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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30

bership" plan, which provides
most Of its day-to-day operat-
ing funds through $40 annual
contributions.
Since June. 1853, Mr.. Kovae
has directed the Goldwater or
ganization that is ready to 90
into full-scale operation when
Senator Goldwater announces
his formal candidacy.
Many Of the contributors to
the Goldwater group repeatedly
have indicated they will not
contribute to the Republican
National Committee if Senator
Goldwater fails to get the
presidential nomination. Thus,
the national committee could
possibly be deprived of many Of
its regular sources Of revenue
during the heat of a presiden-
tial campaign.
Adding to the Republican
National Committee financial
woes was a SIS 900 Nationwide
advertising campaign to obtain
additional $40 sustaining mem
berships. The ads, which APP
peared in seven national maya
zines, returned only about
$4,000.
Hire COnsultant Firm
In a new effort to gather adj
ditional contributors, the
Republican National Commit
tee has hired q professional
management consultant firm
to make a national survey and
compile lists Of potential do
nors. Those on the list will
then receive direct-mail solicit
tation and be contacted per-
sonally by local volunteers.
Hamilton w. Wright, execu-
tive director Of the Republican
Finance Committee, said the
detectives Of the campaign will
be to raise about $40 million
and lessen the dependence on
the party's larger contributors
and the State quota system.
Republicans also hope to
raise a substantial amount of
money from q January 20, 1864.
series Of Embarrassing dinners
linked by closed-circuit televi-
sion. The rallies, dubbed the
official Republican kickoff"
for the 1864 campaign, will be
addressed by former President
Eisenhower and all the Repub-
lican presidential hopefuls. in
GLIDING Senator Goldwater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
StoneWulI Jackson
Ledger Acquired

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va,
Oct. 80 (APO.-The University
Of Virginia has acquired a ledg-
er kept by Stonewall jackson
when he was a l7-year-old
constable.
The document was given to
the university by John E. White,
jr.. Of San Mateo, Calf, a dis
tant relative Of jackson.
The ledger documents Jack
sons activities in 1841-42 in
the Freeman's Greek district of
Lewis County (now West Vir-
ginia).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30
Political Funds Pottem
Undergoes q Change

John F. Kennedy and Barry
M. Goldwater are upsetting the
familiar patterns Of political
.sp en- din g In the Democratic
and Republican parties.
Officially reported receipts
IA n d expenditures of national
Republican and Democratic
groups showed each receiving
and spending between SIS mil
lion and 50 million during the
first three quarters Of 1868, ac-
cording to Congressional Quar-
terly. As usual, the reporte d
figures gave little evidence of
the actual financial situation
between the parties.
For the Democrats, happy
days" appear to have arrived
and promise to remain for
quite while. Most Of the cred
it goes to the Democrats top
fund-raiser, President Kennedy.
His drawing power was amply
demonstrated by an October
10 Embarrassing dinner in Bos-
ton, where more than 1000
persons paid 500 each To hear
Mr.. Kennedy speak. The take:
About 100000.
Since the 1860 elections. the
Democrats have been able to
erase the whopping $3.S million
deficit they inherited from that
years presidential election.
The party in power In the
White House additionally does
well in gathering funds, but the
collection Of that amount of
money in off-campaign time is
unprecedented in United States
history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30

Wnlte House sources recently
disclosed tentative plans for
further presidential excursions
which. they hope, will be as
successful as the record-setting
Boston affair. Early next year
the President is expected to
speak at a number of Demo-
cratic Embarrassing dinners,
which the White House esti-
mates will gross about $40 mil
lion.
Republicans, who usually
have had an easier time with
party finances, are still wres-
ting with their 1860 campaign
d ebt of 100000, of which
about 100000 remains.
The party out of power trad
itionally has more difficulty
collecting political funds, but
the Republican task has been
complicated by the existence of
the Goldwater-f o r-President
organization. The Goldwater
group, which has had little diff
ficulty raising money, has ST.
phoned off funds and organiza-
tional talent from the Repubn-
can National Committee.
The finance director of the
National Draft Goldwater
Committee is Frank ]. Kovac,
former executive dire C tor of
the Republican Finance Com
mittee. Mr.. Kovac was one of
the originators Of the national
committees Sustaining mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-30

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
BY State senator Gilbert Guide

Although the General Assembly adjourn.
ed more than three months ago, legislative
problems continue to occupy much of my
time.
They range all the way from highway
safety to Potomac River pollution. In be-
tween l attend regular sessions of a special
subcommittee on the State budget.
OF principal concern in the highway
field, judging from letters and calls to me
from Montgomery residents, are East.West
Highway in the Rosemary Hills section; River
Road at Harrington Drive in the Bradley
Farms area and the need for extension of the
cloverleaf planned at the intersection of the
Capital Beltway and New Hampshire Ave-
nue. in Hillandale
have been working closely with George
Lewis traffic safety engineer for the State
Roads Commission and improvement in con.
ditions on EastWest Highway and River
Road is very likely in the near future.
The Hillandale situation also calls for
action. The Montgomery County Planning
Board has agreed to help and intend to pur-
sue the matter vigorously. AS the clover
leaf is planned now, northbound motorists on
New Hampshire Avenue would have to make
U.tum against opposing traffic to go east
VII NiS ucilWdy. Inc TeSultdnI udlllC HdL'
ards can easily be imagined.
The biggest problem of all, however, Is
Potomac River pollution; because what we
do or fail to do now will affect millions of
people today and in the future.
This was graphically brought home to
me during tour of the river valley between
the District of Columbia and Garrett County
last week in the extreme western end of
Maryland. To paraphrase the words of the
famous song in Jerome Kern's "Showboat,"
Old Man River is rollin along but he's quite
III and we have to try to cure him.
We saw, for example how acid from
abandoned strip mines poisons fish; how raw
sewage flows into the river from more than
score of communities, and how thousands
of tons of silt and mud pour annually into
the Potomac from new subdivisions.
The only bright spot was thte anti.pollu-
ton and sewage treatment program carried
on by the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co. at
Luke, w. Va, just ocross the Maryland line
Those people are doing tremendous job in
protecting the river from the effects Of their
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
Inside Story
Report On County Affairs

operations. The sewage treatment plant ac-
tually is operated by the Upper Potomac River
commission, but most of the bonds to finance
it are underwritten by the paper firm. The
Commission has one member from Allegany
County, one appointed by Garrett and one
appointed by the Governor
In talking with Senator Georges Hughes
of Allegany County both of us agreed that
the Commission employees must be protected
from patronage raids. We intend to discuss
the matter with other Senators so Statewide
legislation can be introduced to include SINH
lar agencies in other parts of the State, such
as our own Park and Planning Commission
In all of these pollution contributors, the
housing bulldozer which strips all trees and
vegetation from the land is major villain.
in my opinion. In our own Bethesda area,
Little Falls Branch carries over 1000 tons Of
Silt per square mile into the Potomac from
areas laid waste by bulldozers in subdivision
activity
In legislation sponsored at the last leg.
islative session, orderly planning was pro-
tected by making master plans the control
ling factors in the extension of sewer lines.
But this is not enough Erosion and pollution
must be controlled and 1 intend to do some
thing about it.
At the next session of the General AS.
sembly, l plan to introduce a bill providing
that when counties and cities fail to act to
prevent this soil runoff during building con-
struction, the State Water Pollution Control
Commission would be required to step in and
order immediate remedial measures.
l can't see any reason why housing de-
velopers can't sow grass or plant ground
cover of some kind on their land during con-
struction. The State Roads Commission, too,
is a serious offender. Such paintings are rel.
atively inexpensive. After ALL it's not neces-
sary TO expose earth for long periods of time.
Some builders have been forvard-looking
and l notice few have won awards for saw
ing trees and vegetation. But many are not
so advanced. And in Montgomery County 1
have been Mortified to see how land has been
eroded by developers, with no thought to the
consequence.
With urban areas expanding all over the
State, the problem is no longer local 1t is
Statewide and should be solved as quickly as
possible before the Potomac and other
streams are choked with silt.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
County Affairs
Selection Of Judges

The Maryland State Bar Association says
we ought to change the way of picking our
judges. They have approved, in principle
recommendation of committee, for a system
of selection through lay and professional nom-
mating commissions and noncompetitve
elections.
The committee does not criticize incum-
bent judges. They think we have been lucky
but that the present system of selection can
crack under the strain.
Judge Emory Niles kicked off the cur
rent examination a year ago in his address
as retiring President of the Association. A
committee was organized including our own
David Belts. 1t examined the Judges crit.
cisms, found them valid, and made the rec
ommendation for change
Some of Judge Niles succinct observations
were: That we have good judges in spite of
bad system. That election in modern urban
society is not the best way to select judges
That in practice the system is overwhelmingly
appointive, but unrestricted by any scrutiny
except advisory recommendations of bar as
sociations. That the elective system applies
political test to nonpolitical office.
He professed to be primarily concerned
with circumstances in Baltimore City but
there is no doubt he saw tenacles of the prob
lem in the urban counties.
In Maryland, as in most Of the original
states, the first constitution provided for ap-
pointment of judges by the Governor to serve
during good behavior. Under the influence of
the "Popularism" of the first half of the
Nineteenth Century the system was changed
to election for specific terms.
In small populations and simpler living
conditions there was a lot OF merit to the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
From This Angle
The Greedy Ones

No doubt the greedy ones have always
been and will always be part of the society of
man. They probably do not represent diff
ferent type of individual but are those who
by the press of circumstances and environ.
ment have allowed their greed to control and
direct their lives. Doubtless the greedy ones
are part of all of us, and given certain cir
cumstances and conditions, many of us would
allow our greed to control our lives
The greedy ones have done great damage
to man and to the world in which he lives
Nothing that exists and will enable them to
turn quick dollar is safe from their depre.
datiOns. Our history is filled with examples
Of the greed Of man.
The passenger pigeon was so numerous
during the 1905 that flocks moved like great
dark clouds across the skies and the weight
OF their roosting bodies broke large branches
from the trees. These pigeons were killed by
the millions shipped to large cities where
they sold for / to 2 cents apiece. and in 1914
the last passenger pigeon died in the Zoo.
logical Gardens of Cincinnati
The fur seals of the Pacific were slaugh.
tered by the ten of thousands and only a
tenacious 40-year fight by an artist-naturalst
of the Smithsonian Institution, Henry Wood
Elliott, saved them from extinction. The
buffalo hunters ran amuck on the plains Of
the West and when they were through, the
bison was all but gone
Great forests were RACED, great stretches
OF farmland were turned into dust-deserts by
over cropping and over grazing, many of our
streams and rivers ran sinking and lifeless
from contamination by the filth of man, and
strip coal miners have left great gouges in
the earth which scar the land and produce
life-destroying sulfuric acid to run into the
streams
When some dedicated man, like natural.
list Elliott who saved the fur seals, protests
and asks for controls, those out for quick
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
The Governor Should Act!

Gov Tawes should consider seriously the mount
ing pleas for special session of the General Assembly to
enact a truly statewide public accommodations law.
Troubled Cambridge alone would to be sufficient
justification for such but aside from that specific
current problem there will be other Cambrdges spring
ing up
Enactment of a so-called statewide public accommo-
daons law at the last session of the legislature was
the governor and the public know full WE'LL farce Eleven
counties of them on the Eastern Shore and in South
Maryland where there is the greatest need for such
law-were allowed to exempt themselves, thus making
the law virtually meaningless.
In wel-publcized appearance last week before the
Senate Commerce Committee which considering the adj
mnstratons civil rights package, Mayor Frank H. Norris
OF Salisbury said he believed the administrations bill zig
the most important factor-people" Progress he
said, must come from the hearts and minds of men,"
Mayor Norris is indeed in position to speak with
authority. Salisbury, through early appointment of BIZ
racial commission to work such problems has made
outstanding Roadway with the problem and set example
for the rest of the nation to follow But for every Sails
bury in the nations troubled civil rights there
10 Little Rocks Oxfords Jacksons Brminghams
and now Cambridge-where the desire to resist change
is strong
Morris Cafritz, of the nations leading business
recently arrived at the heart of the question when
he said unequvocay he would support open housing egis
laon regulations they invoked by Congress
the District of Columbia. But he put forth an eloquent
argument in spelling out his reluctance businessman
businessmen share the view. With cold hard dollars
and the support of their families at stake it is most under
standable that individual businessmen not civil rights
crusaders Once the governing bodyof the city
ty state naon-forbds all businessmen to dscrimi
nate in their dealings with the public then all the
competitive basis. And most of the problem
ishes.
This is what Montgomery County realized 1S months
ago when passed its public accommodations ordinance
This what leaders of the General Assembly realized
earlier this year when they pushed for enactment of such
statewide law but the move aborted this is what
the administration has realized in proposing nationwide
ban on discrimination in public places.
is time for the governor to act boldly and incisively
and to call Maryland lawmakers back into session do
what they should have done last winter-enact state
wide public accommodations law that will do great deal
to minimize dangerously mounting racial tension Such
laws already exist in 80 states Maryland would be
pioneer or crusader if it passed such statewide law
applying to all counties of the state 1t would simply be
doing what Montgomery County and many other areas
are successfully This would to be minimum
mot a maximum-effort by the free" state!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
by Les KimbIe

dollar begin campaign Of propaganda and
ridicule Elliott was called a fanatic British
agent and mailman Men say, "Who is this
nut to talk about saving animals or BIRDS
or land, or water, or whatever? Why 1 can
buy and sell him. On with the money making
That many of our natural resources still
remain is the result of the leadership and
fighting ability of few rare men-and wom-
en- like Rachel Carson, author of 1.-THE Silent
Spring"-who fought gallant battles against
great odds in power and money. A few finally
won when the public became aware of how
right they were-and sometimes the public
was too late.
The main frontier along which such
battles rage today is the planning of our
towns, cities, parks, and highway systems.
The pressures in some areas too quickly zone
land for this use that are tremendous. A
powerful man who stands to make consider.
able sums of money from the reZoning Of
land can bring powerful influences to bear.
Montgomery County has good start in
planning for the future. Large sites of land
have been acquired for parks. Tentative plans
for the entire county have been made but
changes are and will be made 1t is contin-
uing process, balancing of the pressures
for rezoning against those representing the
ideal conditions visualized by the planners.
1t will do no good to point moral fingers
at those who have exploited our natural re-
sources to the point of great damage If you
and | were in a position to make a great
deal of money out of some DEAL it is entirely
possible that our viewpoint might vary con.
siderably from that of most citizens. The
answer is an intelligent and alert citizenry
who maintain a continuous interest in the
processes of planning and building and who
use their votes and their influence to keep
the expansion of our parks towns, cities. and
roads within the limits necessary to provide
decent county for our grandchildren.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
by David Cahoon

system. Most voters would know the Judge
candidate and more Importantly would know
who he knew In larger. complex communi.
ties few voters can get to know the personal
character of candidate his integrity cour.
age, learning, temperament, and philosophy
There is a tendency to have the elections re-
suit in battle of advertising with victory to
the most expensive campaign.
AS antidoteS to the extremes of the cleo.
ton system there developed the procedures
for advisory recommendation by the bar as.
sociations for interim appointments by the
Governor then organized support in the cam
paign for the sitting Judge. This tended to
maintain the dignity of the election campaign
but suppressed a meaningful voice by the gen.
eral public in the selection.
The committee hopes to strike balance
between the influence of the professionals and
the general public in the selection process.
They also want to eliminate partisan politics
Under their proposal appointments Of
judges would be made by the Governor from
nominees named by nonpartisan judicial nom.
ination commissions composed equally of law.
yers and lay people. The appointed judge
would stand in the next general election for
yes or no vote by the voters on whether or
not he keeps the position
These proposals effect the worth of the
life, liberty and property of every citizen in
Montgomery County They have significant
bearing on maintaining a system Of checks
and balances in government and government
of laws, not of men, They ought to be ponder.
ed by ALL
If the principle is approved for the Cir.
cult Court, it ought to be extended to the
Peoples Court.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
by Barney Welsh

famous black eyed susan, wound the sixteen
cylinders up, crossed the Potomac at Point
of Rocks, and charged in the summer heat
down the upper valley.
The summer sun was cruel and Goober
and Harlotta passed many a new Cadillac
which had its windows up. The occupants
appeared to be cool and comfortable; imper-
vious to the torments of the heat. So in his
logical Mungummery County mind, Goober
thought the way to beat the heat was to wind
the windows up
So Goober says "Wind the windows up,
Harlotta; wind the windows up" HarIotta
whose experience with machinery was also
limited to driving tractors and haybinders,
wound the windows up.
For the next hour, Goober and Harlotta
drove in the steaming sun in a sealed antique
motor vehicle in which the temperature must
have been well over 150'. The red white and
blue shirt began to wilt the sweat filled
Coolers waved shoes, his flannels lost their
single cuff, but by all that is holy in Nun.
gummery County, they achieved status and
rode with their windows up.
They pulled into a service station
attended by lout from Loudoun County He
took look at Goober, who was marinated
and Harlotta, who was par-boiled and called
the Loudoun County Animal Rescue Squad
He said come and get them boys, we have
been invaded by a couple of hicks from Mum
gummery County - let's cool them off and
send them back to the Sugarloaf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18
The Gophers Win Status
Welsh Rare Bit

Status is an uncertain thing, and the
pursuit of status is hazardous undertaking.
This observation is prompted by the incident
involving Goober Gopher and his sultry sister,
Harlotta, with the 1888 Marmon Sixteen and
the new Cadillac with the windows rolled up.
1t all started from one of my visits up to
Monty Gopher's place near the Sugarloaf one
of these hot and humid summer days that
make one wish he was in a cave, a bar, or
by the seashore. couldn't go to any of these
places, so I thought the higher altitude of the
upper county to cheat the heat, even at the
risk OF having to take a sociable drink of
Monty's homemade soother
II developed that there was sale of
Goldstein heifers down Leesburg way and
Monty wanted Goober to go across the river
Into Loudoun County and bid on them
Bidding on heifers is quite a sport in
Mungummery County, so Goober put on his
red, white and blue striped shirt, his triple
plalded coat, his calf skin shoes which he
had waxed with tender care, and his white
flannel pants with the cuffs turned I'D once.
He said he wouldn't turn them up twice else
people would think he was a hick from Nun.
gummery County.
In mood of euphoria, induced by
Montys soother, loaned Goober the Marmon
Sixteen which did 40 miles per hour in 1893,
Will still do it, and probably will be able to
do 1t in 1898. But it is not air conditioned
So Goober and Harlotta, who wore her
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-18

to bring Jayne out, it seemed
a bit inhospitable to reply that
we don't want her because we
don't approve of her. Publ
city is the meat and drink of
such careers, and some profess
sions have a long history.
Maybe somebody should
have thought of trying to get
out of it, but in the beginning
it didn't seem important
enough to be necessary. In
the future, we will try to be
more careful.
l really didn't care much
about Jayne Mansfield, any
way. What I'm waiting for is
a visit from Elizabeth Taylor.
Father City
Ralph Williams