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PAGE FOUR LONG IS U N D TRAVELER-WATCHMAN THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975 € m fItaiD d er ^ luatrfiiniitt Congressman Pike The Long Island Travclcr Matdtuck Wntchman Es(abltshcdl871 Established 1826 From Published Thursday at Southold, L.I., N.Y. 11971 By The Long Island Traveler ■ Mattltuck Watchman, Inc. Traveler Street Telephone Southold 765-3425 EDWARD W. WOOD.JR., PublislKM- PATRICIA L. WOOD, Editor SHERI.EY B. KATZ. Desk Editor LORETTA R. HESS. Associate Editor BOB BURNS. Sports Editor RAY RIGNEL. Advcrtisiii{> Director EMBREE JAILLITE, Advertising Reprcsentiitivc ★ ERNA ADELF PAYNE. Business Representative Display AdverttoinK Bates on Application Entered as Second Class M atter at the Post Office at Southold, N. Y„ under the Act of Congress on March 3. 1679 An Official Newspaper Of The Towns Of Snnthold And Riverhead THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975 Preserve Clean Water Water is probably the most important natural resource of the Long Island Sound area. Yet, the increasing demands of development threaten to degrade existing high quality areas and complicate the clean-up of existing polluted waters. Any water quality improvements program will t>e self-defeating if it merely stimulates unsound shoreland development that generates yet another round of pollution. In Eastern Suffolk and Connecticut, our neight)oring state, communities ought to develop “areSiwide water management programs.” Such programs would be the vehicles for implementing water quality restoration measures and for integrating the concerns of water quality and land use disciplines. Preservation of high quality water is as important as the reclamation of dirtied ones. Therfore, the Sound or any stretch of unpolluted waters, becomes increasingly valuable. As- Suffolk continues to grow, development pressures will induce increased use of remaining waters and the lands that border them. Abuse of these waters or lands would naturally degrade the water quality. The protection of flood plains, wetlands and erosion-prone slopes from development is especially important in preventing further water pollution damage. Let’s work together to protect our waters: The people of Eastern Suffolk County must be ever alert to what is tjeing proposed for the growth of a community. It is a responsibility people living in growing communities must assume if we, here in Eastern Suffolk, are to continue life as we now know it. On the other hand, if the people do not get deeply involved and have a voice in the growth of their communities, they will surely be gobbled up to the extent that we will have concrete city right here, in our own t>ack yard. We have only to look West to see what has happened. God has given us the earth, it is up to us to preserve it. Washington Report As expected,a coalition of more than twenty-five mostly pacifist and antimilitary organizations has moun ted a massive new propaganda at tack against the Pentagon budget. A major target is the B-1 bomber, which is planned as a replacement for the aging and obsolete B-52. Linder the overall direction of Common Cause, and with the par ticipation of such pressure groups as SANE, Indochina Mobile Education Project, and Clergy and Laity Con cerned, the campaign to shoot down the B-1 is arguing that in an age of push-button, computer-guided nu clear missiles, the manned bomber is unnecessary and a waste of money that should go instead into social welfare programs. Air Force veteran, Colonel Jim Bean, a former Vietnam War POW, has an answer to critics of the manned bomber, based on his own flight experience: Colonel Bean said, “ Today, as technology increases and out B-52 fleet gets older, there is no doubt in my mind that we will need a fast, supersonic, tree-top level bomber to replace it. I am sure that 1 can speak for many people -- in the bombing raids over Hanoi in 1972, 1 was thankful that it was manned bombers instead of missiles that were being lobbed into our area. ‘‘As far as the cost on it, 1 think if you'll research, you will find that probably a tenth of that cost is all that will be lost out of the US economy in jobs that will be furnish ed through the B-1 bomber program. “ If we don’t update our fleet - the bombers for long range - the Rus sians have already deployed the BACKFIRE, which is a supersonic bomber and controls a large area of their periphery - the next was that we fight, we are going to lose it. There is no doubt in my mind, as soon as we become militarily weak, peace in this world and bombs falling on our soil is a threat. The stronger we are, the more likely there will be peace.” Another convincing argument for maintaining a manned US bomber force is the fact that the Soviet Union already has deployed the first of its fleet of new supersonic, swept-wing bombers known as the BACKFIRE. Together with a formidable array of other Soviet air, sea, and land power, the BACKFIRE now com mands the approaches to the Eastern Mediterranean and the vital Middle East. The US has nothing - nothing at all - capable of countering this clear threat to the peace, and unless Congress approves production of the B-1, the US will have no bomber at all in the perilous years ahead. Washington, DC Congress took a week off last week and is going to take another week off about a month from now - then it’s going to take a month off about two months from now. This creates the opportunity for some delightful de- magoguery on the part of those who like to proclaim that Congress should never take a week, or a month, or even a day off “ until its work is Congress’ work, of course, is never done. It could keep fairly busy just repealing the improvident laws it has written in the past, without even tackling new laws on new subjects. We can always pass some some statesmanlike measure com pelling people to fasten their seat belts before the car will start only to find it necessary to throw it in reverse in the next session. The President can iilways say, “ write a comprehensive Energy Bill\ faster then Congress can write it, or even Patrick Henry Was A Frontier Radical agree on what it should say, so Congress will never be finished. Accordingly, the leadership of both parties agreed early this year on a schedule of work in Washington and time at home adequate to keep us busy all year long; most of the time in Washington voting, the rest of the time back home listening to our constituents and explaining those votes. The demagoguery comes along every time we have a vote to go home for a week. A vocal minority always votes “ No\ thereby perpetrating the illusion that it's tougher being in Washington voting than it is being home explaining. My particular fav orites are the 59 Members who, two weeks ago, voted against this current recess on Thursday afternoon but made it necessary for us to adjorn Thursday evening because they had already left and we couldn't raise a quorum to work with. View from the Senate hr Senator Leon E. Giiiffreda Almost anyone who has driven a car for any length of time has had the annoying, if not terrifying, experience of finding that the car is being bombarded with sand, stone or other material from an open, heavily-laden truck just ahead. At high speeds this can be very dangerous, and there are many cases where the driver has lost control of a car after a windshield has been broken by a flying fragment. Even in the less serious cases, some property damage is suffered by the innocent motorist whose bad luck it is to find himself driving behind a truck bearing a mountain ous pile of earth, sand or stone. Pitted windshields and sandblasted paint jobs are no laughing matter. Obviously, this is one case where “ there ought to be a law,” and I have written one. In fact, I have filed such a bill every year for six or seven years, only to see it die in committee or otherwise be set aside. This year it has been reported out and stands a good chance of passage. What is so frustrating is the fact that it has taken so long to have NEWS From The Suffolk County Legislature by ‘B I J C K K T ' D A IN IE I.S L e ^ iN lato r, Is l D is tric t The mechanical procedure of County property acquisition is long, involved and unwieldy. It moves slowly and, at times, can bog down completely. It must go through sev eral departments and touch about seventeen bases along the way. This imposes varying degrees of frustra tion upon the owners but it also insures that there is ample time for exhaustive comsideration of each project which helps to minimize future problems. Usually the motive behind and acquisition project is either the pro vision of a recreational facility or the preservation of a unique or scenic area. Acquisition is not contemplat ed unless some sound justification exists. Reviews by the Park Truste es, Planning Department, Council on Environmental Quality and the Parks Committee of the Legislature prior to any action provide a safeguard against ill-conceived takings. Another critical aspect of the acquisition function is the evaluation of local sentiment in connection with the operation. It must be heard, sorted out and given the most serious consideration. In almost every case polarization develops quickly with elements of logic and traveled so short a distance with a bill that seems to me to be just plain common sense. All this measure does is make it mandatory to cover high loads of earth, sand and stone or other materials that can fall off a truck. I believe it is the obligation of transporters who use our public highways to take this safety precau tion. The bill has the backing of the New York State Automobile Associ ation and the United Transportation Union. If a transporter feels he can’t spend the money to cover his load, the bill allows him to operate so long as he keeps the load six inches below the top of the sides of the vehicle. This all seems so simple yet the law is not yet on the books. There is a tendency for those of us who head such committees as the Senate Education Committee to concentrate their efforts in special ized fields. We must also be aware of the need for laws involving the safety and property of the people of the state and this is one such law that 1 intend to get passed. emotion on both sides of the issue. It is incumbent upon those responsible for the final decision in these matters to provide residents of adjacent areas with the facts and to hear their comments. This is the route I have been following in connection with the Orient Point acquisition. At the moment the only certainty I find in this issue is that a number of people w'ill be irritated, outraged or in censed regardless of the outcome. To add to the dilemma I have rather strong feelings about respect for local jurisdiction whether it involves different levels of government or any level of government in relation to the public. The Suffolk County Parkland in ventory currently runs to over seven teen thousand acres with another sixty-six hundred acres in process or under consideration. This represents a very substantial expenditure of both money and effort but as an investment in the future of the County I believe that it has been well spent. Current acceptance of this activity has been very good but I am sure that future gratitude for it will be tremendous. A frontier radical of the American Revolution, Patrick Henry was the vibrant voice of revolution -- the man who took the thoughts of freedom and put them into words so compel ling the American people were wil ling to follow him to liberty or death. The thoughts that he spoke were not original. Philosophers had writ ten them. Th^ people were thinking them. But great ideas have a way of going unused until someone gives them voice and puts them into action. And that is what Patrick Henry did in the American Revolu tion. Henry was a backwoods Virginian, a natural-born hero in the Abraham Lincoln mold. He came up the hard way, found his politics in the country and the people and made the most of what opportunity offered. He was a free spirit raised on the edge of civilization. He didn’t have much schooling. Most of it was the tutoring of his college educated father, an immigrant from Scotland. Henry taught himself law and passed the bar more by his daring than knowledge. Henry was no better at business than Harry Truman. He failed twice as a merchant and once as a farmor. But, like Truman, he believed in speaking his mind as bluntly and forcefully as possible. This rough-hewn orator overpow ered the more timid gentleman of the tidewater and persuaded the colony of Virginia to stand up for h er rights. And Virginia became a leader in the American Revolution and the new nation that evolved from it. Patrick Henry’s career in politics began in the Fall of 1763. He stepped in as a last-minute replacement to defend local officials being used by an Anglican Parson for back pay. The King of England had over turned a Virginia law allowing mini sters of the established church to be paid in money which was not worth much at the time instead of the usual payment in tobacco. Legally, it was a matter of fixing damages but Henry saw that fund amental issues of the coming revolu tion had been joined. He argued to the jury that only Virginians could make such a decis ion. To rule otherwise, he said, would be to rivet chains of bondage on their own necks. The attorney for the King charged that Henry had spoken treason. But the jury was convinced by his argu ments. The jury members granted the Parson one penny. Henty was an overnight sensation, the spokesman for an irritated peo ple. Two years later, the people of Virginia sent Henry to the House of Burgesses, just as England was D a y s In O u r P a st 25 Years Ago Rabbi Resnik off of Riverhead Temple Israel Congregation, gave a fine dissertation in the Universalist Church on the subject “ Moses” . Dr. Robert Daley, a summer re sident of Southold for over 50 years, died at his home at South Harbor. Dr. Donald E. McKenna, also a summer resident of Southold for over 20 years, died at his home in Brooklyn. The Shelter Island Farmers Coop, had taken over the plant started by private owners, for freezing lima- beans. The new operators reported 307 acres under contract with local farmers to quick-freeze their bean crop. Over 200 members of the Order of the Eastern Star made their annual pilgrimage to the Orders Chapter on Fishers Island. The group repre sented virtually every chapter on Long Island. In Mattituck, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy were building a new home on Bay Avenue and Mr. and Mrs Henry Cantelmi were build ing their new home on Main Street. Mr. and Mrs. James O'Leary had purchased from Mr. Chas. DeLong his home at Goose Bay Estates. Robert Gildersleeve received the degree of Master of Arts and Science from Syracuse University. Charles Glover Jr. received a degree in Advertising from the same Univer sity. Both students lived in Matti tuck. Richard Grattan and Robert Rothman. both of Southold, were members of the same graduation class at Syracuse. G. H. Nine had sold to E.S. Moisa a parcel on the East side of Walnut Place Mattituck for a reported price of $5,500. Jeanne Campbell, formerly with the White Shingles restaurant in Orient, had charge of the dinning room at the Cedar Beach Inn. (Continued on Page5) trying to impose the Stamp Act. The brash freshman politician, still under 30 years of age, intro duced resolutions declaring that only Virginians could tax Virginians. He was staunchly opposed by the Virginia Colony’s conservative lead ers. who disliked the tax but feared Henry’s approach. Nonetheless, Henry’s resolutions were passed and circulated through the Colonies. Of course, Henry is best known for a later speech in which he reportedly said; “ I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.” There are historians who say Pat rick Henry never really spoke those words. But he must have said some thing just as good -- because Virginia did cxactly what he asked. That’s all for today God Bless This is Patricia Wood Reporting Report from Albany News o f the New York Slate LefiLslature by Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea, Jr. We are faced with the annual New York City fiscal crisis which has become a way of life in Albany. Unfortunately, the recession and basic economic factors plus ques tionable management have devel oped a situation in New York which is almost beyond belief. At this point. New York City’s debt exceeds $ 13-billion and repre sents 25 per cent of the state and m u n icipal debt existing in our country. New York City’s budget and its debt are second only to that of the United States of America. The current annual cost of servicing New York C ity’s debt exceeds $1.5-billion. This sum represents payments on debt and does not include the cost of operating city government. The crisis is particularly signifi cant in 1975 because New York City m u s t borrow betw e e n now and August 15 in excess of $3-biIIion. Between today and April 1, 1976, New York City must borrow in excess of $5-billion. Unfortunately, at the moment, because of this fiscal crisis, city paper is on the “ Don’t Buy List” nationwide. The crunch is obvious, the city needs to borrow quickly huge amounts of money and its credit rating is so bad the banks and the public will not participate in lending. Furthermore, the city practice of borrowing so that it can roll over its debt is a plunge into an infinite progress, a never-ending borrowing pattern, which costs Gotham’s citi zens huge chunks of money for which they get no service in return. The ‘never-ending’ borrowing prac tice collapses, however, when no one is willing to lend any more money. Against this backdrop, we find that lending institutions and others have said that unless Mayor Beame balances his budget and makes significant cuts in the areas of spending, they cannot participate in resolving his problem. Until this tim e , negotiations betw e e n the Mayor, federal officials. Governor Carey, state legislative leaders and From the desk of County Executive John V. N. Klein Although the medical malpractice insurance issue appears to be settled in Albany, there has been some dissatisfaction with the settle ment among doctors here in Suf folk. On the chance that Suffolk doc tors do not accept the Albany plan and decide to withhold their ser vices, the County Department of Health Services is now developing a medical contingency plan. T e n tatively, the county would keep the six county health centers open 24 hours a day. It is estimated that we would need to hire and insure about 100 doctors to handle an estimated 11,500 patient visits a week. The gross cost to ti;e county could be more than $750,000 a month, but, since patients '-*,ttend- ing the clinics would be charged a fee according to their ability to pay, that cost should actually be $350,- 000 a month. This plan depends entirely on the cooperation of the doctors in the county. Participating doctors would be covered by the county’s insur ance policy. I met with Dr. Mary McLaughlin, commissioner of the Department of Health Services, last week, and I feel as she does, that the county officials have not surprisingly pro duced no common solution to this problem . The insidious pattern must be short-circuited first. Most of the legislators feel that a significant further reduction in ex penditures must be made before they will come forward and even recommend a possible solution. Mayor Beame on the other hand has been totally reluctant to reduce by one more penny the so-called $641-million gap which is part of his budget presentation. Until this is done, there obviously can be no solution to a very complex fiscal problem which may lead to total chaos in New York City. To place this in household terms, if your family spent more money on a year-to-year basis then came into the household, and covered this up through continuous borrowing in cluding borrow ing to cover the borrowing, there ultimately would be a day of reckoning. The bank would tell you that you had no more collateral. Any lender would insist that you pay your debts and live within your m e a n s . Mayor Beame’s cupboard is now bare. If you had arranged a mortgage on your home and then used the receipts of that mortgage for cur rent operating expenses such as food and electricity, and still had insufficient income with which to pay both either the mortgage debt and weekly expenses—there would be a financial crisis. If you were then to take out a second mortgage to pay the first mortgage, your situation would worsen. This is the problem which is now facing New York City. While these financial habits might lead to divorce in a household situation, the state and federal government both cannot and should not “ divorce” New York City. In both household and city govern ment a more reasonable approach must be—Let’s tighten our belts. We got into it, we’ll get out of it. W e’ll discard the waste, cut down on some items for now, and get on the road to recovery. must be prepared for a doctors’ work stoppage, even if our medical practitioners decide to stay at their posts. In addition to planning on county health center use, she has discussed the problem with the State Department of Mental Hy giene to see if the county could use the state h o s p i t a l s ’ em e r g e n c y rooms and with the Veterans Ad ministration to see if the Northport Veterans Hospital would be avail able for emergency care. These plans have nothing to do with the arguments about malprac tice insurance. Rather, they repre sent insurance of another kind: insurance that our 1.25 million residents are not without medical care. We will have a definite contingency plan by June 15. County-level government plays a vital part in bringing health care services to the populavion under normal circumstances. I strongly feel that my administration has and will continue to take the lead in providing em e r g e n c y health s e r vices and excellent public health care to the citizens of this county. And we will be p r e p a r e d for whatever medical emergencies may occur.
