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-v a Vk D8 Thursday, January 31, 1985 San Francisco Examiner Perilous playground dismantled Deaths clean as we'd like." The cutbacks occurred after the operating subsidy from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development was reduced for the agency's fiscal year, which began Oct Meanwhile, an attorney for the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Services Assistance Foundation accused ed by Feinstein set the Friday deadline after visiting the projects at the request of tenants. tenants had complained about the play equipment Interruptions in heat and hot water, broken clothes-, and dirty, stairwells and grounds. blamed maintenance; problems on budget cutback. The the public housing agency of not do- heat problem was caused partially by tag enough to increase maintenance vived by a daughter, Ellen, and two grandchildren. The body will be cremated.

Douglas W. Barrett BERKELEY Douglas W. Barrett, a longtime official of the California Labor Federation and the appointments secretary to the late Gov. Goodwin Knight died of a heart attack Friday. He would have been 64 on March 21.

He lived in Berkeley and worked as administrative assistant since. 1970 to John F. Henning, the state labor federation's secretary-treasurer, in the fed-. eration's San Francisco headquarters. He had also been a Journalist and worked as publisher-editor of the Colfax Record and columnist for the Sierra Sun in Truckee, while working for the labor group.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara; daughters, Kathryn McClelland, Sheila Anderson, Phyllis Walker and Patricia Mogensen; his parents, Walter and Harriett Barrett of Sacramento; a sister, Dorothy Leamon, and 16 grandchildren. me installation ox soiar energy equip- in tne projects. The Housing Authority, lo a No- ment at the project dell Willkle, the GOP nominee for president In 1940, argued his case at no fee before the hlfch court Willkle called the case a "vital test of civil liberties." Mr. Schneiderman frequently spoke in the Bay Area, despite being continually denied use of public buildings and banned at colleges. The topic of his talks often was his assertions that the Communist Party of California did not advocate overthrowing the VS.

government. Mr. Schneiderman came to the United States when he was 2 years old. He was raised in Los Angeles and studied political science at UCLA. He joined the Communist Party when he was 18 and became a VS.

citizen when he was 18. When he was 22 he ran for governor of Minnesota on the Communist Party ticket Mr. Schneiderman was the author of a book, "Dissent on which detailed his legal battles. He retired as chairman of the California Communist Party in 1964 because of his heart problems. He continued to work as an accountant until his illness forced him to retire.

His widow, Leah, said, "Bill was a very gentle man who did not believe in force and violence He was a true believer. He was aware of errors, but he never broke with the party." In addition to his wife, he is sur William Schneiderman William V. Schneiderman, for 25 years the head of the Communist Party in California and a longtime target 'of crusading anti-Communists, died Tuesday at the University of Calif or-ilia Medical Center. He was 79. Mr.

Schneiderman had a long history of heart problems. He was a defendant In two historic court cases. After a 1952 conviction on charges conspiring to overthrow the VS. -government, Mr. Schneiderman said tne verdict was 'the result of a cloud prejudice and hysteria The time come when our country will not 'look back with pride on prosecutions of this kind." In that case, which involved Mr.

Schneiderman and 14 other California Communist leaders who were charged with violating the Smith Act, the VS. Supreme Court reversed the convictions and ordered a new trial. prosecutors eventually dropped the charges. In 1939,: Mr. Schneiderman, a native of czarist Russia, was ordered de- ported after federal prosecutors had citizenship withdrawn.

The deportation was overturned by the VS. Supreme Court after Wen By Corrie M. Anders Examiner staff writer Maintenance crews yesterday dismantled playground equipment at a large public housing project in the Mission District after Mayor Feinstein warned that it appeared unsafe for children to use. 4 After tearing down the equipment maintenance crews from the Sa Francisco Housing Authority also cleaned up the grounds and made a number of other repairs at Valencia Gardens. "There's quite a bit.

of improve- ment" said tenant Vernell Guthrie, especially citing removal of the well-worn equipment "which had exposed nails on it and was missing several integral parts. "It was dangerous for the kids to play on," Guthrie said. But she was anxious for the Housing Authority to provide new play equipment for youngsters at the 246-unlt garden apartment complex. Carl Williams, executive director of the Housing Authority, said yesterday that all repairs at Valencia Gardens would be completed by tomorrow. "We've been responding to those and trying to get them all taken care of," Williams said.

They'll be complet-, -CC10R ftD- "In the course of their work, they shut down some of the boilers and that caused a lack of beat and hot water," he said. Two weeks ago, solar employees failed to re-ignite the boilers when they finished work on Friday and tenants were left in the cold for the entire weekend. "We had a meeting with the maintenance and solar energy people, so I think we've got that problem taken care of," he said. A private firm began installing the solar panels designed to increase energy conservation about three months ago. The work is expected to be completed within two months.

Williams said a reduction in tenance personnel has had "an impact on our ability to keep certain areas as vember 1983 settlement with tenants, had agreed to the improvements. y- Attorney Paul Wartelle noted that the settlement called for the agency to plan a total rehabilitation of the proj-t. ects over five years after the agree-' ment was signed. But Wartelle said the'agency has not produced the plan or shown what he called faith" effort to reha- bilitate the projects. I "They've cut the budget for extraordinary "maintenance from $000,000 a year ago and $1 million two years ago to zero," he said.

"We say if they were in good faith they couldn't have done that." 1 Wartelle said an arbitrator will hear the tenants' complaints in Marchk tVv' rt-'i- 1 A memorial service was scheduled for 2 p.nt today at the First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St The family asks that contributions be made to the St Anthony Dining Room, San Francisco. i if i i i i i i Prices OoodThru Jan. 31, 1005 I South San Francisco 900 Dubuque off Hwy. 101 at Oyster Point Exit, 3 miles north of oan rrancisco irpon. of j-dddu San Cartas 1119 Industrial off Hwy.

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