r.- GHI BOARD DISCUSSES ACCESS Oirctnhtlt TO PROPOSED SCHOOL COMPLEX by Rita Fisher City Manager James Giese and Advisory Planning Board Chairman Ed Wuermser met on Thursday, August 11, with the Board of Directors of Greenbelt Homes, Inc., as part of the boards Btws Btuitw regular meeting, to discuss the matter of access to the prop~sed school site complex and present Council's thoughts on the subJect. _ANJNDEPENDl!kt NEWSPAPER_ G.H.I. has initiated court action plaining that the idea came to him Volume 29, Number 39 GREENBELT,MARYLAND Thursday, August 18, 1966 to have the contract voided and as he rode along Constitution prevent construction of the high Avenue in downtown Washington, Freedom of Press Comm. school on parcel 2. It was learned Barkdoll pr~sentcd a poster de­ Peace Committee Barred that the School Board has filed a picting how the row of houses demurrer claiming that a contract could look if redone. His presen­ Starts Fund Collection has been signed with devclope1· tation wayugmented by brochures The Greenbelt Freedom of the Charles Bresler and therefore, the for distribution to the Board mem­ from labor Day festival Press Committee is planning a case is moot. A court hearing will bers which listed possible COl!UI The Greenbelt Committee for Peace in Viet Nam (CPVM) door-to-door fund drive during the be held on the matter on August involved for the various sidings, has been barred from participating in the Labor Day Festival as last two weeks of August. The 30th. committee was formed to raise a panels and shingles which coutd a result of protests from the local chapters of the American Ed Wuermser stated that A. P. B. be used. He also had an estimate Legion and the Disabled American Veterans. They announced legal fund to help defray costs of was sure that the School Board the Greenbelt News Review, which for building materials, paint and this week that they would not participate if the CPVM were per­ would go ahead and carry out its trim. mitted to occupy a booth. According to Rita Fisher, chairman of is being sued for $2,000,000 by de­ plans to develop the area and that, veloper Charles Bresler. After commenting on the excel­ tho Booth Committee, other organizations have also protested the except for the court cases pending, lent presentation by Barkdoll, Fifteen area captains have been there was nothing to prevent the participation of the peace group. appointed to head the fund drive in Board President Charles Schwan high school on the site from be­ immediately invited him to con­ belt organization and that all the various blocks and subdivisions, Lawrence Wilkinson, commander coming a reality. In the opinion of sider becoming a member of the of the local American Legion post, Greenbelt organizations, except and each will be working with a the Planning Board, the answer to team of collectors. More collectors Standard and Improvements Com­ declined comment, explaining that those involved with partisan poli• the traffic problem would be the mittee. The proposal was also re­ the group will meet on Thursday ties. were invited. are needed for Springhill Lake, construction of a perimeter road, Boxwood Village, Charlestowne Vil­ ferred to that Committee for an night, Aug. 18, to discuss the mat­ They reported back to their re­ but to hope that a i--·imPter road expediou!l report. ter, and will subsequently Issue a spective organizations and we re­ lage, and the area near the 60 court will be completed by the time the of Crescent, 38 court of Ridge, and Seymour Kaplan announced the s.te.tement. ceived word that they would not high school is built would be 2 court of Eastway. formation of the Greenbelt Sym­ Statements in the form of reconsider their statement that expecting too much. A number of contributions ha•;e phony Society and asked for an Letters to the Editor from Mrs. they would pull out. The burden of school traffic will already been received in advance to endorsement from G. H. I. This en­ Fi.sher and Wayne Horman, acting Early this week, I received an­ fall on the existing roads; the first the fund drive and they have ~n dorsement was granted by the chairman of the CPVM, are printed other call from Frank Lewis, Di­ to be affected directly will be Board which said that this organi­ rector of the N.S.A. Choral group, deposited in the committee's ac­ ltelow: Ridge Road and Northway. The zation would contribute to the stating that this group would re­ count in the Twin Pines Savings A.P.B. has proposed the opening cultural advancement of Green­ CPVM Statement fuse to participate if this Peace and Loan Co. of a roadway between 42 and 44 belt and that G. H. L memben, group was allowed a booth. The Anyone interested in volunteering To the Editor: courts of Ridge, enabling traffic should take advantage of the oppor­ same reaction was received by him his services is asked to call 474- to move down Eastway (which tunity to enjoy good concerts. On Monday night, August 11S, the from a number of artists who were 6923. 474-9339, 474-6323, or 474-6434. would be widened) and on to LARGER HOMES Greenbelt Committee for Peace in to participate in the Art Show. Crescent, the widening of which is Director Nat Shinderman, speak­ Vietnam was informed that it could I have been informed, although Registration Sets Record already being planned. It was felt ing for the Ad Hoc Committee on no longer participafu in the L&bor not officially at this writing, that A surge of Democratic registra­ that this proposed access would in­ Larger Homes, stated that Archi­ Day Festival. This directive was there were other groups who would tions in recent weeks has pushed convenience the least number of tect Edwin F. Ball, after meeting passed to the Committee after it ali,o withdraw their booth:!. the total number of eligible voters residents. with the four families involved, had been granted permission to It was my decision, upon recon­ for the Sept 13 primary in Prince It was understood that the School !'ent a letter to G. H. I. recommend­ operate a booth over a month ago. sideration, that in order to have a George's County well above that of Board was planning to exit the high ing that bids be invited for t.lw Furthermore, this permission was carnival with many participants. I the 1964 primary. Registration for school and elementary school construction of four identical withdrawn without the committee would have to tell the Committee Maryland's primary closed Monday traffic onto Northway while Junior homes in one package. He statc-,1 having been afforded the opportun­ on Peace in Viet Nam that their after reaching record totals in both high school traffic would be routed that negotiations could be ma,1,, ity to defend its right to participate booth would not be permitted. The Montgomery and Prince George's throug-h Hamilton Place. The with the contractor after a basic in the festival as a community or­ chairman of the Festival Commit­ Counties. A. P. B. does not support this plan. price was arrived at. reJ,!'arding thr ganization and after it had under­ tee; Leo Gerton, is out of town In Prince George's registration Manager Giese stated that p ssible addition or deletion of • u pr paratiou to1 U1e buolh. t his \1, ec,k, and, f,•din,.; thttl a r.1ov<' reach <l 1G3,C89 Friday and an n itlu::r lhc City Council nor the No objection was raised at the had to he made, I made the de­ estimated 100 more registered Mon­ second bathrooms, extta showers, School Board has taken a position kitchen structure or firf'Dlaces. meeting for the festival which we cision. da v. on the routing of school traffic. Seymour Kaplan com~r-,t,,,J th;>t attended. Nor were we notified of ,vhat will result from this de­ Democrats outnumber Repub­ G. H. I. Board Director Nat Shin­ he feared too much <'""h"' 1i,;hmPnt any festival meeting held recently ciiiion, I cannot predict. How it licans 13 to 1 among the 15,000 new dcman stated that although the at which the question could have will affect the people of Greenbelt, voters registered in the Countll.__ would incrf"ase the rri"" nf th..-~,. high school site is still a court case, large homes and force r!"salr to been raised. At least one partici­ I cannot predict. How it will affect since April. the elementary and secondary pating organization was unaware the Carnival, I cannot predict. Through Friday, Prince George's persons for whom they were not school constt-uction is a reality and originally intended. that such action had been taken or ,vht"thcr or not mv decision is had 117,669 Democrats, 39,850 Re­ urged that the location of the was contemplated. final will be determined in a few publicans and 6170 independents; access road to them should be davs. compared to 101,000 Democrats and The Greenbelt Committee for considered at this time. Pvt. Richard Skinner In defense of mvsclf. I will state 38.000 Republicans 8 months ago, Following discussion, a motion Peace in Vietnam strongly protests t••s,t I made the decision in favor when a League of \Vomen Voters this apparently arbitrary decision was made by Director John In of a majority. My personal opin­ study found that Prince George's O'Reilly and approved by the board, Killed Viet Nam on the part of the Festival Commit­ ions concerning all parties involved ranked 20th among the State's 23 U.S.M.C.