event of deep interest to every
one concerned with international peace, the
news dispatches from Leopoldville and sur
rounding areas offer consistently interesting
reading.
They're downright intriguing, if for no
other reason because of the strange mixture
of names of individuals and places that keep
popping up in the news stories and the
accounts of paradoxical events in supposed.
ly-civilized sector of the black-magic cont.
nent
There's enough incongruity to make it
downright funny, even though it must be
conceded the whole affair is one that
shouldn't be treated with any degree of levity.
OF course anyone who so much as glances
at headline of a daily paper is familiar with
the name of Patrice Lumumba, former
premier who was deposed on the orders of
President Joseph Kasavubu, and has been get.
ting real bad time from Kasvaubu's army
chief, Col. Joseph Mobutu. Seems like the
ruckus developed from a secession attempt
by the Province of Katanga, of which Kikwit
may or may not be part
Lumumba, after an unsuccessful attempt
to return to power, flew the coop and tried to
reach sympathetic supporters, but he was
apprenhended by Modulus troops and was
placed in the custody of detachment headed
by one of Modulus most trusted aides, Col.
Louis Boboso. 1t wasn't quite clear why
Boboso, as a colonel, was subordinate to
Mobuto.
Now, with everything seemingly under
control, we find some others getting into the
~f
character named Bernard Salumu, is trying
to set up his own Independent territory in
East Congo and he seems to have the support
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08

Important Crossroad
Wick Byron

Woodward mansion in the Twinbrook area.
It is located on about 13 acres. The owner
has tried to get various zoning for this tract
but has failed each time
Through unofficial negotiations with the
owner the School Board and the MCEA, it
was agreed that the School Board would pay
$500 per acre for almost eight acres and
that the MEGA would buy the remaining five
acres with the house, guest houses and swim
ming pool for something like $50850 This
would give the owner approximately what the
place is worth and enable him to get rid of a
big mansion that has become more or less
'White Elephant
This is where the MEGA comes to the
crossroad. Do the members of the Teachers
Association want headquarters that would
be a combination office-club and home for
retired teachers with a high maintenance
cost or does it want to confine itself to a
more or less business association with the
original purpose in the foreground?
It seems to many that such a question
should be put to the entire membership
although the governing body of the MCEA
was given authority to negotiate for head
quarters property.
ocNelol ways nave CSCh SuSSCSlcu HOW
this property can be financed. l. A swim.
ming group = 200 members = formed to pay
$780, each. 2. 200 life memberships be offer
ed at $500. each. 3. $50 5year memberships
at $780, each. 4. Assess all MEGA members
$12.50 each for initial downpayment and use
rent money to pay balance. s. Issue
debenture bonds for members only. g. Have
cooperative apartments for retired teachers.
1t must be pointed out that these six
suggested ways of raising the money were
given but none adopted.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Empty Gesture!

STANLEY Frosh hit the nail the head when he sad
What the people really want is instalment plan;
that's what they've been asking for"
Tuesday the County Council approved an ordinance
providing for issuance of the tax anticipation certificates
which will be sold through the office of Finance Director
Alex K Hancock in denominations ranging from $40
$500.
1t isn't clear just what the Council had in mind 1t is
difficult to figure what taxpayers it trying to help if
any,
This system would just another step in compli-
eating things
The majority of persons buying homes in Montgom-
cry County are paying mortgage And most home
financing includes the taxes in the monthly payments
This plan would be of no interest to them.
The people who own their own homes free and clear
would not be interested in paying taxes in advance They
either have barrel of money that working for them
higher interest rate than that offered by the County,
or they are struggling just like everyone else and have no
spare cash sitting around.
This whole thing seems like an empty gesture and we
don't blame Stanley Frosh and Jerry Williams for voting
against it.
Furthermore, Alex has enough to do without this
additional work.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Something Missing

THERE seems to have been breakdown in public
relations all along the line in the State Roads Com
missions unobtrusve almost sly, invocation Of lowered
speed limit along Viers Mill rd between Viers Mill and
Rockville last weekend
Despite the fact that the former 55-mie limit along
that stretch of road has been controversial matter for
many months, there public notice when the
mission decided nearly month ago reduce the ceiling
to 45 miles hour The Commission did notify officials
of Montgomery County and the Maryland Traffic Commits
sion but they apparently neglected to share the norna
ton with those most affected by the decision the general
public
Many motorists attuned to the 55mile limit were
well along the strip before they noticed the brand
signs while some haven't yet noticed hem judging by the
speed of some whzzng along. To those who have
come to take the higher speed for granted the stretch
could well become "speed trap if police wanted to take
advantage of the situation.
The oversight is all the more garing in view of the
fact that both the State Roads Commission and the
county have highyefective public relations chiefs who
consistently do bangup job in keeping the taxpayers
aware of their operations This time though it appears
that someone fumbled the ball.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08

of an arch-enemy of Mobutu named Cleophus
Kamitabu. Salumu even went so far as to
pick president of the proposed new terri
tory, naming one JeanFoster Manziala to the
post.
Adding fuel to the flaring rebellion
against Modulus strong-arm control methods
was the fact that one of Mobotu's deputies,
Alphonse Songolo, was captured and given
pretty rough time by Lumumba partisans
For while we were getting the details
of the various facets of the power fight from
Lumumba's information officer, Anicet
Kashamura But when Lumumba fled, Anicet
was replaced, and here comes the shocker
The details suddenly, started coming
from government information officer named
Maj. E. v. Gore! How about that? It's like
reading that the throne of the Chinese
emperor had fallen heir to someone named
Sean OShaughnessy.
Not only are the names intriguing, but
some weird things are taking place over
there in the Congo.
At time when we see news photographs
of Congolese delegates to the United Nations
wearing top hats, frock coats and striped
trousers and having all the stature of civil.
A1Cu PCOPAc, we Iedu VI the custer Oh Ine
Ghana delegation from Leopoldville An ulti.
matum to the delegation, the news dispatches
reported was given by a spokesman for the
government as follows:
If all your delegates aren't out by mid
night, we'll eat EN-" Civilization? Wow!
Strange names and weird happenings not
wthstanding, we hope the whole thing can be
Strengthened out before long because of its
serious international implications. And, of
course, we hope it will continue to follow the
present course which seems to point to pro-
Western Congo government.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Walkers Exception

WE find ourselves in complete agreement with Council
W man Grover K. Walker who took exception to an
apparently ypreferential listing of applicants submitted
py Albert W. Ward director of the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation for two vacancies in Montgom
cry County's Department of Assessments.
It is felt that the County Council is perfectly capable
OF determining which applicant should be given partc-
lar job in the Assessment Office is the duty of the
State Expert to submit list of qualified persons and leave
the appointments up to the Council
Grover Walker doesn't get exercised over situation
TOO often but when he does is apparent he make his
feelings known
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Child Study

We would like to thank you
for the very fine article you
published about DR.. Hugh v.
Perkins, in your issue of the
week of October 10, and the i'm
portance you gave to our Fall
Child-Study Workshop in that
article. We feel that you con-
tributed significantly to the sue
cess and record breaking attend
ance of the Workshop.
The Parent Child Study pro-
gram in Montgomery County is
fourteen years old, and in this
many parents have availed
themselves of the services of
this group by attending the
workshops and by participating
In small discussion groups S
throughout the year.
The store of knowledge that
our children must acquire in
creases almost daily, and some
times it seems as if we must be-
come so involved in curriculum
Improvement and the determine
ton of how many facts our chill
dren must learn, that we quite
forget about the child himself.
The parents in the Child
Study program believe that this
is many faceted problem, and
that in this program we should
give our time and attention to
increasing our understanding of
all children, all people, so that
we can better understand our
own child. We believe that be-
havior is meaningful and caus-
ed, and that the child is telling
us something about himself
through his behavior. In our
study groups we do not attempt
to provide all the answers but
rather to stimulate interest and
thinking and to provide new
ideas and new areas to look at.
We feel that the world our
children will have to live in will
be very different from the
world we live in, just as they
are growing up in a time that
is very different from the time
of our own childhood. We be-
lieve that the way we can help
children prepare for the world
ahead of them is to help them In
their feelings about themselves,
so that they can face an un-
known and new experience, not
fearfully but with confidence in
their own abilities.
This is not the whole answer
to child rearing today, but we
feel it is an important piece of
the answer, and should not be
lost.
We appreciate your recogni-
ton.
Roz Garfinkel
Ursula Mason
Co-Chairmen, Montgomery
County Parent-Child
Study, Advisory Board
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08

init that his expressed attitudes
and the proposed solution
shown by the title of his essay
will have the opposite effect.
Let MIR. Smith compare the
crime rate between those Grim
inals presumably rehabilitated
by penal institutions and those
rehabilitated by mental. hos
pitfalls.
His apparent slap at psychia-
trists, implied If not directly
stated, is unjustified. Psychia-
trists are equally concerned
about protecting society from
mad murderers. Would Mr..
Smith ignore the advice and
counsel of men who have been
educated for the precise pur-
pose of diagnosing and treating
disorders of the mind?
Mr.. Smith and all of us
should be more concerned with
preventing such horrible crimes
than in seeking vengeance on
the criminal after the crime
has been committed. Let such
criminals be put under lock
and key or executed as the law
DEGREES, but that is not enough.
Let society use the knowledge
and wisdom Of psychiatrists to
identify and, what is more inn
portant, to prevent the devel-
opment of such criminals.
Crimes like these are occur
ring with increasing frequency.
along with others of a similar
nature like teen age gangs
torturing old Dums or getting
together for the fine fun of
shooting or knitting each other.
Is it possible that some individ-
uals are born bad with an in
nate tendency to commit crimes
like these? II so, perhaps by
study and observation these
criminal types can be recogniz.
ed by the time they reach, say,
five years of age. Then they
could be chloroformed or, If
Mr.. Smith can work himself in
to the proper fury by consider
ing what they might do, they
could be turned loose in an
open field and shot down like
mad dogs. The primary error
here is that the original prem
Use is wrong. Individuals are
not born bad; they are turned
bad by the actions of their par
ents, relatives or society.
For the protection of society
Montgomery County sentinel., 1960-12-08
Letters to the Sentinel

LliCoC lllodAlC lllllQllldll UCdoto
must be locked up and treated,
but let us not just treat the
symptoms. 1t is the cause
which must be found and re.
moved. Let us turn to the psy-
chiatrists and other scientists
for explanations and advice
about this horrible phenome-
non. Science has already given
us some advice about prevent
ing such warped mentalities. By
an exhaustive study of such
criminals, it can provide fur
ther insights. Is 1t worth the
time, money and effort? I sug-
gest that this question be asked
of parents of the little Condetti
boy and the parents of those in
dividuals who murdered the
Condetd boy and the Jackson
family.
suggest that the Sentinel
provide a thorough discussion
of the atmosphere and influ-
ence which produces such Grim.
inals. Let the reporter assigned
provide exact examples of
home and social patterns and
pressures which produce such
criminals. Somewhere in Mont
gomery County the parents of
a newborn baby may read and
heed the advice given and pre-
vent their child from becoming
such a criminal. This result
could prevent the formation of
another criminal mind and also
save the life of another victim.
Let Mr.. Smith channel his an
ger into a constructive effort
like this.
Mr.. Smith believes that these
obviously insane persons who
may harm their fellow men
should be exterminated. He
says, in effect, let us have JUS
tice and mercy for all but this
particular group. This solution
is in direct conflict with our
laws, and If adopted for one
particular group of criminals
will soon be extended to others.
In the end our entire system of
law will be destroyed.
We are all familiar with the
time.worn plot from a western
movie in which an innocent
man is about to be hanged by
a mob of decent citizens led by
a scoundrel with some Interior
motive. In the movies, the hero
by some superhuman effort
comes through and proves the
innocence of the accused. The
hero then prevents the lynch
ing of the real villain and in
sists on a trial by law. The best
argument against capital pun
ishment, be it enacted by a mob
or by the state, is that after
1t is over, there is no redress
for an innocent man wrongly
convicted-and there are many
documented cases of innocent
men convicted Of crimes.
The terrible anger which
such crimes arouse in us should
not produce just a spirit Of re-
venge. The fury and spirit of
revenge which animates Mr..
Smiht's column, when present
in law officials or members of
a jury, operate against a fair
and impartial consideration of
the guilt or innocence of the ac-
cused. 1t is this spirit which
could quiet the nagging doubt
about a mans guilt and thus
may help convict an innocent
man. 1t is this same spirit
which has produced many of
the lynchings throughout the
United States. 1t is this spirit
which caused the murder Of
millions of human beings in
Nazi Germany. If allowed to
continue unopposed, it is this
spirit which will destroy man.
kind with nuclear weapons.
Lester L. Kimble
Continued on Page A14)
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Insane Murderers

While discussing insane mur.
derers in his column entitled
"Shoot EN- Down Like Mad
Dogs, Mr.. Smith expresses a
desire to protect society. I sub