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Another Gowanus HazardOpen flame and floating ash are the only things that blossom from this open space along the banks of the Gowanus Canal, on the property occupied by Northeastern Plastics Co. at 420 Carroll St. The scenes here took place one day in early February as winddriven flames spewed smoke and ash into the already heavily-pollutedatmosphere, driving the photographer from his vantage point at one time. The waste material is not burned here, not in an incinerator, but merely tossed into a large metal box or often just piled in heaps then set aflame. This burning, besides.being another symptom of the tragedy which unsupervised and d e t e r i o r a t i n g industrialization has wrought on the Canal area, is unlawful and a potentialhazard to neighbors and wanderers alike, witness the easy access to the area bythese two boys shown here. (Photography by Raul Cubillas)m m s s s m s s s mPHOENIX, ThreeOpen Burning on Canal Banksp i _ reri!5 ( P ------------- i L z t __________________ ^ j .j o u m D r o o K i y n i o u n y b i e i 5/Mayor NamesElliott to HeadCanal GroupInvitations went out last week to 31 public officials, legislators and community leaders to serve on a new Gowanus Canal Redevelopment Committee to be chaired by Donald H. Elliott of Brooklyn Heights.The committee, being formed in a joint move by Mayor John V. Lindsay and City Council Majority Leader Thomas Cuite (in whose district the Canal lies), will review proposals tor me tuture development of the Gowanus-South Brooklyn area and recommend a specific action program to the City, the Mayor said.Among those community workers invited to join the committee are Eileen Dugan, chairman of the newly formed Ad Hoc Committee to Clean the Canal ; Ira Levine, President of the South B ro o k ly n ; D e v e lo p m e n tAssociation; Gerald Carey, chairman of Community Planning Board Six; Frank Verderame, president, 76 Precinct Community Council; Mrs. Joan Hanley, president, Dennett Place Block Assn.; Philip Kaplan, president, Community School Board 15; Joe Bruno, president, Carroll Gardens Assn.; Evan Williams, president, Cobble Hill Assn.; Edna McRae, South Brooklyn Community Corp.; mitiiOiijr ocoito, y i eaiucui, International Longshorem an%u2019s Union; Jam es V. Mangano, Democratic District Leader.Public officials and legislators invited to take part in the review process, include: Cuite; Borough President Sebastian Leone; Congressmen Hugh Carey and John Rooney; State Senator Carol Bellamy; Assemblyman Michael Pesce; Commissioner Martin Langand Deputy Commissioner Sam Azadian, Dept. of Water Resources; EDA Administrator Kenneth Patton; Housing Administrator Andrew Kerr. Elliott, who will chair the body has just resigned as chairman of the City Planning Commission to return to private law practice.Members of the clergy in South Brooklyn who received invitations from the Mayor and Cuite, include: Rev. William Bartley, St. Mary%u2019s Star of the Sea; Rev. George LaFlare, St. Agnes; Rev. Francis Del Vecchio, Sacred Heart%u2019s and St. Stevens; Rev. Anthony Cioem Cioe, Our Lady of Peace; Rev. James Russo, St. Paul%u2019s; Rev. Andres Diaz, Cuyler Warren Church; Rev. Neville SimmonsSmith, South Congregational Church.Others invited include:* * * %u00ab tia v K V A WCammereri.In his announcement from City Hall last week, Lindsay said %u201cThe Gowanus Canal and the adjoining community has always supported a vital mix of commercial, residential, cultural and recreational uses, and we must seek ways to preserve its historic character.%u201dWittich BringsNew ChallengeFor City CouncilWithin weeks after final approval of new City Council lines, opposition to interim-appointee Councilman Fred Richmond has surfaced for a second time with the announcement this week of Robert J. Wittich of Fort Greene as a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in the spring primary election.Wittich, a Brooklyn attorney with a long history of activity in the reform movement within thenpmnf>raMr P a rty hac nntifiaHpresidents of reform Democratic clubs in the District that he intends to challenge Richmond in the primary.Wittich stated %u201cThe basic issue is whether or not we will permit Richmond to buy public office from the Regular Democratic Organization just as he cynically attempted to buy votes in his 1968 Congressional Race in our communities.%u201d %u201cMr. Richmond has made his decision,%u201d Wittich stressed. %u201cHe has aligned himselfR obert W ittichwith Proccacino, P .'ey andF e n n o it n r ln r im t th o rv- t'Corn> i y y p o r ton Pege II