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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
By Cathe C. Linthicum
Diamond 1882

John w. Kimmerling, Pooles-
vile, received congratulations
from his many friends and rel
atives upon his 81st birthday
November 5. Recent visitors to
the home were Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kimmerling and three
children, Arlington, and Mr..
Mrs. Roy Ludwig, New York
City, and Mrs. Pearl Bergman,
Homedale, Pa, who were re-
turning to their homes after
visiting in Florida.
Mrs. Cornelia Hughes, Sell
man, had a birthday on Satur.
day, November 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Reddick,
Poolesville, recently spent sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Leatherman of Union
town. Mrs. Leatherman and Mr..
Reddick, who are twins, cele-
brated their 18th birthdays on
October 81.
One of the most important
missions sponsored by the Mo-
nocacy Lions Club is the Red
Cross Bloodmobile Program.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
Journalists Hear
John C. Metcalf

John c. Metcalf, well-known
lecturer and traveller and au-
thor of the syndicated feature,
Portraits will be guest speak
er at a meeting of the Mont.
gomery County Press Associ-
alton at 1890 pm. Friday, Nov.
IL, at the Kenwood Country
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16

|. Saunders, corresponding sec.
rotary, and Mrs. William Hake,
treasurer.
Mrs. Caroline Freeland, mem
Der of the Montgomery County
Republican State Central Com.
mittee and chairman of it's
political c o n committee,
was guest speaker at the No.
vember meeting.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16

Dorset, and Mrs. Guy ".
Lewis, ST., in charge of the
luncheon. At the same time
there will be a bazaar, and auc-
Continued on Page 15)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
Olney COP Women Elect

The Olney District Republican
Women's Club-re-elected the
current slate of officers for the
year ahead at their recent meet
ing.
Mrs. William c. Birely was re-
elected president; Mrs. Ralph
D. Schumack, vice.president;
Mrs. Perry S. Patterson, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. William
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1961-11-16
SENTINEL a ccSEfs nD'
thursday, Nov. rs. 1851 IL

Mr.. Metcalf recently returned
from two months in West Ger
many, during which he made ex-
cursions into East Germany be-
fore the East Germans imposed
their border restrictions in
August.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
W1rs-OId and New

When the armiStice concluding the
war to end war" was signed, on Novem-
Der IL, 1913, very young man named
John Fitzgerald Kennedy couldn't have
cared less. For he was still not quite a
year and a half old. But now he is A,
and very much preoccupied with the
threat-undreamed of in 1gl8-of a
nuclear conflict which would make the
First World War seem like childs play.
Some such thoughts as these must
have been running through the Presi-
dents mind as he made his little talk
Saturday at the ceremonies in Arlington
Cemetery-a talk which dealt with men
who have died in the wars which have
come and gone, and with what we of this
generation can expect of an uncertain
future.
Mr.. Kennedy has talent for avoid
ing rhetoric for the sake Of rhetoric
when he talks about such things Never
thelesS, his message came through sharp
and clear: There is no swift and easy
path to peace in our generation. Patience
and perseverance are necessary. We
cannot save ourselves by abandoning
those who are associated with us, or by
rejecting our responsibilities. We must
not give way to irritability, Illustration
or impatience. But-and this is the real
meSSage-"in the end, the only way to
maintain peace Is to be prepared in the
final extreme to fight for our coun-
try :" We must convince friend and
foe that we are in earnest about the
defense Of freedom-"and I can assure
the world that we are"
This is not message which will fall
upon receptive ears among those who
say that anything is to be preferred to
another war. But theirs is a fallacious
view If the people of the United States,
even in the last extreme, will not fight,
then war (or abject submisSion) becomes
more probable, not less so, and the
triumph OF communism becomes more
certain. Mr.. Kennedy, even though he
was speaking in setting which hardly
argues that war is the best of all possible
arbiters, firmly rejected the peace-at-
any-price appeal. We think he is right.
and we are sure that the overwhelming
majority of Americans agree.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Nothing But Democrats

The thoroughly undesirable nature
OF the "one-party State" has seldom been
more accurately depicted than in the
letter from Harrison Mann, Arlington
County delegate to the General Assem-
bly,, which appears elsewhere on this
page.
The Fairfax County voters last week
had the temerity to elect Republican
to represent them in the General Assem-
bly,. Mr.. Mann, a Democrat, seems quite
upset. In the next session of the General
Assembly, he says, "the Fairfax elec-
torate will get practical demonstration
OF what it means to cut off their own
noses by eiecting an individual who can
give them no representation whatever"
We suppose there is some truth in
this, and to the extent that it is true it is
a devastating indictment of Virginia,s
one-party system. For Mr. Mann is say
ing to Virginia voters that they will be
punished by the Legislature il they
exercise their freedom of choice and
send Republican to Richmond. Per-
haps this will be swallowed by those who
slaviShly follow the Democratic line, But
we think that all others should be suffi-
ciently outraged to go forth the next
time and vote Republican. Either this,
or resign themselves In perpetuity to
Democratic rule.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Federal Good Neighbor'

According to present indications and
White House assurances, a new era of
teamwork between the Federal Govern
ment and all governmental Jurisdictions
In the Washington. Metropolitan Area is
at hand. This is not to say that there
has not been teamwork in the past.
There has been in many instances call
ing for Federal-local cooperation. But
1t Is an unfortunate fact that there have
been times when it seemed that Federal
agencies were expanding into the sur
rounding counties in disregard Of the
need or legal requirements for prior
consultation with county authorities.
Now, however, the Federal Govern
ment is participating actively in activi-
ties of the Washington Metropolitan
Regional Conference, which is composed
OF representatives of Maryland and Vir-
ginia State governments, of six nearby
counties and Of many cities and towns of
the region. And the conference has been
Evening star., 1961-11-13

told by Presidential Assistant Frederick
G. Dutton that the Federal Government
intends to be good neighbor" to all
local communities, desirouS Of helping
them whenever and wherever possible
and determined not to dictate to them
or proceed arbitrarily on matters Of COM
mon interest.
More than that, Mr. Dutton prom
iSed to serve as channel through which
local officials with grievances or prob
lens concerning Federal expansion can
communicate their views to the proper
departmental authorities. Had such
system been operating in recent years
there might not have developed some of
the difficulties and misunderstanding
which have marred the Federal program
for building in suburban areas. And If
the new policy Of cooperation is carried
out intellectually by all involved in
metropolitan planning the orderly de-
velopment Of Washington and its satel-
lite communities will be greatly facili-
tated.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Fairfax Election

(See editorial. Nothing
But Denocr0ts.")
1t is unfortunate that Fair
fax County with all its prob
lens Of explosive growth,
threats of annexation from
within and without, and the
hope of being given addition
al representation in the Gen.
eral Assembly, should defeat
an excellent Democratic rep
resentative. sending in her
place q member Of q wholly
ineffective minority party.
The voters Of Fairfax, in
cluding those who stayed at
home, dealt both Fairfax and
the whole Tenth District q
severe blow in the fight for
redistricting. Fairfax, which
mas been screaming for more
representation, has just cut
its legislative representation
by half.
In the 1862 session of the
General Assembly the Fairfax
electorate will get a practi-
cal demonstration of what it
means to cut off their own
noses by electing an individu-
al who can give them no rep
resentation whatever. Mr..
Webb will have an impossible
time trying to do two peo-
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Ecuador and Faust

Unless he has been quoted out Of
context Carlos Julio AroSemena, Ecua-
doris leftist new President, has just said
some things that are not likely to win
friends for him, or influence people, in
the United States. For example, referring
to the Self-help conditions attached to
aid from our country under what PreSi-
dent Kennedy has called the inter
American Alliance for Progress, Mr..
AroSemena has had this to say: I'VE have
moved ourselves" to do something about
the matter" and "the United States
should move faster" in extending large
scale assistance. -.
This suggests that Ecuador has
really got down to the hard and complex
business-an exceedingly difficult prob
lem that plaques many of the Americas
of adopting an auSterity program
designed to put its economic house in
order. Well, the simple fact is that Mr..
AroSemena'S immediate predecessor in
the Presidency-Mr. Velasco Ibarra-has
been thrown out of office In a rebellion
Tin which the wealthy minority and the
largely underprivileged majority have
new taxes and other reforms designed
to check initiation and stabilize the
country'S economy in preparation for
projects planned to promote genuine
material progress and real rise in mass
living standards.
Thus Mr.. AroSemena, who openly
opposed Mr.. VelaSco Ibarra's efforts
clin
ingenious when he suggests that Ecua-
dor has already moved" in the direction
of self-help and that our own country
should forthwith extend lot of aid to
1t. More than that, again assuming that
he has been correctly quoted, he has not
helped his case any by intimating that
he is ready to do all sorts of business with
the Soviet Union in particular and the
Communist world in general. As he has
put 1t, IF the devil had money, would
negotiate with the devil" BY implication
at least this would seem to amount to
an adnonition to US that unless we
quickly give his nation economic assis-
tance on a large scale, he will turn to
the Kremlin.
OF course, this sort of attitude-this
tendency on the part OF some small ma
tions to play kind of blackmailing
game by seeking aid from our country on
the basis that they might otherwise
become intimate with the Soviets-is not
new thing. AS matter of fact, Mr..
AroSemena, If he means what he has
been quoted as saying, ought to know
that the people of the United States are
quite fed up with the game. They are
fed up, indeed, even to the point of feel
ing that maybe it would be good If the
players Of it actually undertook to bar
gain with the devil-like Faust, who
negotiated himself into fearsome mess
with Mephistopheles.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
LETTERS TO THE STAR

pies Job and overcome the
handicap which Fairfax has
created for itself.
One might be tempted to
say that Fairfax will get
what it deserves in falling
for the show put on by a
couple Of political medicine
men, except for the fact that
the county and the district
are very likely to suffer the
results for q long time to
come.
The loss to Fairfax of the
able Mrs. Dorothy McDiar-
mid, who was doing the best
possible job for her people
under difficult circum-
stances. will not be compen-
sated for by the lesson soon
to be taught on the differ
ence between political prom
ises that Mr.. Burklund found
so cheap to make and his
ability to deliver.
Harrison Mann.
Arlington County Delegate.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Toy Criticized

For some weeks now I have
seen on dealers shelves a toy
made to represent a bar
tender. When the toy is
wound up the man raises q
glass and, I believe, smoke
comes out of his ears. What a
toy to place in front Of our
girls and boys! 1t seems to
me that everywhere we turn
there are reminders Of alco-
holic beverages. In the out
lying area of our Nations
Capital we find grocery stores
selling beer, drug stores SELL
ing the same. And what is
more, in the State Of Virginia
where blue laws" are in ef-
feet one is likely to find beer
being sold on Sunday.
I wish that all alcoholic
beverages could be removed
from before all people.
Sarah b. Lynch.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Hoqwosh!

Those of us who are prone to ulcers
are not going to worry too much about
what causes hogs to have ulcers, too.
We would like to wager, however, that
Purdue University's investigation of the
problem will rule out those human
factors, worry and tension, as causes of
porcine dyspepsia. If hogs have ulcers
as it seems that they dot must be
the result of something they ate.
The Purdue study will be financed
by $45,000 grant from the National
Institutes of Health, Federal agency
concerned with human, rather than
animal, ulcers. In making the research
allotment officials explained that in
roofing around to find the cause of hog
ulcers the Investigators might turn up
something Of value in treating the
human variety.
DR.. G. D. GoetSch, veterinarian
who will take part in the inquiry, ex-
pressed his belief that the widely noted
increase in ulcer troubles among swine
may be attributable to some sort of
stress" We cannot imagine, however,
what pig would worry about. The
average hog is free to take a siesta
whenever he pleases, which is most of
the time; he can roll around in the mud
or dust If he wants to, without troubling
later to take bath or worrying about
offending his neighborS; he is assured
OF plenty Of swill every day, with few
extra Snorts If he grunts and grumbles
enough; and he never has to watch
his weight-the farmer will do that for
him. In fact, about the only thing we
can think Of that he might worry about
is the approach Of butchering time, and
the hogs we have known did not have
brains enough for that.
So we are inclined to say "Hogwash"
to the worry theory. And the more we
think about the swill which hogs slop
up so greedily the more we are convinced
that Purdue's basic research will lead
to the hog trough Even our own ulcers
start kicking up at the thought of what
hog will eat without batting an eve
lash or swallowing an antacid tablet.
Evening star., 1961-11-13

Could I encourage the
readers of your letters COL
umn to use some of the
money they expect to spend
for Christmas greeting cards
and postage as a contribu-
ton to the organizations
which help blind people? If
one would limit the mailing
Of these greetings to those
individuals to whom he or
she would add a friendly
written paragraph or two,
the goodwill function would
be adequately fulfilled and
the meaningless sending of so
many cards could be stopped
to the benefit of all, especial
ly if the money thus saved
should be given to help the
blind.
Ted F. SiIvey.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
freedom of Choice

In all that is written and
read nowadays about inte-
grafton, one point stands out
above all.
The integrationists and
their Sympathizers have
moved into the private"
field. They don't Just want
Federal projects integrated,
they wish to force private
concerns, restaurants, stores,
clubs, apartments, etc. to ac-
cept other than white peo-
pie.
Their wrath knows no
bounds when those who own
their own establishments say
1t is their basic right to say
whom they will serve, rent to.
or receive into membership.
Witness Route 40 in Mary
land.
They demand freedom of
choice" in all these things
for themselves; but deny that
any other groups should have
freedom of choice" too.
II freedom to choose or
not to choose to associate"
is not one of the basic mean
ings Of the right to life.
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness" I don't know
what is.
Forced association is q
horrible thing. If one is
happier, and enjoys being
with his own racial and cul-
tural group, it Is q travesty
on basic rights and justice
that he Is forced to do other
wise.
When one race and its de-
sireS Is favored over the 9TH
ers. freedom has gone.
Albin T. McDermott.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Winter Plea
Nk&fHGToK Srz0

Now. as the winter season
approaches and large, yellow
cans of sand Sre placed on
the streets for traffic safety,
is it possible to take steps to
provide winter safety for the
pedestrian who has no car?
Last year, failure to clear
the pavements of snow and
ice caused deaths and numer-
Gus serious accidents.
These unfortunate people
who fell not only suffered
the agony Of sprains and bro
ken bones. but they were
compelled to pay hospital and
doctor bills. This was espe-
cially difficult for whose
were small, who had no
disqualification to help defray
this expense, and who were
unable 10 WORK Tor weeks.
If there is a law which
states that one must at least
make a sizeable path through
the snow on the pavement,
surely it was not enforced
last winter, and failure to en-
force a law naturally makes it
invalid.
Remember, THE life you
save may be your own" I am
sure there are many who
realize this. However, there
should be a law which is
enforced for those who dis
regard this slogan and SEEM
ingly care little about the
safety Of others.
r = RuHd
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Night at the Club

On the evening of Novem-
Der /, I had occasion to wit
ness the ultimate results OF
apathy and disinterest. I
speak Of the membership
meeting held for the Lake.
wood Country Club. If ever
there was evidence Of COM
plete and absolute control
over the actions and think
ing Of a supposedly repre-
sentative group, this was It'll
This meeting was called in
order that two plans pos
sible solutions of the Clubs
financial and legal dilemma
could be presented by the
parties concerned, and that
the membership could ask
questions and discuss objec-
lively these plans in order to
arrive at their decision. This
decision unquestionably would
affect the future and opera
ton Of their club.
The meeting was so closely
controlled and in my opin-
ion so "rigged" that the gen.
eral membership never was
able to make any preSenta-
ton in their behalf. / say
this because there were scores
Of persons trying to be rec
ognized and recognition was
given to only a few who quite
obviously were asking ques-
tions designed for the con-
venience of the clubs board
Of directors.
Mr.. Lockwood and his at
torney, Mr.. Linowes, more
than justified their offer,
their ability and most of all
their financial responsibility
to comply with the terms
Of their offer to the member
ship Of the club. They are
to be highly complimented on
their accurate and complete
answers to the questions put
to them by members who OBJ
viously were not only unin-
formed but mere pawns in
the hands Of the board Of di-
rectors.
Mr.. Lockwood and Mr.. Lin
owes conduct indicated their
sincere desires to deal openly
and honestly with a problem
they are both thoroughly
familiar with. Mr.. Lockwood's
decision to withdraw was
done only after repeated Of
fenseS against him by a re-
presentation which is un-
qualified and unprepared to
cope with q problem Of this
magnitude.
Lakewood members are very
fortunate that the door to
possible future negotiations
was left (slightly) ajar. Per-
haps with a new board Of
directors negotiations may be
resumed.
Wx,n = Taur;fIn,.
Evening star., 1961-11-13
N vs.. Southerners
We see where our %,

We see where our propa-
ganda chief, Edward r. Muir
row, is worried about the
wrong impression some Of
our Western and racketeer
movies are giving to foreign
countries.
We rarely visit the movies,
but II they're anything like
our current TV films, our
foreign neighbors probably
think that most bad" Amer
leans. except perhaps for
bad" Indians, are South
erners."
And probably the only
thing that saves the Indians
is that New York TV pro-
ducers haven't figured out
how to say ugh" with q
Southern accent.
Lila d. Sonnemann
Evening star., 1961-11-13
CHARGES Error

Ihe article entitled WAL
ker Quits Army. Answers
Critics" by Richard Fryklund,
which appeared in The Star
November 8. contains an err
ror of fact in its first para
graph.
The article states that Mai.
Gen. Walker -. was disci-
plined on charges Of indoc-
trinating his soldiers with
political material that fol-
lowed the line of the ultra
conservative John Birch So
ciety. ;" 1.-THE fact is that
Gen. Walker was disciplined
on the two charges of Cd
attempting to influence the
votes Of his soldiers and CD
uttering 1derogatory state
mentS about certain promi-
nent Americans. He was COM
pletely exonerated from the
accusation (by a newspaper
of matchmaking his soldiers
with the doctrines Of the
John Birch Society.
A newspaper renders an
enormous disservice to the
public by misinforming them
on matters of fact in con-
troversial issues, since judg-
ment. which is liable enough
to go awry Of its own accord,
requires truth as a necessary
prerequisite, If 1t is to be
soundly formed.
Tyler Haynes.
Editors Note: The report
Of the Army Inspector Gen.
erals investigation of Gen.
Walkers activities concluded
that the allegation that his
troop indoctrination program
followed the John Birch So
ciety line "is circumstantially
correct as the two programs
are similar in method and
purpose" but added that "the
similarity Of the two pro-
grams is coincidental. :"
The report also concluded
that "the allegation that the
Life of John Birch, written
by the Society founder, had
been distributed under the
(Walker indoctrination pro-
gram to company and bat
terry level is true" The report
said also that. General WAL
ker is a member of the John
Birch Society. :"
A Defense Department
announcement on June IL said
Evening star., 1961-11-13
Contemporary Architecture

Even though I realize that
the appearance of our educa-
tional institutions is a matter
Of small concern to most peo-
pie, the news release show
ing the University of Mary
land Arts and Sciences Build
ing necessitates a re-exam-
ination of the validity of the
present university policy re-
garding the design Of its
teaching plant.
Many American UNIVERSE
ties have recently faced the
problem Of providing addi-
tional space in which the
learning process might take
place. Some have felt that
they can best dispense knowl-
edge in an environment Of
eclecticism, and that a stu
dent may develop creatively
in q structure that attempts
to recapture, perhaps in a
search for status, the glory
and grandeur that was
Greece, or Rome, or Egypt.
Many others, particularly
the better institutions, have
not ignored the chronological
development resulting from
the industrial revolution, and
have felt that the learning
process could best take place
in an environment harmo-
NOUS with its surroundings
yet reflecting concepts, ma
terials and technology Of our
time. Indeed the structures
we now respect and honor as
traditional were representa-
tive of the most advanced
thinking Of their respective
periods. So the authentic
traditional approach is not
eclectic, but a thoughtful re-
Election Of its time.
During the 1930s, as war
clouds gathered, many world
leaders in architecture immi-
grated to the United States.
joining the small nucleus Of
native talent who were then
attempting to make use Of
contemporary materials and
technology. Fostered by our
freedom Of expression the
architects of the United
States exerted a profound in
fluence on world art and
architecture.
But acceptance at home for
United States contemporary
architecture was slow, par
ticularly in our public and
semi-public buildings. With
the recent exception Of sew
eral exported foreign United
States embassies, Govern
ment-commissioned buildings
have fallen tragically short Of