Editorial
The people of School District 22 should start
writing; letters to their Congressional representatives
right now. Head the words in the lead
story that the Minutemcn wrote in their bulletin
to their members about purchasing guns and
their intent with the guns. This same bulletin
also instructs the members of their branch political
society, and the Minutemen to write at
least ten letters to their Congressmen ( five to
members of the House of Representatives and
five to members of the Senate) protesting gun-control
legislation- They advise members to tell a
friend or neighbor to do the same. Now with
the death threats to five leading residents which
were postmarked July 8th in Jamaica, Queens
and mailed through the local Post Office, residents
should write their own ten letters urging
Congress to pass gun control legislation today!
Yesterday in talking with members of the staff
of Congressmen James R. Grover Jr. ( R) and
Otis G. Pike ( D) regarding the Fireside National
Seashore feature story in this issue, their secretaries
told me how they were being deluged
with letters regarding gun legislation. They said
the letters were running about 50- 50 pro and
con. We're told that the gun lobby crowd, the
National Rifle Association people even have coupons
in their bulletins making it easy for their members
to write letters to Congress against the gun
control legislation. Here are the addresses. Congressman
James R. Grover Jr. New House Office
Building, Washington, D. C.; Congressman Jack
Wydler Jr., New House Office Building Washington,
D. C. Congressman Otis G. Pike, Washington,
D. C., Senator Jacob Javits, Senate Office
Building, Washington, D. C. If this legislation had
been passed before, we might still have been
able to write to the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Letters To The Editor
Dear Kditor,
We both wish to publicall v thank
Milena Stoll for her letter which
appeared in last week's Farming-dale
Observer. She took exception
to our column " The Day The
Birchers Ran Out of Ideas,"
which appeared in AS WE SEE
IT, in June 20th's Farmingdale
OBSERVER.
Any writer who occasionally
ventures into the field of satire
lives in constant fear that the
endeavor might be so ludicrous
and unbelievable that no one could
possibly recognize himself as
being the object of the satire.
This is what we feared as we
wrote " The Day The Birchers
Ran Out of Ideas."
Apparently, however, our fears
were unfounded. Milena Stoll
clearly recognized herself as
being the object of the article,
and for this she has our gratitude.
Never again will we rule
out the possibility that people in
our area chose to identify themselves
with our articles - - no
matter how ridiculous we get.
Hillard P. Boss
Charles Gerston
Republic Gets
$ 731,632 Contract
A $ 731,632 contract for the
production of regulated power
supply systems for the Navy
has been received by Fairchild
Hitler's Republic Aviation Division.
The systems, known formally
as automatic degaussing control
systems, are used in conjunction
with degaussing, a technique
which employs a series of electrical
coils to minimize a ship's
magnetic field and resulting vulnerability
to magnetic mines.
This is Republic's second recent
contract in the field of degaussing.
Last Fall it received
a half- million dollar contract
for the production of an advanced
magnetic measurement system
that would determine a ship's
magnetic field and by the use
of a computer, immediately calculate
the adjustments that should
be made to the ship's degaussing
coil system.
Jtfarmiugiiale GMij& rruf ft
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ARMED
FORCES
Air lorce Staff Sergeant Alfred
J. Kostanoski, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Kostanoski of
10 Hill Road, Farmingdale, has
received the Air Medal at Korat
Royal Thai Air P'orceBase, Thailand.
Sergeant Kostanoski, a communications
specialist, was cited
for his outstanding airmanship
and courage on successful and
important missions under hazardous
conditions.
The sergeant, is a 1959
graduate of Weldon E. Howitt
High School. He participated in
the Berlin Airlift.
His wife, Patricia, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Holzwarth of 8 Carman Road,
South P'armingdale.
Airman David R. Schmidt, son
of Mr„ and Mrs. Edwin Ru Schmidt
of 27 Leonard Street, Farming-dale,
has completed basic training
at AmarilloAFB. Tex,, He has
been assigned to the Air Force
Technical Training Center at
Chanute AFB, 111, for specialized
schooling as a metals repair
specialist.
Airman Schmidt is a 1967grad-uate
of Farmingdale Senior High
School,
Army Private Walter W. Johnson,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Johnson, 474 Fulton St,,
Farmingdale, completed nine
weeks of advanced infantry training
June 21 at Ft. Gordon,
Georgia. His last week of training
was spent in guerrilla warfare
exercises.
During his guerrilla training,
he lived under simulated Vietnam
conditions for five days, fighting
off night attacks and conducting
raids on " enemy" villages. He
was taught methods of removing
booby traps, setting ambushes
and avoiding enemy ambushes.
Other specialized training included
small unit tactics, map
reading, land mine warfare, communications,
and firing theM- 14
rifle, M- 60 machine gun and the
3.5 inch rocket launcner.
ON DEANS LIST
Roger It Smith, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold E. Smith of
57 Vandcrwater Street, Farmingdale,
a freshman has been
named to the Dean's List at
Clarkson College of Technology
for the spring semester of 1967-
1968.
Feel lost in
the crowd7
You can find your way
out. By getting to know
God as the source of
your existence, you find
your real identity, and
your distinct purpose
and value in life.
Young people are finding
their way in the
Christian Science
Sunday School. You're
welcome to come, too.
" MO AM. 1 1 15 Sunday Morning
First Church of Christ
Scientist, Massapequa
Merrick N< i. & Biltmoie Bivd,
Capitol Report Mm - • • - - *
By Repjames Grover JJJfJf
During my days in the State
Legislature, there were those
who'd tell you that an Assemblyman
had a pretty good schedule,
what with the three- month
sessions then in vogue. When I
ran for Congress, there were
those who pointed out that Assemblymen
made more on a prorated
basis than Congressmen,
who were in session until early
summer.
By the time I arrived in Washington,
the three- day Congressional
week was on the way out,
as was the January- through- July
session, and I question the move
in some areas to bring it back.
This nation's problems are too
numerous and too complex for us
to consider adjournment in July,
which the majority party is seeking
mis year.
During my first year in Congress,
back in 1963, we were
voting on the subsidized sale of
wheat to Russia on Christmas
Eve. Since then, adjournments
have come in November or December.
My room- mate in Washington,
Congressman Jack Wydler
of Nassau, guessed some
years ago that we would adjourn
July 4. We adjourned Dec. 4.
The excuse for adjournment this
year is the national conventions
of both parties. It's my feeling
that those Congressmen who must
attend these conventions could be
accommodated by a recess for
three weeks in August.
The Constitution states that
Congress shall adjourn on July
31 but this date was waived when
President Truman declared a
national emergency during the
Korean War. That declaration is
still in force and it has served
the nation welt
Had Congress operated in high
gear this year, perhaps those who
seek an early adjournment would
have had an argument on their
side. But this has not been the
case. We simply cannot cope
with the work which remains to
be done with a July 31 adjournment.
The debate on foreign aid
alone could take weeks.
Early adjournment would be
unrealistic and frivolous. I am
hoping that Congress will measure
up to its responsibilities
and stay on Capitol Hill for as
long as it takes to clear up
its work. In recent years, that
has meant December adjournment.
Mystery Flag; Assassin,
Threats Bared At Library
{ Continued from Page I)
utemen have been arrested in connection
with planned violence, and
armed caches, which have been
uncovered by law enforcement
authorities.
The Minutemen clandestine
bulletins and publications circulated
to membership are quite
specific about fire arms. In their
January, 1966 bulletin it says,
" Don't overlook the potential of
the .22 long rifles, pistols or
rifles as guerrilla warfare or
resistance weapons. These ad
vantages include ready availability,
light weight, fast accurate
second and third shots, due to
absence of recoil, light weight
and readily available ammunition,
good accuracy; simplicity
of care; and comparatively small
report when fired. The .22 can
be silenced completely with material,
which are always avail
able. Although the .22 lacks kil-linu
power this can be readily
increased by using hollow point
bullets filled with poison. If need
be, the hole can be opened further
with a drill so that potassium
cynanide can be put in.
( Just such- a weapon killed the
late Senator Robert F. Kennedy
the B'nai B'rith report stated.)
The .22 Carbine is used for its
capacity to shoot a well placed
shot into the heart or brain.
The bulletin was equally specific
when it urged its members
to arm themselves without delay.
It offered five specific pieces of
advice. One, buy a gun that is new
or nearly new; two, expect to
pay a good price for a gun;
three, avoid civilian made copies
of military made firearms ( this
especially applies to copies of .30
Carbine); four, try to buy your
gun in such a way that it cannot
be traced to you. If you live in
a state or city that requires a
permit to buy a gun, go to some
other state which does not have
such a requirement. Most dealers
will ask your name, but few
will ask for identification; five.
Don't wait - buy your gun now.
I recently made in June 1965, a
2,000 mile trip to visit wholesale
gun dealers both large and
small. Most were completely out
of American made pistols. Their
stocks of good rifles were low
or depleted. Retail sources are
running out of stock fast. Prices
on some models are going up
10% or more. Many others just
aren't available." The Minutemen
bulletin then urged members
to write at least ten letters to
Congress opposing national gun
control.
On Thursday, the letters received
in Farmingdale w re reported
to the Nassau County Ponce
who are investigating. The
Observer also reported the let
ters to the FBI, who are assigning
a special agent.
Former School Board Trustee,
Bernard Lang, a target of right -
wing criticism last spring because
of his support for equal
education opportunity in the Wyan-danch
School District, turned the
copy of his letter over to Senator
Jacob Javits requesting the
lawmaker to forward it to the
appropriate federal agency.
" Since the mails are being used
to intimidate elected and former
officials, I think this is a
matter that goes beyond the local
police." Lang said that he
hoped Javits would use the letter
to help spur gun- control legislation.
" Obviously the people behind
these letters have easy access
to rifles and something
should be done about that," Lang
added.
Library In Hollow Hills
Jo Otter free Bus Transportation
On Monday, July 8th, the buses
began rolling, thus initiating the
sixth season of free bus transportation
for all residents of Central
School District No. 5 to the
Half Hollow Hills Community Library.
An additional reading program
will be held at the Library on
Sweet Hollow Road for prospective
4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th
graders. Call HA 1- 4535 for
more information about this program.
Daler Firm Gets $ 80,660 Contract
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Dilectrix Corporation of 69 Allen
Blvd., Farmingdale, has been
awarded a $ 80,660 contract by
Textron's Bell Aerosystems
Company of Buffalo, for teflon
bladders and pads used in the
positive expulsion rocket fuel
tanks produced by Bell for tlie
Apollo space program.
Fprmingdale OBSERVER, Thursday, July 1 1 , 1968
