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Page 4, PHOENIX, May 9, 1974D L 1 A C M I V n _ I : x : _______i n _ 11 i i iv_/lin ia r u m itui r u nFinds Indecision RampantBY MICHAEL ALLENFormer U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark [right], who is seeking theDemocratic endorsement for Statge Attorney General, is introduced to theaudience during the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats%u2019Candidates Night held last week in Park Slope%u2019s P.S. 371. Joe Ferris[left], CBID executive board member and Assembly candidate for the 51A.D., moderated the public forum which gave Brooklynites the chance tomeet and question candidates in the state-level races for Governor, Lt.Governor, U.S. Senator and State Attorney General.The political season is acting just like spring this year-it can%u2019t warm up. Candidates for local, state and federal offices are talking, but a PHOENIX poll of the rank and file members of one local Democratic political club indicates that many people haven%u2019t decided what they are going to do.A canvas of half the households of members of the West Brooklyn Independent Democrats, a Brooklyn Heights-based political organization, indicated a high number of %u201c undeeideds\One reason for the local indecision may be the undecided state of local district lines for state legislative and congressional districts. The courts and the U.S. Justice Department have ordered that Brooklyn districts be re-drawn to provide for more minority representation, and the rumors about which districts are going to be altered are Hying fast and furious.In spite of the indecision, independent candidates for theVote SplitThe Independent Neighborhood Democrats split their New Democratic Coalition delegates instruction vote for U.S. Senate nomination between Allard Lowenstein and Ramsay Clark at their April 22 meeting. Lowenstein received 57%, Clark 32%, while 11% voted No Endorsement.Unanimous support was given to the campaign to maintain funding of Community Action and Model Cities programs beyond June 30 through support of community efforts to win passage of HR 1246, the %u201c Perkins Bill.%u2019%u2019Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress in the 14th Congressional District, which includes the Heights, Fort Greene, and most of South Brooklyn, are continuing their campaigns. But doubts include: whether there is going to be a 14th District; whether incumbent Congressman John Rooney is going to stand for re-election; and if not, which possible %u201c Regular%u201d candidate will draw his support. Independents competing for the reform Democratic designation include: Sam Beard, a businessman who has specialized in job-development programs; Donald Elliott, a lawyer in private practice, formerly Chairman of the City Planning Commission; and Priscilla Rassin, also an attorney.Congressman Rooney says he is a candidate for re-election, but those appearing to be standing in the wings include: State Senator Chester Straub of Greenpoint; Civil Court Judge Joseph Dowd of Brooklyn Heights; and Heights Councilman Fred Richmond. A darkhorse entry is Federal Maritime Commissioner George Hearn, formerly of Bay Ridge, who, it is observed, might be able to woo some of Rep. Rooney%u2019s waterfront union support. Others say Hearn is a potential candidate for Slope Congressman Hugh Carey%u2019s seat, since Carey is not running for re-election. Yet others say there will be no Carey district after the reapportionment. So the rumors fly.THE PHOENIX POLLMembers of political clubs are widely regarded as opinionated on political matters-particularly on the subject of candidates. However, The PHOENIX Telephone Poll of 176 households out of a total of223 households representing members of the Heights-based West Brooklyn Independent Democrats, revealed great indecision about every state office up for competition.The interesting fact is that the Poll was taken on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, and the members of the Club are meeting tonight (Thursday) to vote their recommendation for endorsement.The results showed Howard Samuels the favorite choice for the Democratic nomination for Governor, with 36 per cent of the poll, but 41 per cent were undecided. Congressman Ogden Reid received 28 per cent, and Congressman Hugh Carey got 8 per cent.For Lt. Governor, Assemblyman Tony Olivieri received 42 per cent of the Poll, with 18 per cent for State Senator Mary Ann Krupsak. Forty per cent were undecided.One surprise was that Allard Lowenstein of Fort Greene, a former Congressman and 1972 independent challenger to Rep. Rooney here, who might have been expected to be the local favorite in his bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, was overwhelmed in the polling by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. Eighty-three, or 47 per cent, said they favored Clark over Lowenstein, who had 27 per cent. There were 26 per cent undecided.For State Attorney General, 48 per cent favored Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams, but the same number were also undecided. Four per cent said they preferred the only other announced candidate, Rockland County District Attorney Robert Meehan.Voting in the Club for recommendation for these endorsements takes place May 9. The results willbe instructions to the Club%u2019s delegates who will participate in the New Democratic Coalition%u2019s convention in Manhattan on May 11, where endorsements will be made by the %u201c reform%u201d movement political clubs. Delegates from the Park Slope Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats, and Carroll Gardens Independent Neighborhood Democrats will also participate in this convention.For the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 14th C.D., however, no vote is set since officially there is yet no district.However, polling showed only comparatively small differences between the candidates, but 41 per cent were undecided. Donald Elliott received 23 per cent of the total of 176 responding; Sam Beard got 19 per cent; Priscilla Rassin received 15 per cent, and Cesar Perales got two per cent.(The PHOENIX Poll was conducted by four women who telephoned members of the Club, identified from a list of members obtained by The PHOENIX. The PHOENIX was identified as the organization conducting the poll.)NEW METHODIST TRUSTEES - John C.McDonald, vice president for trademarks andcopyrights, W inthrop Laboratories, SterlingDrug, Inc., and Dr. John Edwin Nichols, anattending physician, have been elected to theBoard of Trustees of the Methodist Hospital.SLOPE INTERN SELECTED %u2014 Joseph Bettivi ofPark Slope, a student at St. Francis College, hasbeen selected to participate in a federalgovernment internship program. Bettivi will workwith Brooklyn Supreme Court.HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT -- Heights residentDr. Joseph Hajek, an attending physician at LongIsland College Hospital since 1972, has beenappointed director of the Cobble Hill hospital%u2019sdepartment of orthopedic surgery. Dr. Hajek is aspecialist in the field of arthroplasty, or total hipreplacement, in the arthritic patient.iH^jek PattonTUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION ELECTS SIX TO BOARD -- The Brooklyn Tuberculosis andRespiratory Disease Association has elected sixnew members to its 51-member board ofdirectors. They are: Alden Bassett, vicepresident, South Brooklyn Savings Bank; Schroeder Boulton of Jesup & Lamont; Stanley Sherbell,M.D., chief, pulmonary disease division, Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn; Dr. Margaret McClure, director of nursing, Maimonides Medical Center; Steve Malise, president, Mid-County Dodge; and Elmer Whitaker,neighborhood school worker, Board of Education,District 23. The elections took place at theAssociation%u2019s annual meeting, help April 29 at theBrooklyn Union Gas Company headquarters onMontague Street. All six new members areBrooklyn residents.OPTIMATES INDUCTED %u2014 The Optimates, LongIsland University%u2019s honor society, has inductedfour locals into its membership: Susan J. Bender,downtown Brooklyn, Suzanne Lecomte, ProspectPark, and Catherine Marks, Prospect Heights, allnursing students; Jeanne Rosembloom, ProspectPark, sociology-anthropology; and John R.Siamon, downtown Brooklyn, a physician%u2019sassociate.TROPHY NOMINEES - Bruno Autuoro and AnnaMaria Spencer of Class 9-1, Stranahan JuniorHigh School 142, Henry Street, have beenrecommended for the Robert Kennedy IncentiveAward Trophy for outstanding work in science.The award is bestowed by the Knights of Pythias;Camille Rugiero and Rita Cooper of Class 7SPEwere selected as District 15 finalists in the Art andEssay Contest sponsored by the Four FreedomsFoundation.CHAMPIONS - Marjorie Driscoll, Dede McGreal(co-captain) and Dawn D%u2019Arcy (captain) of ParkSlope%u2019s St. Savior High School%u2019s SwimmingVarsity. The St. Saviour team has a record of sixstraight victories in the Girls Catholic High SchoolSwim League, 1969-1974.BOARD ELECTION %u2014 D. Kenneth Patton of ParkSlope, president of the Real Estate Board of NewYork and formerly the City%u2019s Economic Development Administrator, has been elected a memberof the board of trustees of the New York CityPolice Foundation, a publicly-supported citizens%u2019organization that provides community support fortne Police Department. Patton will serve anunsalaried two-year term.HONOR FOR UTILITY EXEC - Gordon C.Griswold, president of Brooklyn Union Gas, wasawarded the 1974 Honoree Award for %u201c hisperceptive and enlightened leadership in civic andhumanitarian causes%u201d bv th%u00ab National Congressof Christians and Jews. The award was presentedby Bishop Francis J. Mugavero of Brooklyn.HONOR SOCIETY - Miss Mary Ann Grippo, ofPark Slope, has been selected for membership inthe Theta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta,national History honor society chapter at St.Francis College. She is a graduate of BishopKearney High School. Membership in the ThetaN il P .h a n fp r a t th o /NO I Io n a ie lim it/v-4 %u2666/-%u00bb / %u2022 ' %u2014 %u2014 1~ * w * %u201c ,w ww%u00bb i w y v IW i l l t II I W I i w %u2022 Ilv r tv /I Jmajors who have achieved an academic average of%u201c B%u201d or better.