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35th YEAR, No. 56 FREEPORT, NEW YORK, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1971 PRICE: TEN CENTS PER COPY
Shuart Denies
Welfare Bias
FULL HOUSE EXPECTED: The Freepcwt Republican Club installation of Officers this Saturday
Evening at Carl Hoppl's, Baldwin reached seH-out proportions this week as final procpram and seating
arrangements were firmed up by Chairman Frank Smith. Both Town of Hempstead Presiding Super
visor Francis T. Purcell, the honored guest, and Supervisor Al D'Am#o, popular government leader.
along with Village of Freeport, Nassau County and New York State Officials will be in attendance.
Pat Collins and Les Lewb head the Special Guest Commtttee.
Freeport Executive L«ider Julius L. Mintz made special note of the well-organized and streamlined dais
program whidi will leave more tiian ample time for the traditional table hopping, dancing and fun. The
cocktail hour commences at 7:30 PM with dinner to be served at 8:30.
I*ictured is Mintz (second from leftj as he presents D'Amato (right! with framed copy of the Injtrflation
Journal. Looking on are 1st Vice President Frank Smith and President Fred Hager.
H e a d - O n Crash Anal District Festival of Arts to Featore Oitstaidiig Evnrts
H o s p i t a l i z e s 6
Five members of a Levlttown
family were removed in critical
condition to Doctors Hospital af­ter
a head on crash al Sunrise
Highway and Madison St. Mon­day
evening.
Joseph Siebecker, 28, a New
York City policeman was east-bound
on ^uirise Highway at
7:45 PM with his family when a
westtx>und car driven by George
McClosky, 25, of 44 Rutland Rd.,
Freeport jumped tte center di­vider
near Madison St., crastdng
head-on into Siebecker's car.
The impact was so great that
firemen had to remove occupants
of both care who were weeded
against both windshields.
Siebecker. his wife, Marie, sons
Joseph Jr and Michael and
daughter Christine were all still
on the critical list Tuesday
evening McClosky's condition
was described as "guarded".
The 1971 edition of the Festival
of the Arts will be held at
Freeport High School on May 21,
22, and 23 Highlighting the
festival will be a memorial
concert on Sunday, May 23, at 7
PM in memory of Mr. August
("Chet"> Ferrelti, an instru­mental
music teacher at the
Atkinson School who died in
March of this year. Five big
bands, all of which Mr. Ferretti
was associated with, will present
a varied pit^ram of Jazz and
dance band selections. One of the
outstanding soloists featured will
lie Ma rion McPartland, the
famous female jazz pianist. Her
piano interpretations have
caused sensational reviews
throughout this country and
Europe. Admission will be
charged for cmly this segment of
the festival. Proceeds will go to
Mr. Ferretti's family. This
cxinoral will be held in the High
Schod Auditorium.
Another special event will be
the guest appearance of the
Nassau Community College
Chamber and C«K»rt Choirs
under the direction of Dr Rich­ard
I Kegerreis- The coUege
chorus will combine with the
Freeport High School Mixed
Chorale to perform Norman
Dello Joio's cantata "To Saint
Cecelia." This cantata is a major
choral work. It will be accom­panied
by the Nassau CoUege
Brass Ensemble. This section of
the festival wiU be held on Satur­day
evening. May 22, in the H i^
School Auditorium.
Throu^out (he festival, an Art
Exhibit will be on display in the
high school l o b ^ and oourtyard.
The exhibit will feature art vnak
erf the junior and senior high
school art stiMioits. Of special
interest will be the showing of
work accomplished by the art
majors who plan on enlering the
(Continued on PtiKe 3)
On May 3 a subcommittee of the human rights commls-sion
that has been investigating possible discrimination in
the placement of welfare families in motels and hotels
charged that the social services department of the county
had a^gned only blaclcs to seven motels, only whites to
eight and both races to eight.
Monday night Nassau County Social Services Commis
aoner James M. Shuart stated that if segregation exists, it
has not resulted from discrimination tff members of his
department. Shuart suggested any possible segregation was
due to geographic location of motels and hotels, client
sdf election which means choice of area by the recipient,
and difficulty encountered when approaching the manage­ment
of motels and hotels, a u a r t urged the commission
to investigate state and county laws that permit landlords
to refuse welfare recipients as fenants, making residency
in hotels and motels necessary.
Closely linked with Shuart's appearance before the com­mission
is a letter originating from the Nassau County
Dept. on Social Services and signed by Roland H. Davis,
Coordinator of Community Organization and Housing. The
letter, printed in English and Spanish was mailed, accord­ing
to a spokesman from the Social Services Dept., "to
17,000 recipients of food stamps in Nassau County." It
reads:
SOMETIMES, WITH OUR OWN PROBLEMS, WE
TEND TO FORGET OTHERS HOPEFULLY, YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY ARE SAFE AND SECURE
IN YOUR HOME.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT LATELY ABOUT THE
MANY FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOURS AND MINE
STILL CRAMPED IN MOTEL ROOMS? I BELIEVE
THAT YOU ARE JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT
THEM AS I AM AND THAT YOU CAN HELP
US LOCATE ADEQUATE HOUSING FOR THEM.
IF YOU KNOW OF A HOUSE, AN APARTMENT
OR A ROOM THAT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR
BUILDING, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANY­WHERE,
PLEASE CALL US AND LET US KNOW
IMMEDIATELY. OUR OFFICE NUMBER IS
535-5425.
IF YOU CAN GIVE US THE NAME AND AD­DRESS
AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE
OWNER, LANDLORD, MANAGER OR AGENT AS
WELL AS THE ADDRESS OF THE RENTAL, YOU
WILL HAVE DONE A SERVICE FOR SOMEONE
IN NEED.
WONT YOU HELP US TO HELP OTHERS?
WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU!
ROLAND H. DAVIS
Coordinator
Conuniuiity Oiganizatioii & Housii^
Shuart said that 277 welfare families were living in
motels as of Monday, May Hth, down from a high of 334
in January. There were 308 fiutailies wiHi diildreii, 20
couples without children and 106 mi^c persons. Of the
964 total, 590 were black, 369 white and S were Puerto
Rican.
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