Dear Editor,
There are two articles in the
August 16, issue of Newday that
may be of interest to the residents
of the Farmingdale area. The one
on page 25 concerns a girl charged
with a pep- pill case and the
other on page 9 concerns a man
charged with assault on a librarian.
According to the newspaper, in •
the assault case, the defendant's
attorney asked Judge Julius R,
Lippman to waive bail because
of the defendant's long residence
in the community and what he called
his record of good citizenship.
Judge Lippman refused,
saying, " This defendant cannot
be treated differently than any
other defendant who has charges
pending against him."
Again, referring to the newspaper.
A girl was arraigned before
the same Judge Lippman on
the same day as the man and was
charged with selling amphetamines,
as a felony. She was released
in her mother's custody.
Since neither defendant can be
considered guilty as charged until
proven so in court, what accounts
for the difference in treatment?
The felony charge is undoubtedly
the more serious of the two. Is
there supposed to be some kind
of penalty applied for a record
of good citizenship or are there
merits earned for an alleged illegal
association with drugs?
It's all very strange, but it
could lead me to speculate on
what position Judge Lippman
might take on a question on pornography
as how he would align himself
in a library budget controversy.
Walter J. Kooker
Dear Editor,
In the August 17, issue of The
Farmingdale Observer, p. 5, right
hand column, Carl Gorton makes
the statement: " This third battle
of the budget is not my battle
but that of the majority who elected
me" etc.
This is an outright lie. He
received a plurality of votes in
a three- cornered contest. Here
are the figures: -
Gorton 1915; Mrs. Van Nos*
trand 1703; James 1039.
In other words, there were
2,742 voters who did not want
him, and said so, against 1,915
who did want him.
Helen W. Meyer
To the Editor:
Everyone must know, even
those who will march to the polls
and vote against the budget, that
there are larger issues at stake
than the defeat or passage of a
library budget. Everyone must
know who reads the local newspapers
that the John Birch Society
is in town, and by the bitterness
that has arisen the lawlessness
that is prevailing, that they
are launching into their act - the
act of taking over.
Most of us haven't seen a
respectable library board accused
of gross mismanagement before
its members slandered and
denigrated, nor have most of us
seen our churches picketed and
our ministers called ' Degenerates.'
We all probably feel
the outrageousness of some of the
recent past events, yetmany probably
think our situation is unique.
Well, it isn't. What has
been happening here in Farming-dale
has happened in other towns
and inexactly the snme way. Does
any one truly believe that the i s sues
being beaten over our heads
are real issues? If obscenity is
an issue - does showing concern
for the situation mean flooding
the community with the obscenity
in question?
Voters, wake up! What is happening
in our town has happened
elsewhere, in the same way.
First the library, then the schools,
civic organizations and churches,
until we're in the bag. It has begun
with a book and it won't end
with the library. Only you can
stop the creeping facism of the
John Birch Society. We don't
need their kind of home rule.
Get out and vote- Support your
community now.
Anneke Van Kirk
To the Editor:
There is one outgrowth stemming
from public controversy and
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that seems to be an interest as to
what is going on around you. And
with that interest perhaps will
come an awareness and seeking
of the truth.
Our Library Board fails to answer
questions or else tables them
indefinitely. Mr. Gorton has raised
questions that any responsible
public servant would
want to answer. Not our illustrious
Board, however. The
present ' in' group is evidently
afraid of someone they can't control.
So, if you can't control -
slander him; brand him; but don't
give him answers he is entitled
to. Need we be reminded that
positive control leads to domination
and a society of collective
robots?
If it is a dictatorship you want
in Farmingdale, then go ahead and
be one of the ' herd.' Think only
thoughts those entrenched in
power want you to think; believe
only what they preach - to think
differently or to question those
you put into office will be a cardinal
crime for which you shall
be punished.
But if you want a healthy,
thriving community and nation inform
yourselves, question your
representatives, stop being a-fraid
to stand up and be counted
because you are not in accord
with the ruling pack. A No vote
on this budget may prompt some
answers out of the Board. It will
certainly prove that no elected
group is ever more important
than the people who elect them,
and that they are and ever shall
be accountable to every taxpayer
in this town.
June Hansen
Dear Editor:
I do hope the Farmingdale residents
will greatly consider what
this third vote on the Library
Budget actually means. This is an
insult to the' Intelligence of our
residents. The Library Board
and its friends should have respectfully
accepted the people's
decision. They should also have
respected the people's choice of
Carl Gorton as an elected Library
Board Trustee. On the
contrary, they have displayed incredible,
disrespectful arrogance
toward Mr. Gorton, and
have disregarded the people's •
vote. Why has Mr. Gorton been
denied the right of direct access
to examine the library records
by the Library Director and the
rest of the Board?
Yet, they ask our consideration
to pass their proposed original
budget not a revised one where
they could have reduced thousands
of dollars.
It seems to me they have gone
into a panic to be sure they get
their way. " Why"? The budget
statement which was mailed to
the residents this month, is
alarming enough to influence the
people's decision. The rental of
$ 25,000 annually is quite a
shocker. I wonder why the item
of pamphlets, newspapers, microfilm
should go up $ 3000.
in one year* The budget for
1966/ 67 was $ 1000.; proposed
budget 1967/ 68 $ 4,000. It is
obvious that the Library Board
refuses to economize since " last
year's budget cannot support this
year's library."
Many people realize they must
practice economy in their family
budgets. After i i the Federal,
State and local taxes are paid,
we certainly must do without
many conveniences we would like
to have. Why must our Library
officials have their complete way,
to spend our tax money as they
please. They have not listened
to two votes. Let us make sure
they hear the third.
Marion Yocono
Dear Editor:
I am in favor of the newly proposed
budget, and urge members
of the community to vote for it.
I believe most of you want a
good library, open when you need
it, adequately staffed and servicing
the entire community. To my
mind this is the sole question we
are voting on a budget, not on policy.
Next year another trustee
position will be voted upon, that
is the proper time toexpressour
desires concerning the library
board and its influence on library
policy.
Now the sole question is, shall
the library have enough money to
be open when we need it open,
to buy books that are needed to
be bought, staffed with the staff
it needs to service us.
Rabbi Paul Teicher
Mrs, Margaret Whaley
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Mrs. Margaret Whaley of 189
Fulton Street, Farmingdale,
passed away last Saturday. The
deceased was the mother of Eleanor
Seaman, grandmother of
Alfred Seaman, Nancy Wright,
and Carol Kessler, great grandmother
of Robert Wright Jr.,
and sister of Charles Wesley
and Wisner E. Wilson.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of the Arthur
F. White Funeral Home.
Services were held at the Farmingdale
Methodist Church on
Monday. Interment was held
at the Plainedge Cemetery,
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