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April 18, 1974 PHOENIXC<\Problems ofPolling SpotsJames V. Mangano, Democratic State Committeeman from the 52nd Assembly District and Cadman Plaza resident, reports that efforts are underway to correct the problems caused by the sudden relocation of polling precincts during elections last year.Our Lady of Lebanon Church abruptly canceled its leases with the Board of Elections, causing a last-minute shift in polling places from Henry and Remsen Streets to P.S. 8 at the other end of the Heights in voting in 1973.Mangano says that he has been working with Republican leader George Spanakos of Brooklyn Heights to locate the three voting districts-the 7th, the 12th, and the 14th-at the St. George Hotel, as the most convenient available spot.%u201cWe have been looking at a number of possible locations to recommend to the Board of Elections,%u2019%u2019 said Mangano, %u201cbut the St. George seems to be the most convenient to the widest number of people.%u201d The Bossert Hotel, closer to the bulk of the voters, said it was not interested in such a lease, saidthe Democratic leader.One election district captain. Marcella Connor, Democratic committee woman from the 12th election district, however, called this a %u201c half-measure.%u201d She asked for a meeting of voters from these three districts to %u201cfind out what the voters want to do.%u201d Ms. Connor said that she would proceed to call a meeting and mail out details to each voter concerned. \out what the people want,%u201d she said.The FBI and IContinued from Page 2victory at the cost of human liberty.John Mitchell justified some of his questionable political acts on behalf of his presidential candidate because of %u2018expediency.%u2019 Yet it is not for any individual to decide that the ends justify the means.%u2018 %u2018There is a legitimate role for an institution such as the F.B.I. to play in a democracy. But unless practices such as the surveillance and investigation of persons like myself for purely political purposes is complained of to the courts and regulated by Congress, the F.B.I. can continue to act like a police state political arm. It is our F.B.I.-it is my F.B.I. It should be protecting my privacy and my liberties; it should not be the captive institution of a few powerful men,%u201d Eikenberry said.Mrs. Charles Plotz [I.], president of the Women%u2019s Auxiliary of the Brooklyn BotanicGarden, presents a bouquet of forsythia to Borough President Sebastian Leone in honorof Forsythia Day. M rs. Cecil Good of Park Slope, member of the Women%u2019s Auxiliary, andher daughter Em ily, receive the proclamation declaring April 18 as Brooklyn%u2019s ForsythiaDay. [Photo by Newiin]H eig h ts S en io r C itizen S urvey W o n 't Bring O v e rn ig h t ResultsContinurn from Page 3problems: The conversion costscould not be absorbed by the maximum monthly rent figure paid or alloted by the State, the City, or by the recently-established Federal Supplementary Security Income program created for the disabled,aged and blind.No solutions were reached that morning; no one had really expected any. %u201c But they%u2019re finally starting to move,%u201d said Anne Cohen, 69, of the Brooklyn Division, Gray Panther Movement.%u2018%u2018They realize the situation is desperate and calls for more than kind words and handouts. We need help now.%u201dThe group will meet again in mid-May, when the survey data have been tabulated.Savings for Senior CitizensThe shops featured on this page are participants in The Heights-Hjll Community Council's Discount Program for Senior Citizens.To qualify, one need only present his medicare or reduced transit fare card.EL FARO RESTAURANTfine food - fast service- low pricesOpen Seven Deys a W eekFor Lunch and Dinner145 Atlantic m 625-9532Shop whereyou see theCommunityConcern Emblemdisplayed.^ C r o e u %u00ab 6 t i ,-%u25a0fcr;dh>!