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Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15

Several groups of local Democratic lead
ers are applying the best political thinking
available in trying to work out states that
can win in the Democratic Primary on May
15
In the past, the Democrats in the county
have usually been split into two camps-the
socalled regulars and the socalled Democrats
for 50, or the more liberal segment Of the
Party.
Today, the situation seems to have got.
ten out of hand Democrats, formerly easily
identifiable, are now so mixed up that they
seem to be going in all directions.
Several things are causing this mixup
And most Of them can be traced to personal
ambitions, which, we suppose, is quite a nat
ural thing in this game of politics. 1t is rare
indeed for person to look at himself with
cold detachment and make an analysis as to
whether or not he is the best person avail
able for political Office and whether or not
there is favorable chance of success at the
voting booths
We are positive that there are several
proposed candidates, endorsed by group that
will fly under the Mahoney banner. who are
not qualified by background, political temper
or ability to serve in the positions mentioned
for them The same can be said for some of
those advanced by other groups
The more liberal group of local Demo
Gratis, centered mostly in the Wheaton-Ken-
sington area, did tremendous lot of organ.
izing and made more than the usual amount
of campaign noise in 1858 and happened to
win slate of delegates to the State Conven
ton. Since then, various members of this
group have spread out in all directions taking
control of whatever they could. This includ-
ed the School Board, a citizens planning
group, various civic associations, many P-TAs
and the official professional organization Of
teachers. These liberal Democrats many of
them highly intelligent work around the
clock. No meeting is too boring for them
No task is too menial if it might lead to some
support of planned program
Since these liberal Democrats, headed by
Ray Murphy Margaret Carpenter, Rita Da-
wilson, Richard Abel, Marit Thorsen, Rose
kramer-tO name a few-mal1e so much noise
and are so active, they have been able to i'm.
press q number of regular Democratic leaders
that they are powerful and must be recog.
nized or the election would be lost
Many Democrats in Montgomery County
were hoping that this would be the year of
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
Preventing SIums

The County Council has exhibited wisdom and
vision in adopting housing code to prevent slums
and help prevent the spread Of blight And let us
make no mistake about it the signs of residential
decay have been evident for sometime in certain SUBJ
urban as well as rural sections of the county, It is
essential therefore, to Immediately to take cor
rective measures in these problem areas before sur
rounding land is infested.
Along with these measures should come a pro-
gram OF relocating occupants of homes which are so
delapidaed that condemnation is the only practical
solution. 1t is noteworthy that the Council has in
cluded such provision in the new CODE No mention
IS made, however, of the possibility of building low
cost housing If no existing homes can be found to
accommodate these families.
It is all very well to talk about finding suitable
relocation housing but this is bound to be extremely
difficult for low-ncome families living in hsh-cost
county.
There are some who feel that Montgomery should
be restricted to highncone residents, preferably with
homes on at least two acres and with minimum Of
children. Until we reach such utopian state how
ever county officials should be thinking seriously of
methods of providing suitable accommodations for
those whose homes cannot economically be remodeed
to meet housing code requirements.
There is no question of the benefits which the
county will derive with the rehabilitation of the
houses affected by the code. These include sharp
reduction in fire protection, health and welfare ex-
penses well as substantial increases in tax reve-
nues resulting from higher property assessments
Also, as the County Attorney has pointed out,
such code is requisite for Federal Urban Renewal
funds.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
Interest In Schools

AS school costs continue to mount, Montgomery
County citizens would do well to heed the admoniton
of School Board candidate to take greater in
terest in all aspects of our educational system.
The candidate William E. Coyle, could easily be
described with vested interest in schools
he has eight children In speaking to business
group, Mr. Coyle pointed out that the School Board
spends approximately 81 million every week of the
year.
This is staggering sum- and it emphasizes not
only the tremendous responsibility of School Board
members to spend this money wisely, but the equal
responsibility Of every taxpayer to keep watchful
eye on all school expenditures and programs.
Too many of us have tendency to shrug off this
duty by paying dues to Parent Teacher or Citizens
Association or Chambers Of Commerce and then leav-
ing it UP to someone else to study programs, budgets
and procedures and to attend School Board meetings
or even meetings Of our own particular group.
1t is true that Parent-Teacher Associations boast
huge and impressive membership total. We wonder,
however, whether this total actually represents the
number Of active members - those who 60 TO every
meeting, vote every resolution and listen to every
speaker.
Unless all those who pay dues and call themselves
members do indeed spend the time and effort to go
to these meetings and take active and interested
part in all proceedings, they are abdicatng their
sponsibiity parents and taxpayers to decide for
themselves what kind of schools they want, and how
much they are willing to spend to get them.
And what about all of the other groups: business
men, architects, farmers, builders economists? They
have stake in this, too. And they should be as
vitality interested and make themselves as loudly
heard as the Parent Teacher Associations
Education is too important to be left to one
group for decisions. 1t belong to all segments of
our society the childess as well as the parents the
economy minded well as the spendthrifts and the
realistic as well as the visionary
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15

been required to get 10000 signers!
The requirement in this bill will have to
be cut down to five percent or even lower
before will be willing to vote for it.
Reaction
am impressed, but not surprised by the
bitterness of the Eastern Shore reaction to
the Freedom Riders who have been tearing
up the peapatch in that part of the State.
Present indications are that the Shore
Legislators will rebel nightly against Gov.
ernor Tawes' public accommodations bill.
They will exempt their own counties from it
and, having done that will vote against the
battered carcass of the bill. In addition, the
Dorchester delegation has introduced bill to
stiffen the penalties in Maryland's venerable
trespass law.
All OF this hostility is aimed directly at
the Freedom Riders rather than at the local
Negroes. The truth of the matter is that Sails.
bury, Cambridge, Easton and other communi.
ties were making notable progress toward inn
proved race relations until the Freedom Rid
ers appeared on the scene. Now the situation
has deteriorated
The invasions of out-of-state demonstrat.
ors have produced remarkably little violence.
ana the Shoremen are to be congratulated on
ther restraint in that respect. But they are
understandably irritated at the whiskery beat
niks from New York and Cincinnati who have
been trying to lay down the law on the East
ern Shore. The Shore legislators are now
ready to lay down little law of their own.
The moderates in the General Assembly
who have been willing all along TO support
the public accommodations bill as a matter of
conscience, or religious conviction, or even as
an instrument Of national policy. are just as
sore At the Freedom Riders as anyone else.
s. & L. Tax Relief
BY the time this column is published, I
will probably have introduced bill to grant
a small amount of tax relief-or rather tax
deferment-to the victims of the savings and
loan receiverships.
The bill will provide that dividends cred
ited to the account of shareholder but not
actually withdrawn by him in an association
that has been placed in receivership by court
action shall be excluded from gross income
until the year in which final liquidation and
settlement Is made
This suggestion was originally offered
back in December by Mr.. Ed Meyer, of PIyers
Mill Road, who lost his life savings in two Of
the lnsolvent associations It strikes me as
enninently reasonable.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
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Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
Welcome Is officioI

The County Council in record time Tuesday ap-
proved the zoning for the IBM installation outside
Of Caithersburg.
1t is now official. Everyone welcomes IBM to
Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
How Many signers

We did tell the press conference. how
ever, that we could not go along with the
Governors bill to increase the required mum.
ber Of signatures on petition for a referen-
dunn on a statewide bill from 10000 to 10 per
cent of the total number of persons that voted
In the last gubernatorial election-or 76,300
signatures in terms Of the 1858 election.
This would amount to repeating the ref
erendum procedure by indirection.
You may recall that the Maryland League
of Women Voters and other groups put the
Congressional redistricting bill on referendum
by getting some $4,000 signatures in a pro-
diRious statewide effort Suppose they had
Montgomery County sentinel., 1962-02-15
Inside annapolis
BY Blair Lee. III
choirmen. County Delegation
In MoryIond House Of Delegates

The first bobtailed week of the new ses-
sion at Annapolis failed to produce major fire.
works.
To be sure Carlton Sickles' motion for a
dal got knocked in the head, and one of the
Governors six must bills got hung up in
the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
Otherwise, everything was sweetness and
light.
Both Houses were quickly organized with
the same old faces in the same old spots The
only change was the appointment Of Senator
James A Pine d., Baltimore County, as Ma
jority Floor Leader to replace former Senator
Northrop of Montgomery County.
Pine is a member of the Birmingham.
Brewster-BOOne faction in Baltimore County.
Boone, of course, continues to be Majority
Floor Leader In the House. Pines appoint.
ment means that for this session both Floor
Leaders are from among the original incor.
poratOrs Of the notorious Securiay Financial
Insurance Corporation!
The new Senator from Montgomery Coun-
ty, Peggy Schweinhaut was appointed to the
Judicial Proceedings Committee, which appar-
emily will be the arena for most of the hard
ln-fighting in this years session. On the
House side, Delegate Edna Cook has been
promoted to the seat on the Ways and Means
Committee formerly occupied by Mrs
Schweinhaut.
Carlton Siclzles and l were not elected
from our posts as chairmen of the Labor and
Education Committees respectively, nor was I
bumped from the Rules Committee. Converse.
y, we told a press conference that we would
not oppose Administration bills simply for the
sake of obstructionisnl. So IL appears that the
session viii proceed on a more or less adult
basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Nixon Logs Crash
ToAdministrution

SAN JOSE. Calf. June /
(AP)s-Former Vice President
Nixon blames the Kennedy adj
ininistration for Mondays stock
market crash.
Mr.. Nixon, campaigning for
Governor Of California, said In
an interview yesterday he hopes
the administration learned q
lesson" from the crash.
Noting the market recovery,
Mr.. Nixon commented:
1.-THE ball is now on the adj
ministration's side Of the net.
They can foul 1t up again If
they keep popping off,"
He declared the stock slide
was created by politics rather
than economies"
But he said the recovery was
due to sound business condi-
tons due to the economic cycle
for which the administration
cannot take credit.
He said the Kennedy admin
istration had created an at
mosphere that it was out to get
business, whether it really was
or not"
He called the stock crash a
delayed result of Mr.. Kennedy's
application of pressure in the
steel price dispute.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Reporter Caught Short
By SEC Chairman

The melodramatic newspaper
reporter who doped it out that
the recent stock-market crash
was caused by a conspiracy
among brokers and brought the
Securities and Exchange Com
mission int his act was in par
ticularly hot water last night.
Chairman william L. Carey,
chairman of the SEC, scored
an article in the Wall Street
Journal, which said the COM
mission had order an investiga-
ton to explore its suspicious
that stock market professional
set the stage for the dramatic
drop in stock prices Monday
and profited from it at the ex-
pense Of the investing public. +"
Pointing out that the article
attributed various statements
and conclusions to unnamed
SEC officials. Mr.. Cary de-
clared that not only was there
no authorization for any such
statements or conclusions, but
on the facts available, there is
absolutely no basis for such
suspicious"
The commission has not or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Gold Reserve
Holds Steady

NEW YORK, June / (AP).-
For the second consecutive
week the United States gold
reserve held unchanged during
the week ended Wednesday, the
Federal Reserve Board re-
ported.
The Stockpile remained at
$16,435. 100000 or SASS million
below the level at the start of
the year and at the lowest since
August Is, 1889. The last lower
total was $16,335, 100000 on
that date.
There was a drain of $50 mil
lion in each of the weeks ended
May 9 and May Is. Since mid
April gold reserves have de-
clined SITS million through
purchases Of foreign central
banks and governments.
Meanwhile, member bank
free reserves dipped to a daily
average Of $448 million from
$475 million the previous week.
Free reserves are a valuable in
dicator of the ability Of reserves
to the banking system and thus
tend to indicate credit ease or
tightness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

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the Statler- Hilton Hotel.
Walter N. Tobriner, now
president of-the District Com
miSsioners, extended greetings
of the District Government to
the institution. william F. Col
Inns, who has been named exc
cutive vice president of the
bank, talked briefly.
Herbert H. Johnson, fellow
Of the American Institute of
Banking. showed stockholders
his sketches for remodeling of
the building at 1912 K street
NV, for the banks main Of
flee, which is scheduled to open
in the first week of September.
After the stockholders meet
ing, the board met to carry out
additional requirements for or
ganization. No action was taken
on completing a list of officers.
Elected directors were Mr..
Mclaughlin, Mr.. Collins, Max
M. Kampelman, William Do,
herty, Arthur w. Arundel,
Brig. Gen. j. D. Hittle, USING
tretired), David E. Snyder, DR..
Irving S. Lichtman, Irwin L..
Seigel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Titus Is Elected
By Medical Service

F. Preston Titus, MD, was
elected second vice president
of Medical Services. Inc, at q
board meeting yesterday. He
succeeds Henry D. Ecker, MD.
Other officers were reelected
as follows: Henry L. Darner,
MD, president; Robert M.
Holmes, Library Of Congress,
first vice president; Douglas R.
Smith, president of National
Savings & Trust Co., treasurer
and George M. McGovern
executive vice president Of
Medical Service, secretary.
Added to the board of trus-
tees are: Alfred Brigulio, MD.
John s. Taught, MD, William
H. Stewart. MD, DR.. Titus,
Charles K. Scott, Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. and
Howard West, District Depart
ment Of Health.
Reelected trustees were
Robert M. Holmes, Mr.. Smith,
Philip M. Talbot. Frank S.
Pellegrini, MD, and L. T. Pc
terson, MD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Chamber Is Opposed
To More FTC Power

The Federal Trade Commits
sion is asking Congress to let
it penalize businessmen now,
try them later, the United
States Chamber of Commerce
charged today.
The FTC is seeking power to
impose penalties before prov
ing law violations, it said in a
letter to the House Interstate
Commerce Committee, which is
considering a bill to let the ETC
ban. without court review, prac-
tices it deems unfair. This
would extend until the case
was decided finally by the ETC
and the courts. Cases often
take years.
"a common thief pays NO
legal penalty until his guilt is
fully and completely established
in court" the Chamber letter
said. Certainly the business
man is entitled to at least
similar protection under the
law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01

dered any such investigation,
Chairman Cary said.
The chairman continued:
THE facts are as I described
them at a hearing before the
House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee on Tues
day on an unrelated matter.
"In response to a question as
to whether we have attempted
to make any study in the last
few weeks as to why the mar
ket has dropped at such a
rapid rate, I stated as follows:
1--WE are at the present time
trying to assemble facts and
undoubtedly we should be
aware Of the question, for ex-
ample, of who or what groups
are buying and selling and the
status Of the specialist accounts
and the like. At the moment,
we do not have any study that
would provide any answer at
this time. We are looking into
these facts. ;. We will not
have a formal report, but we
will have some information
available. I would assume, over
q period Of the next few
weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Strike Threat
On Eastern
Is Ended
By the Associated Press

The Labor Department an
nounced late yesterday the
Flight Engineers international
Association (AFL-CIO) has
agreed to postpone indefinitely
a strike it had threatened fol
last midnight on Eastern All
Lines.
The same union has served
notices of a possible strike to-
night at midnight on Trans
World Airlines but officials in
dicated they expect no walkout
on that airline either.
The Flight Engineers also
have an expired labor contract
on Pan American World Air
ways but the union has served
no strike notice on Pan Am.
Secretary Of Labor Goldberg
Undersecretary Wirtz and
Francis A. O,Neill, IT., a men,
Der of the National Mediation
Board, participated in talks
yesterday with the union on
the Eastern and Pan Am dis
.putes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Miller & Rhouds
Plans Big Store
InNewport News

RICHMOND. June l (AP).-
Miller & Rhoads. Inc, Virginia
department store firm head
quartered in Richmond, will
open a 70,000-square-foot sub
urban store in Newport News
next year.
The announcement came
from Edwin Hyde, M. & r.
president, and Albert T. Brout,
president of Newmarket Stores,
Inc, owner of the Newmarket
Shopping Center in Newport
News.
1t is the first time a Rich
mond department store will
have branched eastward into
the Tidewater area.
Mr.. Hyde said the new store,
on the northwest corner Of the
Newmarket property, will ire
fleet as far as possible the basic
image Of the parent store in
downtown Richmond"
The store is Que to be a
major part Of a shopping cen
ter expansion and will be of,
modern one-floor construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
By TRUMAN r. TEMPLE
star staff Writer

washington banks are still
clearing their way out Of an
avalanche Of paper work as a
result Of this weeks selloff on
Wall Street.
Although the worst is appar-
entity over. q new market break
could bring more emergency
crews into action and keep
lights burning late again.
Many borrowers leave COM
mon stocks with banks as Sc
curity on a loan. Banks win
lend UP to go per cent Of the
market value of a listed stock.
but a problem develops in Just
what a share is worth on q
skidding market.
|, The result last Tuesday was
"a flood Of telephone calls and
letters from area banks asking
customers for more stock or
cash to cover loans.
I'VE called about 200 this
week." admitted Walton L.
Sanderson, executive vice presi-
dent Of the National Bank Of
washington.
, Others confirmed similar
volume. Roland T. Carr, senior
vice president Of Riggs Ma
tional Bank, said several
hundred" were contacted by
his institution. William Penn
ington, assistant vice president
Of American Security & Trust,
reported that several teams of
employees worked late Tuesday
contracting over 100 borrowers.
A bank has three choices
when the securities it holds as
collateral start falling as they
did last Monday. It can ask
the customers for more shares
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
CHICAGO
LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO. June tAP) (USDA).-
Hogs $500; fairly active. butchers
sshi.pgins se sR ao 1.2 2o IS0T S y
e Rixss 17s a9 "a ss tS o. 70:
iS:59-1S.o6; s5SSe277SS lis f5.o6-i5.5 %;
20 269-Sso lbs i4.5S:16.00; couple
$685. oSSH & soss r. n! ss 500
z. Is; Shippers took $685. Ss's Low
Cattle 100; calves none; few sales
steers and heifers steady to weak with
Thursdays low close; cows fairly active
steady; bulls weak; vealers and feeding
cattle steady; load mixed good and
choice 962 ID, feeding steers 24.5Oi
load $40 ID heifers good with choice
end 23.2P:, utility and commercial
13 ;00-16.25; utility. and: commercial
bulls 10000; %; fey standard ane
sSS oys sa Food ia eboss icy Sad
feeding steers 22.00-24. 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
May Stores Reports
Record 1862 Sales

May Department Stores Co.
had record first-quarter sales
of $149,350,000 in three months
ended April 81, compared with
$145, 092, 900 in the same period
last year, reported the parent
company Of the Hecht Co. yes
terday.
Net earnings amounted to
So, 1852 900 or 40 cents a share
VS.. $2,026,000 or Is cents a
share a year ago.
President Morton D. May
said the gains we're due to good
Easter sales volume and i'm
provement in merchandising
operations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
Seoboord Finance
Reports Larger Net

Seaboard Finance Co. had net
income of $1.687 1858 or 26 cents
a share in three months ended
March 81, compared with ST.
480,74S or % cents a share in
the same 1861 period, President
A. E. Weidman announced.
For six months ended March
81, net income was $3,168, 406
or 48 cents a share VS.. s., 684, 376
or So cents a share in the like
period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-01
BUSINESS
BRIEFS

Bank CIearings in 26 leading
cities in the week ended May 80
totaled $23, 1897, 533, 900 COM
pared with $31, 307, $4,000 in
the previous week and $23 ,275,-
$4,000 in the like week q year
ago.-Dun 81 Bradstreet.
Wholesale Food Index, based
on the cost of a pound each Of
81 foods in general use. this
week declined to $5.74 from
$5.78 last week and $3.50 in the
like week a year ago.-Dun &
Bradstreet.
Siegler Corp. stockholders
voted 1,646,109 to 30,735 to
merge with Lear, Inc. Lear
stockholders had approved the
merger previously.