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Page 34 PHOENIX April 25,1974FOR THE RECORDR eport on th e a ctiv ities of your lo c a l%u2605 C ity and S tate L egislators %u2605CongressmanRooneyCongressman John J. Rooney(14th C.D.-Dem.) today releasedfigures showing that local businesses received nearly one quarterof a million dollars in governmentcontracts during the six monthperiod ending last June for manufactured goods and supplies for useby the Agency for InternationalDevelopment and the Food forPeace Program.The commodities, produced byAmerican workers in the privateenterprise sector, are used by thevarious agencies to help and assistthe economic development of theemerging nations of Asia, Africaand Latin America.In announcing the figures Congressman Rooney said he waspleased %u201cthat the Federal Government was teaming up with theprivate sector of the economy tosupply to those nations of the worldwho want and need our help, thetools and equipment they need tobecome productive members of thefamily of nations. This kind of aidis in the great tradition of thegenerosity of the Americanpeople.%u201dState SenatorBellamyLocal State Senator Carol Bellamy has charged that GovernorWilson%u2019s proposed campaign financing legislation %u201ccontains threefatal flaws which make a sham anda mockery of any effort to restorepublic confidence in the electoralprocess.%u201c First of all, in one new section(329,3 a) proposed by the Governorthere is a multi-million-dollar loophole for any candidate resourcefulenough to attract the money andunscrupulous enough to deny itsauthorization. Secondly, anothernew section (329, 5, c) excludes thecandidate and his/or her spousefrom the limits on contributors setforth in the preceding language ofthe bill.%u201cThe first section, in effect,would permit the expenditure, forexample, of former GovernorRockefeller%u2019s unlimited resources,on behalf of a candidate forstatewide office, so long as thecandidate chooses to deny authorization of the funds. And thesecond section cited allows awealthy candidate and his or herspouse to bankroll an entirecampaign up to the overall absolutestatutory limit,%u201d Bellamy charged.%u201c And finally, whatever themerits of the other proposals, allare negated by the Governor%u2019sstubborn insistence upon placingenforcement powers of this peculiarly political legislation in thehands of a singularly politicalappointee, the Secretary of State.Senator Carol Bellamy has blasted the reappointment of JosephSwidler as Chairman of the PublicService Commission. %u201c Mr. Swidler, as Chairman of the PublicService Commission, has shownhimself to be insensitive to thebasic needs or interests of thepeople he is supposed to serve.During his chairmanship, Con Ed 1--- 1L--* ___ uii a o u c c u g i u m w u t A u i p u a m i u i cincreases, while the people of NewYork City have been denied equalincreases in services.%u201dSenator Bellamy also decried thefact that no public hearings wereheld on Mr. Swidler%u2019s reappointment. %u201cIt%u2019s time New Yorkers hada say in the choice of the peoplewho are supposed to representthem.%u201dYW TeenCoursesNew courses for teens will beginon April 30, May 2, and May 4, atthe Brooklyn YWCA, 30 ThirdAve., with varied classes heldTuesdays and Thursdays afterschool and on Saturdays. Scheduled for Tuesdays are courses inBellydancing, Ballet, Guitar andtyping. Thursdays%u2019 offerings include Acting, Cheerleading,Volleyball/Basketball and astrologyOn Saturdays teens can choosefrom Sewing, Typing, Judo/Karate, African Dancing and TieDye/Batik. A special %u201c Timefor Teen Women%u201d will be held onFridays from 4:30 to 7:30 weekly.According to Director Maria Gonzalez, teens are invited to drop in tosee her or call for further information. Her number is 875-1190and she can be reached Tuesdaysthrough Saturdays from noon on.Registration is on Thursday,April 25, from 4:30 to 6:30 or at theY.W. front desk any day prior toclasses starting.Consum erinfo Ctr.Attorney General Louis J.Lefkowitz will attend the officialopening of one of four consumerinformation and assistance centersto be opened by his office at varioussettlement houses this month, incooperation with United Neighborhood Houses, Inc. This center willbe on Atlantic Avenue in theBoerum Hill section.The centers will provide counseling on consumer frauds and willinform residents of their rights asconsumers; they will provide referrals, forward complaints requiringlegal action, and represent consumers in disputes with localmerchants.The Brooklyn center will belocated at Brooklyn Heights YouthCenter, 406 Atlantic Avenue, nearBond Street. The official openingwill take place on May 3 at 11 a.m.Willow St. Tree Plantedby Garden ClubA new tree grows in Brooklyn,thanks to the Brooklyn HeightsGarden Club which has had planteda honey-locust tree at 116 WillowSt. in honor of Garden Club ArborDay, April 24.Garden Club president, Mrs. R.Stewart Hume, Jr. announced thatthis year a state-wide project hasbeen planned by the Garden Clubsof New York State. The projectconsists of the planting of trees andshrubs throughout the State bymember Garden Clubs.THE TRAPPINGS OF BYGONE ELEGANCE are very much at home in Rick and Tracy%u2019s duplex-especially in the marvelous touches of Victoriana such as a velvet fainting couch (certainly as much a cushion for your emotions as for your back), and a glass-beaded and fringed satin lampshade. Rick and Tracy%u2019s philosophy of collecting antiques is a simple pleasure-principle: If you like it, get it-even if it%u2019s not valuable as an investment-or functional-or necessary.HEIGHTS PAINTS i * j l - r * r- r> r \\ r \\ nt?ui iv iu m u y u t; o j z - 7 z zSBtT7 . , aunro, THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS:PRATT & LAW-;, T Polyurethane - $11 %u2022\now $9 \Fast D rying SPRAY PAINT -Q ah colors - $1 59 value, now 99,Lome & see our large selectionof all types of wall coverings andPaints 1000 custom m ix e d colors sta rtin g at $5 50 per g a l fo r la tex flat. 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