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8 Part Nov. 1, 1976 XoS 3ngtltS tltf 1 1 A Whether you want to rent or buy, check Times Classified first Times Photos by Rick Meyer Miller: Liberal of a Different Stripe L.A. School Board Member Changes Image After Assuming Post now says Miller is "unprincipled" and that he is deeply disappointed with Miller as a member. Miller says he is surprised at all the enmity. "I think they shouldn't get angry," he said.

"I think it should not be on a personal basis." Miller commented that the positions he has taken are not "different from those of any thoughtful liberal." Why the disillusionment and rancor about Miller? Most board members think Miller misled them as to his real views or was at least dissembling prior to his appointment. They are upset because he is outspokenly against busing. They are infuriated because he focuses on sensitive We carry thousands of listings every week APARTMENTS CO-OPS toward Miller, a feeling that stems in large part from appearances with Miller at community meetings. They feel Miller misrepresented their positions on integration during debates at such meetings and unfairly stirred audiences against them. Docter has said that some mandatory busing will probably be necessary to achieve court-ordered desegregation, and although Nava and Watson may not have said so explicitly, they are expected ultimately to support that positioa Miller is vigorouslfopposed and introduced an antibusing resolution just three weeks after his appointment, an action which drew the wrath of Docter, Watson and many black leaders.

(Board member Kathleen Brown Rice, a coauthor of the resolution, has not been similarly condemned, an indication that Miller's position on busing is far from being the sole reason for the anti-Miller feeling.) Additionally, Miller has seemed to question all past board policies, challenge staff members unhesitatingly, embarrass opponents with his sharp tongue and quick mind and has found himself being supported more and more by Richard Ferraro, the most conservative member who is intensely disliked by other members. Miller analyzed the reaction to him this way: "I think they (board members) had illusions. It's a natural feeling when you've given birth to something. (You want him to) do what you want So I think it's a shock when you find that even though you have the power to choose a person, you dont have the power to control the person. And I think that's part of what is going on." Miller insists that he has not changed since he was appointed and said that if board members are suprised at his views it is their fault for not finding out more precisely what he thought before picking him.

Board members denied they wanted to control Miller and said they expected him to be independent but not abrasive and constantly causing conflict Miller conceded that the ill feeling is in part the result of his aggressive behavior but he said rather than being capricious, it is part of a carefully planned strategy. Tve challenged some basic assumptions," he said. "And my feeling is that when an institution Please Turn to Page 10, Col. 1 BY JACK McCURDY Times Education Writer Howard Miller was the epitome of the young, liberal attorney fighting for what is right and just when he was featured on The Advocates, a public affairs program which appeared on noncommercial television (including KCET in Los Angeles) for five years. The program had a courtroom setting, and Miller cut a dashing figure, debating topical issues with a conservative counterpart, jousting with sometimes hostile witnesses and trying to win studio audiences over to his liberal cause.

In fact, Miller was and is an attorney a USC law professor in real life. He was also a liberal in politics or so everyone thought when he was appointed by the Los Angeles Board of Education to fill a vacancy on the board last February. Now, two years after the television series ended, his TV fans would be shocked at what has happened to Miller and his liberal image. Miller the school board member has become the darling of many conservatives particularly because he favors voluntary rather than mandatory integration and has become anathema to not a few liberals. How he stacks up with the general public rcamins to be seen; he may prove to be quite popular.

But if the liberal-dominated school board had it to do over again. Miller almost certainly would not get the job. "In seven years on the board, it's the most grievous mistake I've made," board member Robert Docter said. We could have done better (bv selecting someone from) the phone book." His colleagues are given to increasingly bitter and sometimes personal attacks on Miller, accusing him of high-handed "courtroom tactics" and of making "inflammatory" statements on integration. Board President Julian Nava at one meeting said Miller's behavior was "below the dignity of the office." Longtime observers of the board say the hostility directed at Miller is unparalleled in the history of the board.

And the attacks do not come from board members alone. One community leader who was influential in helping Miller get the appointment Most board members believe Miller misled them as to his real views. matters like the use of chauffeur-driven cars by board members. They are suspicious that Miller is concentrating on issues that will grab the public's eye, in tending to use the board as a platform to gain exposure for a future attempt at higher political office. (He ran for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1974, but lost.) They are incensed at his seemingly brash methods of pushing proposals, such as holding press conferences to promote them.

His colleagues are taken aback by his debating tactics, including his tendency to "cross-examine" administrative staff members and others. Miller is also prone to use blunt language instead of the careful educational parlance which is standard at board meetings. When they set out to fill the board vacancy, board members had a rare chance to pick someone who would work harmoniously with them. The realization that they have not accomplished that likely explains some of their In retrospect, it seems that board members, like many others, relied more on Miller's TV reputation than their own careful inquiry to learn in detail what he stood for. But there are other reasons as well for the disaffection with Miller.

Docter, Nava and Diane Watson are the three board members who feel the strongest antipathy CONDOMINIUMS mmmmmsm NEW TV STATION Continued from 6th Page and beyond what a beginning TV station normally would be able to offer." Enthusiasm radiated from his tanned face and it was easy to see that Boone had given a lot of thought to what he was saying. He had seen his share of financial reverses; had in fact suffered through a period, in 1971, when a recreational development in Washington state went sour and he had trouble coming up with the $9,000 he was obligated to put into Gclden Orange at that time as part of his investment All of that was behind him now as the noise of Sunset Blvd. traffic filtered through his office picture window. "I and my accountant and lawyer we all know Tve taken on a real liability," Boone said, explaining why he had taken over the shares of Durante and Parker. "But I see it as just a further investment in what we're doing.

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