Daily News from New York, New York • 41

fM DAILY" NEWS, 'TUESDAY," NOVEMBER '41 LONG ISLAND SNAIL ROAD And sudden death THE WAKE of wanton -violence, rational minds grope for the answer to the eternal question. Why? Why did members of a California sect transplanted to the jungles of Guyana savagely murder ftep. Leo Ryan and four companions? Why did hundreds of the cultists then take their own lives in what appears to have been a planned mass suicide? It may be too much to expect that clear and logical motives for this macabre carnival of 'death will ever be found. Who can explain with calm reason the actions of frenzied, obsessed people? We are told that the Sep. Ryan founder of the People's Temple, Jim Jones, was a man of "hypnotic charisma." Perhaps that is the best clue we will ever have to the murderous outburst of his followers.

In every age, and in every nation, such men appear. They exude a feeling of power that captivates the insecure. They attract those who long for release from the pain of reality and escape from the burdens of responsibility. They command fanatic loyalty. Mesmerized by their leader or cause, the disciples are capable of sickening acts of violence if the make-believe world they have chosen seems threatened from the outside.

Rep. Ryan, who was investigating charges that cult members were abused, may have appeared to VOICE OF THE PEOPLE and address with letter. We will withhold both on request. OUTRIGHT ROBBERY Queens: I had put my hand in your pocket and taken $700, you would've had me arrested and jailed. I see no difference between that and Transit Police Chief Sanford Garelik and his boss, John DeRoos, taking a pleasant jaunt to Florida at the taxpayers' expense.

Considering the salaries these highly-esteemed politicians receive, the penalty for grand larceny should be doubled. However, due to the existing double standard, the most they will receive is a slap on the hand. G. EPSTEIN ODD, NO? Poughkeepsie: How queer that New York City has enacted a residency law for those who are willing to work, but no residency laws for those who do not. A city that reelects an admitted sexual pervert to office can be expected to enact perverted laws.

FRANK F. bined. Since the Supreme Court's "Bloody Monday" decision of Jan. 22, 1973, over 10 million persons were deprived of the right to life without due process of law. By contrast, the total U.S.

war dead from 1775 to 1975 amounted to 1,205,291. Abortions truly are America's genuine blood bath. D.F.B. A TRUE HERO Manhattan: Thank God for Fireman Harry Burns, who recently pulled a 4-month-old baby out of a burning building. Because of his quick thinking and good training, the baby is alive.

With men like Burns, this city is a little more bear-'able to live in. God bless vou, Fireman Burns. MARTA CZtfNSZAK NEW HANDLE Queens: I am very surprised that Jackson Heights hasn't been renamed "Cocaine Heights." After all, it has to be the drug capital of the country. I. McSWEENEY present sucn a tnreat.

Whatever the cause, the result was a terrible human tragedy horrifying in its swiftness and brutality, shocking even to a world hardened to the sight of death on a massive scale. PAYING THROUGH THE NOSE It is hard to imagine money-short New York City shelling out $7.5 million a year for emergency housing, or paying princely rates in second-rate hotels for burned-out welfare families. But News Reporter Arthur Browne found that such was indeed the case when he dug into the wacky, extravagant way in which a city that is itself a poverty case provides shelter for the homeless poor. Aside from inexcusably high hotel rentals, Browne also found that the city regularly pays bonuses to needy fire victims who find their own dwellings. Although it encourages arson, the practice continues and city officials confess they don't really know why.

We urge City Hall to demand some answers, quickly. It sounds to us as though this money is being doled out from force of habit and we better break the habit. THE GOOD OLD DAYS State Controller Arthur TiRvitt has rnT.firmp.rl what Inquiring Photographer Please give name OPENED HIS EYES -Queens: The new insights into John F. Kennedy's character provided in your series "Jackie Oh" should wise up the old Irish-Catholic voters who cast their ballots for any Democrat as a matter of course. JFK's cynical manipulation of family religious ties matched the antics of that cunning old cardinal, Richard Cushing, who apparently turned a blind eye and deaf ear to' JFK's transgressions and his widow's remarriage to a divorced man.

Despite the crumbling of the "Camelot Myth," many are still victims of "Kennedyolatry" and will worshipfully promote the "Hero of Chappaquiddick" to the throne oops, the White House. HIBERNICUS GHASTLY TOLL Queens: The World Book Encyclopedia's 1978 edition indicates that abortion has taken more American lives than all the wars in U.S. history com rt Saporito Pesile THE QUESTION Are you surprised by the widespread acceptance of the new cleanup law by the city's dog owners? THE ANSWERS Donna Saporito, commercial artist: "A little, but the law proved that dog owners are pretty responsible people. They just needed a little nudge. I have three dogs and I clean up after all of them.

It is a real way to start cleaning up the city." Paul F. Pesile, financial consultant: "I'm not too surprised because it fits in with the ecological movement. Law abiding people are going to o'bey'Hha' The thousands of Dashing Dans have long suspected. The Long Island Railroad hasn't improved with age. On the contrary, a Levitt audit shows that most LIRR trains ran on speedier schedules in 1903 than they do today.

Even so, the on-time record is deplorable. No doubt the LIRR didn't operate as many trains or carry a huge number of passengers 75 years ago. But other forms of transportation have been able to adapt to the times and meet new challenges. From Ievitt's figures, it's clear that critics who a 1 i i i nave tiucuseu mc laiuuau ui uciiig uauvwaiu were oil the mark. For the LIRR, backward would be an improvement.

HEY, LOOK US OVER New York City is not what anyone would call Republican country. We trust that won't prevent the GOP hierarchy from giving serious thought to the city's bid for the party's 1980 national convention. As the 1976 Democratic gathering proved, New York can handle big meetings with ease and efficiency. And, when it puts on its company manners, there is no warmer or more enjoyable town than the Big Apple. By JOHN STAPLETON law.

I think the law would have been just as effective if there hadn't been fines for non-com- pliance." Mrs. Joyce Thompson, detail assistant: "Compliance may be good in Manhattan and in apartment house areas, but not in the northeast part of the Bronx, where I live. There may be some dog owners who obey the law, but the majority still do not." John Emigholz, structural draftsman: "I'm not surprised. Dog owners are afraid of the $100 fines for each offense: Enforcement has made the law work. We no longer have to tiptoe down Manhattan streets because the dog nuisance has b6en' almost 1 111 lfr -ftiw 5 Thompson Emigholz iRMMeaHH tar -4Mb Mehlus Lopez Ingrid Mehlus, production assistant: "I am a little.

Making dog owners clean up after their pets is a demeaning thing to do. I wouldn't do it. But I suppose if a dog owner loves the pet, he will do it. It's either that or risk paying the big fine." John Lopez, structural draftsman: "What's surprising about it? Dog owners are just as tired of stepping into dog dirt as the rest of us. The law has been obeyed because everyone benefits from it by making New York a cleaner, more healthful city." The News will pay $10 for each question accepted for this column.

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