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TTnT mi Tis a Fine Day to Tell the Truth About Irish BEVERLY HILLS Is It true what IV sav sWriit ih "This may account for the; quality of immaturity and tempestuousness which Is used to describe the Irish." Hopgood discussed the Irish personality with Dr. Albert D. Hutter, professor of English at UCLA, in a lecture series sponsored by the Auxiliary of Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute. The scries will continue Thursday with a talk on "Education: Change of Values and Value of Change," featuring Dr. John I.

Goodlad, dean of the graduate school of education at UCLA. He will speak at 8 p.m. at the institute, 0024 Olympic Blvd. Other speakers will be Dr. Rudolf Ekslcin.

training analyst at the institute, and Dr. Louise Tyler, a research associate. Future programs are "Middle Years" on April 25, and "The Emotional Impact of Films" on May 23. In addition to a private practice in Beverly Hills. Hop-good is a member of the clinical faculty of UCLA depart ment of psychiatry.

He became intrigued with the Irish character as a youngster growing up in a suburb of Boston. "Some of my best friends are Irish," he said BY BARBARA HIRER Timn 5UII writer It is almost as if lake in this gift for words with their mother's milk. It is part of the national character." This talent can be explained from a psychiatric point of view, he said. "The Irish have had a long history of oppression by the English. I wonder if words have not become a weapon for the defenseless.

"Because of their political the Irish people have been thrown back on their own imagination to compensate for this helplessness." Hopgood says this also helps to explain the fascination which leprechauns and fairy tales have for the Irish. He says the Irish family structure may help to produce a childlike, intemperate quality in the people. Typically he said, the Irish mother is strongly maternal and the father is out a great deal philosophizing in the neighborhood tavern. Hopgood said the sons get spoiled by their mothers and, In psychiatric terms, the Oedipal conflict over the mother's love is not resolved until late in life. Many do not marry until their 40s.

Irish? That they're loquacious and lyrical, a volatile people given to magic and storytelling? Now that it's St Patrick's Day the truth can be told Beverly Hills psychiatrist Winthrop Hopgood, of Eng. lish and Scottish stock, has made an informal study of the Irish personality, and he says there may be something to the stereotype. "It is hazardous to make generalizations about an entire population." admitted Hopgood. the picture of an English gentleman puffing on a pipe in his softly lit study. "But if it's possible to make a statement about the char-acter and temperament of a people, perhaps you can with the Irish.

"Ireland is a small, rather isolated country which is homogenous in its ethnic and racial stock. Last I heard, there was only one phone book for the whole country. "Ancient writers of Greece and Rome described the Irish as garrulous, temperamental, lyrical and contentious traits which are still ascribed to them. Maybe there is something to hereditary nature of character." Hopgood notes that for its size and relative poverty, Ireland has an inordinate proportion of the world's great "novelists, poets, and playwrights. 4 J- i I MmJ" i 1 lisv i i i ii mi PART XI SUNDAY, MARCH 17,1974 Inflation Spiral Also Pinching Cities Wallets Concern Over Spending Spreads to Municipalities Unable to Meet Expenses BY GER ALD FAR1S TimesSUHWriltr The housewife fuming at the rising prices of food has much in common with the public works director of a city, reacting with alarm to a handful of bids well above the hoped-for estimate for a municipal project.

Both are victims of the inflationary spiral, and while their perspectives may be different, their basic outlook is the same: Apprehension, concern and a very real desire to scrutinize budgets and think twice about spending. In Beverly Hills, the City Council is taking a second look at a program to spend the relatively small amount of $34,000 to fix parts of City Hall. initially, former Mayor Phyllis Seaton came in with a package for considerably more improvements, but bit by bit it was taken apart by her colleagues. And even what remains now may be chopped. Councilman Richard Stone, warning of an inflated budget on the one hand and shaky revenue on the other, called such spending frivolous.

The subject of costs in Santa Monica was covered in a special report to the City Council in which R. Aronoff, city purchasing agent, noted. "It is of increasing concern that the -costs 'of equipment, materials and services are increasing at an unprecedented rate, thereby increasing costs of city operations. The overall cost-of-living index has shown a growth of almost Wo during the past year." Culver City, which would appear to have less to be worried about than other cities, also is trying to be con? servative about spending, but the city accountant, Robert Fleishman, said that because ot economies over tbe last two years there will be a surplus this year to. offset what reduced revenues there may be.

Beverly Hills City Manager George Morgan interpreted Stone's remarks at a City Council meeting as a means' of reminding Stone's colleagues ''to establish priorities in the light of our unstable economic conditions." And they were strongly applauded by Councilman J. M. Stuchen who, perhaps more than anyone else, is the-city's fiscal watchdog, warning against financial doom at nearly every turn. "I agree with Stone, and Tm glad someone is saying the things I've said for nine months," Stuchen said. "Things aren't brightening, they're, darkening." Morgan said that the inflationary factor come budget time this summer will be 8 or 9 and, just by itself, is expected to add between $750,000 and $1 million to the budget.

At the same time, he indicated the revenue picture isn't bright. State legislation limits the city to a 10-cent increase the tax rate this year, should it choose to move it which would produce only $350,000.. It is anticipated, too. that sales tax revenues will be down by at least 5 i "If we do nothing but meet essentials, the prospect of an extremely, high deficit isn't too remote to consider," Morgan said "We're not hollering wolf yet, but this is a sign of what's happening." In addition to the inflation factor, something no city (or individual for that matter) has any control over, Morgan said a growing financial threat to cities is the cost of programs cities are compelled to take on through state or-federal mandates. These generally come without financial provisions and it's up to the local municipalities to pay for them.

One now on the horizon, and almost certain of passage, according to Morgan, is the federal minimum" wage bill which will make anything over a 40-hour work week for firemen overtime Currently, Beverly Hills firemen work 56 hours. This will cost us $248,000 during the first year," Morgan said, "because we'll have to add 13 men and provide all the normal benefits. Thereafter it will cost from $120,000 to $150,000 a year." Please Turn to Page 3, Col. i 5 IK, 4- NEXT STEP IN VENICE 4 JtU i 4W 6 fly 11 lHSnm sir i i 1- 4 1 Preschool Boys and Girls Learn ABGs of Agility CULVER CITY Pre-school children at the Culver-Palms YMCA, 4500 S. Sepulveda Blvd, are learning their ABCs.

But the class has absolutely nothing to do with teaching the alphabet. ABC stands for "Agility, Balance and The program deals with such objects as steps, ladders, tunnels, in-nertubes, hoops, bouncing cushions, belly boards, bean bags, and balls. The purpose of "ABC is to introduce the preschool child to play acti- vities that help develop agility, balance and coordination. An expansion of the YMCA's popular Tadpole Swimming Program, ABC is being taught by Sue Gavin, director of aquatics, and Jo Johnson. The youngsters use a combination of equipment from the gymnasium, playground and playroom.

The emphasis, is on fun and creative learning, not competition. Some activities Please Turn to Page 4, CoL 3 S.M. Council Backs State Low-Income Housing Proposal SANTA MONICA State Legislation which would authorize cities to adopt ordinances to require low and moderate-cost housing in new developments has been endorsed by the City Council. By a 4-2 vote with John McCloskey abstaining, the council approved a motion by Nat Trives to support Assembly Bill 2090. Supporting the measure besides Trives were Fred Judson, Hilliard Lawson and Pieter van den Steenhoven.

Opposing it were Mayor Clo Hoover and Donna Swink. McCloskey urged that the Planning Commission make a recommendation on the measure before the council took a position because 'of the impact that it could have on building in Santa Monica. But Van den Steenhoven replied that it was a decision that the council had to make. Mrs. Hoover said she opposed any legislation to require a builder to ad-Please Turn to Page 2, CoL 7 rfiMTfrfii.

A. Acquiring some agility, balance and coordination for fun, not as competitive exercise, involves preschool children in variety of activities at Culver-Palms YMCA, such as sliding, in which Mrs. Geraldine Jacobson assists daughter Gillian. Mrs. Howard Watts provides for midair somersolt way up there at waist height executed by daughter Jennifer.

It takes a little timing. when you're learning how to catch a ball, and David Gordon gets it on the nose at first. Times photos by Al Markado Pared Down Canal Project to tv (, At representative on the coastal com-r mission, in opposition. Hamilton was ordered to bring his report within two weeks for council approval before Amoving on to the coastal.commission. The council turned aside two other S.M.

COUNCILMEN VOTE THEMSELVES INDIRECT RAISE SANTA MONICA City Council-men have voted themselves an indirect raise in salary but promised to rescind it under certain conditions. On a vote of 4 to 3, the council approved paying members of the City Redevelopment Agency $25 a meeting not to exceed $50 a month. Since councilmen are the members of the agency, the money goes to them. With the exception of the mayor, who gets $150 monthly, councilmen are paid $50 a month. The council resolution approving the redevelopment pay included the condition that the raises will be nullified if council wages are raised.

B.H., in Traditional 'Coronation Names Dr. Aronberg Mayor BEVERLY HILLS By unanimous vote and without a shred of surprise, the City Council elected Dr. Charles Aronberg mayor for the. coming year, and with only one abstention his own Councilman George Slaff was selected vice mayor. The ballots were cast in City Council chambers during a subdued rendition of that annual affair known officially as the council reorganization.

To the denizens of City Hall, it's the "coronation." The evening also saw the seating and swearing in of two newly elected councilmen: Slaff, returned to the council for a third term in the March 5 election, and Mrs. Donna Ellman, freshman member chosen to succeed retiring Mayor Phyllis Seaton. Slaff and Mrs. Ellman were given their oaths of office by Municipal Judge George Zucker. Aronberg was sworn in by Municipal Judge Leonard Wolf.

In his inaugural remarks, the mayor likened his role as a councilman to the one he plays in private Please Turn to Page 7, Col. 1 Be Tried recommendations by the Public Works Committee, adopting an amendment by Councilwoman Pat Russell which eliminated the committee's request for approval of a $40,000 appropriation from general funds for creation of an Environmental Impact Report, and development of the EIR itself. The councilwoman significantly altered the emphasis of the city's' canal concept by receiving council backing (also by a 12-1 vote) to include consideration of a shallow canal grid north of Washington St, and deep canals in the south this despite choruses of nays from a group of 20 area property owners in the audience. The Public" Works Committee had concurred with a recommendation from the city engineers and the city administrative officer that a deep water solution be sought for the whole canal area, and that the shallow canals in the north be suggested as an alternative only. Mrs.

Russell's amendment apparently means that the council has realized that an ideal, ie, deep water solution in the north is currently, impossible' because of opposition Please Turn to Page 6, CoL 2 BY SKIP FERDERBER Times Stall Writer VENICE The City Council continues to struggle with the Venice Canals renovation project In what appears to be an endless" array of angry property owners, demonstrations by volatile tenants and some pie-in-the-sky solutions which went nowhere stretching back 13 years, the council has grappled with the problem with high hopes of get-. ting rid of it, but with no success. Councilmen hope, however, that a slimmed-down version of the recently killed $24.5 million canal renovation plan might skate past local opposition and the South Coast Regional Coastal- Zone Conservation Com-, mission, which has veto power over projects within 1.000 yards of the mean high tide line through 1976. Last week, the council directed Calvin S. Hamilton, city planning director, to prepare a presentation for the coastal commission which would set forth the city's concepts for development of the canals, recommending that they be made part of the commission's long-range conservation plan.

The vote was 12-1, with Councilman Louis NowelL the city's.