The Herald Statesman from Yonkers, New York • 12

i X- I -Oiir views- The Herald Statesman YONKERS, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 1 177 Not voting? 12 But you are Confidential' Dumb idea -Public opinion The top bf the ballot Here we noi again with another oi Idea of President Carter. He Letters to Public Opinion mnd contain the name, adfrea and telgbone number of the writer for verification. Addnem withheld on request. SuggesI-ad maxlmunileagtb for prompt putaH-eatfon Is SOI warm.

Lottos andddba amt ta: Public Opinion. The fititrsmsn. Laitfo Plus, Yonkers, N.Y. lOWS. at them all By GWEN HALL City Editor flighty wants tha saving insitutiooa to withhold SO per cent of the intareet occur rred: r- THERE ARE about millfoa.

mostly retired, senior citizens, a greet many of whom put their money away in insured deposits and urn tha Interest to supplement their all too Security paymeota In aider to meet foe current bUs for such luxuries as rent or reel crista takes, food. SOME 95.000 of your neighbors in Yonkers are registered to vote ui todays election, but how many will? For people who truly dont care how the election comes out, there's no point in -exhortation. But for the many who do care but who fed their one vote wont make any real difference well, they need reminding that people who dont vote do in effect cast their ballot for the winner but default. Maybe that'll be all right with the nonvoters tomorrow morning, but maybe it. wont They may wish they had eTcK Voting is the IW ui Way to avoid that futile regret.

Even those who dont IfOTE Electioa Day will provide unique opportunity for the voters of New York State to atrengthen and greatly Improve the administration of justice. Constitutional Amewknenta I and which will appear at the top of ovr ballot, present basic' steps forward ta HERES LOOKING AT THEM Who ta nut? This time tomorrow a dty still seething from Candida tea who ted behtad a moka screen of non lamee will know. The campaign rhetoric win be over rod foe newly elected win be taktagboWa. Rmenftnent I would ftortaa Urn cumbenome process of reviewing dti-aens complaints about foe conduct, fitaens and performance of judges by aboltahiag foe antiquated Court on ftn Judiciary and providing that appeals be taken directly to foe or sms, utilities and occasional concert or theatre, -o' SB per cent is taken sway, even temporarily, during any calmdar year and an additional waiting period offive or rix montts for refunds from foe IRS Is tacked on it, then many senior citizens yill havt very aeriona hard- -SliBMIT that people'do not pay their taxes, fkM them or jail them; do. not penalize foe senior dtisene by coming sp with- them prepoatemns Those who made a big khdo ever rutting down on government support of foe dty manager and atom clearance: wUl start giving their prompt attention to taming proclamations: and getting reelected in two yean.

There wu a fail-ire to deal coherently with foe citys prob-lems. Some aqtiinned, some kept engaged in' double talk, but few an foe line with a straight yes" or Amendment 1 would eitablhh a feeds! nonpartisan commiuion. of lawyers and layperson which would fo the governor candidates whose character and profesdon-al experience make them MitiMitiy Sifted to serve as judges on the of Appeals. AO appotatmeats would still be subject to a confirmation vote of our elected rrprrirnte three hi the New York Senate. This method ia deseed to put a atop to un-.

dignified, expensive and often min-leadtafpoUtiad campaigns. Amendment would give constitutional permanence to-the existing bat -pomibly temporary office of statewide coert admtaistrator, enabling oar complex judicial system to nai more efficiently and economically and continuing the modem izatiod and planning our courts must have if they are to accommodate the needs of oer citi- of study and investlgatian by members of foe judiciary, legislators and'fech organisations as foe New York State Bar Association, Leagno of Women. Voters, Committee far Modern Courts and the Citizens Uhlan, and they have also been endorsed by many other civic and community gronpe the State FTA, Service Society and foo National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Leaden of both parties of foe legislative have stated their support, as wen as both Alfred Del BeUq and Gordon W. Burrows, candidates for Westchester county executive.

ZITA LOEWE the have the satisfaction of knowing that at least they did their bit to try and influence it' You have until 9 tonight to make yourself count. la tt not a strange phenomenon that Mr. Ford, when IYezwtaet. banged his head against foe lintel of a copter door and Mr. Carter got a delayed 'conns- 's JOHN J.

ABRAMSEN i Yaakera no m- League af Wobmi Veters of Westchester Take a stand! Auld tang syne 'Herblock 'Takcgdod twcjBf your diildrens' father or theyll be left alone with However foe people who regard votfcy a ruponaftOity, aa obligation still go oat ad do so And they get what they deoerw. For fo. stance if they elect matinee idol, they get Robert Moses laid after Us first meetkg with Jshn Lindsay ta January, UBa musical conio- dtv Spot checks for voter tmoat at election district voting places early today revealed what some fooht ot foe candidate's y. chartanf contortions and credibility. When he wu first elected' coeadlmaa, a reporter beard one man confide He wu afted what he thought of the Taft-Hartiey Bill ad he replied after tttaktag for awhile, I thtak we.

ought to pay the damn thing." you' ELVIS PRESLEY, 'Bing Crosby and now Guy Lombardo. The bad news really did come in triplicate this time, claiming' three giants in the realm of popular It was always fashionable in some dr-des to deride Lombardos music as corn, but it was hard to belittle SO solid yean of commercial success for a style sweet, simple, with a danrtaMe beat that remained a constant in- a mercurial busi- Over in another ward one told her neighbor, Theres a ramor aramd that hes going to run for Congress. He's foe one who started the rumor. Guy Lombardos music wasnt for everybody, but it was highly congenial for countless as was the warmth of personality with which Lombardo traditionally ushered in new years. New Years Eve isnt going to seem official, nor its festivities complete, without him.

ALL WIVES and mothers of Yonkers firefighters mould be screaming their heads off about the recent cate. made to the Yonkers firefighters work force. The Fire Chief reduced foe manpower to a. men per tour. Ten years ago, when my husband wure-.

feondtag to a three-alarm ffre, I was riwched to hear that there wen only two firefighters on Engine Company 10. At that time there weren't even enough masks on foe engine lor him and his squad partner. The average cttiaen doesnt know or care how many men come to a fire, ax long foey icc a red truck when, they need one they are satisfied. Theyre not about to ask how many men it taken to' do a certain tafo however hard, or how many times became of leas manpower yoor husband 'has to runup stairs or ladders with heavy equipment Each add every one of foe firefigbt ets wives and motbero mould start now screaming to all the, people hi high places either in the fire department or in the ears of their elected officials. Tell them they want foe maa- power put back to where was.

when it was negotiated by President Tom Flynn. I AM the wife of a firefighter with four children, and the biggest mock to me and my children wap that their father had suffered a heart attack at that three-alarm fire, and faas been hospitalised at least throe times since, for all heart connected injuries. I may also add at this time that his squad partner at that same tiro is walking around with, a new valve alio. MRS. VINCENT MARCHIONNI Yonkers Jut before polling foe lever, om jpoktef hta frutnttoa with foe City Council toenanigans of foe past lew yean.

A vtoK to foe Yonkers Ctty Ooniicfl meeting ta retely strange. A mu gets to ad nta at pent length and uys nothing. Nobody ltatens and then everybody disagrees with him. V. A senior ritizen who to 9 hard nosed realia 'md tekea'tei voting very ieriosoly iaid he attended a candhlatea forum last week and after listening to a few hours of false and vagus ram-Minga called out, Half foe City Ooudl are KDOTOU.

IJDOi uM.IIGVnDallQDMCIBM VDD wu present demanded a retraction. Okay, half foe Oty Council arent morooa. That mada foe i nmi 11 r- Mondales joke The final and perhaps moat lingering meat wu given after an exchang recent Manual aOiancea. Mities riranee bedfeDows but von notice how nesroww wjMMeeswwa 9 wwe xww they get used to the bunk? Personally, 1 am again political jokes. Too oiRen they get elected.

"EXCEPT F0R THOSE OF USVAAJBABOVp. IT Back ta foe 19th Centory wbro aO ta Yonkers, elections were very different. DM yon know that ta 1BZ Jana Charter defeated Robert PsrhhUI Getty by sight votes ta IIm mayoral election. Getty previous had served two terms presidmt of foe VHlage qt Yonkers. Thro there were mayors samed Otta, Walsh, Chyna, Andrea and Inman.

Natha A. Warren, elected ta 1901, wu a medical THE JUDGE went along with the Justice Departments deal with Richard Helms, sparing the ex-CIA director a prison terra but iipmg him $2,000 and giving him a tongue-lashing for violating his oath in not testifying fully before a Senate com-mittee. You stand before. this court in and shame, the judge said. Helms obvi ously didnt think so.

In high spirits afterward, be seconded -his yers descrip-, tion of die convict i as a badge of honor" and pnv ceededtoa countrydub where a crowd of retired OA officers gave him standing ovation and kicked in money to pay the fine. And what did it all (wove? Two days later Vice President Mondale in a TV interview defended the Justice Department bargain and said the prosecution of Helms proved that no official is above the law. Well, folks always did say Fritz has a dry Sense of humor. This proves i-Jack Anderson- fo 190 Walter M. Taurig eommited suicide ta office, 'and Alfred Watsan, council president jeryed Jhe-remataderoLhta term until snew Mhntalstration took over Jaa.

l. Watsoa ran ta IBM but lost to Thaaus F. Luhta IS JU-MJM; Larkin tied while playing golf ud foe Supreme Govt ordered Special etecUaa tb'fill his term. By JACK ANDERSON and LES WHITT EN. Since 1973, however, the present director, Clarencd Kelley, has halted moat-, of these practices.

We were enable to -reach the Peppers. While. Joseph F. Leekr wu mayor In 1M7 the dty manager plan wu defeated and tteata ltM Ms approved aloog with proportional, representation. Dr.

Benjamin F-. Banes wu another medical doctor elected ta 190. AaAfit course. In 19M Yonken had its only female mayor, Edith P. Wdty, but not before proportional representation wu repealed.

Then came the yean that belonged to Mayor Kristen K. Kriatmaen who ran hta doaest nee aptaat. present Oty Court Judge Robert Oadhce.Who remembers that before Jake Ffojfmcsoe state senator he taaseccesrid maybral Prayer for today PUBLIC ACCOUNTING! Consulting tirmi With dote ties to the oil industry have been formulating energy -policy for the government. The DepdHmeat of Energy has asked Price Waterborne and Company to develop a contingency plan for gasoline The firm is the accountant for a number of major oil No other company was al-. lowed to compete for the contract The isa.000 plum was simply awarded to' Price Waterhouse.

Not surprisingly, foe firm, in stndy- tag aa emergency gu rationing piro that would ray on oil company credit cards. This has angered the tadepend-: rot gu dealers woo have, no credit cards and fear they win be out Thqr complained to foe Etaergy Departinnt that Price Waterhouse will be teased because earn far more from ttaoUdienta than from its government contract In thii timd of widespread corruption and scandal, of low morality among some persons in high places, pny-rdear God for a tidal wave of dean, pule living that might lift out. comm unity, our atate and nation to its rightful plane a an example to the world. against Alsystas Mscsydlswfoi, Muy Van Ncs, Spjtser, Thames McSpeden, and Wilbur WASHINGTON The FBI, which need electronic riadduggery in an effort to discredit lfartln Lather King tried to employ similar illegal tactics to catch his murderer. Long-buried FBI doenmente reveal that then-director J.

Edgar Hoover personally approved a break-in and illegal electronic bugging aimed at innocent relatival ofJames Earl Ray, who was later convicted of killing for yean. Hoover had conducted a vicious smear campaign against King. The FBI padded malicious anti-King stories to the prom and had sent doe-. Cored tepee concemtag Kings personal Ufa to his wife. When King was atehi in 1961, whiipen about poaaible FBI Hoover undier groat pressure to find foe assassin.

While FBI agents were hot on Ray's trail, a May 10, 1961 memo, pro-parod for top Hoover aide J.P. Mohr, outlined elaborate illegal plana to catch foe murderer. .1, As part of foe overall investigation, codnaamed MUfWN an acronym for murder and King a memo was written which declared: Consideration la given to microphone installations on certain properties of Albert Carol Proper, foe brother-in-law and sister of James Earl Ray. Emmett Bnrke, lost to Alfred B. Dol-Bello.

Angels R. MartineHl tost to DelBello when when DelBello went on to become county, executive, Mhrttadli ran agataat Jeha Merrta, sey and John Gesso and won. I'FOR 1979.. baking at ttfm. surveillance violated his right of privacy.

"This could prejudice foe court case against him. But if certata precautions were taken, the memo continued, the worst that coofil happen ia that the arrest would be declared Illegal. Using tortured logic, the document insisted that Ray could still be convicted despite" the FBI lawbreaker The FBI plotters bluntly admitted that the whole scheme was unconstitB- tional and a technical violation of the Be aware, the memo that since this search and seizure ia iconstitntional aa to foe Peppers, they have at least a theoretical cause of action for. damages against those who installed the (bugging) devices by Trespaaa is FBI lingo for a break-in, If foe Peppers sued the FBI and won, the memo kisisted, the taxpayers would bail them out. The government of the United States should surely be willing to pick up the tab for any iudg-meat against those who installed the microphones, foe memo concluded.

At foe bottom, Hoover scrawled OK, and added his characteristic H. Sis other FBI officials aim initialed their approval. We have been in able to determine whether foe FBI actually bogged or burglarized the Peppers' home. Indeed, assassinations apert Harold Weisberg has developed evidence indicating the Justice Department vetoed the plan. Bat inside sources insist the FBI did uw dubious and possible illegal means to capture Ray, who later pleaded guilty to murdering King ana wb amteoeed to 99 years prison.

Footnote: The FBI has acknowl- The Herald statesman Aid foata the IoAhi Wow Vonter. MY VOS-MOO John E. Sheik David Hartley Vv ftpudwl. GwwbI Managf lo Gannett Westchester Newspapers A. Welfare fraud! MWKXNtlllSIANDMDilM WNO(fINtW0nUMMKH MOUNT ViMJN DMT MOW TOMSK MMtOVtlfUMN MAMMONKR DMT TMtt OMlMNG CHUN MOUTH fonchnnaoMTitM imitiomdmtnih Another consulting Arm, R.

Schri-ver and Associates, wu awarded a 970,000 contract also without competi- tlve bidding. The firm ia supposed to devise a system to force oil companies to discioee foe profits of their individual operations, such exploration, refining and marketing. The firm wu founded by Richard Schriver, a former Bona official, and it hu also dona work for some oil companies. A spokeonan instated, however, that the firm hu not worked for foe oU industry in recent yun. Louis A.

Weil Hi Prndtnl oodPubWwr New York State feendi mare than flbilUoa a year on wdfard. wasting about fl bill ion ta tax dollars through fraud, mtamanagemem and hbsaea'-' If yon know of individual or agency involved la welfare fraud do oomethiiig aboat it. Write: Welfare Fraud, The Hcald SUtm-manTLarfcta Plau, Yookeri N.Y, 1070S. Or write to the Wericheiter Social Service Department at: Welfare Fraurii P.O. Box 411.

Whits Hates, N.Y. 10MI THE PROPOSAL, cautioned foe memo, raises a question concerning foe legality of any action taken against the subject of this caae on the basis of information obtained from the microphones." If Ray called the Peppers and foe tewed conversation! arrest him, foe memo were used. to Andrew P. Kavulkh Joseph M. Ungaro Iraaiwar 1 Vn heudm and innAn MtMBEt Of TH AUDIT BUREAU OF ClRClHATlONS KAEMBtl Of WEXSTSOCiATiB fRtss" Jack Andetsan aid Lu Wtetten qra syndicated colamaists.

said, Ray then could djdnrthat foe edead ft at abuses occurad In foe pant -J. 4rv f'. 'nJ r' J. AM i mV vn w. i i eV' I.