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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Peosunt's View

read with interest last
weeks letter to the Editor en-.
titled, arise Peasants" writ
ten in objection to the recent
recommendations of Montgom.
cry County's Financial Advisory
Committee) and being in the
peasant" category myself, 1
could readily sympathize with
the writer in his Jealous plea
for the small homeowner-until
l looked to see who the cour.
ageous fellow could be. I was
appalled, to discover that his
strong convictions stood alone,
that not only had he failed to
sign his name to his letter, but
that indeed he had cloaked him.
self in one insignificant word
Disguised" Did he think he
was writing Dear Abby? A
pity that his serious endeavor
turned into such mockery, for
if Mr.. X Cor more appropriately
Mr.. Disgusted) represents the
intestinal fortitude of us small
fry, then perhaps the recon-
mendations of Montgomery
County's Financial Advisory
Committee are well founded.
Nancy w. Linthicum
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
History Recommended
For Pre-Law Student
County Law

Youngsters like to talk about being law
yers This is encouraging. Lawyers now
have the social standing and professional pres.
hge of Indians space men, cowboys and fire
men, When the young accept us, we have ar.
rived.
These young people might profit from
some words of advice on how to become a
lawyer; or, at least, to acquire an education
which will help bit. 1 will try to cover my
thinking on it in this article and the next two
that write. These thoughts may be of more
help than harm.
The education of lawyer is divided into
three parts: the academic years of college, the
academic years of law school, and the first
so years after he has passed the state bar ex-
animation. College and law professors are
his teachers during the first two periods of
his legal education, but less clustered people
such as coldeyed judges and unbiased Jurors
don't you prefer biased people-you know
where they stand-give me person who can
work up good grudge and can sound off
about it, are his teachers during the lawyer
ing days.
pre-law student has hard time cutting
through the academic slop offered by many
colleges as pre-law courses. Generally speak
ing, courses dealing with business law, consti-
tutional law, financing, and how to make
money are more of a nuisance than help
when given in college. Those courses which
are calculated to prepare student to become
a fractional man." such as good company
man. or an "oil man" should have no place
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Bernard 7. Welsh

In the curriculum of pre-law student
Sometimes think that as far as prelaw
courses are concerned, the student could dis
regard all subjects other than the history and
literature of the human race.
l can even go further Nothing much has
been suffered and experienced by the human
race that is not described within the Bible
(King James Edition, please).
Because adult minds cannot agree upon
the meaning of the Bible is no reason to de-
prive young minds of the opportunity of ex-
ploring it in the secondary schools of the Free
State of Maryland Such deprivation is a
form of book burying
There is also some merit to the thought
that literature began and ended with Shake.
speare and, with the exception of Huck Finn,
which is story of boy and river, agree.
With the Bible and Shakespeare as a
foundation, the prelaW student can proceed to
read the classics and thereby develop himself
for the law But while in college he will have
TO Withstand the philosophy of those unfortu.
nate people who become powerful in univer-
sites, and who lose their heads while attend.
ing football rallies and say, "And hope to
see that this becomes a university of which
our great football team may be proud" Those
men are greater threat to education than
wine and women.
Ihere is one college in our fine State
known to be truly dedicated to the devotion.
ment OF the best qualities in an individual bv
association with the great minds of the past.
1t is small school in Annapolis--it is st.
Johns College
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
He Agrees
John 7. Lewis

Three Cheers for Disguised"
did not read the report in the
Washington Post, but l agree
whole heartedly with you.
The Montgomery County Fl.
nancial Advisory Committee
should entertain the thought
Families moving into Mont
gomery County from other
states, plus the ones that are
already here (plenty) and us
taxpayers supporting h e m,
should be discouraged by strin-
gent policies and regulation. {"
This Committee would really be
doing something worthwhile if
they entertained that thought.
These people have or will not
ever pay one dime of taxes, yet
we have to be taxed to the hilt
to give these people the best.
These people boast how Mont.
gomery County and the State of
Maryland, as far as that goes,
will "hand out to them" when
their native state won't. CThey
know how they are.)
Some of these cases are never
investigated. They come in with
a good sob.sob story (acted) and
they are in. My theory for help.
ing people is help those who
help themselves" BY that I
mean a person that really gets
out and tries TO work and keep
his family. Most of these PEG.
pie would not work in a pie fac.
tory, but who wants to work
when You have someone sup.
porting you without any effort
on your part?
! also agree with getting rid
OF the dead wood not Just in
Rockville, but throughout Mont.
geometry County and get people
that have a little Initiative"
and backbone" to them. Not
just someone who comes to
work for the social part"
coffee breaks" and shopping
time" Another Disguised
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
IsoIotion Urged

We think of ourselves as be-
ing good citizens, even to the
point of boasting. We say that
we are willing to fight for our
rights as citizens, to defend the
constitution of this great coun-
try, yet we are letting ourselves
forget the preamble to that con-
stitution.
We call ourselves a race of
civilized people, but are we?
Our government is spending
millions of dollars each year to
protect us from health menaces
such as mental illness, cancer,
tuberculosis, conditions of the
heart, etc.
They are very important to
all of us, but there is something
else more dreadful than all of
these, and if allowed to spread,
will corrupt the whole nation.
We no longer remember that,
"A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches" be-
cause, in order to satisfy our
selfish desires, we are lowering
our moral standards. While the
innocent are striving to help
those less fortunate, (they are)
by TIL cir ignorance. being
dragged along with the guilty,
thus venereal diseases are
spreading like wildfire.
Our doctors are required to
quarantine certain illnesses and
they also give reports of certain
illnesses to the Health Depart
ment. The public is informed
of matters of slight importance
and why, / ask you, are cases
of this dreadful disease kept in
secret?
A health certificate is re.
quired of domestic workers but
we have not insisted upon law
that would require isolation of
each case. Strict enforcement
of such a law would put an end
to the spread of this disease.
Concerned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Del. Blair Lee iii

HEL. Blair Lee III is in the process of acquiring a
- reputation of being extraordinarily fortnight and
honest of being politically foolhardy depending
your point of view.
If you are political organization man. you are all
ready thinking that young Lee descended from long
line of politicians acting in politically foolhardy
AT last years legislative session in Annapolis Lee
split with the administration at least five major is
including party cal in the closing days of the
assembly j. Mard Tawes last year had just been swept
into office after eight long years of Republican rule And
in the eyes of the overwhelmingly Democratic General
Assembly he could do no wrong. Tawes the clear,
undisputed leader. But Lee chung to his individuality.
At the end of the session. it was assumed by every
that Tawes would rounely appoint Lee to the i'm
portan Legislative Council interim body of the General
Assembly but Lee didn't make it. He had been bounced
because he hadn't fallen into line.
AS result he was named Legislator of the Year"
by the Maryland Legislative Correspondents Association
There is whom reporters will shower their af
fection frequently than politician who is frank
open and honest Lee is such individual,
With the Legislature back in session, Lee last
week took the position that it would be just plain dumb"
to enact legislation providing for referendum on pro-
posed veterans bonus Almost all of the politicians agree
with him privately but would be foolhardy to
publicly state his views strongly.
This week in his column appearing elsewhere in the
Sentinel Lee mnces words the subject of the teach
ers lobby that trying to promote another big teachers
salary increase If every adult citizen of Maryland
to Annapolis to support such BILL he wrote bunty, it
would still not alter his decision to vote against it.
Such candor in politics is almost unheard Of 1t will
be interesting to whether almost certain public accept
of such unique and refreshing frankness will be sue
cessfu whether failure to kowtow to political organza-
ton is the equivalent of signing political death warrant
Needless to say, we hope the former prevails.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Courthouse fresh

the persons who run the Montgomery County govern
ment are not proud of county courthouse some c
zens are And growing number of citizens are becoming
aware of-and complaining about-the growing lack of
interest on the county governments part in keeping the
courthouse lawn polced" UP and neat appearing as
possible
It's too bad that many citizens are inclined to heave
their old newspapers beer and other debris at the
nearest lawn but that's the way they And until some
way is found to change them hope the county govern
ment will be alert to the fact that trash accmuates
on the courthouse lawn at pretty fast rate.
It's surprising the number of people who have called
TINS oversight to the Sentines attention And invariably
when they comment on it. they point out that the county
has lot of free labor up the fourth floor of the court
house in the county Jail.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Unhealthy Slots

THERE is growing camor in Maryland to set in motion
plan of some sort whereby the State would ultimately
be able to rid itself Of unhealthy slot machines.
Powerful support of such move is coming from David
Hume, Maryland Democratic treasurer who is pushing
hard for Federal investigation to see whether organized
crime is behind Southern Maryands $12-mllion-a-year
slot machine industry.
Mr. Hume should be supported in his efforts 1t is too
bad that Gov j. Willard Tawes and Rep Richard E. Lark
ford in whose district the slot machines are located have
not been more outspoken on the question.
It is true that the Governor has called the slots an
ev which should be eradicated" And we give him due
credit for that He then makes that remark virtually
meaningless, however, by qualifying it with the obser-
walton that he will not sign legislation outlawng slots
less local legislators from the four counties where the slots
operate approve of such He such approval
will not be forthcoming So he has placed himself in the
position of saying in effect "Sot machines are evil but
am not going to do anything about them"
His insistence that the slot machine question one for
local determination is far from sound one The onus of
having the gambling devices in the State one that must
be borne by all of the citizens of the State Numerous
crime studies have up with conclusive evidence that
slot machines and bigme racketeers are closely linked
And 1t stretches creduity fear to contend that only
cea-ving honest Free Staters have interest in the
Southern Maryland slot machine industry. Mr. Hume we
believe is exactly right in asking for Federal nvestiga-
ton into what if any, outside influences might have
musced into the slot machine industry in Maryland The
devces-which can't be beat matter what you think
because they have been fxed-brng in so much revenue
to the four counties that them that their sudden
demise would work real financial hardship the tax
payers of those But other areas of the country do
not have to depend them for tax help and it doesn't
make that only four Maryland counties must do this
There is gradual awakening to the fact that the slots
must 60 And all Maryland residents DO have stake in
the question 1t is not purely local matter the Gov
ernor insists.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Arts Center

Your news account of the sue
cessful Inauguration of the
Montgomery County Arts Gen.
ter program is heartening rec
ognition of this new civic en-.
deavor. While a modern facili-
ty for the performing arts is
our primary objective, it has re-
quired considerable confidence
to launch an interim program
''in a small hall" After this
beginning, it is now clear that
Montgomery County can pro-
duce both the talent and the
audiences for a significant pro-
gram in the arts. Please keep
on helping bring to the whole
County news of this important
activity.
Frederick Gutheim,
President
Montgomery County
Arts Center
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Dear Friend

II is said that storage of sur.
plus foodstuffs costs us a rent.
al and other charges of more
than 1866 million Isl million
plus daily annually. Much of
it spoils.
The greatest experiment in
charity is CARE cooperative
for American Remittances to
Everywhere). This is the phi
losopher's dream - a concern
for the welfare of people one
will never see. The greatest
bargain is % pounds of food
for one dollar sent to a hungry
family. The greatest thrill is
one of those rare notes Of
thanks from recipient. One
came from far away Greece
and called me dear American
Friend"
Adrian T.. Lofts
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11

There were two principal speakers. The
flrst was Prof. Robert c. Wood of the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
The professor made it plain at the outset
that he wasn't going to be mixed I'D in any
OF Montgomery County's problems.
I'm going to speak in generalities, not
specifics" he said.
During the course of his talk, he re-
marked that:
Rich people generally try to put as much
space as possible between themselves and moor
people.
The downtown business area not only is
the home of big offices and the man in the
gray flannel suit, but also is "hunting
ground for young girls" who are looking for
young men.
Suburban areas plagued with rising gov
ernmental costs are looking for factories that
smell like Chanel No. and make a product
you haul away once a year in a station
wagon"
Inc second speaker was Frederick A.
Gutheim' of Dickerson, a congressional con.
sultant on metropolitan area problems.
Guthelm assured his listeners that he was
going to fill in the detail of Prof Woods
broad brush strokes" He used phrases like
I am conceptualizing" and This is tangen.
tial"
He also called for more vgor in the coun-
TVS representation on about dozen advisory
agencies which he enumerated Then he pro.
posed the creation of an Office of Metropoli.
tan Affairs in the county to provide the vigor.
During the question and answer period,
member OF the audience found the entire
question of suburbs versus city quite frus.
trating."
Dr. Robert Marvin, president OF the Civic
Federation, summed it all up this way:
We've got problem"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Come! Spend Evening
With Citizen Planners
Opinions

The evening started off quietly enough
with Warren Jay Vinton relating his impress
sons of his recent Russian trip.
They're building parks and recreation
areas like mad" he told the approximately 80
persons attending the fifth annual meeting of
the Montgomery County Citizens Planning
Association.
1t was clearly bipartisan gathering in
the Park and Planning Commissions audito.
rum at 1887 Georgia ave-. Silver Spring. On
the right side of the aisle, in the back row,
sat Dave Soul, county Republican chairman,
in bright red jacket. On the left side, also
in the last row, was Rep. John r. Foley ID
Md wearing conservative gray suit
Both men left shortly after the meeting
opened. This was no reflection on the asso-
citation. In an election year, candidates and
political chieftains try to see and be seen by
as many people as possible.
Disposing of the Soviet Union, the asso.
citation president called on DR.. Fred Ordway
to present the Nominating Committees rec
concentrations for new officers and board
members 1t was obviously well-considered
slate, because not voice was raised in re.
Spouse to a reminder by Vinton that other
nominations could be made from the floor.
The presiding officer then remarked hope.
fully that they were coming to the main pur.
pose of the program discussion of "Subur-
bias Obligation to the Metropolis"
At that point discordant note was
sounded in the hitherto harmonious session.
1t came from Alden Potter who wanted ac-
tion-fast. on resolution aimed at the State
Roads Commission. But Vinton quickly
gaveled the resolution out of order and Potter
sat down with a complaining grumble about
"steamroer tactics"
member Of the audience was heard to
remark to a neighbour: "You can see VintOn's
been 10 Russia"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Letters to the Editor
Speed Law Needed

You are to be commended for
your recent outspoken article
regarding speed limits now
posted on our newly built local
arterial highway. l agree with
you whole heartedly that they
are ridiculous and antiquated.
Our roads cannot be blanketed
into very limited categories and
have them serve us to their
maximum efficiency. l am sure
that most of us are willing to
admit that some of our high
ways are as safe at 70 miles per
hour as others are at so, yet
they are all blanketed into the
same category by State Law. On
the narrow, two lane road l live
on, it is more hazardous to drive
80 miles per hour than speed
of 45 would be on a dual high
way like Georgia ave-, yet the
speed limits are 80 and IS miles
per hour. respectively.
Our antiquated attitude to.
wards speed is also making VIC.
lators of good citizens. 1t is con-
tended that most of these stu
Aations serve only as happy-hunt-
fairgrounds for our law enforce
ment officers; however, an over
Jealous officer often picks off
borderline cases and invites con-
tempt, rather than respect for
the law.
We apparently entertain the
thought that the regulation of
speed is cureall, but we should
realize instead that we can not
legislate safety on our high
ways. This can only be accom-
plished by education and prac.
tice of our citizens.
Spending millions on a pro-
gram for arterial highways will
be sheer folly, if we can't shake
off our horse-and-buggy think
ing and wake up to the fact
that we now live in a big me-
tropolis with an even bigger traf-
fic problem. Several factors
should be considered before a
speed limit is posted on any
road, and if our present laws
do not provide this elasticity
let's change them.
John Z. Lewis
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Carter Is Named
Camp Let's Head

Appointment of Phillip C. Car.
ter as director of Camp Let's
has been announced by James
F. Bunting, general secretary of
the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION of the National Capital
Area.
Carter, 81, comes here from
Albuquerque, N. NJ, where he
directed YMCA Camp Shaver.
He replaces Fred d. Carl, who
has been named assistant gen.
eral secretary of the Metro.
politan YMCA.
Camp Let's, located at Edge
water, Md, is beginning its 54th
season. Last year, it served
e DO narSOnc
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1960-02-11
Head Building Drive

Alvin j. Steinberg, president
of the Family and Child Serv.
ices, Washington's nonsectarian
family counseling agency, an
nounced the appointment last
week of Mrs. Douglas Whitlack
and David C. Acheson as co.
chairman of the organizations
Building Fund Drive.
The organization just pur.
chased a plot of land for a new
building on L ST.. between 9th
and 10th SITS, NV.
Evening star., 1960-09-07

gree, metro areas have turned to the
Federal Government-not only for
money but as a substitute for effective
regional government. And this course,
as the CED report notes, eventually will
lead to greater loss of self-determina-
ton in local affairs" Federal aid, of
course, will continue to be required in
such fields as transportation and water
pollution. But this should supplement
a regional program which is geared to
promote orderly growth and provide
efficient services, not supplant it.
The CED wisely concluded that the
precise forms of metro government must
be determined by each region, and the
process inevitably, 1t seems to us, will
be evolutionary. That is why such ad-
vanceS as the new Washington area
interstate compact commission to regu-
late transit-limited though its function
isis SO important. 1t is to organiza-
tions like the Washington Regional
Conference and the National Capital
Regional Planning Council that the area
must look for steps forward from this
point
Evening star., 1960-09-07
Henry 7 oyIor, Reporter

If it may correctly be said that any
individual is born to profession, Henry
Taylor was born to be reporter. This
is so not at all because his father, now
our Ambassador to Switzerland, was a
fine all-around newSpaperman before
him. 1t is so because young Henry
Taylor had all the energy, the personal
courage, the inquiSitiveness and the in
tellectual interest in the happenings of
his time that make up the character
of f1rst-rate reporter In his relatively
short career, Henry had not missed
many of the big StorieS-and the
chances are that when he missed one it
was because he was covering another.
Henry's career ended the other day
in the middle of one of the biggest of
these stories, the bitter warfare in the
Congo, when he was cut down by a
fusillade of machine gun bullets fired
by one of the belligerents. He was only
80 at the time, but his record is that of
a good newspaperman's work. To others
in his profession, this is the finest
tribute.
Evening star., 1960-09-07
The Two Trumons

The Harry Truman most people
know is the man who told Labor Day
audience that the election of Repub-
lican President this fall would be "real
disaster" for the country. This is the
familiar old campaigner-breathing fire
while belaboring the enemy, and never
mind such details as supporting evi-
dence.
Another Harry Truman, stranger
to most of us, also spoke on Labor Day.
In the past, the former President, sin
cerely, we think, has denounced those
who inject the religious issue into a
political campaign. Yet Mr.. Truman
did not hesitate on Monday to accuse
the Vice President of proclaiming char
ity and tolerance at the front door while
"his supporters" with his knowledge,
are "herding the forces of racial, relig-
ious and anti-union bigotry in by the
back door,"
He did not name one of these sup
porters nor did he cite a single fact TO
sustain his charge. And, of course, he
has no evidence to support it. Never
theless, while denouncing bigotry in
others, he fans the flames of intolerance
himself. This is not the Mr.. Truman
we thought we knew.