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PAGE FOUR LONG ISLAND TRAVELER-WATCHMAN THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1975 The Long Island Travclcr MnttltuckWafrhmaii Established 1871 Established 1826 Published Thursday at Southold, L.I., N.Y. 11971 By The Long Island Traveler - Mattituck Watchman, Inc. Traveler Street Teleohone Southold 765-3425 EDWARD W. WOOD. JR..Publisher PATRICIA L. WOOD. Editor SHERLEY B. KATZ. Dcsit Editor LORETTA R. HESS. Associate Editor BOB BURNS. Sports Editor RAY RIGN EL. Advertising Director EMBREE.IAILLITE. Advertising Representative ★ ERNA ADELE PAYNE. Business Representative Display Advertlainir Bates on Appliestlon Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Olfice at Southold, N. T„ under the Act of Congress on March 3, 1679 , _________ [member\ C M - 1 I M * d«OCI An Official Newspaper Of The Towns Of Southold And Riverhead THURSDAY, JUNE 12.1975 Hello^ Remember Me? Some people call me Old Glory, others call me the Star Spangled Banner, but whatever they call me, I am your Flag, the Flag of the United States of America. Something has been Ixjthering nne, so I thought I might talk It over with you...l 3 ecause it is about you and me. I rememtjer, some time ago, people lined up on both sides of the street to watch the parade, and naturally I was leading every parade, proudly waving in the breeze. When your daddy saw me coming, he immediately removed his hat and placed it against his left shoulder so that his hand was directly over his heart, rememtjer? And you, I rememtjer you standing there straight as a soldier. You didn’t have a hat but you were giving the right salute. Rememtjer little sister? Not to t>e outdone, she was saluting the same as you with her right hand over her heart, remember? What happened? I’m still the same old Flag. Oh, I have a lot more Stars since you were a tx)y, and a lot more blood has been shed since those parades of long ago. But now I don’t feel as proud as I used to. When I come down your street you just stand there with your hands in your pockets, and I may get a small glance and then you look away. Then I see the children running around and shouting, they don’t seem to know who I am. I saw one man take his hat off and then - look around, he didn’t see anytxxly else with his hat off so he quickly put his back on. Is it a sin to t)e patriotic; Have you forgotten what I stand for, and where I have been?...Anzio, Guadalcanal, Korea and Vietnam. Take a look at the Memorial Honor Rolls sometime, of those who never came back, to keep this Republic free...“ ONE NATION UNDER GOD” ...when you salute me you are actually saluting them. It won’t be long t>efore I ’ll be coming down your street again. So, when you see me, stand straight, place you right hand over your heart...and I’ll salute you by waving back...and I’ll know that...YOU REMEMBERED! June 14 is Flag Day, fly your flag proudly. Washington Report There is growing evidence that North Korea, emboldened by the Communist conquest of Indochina, may soon launch a new attempt to take over South Korea. From all indica tions, North Korean leader Kim II Sung’s nine-day visit to Peking in late April, and his secret talks with Mao Tse Tung, his first since 1961, were aimed at lining up Communist Chin ese support for a new offensive across the 38th parallel. The North Korean Communist leaders clearly wanted to move quickly to exploit the humiliat ing US pull out from South Vietnam, Confident that as in the Indochina debacle, the Us Congress would tie President F o rd’s hand so he could not respond in any case. Apparently, the Chinese and North Koreans decided against an all-out attack on South Korea at this time, and opted instead for a guerrilla-type war waged by Communist infiltrators, much as in the early days of Hanoi's war against Saigon. Publicly, China’s Vice Premier, Teng Hsiao-ping, de manded a total withdrawal of all 38,000 US troops from South Korea and pledged Peking's strong support for Pyongyang’s champain to \unify the whole of Korea” . Teng then spoke of conditions favoring what he called ‘‘a good opportunity ’ ’ for massive new subver sion of the South. The North Korean ruler then tipped his hand. \In case a political disturbance erupts in South Korea,\ said Kim, “ North Korea will surely extend powerful support and intervene militarily and then the cease-fire demarcation line that sep arates the South and North will be of no use.\ The Communist tactics were clear: Create the illusion of a civil war in the South, then come crashing in from the North to help win a so-called war of National Liberation .... just as in Indochina. In recent weeks, intelligence re- portstellofup t o 80,000 North Korean soldiers receiving intensive guerrilla warfare training. They stress mobility and hit-and-run tactics. North Korean paratroops have been trained to drop into the mountains of South Korea. North Koreans also have been buying high-speed, maneuverable boats in Japan for possible use in slipping agents down the Coast into South Korea. Finally, US and South Korean intelligence agents have discovered two tunnels indpr the DMZ, and evidence of up to fourteen others, dug by the North Koreans in recent months and all pointing toward strategic targets south of the ceasefire line. It has been estimated that up to 30,000 fully armed troops an hour could pass through the largest of the tunnels that had been blasted through solid granite. - (Continued on Page \ l ) Congressman Pike Grass Carp - Its Friends And Foes From Washington^ DC Last week the House of Represent-. atives had two separate votes on two very major issues which are as representative as any two issues can be of the difference between the present Republican-controlled Ex ecutive branch and the p resent Demo- cratic-controlled Congress. Let us start by saying that it is often very difficult to find any such clear differences. The parties, and the people, aren’t all that different. But here were two votes on two bills, and here’s the way it went: (1) The House of Representatives failed, by the narrowest of margins, to override the Presidential veto of a $5.3 billion bill designed to provide 840.000 summer jobs for young people this year and 900.000 longer term jobs for adults. (2) The House of Representatives passed, by a margin too small to override an expected veto, a bill designed to provide 800,000 jobs in the construction of 500.000 homes. Throughout the d ebate on these two issues, the running themes of the two parties were very clear. The Demo crats wanted to provide the jobs. The Republicans didn’t want to spend the money. This is not to say that the Republicans are indifferent to un employment or that Democrats are in favor of deficits and inflation. More, the debate represented a concern about the state of our economy at present and perhaps more important, a gamble as to what the state of our economy will be in November, 1976. If, in November 1976. the recession is over - jobs are no problem but inflation is - the Republicans gambled right. If. in November 1976. un employment is still high, jobs are more of a problem than inflation, the Democrats gambled right. Politics, like crystal ball gaining, is not an exact science. View from the Senate by Senator Leon E. Giuffreda As the Legislature leaps from \crisis\ to \ c risis\ and bogs down in stalmate on such vital issues as state aid to education, the more workaday lawmakingthat is accomplished tends to get lost in the flood of headlines concerning major issues. Other needed legislation is, how ever. moving forward. I am pleased that some of my bills and those measures in which I have taken particular interest are making pro gress. For example, in recent days the Senate and the Assembly, for the second year, passed an Amendment to Article III of the State Constitution, which 1 sponsored and which was carried in the Assembly by Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea, J r .. It would allow the Legislature to re-convene itself, should such action be required. Presently that action can be taken only by the Governor. Since in recent years much legislation has been vetoed after the session is over, we feel that the amendment is necessary to cut delay in getting vital bills through should an overriding vote be neccssary. Passage of this amendment by the Assembly now makes it possib|p|fpr you to vote on it in,the.next elc^li^j^,,, We have also co-sponsored a bill' that would make it unlawful to know ingly employ illegal aliens. In tinips when so many of our citizens are jobless, such legislation is needed. Even further advanced in the legislative process is our bill, which has passed both Houses and now awaits the Governor’s signature, which makes it mandatory that the Family Court attach the wages of a spouse who falls three payments behind in child support. Under the present circumstances, such re sponsibilities are too often shirked and additional cases end up on already swollen welfare rolls. These and many other bits and pieces of legislation add up to vital progress in the process of running the state. All forward motion in Albany has not stopped. It is just harder this year to overcome inertia. ISews o f the New York State Legislature b y Minority Leader Perry B. Duryea, Jr. Seldom have I encountered the indignation and dismay which Gov. Carey’s cutbacks in the recreation budget and increase in state park fees have engendered. From all over the state, letters and petitions are pouring into my office. In one voice, our residents are protesting the politically inspired firings of vital workers and fee increases which are hitting them at a time when they cannot afford to take their vacations in California or Europe or Las Vegas. I must point out that the Governor ordered mass firings and raised admission costs on his own, without coming to the Legislature. 1 have, therefore, submitted a bill which would restore services, reinstate staff and restore the park fees to their previous level for a one-year period. I maintain that New York State’s revenues are sufficient to hold our recreation services at previous levels. There is no budget gap so long as the state's business is conducted in prudent fashion. There are those, myself included. who see political malice in the Governor’s park actions. He cut heavily and fired enmasse on Long Island, a Republican s fonghold, and took similar action in other so-called “ Republican\ areas. This is a prod to. perhaps, make us approve new taxes on you - taxes which we can ill afford to pay. But 1 maintain that the Governor is not aware of the true suffering which his action will bring about. Residents of Long Island have town parks and county parks. They have shared state park areas with those from throughout the metropolitan area, particularly city residents, who thirsted for a taste of greenery and cooling waters. There arethosein New York City’s steaming concrete who are sustained for an entire summer by the dream of Jones Beach surf, Wildwood or Montauk State Park. I hope that my legislation passes soon and that the Governor accepts it in proper spirit. Life and the summer are too short to deny New Yorkers a place in the sun. The G rass Carp is a fish brought into the U.S. from the Orient. It has a prodigous appetite for grass. And a few of the big-eaters can clear up a lake clogged with underwater plant life. But many experts say the Asian immigrant might cripple sport fishing throughout North America. So, a quiet battle isbeingfought over Grass Carp. At the center of the conflict is the state of Arkansas, a sportsman’s paradise where fish farming is big business and where Grass Carp have been freely stocked into open waters. While almost every o ther state takes a dim view of Grass Carp, Arkansas has a friendly attitude toward the fish. Arkansas's typically-shallow lakes and streams have for years been chocked with aquatic plants. And the Grass Carp has become a tool of the conservationists. He eats the vegeta tion, cleans up the lakes. No longer do outboard motors wrap themselves in water vines. Fishermen don’t lose as many lures as they used to. For the first time in years, many of Arkansas's lakes are suitable for swimming. The Grass Carp, also known as the White Amur, is by most indications a vegetarian. He does not eat o ther fish. However, research shows that he may compete with other fish - not for food, but for living space. Also, water grass eaten by the carp serves as the habitat for the young of other fish. One specialist who has voiced concern is Dr. John Lawrence of Auburn University in Alabama. One experiment Lawrence conducted over a three-year period showed that Bluegills. when placed in a pond with the Grass Carp, failed to spawn in their second year. Dr. Lawrence's theory is that the movement of the Grass Carp, swing ing its larger body through the water looking for food, upset the reprodue- Days In Our Past 25 Years Ago Mattituck High School winners of the Eastern section baseball champ ionship. defeated East Islip. winners of the Western section championship, forthe Suffolk County Championsl^ip. by a score of 2-0. Harry Jackson. Mattitucks ace left hander, allowed the losers only three scattered hits. Members of the Southold Metho dist Church observed the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the new church building. A number of those present had been active mem bers of the congregation for the past 50 years or longer. Charles Dougherty was elected Commander of the Griswold-Terry- Post, American Legion. Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Tuthill of New Suffolk celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. The Board of Supervisors were investigating the feasibility of o p erat ing the L.l. Railroad under a public benefit authority. Harold H. Reeve and Sons had received the contract to build two wings on the Suffolk County Historical Society museum on West Main Street. Riverhead, at a cost of S74.000. The new construction was being financed from a legacy left the society by Mrs. Cora Reeves Barnes. The Mattituck based contractors had built many public buildings in the area. A.KrupskihadsoldtoJ.A. Krupski a parcel on the north side of the Main Road, for a reported consideration of $6000. The first annual horse shoe tourna ment, sponsored by the Southold Athletic Assn. was off and running. Eight teams were in competition. Mattituck's oldest resident, Mrs. George L. Penny, Sr. celebrated her 98th birthday. Miss Virginia Lytle was awarded class honors at the Russell Sage College, at Troy, N.Y. 50 Years Ago The Town Board voted to change the name of Pequash Avenue to Fleet’s Neck Road. Frank R. Fleet had petitioned the Board to accept two roads on the east side of F leet's Neck Road to be known as Fleetwood Road and Betts Avenue. The Brooklyn Eagle was publishing a new Eagle Automobile Guide of Long Island. The new crop of strawberries was in, the berries being large and sweet. Linnaeus Allen of Cutchogue had some very fine beds of berries. Steamer “ Shinnecock\ was mak ing three round trips daily between Sag Harbor. Greenport and New London. Misses Dorothy H. Jones and Elinor S. Moore had opened a Tea Room “ The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat\ on the S.L. Bennett place on Main Street, Southold. Nat E. Booth was spraying the elm trees on Main Street, against the ravages of the elm beetle. (Continued on Page 8 ) tionofthe Bluegills. The theory is that if this were to take place in the wild - in an uncontrolled stream - it would cause serious problems with sport fish. In Arkansas, though. State Fisher ies officials insist that the Grass Carp has not threatened other fish. Mainly, the officials say, this is because the state is extremely cautious with its controlled stocking: a few Grass Carp are put into a weedy lake. The lake is cleaned up. Then nets are used to remove the Grass Carp. The job is complete. But the Grass Carp has surfaced outside Arkansas. Apparently some of the fish swim into other Mississippi Valley states, where no one knows they're there until the grass starts to disappear. And, despite bans on importing the fish, they reportedly have been sold privately in almost every state. Florida, forinstance, has more than a dozen cases pending on what the From the desk of County Executive John V. N. Klein At the end of last month. Mayor Beame told representatives of the press that negotiations were then underway between New York City and Suffolk County for Suffolk County to lend a substantial sum of money to the city. There were reactions from a variety of corners with varying degrees of responsibility based solely on the “ news leak\ from New York City. Before any of you who have only received a superficial account of that issue think I have lost my mind in considering lending money to a city that the financial community has already shunned, I think it is import ant to let you know what it was all about. Yes, indeed, I indicated to Mayor Beame that the county has on deposit earning interest certain funds for the benefit of the Southwest Sewer Dis trict. Those funds are now earning interest at the rate of about 5.6 percent per annum for the taxpayers in the Southwest Sewer District. The City of New York has recently paid as much as 9.7 percent interest on its obligations. You do not have to be a financial wizard to realize that there is more than a four point spread between what the county is earning for the taxpayers and what the city is paying on borrowed money. It, therefore, be came clear to me that if the county could securely invest in city obliga tions at 9 or more percent, the tax payers of the Southwest Sewer Dis- NEWS From The Suffolk County Legislature by ‘B l I C K K T \ DANIELS l^e^ishilor, l!<t Distrirt Amendments and changes in the County Charter appear from time to time but the newly proposed Environ mental Preservation Act is more formidable in both size and content than anything yet encountered in this line. What it proposes is the delega tion of sweeping regulatory powers in connection with air and water re sources, solid waste management, pollution and hazardous material control and environmental resource management to the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Control. The basis for this function would be the Comprehensive Environmental Resource Management Plan to be drawn by the Commissioner for the approval of the Legislature and County Executive. The rules develop ed by the Commissioner would be designed to carry out the intent of this plan. Control over the various areas and situations to be administered would be accomplished through the issuance or non-issuance of environ- head of the State Fresh Water Fisheries calls “ fish smuggling\. Officials claim the Grass Carp is prized by land developers who want a cheap way to convert swamps into waterfront communities. Todate, legal action has been aimed at the Florida buyers who legally purchase Grass Carp from private hatcheries in Arkansas, then illegally turn the fish loose in Florida. The charges are that the hatchery people show very little concern for the laws of other states. A major fish farmer in Arkansas, in the past, shipped baby carp by air in containers marked “ Bait Minnows\. But, he does not do much of a mail- orderbusiness. Most of his customers just come in and buy the Grass Carp - he d oesn’t know where the buyers are from or where they’re going to take the fish. That’sallfor today. God Bless This is Patricia Wood reporting. / \ trict could realize as much as four and a half million dollars more in interest over a period of one year than they are now realizing, and this additional interest could dramatically lessen the burden on their real property tax. The issue, of course, is one of financial security. Neither the County Legislature nor the County Executive has the power to invest county money. That power rests exclusively with the County Treasurer. The exploratory talk which took place between Mayor Beame and me May 20 was designed to see whether there was any basis upon which the county could legally and securely realize the substantially larger gain on its investments. If sucli appeared possible, then the County Treasurer and her financial advisors would be brought into the discussion for further development. At the conclusion of my meeting with Mayor Beame on the 20th, it became obvious to me that the legal method of investment was not secure, and the secure method of investment in city obligations was not legal. Therefore, the concept was dropped. In dealing with the cpunty’s money for investment, I am neither a philan thropist nor one of the last of the red hot spenders. But if I see opportunity to get a better return for the tax payers on their own money with a hundred percent security, that is precisely what I think the county must do. mental compliance permits. As an excellent example of skillful and comprehensive draftsmanship this document is aclassic. It is all there in good order and proper sequence. If it were to be launched into an area without pertinent laws or agencies it would probably fit and function perfectly. This area, however, is well populated with both legislation and interested agencies. Any move of such potential power must necessarily proceed with defer ence and consideration for existing jurisdictions. Although the objective is beyond reproach, the method must be acceptable. The state of the art may eventually come to this point but I think that it will take some time. If we are to proceed with this concept 1 look forward to a long period of considera tion, coordination and compromise in order to develop a program not only effective but generally acceptable. It deserves our best effort. After all, it's the only environment we have. WEATHER SUMMARY Sunday, June 1, 1975 Thru Saturday June 7, 1975 TEM P E R A T U R I WIND PRECIIi. • M L High Low DIRtCTION IN C H I t June 1 74 60 sw .32 29:73 June 2 77 55 s 0 29:80 June 3 73 57 Lt. & Var. 0 29:90 June 4 74 55 SW .13 29:65 June 5 63 56 K .16 29:76 June 6 68 54 E 1.28 29:49 June 7 70 56 NW 0 29:36
