Government Embarks On Talent Hunt
The Federal government Is
about to embark on a massive
talent- hunt to find 1,000 qualified
civilians from this area to
assist the pacification efforts in
the villages and hamlets of Vietnam.
Carrying the slogan: " Be
Where The Need Is!" the search
will run for one week, beginning
September 11, and will cover an
area within a 75- mile radius of
New York Cily, taking in portions
of Long Island, New Jersey and
Connecticut.
Officials of the U. S. Agency for
International Development ( AID),
a unit of the Department of State,
expect nearly 9,000 candidates to
apply for the Vietnam posts which
pay from $ 5,000 to $ 19,000 a
year, plus a 25 percent hardship
bonus, and offer housing, medical
care, family allowances, and
other benefits.
A temporary headquarters will
be set up in lower Manhattan at
346 Broadway where applicants
may call for an appointment during
the recruitment week on a
special telephone line, 264- 1800.
William A. Piatt, AID public
affairs chief for Vietnam, just
returned from a mission in that
country, explained that the recent
merger of civilian and military
pacification efforts under a
single chain of command has
called for streamlining and stepping
up the " shirtsleeves war" in
the Vietnam countryside.
" But in too many places," he
said, " we lack the skilled manpower
to do the job. We need
scores more of civilian advisors
to work side by side with the Vietnamese,
helping them to build
schools, hospitals, roads, and
housing; helping them to become
better farmers, nurses, and teachers."
Piatt said that several top U. S.
aid officials will be flown in from
Vietnam and Washington to assist
the talent search for men and
women here who can qualify for
the following positions:
Area development officers,
auditors, construction engineers,
general services officers, diesel
plant operators / mechanics, hospital
administration advisors,
management staff assistants,
personnel officers, provincial,
administrative assistants, provincial
agriculture advisors,
public administration advisors,
public safety advisors, registered
nurses, secretaries, supply
specialists, and vocational education
advisors.
Candidates must be United
States citizensatleastfiveyears,
it was pointed out. They must be
willing to be separated from their
families for at least 18 months,
and may be assigned to remote
and possibly hazardous areas of
Vietnam.
Referring to the shortage of
civilian skills in Vietnam, Mr.
Piatt said that the problem is
compounded by the swelling number
of refugees - mostly women
and children — who have been
forced to flee from their homes.
" These unfortunate victims of
the war," he asserted, " need to
be rehoused, resettled, clothed,
fed. Most of them require medical
attention. We need the skilled
hands and the skilled minds
to help do the job."
He said that the AID program
is helping to remove the root
causes of the war such as the
need to educate Vietnam's children,
lack of medical care, farmer
discontent over low rice
prices, high land rent, exorbitant
loan interest, inflation, r i valry
among religious groups,
and distrust of the central
government.
" These are some of the elements
of discontent that the Viet
Cong exploit in competing for the
support of the rural people," Mr.
Piatt pointed out. " These are the
elements that will likely determine
whether our side can win the
peace."
Oyster Bay Councilman Edward J. Poulos receives a proclamation for
" leadership, understanding, exceptional performance" during his tenure
on the Town Board which began in 1959. Presenting the award is Councilman
Ralph J. Marino, the newly elected Majority Leader as Councilman
Angelo D. Roncallo looks on. Poulos, who has been Majority Leader of the
Town Board since 1964, is resigning to become Commissioner of Conciliation
of the Nassau County Supreme Court.
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New Assessment Rolls
To Be Nominal In
Representatives of the 35
school districts who applied recently
for a supplemental assessment
on all new construction in
their district, received some
good news this week. The supplemental
roll is not going to cost
them very much.
County Executive Eugene Nick-erson
announced that the rolls,
which he said will probably result
in substantial savings for
taxpayers throughout each school
district, will cost approximately
$ 300,
The total cost of the supplemental
rolls, $ 10,950, will be
shared by the 35 participating
school districts. Each district
will pay its share according to the
number of volumes in the districts'
assessments rolls.
Legislation Prepared
To License Repairmen
County Executive Eugene Nick-erson
disclosed that he has prepared
legislation to license Nassau
home improvement contractors,
radio, TV and auto
repair shops, electricians and
plumbers.
" Our aim is to protect the
public from unscrupulous and
unqualified operators and to safeguard
honest businessmen from
unfair competition," Nickerson
said.
The proposed laws, prepared
by the county attorney, fall into
two broad categories:
First, those which fill a
vacuum where there is no reg-ualtion
of businesses — such
as home improvement contractors,
radio aix 1* 7 repairmen
and motor vehicle repair
shops.
Second, those laws affecting
electricians and plumbers which
enmesh them in red tape. At
present electrical and plumbing
craftsmen must be licensed in
each town and often in many
villages as well.
" The standards of licensing
these men are burdensome, not
uniform. They are a hardship
to honest craftsmen and do not
protect the homeowner from
faulty plumbing or electrical installation,"
Nickerson said.
In some villages, any person
can apply for, and obtain, per-*
mission to install electrical or
plumbing fixtures, nor do all
villages have safety standards
which the work must meet.
Nickerson's package will be
introduced in the near future at
the Board of Supervisors and
public hearings called to solicit
opinions of interested parties.
Nickerson's representatives are
conferring with spokesmen for
the business groups involved.
The bills pertaining to home
improvement contractors, radio
and TV repairmen and auto repair
shops require that each
applicant for a license must be
a good moral character, financially
responsible, and have a
fixed business address.
The proposals to regulate
electricians and plumbers would
take effect wherever these
craftsmen are not regulated by
local municipalities; the other
groups would be regulated on a
county- wide basis as no municipality
today regulates them.
Enforcement of the laws would
be by the Nassau Consumer Affairs
Comr. John C. Occhiogros-so.
The laws regulating home
improvement and electrical work
would take effect January 1; car
repair regulations would take
effect on July 1, 1968; plumbers
would be covered six months
after adoption of the law.
Penalties for violating the laws
could include suspension or revocation
of licenses, fines of
up to $ 500 and imprisonment for
as long as six months.
Marino Introduces Resolution
Honoring Volunteer Firemen
FARMINGDALE OBSERVER Thursday, August 3 1 , 1967
Councilman Ralph J. Marino
this week introduced a resolution
proclaiming Labor Day,
1967, as Volunteer Firemen's
Day " to pay tribute to the volunteer
firemen who, without benefit
of compensation, risk and
devote their lives to protect the
lives and property of the taxpayers
of their community."
Marino said he introduced the
resolution to show recognition
of the invaluable services performed
by the volunteer firemen
of the various Town communities.
« 1 feel that Labor Day, set
aside to honor our country's
labor force is the appropriate
time to honor the scores of
volunteer firemen who labor relentlessly
to protect the lives
Hunting Licenses
Now Available
Big catch hunting and party
deer hunting permits are now
available in the office of Town
Clerk William B. O'Keefe for
the 1967 season. Application papers
must be in the mails no later
than September 5.
The party permit application
forms are now available at the
Town Clerk's office in Town Hall,
Oyster Bay and at the Town
Hall Annex in Hicksville.
Applicants must acquire a big
game hunting permit before applying
for a party permit. Party
hunters must complete their
applications and attach a designated
portion of the hunting
license. None will be accepted
if postmarked later than September
5.
Computers will select the successful
applicants, the number of
which are limited by law and
are regulated by the State Conservation
Department.
and property of those who live
in the many Town communities,"
said Marino.
Marino added that the dedicated
work of these men was
worthy of a special day in their
honor and Labor Day, 1967, is
so set aside in the Town of
Oyster Bay.
PARKDALE
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OPEN
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Between
Kings and Nassau
Avenues
North Massapequa
in its new and larger
buiIding
Also open Sundays 9 to 5
for your convenience
Tom and Joe Ruggeri
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Farmingdale Public Library-The Observer 1967
