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JOHN BOURNE, President of the Heights Players forthe past year, was recently reelected to the post alongwith Peter Strader as vice president; Ron Heuser, astreasurer; Francis Breitbard, as secretary andWilliam Humber as member-at-large. The Players,under the direction of Mr. Bourne, have just completeda presentation of Noel Coward%u2019s %u201cBlithe Spirit%u201d at theirtheatre on Willow PI.%u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022PROF. DAVID HERTZSON, of New York City Community College%u2019s hotel and restaurant managementprogram, has been asked by the National Commissionon Productivity to lecture at a commission courseaimed at identifying good practices of managementthat produce increased productivity in the $46-billionfood service industry.Trilling H ertzonANN SINGER, member of the Board of Trustees ofthe First Unitarian Church and Brooklyn Heightsresident, is participating in the planning process for%u201cChoices For %u201976,%u201d a unique series of televisiondocumentaries on the problems of the New Yorkmetropolitan region. The first set of programs,broadcast over several channels last weekend, dealtwith housing.emmeemememeTRILLING NAMED TO POST - Mrs. Terry Trillingof Brooklyn Heights, a speech pathologist and formersupervisor of the Speech Clinic at the Rusk Institute ofRehabilitation Medicine, N.Y.U. Medical Center, hasbeen appointed to the staff of the Children%u2019s Center forDevelopmental Disabilities at the Long Island CollegeHospital. In conjunction with the hospital%u2019s RegionalMental Retardation Program, she will develop aprogram of speech therapy for mentally retardedchildren who attend the Low Memorial Day CareCenter in Brooklyn Heights.Social Agencies VowTo Step Up PressureBY CORRINE COLEMANParticipants in the NewAlliances for Brooklyn Conference,the assembly of South Brooklynsocial agencies held last weekendat the Third Ave. YWCA, resolvedto step up community andlegislative efforts towards solutionof the area%u2019s housing, drug andeducation problems.O ne of Conference organizers, 'M a ry Jane M elishtalks to participant on Housing PanelWhile joining hands in the attempt to reverse federal cutbacksthat jeopardize existing programs,the members of the various groups *began discussion of methods to fbring about long-range changes. |According to Gowanus resident sPhyllis Morgenlander, a member 8of the newly formed education fsteering committee, %u201c We a r e 11starting by gnawing away atproblems %u2014 by getting at information and disseminating it tothe community.%u201d For instance, shesays, people have not been givensufficient information about theMay 1 community school boardelections and are not aware of thecomplicated voting procedures.%u201cThough we won%u2019t endorse candidates, we will advise, focus onissues, and generally act asresources persons,%u201d she says.The drug problem, despite attempts at solution, is increasing inSouth Brooklyn, members of theworkshop on that topic agreed.Though various agencies havebeen set up to counter the situationin the area, they operateseparately, and in many cases areunknown to the community.Everald Walsh, chairman of theconference drug abuse panel,offered his expertise as executivedirector of the Federation of Addiction Agencies, a CentralBrooklyn combination whichcoordinates facilities in the Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville andEast New York areas.Along with the rest of the panel,Walsh spoke for a %u201cdrug free%u201dprogram, emphasizing the beliefthat methadone treatment is justanother form of addictionpromotion.The workshop which soonbecame a highly emotional sessionwith participants breaking downwhile describing family drugsituations, gave evidence of theepidemic proportions of theproblem in South Brooklyn.Women whose husbands, sons,have been caught in the narcoticsweb wanted solutions now %u2014 %u201cnotjust proposals or new programs.%u201dWithout disputing the interconnection of drugs withpoverty, bad housing, pooreducation, the participantsnevertheless rejected hanging onthat Focus. %u201cThey found the damnvaccine for measles, whoopingcough, everything else, let themCwit!on Page .'5HDA Gets Blasts atLegislative Hearing%u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022JOHN JAY SENIOR GETS INSIDE VIEW %u2014 Josenettede Oliveira, a senior at John Jay High School, has justcompleted a week of participation in seminars andspecial events in Washington. The PresidentialClassroom for Young Americans brought togetherseniors representing high schools all over the countryfrom March 18-23. During the week, Josenette was oneof a specially chosen group of high school students whoattended seminars led by noted congressmen andsenators.%u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022NAMED FOR CAMPAIGN %u2014 Vincent King has beennamed as the Heights-Cobble Hill coordinator for theLeon Port for City Council Campaign in the JuneDemocratic Primary elections. Port is a candidate forCity Couneil-at-Large. Others named by Port tocampaign posts include: Louis Hennigan, campaignmanager; Robert Lyons, treasurer; Donald Gorman,public relations director; Ed Celich, administrativeaide.At joint legislative hearings heldSunday, March 25, to investigateproblems with Mitchell-Lamahousing, city council candidateRobert J. Wittich lashed out at theNew York City Housing andDevelopment Administration forits %u201c cavalier attitude towardMitchell-Lama residents.%u201dThe hearings held at the community room of the Cadman PlazaCo-op, 140 Cadman Plaza West inBrooklyn Heights, were sponsoredby State Senator Carol Bellamyand Assemblyman Michael Pesceto gether views on possiblechanges in state legislationrelating to middle-income housing.Wittich called HDA%u201cunresponsive to residents andcooperators who are so often facedwith problems with housingdevelopment companies supposedly under the agency%u2019ssupervision.%u201dCalling for changes in laws affecting Mitchell-Lama housing,J including a requirement of publichearings arranged to insuretestimony by interested partieswhenever increases in equity orcarrying charges are contemplated, Wittich also demandedelimination of fees HDA receivesfor %u201csupervision%u201d of cooperatives.%u201cMany cooperatives, like KinsviewHomes, Inc. which I have served asa director, have rebelled againstthese statutory fees,%u201d he said.Wittich also endorsed thepackage of legislation proposed bythe Mitchell-Lama Council, astatewide organization of middleincome cooperatives, and stated,%u201cMitchell-Lama has represented areversal in the trend toward decayin many areas of the city. To keepthe program viable we mustrelease it from antiquatedstatutory provisions andbureaucratic interference.%u201dAccording to AssemblymanPesce, State Senator Bellamy andparticipants in the 52-memberM itchell-Lam a L egislativeCoalition, the package of 28 billsintroduced into the statelegislature includes the creation ofstate and city interest subsidy andrent supplement programs as wellas creation of a revolving statemortgage loan fund to make interest free loans to combat the highinterest costs paid for newbuildings. These bills call for totalappropriations of $150. million.Bill (Si719-A2654) would continuetemporary financing of recentlyoccupied buildings to forestall thenecessity of drastic rent increasescaused by an abrupt changeover topermanent mortgage financingwith ensuing high interest rates.The bill would also eliminate theHSC 0 f PnnonrioAWtr fr\\r\\e* o %u00ab-%u00bb/-1inequitable reserve fundscurrently charged against tenantsand cooperators by the city andstate governments.Senior citizens rent increaseexemption now enjoyed by rentcontrolled tenants would be exc o n tin u e d on Page 19