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EOPI must find personnel gears up JT By TOM JONES And ARTHUR HOLMES Miiml Newt kmmrt Dade's Economic Opportunity Program is back in business. at least temporarily. Its board of directors withdrew its mass resignation just seven hours before the anti-poverty agency was to become leaderless. A month's worth of federal funds are in the coffers so its at least the 30-day "dismissal" period. "OEO has said they will take our difficulties into account when they evaluate our programs," said Mrs.

Carl, "but you know they are aiways very protective about their standards." OEO funds have been granted EOPI to run their central administration and missals are effective to choose which employes to retain as EOPI reorganizes. One board member already had described EOPI staff morale as being "lower than a whale's toe nail." And, Mrs. Carl, asked after the hour-long board meeting if the uncertainty caused by her firing method might not send morale even lower, said, "Yes, I'm sure some of them will give up on us and look for other employment," she replied. "But I hope enough will stick around to fully man the programs." Another ramification, she admitted, would be that EOPI will find it impossible to meet federal standards of quality when their specialized staffers are missing for Head Start day care centers for 1,049 poor pre-schoolers could open Monday. But now, EOPI is faced with a massive new personnel problem.

Mrs. Marie Carl, EOPI's executive director, will begin today sending out notices of dismissal to all 625 administrative and neighborhood services employes. This is nec- essary, she says, though only 100 of them actually will Le cut from the staff because of this year's reduced funds from the Office of Economic Opportunity. The reason for firing the entire staff to get rid of only a sixth, says Mrs. Carl, is to allow EOPI to grant severance pay and give her staff the 30 days before the dis neighborhood services centers for six months (until Dec.

31). At the end of that period, EOPI must pass a review by OEO to qualify for further funds. EOPI board director, John Matthews, evaluated the long -standing difficulties they have had with their fed-Continued on Page 6A, Col. 1 The Miami News JU See Page 6 A 5-A Miami, Thursday Afternoon, Oct. 1, 1970 JACK ROBERTS Ferre attacks Reese failure to trim budget The 'soul' station i good or harmful? Shortly after Miami had its first race riot back in August jpf 1968 a group of Miami blacks attempted to buy a "soul" Yadio station which was up for sale.

we thought it would be good to have a station which jvas black-owned and young kids felt they could believe," re- calls Garth Reeves, editor of the Miami Times and one of the would-be purchasers. "But we never stood a chance. While we I were getting the money together ($1.2 million) a deal was made on the station." Reeves says black ownership of a radio station in Miami is no longer much of an issue. "All the bands (frequencies) are filled," says Reeves. "WMBM in Miami Beach is aimed at blacks, but I can't see that its talk shows are aimed at the kids." Allen Margolies, the principal owner of WMBM, says his station couldn't be more black-oriented if he were black him- self.

"Our program director is black, our music director is black and our news director is black," says Margolies. "We tried hiring black ad salesmen but they couldn't sell ads." i Whites own them It was not my intention to stir up controversy between Margolies and Reeves, however. The reason I called Reeves in the first place was to see if he was aware that of some 310 radio stations in America aimed at black audiences all but 16 I were owned by white people. Reeves said he wasn't surprised and asked for my source. I explained that the information on "soul" stations was dug up by the Columbia Journalism Review, which was extremely critical of the vast majority of "soul" stations whether they're owned by blacks or whites.

By LOUIS SALOME Miami Newt Reporter Miami Commissioner Maurice Ferre, angered because City Manager Melvin Reese would not recommend a budget cut of $2 million, lashed out at Reese yesterday, calling him "stubborn, irresponsible and a status quo administrator." Ferre, making the comments after yesterday's commission budget meeting, said of Reese, "He's being obstinate, he's being stubborn and in my opinion he's being irresponsible" for not recommending ways to cut the budget. "There isn't a government that can't be run more efficiently. I think Mr. Reese is a status quo administrator and status quo administrators can end up being very expensive in the long run," Ferre added. He accused Reese of "backing into this budget." By this, Ferre said, he meant Reese knew about $4 million in new tax money would be available because of the increased property assessments and Reese then set out to spend it all.

Asked for a reaction to Ferre's blast, Reese said, "I have no comment because this is not fact, it's opinion." The city manager said, "I can't make a recommendation (of where to cut the budget). I've made my recommendation," Reese's recommendation was for a $53.2 million 1970-1971 budget with a proposed 15.262 tax rate, which is a drop of y2 a mill from last year. The commission yesterday rejected 3 to 2 Ferre's motion that would ask Reese to cut the budget by $2 million and the tax rate by another mill. Last week, the commission approved Ferre's motion, but apparently gave up on it when Reese came in with $1.6 million in new programs which he said the commission could cut, but which he refused to recommend. After killing Ferre's motion, the commission approved a proposal made by Mayor Stephen Clark asking Reese to cut each department, except the Civil Service Board, by one per cent.

This would amount to a tut of about $550,000, and a reduction of about a quarter mill on the tax rate. The next budget meeting is 9:30 a.m Monday. Miami News Photo by JAY SPENCER Past the hulk, the bridge to Interama waits to be crossed 'Strategy paper' push starts on Interama plan Convention at Beach Meany warns of slum threat The article quoted a study made earlier this year by the Race Relations Information Center which said that "by and large soul radio is a black-oriented version of Top Forty (also known as 'bubble gum') radio, which appeals mainly to white adolescents." The article went on to state that soul radio, with a few notable exceptions, is largely a cultural wasteland its public service programs are of a United Fund appeal variety, its music tiresome and its news ripped from a press service machine and read on the air by a disc jockey. Of the 16 radio stations owned by blacks, three are owned by James Brown Broadcasting a New York outfit founded by the Augusta, singer who made it big in soul. By contrast, three black-oriented radio stations which were sold last year were purchased by William F.

Buckley the wealthy and conservative editor and talkmaster, in association with a group of Omaha investors. Five white radio chains were credited with owning 22 soul stations. A study was made of the five Rollins Rounsaville Radio, Sonderling Broadcasting, Speidel Broadcasters and United Broadcasting which showed that the 22 stations had 84 executive positions and 22 news positions. Of this number, reported the Race Relations Information Center, blacks hold 34 executive positions and 14 news jobs. to prove that such a project will proceed, Pepper said.

Interama has been envisioned for years as a permanent inter-American trade and cultural exposition. But its circumstances have changed, Pepper pointed out, and stipulations set forth on the basis of the original concept must be changed also. The congressman said a committee is scheduled to go to Washington next week to negotiate details of how the federal loans and grants can be unlocked. The joint Bicentennial project is planned for the 680-acre core area, now almost debt-free, of the Interama tract between U.S. 1 and Haulover Park in Northeast Dade.

At the meeting yesterday were members of the South Florida Bicentennial Advisory Commission, formed two weeks ago by the recently-reconstituted Interma Authori With a Nov. 15 deadline looming on the chance to get millions of dollars in federal money for Interama, Greater Miami's business community began digging today to raise $95,000 to finance a "strategy paper" for a combined Bicentennial project. The effort another dogged try at getting Interama from the planning stage to the operating stage came out of a meeting called by Third Century U.S.A., a nonprofit corporation formed to handle Miami's participation in the nation's bicentennial (200th birthday) celebration in 1976. Congressman Claude Pepper told more than 100 business leaders and others at the meeting at the Miami Club yesterday that $27 million is in the federal budget for loans and grants for "Interama." But a Nov. 15 deadline has been set for the community ty to coordinate plans by various other agencies for the 680 acres.

Sylvan Meyer, editor of The Miami News, was named chairman of the commission and he told those at the meeting: "This project is at that stage between vision and reality, and now needs a step-by-step procedure outlined for it so fall interested elements can know what their next step is. We need to build the machine and locate the button that translates a lot of plans into management practices." Third Century U.S.A. has about $17,000 in pledges so far. New elements in the Interama picture include President Nixon's approval of Miami's role in the 1976 celebration, participation on a permanent basis by Florida International University, changes in Interama's debt picture and the new Interama Authority itself. Disc-jockey news MEANY States has climbed from 2.6 million people to 4.2 million.

"And there's every indication that unemployment will rise in the next six months," Meany said. "On civil rights," he said, "the administration has had a policy of a little for everybody." Meany contended that Nixon has attempted to appease Southerners while giving small concessions to civil rights advocates. "He can't do both," Meany said. On other matters, Meany said the AFL-CIO plans to submit a proposed national health insurance program to the next Congress. Such a plan, he stated, "is coming because the people will force the enactment of legislation." The Associated Preit President Nixon's failure to curb interest rates has curtailed the construction of needed housing projects and is threatening to make the United States "a nation of slums," according to AFL-CIO President George Meany.

The 76-year-old labor leader criticized the Nixon administration for failing to check unemployment and for moving too slowly on civil rights legislation. Meany yesterday addressed the 27th international convention of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America in Miami Beach. He said that, in 18 months, unemployment in the United Pollution control officer testifies Glades drainage 'threat to shrimp' High winds in Windwards, Puerto Rico on alert Aquilino Lopez withheld ruling on Lovett's motion to strike Reed's testimony. The case moved into the second day today with Attorney Dan Paul, representing the Audubon Society, expected to present testimony by biologists that the drainage plan would upset the ecology of the park. tor James G.

Pace, had not asked the state for the necessary permission to discharge waters from the drainage district onto nearby lands. Further, he said, the state owns nearby lands which it is saving for recreation and conservation purposes. Reed said he feared development of the Gum Slough tract would lead to widespread use of fertilizers and pesticides which would alter the balance of nature. He clashed at one point with Attorney Linton Lovett, representing the landowners, who objected to testimony on grounds that Reed was not an engineer or biologist. Monroe Circuit Judge The report stated, however, that many of the executive positions are in name only.

The report cited Speidel's WSOK (Savannah), which has Charles Anthony, a disc jockey, also listed as the station's program director, news director and public-affairs director. WSOK also had the distinction (or was I it humor) of listing 15-minute speeches by Gov. Lester Mad- dox and Sen. Herman Talmadge as part of its public-affairs I programming required by the Federal Communications mission. What does it all add up to? The best quote in the Colum- bia Journalism Review came from Dr.

S. F. Mack, associate communications director of the United Church of Christ. He I said: "The stations have fostered an atmosphere in which only 1 the 'soul' format is successful. Consequently, too many blacks have gotten used to it, the way dope addicts get used to drugs." William Wright, director of Unity House in Washington, raps this form of radio even harder.

"Do we need 24 hours of James Brown?" asks. "No, we don't. If we're going to talk about freedom and self determination, we need to hear our black leaders performing in other art forms. We need to talk about drug addiction, about slum landlords, about education, i But the white man gives us 24 hours of 'soul' because it pads his already stuffed pockets and keeps black people ignorant." Airport parking likely by December The big shortage of parking at Miami International Air-! port is expected to be relieved in time for the winter season with the opening of 1,000 new car spaces. The Dade Port Authority expects to make the parking available by Dec.

1 with the partial completion of the first of three, seven-level garages that will add space for 5,200 more vehicles. The airport's present parking capacity is 2,700 cars. Depending upon the weather, it is hoped that another 1,000 spaces can be put into use about Mar. 1 and the remain-der sometime next summer. The three garages, designed and engineered by Rader and Associates, are costing about $11 million to build.

Each of the garages will have room for 1,400 automo- biles. The Metro Commission, sitting as the Port Authority, has approved a $17,145,731 operating budget for Dade's five airports in 1970-71. The Port Authority budget is derived solely from airport revenues and does not get any money from Dade taxpayers. Miami Update Heavy showers and wind gusts of 40 miles an hour hit the Windward Islands this morning as the center of a tropical depression neared the island of Martinique. The San Juan, P.R., Weather Bureau warned island residents of possible flash floods from the rains.

The depression continued to move between west and west-northwest at about 17 miles an hour and at 8 a.m. was centered 100 miles east of Martinique. The National Hurricane Center defines a tropical depression as the weak stage of a hurricane. Elsewhere, the Hurricane Center said the remnants of Tropical Storm Greta, now called a depression, were centered just north of the Yucatan Channel. This was about 275 miles southwest of Key West and less than 100 miles from Cuba's western tip.

Heavy rains from the depression were drenching western Cuba and the Hurricane Center said there was danger of local flooding. Highest winds were 35 miles an hour in squalls and the center said conditions did not favor significant strengthening. Housing for elderly 10-7-70 By VERNE O. WILLIAMS Miami News Reporter KEY WEST Nathaniel Reed, chairman of the Florida Air and Water Pollution Control Department, testified here that a proposed 50-square-mile drainage district on the northwest edge of Everglades National Park poses a serious threat to nursery grounds for shrimp and many species of game fish. At stake in a court battle is a plan by private landowners for the big tract which would quadruple the value of its 32,960 acres making a total price of nearly $13 million.

Reed told a court considering a petition for approval of the drainage district that his department will require that waters in Gum Slough area, about 50 miles west of Miami, be kept biologically pure. This means that contamination of streams by pesticides, fertilizers, industrial wastes or other polluants will be prohibited, he said. The drainage plan calls for the land to be diked and used for raising cattle. But Reed said that the landowners, represented by Miami Real PROJECT: The largest leased housing project ever approved by the federal Department of Housing and Urhan Development. STATUS: The 391-unit, three-building project at 18th Avenue and 28th Street is about three weeks ahead of schedule.

OUTLOOK: The builder, Raknian Development says construction will be completed by September ivas a sizzler lowest temperature came early on the morning of the 13th when it dropped to 71. Even with all the rain during the latter part of the month, September's total rain fall was .58 of an inch below normal. Total rain for the month was 8.89 inches. Normal is 9.47. September's average monthly high temperature was 87.2 degrees, 5.9 degrees above the month's normal of 81.3, the Weather Bureau said today.

On five days during the month 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th and 12th the temperature hit 90 degrees or more. The.