Evening star., 1962-11-15
Bid TO Remove
GiiingerySpIits
PIannnlgUnt
County Democrat
Retoins Post on
Regional Council
By WILLIAM DUKE
Star stsffRriter

OJ VNALA1AfAM OONE Eg4-.,- l.
Star staffRriter N I
Politics, personalities and
traditions clashed IN the Mary
land National Capital Park
and Planning Commission yes
terday and left lasting scars.
Cause of thsl h-hour battle
was an unsuccessful move to
oust Donald e. Gingery as the
Montgomery County Planning
Boards spokesman on the i'm
portant National Capital Re-
gional Planning Council.
The move failed when three
members Of the Prince Georges
Planning Board defied tradi- /
ton and refused to vote to
uphold the majority of the
Montgomery board on a mat.
ter of internal organization.
Mr.. Gingery, an outSpokent
critic of current rapid transit
plans for Washington, has. for
II years been member of the
regional council which will play
a key role in the almost con-
slant conflicts between high
way and rail transportationI
supporters. i
Louis A. Gravelle, a Repuh-
lican member of the Montgom-
cry board, started the debateI.
yesterday by saying that MI. I
Gingery, conservative Defne-
crat, did not represent me Ilorl
this planning board on the re-
gional council" He urged Mr..
Gingery's custer, and was Sec
onded by Democrat j. Newton
Brewer, chairman of the Mont
gomery board.
Wait Rejected
The three Prince Georges
members urged a cooling off /
period" and wait until Mont
gomery's new Republican,
County Council takes office.
John A. Floyd of Montgom-
cry and John B. Lauer of
Prince Georges, both Republi-
cans, joined in voting for GUST
er after a debate in which
legal counsel was required
six times to settle par
liamentary questions. Voting
against custer were Mr.. Gin
gerry and Democrat Evere ettl,
Jones. The remaining PrfnceIl
Georges members assured its
defeat by declining to vote at
all.
The custer move, coming at 4
this time, has far-reaching sig
nificance. 1t indicates that:
l. Republicans are not goingl'
to give ground to the County,
Above Party Committee, which
indorSed IA G. o. P. candidates.
in last weeks Montgomery elecz
ton. Mr.. Gingery was a leader
of this conservative, bipartisan
group which helped defeat the
liberal Democratic regime. Mr..
Floyd, who voted against hinaI
yesterday, received CAPS in
dorsement and was elected
to the County Council. N
Split Continues n,
2. The 80 voting split which,
has marked recent controversial
decisions of the Montgomery
Planning Board apparently will
continue. Mr.. Brewer has con-
sistently sided with the two Re-
publicans against Mr.. Jones and
Mr.. Gingery. Il
Although Mr.. Brewer stressed
his purpose in asking for Mr..
Gingery's custer was prompted
by Mr.. Gingery's performance
in the regional council" the
two have been publicly at odds
over coming and highway pro-
grams for many months.
Mr.. Brewer said yesterday.
that Mr.. Gingery, was repre-
senting only himself on the rel
gional council, and not this
planning board. What we needk
is dignified representative who
doesn't go around banging onl
tables and attacking govern
ment officials" Il
This was a reference to Mr..
Gingery's consistent attacks on
C. Darwin Stolzenbach, chair
man of the National Capital ,
Transportation Agency. Mr..
Gingery has charged that the
NCTA'S recently released plans
for subwayS "are unrealiStic."
He advocates greater use of SUI
perhighwayS, several of which
have been eliminated in the
NCTA plan.
The Regional Planning Coun- h
Gil has congressional authority /,
to adopt a general plan for 4
the Washington region. In 1859
it approved a transportation i
plan that now is opposed by
the Meta. There is a further
possibility Of. checkmate If
NCTA's new highway proposals
are opposed by the council, I
but approved by other bodies.
Cites Landslide Us II
Mr.. Gravelle said this was
the logical time to make a
change in representatives be-
cause of the political change in
Montgomery caused by last
weeks Republican landslide. He
and Mr.. Brewer said yesterday
that Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Gin
gerry had been lobbying among
the Prince Georges board men,
bers to defeat the motion.
The action of the Prince
Georges members in declining
to uphold the Montgomery ma
jority may also change the vot-
ing pattern of the suburban