Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-09-28
j. GLENN BEALL

once again we are challenged
to defend the freedom w,
cherish. The modelling O
many units win present hard
ships for almost every MAJ
who is called to serve. Theil
families will bear burdens. Hus
bands and sons will leave home
Studies and careers will be in
terrupted. Incomes will be re
duced. Americans have mad,
these sacrifices since the found
ing of our country, and may
have to make them again.
Many of you have contacted
my office about this difficult
situation. We understand the
full significance of mobilization
and know from personal expert
ence what it is to serve. In ad
dition to my own war service il
World War I, my three son:
have served in the military
forces and are subject to call
Glenn, my oldest son, served ir
the Navy in World War II
Richard, who is in the Naval
Reserve, has been alerted
George may be called back into
service as a paratrooper. My
Oldest brother was killed ir
World War I. Almost every
person in my office has either
done wartime duty or has had g
member of his or her i'm
mediate family = hu S b a n d
father, or brother - in the
armed services. All the male
members of my staff have
served in the military forces in
wartime. So you see, we under.
stand something of the hard
ships which have to be faced.
Now, what do we tell the ex,
treme-hardship ceases" who
want to be deferred? The only
thing we can tell them is: Pro.
cedures and regulations have
been established to consider
carefully cases of extreme hard.
ship; the serviceman who wants
to be deferred must submit a
request through his reserve
channels. IF a member of your
family is called to active duty,
bear in mind that, by the very
nature of the action, every per-
son called up is expected to sus.
tain certain hardships. The
Armed Services are unlikely to
act favorably on requests for
relief from duty unless the
hardship is much greater than
the normal hardship involved in
nearly all cases.
Death of UN Secretary.Gen.
eral - The untimely death of
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary
General of the United Nations,
is a threat to the very life of
the UN Organization itself.
Khrushchev had violently op-
posed Hammarskjold because
the astute Secretary-General
had stood in the way of the So
VETS aim to make the world
organization a device of Com
munist aggression. Now with
HammaYskjold out of the way,
should Khrushchev, supported
by the so-called neutral coun-
tries, take over control, the UN
conceivably could become value
less as an instrument for peace
and international justice.
Who Said Congress Couldn't
Be FIexibIe?-A previous Con-
gress appropriated $700,000,000
for a project to reclaim desert
land and put it in fruitful farm
production - and a few hours
later it appropriated $1,5O0,000,-
900 for soil-bank payments to
take land out of production.
Television Fit for a Cow-A
news story out of England may
lead to revolutionary steps in
TV programming. The report
involves a farmer who has in
stalled television sets in his
barn because he found that his
cows gave more milk while
watching television than they
did while standing sullenly in
barnish gloom. Complications
possibly arising from this dis
covery could become alarming.
Television may become stand
ard dairy equipment. Eventual
ly we may be confronted with
the rather bewildering posi-
bility of a TV audience 60 per
cent COW and only 40 per cent
people. Not only that; upon
further research it may be
established that cows give more
milk while watching 1.-THE Price
Is Right" for instance, than
they do watching Whats My
Line?" What influence would
this have on ratings and spon-
sorship.
The TV industry must face
the future with stern resolve,
and make what adjustments 1t
can. There might come a time
when cows would have much to
say about program ratings.
Then too, If TV should become
a factor in serious overproduc-
ton of milk, the Secretary of
Agriculture might have to step