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PHOENIX, Page Seven52nd A.D. Was ThereBrooklyn GOPVisits ManhattanThe Kings County Republican County Committee held its annual Lincoln Day dinner Feb. 10 at the New York Hilton. It was the first Lincoln Day dinner held under the new regime of County Chairman George L. Clark Jr. and for the first time was not held on a Feb. 12 nor in Brooklyn.Despite these firsts, the affair was quite successful and enjoyed by the 1700 p articip an ts attending. Toastmaster was St. Senator William Conklin of Bay Ridge who introduced a host of visiting notables. George Clark introduced Governor Rockefeller who delivered the main address, and said that Abraham Lincoln would have liked George Clark because he is a fine young man who is able, aggressive, concerned and a stalwart bulkhead for the Republican Party. The Governor also praised former County Leader John R. Crews for all that he had done for the Party, and spoke on the years of fine service to the party performed by County Clerk Anthony N. Durso, who was the evening%u2019s guest of honorIn his remarks, Chairman Clark said that he hoped to get more of our young people interested in the Party so they could be as proud of being a Republican as he is. He said he expected to build the Party to win because we want to win, and hopes to elect two more Republican assemblymen from Brooklyn in 1974. %u201cBut first, we will play a major role in the City by cleaning out City Hall this year!%u201d he said.During the evening I talked to Elections Commissioner Jack J. Duberstein and tried hard to find out what was the topic of that long conversation that George Spanakos had with Governor Rockefeller. I couldn%u2019t get anyone to say.The concensus of those that I talked to during the evening was that they hoped that thisnisi uinner ouisiue rsrooniyn g would be the last. New York is too hard to get to and ex- :* pensive, some say. Others %u2022:%u2022: don%u2019t want to go into the subways if they are formal, x and taxi fares are too high. My x idea is that if the St. George (our usual place) is too small; %u00a3: we should rent an Armory and have the affair catered. %u00a3: Another definite opinion: people want the affair on the 12th, the real Lincoln%u2019s Birthday. :$I went table hopping and :$ saw the N.Y. State Ad- :$ ministrator George M. Spanakos, leader of the 52nd %u2022:%u2022: A.D. entertaining his group.He was the perfect host and j* told me that the 52nd had 12 tables of 10 people each represented for the evening. S Among them I saw his co- i* leader, M argaret Devine, entertaining her guests, Mrs. -S Nancy Metola Schacter and $: Aaron Schacter and guests; $: Louis Heiger with his guests; :%u00a7 the former president of the :%u00a7 52nd A.D. Committee, Ben- :g jamin Groberg with his friends; State Labor Relations & Board member Mildred $ Profundi Rosen and guests; $ and the Cassinas Brothers had %a table of 10. The former co- g: leader of the old 53rd A.D., Amy Romeo, was hostess to :g her table of friends, and :g former leader Frank Gargiulo ;g was sitting at George :g Spanakos%u2019 table chatting with :g Dorothy Cox and her daughter ;g Joann. -gThe location was a good one g: for the dignitaries, however, as they were within walking :g distance of the New York :g County dinner, being held at %u2022:%u2022: the same time at the Waldorf. Many in the Brooklyn group g: felt cheated for the short time % that the dignitaries stayed :g with him. ISAnother first: it was the |S first time in about seven years Si that the Lincoln Day dinner g: wasn%u2019t picketed by Lee jij: Sterling%u2019s group (American $ Property Rights Assn.)! $Study GroupContinued from Page 3portance of this effort, we are asking a broad cross-section of community leaders and government officials to participate in the work of this Redevelopment Committee.%u201dCouncilman Cuite said: %u201cI am pleased to join Mayor Lindsay in this effort to develop a single, coordinated plan for the redevelopment of the Canal. Unless we act vigorously to have it cleaned and restored, it will only be a source of frustration anddecay for the surrounding community. I am confident that with this broad-based group we can develop an effective plan of action.%u201dDonald Eliott said that the group will have two basic goals: %u201ca short range effort, in advance of the start of work on the interceptor, to clean up the Canal, and to work with various groups and public officials to map out the next steps in a constructive development plan.TicktU: $6.50, 5.50, 4.00,3.00Brooklyn Academy of music30 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. 11217B O X O F F IC E (212) 783-2434Tickets also at A&S, Bloomingdales, and TicketronGroup Discount Sales, Call C212) 78^6700' I f HI--------- TITB%u2014 %u25a0U'D on%u2019t Q uote Me, ButBY SCORPIO%u2022 %u2022 %u2022City Planning ChairmanD o n a ld Flliott 'Q loawincr *r v %u2022%u2022 %u2022%u00a9 ivreturn to private law practice, says the City Hall announcement. What it didn%u2019t say was that Elliott has made some serious moves toward a possible candidacy for Congress in the 14th C.D. He has talked about it before, but always too late in the process and has bowed to the superior grass roots strength of first Peter Eikenberry in 1970, then Al Lowenstein in 1972. Now, he is working on it a year before any possible announcement. He just might be serious this time.%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605Frank Verderame, who spent part of a term in the State Assembly as a special election replacement for Bill Giordano when the latter moved into the State Senate upon the death of Bill Farrell, still hankers for the halls of Albany and nurses ambitions of defeating newlyelected Assemblyman Michael Pesce. Many regulars are still bitter about the poor showing ofFollowing is an exchange of letters between state legislators in the 14th Congressional District and Congressman John J. Rooney which took place in January before the negotiated peace which ended the war in Vietnam:Dear Congressman Rooney:As state legislators whose constituencies overlap your congressional constituency, we appeal to you, our Congressman, to do all in your power to end the war in Indo-China and to curtail the unilateral escalation of the war by the President of the United States.The President%u2019s action in ordering the heaviest bombings in military history without even a pretense of authorization from or consultation with the Congress of the United States poses a threat to our traditional concepts of constitutional government.Joey Martuscello; they sayF r a n k m u l H h a w o r u n rx K o H o rrace, and are boosting his stock in party councils. Meanwhile, Verderame keeps his hand in community affairs as president of the 76th Precinct Council.%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605Narrow defeat at the hands of Congressman Hugh Carey in last years 15th C.D. race seems to have only whetted the political appetite GOP loser John Gangemi. Word is he is set for a run for the GOP nomination for Councilman-at-large. Barring another liberal run by Mayor Lindsay (which put a liberal on the council from Brooklyn for the first time in 1969) he is a sure winner over the only other ta lk e d -a b o u t c o n te n d e r, Assemblyman Vito Batista.%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605Councilman Fred Richmond may be in, but will he stay as the City Councilman representing the new 29th District after primary elections this spring? One Brooklyn Heights reformerWe ask you as a senior member of the New York Delegation, and as a Congressman who in the past has supported the President%u2019s war policy, to assist your fellow congressmen in their efforts to end the war immediately by cutting off funds for any further military action in Indochina and by taking any other necessary action.Sincerely,Assemblymen Michael Pesce, PeterMirto, Joseph Lentol and Harvey Strelzin.State Senator Chester Straub, Carol Bellamy, Paul Bookson,Dear Assemblyman Pesce:Receipt is acknowledged of your round robin letter of the 15th instant with regard to ending the war in Vietnam.has already announced. A Fortn m n n o r n c i r l n n l u i i t k r+ K -r v n r r + i a c W V I IW %u00ab W I W V I I I **11.1 I O i l v /l 1(3 M O Oto the reform movement in the Heights, Robert Wittich, has entered the race this week. Meanwhile, Hugh Reed, a regular organization activist and captain in Greenpoint is set on making a race, or talking a Greenpoint Italian into doing it instead. Another captain out of his club is considering a breaktoo, all of which could mean real trouble in the one place Richmond must win big.%u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605 %u2605In other councilmanic action, long-time Bay Ridge Councilman Anglo Arculeo the only BrooklynRepublican on the Council, may face a strong challenge from'^,,~omer Eugene Murphy whois making big waves out of Sunset Park in his battle with the federal Housing Authority toforce them to quit creating slums out of FHA-incurredhomes that are abandoned by their owners.I am sure that you were as pleased as I was when the President announced the conclusion of an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.It might be well if hereafter we would save one another%u2019s time by your taking care of the local matters and leave %u00b0the Federal matters to us. This shduld give you a fine opportunity to assist your leaders.With kindest regards,Sincerely,Congressman John J. RooneyReply to O'SheaTo the Editor:The residents of the new 29th Councilmanic District deserve a forthright and open discussion of the issues. For that reason, I welcome the candidacy of Mr. O%u2019Shea and sincerely hope we will be able to discuss the problems of Industrial Development in No. Williamsburg, residency hotels in Brooklyn Heights and hospital expansion in Park Slope and Cobble Hill, to name just a few. Unfortunately, Mr. O%u2019Shea%u2019sContinued on Page 15Every banking service for you or your business and free checking for senior citizens at....26 C ourt St.B rooklyn N.Y.6 2 4 -6 5 0 0Bank ofw u s T iiT s ifC SNew York%u2019sunderstandingbankMEMBERFEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION