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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
The Police
From This Angle

In recent months police scandals have
made the front pages in several different
areas of the United States. A letter to the
Sentinel accuses the Couny police Of offenses
against citizens and says that the force has
the reputation of terror organization. Since
the police perform very important task, it
might be Of interest to examine their peculiar
position in our modern society.
When a man puts on police badge, he
Immediately assumes a position of great auth
ority and power. He has the power of life and
death over an occasional individual when it is
necessary to defend himself or prevent the
escape of criminal. His word carries great
weight in court Of law, and quite properly
so. He is in position. should he be an I'M
principled man, to frame" an innocent man
for some crime. He is in an excellent position
to take graft. He is in position to nlistreat
criminals. DRINKS and other unfortunates,
should he be that kind of man.
For these reasons, the police are resented
and are suspect to some For these reasons,
police officers must be subject to strict control
and adequate training. For these reasons, all
good police forces select their men most care
fully For these reasons police salaries should
be high enough to attract and hold good men.
and to provide their families with a decent
living standard without the necessity of extra
work.
Much police work is dealing with I'M
pleasant situations and individuals It can be
frustrating and dangerous work. Like the UNI
pire who angers the fans and players by doing
his duty, the policeman must often do his duty
in the face of intense resentment On the part
of those directly affected.
No policeman should have to put up with
verbal or physical abuse while doing his job
BY the same token policeman should avoid all
abuse of authority or position The attitude
between the policeman and the citizen should
be one of mutual respect. That respect by the
citizen should endure through traffic cita-
ton.
There are two extreme attitudes in
the United States in regard to the police.
The first is that the police can do no
wrong and the second is that the police
can do no right The first attitude is Just
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Leagues Thanks

The League of Women Vot-
wishes to thank you and the
publishers of the Montgomery
County Sentinel for including
as a supplement to the news
paper our Voters Guide to the
General Election.
AS you know the purpose of
the League is to promote ac-
tive and informed citizen par
ticipation in government, and
the Voters Guide is one of the
means we use to inform Coun-
ty residents. With your help,
we have reached thousands
more potential voters than our
own financial resources would
have permitted.
l know that you join with us
In the hope that the people of
the County will inform them
selves about the candidates and
issues and on November 6 will
translate this information into
action by voting for the candi-
dates of their choice and for or
against the questions on the
ballot.
We deeply appreciate your
cooperation.
Mrs. c. M. Derryberry
President
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
The Old Gray Mare
Welsh Rare BIZ

This past spring I became so years old.
Although this is not aged it is half way to
q hundred
This is also the year when 1 learned once
and for all, that 1 am too old to play tennis
and too inexperienced to play golf. In short,
the tennis ball. which I know how to hit,
moves so fast that cannot reach it; and I
have not learned how to hit the golf ball
which moves not at all and is within my
reach. suspect I should take up some sed-
entary sport such as auto racing or bow
shooting.
There is story behind both these state.
ments about tennis and golf; and I realize
nobody cares about these sports or how miser-
ably they are played, yet there is a lot Of
human interest back Of any sport; except the
killing of wild animals which abhor
1t looks like cannot win the Rockville
Tennis Championship. This is an ironic bit Of
truth and it all happened because young Dick
Parker came out of the boon-docks of the
Manor Club enterprise and beat me in four
sets on my own tennis court. For over 35
years / have made a career about knowing
every pebble and rough spot on that old
court, and I thought 1 was invincible in my
own back yard. But that proved to be just
another one of my mistakes Oh, 1 won the
first set, but the distance from the baseline
to the net became longer and longer, the vi
sions of a hot shower and cold drink became
more and more vivid, and was actually
grateful when 1 lost the last point of the
match. Next year, will be bit younger, and
maybe take two sets before losing
After this unsuccessful venture into teen
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18

selves away from home for the
first time and away from the
friends that they have attended
school and grown up with.
I am sure this is quite an
adjustment for both the boys
and girls who have decided to
enter a branch of the Armed
Services and are one day in an
environment they are COM
pletely familiar with and the
next day are in one so totally
different and so far away from
home. Even persons older who
were called into the service in
World War II found this step
to be a hard one.
My reason for writing to you
as the editor of your fine
paper was to enclose with this
letter excerpts from a copy of
a letter that my good friend
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18

Perhaps it will give you a
bit of perspective if 1 tell you
a little bit about the indoctri-
nation which we had during
World War II. l do not mean
that there is anything unusual
about what we put up with;
on the contrary, soldiers have
lived the same Spartan life
pretty much the same way
since the first war was fought.
And for some reason or other,
the routine of training which
you will have to go through is
Just as tough as any other
part of soldering. Well, in the
Navy, we also got up at $50
am, and we also rushed
around trying to shave and
wash and use the toilet in
cramped quarters; and the
food was not fit to eat and
worst of all; damn it there
was never any time to be by
oneself.
A fellow just has to have
time set apart for himself;
time to take an inventory of
where he stands. This quiet
time that your Dad gets when
he declares a recess, or have
when l walk out of the court
room; or, better yet, when I
am driving the Packard to an
old car meet, is an important
thing. And the military just
does not let a man have time
to himself to think things out.
So, Ronnie, when the going
gets a bit tough and you think
that the day will never end, or
that the morning will never
come, just remember that a
lot of men in Rockville that
you know and love have been
through somewhat the same
thing that you are experien-
cling. And also remember that,
in spite of all you hear about
the civilians, that people like
your Dad and me, and lots of
other lawyers and non-lawyers
understand that kids Il guess
you aren't a kid anymore,
now like you are about all
that separate this country from
the bastards who took control
in Cuba and Russia.
And so, Ronnie, as middle
aged civilian to a soldier man,
/ just want to let you know
that I appreciate the position
you are in, and 1 want to
thank you for serving this
country which means so much
to us.
And one last thought; il if
Continued on Page B9)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
by Barney Welsh

age sports, | heedleSsly entered the River
Road Runners Golf Tournament which was
held outside the sacred bastions of the Bastile
of Poolesville: the Eternal City of Mungum-
merry County, until its wells run dry reach.
ed the finals of the First Flight, and drew as
an opponent none other than the Little
Giant the dapper Johnny Burton, who was
a former Foreman of the Mungunmery Coun-
ty grand jury and who knows all about grass,
and what makes it grow, and how to get rid
of crab-grass and garden pests. He must also
hate weeds and roughs because he was never
In them the entire match.
The smart money was on me. After all I
was competitor" and knew all the games
manship tricks and poor old Johnny Burton
still used 'that greasy kid stuff" on his hair
and spent all day incoming around his azaleas
and box bushes. Also could knock golf
ball from the Seneca Aquaduct to the Third
Island with a four wood and just looked
mean" Well, all that might be true, but, I'M
fortunately the golf course for this particular
match was not laid out between the Seneca
Aquaduct and the Third Island, and poor ole
Johnny Burton just kept chunking that little
ole dimple-faced golf ball up the fairway
while 1 kept trying to hit mine out of a
ground hog hole over in the rough.
So the smart money lost as Johnny beat
me one up on the eighteenth. My pro, Jim
Hightower, hasn't given up on me though. He
says that once upon time, he saw a worse
golfer than me, but it pains him too much to
think about it, But know what 1 am going
to do. I am going to use the golf cart TO carry
me to the net on the tennis court.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Merchants Appeal

Five of the fashion apparel
stores of Midtown Rockville
would like you and the people
of Rockville to know of the
Importance of getting a major
department store in the Urban
Renewal Area.
With a department store as
a focal point and a group of
satellite fashion and service
stores around it the people of
Rockville will be able to obtain
with a minimum of effort all
their needs.
The projected population
growth shows this area will
support such a center. Rock
vile is geographically situated
to be the retail center of the
county as well as the county
seat.
The fact that Rockville is
destined to be the terminal of
Montgomery County's rapid
transit system almost alone in
sures the success of a major
retail center provided provi-
sions are made for it.
The inventory taxes and real
estate taxes that this center
would provide will form a
sound tax base for the city and
its government for the forsee-
able future.
We believe the people of
Rockville should not be denied
the convenience or the tax dol
lars that this center will
furnish.
Albee Shoe Store
Mark Daniels
Larry Alan
Children's Center
Young Colony Shop
Irwin Schwartz
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
New Report on Planning

The notverylong awaited report of Institute of Public
Administration is out and-o the surprise of hardly
anyone-urges continuation of the Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission
1t was Sept. 10 the M-NCPPC announced it had re-
tanned PA for $500 to make treeweek study and sub
NIT preliminary report later than Oct Is which,
almost everyone should know, is only three weeks
from the election.
The report however will its most useful purpose
early next year when the embatted MNCPPC takes the
initiative and goes the General Assembly with the report
in hand 1t will only defend itself against charges it
should be abolished but try to add whole host of
powers to its already buging brefcase full of them, using
the report to bolster their arguments
Yet the IPA surveyors themselves say in their report
that MNCPPC is already of the most powerful plan
ming bodies in the United States
We have said before in this space that we believe the
M-NCPPC should have fewer rather than govern
mental powerhat governing body with centralized
authority is better way to do things than fragmentng
authority splitting it up among several agencies that
they inevitably collide head-on And shall keep on
saying so!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
The Public Forum

Court is against the Declara-
ton of Independence, and the
American Revolution is uncon-
Stitutional!
This hypothesis will be
proven when the Supreme
Court again rules in favor of
atheistic morality and against
Anglo-Saxon ideals in the Free
State when it declares uncon.
stitutional, one way or another,
the reading of the Bible and
recitation of the Lords Pray
er in Maryland public schools!
Rufus Webb
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Bessie Urban Renewed Need
(Continued from PAGE On


Part of the life blood of such projected center extensive
commercial facilities
In the recently completed land use and marketability
study vivid projections are made showing the commercial
value of large department store to business area With
department store for example mems clothing and fur
nishings could expect annual business volume OF oO2
000 without the expecabe total by 1863 would be only
$4,000. Women's apparel, also with such magnet to
attract Shoppers could expect to do 81 million in business
annually whereas without such drawing card the expect
able volume would drop to S452,000. Another examples
family and other apparel the researchers found could do
$4,000 in annual business volume with department
store nearby but without the total would drop to
$2300OO.
The Urban Land Institute has stated that department
stores are the bewethers of regional shopping cener 1t
is known that the first thing argescae developers SEEK
before even considering going ahead with their investment
is department store The generative power of large
well rum attractive department store to business region
is well known that it would absolutely essential to
the skilled developers do-aunch an about eff
fort to attract such commercial facility before de-
signing plan.
Yet this has not been done nor is being done by Rock
vile to interest department store in settling here Mean
while the hour grows late Under present plans razng of
buildings in the DID, decayed heart of Rockville will begin
late next year. But for what? few so-caed speciality
shops? They will do little to pump life into what
should be the countys next big commercial region Small
shops in the could be doomed to failure before they
open their doors fairly large regional shopping cener
are allowed to ring the CITY,
Rockville must crystalline its thinking now before it is
too late decision must be made to department store
nucleus of its commercial center of the future And
then about drive should be launched to big de-
partent store to the city, And the time to launch such
is now!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
by Les KimbIe

as wrong as the second The first attitude
produces the climate of police state and
the second produces relatively lawIess
society like that found i'm certain sections
of some of our big cities.
Whether a policeman should use force
and how much force, in subduing or arresting
an individual is matter of judgment for the
individual policeman. If a policeman errs in
one direction, he is guilty of brutal treatment
of man, and if he errs in the other direction,
he or some other citizen may be seriously in
jured. If a policeman fails to use his gun
when he should, he may be killed or wounded.
II policeman uses his gun without good
cause, he commits the crime of homicide,
murder, or assault
judgments regarding the use of force or
of gun must often be made by the police in
Split-second while under the most severe
nervous strain and under adverse circum.
stances. Policemen make errors in Judgment
just as you and I do. There must be an allow
ance for errors of judgment in police work,
but at the same time there must be no allow
ance for obvious brutality or any obviously
reckless use of a firearn
Montgomery County has very low in.
SluoliCC VI CI1Ile when compared 10 some dd-
jacent areas. This condition is the result of
different social and economic conditions and
the fine work of an excellent police force. We
should give our police force solid support in
their fight against crime, but we should never
forget that questionable police practices do
exist in some areas of our nation
In the introduction to Edward Bennett
williams fine book, Zone Mans Freedom
CAtheneum 1852, Eugene " Rostow, Dean
of Yale Law School, has written in speaking
of criminal lawyers, I'm many places. the
criminal practice is riddled with corruption or
near-corruption. sizeable minority of police
officers, judges, and others in or near the
Judicial process are said to be addicted to dis
graceful habits, difficult to prove and rarely
brought to book. A lawyer, when he meets
such problems, faces an almost impossible
choice: to expose the scandal, and inperil his
client; or to get by as best he can without
personal involvement"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Law Pre+ends You Are An Expert

Public questioning of the old Mary
land LdtU requiring jurors to be Judges of
the lao as lreH as of the fact in criminal
cases Is on the increase. In Uie1U of the
grOicing public interest in the question,
the Sentinel heretOith reprodtJces col
un,n lvritten on the subject BIZ Bernard
T. Welsh and first published in the Sen
tinel on Sept. S4, 1859.
BY Barnard T. Welsh
The provision in the Maryland Declare
ton of Rights that states the jury shall be
the Judge of the law in a criminal case has
no precedent in the long history of law, and
is supported by neither common sense nor
sound reason.
The jury, consisting Of lsymen who do
not pretend to understand the law, are bur-
dened with the duty Of interpreting it and Of
applying it to the facts Of the case. Just how
lay jurors are to accomplish, within the short
period Of one day, the task Of learning that
law to which judges and lawyers devote a
lifetime study is not explained by the Declare
ton Of Rights
Inasmuch as the jury must determine
the law in q criminal case, IL seems fair
to ask what the Judge does. He rules on
questions Of evidence, keeps the lawyers
In line, and may suggest ut the end Of
the trial that the law may be such and
such, but that the jury does not have to
take his word for IL and can find the law
to be anything which pleases IL.
Thus, Montgomery County Circuit
Court judge is elected because he was an able
lawyer, is paid substantial salary to continue
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18

studying the law, is placed upon the bench
with the authority of judicial office, and then
is told to keep his mouth shut and listen to
the jury tell him what the law is.
AS the judge does not instruct the iurv
on the law, who then does? Consistency is
considered virtue in the law and in this
respect, to be consistently stupid the law
places the burden of explaining the law in an
impartial and objective manner upon the two
people least qualified in the Court House.
namely the States Attorney who is paid bv
the county to prosecute, and the defense at
torney who is retained by the defendant to
present his case in the best possible light II is
apparently expected that the two partisan law
yers' who have been at each others threats
throughout the trial, will, during the final
argument, shed their partiality and espound
the law to the jury in an unbiased manner.
The net result Of this unfortunate
provision in the Maryland criminal law
is that the jury takes the part of the
judge, the Judge takes the part Of the
chairman of PT-A meeting, and the law
yer tries to straddIe the fence with the
usual painful results.
An interesting by-product Of this provi-
sion in Maryland law is the fabulous criminal
law book which was written for the express
purpose of being read by lawyers to the iury
1t was written by Mr.. Hockheimer of Balti-
more more than 80 years ago. It is out OF
print, has not been brought up to date for so
years contains beatnik cases, is unknown out.
Continued on Page BeD
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18

Recently our youngest son
enlisted in the US. Air Force
and is now receiving his basic
training at Lakeland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Having only recently turned
1S, he has not had an oppor-
tunity to travel to any great
extent or to be away from
home for more than a few
days at a time. The step he has
taken many other boys in his
age group are taking also.
They too, l ann sure, find them
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Motter Of Logic

Can anyone in Maryland dis
prove this logical, scientific
hypothesis?
II The Declaration of hide
pendence is based on the
Anglo-Saxon ideals of Thomas
jefferson: 1--WE hold these
truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that
they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalien-
able rights, that among these
are Life. Liberty, and the pur-
suit of happiness"
p The Supreme Court is
against the Angle-Saxon ideal
of g. this nation under Cod"
an ideal expressed by Abraham
Lincoln at Gettysburg. (The
high court has ruled in favor
of atheistic morality and por-
biography but against specific
prayers in public schools
- Therefore, the Supreme
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18

Barney Welsh wrote to my
son which, in my opinion,
expresses so well the thoughts
and feelings of those of US of
another generation who would
like to pass on to the boys and
girls who have entered the
service for the first time but
who find it hard and difficult
to either find the time to tell
them or to sit down and put
those thoughts on paper so
eloquently as Barney Welsh
has done.
think that should you find
the space to reprint a. portion
or all of that part of Barney's
letter to Ronnie a lot of the
boys and girls who are no
doubt having your paper for
warded to them will enjoy that
letter because even though it
was written to someone else,
he could have meant it to any
young boy and girl who is now
in the service, together with
the fact that it expresses the
same thoughts and feelings
that ell of the fathers and
mothers have for these chill
dren of theirs and others who
are entering the service of this
fine and wonderful country for
the first time.
John b. Diamond, Ill
Chief IIIdoa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-10-18
Letter from Borney

Chief Judg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-27

One Of the phenomena of the
insect world is the speed with
which flies, bugs, aphids and
the like develop immunity to
elaborate new chemical formu-
las developed to wipe them out.
DOT is the best known of the
miracle" formulas whose po-
tency is soon blunted by the
ability of the insects to immu-
nize themselves against it. CT
entiStS have a word for this:
mithridatism (mith-rih-DAYT-
ism. 1t comes from the legend
of King Mithridates of ancient
Pontus who foiled plans to poi
son him by taking gradually
increasing doses of the poison
himself.
Do you ever wonder how
many words you know? Ten
thousand or 10000? For the
answer, send a self addressed
stamped envelope, plus 10 cents
to William Morris, Vocabulary
Test, in care of The Evening
Star. His new self-scoring test
will tell you how many words
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-07-27
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
Buzz SAWYER
BY WILLIAM MORRIS

Question: For the satisfac-
ton of many people including
myself, I hope you will give the
correct pronunciation CT the
term "hors d'oeuvres." In a
course from a writing school
picked up their suggested pro-
nunciation, or-DOO yer. I tried
it twice on walters, once being
rewarded with a stare and the
other time having the waiter
repeat it with something that
sounded like lore dore." Please
let's have it correct.-Hazel M.
Ewing. Pittsburgh.
Answer: Try cor DERVZ" and
see if you don't get better
service.
Question: Please define and
furnish the origin of the saying
salt Of the earth" If you are
told you are the salt of the
EARTH" should you feel compli-
mented?-W. r. Porter, Pitts
burgh.
Answer: Indeed you are com,
plimented. The salt of the
earth are the elect, those who
are either perfect or closely ap-
preaching perfection. The
phrase has its origin in the
Bible Matthew 5. 12-14: RE
joice and be exceeding glad;
for great is your reward in
heaven. Ye are the salt OF
the earth. :. Ye are the light
Of the world"