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Page Two, PHOENIXBridge Risky Any TimeBY CORRINE COLEMANBY LYNNE GRIFOJustin Murphy, Chairman of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) for the State-Schermerhorn Housing Project, this week discounted the persistent rumor that all subsidized, low-income units will be cut out of the project due to the current freeze on federal housing subsidy funds. %u201c I don%u2019t think the rumor is true,%u201d stated Murphy. %u201c Of course, the CAC does not have all the facts as yet. I%u2019m not sure anyone has,%u201d he continued.On January 8 the Nixon Administration halted virtually all new commitments to subsidized low- and middle-income housing construction. Only housing starts that were approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as of Jan. 5 will receive funding. No indication has been given as to how long the freeze will last and opposition hasbeen mounting among congressional, state and city officials who have decried the President%u2019s drastic action. Shortly after the freeze was announced N.Y.C. Deputy Mayor Edward Hamilton stated that without federal assistance it is impossible to build anything but luxury housing in the city. Edward J. Logue, president of the State Urban Development Corporation (UDC) voiced a similar dire prediction when he said %u201c this can mean a drastic slowdown and cutback in publicly assisted housing all over the country...%u201dUDC is the agency that is sponsoring the StateSchermerhorn project. The Nixon Administration initiated the moratorium, urban analysts feel, as part of an overall attempt to cut federal spending, to shift responsibility for many social programs to the local level, andthereby force local authorities to operate more efficiently.With regard to the StateSchermerhorn development, the CAC chairman stated %u201c I do notbelieve that Phase One will be devoid of subsidized apartments. Something must be done about thelow-income families that are to be relocated due to the project. Many of us on the committee feel that it istlTTUCfContinued on Page 11SuspectHeldTwo Queens men were arrested Saturday morning in connection with last week%u2019s murders of Nelson Roberts and Lance Raiford at their Cadman Plaza apartment.The suspects, Frederick Mathews, 20, and Joseph Lawson, 18, both of St. Albans, Queens, were arraigned soon after their arrest before Judge Anthony Marra at the Brooklyn Criminal Court. Mathews and Lawson were implicated in the Heights double murder when Mathews was identified by a bank teller as the man who attempted to withdraw funds from Nelson Roberts%u2019 bank account.The murders were discovered on Saturday, Jan. 27th, after the building%u2019s management opened the victims%u2019 apartment to check on a blaring radio. Roberts and Raiford were found bound and gagged, having been shot to death more than a day earlier. The case had been shrouded in mystery, since there were no signs of a struggle and nothing had apparently been taken from the apartment. Detectives hypothesize that the assailants were known to the victims, and thus were able to gain entrance to the flat, and, with the discovery of the stolen bank book, a motive now seems more apparent.The two suspects are unemployed laborers, one of whom. Mr. Mathews, is in a methadonetreatment program. Mathews and Lawson are presently being held without bail. A pre-trial hearing is set for Feb. 7th.WBID PARTY: Reform Demos and candidates for city offices gathered at the Bossert Saturday night Pictured is Assemblyman Mike Pesce who, with Senator Card Bellamy, was an honoredguestDredging CanalIs Not EnoughThe Ad Hoc Committee toClean the Gowanus held itssecond open meetingMonday night to discussprogress on the plannedRed Hook Sewage Interceptor Plant.The planned sewage plantwill cost an estimated $300million. The city and thestate have promised theirsupport, but the projectcannot be accomplishedwithout federal funding. Thesuggestion was discussed touse the promised state andcity funds to get the projectunderway and to applycontinued pressure on thefederal government toprovide the remainder ofthe bill. It was noted thatthere are problems with thisapproach. Although fundsfor the type of plant plannedfor the Gowanus have beenallocated by Congress underthe Muskie Clearwater Bill,Nixon%u2019s Office ofManagement and BudgetControl will not release thefunds designated by the bill,which Nixon originallyvetoed, ostensibly as ananti-inflationary measure.In light of this delay, thecommittee has formed threesubcommittees to mobilizesupport for the project andto apply pressure on theagencies involved. The LegalCommittee Will discuss theefficacy of bringing suitagainst the federalgovernment to release thefunds, the Federal Committee will meet withCongressmen Rooney andCarey to enlist their supportfor the program, and theCity-State Committee willmeet with environmentaland political groups to insure continued support atthe local level.r*UFW b u g a t A tla n tic Ave. A&PA&P 'Unionizes' Scab LettaceConfusion arose recentlyover the posting of thesymbol of the United FarmWorkers (UFW), a bug, overnonunion lettuce at theAtlantic Ave. A&P. Phil Ryan,a lawyer with the AmericanCivil Liberties Union wholives in the area, stated thathe had seen the UFW %u201c bug%u201dup for a week or two andhad questioned the A&Pproduce manager about it.%u201c His answer was vague andconfused,%u201d Mr. Ryan explained. The only label theACLU lawyer saw on thelettuce was stating that itwas produced in Arizona,but he saw no labelsidentifying it as a UFWproduct.Rizza, a former Brooklynresident who now lives inCalifornia but who is nowback in the area to helporganize the lettuce boycott,also saw the \what he said was nonunionlettuce. When Mr. Rizzaattempted to take a pictureof the sign it was quicklytaken down.The produce manager atthe supermarket explainedthat the A&P alternatelyqaIH I IFW jpttijro or thatproduced by the Teamsters%u2014 a union that is separatefrom that of the UFWChicano workers'movement %u2014 and evennonunion lettuce, depending on the shipment. Hedenied posting the UFW/%u25a0met uhS cpiauuc iNiCn uug , d i rxizzd had diiegeu.The perils of the Brooklyn Bridge roadway were recently experienced on a jagged junket arranged by Councilman Fred Richmond.To point out specific conditions which he charges, %u201c daily jeopardize the lives of 75,000 commuters who travel on the bridge,%u201d the councilman arranged open truck transport for newspaper and TV people February 2. Stopping along the way, the media personnel got their hands and feet on the uneven bridge surface.With a report prepared for Richmond by Joseph Pistrang professor of the City University School of Engineering, advising that the %u201c wet condition isAenn-ni olLr MVVMUOV. V 4 4V.lowered skid resistance is associated with glare and reduced or poor visibility,%u201d and statistics noting that 85 per cent of mishaps on the bridge occur during rainy weather the trip on this mild morning, was not as precarious as it might have been.However as the Pistrang report attests, %u201c vviiuc driving in the wheelKroT. Pistrang prepared bridge report for Councilman Richmond.experiences the sensation oi1 4 - a* 1,. J l> u n v%u00bb iiw iv ij hj %u00bb%u00bbv%u00bb %u00bb ***{3 uiiu i/vutgcaught in a groove.%u201dRichmond citing the report%u2019s recommendations that %u201c the roadway be repaved to fill the depressions, improve surface texture and restore skid resistance to a proper level,%u201d called the city%u2019s lack of attention to the situation %u201c an outrage.%u201d He asked that the o -------------- ------ %u2014 * a u u c a t c Highway Department allocatepatns (car centered in lane) one* sufficient funds for repairs andthat signs warning motorists thattVkS-t /4.,.n V. VMAV, L a aUm m a m . L U.V *%u201c MJ W V O .ip p o iJ Wire 11wet, be placed immediately at %u201c appropriate points.%u201dFollowing the bridge tour, the councilman%u2019s office announced Richmond%u2019s committee assignments. The newly appointed councilman will serve on the Charter and Governmental Operations Committee, the Industrial Development and SlateContinued on Page 10Peace Wilf Heal WoundsAssemblyman Michael L.Pesce has expressed enthusiasm at the recentlysigned peace treaty, butreiterated his concern forthe families of those whoselives had been lost and forthe many who in one way oranother would be permanently disabled.The Assemblyman saidthat many generationswould suffer because of thewar, but hoped that allAmericans would beginworking together to see thatour commitment to peace ismaintained both abroad andat home.Denies Poor BeingOusted From Project