Newsday (Suffolk Edition) from Melville, New York • 3

2 Die in Rooming-House Fire Manager after helping 15 to escape trapped trying to save last tenant inside Newsday Photo by George Argeroplos By Jim Mulvaney Sayville An early-morning fire ripped through a rooming house yesterday killing one tenant and the manager who died in a final unsuccessful rescue attempt after leading most of the 15 other residents to safety The manager William Schriber 60 died on a rear staircase fire officials said He was seeking a tenant whom officials have not identified and who was found dead on a second-story porch Five tenants and two fire fighters suffered smoke inhalation and other minor injuries as the fire destroyed the three-story Homestead Rooming House at 98 Candee Ave They were examined at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in Patchogue and released Many of the tenants were suffering from smoke inhalation or were otherwise unable to help themselves when Schriber reached them according Sayville fire fighters Paula Orentlich 45 who had lived in the Homestead for the past four months said she was nearly trapped "I smelled she said "The house quickly filled with black smoke We had to feel our way out Someone was yelling to get the fire extinguisher which was supposed to be on the wall But I find it and I just had to get Gerald Lynch 63 who had lived in the Homestead for four years said "I was in my room going to the bathroom to shave and then the place went up It was a good place Willy sure did a good job He was a good According to neighbors Schriber who was known as "Uncle to the tenants had lived in the house for over 20 years acting not only as manager but as arbitrator of disputes The fire broke out at 7 AM in the electric system near the oil burner and quickly engulfed the entire wood-frame building fire officials said Police said Schriber had adjusted the burner shortly before the fire broke out The fire alarm awakened the tenants most of whom fled in pajamas or only partially dressed Sayville Fire Chief Ed Carpenter said the house built more than 60 years ago burned quickly and generated so much heat that the fire-detection alarm in a neighboring house was set off Islip Building Director Rim Gie-draitis said that the building was inspected in December and had several minor violations but that all of them had been corrected The owner of the building Henry Hoeh of 30 Meier PI in Bay Shore was not available for comment yesterday Chief Deputy County Executive John Gallagher described the rooming-house population as a "mix between people from welfare a Halfway house for alcoholics and mental patients and Seven residents of the gutted build-took were taken to a shelter and the rest were staying with friends officials said Fire fighters in Sayville remove bodies of victims of early-morning blaze Draft Stirs a Fight against re-instituting registration "This country is already she said "We have more than two million persons in the military If we want to get tough with the Russians we should get tough with our allies who are not supporting the Olympic boycott or the ban on selling the Russians technology We get tough with our own young Holtzman is seeking the Democratic nomination for US Senate With Carter expected to decide by Feb 9 whether to seek the required congressional approval for registration of women opinions of top female aides in the White House also were mixed "If men presidential assistant Anne Wexler said "then women should register not so simple said Sarah Wed-dington special assistant for affairs "Unless you intend to use women in military service there is no point in having them she Continued on Page 15 peace then be ready to participate in the Not going so far in either direction was Eleanor Smeal president of NOW who opposes compulsory registration for both sexes "As the first step toward reinstatement of the she said "registration is a return to the sexist and racist Selective Service Rep Elizabeth Holtzman (D-Brook-lyn) told about 350 students at Ocean-side High yesterday that she was also And Some Doubts on LI By Arnold Abrams The prospect of women being required to register for a military draft has drawn the same kind of response produced in recent years by the controversy about rights Initial reaction to the whether women will be covered when President Carter refines for submission to Congress his call last week for Selective Service has been mixed and for the most part predictable: Most prominent feminists assert that women should be required to register while opponents of the movement say they should not "Equality of rights means equality of said Betty Friedan a founder of the National Organization of Women not for the draft but if military responsibilities are to be met there is no reason for women not to meet According to Phyllis Schlafly there is a reason "The presence of women will reduce the combat effectiveness of our armed said the leader of organized opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment "They are not as strong as men and more a significant percentage of them get An exception to the pattern was former Rep Bella Abzug of Manhattan a staunch advocate of rights who opposes participation in draft registration "Women should not be asked to make equal sacrifices if they have equal Abzug said citing the still-pending constitutional amendment and what she considers a generally inferior status still accorded women in American society "When women can make decisions about war and the plan by Congress will be delayed until after he refines the proposal to define the role of women Miss Osterosky a student at Nassau Community College at Mitchel Field was interviewed this week with other students and their parents Her father Stanley who was drafted after the Korean War saw women serving a noncombat role in the military after they were drafted mother Florence did not agree "My daughter is 18 I would not like to see her in the the armed forces in any Most draftees whether they want to be soldiers or not are inducted to fulfill their legal responsibilities Diane Blair would rather not be a soldier but of a draft she says "I think it should be Ms Blair 28 is a coordinator for the Nassau chapter of the National Organization for Women Some have said that bo- dies are physiologically unsuited for fighting Cindy Flint 19 of Malveme agrees "All this stuff with lib is she said "but there is a difference physical characteristics are different no matter how liberated you want to Jackie McGann 18 of Island Park said she thought that men were better suited for the military Hank Grinthal Nassau County American Legion commander took a strong stand against sending women to war and argued against a draft unless there is a war But Ann Zito 17 president of the school government organization was a dissenter hate to be the only one to say she told the others "but I am deathly afraid of this thing the draft a war killing If I were drafted Td probably end up killing myself accidentally before I killed anyone co By Stephen Williams Eighteen-year-old Sherry Oster-osky is afraid of being drafted "I stand the sight of said the East Meadow teenager "I think I could shoot I'd be afraid to hold the gun I think girls should fight I think they are able But asked whether she would register for a draft if women were required to do she said she would Her attitude reflected the ambivalence of other Long Island women in their reaction to the prospect of a draft President Carter called last week for a return to a Selective Service but consideration of.