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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25
BY Les KimbIe

"can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all
religions, or prefer one religion over another
Bible reading and prayers do aid religion and
show preference for the Christian religion if
the New Testament is read
Public schools are supported by tax
monies and children are forced to attend un-
der the compulsory education laws Public
schools are controlled by people of many re-
lgious beliefs who pay for their support just
as are other branches of our government. The
principle of church-state separation recog-
Mes that men do not agree on religion and
therefore religion must be kept completely
separate from government. The frequency
with which our motto and the Declaration of
independence are quoted on God while ignor
ing the principle of church-state separation of
our Constitution and the complete deletion of
any mention of God therein would seem to
indicate that some Americans are ready to
ignore our Constitution the basis for all of
our laws and government. One can wonder
II these individuals would substitute other
documents for our Constitution on other mat
tiers when it pleases them
Assume that Bible reading Is required In
our public schools, which version Of the Bible
shall be used? Judaisms Torah? Protestant.
ism's King James version? Catholicism's
DOuays version? PrOtestantisms Revised
STANDARD Edition: Or shall we establish by
Continued on PAGE 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

Last weeks testimony before Circuit Court Judge
James H. Pugh involving the controversial taxicab
stand on Pershing dr. in Silver Spring sounds like
passage straight out of "Alce in Wonderland" AS
matter of fact, the Mad Halter is like Rhodes
scholar when compared with the Councils principal
witness.
We recommend the testimony to those Council
members who decided, without shred of supporting
evidence to pursue this farce of trying to set up
cab stand where the need has never been either in
vestgated or established After reading it, they may
come back to earth from the orbit into which they
have hurled themselves.
In the first place, as Judge Pugh pointed out, it
Is the duty of the county hack inspector to determine
whether existing cab service in particular area is
adequate But in this case, the hack Inspector was
bypassed and the director of public works somehow
became an expert on taxicab stands and their role in
society.
And on what does this expert base his recon-
mendation for another cab stand, directly opposite
taxicab firm with substantial facilities? Why says
the expert, it was easy He saw some people stand
ing around and knew Immediately, by some mysteri-
Gus insight that they were waiting for cabs No, he
didn't ask them what they were waiting for. That's
too complicated The director apparently thought
waves to reach conclusions.
The Council members who arbitrarily voted to
rip out parking meters to make room for a cab stand
also appear to have based their decision on something
a good deal more ephemeral than facts. After ALL
facts make you think - and to some persons, that
can be most painful
This new flight into space" technique employed
by the Council in its deliberations would be quite in
teresting if used, say, by the Board of Education
Let us suppose, for example, that the boards
superintendent of maintenance becomes the expert on
the need for new schools and their locations Follow
ing the trail bazed by that intrepid explorer into the
unknown, the countys director of public works. the
School Board official might very well recommend put
ting up new high school directly opposite an existing
one.
After all, he could say two high schools are bet
Ter than one because more students are served But
what about duplication? And need? Oh, they can be
determined later
We think the county manager should set up
special award for those county employees who are
blessed with the gift of sensing need where the or
binary person sees none. And for the first recipient
we recommend the director of public works and the
Council members who move in ways most mysterious
to us ordinary moralS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

on their fellow men to make their last years
a little more bearable.
For a newspaper to be worth its salt it
must be a part of the community. Not only
must it inform the people of what goes on in
almost all fields of local life, but it must
lend strong voice on all public matters that
concern the daily lives of the citizens.
No newspaper expects full agreement
from all of the people on all of the issues
But if it can stimulate by strong editorials
and personal columns the readers to think
for themselves and do little reacting, then
the newspaper has accomplished an important
part of its real funtion.
Advertisers who give their message
through space in newspapers deserve and get
the support of the readers. Their support for
them is just as strong as that given for The
Christmas Fund For 80 and the Mason family
project. but the evidence of response is not so
dramatic.
We got a little sidetracked on the com.
mercial aspect of a newspaper, but it is GER
tainly strong partner in any newspaper
that is worth its salt In order for a news
paper to be worthwhile to the county it serves
it must present the news as factually as DOS
sible, editorials as strong as possible; it must
have substantial paid circulation and there
must be a percentage of advertising that
helps foot the tremendous publishing costs.
So you can see, the operation is made up of
several facets and all must play an important
part if the newspaper is going to measure up
to the communities it serves.
We believe the people of Montgomery
County have made it possible for The Sentinel
to be the complete newspaper of the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
Governors
Fail to Back
u. N. Duy

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Oct. 20 (AP). - The United
States Committee for the Unit
ed Nations announced tonight
that all but six of the American
State Governors have agreed to
its request to proclaim next
Wednesday United Nations Day.
The committee said the Gov
errors Of Alabama, Idaho,
Louisiana, Mississippi, Mon
tana and South Carolina would
not dedicate the day to the
United Nations in their States.
The committee announcement
did not suggest the Governors
reasons.
President Kennedy; the A
other State Governors; the Gov
ernors of Guam, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands, and
Mayors and city managers in
nearly 1000 cities have issued
proclamations and appointed
U. N. Day chairmen to organize
celebrations, the committee re-
ported.
U. N. Day will be the 18th
anniversary of the coming into
force of the U.N. Charter, the
document by which the organi.
cation was established.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21

DR.. King said he fully expected
tough opposition in trying to
wage a large-scale, long-range
flight against racial bars in the
State where he spent six years
before returning to Atlanta in
1860.
DR.. King said plans are being
formulated for the Alabama de-
segregation drive to open in
about six weeks. A prelude to il
will be efforts, expected next
week, to enroll five Negroes at
the University of Alabama.
Targets will be public facili-
ties, city buses, lunch counters,
theaters, employment practices
and schools.
Major cities will be the set
ting for most Of the activities,
although a voter registration
campaign will cover the entire
State, DR.. King said.
Sit-ins at lunch counters
probably will start within the
next month, he said. There is
a feeling that we should con-
centrate now on lunch counters
because no major city in Ala
bama has integrated its lunch
counters" he said.
Public-school integration has
been discussed, DR.. King said,
but no definite plans have yet
been made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21

attack on the system Of seq
regation in the whole State, u
said the S3-year-old Baptist
minister in an interview.
1t was on December 5, 1855,
that DR.. King initiated a year.
long boycott of city buses in
Montgomery and started his
non-violent campaign t h a
catapulted him into the spot
light as a world figure.
Five times jailed in Alabama
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
King to Recruit Army
To Integrote AIobomo

ATLANTA Oct 20 (AP)-The Southern indignation leader
Dr. Martin Luther King r said today he plans to recruit
army to fight segregation in Alabama where
passive resistance move started years ago.
I'm going back to Alabama to make people people
tour to recruit nonvolent army for front the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
The Three Rs

District School Superintendent Han
sen showed flash Of brilliance couple
OF years ago when he initiated the Ami
don School experiment, placing heavier
emphasis on the basic subjects, the in
creased use of textbooks and a more
rigid curriculum. Despite the criticism
Of a group Of so-called Child develop
ment" experts the other day, we still
think 1t was brilliant idea.
According to these critics, the return
to the three Rs constitutes every mar
row concept" Of education, tending to
offset the role of elementary schools as
"Socializers" which afford the little dar-
lings the opportunity for rich creative
experiences. Among other things, they
say, too much emphasis on the ABCs
may permit child to accumulate
knowledge without knowing much"
Baloney. knowledge is the one COM
modify which has always been in short
supply, and If our schools are to short
change our children on this score,
heaven help them. Happily, the general
reaction to the Amidon experiment has
been entirely in the other direction, and
we think 1t is a good thing that its
basic philosophy is being extended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
Breokthrouoh?

According to Engineer Commissioner
Clarke, the District has reached an
agreement with the National Park
Service which opens the way for con-
Struction of two vital sections of the
inner-loop freeway. We trust that his
optimism is justified.
Unfortunately, the record of the
past is loaded with unexpected delays,
sudden reversals and unforeseen prob
lems-even after it appeared the major
kinks had been ironed out-on both
these highways. One is an expresSway
connection between the new Theodore
Roosevelt Bridge and the Southwest
freeway Including a tunnel beneath the
Lincoln Memorial grounds). The other
is portion of the Southeast freeway
through Garfield Park near Virginia
avenue Sc.
Strangely enough, there has been no
disagreement between the two parties on
the necessity or the desirability Of either
of these projects. Construction never
theleSs has mired down for unconScion-
ably long periods in both instances. The
newfound agreement which apparently
has broken the Lincoln Memorial stale
mate is that virtually the entire section
of roadway traversing park areas will be
designed and built by the Park Service,
with the District handling only that
portion near the Fourteenth street
bridges. Certainly this seems proper.
Under the arrangement, however, each
agency will have the right to review
the others plans, and this will require
a reasonable attitude Of give-and-take
on both sides of it is to work.
The Garfield Park issue is entirely
different. In this instance, the District
has been ready for months to begin
construction. But the Park Service has
withheld the issuance of permit while
seeking compensation from the District
for that part Of Garfield Park which
will be lost through the construction of
the freeway. There Is no precedent in
Washington for such barter, and no
specific terms of settlement have been
reached. After weeks of negotiation,
however, General Clarke says he has
given his word to try to find some legal
way OF compensating the Park Service,
either with replacement land or with
money, and that Conrad Wirth, the
park director, finally has given his word
to permit the freeway to proceed in
the meantime. The concessions are
reasonable, on both sides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
Breakdown in Venezuela

President Romulo Betancourt, Ven
ezuela's embattled and courageous left
of-center leader, now has cracked down
hard on his country's Communist Party
and its extremist allies. He has done so
by calling upon the Venezuelan Supreme
Court to outlaw them forthwith-a move
which they have answered with a huge.
explosion near his official residence.
What the court will decide, of
course, remains to be seen. Meanwhile,
however, there can be no doubt that Mr.
Betancourt has massive amount of
common-sense logic and harsh reality
on his side. For 1t is obvious, as he has
charged in nationwide radio address,
that a sinister systematic campaign of
terror has been launched against him,
against his government and against
Venezuela'S free way of life by elements
(the Communists and Gheir co-conSpir-
ators in the Movement of the Revolu-
tionary Left joylessly, grimly, implaca-
bly, intent upon converting his country
into another Red totalitarian ant heap.
In making this charge, Mr.. Betan-
court has been admirably detailed, en-
phatic and unequivocal. Thus, as he has
stressed in asking the court to act, he Is
convinced, without qualification, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
Nehru's Border Stand

Premier Nehru could make
an important contribution
toward world peace by giving
up the disputed Indian, Red
China border territory. His
futile, half-hearted attempts
in trying to contain the Chi
neSe are less than equal to
Patterson's chances against
Sonny Liston. By conceding
the comparatively insignif-
tcant border area now, he
could very we'll be saving his
country from a major catas-
trophe.
Since the Communist take
over IL or Is years ago, Red
China has out-produced the
Indians in almost every phase
of their economies, and GER
tainly in their respective mil
itary strengths.
The Indian Premier h as
more or less acknowledged his
country's weakness when he
stood by silently and wit
messed the rape and slaugh-
ter OF his good friend and
close neighbor, the country
Of Tibet.
Herbert Sommers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21

The lack of effort to ex-
pedite traffic back from Sky
line Drive to Washington is
not a very good advertise
ment for the efficiency or
modernity of the State Of
Virginia.
Last Sunday night, I and
many thousands of other mo-
florists were held up about
As minutes or more getting
through one traffic light that
detours cars around War;
renton on Route Eli.
Virginia State Police should
have had a few troopers
handling the traffic instead
Of leaving it to a mechanical
traffic light that is not ad-
justed to a heavy flow Of
traffic in one direction. Cars
had to stand waiting for the
red light to change when
they could have been waved
through by a traffic officer,
since the cross traffic was
much lighter and did not
need a green light for very
long.
The fact that Route I'll
is only a two-lane highway
at this point made matters
worse. The same problem was
present some miles on at
Centreville - a mechanical
light that was not adjusted
to the traffic volume-but
the delay was less because Of
a four-lane highway.
One expects some delay on
a return trip from Skyline
Drive on a Sunday night at
the peak Of the season. But
the bad thing about this was
that much of it was so I'M
necessary, and no one In au-
thority was trying to do any
thing about 1t. Washington
does not leave its traffic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21

Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev are
partners in malevolent conspiracy that
accounts for all the bombings, assassi-
nations and other acts Of terrorism that
have been plaguing Venezuela for weeks
paSt-and not only plaguing it, but also
threatening it with the extinction of its
liberties.
Mr.. Betancourt, in these circum-
stances, is on completely solid ground
in appealing to Venezuela's Supreme
Court to outlaw the Communists and
their extremist fellow-travelers. If the
court supports him, as it should, then
his government and country will be
better armed than they now are to cope
with the deadly threat confronting
them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
FROM THE STAR FILES. .
100 Years Ago

Fortunately for the Con-
federate Army, a uniform
didn't make a soldier, any
more than clothes make a
man. When the Civil War
started, the Confederacy's
government specified that its
troops would be nattily turned
out in long, double breasted
tunics of cadet gray, with a
double row of buttons, and
edged at collar and cuffs with
infantry blue, cavalry yellow
or artillery red. Trousers were
to be light blue; caps styled
after the French kept; boots
Of the Jefferson model, etc.
These regulations persisted
to the end of the conflict,
but Johnny Reb' "a name
he rather liked, incidentally
was considerably less than a
fashion-plate as the war wore
on and his clothes wore out.
Nor was the prescribed uni
form adhered to generally
when companies from the
various Southern States first
marched off to battle. Ala
bama had its Emerald Guards,
East Tennessee its Yellow
Jackets, North Cardinals
Granville Rifles made fine
targets in black pants and
flaming red flannel shirts,
and the Louisiana Zouaves
were spectacular in scarlet
bloomer-like trousers, belted
with blue sashes. The wear
and-tear Of war was described
in a Richmond Wing dis
patch deploring the condition
of Lees Army of Northern
Virginia after the battle of
Antietam. Reprinted in The
Star of October "a, 1862, it
said: THE health, zeal and
discipline of the army are
all that the most sanguine
friend of our most holy cause
could desire. Since their re-
turn to Virginia, the TROOPS
have had ample time to
rest and recruit their strength
and their supplies of good
beef and flour have been
abundant. But the condition
of the troops is destitute in
regard to clothing and shoes.
-. Having marched from the
James River to the Kappa
hammock. they fought their
way to the Potomac, passed
into Maryland, reduced Har-
pers Ferry, fought two great
battles at BoonSboro Gap
and Sharpsburg, engaged in
numerous skirmishes and re-
turned to Virginia, all in the
space Of one month. The
weather was extremely hot
and many of the men fell
out by the way; others wore
out their shoes, and we're I'M
able to carry their baggage
on bare feet over stony turn
pixies; whilst others stripped
themselves of their KNAPP
sacks when they went into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-21
Meoningfuf Marker

Many people will be en-
lightened about the beautiful
Aspin Hill Pet c e m e terry
after reading The Rambler
column of October 9. It was
a very interesting article and
I appreciated George Sher-
wood mentioning the inscrip-
ton on a marker of a beauti-
full German Shepherd dog
that played an important
part in my life. The inscrip-
ton reads: "Sleep, Dearly
Beloved-Mommy Is With
You Now" This marker was
installed recently, although
my daughter selected it on
Saturday before Easter; little
did she know that she would
never see it installed. I
added the line, "Mommy Is
With You Now" for on May
% my daughter was killed
instantly by a 67-year-old
tractor trailer driver who
went to sleep at the wheel
and lost control Of his truck.
"Mommy" grieved very much
for her dog. but never did
she realize that she would be
with her so soon. Yes, we
dog lovers believe that God
will make room for them up
there in Heaven. It was
Father Bernard Rosencrans
Hubbard. the famous Glacier
priest, who said, IF dogs
don't go to Heaven, they
should" Father Hubbard
and my daughter were both
buried on the same day.
Julia Downs.