The San Francisco Examiner from San Francisco, California • 42

D2 S.F. EXAMINER irC Thurs.VOct. 16. 1980 Ferry commuters set their sights on a motion picture's mirage By Malcolm Glover For awhile, commuters scurrying to board the Golden Gate Bridge District's ferries touldn't believe their eyes as they traipsed through the passageway at the south end of the old Ferry Building. For most, it shouldn't have been too much of a shocker because, after all, almost all are from Marin County where some say such oddities as hot tubs and peacock feathers seem to be the norm.

But to see a portion of San Francisco suddenly switch, within an eight-hour period, from barren concrete to a beautiful landscaped park was too much But the- joy will be short-lived, thanks to a Southern California film company. As most of the commuters arrived at the Ferry Terminal on Tuesday morning, the area behind the old Ferry Building was the same as it has been for more than a year and a half wooden barricades separating the commuters from large, partially completed concrete planters, and a dozen or so smaller and shallower indentations in the nearby area that is planned as a plaza. But, after a full day at the office, they sauntered into the west portal of the tunnel on their way back to the ferries. And, Just as they did each day, they were in the midst of leaving the drabness of the old ramshackle Ferry Building and the bleak waterfront Upon emerging out of the east end of the tunnel, they were confronted with a semi-modernistic ferry terminal and the still uncompleted "Restaurant on the Bay," sittings atop the BART ventilator shaft Barbary Coast Investments which holds a 66-year lease on the restaurant and surrounding plaza, has been paying the Port Commission nearly $3,000 a month rent since they were awarded the lease In 1974 The $2.7 showplace restaurant has been -under construction for more, than three years, but has experienced several delays because of work by BART and the Golden Gate Bridge District on its ferry terminal. Almost all work on the outside of the building and the surrounding area has virtually come to a stop because of the expensive delays.

At one point legal hassle developed between the port and the developers over the maintenance of the plaza. But on Tuesday, and again yesterday, it looked as if new money had been'pumped into the squabble What originally had been scheduled to be huge planters now were filled with water and featured four spurting water fountains. The dozen or so smaller planters, or 1 indentations, were filled with red bark and workmen were busy unfurling rolls of sod and grass on top of the bark and laying them in place. Others were placing flowers and plants in place and the once drab and dreary area took on an entirely different and colorful appearance. It was, as one commuter was heard to say, "like stepping into another Smiles were evident everywhere from the commuters hurrying to catch their ferries to the employees in the ferry terminal and the offices of the World Trade Center in the old Ferry Building.

But the joy was brief when it was learned that the whole area will be restored to its original lackluster appearance next week. It seems as how all the grass, the flowers, the water and gushing fountains are only props for a movie that is being filmed here. The movie is "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash," a comedy about an ex-Philadelphia Phillies baseball player who meets up with a kooky dance instructor named Chu Chu. Featured in the $6 million epic aire Carol Burnett, Alan Arkin and Ruth BuzzL The movie company, which has been in the area for the past 45 days shooting in China Basin, Alta Plaza Park, Potrero Hill, Treasure Island, Oakland's railroad station and the Fairmont Hotel, will complete their Bay Area filming at their newly created park at the ferry terminal plaza tomorrow, Saturday and Monday. The movie, written by Barbara Dana, Aridn's wife, is expected to be released in about nine or 10 months, a spokesman said.

Workers push for more notice about closings of their plants who lost his job after 14 years when ml Crown Zellerabch recently cut back its I Antioch operation, was one of several 11 displaced workers to tell the commit- tee of his plight Tve looked over all God's creation in Antioch for a job," Weaver lamented, and there, is "no job." I-. 1 Weaver, who has a wife and children, said the- unemployment of without any notice, is left, without a job." "My heart really pours out to this," said Mel Mountain, general manager of the Louisiana Pacific container division in Antioch. But Mountain, himself once a union member, asked if government, in exchange for early notices, would be willing to require workers to stay on the year or two until a plant closes and require customers to stay on well "Unless it is the intent of Congress to nationalize all industries, it should not place more restrictions upon business," Mountain said. '1 suggest that if you congressmen really want to help the people of this country, you will permit the free enterprise system to work." The hearing was one of several being. held around the country by members of the House subcommittees on employment opportunities and labor-management relations on legislation that has been pending in Congress for five years to lessen the impact of massive job layoffs.

In its present form, the bill, HR5040, would require companies to give from six months to two years notice of closings, depending on the size of the cutback, provide job training allowance and severance pay for employees. It would also provide federal loans to help companies to keep plants going. Hosting yesterday's session was Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, and three other congressmen. Donald Weaver, a paperworker Robert Crane, Northern California representative for the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, which has gone through several job cutbacks among its workers in Antioch paper mills the last two years, said in almost every case the news media were notified before the workers.

The longest time from the announcement "until they were on the streets wondering where their next house payment was coming from" was 30 days, he said. Larry Herger, a United Auto Workers member, told how he and other workers in General Motors' parts warehouse on the border of San Leandro and Oakland learned from newspapers that their facility was closing and the operation being moved to Nevada. And union representatives from the General Electric Wire and Cable Plant in Oakland said when they thought things were better than ever, the company announced it is closing the operation because the combined facilities of its wire plant here and the two in the East are "underutilized." At a minimum, a one-year notice of closure should be required, proposed Don Hen-era, financial secretary of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1440 in Pittsburg. In addition, Herrera said, his union feels companies have a "social obligation" to document the reasons, for the closures and develop alternative production uses for the plants being shut down. Crane, the paperworkers union representative, added, "It's awful hard to realize the effect tins has on a man or woman who has worked steady for 20 years, given the best working years of their lives to their, company, and i By Mike Lassiter The auicide rate among workers who lose- their jobs because of plant closures is 30 times the national average They suffer unusually high levels of heart disaase, stress, diabetes, gout and ulcers, in addition to being more likely to commit child abuse, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

One-third never regain their previous economic status, report government researchers. And 40 percent are unable to find anoher job for at least two years. Against that background, represent: atives of displaced bluecollar workers in the East Bay yesterday asked a congressional hearing in Martinez for a law requiring companies to at least announce closures with more than a few hours' or weeks' notice. fice supplied him with only one prospect in Richmond and nothing has come of it He said he applied for a laborer's, job with the California Transportation 'Ul Department and four months later received a notice saying he unqualified. "What kind of qualifications do have to have to run damn he asked the committee.

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