/ 1 7"""*' City of Atlanta Inauguration Atlanta Civic Center Monday Evening, January 7,1974 .'7i,,(M_ -/r,/"''''nu,, -'1"""" ",Ii, .ftlOt1f;("'kfoi.o"cfi vlt.r -/Ii, 'if'7 -/.s;{tkRIo­ -/ if i/1ok !Fowle"cfi· fYHdUk.t -/Ii, .s;{tk.1o-'if'7 'if"".cd ...d-/ $e dtb.ta ct~ ctoanui 9'....ut,.n....,.. ­ JI...t.y. ,t--,.7. (9" (FAMILy) City of Atlanta Inauguration Atlanta Civic Center Monday Evening, January 7, 1974 • Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. Mayor of Atlanta 1974 The Atlanta City Council John H. Calhoun Councilman-District 1 Charles Helms Councilman-District 2 James Howard Councilman-District 3 James Bond Councilman-District 4 Morris Finley Councilman-District 5 Nick C. Lambros Councilman-District 6 George Colsakis Councilman-District 7 Richard A. Guthman, Jr. Councilman-District 8 Arthur Langford, Jr. Councilman-District 9 Ira L Jackson Councilman-District 10 Carl Ware Councilman-District 11 Hugh Pierce Councilman-District 12 E. Gregory Griggs Councilman-ai-Large Post 13 Marvin S. Arrington Councilman-ai-large Post 14 Panke M. Bradley Councilwoman-ai-Large Post 15 I, O. L. (Buddy) Fowlkes Councilman-ai-Large Post 16 Q. V. Williamson Councilman-at-Large Post 17 Jack Summers Councilman-at-Large Post 18 Order of the Call to Order James J. little, City Clerk The National Anthem Invocation The Reverend William V. Guy, Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church Musical Selection Finale from Symphony No.9 in d minor with final chorus based on Schiller's "Ode to Joy" ... Beethoven Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw conducting Laura Robinson. Soprano Sam Hagen. Tenor Florence Kopleff. Contralto Peter Harrower, Bass-baritone Combined chorus from the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Clark College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College and Spelman College (text overleaf) Oath of Office to the President of the Atlanta City Council Administered by the Honorable Jack Etheridge, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court Introduction of Atlanta City Council Ceremony Oath of Office to Members of the Atlanta City Council Administered by the Council President AcceptanceI The Honorable W. Wyche Fowler, Jr., President of the Atlanta City Council Musical Selections Mattiwilda Dobbs. Soprano Joyce Johnson, Accompanist Oath of Office to the Mayor of Atlanta Administered by the Honorable Luther Alverson, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court The Inaugural Address The Honorable Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr., Mayor of Atlanta Musical Selection lift Every Voice and Sing ... J. W. and J. R. Johnson Led by the Morehouse College Glee Club Or. Wendell P. Whalum, Director (text overleaf) Benediction The Reverend Or. J. Randolph Taylor, Pastor, Central Presbyterian Church and Chairman, Atlanta Community Relations Commission I To Joy Ioyful, radiant, queenly wonder, Daughter of Elysium! Souls aflame with heaven's ardor Seek we now Thy holy home! Let thy magic bring together All whom earthly laws divide; All mankind shall be as brothers All in joy and love abide. He that's had that best good fortune, To his friend a friend to be, He that's won a noble woman, Lei him join our Jubilee! Ay, and who a single other Soul on earth can call his own; But if ne'er should one achieve it Weeping must he dwell alone. Joy doth every livi ng creature Draw from Nature's ample breast, All the good and all the evil Follow from that joyful quest. Kisses doth she give, and vintage, Friends who firm in death have stood, Joy of life the worms are given, And the Angels dwell with Cod! Free as blazing planets flying Through the boundless arcs of space, Haste ye, brothers, on your ways, Joyous as a knight victorious. All embracing, all sustaining Man will love his fellow man! Brother! Far o'er heaven's span, Sure a loving Father's reigning. Kneel in wonder, Lift you r faces, Call on your creator, man. Seek beyond the starry span. Timeless dwells our God and spaceless. Lilt Every Voice and Sing Lift every voice and sing, Till earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty; Let our rejoicing rise High as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun Of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chast'ning rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat. Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered We have come, treading our path thro' the blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past, Till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus fa r on the way; Thou who hast by Thy might, Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee. Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God. True to our Native land. Inaugural Advisory Committee Mrs. Elaine B. Alexander, Mrs. Bertha D. Howard-Co-chairpersons Ms. Bil1y~ Willillms Aaron Ms. em Allen Mr. Maur;c~ Alpert Mr. Gwrg.. Atkins Ms. 5au,h B.,kn Mr Wallace B.,ldwln Ms. Yvonrn! Bankston TIw Rev. "..; ..lter E. ~amon Mr JilioOn Bt>nnu'" M r Gror~.. Berry Mr Tim Bentley Ms S"rb"ra Blum Ms. )0)'« Brookshi~ Ms. Sehn.. Burch Ms. Bessie M. Brnun MI'$. Robc-rt Cannon Mr. Bob ail'!..' Jr. Mr. WilHam A. Ol'lT1ent, Jr. M .... Clarence Coll'lT1i1n Mr. Thomas Cousins Mr. John CO~ Ms. Sarah V. Craig Mr. K. 8. M. Crooks Mr. Bradley Currey. Jr. Ms. Mary Davis Mr Tcrrow O"vis, Sr. Ms. Charlelte Neighbors Dillard Ms. Janel C. Douglass Mrs. Reetwood Dunston Ms. M ..ri)'n Ehrlich Ms. Cern Elder Mr Edw .. rd EMUS Mr. Samuel Evans Mr. M,kt' Fishrr M5. Shirley C franklin Col. ]sailC freeman Mrs. Beatrice Garland Or. Hugh F. Glostl'!" Mr Geo,"&e Goodwin Ms. linda lV. Gulley The Rev Wilh ...m V Guy Mr. Jo~ph F. H......s Mr ) .. d. G. Handler The Rev !Jr. John F. Havlik Dr. Vivian Henderson Mrs. M .. rion M. Hickey Bishop Richard A Hildebrand Mr. Je56e Hill. Jr. Mr. John Hill. Jr. Ms. Cheryl llobwn Mr. ( .. rey Howilrd Mr. George L. Howell Ms. Milthe Ansley Jxkson Ms. Anna Ruth Jones Ms. Millicent Dobbs Jordan Mr. Richilrd Kattel Mrs. (o~tta Scott King Ms. RustyI' Kitfield Mr lcon..rd Levine Mr. Grtf'n Lewis Ms. Doris Lockerman Ms. Pnrl Ouge Lomax Mrs. Samuel Lowe The Rev. Or. JlHt'ph E. lowery Ms. Kay MilcKenzle Mr. Swart Meyers Ms. Carol Jxkson Miller Ms. Patsy Morris Mr. Richilrd Mosley Mrs. !lenry H. Ogden />'Ir. Gid P .. rhilm Mr. P. Andrew Patterson Mr. John Portman Mr Michael Pou Ms. Dorothy Radford Ms. Dorothy Ross Ms. Susan Russ Mr. Herman Russell Mr. Rohert Royalty Ms. lillian Shepherd Mr. Archer Smith Mr. Bruce Stallings Mr Doug Steele Mrs. Vernon W. Stone Mr. );Imes Tatum Mr. Thomils Tatum The Rev. Or. J. Randolph Taylor Ms. errri Thompson Mr. Mich .. el Trotter Ms. Sus.oon Tuckl'!" Ms. France Turner Mr. AiiTOn TurpCilu Ms. lorrame \\'alton Ms. loUie Watkins Ms. Louiw Watley Dr. \'\'endell P. Whalum Mr. Joe Whitley Ms. JoAnne Winfrey Mr Kenneth Webb Mr. lloyd Whltaler Mr. Ronald Wilson Mrs. Ann Woodward Mr. John Wright I'&' \j t­ ~ CoutJ:cil President Wyche FowJer Swears In Crew or Eighteen He'll Lead for Next Four Years , I ';~/'74 {~,.-,j­ ---~ -~ ~ " t ~ ~ ::>:I E c "" -g: ~ c, [ ~ ~ = g ~ e-: -'"'-. c = c­ " rn - c " §:~ ~ ; 1;>' c b $. ::; ", . i ~ Take Office With Jackson Twelve district and six at·large council. men were also sworn in with AUanl:a Mayor Maynard H. Jacltson and Comcil President WYche Folwer Monday night. Simultaneously taking 4he oath admili:s­tered by Fowler were, llst:ed in order of dis­tricts and at-large posts, John H. CalhGlm, Charles Helms, James Howard, James G. Bond and Manis Finley. "#0, N~G. Lambros, George CotsaJtis Rkhard A. Gulhman Jr. Arthur Langford Jr. It a h JacksOn-Carl Ware; Hugh Pierce. . Also, E. Gregory Griggs, Marvin S. Ar.­rington, Mrs. Panke AI". Bradley, Buddy Fowlkes, Q.V. \\OilUamsW, and Jack Sun~ ",..... MA RTA D~'~J!;1y"~ote On Garden Hills Site Hy MARCIA STEVENS News Editor The board of directors of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has delaved a vote on its plans for station locations in Garden Hills. MARTA General Manager Alan Keipper Monday told the board that an in-depth study by the City Planning Department of a plan to consolidate two proposed stations into one site was late in getting to MARTA. The city's study, released in last week's Neighbor. supports construc­tion of a single station at the intersec­tion of Piedmont and Lindberg Drive. MARTA's staff has, in the past, sup­ ported the plans. as approved in the MARTA referendum, which call for construction of two stations less than a mile apart a long the Piedmont­Lindberg Line. Residetns of Garden Hilts, Peachtree Hills and Peachtree Heights opposed the two-station plan as did the city of Atlanta Planning Department which called for consolidation of the two stations into a single station on the site of the vacated Arlan 's Department Store. The MARTA staff was to make its final recommendations to the board Monday but those recommendations were delayed pending evaluation of the planning department' s latest study on the one-site plan. In other action regarding MARTA sta(;O'''~ sites on the Northside, ~ has called on to ask the planning department to do a similar study on the southern alternative to the controversIal Northside Drive and 1·75 MARTA station . Only a graphic study has been done, Guthman said. What he is asking for is a detailed written report on the si te along Holmes Street, south of the 1·75 Northside interchange. The reterendum plan calls for construction of that station on the northwest corner of that interchange, However . the Collier Hills , Springlake. and Wildwood Civic Asso­ ciations have pushed for changes . • Cost Jumps, Funds Short For Jackson City Revamp By JIM l\1ERRINER Mayor Maynard Jackson's plan to re­shape Atlanta's government would cost al­most $299,000 this year--$69,000 more than previously estimated-but the city budget bas a surplus of only $34,000. Clrief Administrative Officer Jule Sugar­man told a City Council committee Friday that a proposed new layt'l' or "super-admin­istrators" would cost $298,800 in salaries and equipment for the final eight IllQrtths of 1974, When Jackson disclosed his reorganiza­tion scheme Feb. 4. Sugarman estimated the 1974 additional expense at $230,000. Questioned Friday, Sugarman calculat­ed the 12-monlh oost for 19i5 at $364,000. Meanwhile, the City Council Finance Committee spent an extra $106,000 for vari­ous purposes Friday, leaving the $80.9 mil­lion general budget just $34,000 in the black. SUgarman repeated the adminlstration's assurance that no tax Increase Of budget deficit would be required to pay for Jack­son's proposed city revamp. Jackson's top aide admitted there Is no room in the budget for another $299,000. He said, "These costs will be absorbed in a variety of minor changes, but primarily by delaying the filling of non-critical vacan­ cies." Sugarman explained that as jobs open up, they will be left Wlfilled for a few weeks or months to save the salary costs. The ~ lice and fire departments and probably the water department wouJd be exempt from this practice, he said. SUgarman told the committee that of the approximate1y 8,000 city employes, about 10 per cent "can either be used more efn- See MONEY, Page ll-A • ~ I ... admLo"llstrators WllllIllCl them. SkeDtical members 0( the council's CommIttee on the Executive, during a public nearing on the reorganization, pressed Sugarman for details on bow the plan would be funded. Sugannan asserted that bringing in top managerial talent would be like "a capital investment" that YI'Quld save the city much money in the long run. Councilman Richard Guthman asked, "How could I invest \\1tnout having some assurances about what I am investing in?" "We hear that all the time in govern­ment," added Councilman Buddy Fowlkes. .. 'We're go:ng to soond more mo:)€)' to save money.' The trouble is we never save it." At Guthman's ~tion. the commit­tee will draw up a resolution requiring quar­terly reports on exactly what $8\1ngs the new super-administrators would accomplish. Guthman mentioned a possible city charter amendment " to put some teeth" in the re­ quirement. Sugarman, unruffled throughout t b e committee's questioning, readily agreed to the quarterly reports. Asked by a reporter whether he and Jackson had comted on some kind of local option tax to pay for reorganization, Sugar· -1l\8n said no. If the General Assembly does allow a .form of local option tax, 8S distinct from :property taxes, the revenues wlll not go for adm.il1istrative costs, SUgarman promised. At a similar publiC hearing Tuesday, Fowlkes mentiOned that no one from the general public bad appeared, and he ex­. pressed hope that more interest would be . sI)own. However, only five per9(lns showed :up Friday, other than some city department ' heads. : Building department chief William Wof­:foni has oPp!l';ed th~ movlnl( of his dtpart· ment into a communIty develOpment depart· ment. However, Jackson's plan Includes this step and Wofford said Friday he \\'Quld sup­ : port it. early' last mooth said combining police and fire arson unlts would be one advantage of a single Publk Safety Department. Although Jackson wants to create the pubtic safety "super·agency," Sugarman said Friday they plan to leave the separate arson teams untouched. Over-aU, JacksOn's revamp plan would create nine "commissioners," six of whom would fill brand new jobs, to QVet"See the doings of the present 22 active department beads. Tbe City Council JJ'JJSt ratify Jackson's plan. Jackson has been lobbying for the council to grant preliminary approval at its M.onday meeting so the plan can be officially ~tedby the March 4 meeting. The F1nance Committee FTiday voted to give f40,LOO to an upcoming OrganIzation of American States (OAS) convention, $34,000 to the Urban Qbgeryatory in the mayor's CJl­fice and $32,000 to salary increases in the Personnel Department, Councilmen Gutbman and George Cotsakls grumbled that these appropriation.'! should be delayed until the mayor shows them exactly how he will finance his reor­ganization-but their votes were overridden. Finance Director Olarles Davis explain­ed later that the city started 1974 with $151,­000 in a reserve appropriations account. For various salary upgrades, $83,000 was later taken from that accoont. Hov.'ever, $72,000 from a reserve for council staff salaries was later transfened to the general contingency aceount, bringing it up to $140,0lO, But the $106,000 spent Friday cuts it back to $34,000. Davis said there is no reserve aCCO\2lt for extra administrative salarles. However, the mayor still bas $72,000 in reserve to ex­ pand his staff. The committee also approved a pay raise for Reggie Eaves, Jackson's second·in· command after Sugannan, from $29,068 to $30,316. There are 'll per900S on the mayor's staff. "ttr .atlanta 10urnaI Sotllrdoy, Feb. 16, 1974 . ~evamp Funds Plan Offered r By HA...~KEZELL cil, detailq exactly lIrhere , Atlanta can get the $XlD,OOO the taviJWs ha\-e beta made.. It needs to implement Mayor The tunmlttee quickly .(­ Ma}'na~ Jacks:xt's ~ve cepUd the oller. Comciknanreorgaruz.alion plan by Jeavin&: Buddy Fowlkea abo IrIt:ed other jobs tempocariJy unfill­ ~~00 pr epare a ed, Chief Administrative om­ projectiOn of where the cost cer Jule ~says.. cutting Will be done. Sugarman told the city Moot of the nearly mo,ooo ~'s ~ttee crt the is to 1(0 for salaries and Cringe uecmve Fnday that the p0­ benefils lor Six new ":qJet lice and fire departments executives" and their ~ ","OUkl be exempt from the Each 01 the new department deiays in "the filliDg of om· COfTUllimioners would abo get critic.al vacancies. $7,000 for eqUipment and other ".9:rncwbere in 8,000 jobs, oticc expeJ1StS. there are 10 per cent that can Jacboo's reorganization be used more effectively or ~proposes a new ~e away with.," Sugannan level of admlnIstration. There ...d. would be a total of nine de­ The city has far less in _ amnlOllonen. "'" \bXImmi.tlfd funds than the three .... _10 be nn.. $298,800 which m:rganb;atioo by incumbent department Will C05t tbi.s year. heods. • Afler considerable ~ The oommtttt-e made a ( rom CouDciIman RIchard. "othman, &Igannan p_ number ~ ehanges in the onIin3nce, the _ ~ i quarterly report to the coun- CSlt bEl!ng the decision to thift t b e architecttnl sen1ce1 funeUon bact into the dcJrrWn of bulldina: official WlIUam R. Wofford. There was no objection to SUgannan's descriptioD of a major InnovatJoo in the rtOr­ ,anU:atJon JlI'OI»"-3I-rtmov­ uw the IIeCOnd le\'el of the administrative 3tructure from Civil Serv:ice, The hnov.Uon would am leave that second level with no fixed terms 0: office, 3 dis· tinct departure from. past practice. The commlttee sho""f!d IItUe Jnterest in the future elfect or thaI d\ange, but doomed 011 length the effect It m1gbt ha\'e no several iDcumbent. admin­ """...... One ImpriJe at the-Friday afternoon hearing 11' a s the emergoooe of an apparently widely held belief that the l'OOrganizalm plan coold be moclined Within 111'0 yean... The 3G-membet citizen com­~which ci'ew up the new CIty charter went 00 some length in an attempt to assure that the fU'Sl execufu-e reor­ganization would get a t""~ ,'par II')'IJ"JI btfore It could be ''P<'''' 8 . A TIlE A1L\~"TA OO~STITUTJON, Tutl" Frb, 26. 1974 .. Millican Hits Revamp Plan I On Hiring, Firing by Mayor By JIM MERR~'ER G. Everett Millican, an Atlanta "elder statesman," told a City Council committee Monday that a plan to put the JOOs of top officials under the thumb of the mayor woo!d subvert the new city charter. MJllican, a fonner alderman, state senator fi nd Charter Commission member, rererred to a plank in Mayor Maynard Jackson's city reorganization plan tnat gives the marOf' power to' hire an:! fire the top two layers of • management at wiU, CoWlcilman Richard Guthman said later he will oller an amendment to Jackson's reorganization O'rdinance, requiring that the present system of having set terms of office for depart. ment heads be maintained. The issue was raised during the fourth public hearing held by the Com· mittee on the Executive on Jackson's proposed revamp. mak­ing seco:H1 echelon administrators vul­nerable to arbitrary and politicaUy motivahld actions.. , Mayor Jackson is to be commended for his willingness to provide safe­guards for administratol':!l who are essentially career officers who have painstakingly learned their duties over years of eJ:perience. Councilman Guthman and fonner Alderman Everett Millican, a member of the charter commission, are also to be commended for bringing the plight of the second echelon administrators to the fore. An Incoming mayor should have the power to hire and fire those who will, be directly involved in the generation and Implementation of policy. But in the interest of maintaining a smooth and effective city administration, ca­reer administrators sbould be afforded reasonable protection. That Mayor Jackson has gone .long with this is a good omen for Atlanta', future. ••..• A Good Move Mayor Maynard Jackson has m~de another right move, adding anot er piUS to his actions in office to date­although he did so unde~ some pres­ sure from the City Council. Mayor JackSOn compromi~ with the City Council on an appOlnt~en\ system for high-level city adminIStra­ tors that otherwise would amost c~r· tainly have beCOme a rotten SpOils system in the future. Tbe mayor agreed to an ame~· ment to his reorganization plan which would restore filed four-year terms of oUice to 2!'1 second·level city adml.n1s­trators and would give them ,the right to appeal to the City Council If they , are fired. The nmendment also would a5!iure f that about two-third! of the 3!'1 first and second-level administrators would c remain on staggered terms-a system previOusly worked out t'? ~reve~t poli­ticians from using ad,mlOlstratlve ap­pointments as pawns tn mayoral cam­ paigns, As originally proposed, Jackson's reorganizatiOn plan would have al· lowed a newly elected mayor to perform almost unhindered ~hOlesale (irlOg and hiring of the city stop 3!'1 administrators, including posItions !'ouch as police chief and lire chief, Jackson was smart to give IOtO the cOmpromise. He will still have strong powers over the administrators and. withOut some promise of tenure, for them. he would have had a difficult time in attracting quahhed men (or the jobs. The compromise also prevents lots of potential rotten apples In the city government's barrel tn the future. 18-A TlfE An.AfII'TA OOi"ST - Jim Minter Lauded for Kidnap Action The a.ty Cooocil Monday formally commended A t I ant a Constitution Managing Editor Jim Mint­er-for "the courage, JOyal­ty, dedication and selfless­ness he demonstrated" in helping to tree Reg Mur,ity from Murphy's "captocs.." Minter, whO "dropped" $700,1XM) in raw:m money at the instructions of ~ stituUon Editor Murphy's kidnapeI's Feb. 2 2, \\-'as cited in a resolution olfered by O>uncilm"" Rid>anI Gutbman. Murphy was released ml­harmed that same night and said Minter's actioos in d~with the kidnap­ers ~save hiS life. Minter received 1 e I e­phone messages from the kidnapers and later drove 30 miles, cootless In an open jeep in near-freezing "'feather, to make the ~ 80m drop. REVIEW BODY Zoning Board Action Delayed 3'/~/?.; edtA-sn~ By JIM MERRlNER Atlanta's zoning processes remained in limbo Wednesday as the City Council Develop­ment Committee, responding to demands for more citizen participation. delayed action 00 proposed zoning review boanI. Committee Clainnan Rich­a r d Gulhman warned that "we will be in the middle of nowhere" in zoning matters unless the review board is created by the full council Monday. The committee agreed to meet early Monday to decide its recommendation about the review board to the council. A moratorium on rezoning applications has been in effect since November to give the city time to work out new zoning and planning proce­ dures under the new city charter, Also, Gov. Carter will ~n sign a law abolishing the city­ county Joint Planning Board, w b i c h reviews zoning re­ quests, Guthman said. The citizen review board, mandat­ ed Wldcr the new charter, is necessary to provide legal means to enact new zoning lal'os. he said. During a two-hour pUblic heanng on the proposed re­ view board. representalives of several civic groups argued that it would not involve ad­ quate citizen patricipation and might be open to C1)nflicts of interest. Under Guthman's 0 r d i­ nance the review board would includ~ a chainnan appointed by the City Council president, plus six members named by the council from each at-large council post. Members could not be public employes or of­fice holders and would be Wl' paid. Robert L, Schwind of the Pine HillS Civic Club recalled that many COWlciimen during the election campaign endors­ed holding zoning meetings at night and in the neighbor­hoods to be affected. The ordinance called for meetings in City Hall, but the committee agreed to lea\'e the meeting times and places up to the board. Schwind also said the Joint Planning Board saw many C1)nfliets of interest and urged that the new board exclude real estate men. developers, real estate lawyers and other with "vested interests." "Unless you are a hermit" you might be open to confl~cts of interest, Guthman replied. "The home o",ner has a con­ flict of interest. perhaps more than an,body else" in zoning requesls near his property, he said. The city-wide League of Neighborhoods ,preser1ted ~ aiternalive ordmance of Its O'ot'O, providing for speci..fic means of citizen participation and for certifying neighbor­ hood groups. in addition t~ the review board. 'fbe colllfJuttee said it would consider the ordinance before its special meeting Monday. A motion to amend Gulli­ man's bill to grant the mayor pol'o-er to appoint one of the board members l os t when Guthman voted to create a 3-3 ,;,. ~ At present, rezoning oroi­nanct>S can be proposed only bv individual councilmen. On the first such proposal in the j new administration, the com-I mittee rejected a move to , eliminate a 75-foot buffer zone near Piedmont Road Wednes­doy. About 20 residents protested the abolition of the wood~ buller between west Shaodw­lawn Averue and Piedmont Road commercial property. Former Alderman Cecil Turner spoke for Ule develOp­er Woodale Investment Co. , argwng that the comp~ny leased property for a shoppmg center in the belief that the I buffer had already been taken out. The proposal failed on a 3-2 \'ote and will be considered by the full council ~londay. City Council Due Zoning Proposal By HANK EZELL A proposa]. {o r handling"ITf"'zonlng bearings in Atlanta Is expected kI go to the City QancjJ for a vote Monday. The ]X'OpOSa1 itself will not be In fmal shape befure Moo­day morning, a few hours be­fore it is 5Cheduled to go be­fore the council. '!be council's devetopnent committee, meeting Wedne. day, put off its rec0mmenda­tion till lloOOay after bearing testimony from a number of Dei.gtb)r-bood activists. A variety of civic assoeia­ !;on _ IDciud' Ra Lani er 0( th e ~'Wid~ League 01 Neigbbor!lOOds, ap­ peared to preeerrt a broad range ol pro-resldenlial sug_gestions. Councilman Rieharo Guth­man, development committee chairman and author of a pro­JXI1'1 ' lie fonnula Adm'· t . a ~ each Ul their man said I~rati~e chiet Jule Sugar. for them that Wlr,lled JOb vacancies can pay ••• , ,or the carts might be leased Wtcapy. By JlM l'ttERRlNER Ccmplaints of. "-".~ cIea warnin ,,,'~""" up I" and stop ~C~ a dirty dty" failed to favor of curt!i~ g=:e~'Ot1ng 13-5 in After the rurbsi Cf: Monday.unanimousl de \'ote. the <.'ClUf)(,'il cents I y pa!liOO an eItra beer t.u of 36 ,.... Both actions were pn:IpOSed ~~~;J;l:r Maynard Jac~to~ ti.y wort 10 1974 wage boosts lor .... After voting on the conl.rO\: . ~~:"='='~'~~'~~:~ posed to sa\'e,money curbside pickup is sup- alde~=a~~e ~cllmen fougt.t the ~ a "tr liter y, calling It a "railroading" avcsty of justice,," and " ' reductlon in the servO . a drastic city to its taxpayers" Ices proVIded by this The' . was actua~e;:,,,,hlghlYunusual In that it ...... .' on the council n >I", council's habit Is to oor. sial Issues In prival'" ~econtrover· vance of the ptlblic meeu OIlS In ad­ curbs~five councHmen ~ing against the Georg measur~ we reNick Lambros Pi e "",Co'sakfs. Richllrd Guthman, H"nt! cree Buddy Fowlkes "6'" Jack Sununers was alsIi 0_ L< voted With the rna' ·t UUl he :r?ru:~~r~'~I~:ti~~' ~~ Coundlm aneuver got nowhere John Calbotmensupporting the bUi were 1\1. • James HO\'."'8l'd James D ........ ems Finley, Arthur La .... t~ ........... son, Carl Ware :'-.larv ''6' ,Ira Jack· WilUamscn, Grego;Y G:i~"~' Q. V. and Charles Helms -. .......e Bradley \ G,I'1p sald ,'1b,. I ler Is that y._ ' rea crux of this mat· \\<'Ork the Iklni cannot get enough people to service) is the:?'y a~~k~Sti·. ThIs {curbside I.CI .." ve we have" Buddy Fowlkes was the os/: . against tile bill. He a m outspoken 'I\'Orkers "am very dtfinj~~und~;rbage Bu',be ~jected to the suddenness ~f the proposa -one of the bigg ' . have seen at City Hall." es railroads I A Fowlkes amendment t ' re~ents an option. of keepin;: :~. y semCf: by paymg an Htra fee passed. H~er, his attempt to set the fee at $81 the cost as estimated byelty offlclals, falled A Fowlkes move to do a.'ay with the proposed wheeled garbage carts subsUtzrt.. tn8 ba~ard plutic hap, 103t 11.7. Fow.kes objected 10 $3 million IIFOrlh of the!Je cans, wblch somebody Is . " rich off or." pug to get Guthman said the switch from backyard ~ cur~de would be "a drastic reducti " 10 servIces. on GutJunM said be had talked with the See GARBAGE, Pap If-A arbage, Pay Hike ~/lf/1~rd. Jackson Effort Halted On Zoning Appointees Package Approved City Council Also Increases Beer Tax By HANK EZEll. ClJrbslde garbage pickup. a 36-cent-a-<:ase Ibeer tax in-­creue and • pay booSt for nearly 8,000 city workers were ap­proved by the Atlanta City Council. The crucial vote -13--5 In favor of curbside pickup ­came after a two·bout debate. in the Monday cooncll meeting. 1be approval came four days after Mayor Maynard Jackson rll'Sl proposed the package of wage and benefit in­creases. They are estimated to cost $4.51 million for the rest of this year and $1.31 million next year.. Lo\\'er1J8Jd city workers, including the city's restive gar. bagemen, will get an 8.21 per cent pay increase in April. Voting against the proposal were Ntrthside Comcllmen Nick Lambros. George Cotsakis. Richard Guthman and Buddy Fowlkes, along with Southside Councilman Hugh Pleroe. Fowlkes charged that the curbside pickup measure is "8 rushed-up deal, one of the biggest railroad deals I've f!Ve't seen In city hall." Lambros said the early vote was "8 travesty of justice and will lead to a "dirty city." while Gtlthman called curb­side pickup "a rather drastic reduction" in city services. Guthman said that Fort Lauderdale uses the same sys­tem but tested It in a small area first. He also noted that the Florida city is on much flatter terrain than AUanta. Curbside pickup is to begin July 1 or later. Although the vote was a strong one, voices in favor of the long~and politically explosive measure were mild. CouncilmaD Q. V. Williamson said cmbs1de pickup is TIIrD to Pale lOA, CoIIlDID 1 • .~ , lO-A Cpr Xltlanta JOllrnal Tuesday, March 19, 1974 * Council Approves Pay Hike Package Continued from rage 1A necessary to help pay for the pay raise. package. Councilman James Bond said it hadn't been rushed through, since it had been Wlder discussion by various city officials for several years. Councilman Panke Bradley said the press and others have given a false impression that the program is solely for salary increases. 'The public needs assurance that the council bas consid­ered the best methOds of waste collection, she said, and Is "not rushing through a way to get more money." In a t~'C}-year conversion program, the city plans to pro­vide &ingle-family residences and small apartment complexes with SG-gallon, wheeled carts for rolling the garbage to the cw-b. Tbe cost of the carts, about 100,000 of them, is estimated at about $3 million. The money is to come from cuts else­where in the budget. aceording to Commissioner of Environ­ment and Streets Pelham Williams. There will be no charge to the public for the carts they will use to wheel their garbage to the curbside. The courri1 adopted an amendment which will allow residents until 1 p.m. on the day ot plckup to take in the wheeled carts. Commissioner of Environment and streets Pelham WiI· liams oullineci Tuesday the suggestions he has for raising $600,000 this year for the wheeled carts. The plans were apparenUya surprise to Mayor Jackson. Jackson's head snapped around and he gazed intently at Wil­liams while he outlined the plan. The city can cut $300,000 by dcferring construction oC a waste disposal facility OIl the Northside, $100,000 from this year'S planned spending for building a rail..J1aul garbage facility, picking up $100,000 from a reserve fund. and the rest from curbside pickup saving, Williams said. It approved another amendment which requires a COOl" dInated administrative effort to find new city jobs for any men put out of work by the anticipated trimming ot 487 jobs from the sanitation payroll. 1he council added a trurd amendment b:I allow backyard pickup for those who pay an extra fee. It rejected Fowlkes effort to set the fee at $81, an estimate provided by sanitation officials. The tee for backyard pickup is yet to be determined. The other parts of the pay and benefits package v.-ere j appro\'ed on \'oice votes. ) The package includes an 8.5 per cent pay increase for 6,466 city workers Ix!low pay range 54 which pays trom $9.048 to $9.&U a year. Higher paid city workers Ilill get 4.25 per cent in April and another 4.25 per cent nert January. Those making more than $'20,000 already are exeJuded. The city will also have some concurrent incrc8S('s in pcn.s.ion costs and lI.ill pick up the average $3.95 a month which workers now pay towards a health InsuranCil plan. ACCOrding to the finance department, only the general fund needs additional rC\·CllUe. The new requirements to $3.27 million thiS year and $5.26 million in 1975. A report from finance officials estimates that curbside pickup ....ill save the city 1.04 million this year and $2.8 mil­lion next year. The new money from the beer tax increase is expected to total $1.23 million this ymr and $2.2 million in 1975. More new money is expected from doubling fioes for parking violations. More savings are anticipated from cutting a Southwest Altanta bridge construction project and a nwn­her o( garbage truck purchases from present city spending' plans. Garbage Tk IlrIl ~of MI,or ....runt J.ct.a., adaUlWItnUOla to die 0""'.....\1 ill tM (0l1Il of tM \Dc w. aDd rIIdrIdaI dl, wnica. ----­ • Tbe 0\1 c-cu tIM ...-t. !1IIbbIr. • IUmpld tM -)'01'" UIUI, ...,. plIa by I two 10 0Dt awp. Tk pn.q. worbn tllftDlehw*-"' tbt ~, ruM tal, .u ofl..... .. r'UIOII for dullIIC to * cvWde ,.nap .,.um. But lM'n ...m, '"" I ap bootL Tbf rDly« aad Cll, ...... ""'" --"""""'" .... ~IU¥I mrrtd by IiIeu" ~1.0 redocI dt, ~III I .1, t.bat ftrJ difet't}J affectl u.. qIIIbl, of 1.1,. Ln& til aD wbu eaVUGaalllll. 'nil .. ,arblp C'!IIIII«tiOD IJIIftn 1ttll otr.to.I, be .... troC' ImI to AtlaDla awa. But It lbo UI tM ........,,,--­ • uallU'ett1l11l, IDd ~. OtKalb ~...u, ctlapd CI'IW to 1 cw1IID pittap luball ~ J11lt'!D. n.u-uperWroct W WI t.bat~,,,'~ynp~ die prllql (OIIWIIiIn. ....pr­bI,p IDd liUtr .... ~1Iiaod ot.­ It II ~aotta& lIow tbe mnnbl'f'I of AlJatlU', CU, c-:.cu ....... die ..... ,... ~oppoaed Ibt .........._ Sa LambrCI&. c;.or,. 0IbPJI. Jtjchrd C\llJuDla, Hili' Pkrct. Badd, rowlkM. lad Jlck s.mman. 11M:M fa90ftld till: curl*da pd'p. JOilul tin.-. J.... H.,...rd. Jura Boe4, Mon1I ''*', ArtMr LlnIford. In Jkuoo' Clrt WU't'. M.amD ~Q-V_ WI11J.mIaIl. C~Cn.... P.. BradJry, aod CUria Helma. nts m COIIftiftd ~ooUoa wu offft'ed by MaJOr' Jacboa oa IIiIort QOlIa Il!IId rubbtnWDped .m­illelf aatamlunll, by tbt JplaeJess WQDIim; IDIlIn& liP tbt maJor'lty 01 tM Oty eo-aI. Aade from tM pr­•• ~.... IlItlf. till wa, till ..... tIdI .. IwIdltd oIIen I poor p' .....nt IIIdeed lex' MIlA Ie­u." tMI praeDt dly ~ JACKSOl\" HIT 3h.J/yr Co~ Councilmen Balk at Power Bid By JL\I i\1ERRINER and FREDERICK ALLEN With City Council expeded to give Mayor Maynard Jackson power to appoint a zoning review board, a \'ocal minority of CQUI1cilmen has started to complain bitterly. One councilman who has generally voted wit h the mayor Friday blasted "ele\'cnlh-hour pronouncements from the executive branch" and faulled council for failing to show its strength. Se\"cral col.UlCilmen this week ran off a list of lI'hal they calk"d "precipitous" man­dates from Jackson, including reorganiza­tion, curbside garbage, the airport option and approval of budget changes. Approval by council of re~idency re­quirements for Atlanta police and firemen is a virtual certainty, even though Jackson has not yet officially urged passage of such a law_ On Friday. it became clear that council mtctlds 10 transfer the power to appoint members of a zoning review ooaro from it· self to Jackson. After a Development Committee m~t­ing Friday, Councilman Richard Guthman said he will not fight the power shift. "The mayor has the votes." he explained. The zoning issue will surface again at Wednesday's Development Committee meet­ing before the full council considers It April!. The new board. with the ~ponsiblity of SH COU!'oICJL, Page LloA ~____--Councll-------­ that he hope.!! it is "not a prohlem that will continue." .'rom Paoli" 1·,\ hearing rezOning applieations, was mandat­ed by U1e new City Charter. But the seven­man board originally was to have been ap­ • pointed by council SUdden lobbying behind the scenes by Jaekson this week changed the plan to a nine-man board, all appointed by the mayor. The almost universal approval of ~ack­son's programs had several COW\C1lmen seething this week- Councilman Panke Bradley told a re­ rter "This council has been willinC to the ~'Of saying, 'What does the m~yor want?' I fault the councU. 1 think the 1egL3la­tive branCh sboold be pow~. It dl.stUrbs me enormously." Adds D. 1... (Buddy) Fowlkes, the 11th District councilman, "I think be (Jaclt~) should have greater respect for the 1~.!Ila­tive branch. If we're su]>POSCd to deCIde on something like garba~e (t~urbside pickup) ..re should have more time. On the curbside garbage issue, Fowlkes complained, "We didn't even have time to pot our stafr 10 do research. The more free­thinking members of cooncil don't like that at all." Councilman George Colsakis complaIn­ed. "I object very strenuously about the way things have been handled with this last­minute rush. Anything that's railroaded in the future I'm going to vote against" Some councilmen are making their feel­ings clear. even though they duck the ques­tion. "I don't thlnk It's proper lor me to comment." said Councilman Nidt Lambros. "I don't want to get into an argwnent With the mayor." ., Said Councilman Jack Summers· I don't have any comment on that at all. He can do ",""hat he wants." Councilman Charles HelmS said. '-To some degree the executive branch has done that but it's bard to criticize them beCause they~ve been rushed themselves." He adds Said one councilman, asking not ~ be named, "We need to look like some !tind of reflective body. Some of us are tired ~f smoothing things over so that ~y won.t look so racial. It just ain't v;orking this way." . _h...ll"g to fly Meanwhil~, obj~tOOS are ~.... SinCe over the zonmg reVIew board lSSIlC· • the charter gave Jackson power ov~r oly planning in the frrst place. some officials are complaining that control over the review board gives Jackson one-man rule over ~~~~f"the General Assembly commission that created the city charter; haS charged that Jack.!lOll'S action "clearly' v~ 18tes the spirit of the charter· _L....I off The wning board is&1e lou\.-.-= Council President Wyche Fow\er's frrst pub­U" break with JadcsOO over a policy matter. W "If you want to allow. him (JacksOn) COllllllete authority over mnlng ... then ~It. But do not dO it in haSte or under poliU~1 pressure," he told the Development Comnut­ tee. '''I'his ordinance ... would a~ost termi­ \ \ nate any responsibility by the pollcy-makmg booy (the councU).·' he asid. Councilmen John calhoun. carl Ware, James Howard and Gregory Griggs favored handing the power over to J~cltson. Gutb­man and Mrs. Bradley opposed It. . Before Jackson started his lobbymg campaign, an .ear~er propos.~_toboaa~;!~ j maYOr to appomt lust one of 1 ..11'" berS died in committee on a 3-3 vote. . Jackson defended his move by saYI."g, ,.'the ma...or has always made the nomma­ lions to the zoning board." . He was referrjn~ to the ald~a~lc Zoning Committee, which formerly revle\\ed wnlng appHcalion~. Under the old ..\~ak­ ma}'Or marter, the mayor named the a er­ men who sat on that committee.. . Mayoral appointments W1.11 1("!"UTe "strong representatioo to neighborhood organiz.8tions,·' JackSOn said. SUNDAY, MAier! 24. 1 DECISION DUE SOON Atlanta's Zoning Roadblock aDd defm-ed \Mm lor later ~a ~orthskI« abd ctwrmaa 01 I h. aUadl', .-. deftlapDlal canmlltet, tl'MoIl I'UbJlc: br:artnics have beer IM1 k to _ tbrCIUIh a set Oft April 17 and t. OQ _lIat &lie eomm!ttee b now call1n, prupas;d .bktI weWd break • dUami parUdpa.tiOn ordI ...-. OaOman" ~lIf.wd l.ctudrd In tbat will be tht _ ... _0Dd neichl'nrtlOod propo5&l. dear ""- "" ........ __. PI uwdw.. Iar Ibr IOrIil2I ... nn board. • bod7 1fbktI \be .... CIIarW IinIlfJ1 __ II Ibt In! .-bid:! .m bokI publk '­ B • I )tqDr hd!oft 6l DDII mt~ buUanho.J. 1nI.\be tffect 01 ",ell • ., 10 ill" e. ma,er tontroI OVft' appoln!lawnll \0 tbI baird. c-oUtlImaD,ln1bted bJ tbt Ulh IIoar -=rambIt as weD as tbt ......... '" 11M P"'I'ooI­ beck ID h a, C'OPUI'IU,... for .....-. The mam" fI.. _ ~ t~ t!~/l~~~ MARCH. 1974 VOL XIV. No. 3 COUSINS' PLAN ADVANCED "f/ -~ Q.."._.I. -"/.H;-7'Y ,,-_~ New Urban Renewal Idea By JI:\:\"K EZELL tween the private sector and ger: its presently high bond tracts for redevelopment in ~n official of Cousins Prop­the pobli':' sectDr could be rating, Guthman said. areas which are held in ertlcs Inc., LS ctro.llaw.. in "cry beneficial to everybody He would not say who he numerous small, separate Atlanta City Hall a proposal in getting those things dooe," had disucssed the idea with parcels, Guthman said. The to ~t the City inlo a process Guthman said )fonday. other than to say it didn't city's power of eminent ~ slITular to urban renewal, but But he said present diSICUS­Oflginate ~ith Cousins main is "obvious a part of this wtlhout the fOOt-ral backing it sions are "rather general " The wbole ~Pt is who I e thing," Guthman has had in the past. . . . this is something you where the private sector and added. The draft OC'dinance would don't jump into. You've got the public sector can work to­One city official said he allow the city to toss in any to study it II good lime." gether mthe best manner in understood Cousins is interest­available federal funds, bond Similar coocepts are in usc getting private development ed in developing areas to the money or " any other revenue in Miami, Fort Lauderdale In areas that the private sec­south of OO.....nto'>l-11, around the which could legally be used to St. U:luis and Los Ange1es, h~ tor may not be Interested in propnsed site of the Garnett undf-NTile ilie cost of re­noted. getting into, " Guthman said. street rajlid transit station. development programs." He wouldn't accept any Private disinterest. might Berry was not available for proposal which would cost the spring from the difficulty of The proposal was sent to comment. cit y any money or endan-assembling suitably 1 a r g e city planning officials earli­The proposal from Berry is er t his month by George labeled "draft for discussion Berry, a vice president of papers only." Cousins Properties, Inc., and It would authorize thechlcf administrati\'c officer of .may~r to include "specifically the city until a few mooths Identified areas of the city" in .go. long-leon city planning. Cowl­ Berry's oovcr ~tter asks for cli acceptance of the city wide city review before he sends plans would include approvalthe proposal atong to City of the areas for redevelop­Councilman Richard Gut h­ment. m"". The mayor would then be Guthman, chairman of the authoriz.ed to spread the word council's ~evelopment com· among developers, and devel­rru~, said he has been dis­opers could send proposals cUSSIng the concept wit h ba.ck to the mayor. includingd~elO~ and city planners. pnce, type of development But didn t know any "'Titten timing of the proposed devel: pr,~posals were In existence. opment and evidence of finan­ A COOperative effort be­ cial and technical capability. Council Adopts Mayor's Reorganization CounalrNn RliCNrd OuthlM" _kJ I" btiM" of , O'~I ,,,,,,ndmeftt .«letlne M.ycM' Mrt,.rd .llduon·. ,...." I.U'",," of Qty p emm.n1. Alter • _tel: 01 .Khlu$tlv. hearingS tM C,ly Council has 8dopted Mlyor ,Mdr.lOf"!·s rlOfg;tnLllllOf'l of Ule U !JCUlive brlnd'i of City gova'nmtn1. The reorv-niultOn cr.ln nine d~rtmenlJ of city gov.nment, teeh ~Idby I commissioner. and 21 bureeus unclw tne. dtp¥tmtnls,eech hMded by. bur..... ch let. The nlOe deQW1ments a,. Bud~\ and P Mlfl9. Adm inistratIVe s.vicft. Human .nd Comm,anlty Develop I; P.,.ks. Lor.in and Cultur,l Aft• .,.s. Publk: SalI.IY. Env.ronmlflt .net Slr..U. Aviattan. Finance; and lAw_ The ~nt"l c:Nnge came ."..ben Councllmln Richard GuU'If'I"IIIn II'Itroduc:«f an .nwnchnen,;-iUi):' ported bY your Atlanu Cha~. nt.tJlistu"ll 'our year S1agg«ed lerms 'or bur..u c:hieh and providing for , ppell to 1M Council by the bur'" ch'" of .ny d ismissa l .ction by the mlyor. ,lIowlI" the Courci\ to rescind the ~yOf'S Kt.on by • 213 vott. Undl:f -he original pbn aj,mlHed by the mlvor. buf..,u Uliefs wved .t the Will 01 the maVor and coukt tM removed by him .t .ny trtne withOut .appeal. Thil change shOuld Pfl"lCl'lt • ".,cH1I SVstem" 'rom developing in l!'HS 1M ot City govwnment. T 10. 'torpntUtiOn .. expKted tc" una bY amu'lg sUfi .lloatlonl ot v.taus d.-nntnts ,"duc:hng the ~'I OUk. and the Publtc WOfks O~l ~yor Jack.,n, 0.."""" Budety Fow In,, • Labor Dept. Asks Assistance SoCft'lo1rv 01 LpnI\Is .skid the , ..swnQt of chamblrs aT commerce In dn.rnINltlng infoff'Mlion on a pt'ogram to ptCNidt ttw OlJ*lment of LabOf With .,....nce infOf'rnltkJn on projeded employm.,11 lIyolts c:auted by tntr1V Itlortages., ~thrt dIfeet or w-ct "Itt The Secr.IMY .skl thlt wlunwv hetp 0' ~Ioy.s ~ notlfyll"lllil )oQI SlIttt Employment $«vice off1(" 01 protPktrve or planned I'ff\PIoyment "yoffs ,lWOtving 50 Of mort tmPtoytet. 'hi C)CI!UpItlons .ffected. the ¥lticipat.t d~.don 01 such IIyoff...~ lhi ~ F,om lnCr..-d know~ 01 whlre end when "yoUs •• IIk.ly 10 oecu' IS • rftUtt of tntrgYIIhorUon. tM Depat~nl 01 LabOr will ....k 10 ,lIhlolte the tmpaCI by 1 Molkmo "... inforrNtiOf'l .Yllbblt to tM FedIt.! Energy Offu to '0""" chaftor-l en .lloc1tlon p'ioIlt~ .nd 2. In providing ~IoymentaaistlnCtt to unem­ployed worker. IUCh IS JOb InlOtmltion. counwhng and r.tr.inlng. Tho c:ooper.11Of'I of buslnttl, Ybor, .nd oowm­ment ts required to minlmll' tM 8dver. I'ftlCU o f energy shorUIiJft on bUttntft KtNity .nd tmPlCJYfNn If you II .n employ., t.vt • prQlPeCtM' layoff ot 60 or mot. worker" pleut f1Otlly:M, R~t Bums. Room 500. 1371 Petd'lt,.. SUcet. N E. At....... Goorg.. 30309. fi26-5300. - ATLA.'"TA, GA. 30302, TL'ESD.\Y, APRIL 2, 19H Council Votes Zoning Pouer to Jackson By mt l\IERRINER said, "Certainly we are figureheads. c,r. M for zoning, "we are about council would appoint lMmben: for racial Alarms that the City Council is "becom­tainly we all! tubber stamps. That Is £he o\'cr PI<; " amendment WOuld "PUt us back In reasons or appoint "chain gang members." to fwnbl ~,'ay. ing a tubber stamp" were sounded Monday. "'''3y it was inlended" by the new city char. administrative business," but that ~tht meaning crooks. be has "confidence" in the but the coWlCil voted 11-6 to shin immense charter denies administrative powers to ~ "". HI' "but wbat I am against is COuncil. un:: zoning power from the council to Mayor She deplored "this lack of confidenct in current ' t" The emotional debate concemed an Maynard Jackson. ourselves," and said, "The isaIe here is the Voting against the amendment were amendment by Councilwoman Panke Brad. one-man ~were deCended by a proper balance of autborUy (betWeM the J?hn Calhoun, James Howard, Bond Mortis The action gives Jackson power to ap­ley to have the COWlcil appoint six of the Jat: (IlIIIcilmeII, including James mayor and counc:i1 , , • irrespective of the Fmley, Arthur Langford Jr., Ira Jack.so point all nine members of a new zoning re­nine board members. The board will hold ~~"1be final decision over ~ll personalilies currently in office." Ca~ Ware, PierC(', G~ory Griggs., 1tarvf:; view board. The original bill created a hearings on zoning applications and make ~oning .Is. II, !be. hands of the council, Arrington and Williamson. seven-man board named by the council, but zoning l"eC1)mmeodatioll6 to the council ColmCilman Charles Helms argued that That', . SUPJ?Or1ing it Wi'Te Helm!;, ~lct Lam­ sudden lobbying by Jackson cbanged that on the 7.Oning board could be "the beginr.i.DC of Mts. Bradley said some COUDC:ilmen told PIt!refi ~I ."ant to stay as far away bros, Richard Gut/unan 8radlry ~". March 18. the end" of cbecb and balances in city gov­ her they favored the amendment in princiPle from z.anlIS I possibly can. • .It is nou.. Fowlkes and Jack ~ '&>Uy ernment kis V.1IS absent. George Cotsa· Responding to warnings against a "one­-but would vote against it me but bfIe. 'nIey think that you're a Helms cbsen'ed that ~ charter al_ crook ., man government," CounciImaii Hugh Pierce 'I1l.e reason, she said, was rear that the Later, the Jackson version of the zoning ready gave the mayor complete aatbonty Q: \'!bmsOn saId the Bradley See COm-en., Pace ...\ " From "nlte 1,.\ board ordinance passed U-5. Gulhman, \\'ho had supported the amendment, also voted for the unamendrd version. ••• • • The Citywide u-ague of Neighborhoods favored rr­ • striding the zoning board to " .,• quarterly meeti~ and abol­ • ishing it when ncw develop­ ment plans are enacted next •• year. otherwise, the league said L.~ board could push , thro~gh "8 rash of rezonings" •• undermining ()rdef'ly develop­ ment. But amendmenu for quar­ , terly meetings and an int~rim ", board lost by heavy margll\S. , " Ma}w Jaekson w 8 S not " " availabl!' for comment Mon­day, He pn'\'iously defendPd his move for aPPOmtment" powers by saying that council•••• appointments could result lD a politically unbalanced board. .' Six boord member! will be.'.' cOOsm from the at·large coun­ w: cil posts jpalred distric~l,'., and three from "muniCIpal planning, architt!Cture, law or .:" related profeesioll!." :. Board members mllst not •• '. be government officials or employes. The y wilt hold hearin~i every 30 to 90 daysand will rE'ceive $25 per meet· I • , ing. Mc-mJx>rs will serve sbg­ ," gered two-year Urms. " " ~1a\'oral nominaUons must0' be approved by a majonty " , council vote, so tbt earhe:"l " the panel could be created IS 1: at the April 15 council meet­ing. The PlaMlng Departmmt now recorTllTK'Ods that zoning application.~ received by April 15 be corurick'red at a zoning reyil'w board hearing May 30. I• It lakes about 45 days to prot'­ • e 5s the applications and • ad\'ertise hearings, officials say. . l , A moratortum on rorung, , giving t.ie city time to estab­lish new procedures undl"r the , • charil'r, has been in effect I :;l I!I' • .. I'I'pI.Icftnmt .... ..uwa: c.lMM ...... ".,.,.. 01 a ...... r-o'et_. Dr.t.alDL nat.. ... ... G lUI bill ..1 .... be'n tbr dt1 • h'JICIft W\lI ('OIDf __ Usat .... ". 1 ....ua. II 11M .... ... ua. .... CIIl:ItndIId Ul dw ..ute NAftT" ..... fa • ...... wu. .. ." ..... .... .. CobIi o..c;, ~ • ......., Is •••• ,arl .f U. - -~ - Buckhead Opens First Minipark':.;;'! ... I ., _ ku..4 rllLltill .. ....... =... Buckhead Minj-Park !'-6lu'AS /d.....:;'"-,,-,,, '1'/1$/-"1 Dedicated Thursday By BETSY GILBERT Irash container. and the Although last Thursday's Peachtree Bailie Garden Oub, which has volunteered downpour prevented the formal outdoor dedication to maintain the park. ceremony planned for the Among the guests at the Buckhead mini-plfk, dedication ceremony were members of the Buckhead Mrs. J ohn W. Cherry, Business Associalion (BRA) president of the Garden and invited Juests observed Club of Georgia, In whose the dedicllion following a honor the park was brief busineSi meetin. at dedicated; city couno.:ilmen the Sean Garden Center in Ri chard Guthman and Buckhead. Buddy Foulkes; Mrs. Paul The park, located on Miller, chairman of the Peachtree Road ntaf West llANOS Committee for the Paces ferry Road, was built Fulton Federation of with funds r.ised last Garden Clubs and general October by the Buckhead chairman of the Fall FaU Festival. The event was Festival; Mrs. Stanley P. sponsored by the Fulton Meyerson, president of the Federation of Garden Clubs Fulton Federation of and the BBA, assisted by Garden Clubs; P.O. EUis, the North Side Woman's president of the BBA ; and Oub. Bill Patterson , past A number of preSIdent of the BBA. or,.nilltions and Representing the Nonh indiYiduals made Side Woman's Club was contributions to the park, Mrs. Kenneth J. Kearney, ! among them the Pine Forest chairman of the group's Garden Club, which civic improvement donated the bench Ind committee. OnlbudsnUln~sOffice "1,~h4-C... 5t OI('d by COllllllittee • • c:r.:bcI&mIn mI!.ImlIm ulIf7 at m_ Il_ .." &hf G"t"'ty" .tII NIl ..tDdt?' ~wD~"~ t.ok' ..,. ~ .. IDIJW ad ... iliff, tbe ..Ita IIaI!. ... 'nit emtJudanan II • t. '"'" .. aD ,......, but hi ... ao PD'"''' lib leal .niM IWnId1 lit on ordJ • tbt ..,.. n.al • .uw .. ..... on. ....)AI ."r••• ............ ,ill'.'.'" • .........,.romn" ." •..,.,.,.,. •...ucmr.......,., alwI "4._aDd • WiS.J ~.,.. l»mt s. hp .." 2tt. \ T'llt An, T\ f'o'"'mtt no • I r\. ....... II. 197' .. --Ombudsman---~ ON THE 'Loose Group' Backs Jackson Opponents J.U ....l.COM1'I..t'.n Wuhl"gton .U.... WI WASHINGTO~-Before placing their bets, political gam­blel'5 might do well to cheCk the expenditure reports of all Atlanta campaign commiltee called "The Loose Group." Acollection of lop businessmen in the Atlanta area. such as Dillard Munford, the group put out $6.tXlO in last year's Atlanta mayor's race, acrording to the report it file:!. with the clerk of the U.S. House of RepreSentaUves. Of interest to wagenqg folk is the breakdown: n,1XIO to Sam MasseU, $2,000 to Harold Dye, $1,000 to Charles Weltner. $1,000 to Leroy Johnsoo, and not a permy to Maynard Jack· .... For the rtCOrd, the group did better in other races, giv­ing money to winners Wythe Fowler, $2,000; George CotsakiS, $250; Buddy Fowlke5. mo: Jack Summers, $250; G. E\'erEtt 'Millian, $250; and Richard Guthman, $500. • Council Holds Off I On Zoning Board MaY2~/7r~ed For Nominees said "Very few private citi­By JIM MERRlNER z e ~ s h a v e experience in Mayor Maynard JacksOn zoning." zoning was formerly said i'ueeday thai. "I did some politicking with all my ap­pointees" to the troing review L •• ...I. _ including t....~ who _ul we« \'Q1OO dOv.ll by a COUflCI committee but later COIl­finned.' by the full council '.l""'". Ai1a:r ~foodaY's meeting, two COI,I'ICilrr.en denied that JacksOn had loIJbled .to have the cQuncil aPPfO\'e his norm- Jackson did not elaborate on his "polillclting." A conrumation committee Friday rejected Mrs. Loretta Kimpson and Miss JeMifer Ben on the groood that they al~.Jock knOwledge "" -. exPefi-"l"e in city planrung and zoning. eouncilmCtl who switched their votes on these nominees M 0 fl .. a y include Gregory G~.l!cilardGutnman and Ira Jackson. Mr.;. Kim~ was OCI'lfirmcrl on a 1&-1 vote and MiSIs Bell by 15-2. Mayor Jac:k:son a l so charged Tuesday that "I think politics got \'e.)' deeply in­ \'Olv'¥r: jn WI" rejectlOfl of one nominee, lawyer R. Ray Lanlii. He ~edthat Council· man Bucldy Fowlkes led the reif'd1Gn mov'ement because Laniu bas opposed Fowlkes politil~ally in the past. ~ cooncii turned down Laniel' and realtor ~lIer Jotmon. but confirmed seo.'l'I'I oth£or nonunees. The new ~panel will hold bear· )to 0fI zoning applications end rCCQmmend action to the CoUncil. ' handled by a committee of aldennen and the city-eounty Joint Planning Board. Miss Bell, 24, ;s a lawyer for the Atlanta Legal Aid Soci­ety and graduated from Har­ vard LaW SchoOl last year. Sbe attended Wellesley College and served on the Massa­chusetts Governor's C0mmis­ sion on the Status of Women. MiSS Bell was also active in the Black Law Student's As­ sociation and worked for the Massachusetts LaW Reform Inshlute. Mrs. Kimpson was stoutly defended on the council floor as a community activist and spo\t~n for the \Qw_income sector of Atlanta. "Of all the nominations that the mayor made 1 think this is number one;" Councilman Hug b Pierce said . Mrs. Kimpson, 60, was a eommuruty organizer for Eco­ nomic OppOrtunity Allanta from 1967 to 1973. She has served in PTA officeS and fmOOed a south Atlanta com­ munity center. which is now named after her. JacksOn said he did not knOw whell he would nominate persons to replace Lanier and Johnson on the board. Confirmed by the council and scbedu1ed to bold awning hearing May 2 are John Evans Jr ., William Nash. Ronald W. Wilson, William J . Dougherty and Wade T. Mitchell, besides Mrs. Kimp­ : Lanier and Johnson are the .fiJ1it mayoral appointments to son and NLiss Bell. hirejoctod in Jackson's four­ )nQrrth-old administration. ! ,n a 'written statement, ...Jackson said he Is "totally un­ :able to lI'\derslaOO the action of· the council in rejecting" Linier a\d Jobn90n. "Both men' ~utremely well quali· lied {rom both a ci\'ic and a lx'of~pointof"iew," be \ pod.'.' J I . ~the qlrSti()(l of the mex­~01 :Miss Bell and :\trs..;Nmpsoll. the ma)'Ol' - ,+ • I MARTA Idea Irks GU'thriian By RALEIGII BRY.u-..s An In·h 0 u Ie pllllIIling nawnmendaUon that MARTA not build its Northwest LlDe now ~d maybe Df"'U ~w opposJUon from, city l.'OUIICil. maD who f!:presents the DDrt.b­west sector. Colb:iWnan Rk:bard Gutb­man saki in sum that not buil~ the line wuuld ~ pr1\'e his oonatitUeDt3 of ~ tlun& the y W1!I'e promised prior to the 1171 MARTA Guthman " t In Mooday wbeD MART." (the Metropoli. "'­ tan Atlmta Rapid Transit A. thority) heard Manuel P.. d:roo.. ita planning chiel, thrtlw out the "no-buUd" proposa1. It WOlJ Padron', way of r~ JOlving 1 h I" blue wbelhtr MARTAshould ",locate a pr0­posed Northside Drive transit ltabon frun Just oorth of J.7S to a spot a litUe !IOUth of the lrefow.y. BUilding the station north of 1·75 has been stiffly opposed by resldenLs of CoUler HiUs, who haV!! en}oyed backing of City of AtlaDta planners aDd offldllli lJ.ke Guthman. But MANTA', plaDners continue to pWtr 1M fIOI'th.o(,tbI"-ftef'­way locatton. u Padroa made clear Monday. TbI! North.. LIne II a branch U1endina: from MAR T A's !'iorth l..me ~It CI'OIII!I 1·1 5 'II1!Itlrant to NorthsIde Onve. It ~ CIlly two 1toItsca&, ODe GIl _ Street and the other .t Sortb­Ide Drh'e, tbe~.~M(ftja)' tblt '-I _ OGnI:'dvtd .. first to tem! CWIb CcMIt1 but hid been Ibnrtewod to .... spur 1rbea Cobb', ..... ,. ]rded PUtlclptioa m llARTA bid: ill 1 He said the hoe taD DtVtr W'D its ktrp CI' jaslifJlt.!I tJg nullion conmucuon c 0 a t Im'inc 10 modMt an am. ~ he propnerd lbat It ~not be built 1.D'ItiI atld tIll~ Cobb County votm ('~their mmdl and ope lO come tato MARTA. Pldron inshted that the prt'fera,* plar. to b:ate the NorthJ!d~ Drift lltatm still would be /'IOrtb of J.75. no matler If coastruction of tbe ,taboo and thI" !'I:orthweIt Line should be dl-ft'tTtld. And Guthman dIIIll'ftd .nth bIm (lEI that. 100. MARTA baird mfmberl left a 6edIion In 1M ""tltr ~.-YII'C lbe1 probably will ~tbe ItItIIlIl klQhGII at , met't1lII ~Ied May 13. Board n'Imlben lot Wo two oth« toodIyloPICI AJtn. day.....mecber Uwy'~ acIw­ I D« to an "opert.mft'Uup" po\ky. and wfvother thrr cu keep G"'iMett Coantwu., who don·t ave loll tbI! MARTA tn. diltrict, trom ridlnC MARTA bu.tes and paying thI" Ikfnt l.are m.ade poaible by 1UhQ. dIM from Fullen and Dt-Kllb MARTA tax reverlJf'S, In recard to open meet!l\ll, the board wu retpon(Lng to a heretolore uncb:losed ktll% Gov. Jimmy carttr had wnt. t ~ n board Chairman AtIfn Hardin ex.p'eI!Ii1li his coooem about c:cmpla.uJll In thto pr-. that MARTA was boIdiD& cJostrd ~np. "As a longtif'llf' aupport« til M.>\RTA I woWd hope 1Mt )'QUI' pobey (111 opea .... mas' would to be)'oDd \be strict legal req\UI"IIJHIl1 ... ..aid alwaYl ....n aa, queIbOD In (avor of fuD Ibd ~tb:1omrt," the ,.,vernor Mid iD his April U k:U« to Hardin. 1be lURT A board 8doptl'Ci lift open-meeQnp policy IlIal Ill,.. in tum. It will Ql"ver v~ )ate G«Irgia'.1UIIIbme la., GeDeral Mlllqer A 1,1\ Kltpper sp:Ika \0 \hi! OOII.rd about the DeKalb Counly Conuni!siOO'~. unhappineSS over supposed b3e of MARTA buses by Gwinnett eounUans. Kiepper said he has check­ ed with MARTA's lawyers and it ju5L doesn't seem legally possible to keep anyon(' from riding a MARTA bus so long be himself as a MARTA dis­ adding new ~~:1;~~~.County llnes, ,; did Monday, end complaints, UNTIL COBB JOINS MARTA Urged to Delay • 2 Stations In Northwestl By SHARON BAILEY The north.....est rapid transit line, including the Northside Drive and 26~ Street stations, should not ~. bwlt until Cobb CoWlty votes to )OlIl ~ MARTA system, the ~iARTA plannmg director told the MARTA board of dircct(r.S Monday. Planning chief Manuel Pa~ also recommended that when-and If­Ite North<;ide Drive station is built, it be located north of Interstate 75. ~ spite heavy opposition from Collier Hills residents and others. Padron's recommendations, the key points in a nine-pag,e report on the Northside Drive station given to the ~tARTA board, nm contrary to a re­cent City Council resolution and are sure to intensify the. controversy 9JJ'­rounding MARTA's northwest line. City Councilman RicharU Guth­man, Vim represents northwest Allan-­ta, immediately w-ged the board to ,Ig. nore the report and build the station on schedule, south of \·75. • Cobb County elected to stay out of MARTA, and the transit autbor:tty should not eliminate the IIOrthV.~ line at the expense of Fulton resadents, GutJunan said. . Guttman $lid. MARTA to build. the station south of I·7s reiterating an earlier Board of Aldermen resolutioo to the same ef­ feet. . The Northside Dnve station has been a sticky issue for MARTA since before the 1971 referendum, when MARTA officials promised to restudy Its proposed locatioo north of 1-75. Fearful that the station might create development pressures de~­mental to tbeU" ~ighborhood, Collier ,­ Hills residents and others urged. that the station be reioc3ted south. The City fathers' rert\y, Klepper .,;~ But several MARTA board mem­ bers said the staR re~1!OO doesn't go far enough in ell~ting what they view as unfair competibOO from MARTA, a tax-supported agency, to private enteI1>rise. Private companies bas e their charter rate on a fiv~ur ~~ while the MARTA nununwn 1$ on three hours. Thus, even thoUgh per hour rates would be similar, M~,! -would sWI have an advantage, "'''­and othen ugued. Kiepper said the three-hOUr _I. mum helps MARTA to use its ~ ment effici~y and gef"/t!IS ~e: mwUty. wnght suggested raisUC . minimwn for most a.J.StorrwrS, but p­in g non·profit F\Ilton and oeKat organizatiOl1! a lower rate. In still ()(her action: add81 -Klepper said MARTA haS _ seven buseS to five congested~.-l DeKaib County to relieve ov~ i n g which reeently caused De commissioners to complain aboIi ': MARTA county riders invadill( oWe."!. to~ The board asked Kiepper tdt again in a month 00 whether the lion resolves the protMem. MARTA Deletions r..A'f~..u. • ·iAL --,/~ 'Insult': Guthman ..._................ It) "'Rl---'U m \t m.r.~ ..... __ .... s .., .. u. npId, ,,--""'...... IN CASE OF APPEAL Councilmen Silent on Inman aide and we would have to rnaJre ~ he has tmW that time to appeal to the BJ illeR MURRAY our minds then." "ty Coundl .....-Wyche """""­fRler aid Sl.wiay be baa asked ~ Fow1er said that u he under­District aCouncilman Richard A. en members to Utp q1Mt about the stands the situation, lnman could e:\. Guthman. Jr. said, "U he does 8ppeM, nne « PoOOe aief Jom lDman. tbrr go to the council with an appeal and it is certalnly his prerogative to or to the c:ouru or both. Fot.111t :aJd be .eeI hit coIleII­do so, we will bave to see what hap­ __ bOt diIcuss 1he mattfrr 10 '~ Td~lntervl.e'In with • ..un­pens." And u far as a new chief is • taU' IIIdllnpmial Marine. if Inman be r of council mentIen ~Y concerned. Gut h man continued, cmo.. to appeII .. Ihond that coundlmm are abiding "We've gollo IOJve the problems fac­ by Fowler', request. Members ques· T h P Inta' at et."I., w'bk::h lng us now before we can specu1ate booed said the appeal ","OIlld be up to Imwl recelftd Fridly fmn MI.'/Ot aboUt a new chief." Inman and IIItY did not want 10 prejU­ "aynant JackIM Mpenckd rm. cbct t¥ cue 1»' cmmnents DOW belen MOI"ri! FinleyI c:ouncilman fromlrum the poIt of p&e dJtt'f ~ di!t:rict $, also had no set judgment on ...".. but under ene provisianI Of tbe the matter. " I don't ha\"e any true nrw dt)' riIartoIl!r pve tum ZI dI,. be­Dlslrict .{ ()cnw::ilman James G. fselings yet, we bavea't heard both kn ~otfieWly teav. the p:!IitkID. Bond said, '''Ib!r9 is no way Of knovt'· -"""­ sides 01 the i.w.Je yt/. to find out what InmlD ..m c:ontiDUe to reedft • ... II Im\an is 1Oi~ to appeal. and II true and _t is false, Until we can Iftil he doN J woW4 not • want tD ...,.,. kt .. mt to "'eurdIe ..,. f!dtb Of pedotm lit! ckzta.. 4lItq: conwnent. IT be dofs appeal I -.aspect eet down and rmd out what: ~,~ tbere would be a hearing aMI we ptned, It's bard to form an optnlOll, dIP IIf'It II ttI)'I_ iDa dW'rdIul 11 ell'celh' at 1I:1t p.m. aD Ma1 t4 ..t WDUld bear tis lide and the mayor" he said. Jackson Powers Bid Rejected • 8y JJ:\I MERRJ'1ER An Atlanta Cit y Council comnutlee 1'laIs!ay re~a city charter amendtntont IlJUlbt by Mayor 'Iaynard Jackson lhat nWd bave liven lht' ma}'O!', rather than the co --xii, coctrol o\'cr the ctty's civil service I)~'" '!be COUlICfI'. ComtI::d1tt'e on tht' E.r:f'oCU• 'h~ nje('led the auneodmeot. along with a n told tht' coone'l after It \'ot~ lHi to hire the speciallawy~ supreme Court would decide the case o~ that tbe action "is illegal thaI·, all ,"-. jeCtively, on the basis of law, and not pOli­ 10 It" • u ..... " IS tically," carter said. .. The 'n'teran city aUOrtle\' told a pilrt.er. "1 dof!"t want any more 'Iav.yers I'~ "I bad a few things I wanted ., say: &olllllll,JW, that's all r nCed .. . that a resolution Inman said after the It:20 a.m. meetlng UI ,Bc'\tdcn has represented the cit' . Monday's meeting carter's o[fice. "I don·t think It is ~!: \'~nol.l'l t"e'~~ since Inm.'1n opPfled the ~e ~ lOman trial until comment anymore until the courts ha~rfare Apnl.17 with a suit to block Jac~ r;;;~.,,;;;,;u. BowOen said made a decision.." ~0::1~~FPOIntmg a public safety commi; is unnecessary and none Earlier Monday, Carter Issued.• slate-­ment denying that he had authonzed any G ~p:;:Jding to a questiOn from Richard ~~,rl" that he agreed offers of settlement in the dispute. ~saidn ~';:Ithe council noor ~londoOI l' he had." Carter " , '>q'. ,Charles Wl'ltner as a special setting up loosely structured nel Yo' one-, what possibilities prostcutor agamst Inman in an impeach­ planning units to help draW up ne ml'tll tnal be/on /tie coWlCii. That trial was five-and la-year city development p\aIIS­ «brlultt! to begin Tuesdav, but has beer! he had requested the audi­temp"ranly enjoined in court '[he council also confi~ Jac~ ~ June 3 ordinance was So ~, ":~';:~;"'::":'Ofind outlast whatYoeek'sis of Eplan coGil).Pl legal ' to aPPOintments Leon as d::..~. alii. because city attorneys coUld \\. r'It;:;';'; conltO\'ersy by Charles sioner of budget and plannU1&: oa: h~dHse the council as their clients, d not I t and chairman of the stale as commissioner of commuruty as a CU!l' Inman at the same time an prose... development. and Mrs, Barbara ~ The earlier crdlnance a~~ "cor­ $15.1JO"j 10 Weltne'r and his' up to wrung review board~' houl:' A Wad:...-.a assIStant at $-10 an pOW/eel by Wellner nt Jlr(ISeallor wu ap.. Ihc-scen~ deal Itith ~result ~a ~hind- After bel . .cruncdmen, day. Council ;::n~~b~ons.\foo­ rule the paper-drafted said he would --­lIce and submitted b by the mayor's of· Wi!liamsOn-iIIegal. Y Councilman Q. V. B II t Concilman J pealed the rUling ames Howard a~ refer the paper' ~nd Fow,ler's aUernpt to turned on a 1O-a vote conuntttee was over- Later, the . !!.: "J~~' Favori~ijU:r;~urkaYed on an F" "lin Calhoun Char'--tamson, How- Inley. Arthur I "":.~ ..". Helms, Morris Carl Ware, Hu~ih~Jr., Ira Jackson, and MafVln Arrington. ,Gregory Griggs CQt~~'ft'e ~lck Lambros ~Y.~kes~~:~&r:r:y~ ThoU&h1nW. ' James f\lloe tn ~~at first said be mighl .....ould rormal.l. "ate he later . n!'- Yask JackSon to said he '. "eto the Ordi. ordtnlLDOl! fiNot SUrf the '~,ataFriday '. ittee, which • ,:0'..... • I r 1ko",.' - •• .t I ..• '" --------_ .... ::;H80R WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1974 Guthman Plans Meeting For Northsiders Monday Eighth District Cit)' Coun­six months, and the new taking shape, 1 am sure that would like to learn more about cilman Richard Guthman Jr. course 01 City government Is many of my constituents their City government will hold an Informal neighborhood meeting for con­.Iltuents on his northwest Atlanta district on Monday evening. June 24••t 8 p.m., at Fire Slatlon No. 26, at Howell r Mill and Moores Mill Roads The meeting, according to Guthman, "will be the lirst of several neighborhood meetings I plan to sponsor during the year I hope these In{onnal get­tOjJethers will enable my con­stituents in the different .reas m~eAtlanta1l0'urnnl of the Eighth District to have Covers Dixie Like the Dew an opportunity to bring to my attention problems they may Sinn 1883 have encountered regarding • Jock Spolding. Editor City services or policies, and to ask any questions they may 18-A JULY 3, 1974 have concerning City govern­~nt In general," he said "I {eel very strongly." Guthman said, " that citilen participation will allow City Lost Their Sanity government to be brought closer to the people of Atlan· THA:r THERE IS antagonism, to put But it should be apparent to anyta, As the elected represen. It mLldly, between Police Chiel neutral observer that the councilmentative of the Eighth District at John Inman and the Atlanta City were voting from spite rather thanCity H611 , I am anxious to Council should be obvious to everyone, from a reasoned approach to the city'sbusiness. hear of the concerns of residents of my district and to . But for the city ct!uncll to vent Its work with them in solVing our vLndLctiveness by rejecting more than civic problems" It should be noted. too, that Mayor ~IOO.~OO in federal funds for police Maynard Jackson and his chief admin­ "The oe.... City Charter has Intelligence work gives the impression now _n in effect a little over Istrative officer. Jule Sugarman, are of IrresponSibility, As Councilman not identified with the council's action. RLchard Guthman put it, if the rejec. The city administration had recom­ ILon stemmed from current problems mended passage of the proposal ac­"then. gentlemen, .....e have lost ou; Slmly." cepting the grant. Police protection and police inteIli­The majority of the ct!uncil which Voted to, flr'St, reject the grant and gence .....ork are too vital to the clty"S later, voted to send the papers of ae: well-being to be handled in this fash­ ion. It is a childish approach. It is all ceptance _back to committee, took immature approach. i,reat paLns to JUSlify their aclion. Naturally no one would admit that And, as Council President Wyche the action on the federal grant had Fowler put it, there are plenty of anything to do wLth the COuncil's dif­ ferences With Chief Inman. They came other cities which are trying to get funds such as these -funds which tile !orth ,With all sorts o{ lofty and vague Justifications for their vote. Atlanta City Council spurns for vincLtc­live reasons. • AL til ~tbtir police afbtn lh;uI no., "".. ""'" .;-.;:,;;~... " A.' .lanN' Adminl.~tra­iI'I t LEAA' funds expired at mldftlgbt ~Ionday" The poh=e say the Intelli· IeDCe divtsSon 11 mainly ('On­C'CtnI!d Yo'Ilh coordJnfltill8 ef­'orts to flgbl orpnJzrd ('rime in "Itanti. aM the I'urround­lila rocu-opotItan area!', AccnrdinI! to city 1i!lallrCe Directnr 0Iar!t'S I).w!&. the npiration cl !be grants does not meen that the city will ba"e to nl'!' 15 poliee offi.:"erI. "'I1Ien-art 15 )XIf-itioM ~ ,-olved," Darn ..id. "I don't bow..-betbr-r tbPv're ali fmoo at the presmt 1.i.rDf!, .\5. of midnight j"onda~"l our preHfll granl runs ollt. There ..~ no funds to pay for I.bo!e positions and T don't """e alllllorwlion from the eoapcil to appropriate funds," Da\i! commentOO. DaYb ackied that the olll· "'IA tbt po...ilions ..... hidl are no longer fwxled may be tran~ferred to other available pay slots within the police de­partment. ''he rci~lion of the grants .....3'1 prim'aril~' an out.growt~ of a dl<;pute which has long SLffi­mem be-twC'('n the police de­ part.mf"ll and the council and whirh has recently found the council ordered by a court to stay out of pollce matters. Otif"f administrative officer Julc 5uKannan went to some It'flglh Tuesday to disassociate ~tayor ~(aynard JacksOn from the cnwril action, !;tq;arma.n sai:t the mayor ..... ilI not object if Police Cllief John Inman chnoses lo keep the mm on intelligence work by transferring other job au­ thorizations into the intelli­ gence function. "11lt-rc are ~ 0 m every necessary and legitimate (unctions going on there," Sugarman said, although he shied away from endorsIng aU of the intelligence activities. "What Uley (the council­men) said is not, 'We don't want \' 0 u carrying on this kind of activity.' Whallhey','e !;8.id is. 'We daft want roo to have the money from this grant until you tell us what's going 00,' "Sugarman said. 1be presenl le~t Situalton makes it possible {or the COlIn­c i I to control how much money the police dcpartment geLs. but not hew Inman chooses to spend it, Sugarman said . The administration had recommcnde:l pa.<;sage of lh! prQjXlS8l and was surprised when it ran into flak, Sugar­ man said. Councilman Richard Gulh­ man characterized the coun­ cil's refusal of the funds as re-­venge against the police de­partment and said the action resembled the behavior 0( "naughty children." But Bond took exception to that assertion. "This is in no waY a slap at the police de­partment." he sa i d. "All we're doing hcre is dOing our job. " Bond argued that the coun­cil has tried on numerous occasions to get inronnation on the work of the police intel· ligence division. Council President Wyche Fowler. while expre<>sing neu­trality in the debate, issued warnings against rejecting the funds. "These are funds which manv cities {ought for and. w hie h Atlanta received." Fowler said. "AJI I ask from the ct!uncil is that you consid· er the repercussions of your actiol'B. " 6, 1974 MAJOR F'JIDIS UNITS 10 United Way Chairmen Named _.i '!be cbalnnan of the Ma}Or F'irms Unit al Tbe Umled Way'l fUnd·raisIngC'MfIPRlpl _ ntrned 10 business and dvte ftden who 1rill chair major Onm dlviaIIQI dwiJ:IC the I'H drive. Lawreace L. GeUerstedt Jr., ,...smt of Been Constructioo C»., ~that the divilklnal dWr· JDnI; b1 the "ajor nrms t:nit art: J-. J. tlc:M'ty Jr., nee presI. dent III w.tmI Eleeuo llidrlc Co. JUcMnI A. Guthnan Jr., ~vice )InIIideat.-cntuy tnII..Itnr of Mon· t., aDd caJd'ftIIJ. Int.: Robst P. Guy. 1m, p-lNildent d the NaUonaJ Bank of fof'Gl'lla; JtrneI F. WU1iams, vioe ~tof Coc:a-OU USA; Eugene M. RattI.,., esecutive \1ee preIIdent The official kidtoff for 'Rae unIl10 Sears, RoebuO:: and Co.; Stanley J. ttl OtiuDI and Southern National Way's $11.4 million fwJ:I. drive b at Putman, \"k:e president and southeast Bank, regional manager Of J. C. Penney 0:1. f(r Sept.. 9. Tbe money will be u.:: :Robert W. Sc::herer. esecuUvevice Inc. ; Carl J. Reith, president of Ox· continue 145 service centers 1IftSident of the GeorgIa Powar Co.; C. f (I r d Indusbies Inc., and Robert help ,people of all ages who live: it '8. \Bud) U\'e.Cy, retired general St:riddand., president of t b e Trost work in the slx-cwnty metrqlOIitaD mmI8lI' oIlhe Calalog Order Plant of Atlanta area. """"'" c/ G«Oto_lI,n Wi!..." CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT WYCHE FOWLER (UTI') OPPOSES MAVOR'S l'omNATION Councilmen Rlcbard Gatbman (Seated) aDd Hngh Pierce Confer at Meeting C,IN. 4 JOBS Council TriIns Bureau Budget 8y JIM MERRINER A rrumbling aty Cowcil Fuw)Ce Committee "".H~~ slashed four jobs and a car from the bUd.get 0( a new city bwuu. The new bureau of Budget Policy and E\".!uatJon. \Ioith a six-monlh tab of roughly $74,· lXXI, brings to about $600.000 the amount .tdtd to the 1974 crt1 budget for additional top­level admini5traton. Newly installed Commis­sioner of Budget and PalMing u.on S. ~an 'lbJrSday ~ miU.ed a six-month budget t'& quest for $109,163 for the new .......u. That Ul1000t included $62,­ • 000 in salaries for 10 employ~ and $3.450 for a car for Eplan'. offtdaI use. CoLn:ilinan Rimard Cuth­man led the fight to drop the car and trim the rJJmber 01. employes. Otthrnan also tried but failed to cut the bureau director's ~ning salary from $tUIlS to '19,981 It """AS learned lbat the Fi· f\B.fa department starr was instrUcted not to review EpIan'. budget (II" to propose ........ Un d e r Mayor Maymrd Jacbon', city reorganization pili\, £plan's job was creet@d ClJts~ the pr'O\;nce (l{ PG,,"er" ful veteran Finance Commis­siOD« Charles Da\is. j Councilman carl Ware said, "I find It hard 10 rationalize spending a1\ this money" for Eplan's new bureau when "Ire tan't find $10,000" for parks improvements. Olthman said the high sal­ary levels in the bureau would outpace those in other bureaus and thus create morale ~ ,- EpJan argued he was proposing a ""ery minimwn staff," 1h! salary levels ""ere "consi~lenl" with other agen­CIes an:! he could not hire the first.rate people he needs at !O\Io'er pay. The conuniUee voted fA) abolish two proposed deputy I bureau chrectors and I W 0 urban policY analysts, The deputy directors were killed by a bureaucratic twist -by appro\;ng "classifications" for their jobs, but refusing to create "positions" for them. U approved by the City Courd Monday, the new bu­reau will lndude a director, t h r e e analysts, a kcretary and a stenographer. ,"'hen Cotmcilmll.n GeorgeCotsakis objected that the bu­reau would duplicate Finance depar1.menl functions, Eplanreplied. .. don't think Ithe analysts) are comparable" becallSe his bureau will per­form "a much more sophisti­ cated level d activities." I Cotsakis proposed hiring an outside consultant to study how the city can finance the vttra )Cbs under Jack.m·s reorganiZation. His ordinance was killed on the grounds lbat Jackson's new Commission on Future Funding is doing that job. Wben Jackson's reorganiz.a­ lion plan ",as enacted Marth 4, the Department 01 Planning and Budget included II bureau of planning. under long·tenn Planning Director CoUier Gladin, and a bureau d. budget policy and evaluation with its size a nd cost left "undefined. " Besides the new budget policy bureau, other added ex­ penses f or new bureaucrats Include about mg,(M)) to hire nine department commission· ers. about $M,OOO for a city ombudsman, about $88,000 to expand Jackson's personal staff and about. $100,000 for a City Council staff. i Budget Bureau i•• Gets Council OK viewed by the city'S personnel ~ By JOHN HEAD department and are "consist­ ~ An Atlanta dty councU com­ ent with other departments J mlttee ThUrsday \--oted gNig­ and totaUy in IJne." ~ In« appnwal 10 ordinarIoeS es­ Eplan lost two of his re­ ~ iabUsfllng the Bur ea u of quested s t a f f. designated • ,1Ndget Policy and Evatua­ urban policy analysts, when • lion, but not before cutting \ back on the agency's staff the r.... ....u. • ... era sa ~P.lJnn \-1 AJ-Ied UBallQhdau: :-:¥'U • -t---J atp 10 Ji lIOfp;lPS..ioJ Ju~WonJ!.'Il }O all ~Ml?16 ~=~ 4red =!!Qnn_.. .. ....,. ~l K ... . , . .{Ja1OOS-OOwo" .1.' ____ ·t~:..... -"1>'tl9H" 'P!1?S a. '''''.'. 1~M. Ju . "'''.J " .-uqq -'l.0UJ(' I.. VZ1 ...... . ,. de}..-.lacn":ld" .... ' p.. '~JIVu!~ elllll .... ... '" Wle . ,~ :.nsawop tAl-"-'Poq aS ·" .......-uo ~ e~ PolIJIJ1mb PIl1I ~ 09-r . . . •..... _~.L I :"::A;w-...S! Qq.,,-"a;)!(Kp 1"-1 Ol ....... '-' " IiIlmn S t Y' . :Y'..I9jf~P:lf;;lOtf pan~ vtr·· "MN acn VI ~!~ t$ ,,""'v.>,. rr~ :rd -•.. DOIIO ~r ~'" ~~~::J!-"'All 'II';t'"~ ~y, \'I aha ~.A~~'v , -It UQI-.­ IT V ,'-_ .-..-.-118 lUt,\a,J(f 0 ...0 ~ ;~.W!flill ~!lo( imicated a changed relation­be a supen::hief. The (state) Suprome Court Eaves, a fortner political ship with Eaves. "He has my the future, Jackson said, dePftQ. ~ Although she 0JlPClSe' Eaves, she said, had said so, and Reggie Eaves was the best man's behavior. • ad\.1Ser to Jackson and ~ fUll confidMh;e and my best "I do not want to be Identified with the kind candidate." llonday his ~t-band man In Voisbes -MW he musl pr0­The first program that Eatulillry City Hall, was sworn lD Tues­duce." Jackson said. ci lampooning that the papers have done" of The chief also saJd his decision was Implement is a merit system fer': day and "ill take charge of Eaves is WldOllbtedly the Jackson and Eaves. prompted by his feeling that "to get any. promotion, and. Inman concurs willi. tit iIIt. thing for the police department" out of the JacksOn said. Pierce started the proceedings by say.. council, "you had to fight for it. Maybe now Ing he bas grilled Eaves and found him to be that will change_" The mayor also defended Ill ... qualified. "You might say that when we tlons 01 radsm against 9Orl'le 0( Ea'lS' .. were first elected we were not qualified to Jackson said he didn't know whether named opponents. "I have been Stl'tMya. be councilmen or aldennen or whatever," he Inman's public praise of Eaves had influ· tacked," he said, "because I sai4 ..­ saUl. enced any council votes. He also said he did everybody knows is the truth... not know what Eaves meant when Eaves At that, the audience broke Into spon­ Jackson said, "I do not bellevt tbi II said they had counted on a 14-i vote and lost taneous and energetic applause. opposition to him was racist Iam l'III'iICftI two votes. to a moral certainty that some 0Il\lIIIibII1I Pierce deplored reports he had heard .M for The Constitution report, Jacloon Eaves -on and off the COUIriI _.. that 17 councilmen made up their minds saki, "There has been no deal. I don't make racist." within a day after Eaves' appointment was deals like that." announced. Hate mail and other ineidtrlts,i!1iI. Jackson said he had eoncluded that an ha,<"e afflrmed IUs perceptiom of I'ICIIt 11', Fowlkes charged that hidden horse-trad· impeadunent trial of Inman by the council ·rents in the city and ha~e tteD ~ lng produced the Eaves confIrmation and would involve more than two years Of lltiga. some skeptical councilmm that be. hunan's vigorous endorsement ol Eaves lion. rigbL Friday. "[)eals that are made like !lis are the very reason that the public is losing Raihe<' than ""')eel the city to ll>at Jackson. brought Ea\'es to AtlaID_1t faith in itIJ publJc oticla!!," he said. "rending sort. of experience," Jackson said his top political opentive in FebrIII1· & had been commissioner of penal __ he decided to witlJ;h.w his charges against 7be Constitution reported Monday that Inman. In_. lrunan', endorsement was linked to a His appointment foDom I ~ promise that his status as chief would not be Also, the may'Or said, he isn't sure nationwide recruibng seardt fur t ­ up5et at least until Mardi when his pension whether he would ha\-e tie pov.-er to fire chiel, Jackson saki reptatedlr ewtr­ bene£itIJ mature. The endorsement was 81· Inman without a council trial if Inman ac­year that he did not want to put Ea~ legedJy eliCited by white councilmen who cepts a new title -demanded by Jackson_ job, and Eaves said he was rno::ft ~ needed a pretext to vote for Eaves. of "director cl the bureau of police servo 8! Jackson's ~xecutive assisUDt II1IIioes," Inman denled agaJn Monday that there would be as superd1fef. lrunan h a I until FrIday to decide was "~'heeling and dealing" behind his eo­ Eaves' confirmation liI!s whether to take the title Switch and. said dorsemenL n I n e commissioner posts ":::"~;; I Monday he has not y« dedd~. Jackson's city reorganiza':k'n. "I had taken • count o( my own and 'lbe situation was complicated later ing vacancy is • commlssioOel' laW that it looked like a 9-9 (councll) vote," Monday when the coun<:iJ passed an ordi· brary and cultural alfail'1. f , , I t first black to rise to such • THE MAN high position in Atlanta law enforcement. A. Reginald Eaves. 39, !l He wiU control the work or bachelor; 1956 bachelor 01 m 0 r ethan 2.80) city em­arts degree from ltforehotue ployes. the most notabl~ of College, cla$.tmate 01 Mayor them bemg ,,'bite Poliee Chief MaJI7IQrd JacksOn, tiro law de· John Inman. gree, from lI'e/D England l.4w Inman issued a ringing e", School in Boston in 1.966 and dorsement of E a v ~ s on lno. Elevtn yea,. in publiC Friday. only three days before adminiatraliDn, nmging from the coWlcil vote. 'lllere were e.ucutive director of a youth. no reported explosions from training center to BostOll the chief following the council Prison adminiStrator to uectL­confirmation_ t '0 e aui.ftant to Jackson. Eaves racked up all nine Temperament; S 0 mit' a y black \'otes and tbcee white WI'OQalU, ,ome lay sensitiue. votes on the council. By most analyses, the \'tiles of white Councilmen Hugh THE JOB Pierce and Jack Summers Pays $31,616. The "super­were pulled over to the Eaves chief" is in charge of an 1 ,800­side by the Inman endorse-man police bureau. a 1,()()O. rnent. man lire bureau and a hand. By some accounts. the same ful 01 civil de/ense workers_ two coWlCilmen helped ar· Billed as a broad policy ;00, range the endorsement as a but ordioonces pasSed Alon. way iUS1iJvinJu their \'otes day allow datoiled 'uperviriolJ on t .... v·f,Uv"' ..v .. e pelf a.1I!. 11 p.;tr-Ult,) ~,1t '·4OGl."iVlI-,tn thole bu· '~nu, . . aAelj lOU "UOS''''' .... '....1 • 'I", .t\ letn aJ<" ~ ,..... a(Jl UJq poa..mCUJ .( tho ~~~~~wo;s UJ 8Uf.JQ UIl;;) pUR ll~PlS UOQ JiI!!"t}aN::':~ re ~I~ .. Pres ~'suoll lIoSud A 'Ul!t{~~uap,SQ.:If 9!SI ~UJ tawvr penr 'dnProq-. fUJi ci j' os'· .1ll.f.Ml(Ja...:.{pea., Ule 'il~ '9; '.{nad IV ~:J,= w H atn "'" !Il OJ I~ ~Iq pfOWV rnauoox :~, Fi ue -., Plf"lOM. J»JB"JS PJOd ot 1altU, areq.n:g 'uetuleunq OMQ JO . Ii UOJpa;,as.ioj 3U~I?UOOIN }O . aq Pies AlfnJS ~::: Paq 1ll!Jl l(leq OMUQ;) Pf1lO.'l .(0I!p PfW ti """" U"'!I'lfld>U .~ . .,. '" 'po., ~~"'>l"" I.' nr Ja -JSa.Jd alM sa 9S]a ~ ~ pa.ua)aJd iMeq PflJO .{ P'i»f1Upc SUW!lQtJdau-'~a:1R ~ a)2.lapow a)mb pW ,--., sltf ''''-I(lfd,-I"':~""_~"""__"; 'I~Aal SI. 'H '. _. _,.P.>-. -... WI' ~I fit'S·'···· .(Ja 1~!!.. UBi!~'!.':'l eJi" 'PIn at ...... -.• n:;OS;:W°'U ,....J .. ""'" -:'t AlOWf I" vn ._-....,. d 1\\ ~.J1 -s..uallV tIS SII1l1 .........~':' .JaqJa.,\\ ~;';IIB:::.;am._'Pb ....!ltl.no.~; as .......".. ~eaq.z, I ~44. I""'"!~"... , ..-,........., as-I •.......•••~.L I ~~...sr Ilq.t\ ,,~!oq:o lU~r :>z ............ I1J S "J"' JI'JllaJit'f""'" vcr'" "",u sar.nntlQ() ~... ~~Q pranltl Hl .. _•..• :~acn urRure!-.: ~ 4> ."{ I'J~ .s-... GOI'Q ~~r 'tt'" ~;~"I ~ • ~~~....' VI.lIed -1' j,. ....~ , . ""nm_ ~ O JT ~ ._.-...... "8 JOiU,d 0 J O} ~fq Ju~q ~ ~~ :;:. ~'01-. .. Jov '-• " -J>r J I;Q U!Q • pr.. .JoAtq. ~II '\I "", I I .., City COUJlcil To Vote on ' 1976 Panel The City council Mondayked to create a will be as paid Atlanta 3O-membe~, un Commission Bicentenrual . lies to plan the, ci~y's acti~. for the nation 5 700th versal'Y 1ft 1976. , The ordinance creating the commission, in~;:: by Councilman Ric ~ G thman was approved 'J th~ council'5 Committee on the Executive TUesday. Former Mayor S,8 m MasseU twood as] d e ais for a local b~n· =C()mmission, saYl,ng Atlanta was not a City when the nation wa.s founded and benet; not hdi• recUy involved 111 ,1 e bicrotemial celebration. Mayor Maynard Jack· son, hov;evef, supports f:he ide a of a biffiltenlUal commission. . ordi Under Guthman s. . . nance the commiSSIon could 'soliCit fur.ds from 'vate and public sources, ::t could use no ci~y funds to finance its office and staff. uld The mayor wo ap­ point up to 30 ~bers, m· eluding a cluurman. Al least one member must be selected from each of the 12 CQW'lCil distriCts. The commission would "raise and accept" r~ds for itself and for the City, to be used for planning and carrying out bicent~l~ial programs. The commiSSIOn could apply for federal and stale grants, and, would, be required to submit semian­nual reports to the city, ..."'~,.,. PiG ...w.:::i PAN AMERICAt;::' h.1~~ • N .U RANCI!! co Vows Appointments Merit Plan Effective done now is on an interim b:t.s.is," lie added, Those elevated before the rrrerit system comes in will be subject to a re-evaluation and he Is "pretty sure" the second look will invol\'e par. Uons of the merit system., Eaves said, "If these men l!a\'e proved their capability in the interim it would certainly weigh in their favor, A great deal of weight would be given to this," Eaves said. But' leadership must be pr0.­vided during the interim, he said, "I don't want to be accused of letting crime run rampantwhile I'm planning, so I've got to flx some responsJbllity," be added. Coundlman Richard Guth. man, ....ilo was instrwnental in OVer1I1m1ng Jackson's etrort to exclude the council from rule. making for the general Civil Service, said Monday he d~ n't think an ordinance would be required to implement the Civil Service system, "But It probably would be better if it were, It "'auld give it the strength and effect of law and would have to be fol. lowed, If it was an admJni.. trath'e procedure 0 n 1 y, It could be changed, a II the time," GIlUunan said, Co\mcil President Wythe Fowter said he would have to see what Eaves proposes to include In the system before he can judge the need for an ordinance, and thereby for COlmCiI approval. Meanwhlle, Eaves has moved Into the office occupied by former Police Chief, now bureau director, John Inman until th~ week, Inman got an adjoining of. flee, saki to be less than a third the size of the office Eal'es is taking, Strict security measures at •.......-TI~ police station ha\'e been eased "'itb the disbanding ot • building ttcurity unlt put into operaticn under the Inman roe­lime. ~rity !I. the builcl..lra' will l,Jd orta1nla;ned, but mo~ .f, illllG,) .... v manner a 9 eII!... 5tJ: ,,' a,1ii1 ~ fl1f,)~ V ...Q ""'",%., ~"e U°tlQ Eaves Vows Appointments Before Merit Plan Effective Bv n.\SK EZELL done now is on an interim blSis," he added. Mlic Salety Commissioner A. Reginald Ea,'es will ap­Those elevated before the poi n t another two dozen mmt system comes in will middle-level (Xlmmanders be subject to a re-evaluation 1IIlthin the police bureau be­and he Is "pretty sure" the lore a promised merit syslem second look will involve por· is in elfert. tions ot the merit system, The S\'Stfm can be lXIt into Eaves said. dfect ~ati.ely, "iih­"If these men ~a\'e proved oot City Council approva], their capability in the interim Ea\'es said lfonday, It would certainly weigh in There may well be SOO1e their fa\'Or. A great deal or stalk on the latter point, al­welgbt would be given to though it did not arise from this," Eaves said. the most ob...ious sources. The But leadership must be pr0­council has rejected a vided during the interim, be proposal from Mayor May­..... nard Jackson which would "I don't want to be accused allow the mayor, not council, of letting crime run rampant 10 establish rules and regula­ while I'm plannJng. so I've got tions for the city's general to fix some respolI$ibUlty," he Civil Service system. added. Some of the two 007.eJl-sec­ Councilman Richard Guth. tion chiel appointments may man, who was instrumental in be announced TUesday, Ea\'es overtl,Jmlng Jackson's effort to .said. exclude the council from rule­ The section chiefs are one making for the general Civil :step belay; the three deputy Service, said Monday he did­bureau directors Eaves ap­n't think an ordinance would poinled last Friday. By nam. be required to implement the irIg those, Ea~'fS will have ClvU Service system. )lerSOnB1Jy picked virtually all "But It probably would be d tho otfkiaI pollee d.1ders of the Buckhead Business U the city agrees, work can begin to mitments have been obtained from all AUOCJa[l()n plan to ask the City of place power lines underground along merchants along that stretch forAtlanta to come up with '100.000 to Peachtree trom West Paces Ferry to private sector involvement in the pro­ rtdf':'lll,n city street lights and tractic Pharr Road. ject. • Placing those lines undergroond ha~ been a priority of the BBA for several years, Everything is ready, Petty said, "ex­ cept for the city's involvement. A group of BBA members is being formed to meet with local city coun­cilmen F.W. " Buddy" Fowlkes and Richard Guthman to present the plans. Some poles will be necessary to provide proper street lighting and traf­fic signals but they can be "fed from the bottom up," Petty said. He said it would cost the city $100,000 to change the systems. Petty said he expects Guthman and Fowlkes to accompany a group of local leaders when they present the plans for the City Traffic Engineer Karl Bevins. The underground lines will begin at the triangle of Peachtree. Roswell and West Paces Ferry, site of the million dollar park planned for Buckhead. Also during Thursday's meeting. Mrs. Blanche Winter of Vinings dis­cussed plans for the Oct. 12 Buckhead Festival. Numerous events are planned for that day by the Buckhead Business Association and the Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs, sponsors of the festival. Sponsors are planning to publish a cook book to commemorate the festival which will include recipes from Buckhead residents. "We want recipes from the mtfl too," Mrs. Winter said. EA.RLY RETURNS Atherton Seen Losing Ground By l\1ARK BERMAN mayor. He is a pharmaci!IC: State Rep. Howard Atherton and operates two Cobb Col,llty of Marietta. one of the leaders c1rug stores. of the General Assembly's In lhe Aug. 13 primary, he Urban Cauoos, was battling finished first in a tlree-man for his political life Tuesday field, edging Cooper by a vote night as early returns showed of 5,976 to 5,489. him lOSing ground in his re· Atherton blamed the close­ election bid for a fourth tenn ness of the primary on Ute In the Georgia House. fact that he had (0 face many Ear I y retwns showed conlroversial issues as a state Atherton trailing his opponent, representative. former state Rep. Bill Cooper, During the campaign. by several hwxired votes in Cooper, who owns a drugthe Democratic runoff far the s tor e in Powder PowderPost 3 spot in the 19th House Springs. charged that Ather·District.. 'Itle district includes ton's "liberal philosophy" or portions of Cobb aOO. Paukling "nuisance taxes and more big­ counties. city government" is not In theWith all of the Paulding best interest of Cobb voters. vote in and approximately 75 Cooper, 41. served in theper cent of the Cobb precincts Georgia H 0 use during the reporting, Atherton had 3,126 1967-68 tenn but did not seek votes to 3,718 \'Otes for _1.....;,.,... 5i0l7/7'1' -Jo.~~ Atlanta Spending Freeze Urged By JIA.\K EZELL nan c e Department 'tOO)" Idt over for service impro\'&­~luch 0' Ihf' rest is the r~ AU.mla should freel(' any unanimously warn that the , ment$ or for pay ral.se.s in suit of Iti4 deci~lons whIch ~ new local spending from the August figures contaIned in 1975 suJt~ , rom plans laul by city's general fund for the rest the study are highly tentatwt "It'~ a good report, b u 1 J)l'evious administrations, the of this )1'ar, city councilman o~, Wltil we have reports on ttus report said, such as an $873,-RJchard Guthman said And some observers might year's coUections, until we 500 pro~ expense for run­ Friday. let the fIgures out another have a tighter fix on labor de­ning new Shredding and balingHis comment emerged notch or two to compensate mands and a tighter fix on the facilities at Ihe old Hartsfield along \\' -='8 9 fD :!U.s ~ ... 1. ~'i;;~ S' i!.· ~t ~ Q) ' •. oE"~"---'~5·.e~.l!'.~I',1l~~§.·e .~1l". bn '" -.-1~. 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Cit y Finance Director Charles Davis said in a sepa­ rate interview that he doesn't expect a deficit and Council· man Richard Guthman said in a press leIter to the mayor that immediate belt-tightening measures are needed. All the deve10pments followed a re­ port that the general fund Is facing a deficit of rr million or more in the 1975 calendar year. "We have not had a deficit In the Atlanta city budget since 1937 and I guarantee you that we're not going to start now," Jadson said. U's too early to say how big the budget will be, Jackson said, "but whatever it is it's going to be balanced." Davis took a similar tack. HI anticipate the same action as we've had in the past ­that's where you have to pull in your belt to stay within a budget," Davis said. Guthman, U si n g figures which be caUed "preliminary and higtliy subject to change," recornmeOOed immediate ac­ tion to: -Stop hiring in new posi. tions for the rest of the year. -Make no further changes in pey scales which would r tlo slut in salary illCJ"t3SeS. He also recoounended that .the city reduce its expected revenue next year by S per cent or $4.2 million. Guthman listed the follow­ ing possibilities for acc0m­ plishing that: -Abolishing unfilled job • slots, except for sworn police­ men and firemen. -Making a 11 department beads review their spending plans willi an eye toward, reduction.. -If necessary, reducing the number of city employes in all areas except sworn police and fire personnel. The raw figures -requests from varioos departments for tGmewhere betwel:n mil· "ion and $9S million (~'",,~"!­ pated ingi:o~n;~the;~;~:t';~_~ "o~~~~I: several factors will those two widely sepa· figures, according to a v I 5 and Councilman Gregory Griggs, chairman of the City Council"s Finance Committee. The $Tl.3 million figure doesn't include federal grants which are already in hand aM will be spent next year, or grants whim are expected next year but not in city cof· fers yet, Davis said. Beyond that, the anticipa­ tion figure is a statutorily c0n­ servative one. The law requires that the city make ita guesses on future incOme on the conservative side. Davis estimated the in· crease, not counting grant funds, would ron somewhere between $2 million and $4 mil­ lion. The figures for grant funds not included in the $77.3 mil· lion anticipation figure were not immediately available. Griggs attacked from the other eOO, saying that elected officials have not yet gotten a look: at the requests from. the city's department heads. "We might pare it clown to Jacl{son Denies /#/.,./7,1-C_~f. Budget Requires City Tax Hil{e By JIM MERRINER Despite projecUoos of a $7 million defi· cit for the city next year, Mayor Maynard Jackson said Thursday he has no plans to ask a property tax increase. However, Jackson's top aide, Chief Administrative Officer JuJe Sugarman, this week propooed that the state levy a metro­wide personal and corporate income tax. The mayor labeled as "absolutely un­true" an Atlanta Constitution report that the city faces a potential 1975 budget deficit of $7 mlmon or more, requiring a property tar hike of roughly three mills. "There Is no tax Increase under consid­eration by the mayor," Jackson said. Tho mayor, ill at home with the flu, aald In a statement phoned to his press secretary that "the report thI5 rooming that Atlanta is lacing a deficit and a possible ta:.: boost is absolutely Wltrue .... That k:ind of arUcle has a tendency to frighten people." Such reports appear "every year about this time," Jacbon said. ''1her-e never has been a time In the recent past 20 yean of Atlanta's history" when budget requests did not exceed the e:cpetied revenues, he said. The projected deficit, however, was based on the ~rate of ezpenditures and present personnel. It did not take into ac­count any budget iDCl'1!ase requests. The Constitution reported Thursday that projected "base" 1975 expenditures, with no new services or personnel, now total about $90 mUion. Estimated revenues for next year are about $83 million. Requests for addltional programs would place roughly an<:ther SI5 million on top of the $90 mIllion base figure, source.s reported. Although Jackson called the possibility of. property lax bike "absolutely untrue." he has long proposed that the state approve JOCaI-optlon taxes on income, lodging and mIxed drinks in Atlanta. Jackson said that "Inflation is tilling city budgets all across this country. II Finance DIrector Charles Davis said materials and supplies cost about 6 per cent more in the 1975 budget than in 1974. Davis repeated bis Wednesday state.. ments that he could not confirm the S9G mil­lion base figure, because the city FWDCe department is still "working day and rught" Davis estimated the 1975 revenues at $85 to $86 million, a step above the $S3 mil­lion that had been predicted in a confidential finance report six weeks ago. HOIf'ever, Davis suggested that the reve­ntle! mJght be less because, with an eco­nomJc recemon, the city will have a toughertime collecUng its taxes. Federal grants might ball the city out of a shortlall, but "we don't know what the federal go\'ernment will give us next year" he said, ' City Council Finance Committee Chair­man Gregory Griggs called the The Constj­t~tion's report "a great disservice to this C?ty." He angrily objected that the budget flRUfes were revealed before elected offieials had received them and before the lengthy official budget review process had begun. ' Another councilman on the Finance ComrnJttee, Richard Guthman, said the city may need to do some painful beU-tigbterung -I!\'en to the point 01 reducing the number of employes. ,,(i'/1r c-....-f Mayor's Ordinance on Jobs Apparently I(illed by Panel • BY JIM MERRINER 'Mayor _\!aynard Jackson suffered a rare legislative set­back MODday when his ordi­nances to b ire an extra stenographer and to strip Civil service protections from eight more of his aides .....ere killed I lin committee. Aerording to Ode! of Staff cal Carter, 13 positions are , I now outside of civil service in .. the mayor's office, compared to four last year under Mayor Sam Jo,tassell. Jackson bas added six persons to his staff, which now numbers 33 perma­nent posiUons. Critics have charged that Jackson is aeating a "spoils system" in City all by abol­~civil service protectionsagaimt political hirings and firings. Jackson replies lhat a mayor needs to form his own team for sound administra­tion. 'I1le City Council Finance Committee Monday voted to "file" the latest on:linaoces. \\tticb usually kills them for good. Carter said later the bill to bJre a new stenographer IWOuld be re-introduced. Councilmen Hugh Pierce, Richard. Guthman, George Cotsakis and I r a Jackson voted against the ordinances. Councilmen Q. V. Williamson approved the measures and a.airrnan Gregory Griggs, though he said he favored them, abstained. Pierce S' aid t bat ctrlel Administrative Officer Jule SUgarman was asked in July to furnish the 00ltti1 with a list of Jack!Bl's stalf and it "has not been forthcoming yel" Comcilman Jackson said, "I am not sati<;fied that these things (on:tmances) come m with somebody (.UDing in and speaking for them. There are &evEn! questions that I would like to ask. " Sugarman said later that "I thought that /the staff list) bad been delh·ered to the committee. It is my fault that It has not." \ Carter will explain the need for the additiql stcflogra­ pher when the paper is re­ introdUCed, Sugannan sa id According 10 Jackson's i975 budget reqUI'SI, tie bas ?,eated 11 sta(f jobs. abol­ Ished two an d transfered Uree. for a net gain of six The stenographer's position U; one of the transferred POSts. Jack90rl originally tried to TeI'.Tite the civil service or.dj­naDee so that all the mayor's stafr would be outside d civil service.. Since that mo~·e defeated, he has kgislation to remove f~lservice on a job-by­ I Council Clears Way for Raise By Hk'\K EZELL On I pair of flip-{loJXs. the Atllil1.ta City Councl1 has given itself immediate clearance to raise its O\\:n pay and has .re­jttted an enlargement for the budget policy and evalualion sWI. In both cases. the final actions came after ~an Jack SwnmeCs asked for reconsideration of the council s flThI •cti.0II. Both ~ures require tbe :.ignature of .Mayor :\laynard Jack::;on 10 becOme la.... The S"lriich on pay fabes for elected officials came after radio and tele\ision reporters had bit. the Monday rneetmg, a circumstal'lC! "him brought indignant protests from oppo-­ """'. "This is tile my kind of action whidl causes the people or Atlanta to lose faith In their public officIal!," contended COUncilman Buddy Fowlkes. "In fact, some of IlS ma~' be overpaid" at the present $8,800 salary Fowlkes added. The salary proposa1 WO'...:ld remove from the City Charter HOW THEY VOTED FOR Charles Helms, James Howard, James Bond, :\lorris Finely, Nick Lambros. Ira Jackson, Panke Bradley, Q. V. Williamson, Jack Summers. AGAINST John Calhoun. George Cotsakis. Richard Guthman, Arthur Langford Jr., Hugh Pierce, Gregory Grigg!, Mar· vm Arrington, Buddy Fowlkes. -. • 8 provision which prohibits elected officials (rom raising their pay during their current term of office. The measure does not actually raise the present pay of the councilmen. counCil president or mayOI'. Summers said he changed his mind because "r was Wlder the impression to begin \\itb that it was a salary in· crease." 'Ihe proposal finally ~sed on a H vote. reversing the 8-9 rejection made two hours earlier . Councilman Q. V. Williamson said he would \'ote against actual pay raiseS. but "this is a maller of holL raises for City Council members. It inIlation. wu the nearest thin, in recent memory to the day wh~ LL Got-. Let us &ive tt'edit where credit Is Maddox passed • pay raise bill for due. Couoci.I members Summen &bel state J!(isJators and other officials by Bradley, u DOted, voted to approve IetUnt it squeak througb !be State the pay booIt amendmtflt the teCOn4 SeDate ODe Ulll'eCOtded voIce vote. tJme afOUbd. Joillinj: them III that vote were theM other Coooeil members:<*. I1Id did cur el!Cted dty ortldals MoniJ Finley, Charles HeIms. James ever try to meat It throop. The Howard, James Bond, Nick Lamb~ musure wu ftrst defeated by • close Ira Jackson, aDd Q. V. WllIJamsou. YOte. That was whUe the television eameru were tbere. Tbe~ lUes, Coubcllm.n Marvin ArrlngtoD is • what? After the bright lights laded speci.1 cut. He voted in favor 01 the aod tbe camuu left. Councilman ply raise the fl~t lime, then voted .Jut Summers moved to reconsider against It the S«ood lime bec.use of IN: me&JUre. Summers voted against wbat be called tbe "underhaDded" the pi, rabe amendment while the maneuverinl· Voting .g.lnst the pi,TV wntru were there, then turned htke measure both times were these around and voted lor it after the TV Council members: John calhoun, DtWSmeII had lefL Councilwoman Geofle Cotsakb, Richard Guthman,Panke Bradley joined Summers in lbe Arthur LanIfOrd Jr., Hugh Pierce,flip-flop, first voting against the Gregory Griggs, and Buddy Fowlkes. measure, then voting for it wben the A.. Fowlkes called the sbot, quiteca.muU Wert lOne. accurately, after tbe tecond vote: "ThIs Is the very kind of aclion that Now, the amendment is ooly ena. C4IIu5es people In Atlanta .nd aU ever bUna: legislaUon; the actual pay nile the United States to lose faith In Its woWd uve to be voted 011 liter. But public offidab." , . II',Aimed 01 Ihe Average Joe, Not U. Elected Wheelsf • /b/..ttI"fy e.".N~ Councilmen . Kill Plan • To Cut Pay By JIM l'IlERRINER 'l1ie uproar o.."er possible pay raises for A1lanta elected officials was rene>n-ed Mon­day when Councilman Jack Swnmers pro­posed that councilmen actually reduce their pay. Councilmen buckled at the proposal and then promptly killed it on a voice vote. Summers on Oct. 1 moved r 0 r the "reconsideration" that resulted in passage of a controversial law allowing councilmen to hike their pay at any time. Meanwhile, Councilman Nick Lambros was listed on too agenda Monday for a pro­posed ordinance to repeal the pay-raise ena· bllnglaw. But Lambros left fhe meeting early and did not introduce the ordinance. In Lambros' absence, Richard Guthman offered a resolution sponsored by Lambros to forbid pay raises to elected officials duro ing the remaining 10 weeks of 1974. Councilwoman Panke Bradley asked the cleric to record that the voice vote favoring that resolution was unanimous. "I caught the brunt of all the criticism here two weeks ago," SUIl11TleI'S saki in Introducing his proposed city charter amend· ment lowering council salaries from the present $8,800 to the $7,200 they earned. last year. At the Oct. 1 meeting. a cbarer amendment allowing legislati\'e pay hikes at any tim@ was defeated 9-8. Later in the nlleeting, after broadcast news media had • left the cOUnCil chambers, the same amend­ • ment came up again on Summers' motion for reconsideration and was passed 90S. The ensuing pUblic outcry impelled Council President Wyche Fowler to call a special coWlCil meeting "to clear up the confusion." But 0 n I y four councilmen showed up and the special Oct 11 meeting had to be canceled. Summers, who had shunned inquiSitive reporters since the Oct. 1 flip-flop, said Mon· day that be had moved fOC" reconsideration because he bad mistakenly thooght that !be law in question was an actual pay raise, not just an enabling act. He told a reporter before the meetingtflatiI the council rejected his pay~ idea, he woul~ introduce a bill at the Nov. 4 meet­Ing to raise lawmakers' salaries to $12,000. "That ought to put an end to it once and for all." he said. SUmmers said he person· nlly favors a pay cut since he and others are " already "overpaid." :. When he offered his pay-cut idea. Mar· ~ vln Arrington asked, "Is there any way we can kill that paper here today?" He added that he wanted to table it, effectively killing Jt, "forever." Q. V. Williamson rose to ask whether the council could properly consider any pay • legislation "with all the TV cameras gone." 'That brought gulfs,,!"s from the coWlci1men, and then they voted to table Summers' bill. THE flEl PAGE 10 Protecting Your Home and Self Want to learn how to protect your home and yourself There will a1so be a demonstration of self defense from crime? protection for women . The Atlanta Police Department currently has a pilot The program will include films and discussion. ac­project at its THOR (Target Hardening-Opportunity cording to Guthman Reduction) center on the Northside which shows If the fear of rising crime rates trouble you, take the citizens how to protect themselves from crimes. time to go Tuesday. Next Tuesday, Oct. 29, Northside City Councilman The police will explain, in detail, the best methods Richard Guthman IS hostlnp: an open hou,.;e at the for protecting your home and its contents. THOR Center. 1465 :\orthside Drive N\\ The meeting begins at 8 p.m. THOR headquarters is Area residents have been invited to attend to see at the rear of the Northside Square offi<'e building lust demonstrations of various locks and protective de­south of the Northside Dri\'e-Oeeri np: Rood tntersec· vices. tlon. I '"/ _.,/; • Crime Protection Meet Set Protecting oneself and ODe'S federal government, that is concerns of residents of this home against crime will be designed to help educate the district. the subject of Atlanta City public in means of protection The program will consist of Councilman Richard Guth­against crime. both films and discussion asman's October neighborhood Atlanta is one of several well as a display of the vari­meeting. cities in the nation selected ous locking devicu and alann The meeting, to be held for the THOR program, and it systems now available for Tuesday, will be conducted by now is administered by offi· home protection. professional law enforcement cers of the City of Atlanta Po­ • Officers. of THOR (Target lice Dep.artment." -Hardentng Opportunity The counc:lman said he de­Reduction). cided to hold this meeting, one Home, Self Protection Program Planned It will be held in THOR of a series he is holding in the headquarters at 1465 North­ 8th District, at THOR Head­ T.h~ Northside office of THOR, a specially funded at the Heiskell Schools, learns about locks for the side Drive NW in the North­ quarters because tbe risingdlvlson of the Atlanta Police Department will home from Sgt. J. Dean. Next week's public meet­side Square Office BUilding crime rate and problems re­present a program on home and self protection ing is sponsored by Northside City Councilm~n Guthman said THOR is a garding law enforcement are pilot project, funded by the next Tuesday night at its headquarters on North­Richard Guthman. (:-.Jeighbor Photo-·Marc1' the most frequently voiced side Drive at 8 p.m. Here, Roger Mast, a ,tudent Stevens) HARTSFIELD USE Jo/~p/1if ~ City Panel Backs Off On Bid to Big Airlines By FREDERICK AlLEt"l City Council's Transportation Commit­l!e Tuesday backed away from a move that would have forttd Atlanta's major airlines to state-in wriling-that Hartsfield Interna­tional will remain the city's primary airport. Mayor Maynard Jackson, citing "good business" motives. had asked the committee IG paS$ a resolution demanding a "written statement of policy" from the carriers that "they intend to maintain Hartsfield as the primary airport for Atlanta... " The committee also voted down a res~ lution asking the airlines for "a study demonstrating the feasibility of using the second airport as a supplementary airport to Hartsfield." Both resolutions. introduced by CouncI1· man Charles Helms, met opposition from councilmen Ric h a r d Guthman, D. L. (Buddy) Fowlkes and committee chainnan Ira Jackson. During arguments on the second resolu­ tion involving the feasibility study. Guthman complained. "This is presupposing a second airport (will be built). And I think that would be a mistake." Replied Helms: "It doesn't presuPPOSe It nearly as much as buying several thou­ sand acres of land." Helms was referring to last Monday's vote by the full council to exercise an option on IO,~ acres of land in Polk and Paulding counties as a potential site for the second airport Fowl~es objected that the resolutions were an Insult to the major airlines. "I be­ lIeve what the executives tell me at Delta Air lines," Fowlkes said. Delta has been a t~e~u:; asset to the tity of Atlanta. \'! e re looking at them like a villain. I don't ba\'e ally reuon not to believe 'em." Added Guthman, "I have heard nothing to indicate Hartsfield would ever be dimin· ished..." Earlier in the meeting. the committee voted dow"n a strongly.worded resolution offered by Councilwoman Panke Bradley. Mrs. Bradley's resolution would have prohib­ited any further council aelion on building the secooo airport (including final purchase of the Polk·Paulding site) until the airlines came up with a written promise to protect the future of Hartsfield. The meetlng was addressed by several public officials who warned of dire economic problems In south Fulton County if H.aJ1:s.. field operations were cut back. 'In outlining Mayor Jackson's request for the resolutions, top alde Ju1e Sugannan said, "We've been proceeding this far on the assumption that we Cfln operate two air­ports. That has oot yet been documented." The mayor's statement, presented by Sugannan, said, "During our discussions with airline representath-es around the pur­chase of the Paulding site, ....-e have been assured repeatedly that Hartsfleld will c0n­tinue as the primary Atlanta airport ... "The time has come for the city to seek wrlttoo assurances on these matters." While the commHtee refused the resolu­tions affeet1ng the future of Hartsfield in relation to a second arport, it did pass another resoluoon asking the airlines for a leUer d Intent on proposed expansion of Hartsfield. 'Ibe resolution asks the airlines for "a written statement of Intent on midfield c0n­struction at Hartsfield, to be submitted to the city by Dec. 31, 19'14." The airlines have declared previously their desire to go ahead v.-ith plans for the expansion of Ha:1stield, including a midfield terminal. ,,':•.)etl • For Citv 01 By JIM MERRJNi':R Despite projections of a bud~et deficit, the City Coun­cil Finance Committee Thurs­day voted to create a new job of "contract compliance offi­cer" with a starting salary of $16,224. According to city payroll figures, 396 jobs have been created under Mayor May­nard Jackson's administration and 255 abolished, for a net gain of 141­Current figures show a 1975 general fund payroll of $63 million and an overall budget deficit of $4.7 milliolL (The total city payroll, including the airport and water-se.....er funds, Is $87 million for about 8,000 workers.) If approved by the full council Monday, the new ven­tract compliance officer's position W 0 u I d be placed uncIer Commissioner of Ad­ministrative Services Emma Damell The officer Is supposed to insure that the tenns of city contracts, including the "Atlanta plan" for hiring of minority \l'Orkers, are met by contractors. The new contract compli­ance job \\'3.S formerly a part­time assignment ror a mem­ber of Mayor JacksQrJ's staff. The position of the mayor's aide \fIho handled that task is I Jim Bell, deputy director of : the council staff and formerly • Jacksoo'scontractcompliance • aide, told the conunittee that a full·time position is , needed to do the job. Finance Omtrru~n~ • Olarles Davis alsO told the : committee that the new posi· • lion has the approval of the I avil Service Board. a Rezone TilE ATI.,\"O' \ OO...STITl'TIO.... Sal .• 1\0", 2, ]974 3.A Her Site It's Been a Long Battle Over Zoning on Howell Mill * down by the former Board ~ A1denllen In September, I97A, 8y "'REDERICK Au.E.'i Atlanta developer D. Kimbrough King, . family residential for very long, I just all but vanished, In fact, most red­Both McLennan and his father, and then later approved aft« better known as former Georgia Tech don't think you're going to keep that dents had suddenly decided they would Atlanla attorney Alex McLennan Sr., the list of proposed publi.c Out at lhe northwest corner of housing sites was made ~qlWterback Kim King. !\E\IS A:\AI,\'SIS stretch from change." rather have a shopping center than a holly denied Friday that they have I lLjil;ell Mill and Collier roads there lic. The attomey lor the petitioners is public housing projed. been responsible for any mention of ,lies 3 woodtod, lrshaped tract of kmd. On Monday, the fuU council will P. Andrew Patterson, a partner in The rezoning vote brought a radal matters. However, the rezoning to Parks, Patterson aoo Franklin, May­tremendous amount of publicity. all of Told of the Springlake board.. vacant. The bOard chairman, Ronald W. Wil­consider a sheaf of rezoning petitioos. commercial was overruled by-But depUe the!ler'me appearance son. abstained from voting. Unless there is an objection, the two nard Jackson's old law firm. it bad. Amo. other things, an angry member's accusation, theeIde r the state Supreme Court on a illite 3.wC!'e tract, I~ has been the The ned day, city records show, petitions will be passed routinely along The city's Planning Department Judge Edenfield threatened 10 ordtr a ~1cLennan said, "That's a damn lie. technicality in 1972. •1!II!:Itn ol operatIons for an UWy batUe WilsOn wrote a letter to Councilman with others that carry the stamp of reviewed the petitions and site plan moratoriwn on rezoning of sites on the Race ha~n't got anything to do with I hat raged, 01( and OIl, lor many Richard Guthman, chairman of the approval from the commiltee. The lawyer for the petition­this swntner'. The staff recommenda­public housing list it." He said the I.,shaped tract will ...... oouocil's Development Committee . That may be the end of the mat­ers 13 Andrew Patterson, alion was for denial of both. According ter, and the shopping center may be Wade Mitchell, then an alderman, never be used for residential purposes, partner in Mayor Maynard _ The cast of cnaractm In the bat­Guthman's committee is the last to City records, commercial toning and he said the neighborhood civic as­ built. But there is far more to the tract was one of 11 on the board who voted Jackson's fanner law firm. UA. inCludes a former Georfla Ted1 stop for petitions on the way to a final "does not conform" willi the land use than just the official events of this in favor of the rezoning. Two weeks sociations are "crazy" to fight com­ fD!P"1erback, a partner In Mayor May· vote by the full City Council. plan In the area. swnmer and fall. later, when Milchell50Ught a reconsid­mercial development. Mayor Jackson, who Is not_rd Jadoon's old law firm, a federal Wilson'! letter to Guthman. dated on record as for or against the jtldge, and I full array of city officiaLs In addition, the staff warned that In September, 1971, a petitioo for eration, the board reaffirmed its ap­The you.er McLennan denled Oclll, Indicates that the zoning board making the phone call. He labeled the zoning question, could not veto additional traffic caused by the shop­rezoning of one of the two parts of the proval on a 9-7 vote. and concerned citiWII. chairman had visiled the tract in ques­!be coundl's action because pilll and office center "oould result in tract was turned down by the old Ironically, the rezoning was raeial issue "nonsense," but he added, The subject. 00 the surface, » tion that mornlng. "AItI!:r my further no ordmance was passed for a breaktkn\'71 ol trarfic service on both Board of Aldermen. The main reason tossed out by the Georgia Supreme "I know that'! what they're afraid or." / """"'•. investigation of the traffic patterns... " Several members of civic associa­the mayO!" to act on. accord­ Howell Mill and Collier roads." was that virtually every citizen in the Court several months later. The 11.1gb. Earher this year, ZODiDC petitions the letter reads in part, "I strongly ing to aty Attorney Henry On July 24, the matter came up area expressed vehement opposition to court, on a technicality, ruled. that the tions in the area said the public hou:;.­m TIE l·7t-54 and z..74-55 ..ere reoordelayed for International a" the city's pri­ ,,_ llill Viii." With five olrn and retail siderably smaller wOlber \'Oiced ~ the tv.'o petitions was the only such in­men voted to appro\'e rezoning on the There is a certain irony In that, llier." Qrnan's re­mary airport even If a pro. buildilli* and a bank branch. It is om­stance at last Thursday's meeting.) site, to pmrut the shopping center because the Atlanta Housing Authority \o,'hatever the motives of those in­man Jack-po<;ed second major airport is aialIy4esaibfd. alhoppi.nc center. The Zoning Review Board voted 4-Accordil'€ to GutlmIan, the area McLennan and Mrs. Springer wanted. has indicated it has no plans to build volved, the issue apparently will be • developed. .. lbt a.aent baDdI.iae the petllions is l to recommend denial of the petitions. In question "is not going to be single OppositiOn from the community had public housing units on the site. oded once and for all on Monday. tJt by Alex Fowler did not expldln his votes at the lime. He $lid "----~====~--------------------------------==========---------:======~~~1iiiii~~~=:~~~~~~;:~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________Springer, a~ks. Lola later he opposed Arrington"s Buddy Fowlkes. MorTis Finley sought .change _.""' ._.. ~,,~S:~ sustained and Panke Bradley from residential to commer­amendment as being '"redun­ dant." The zoning vote was P~~7:,t'·iI~.~~~"l~a; only a was absent. cial zoning, The zoning review based on protecting "neigh­ !;< on the Before the meeting, ~board and the city plar.llling borhood intcgrlty" a(aiti!:it norlh and 8 setback on men !lSked Guthman whether bureau staff had both urged "commercial enci-oachment,"the south and went of the he had aptrOved the rezoning the denial of the change. Fowler saidshopping center in the Development Conunit,. A similar petition was voted ShoppingCenter Pia n Shot Down B} MARCIA STEVENS Ne.... s Editor Last minute vote changes and a tie breaking vote cast by City Council President Wyche Fowler has brought about the der., of a C'OfItroversial proposed ShOP~center ~the Howell I \lill.collier R' !nft'r!l~t"'n Council voted 8-8 :\londay on a proposal by Alex McLennan Jr. and :'olr5. Lola Springer to rezone a 3.5 acre L-shaped site on the northwest corner of Howell Mill and Collier from rdidential to commercial. -touncil President Fowler cast a tie­ breaking vote against the proposal. A similar proposal had been approv· ed two years ago by the old Board of Alderman but was thrown out by the Georgia Supreme Court on a legal technicialty, ruling that the application has been made too soon after a similar application had been vetoed In September, 1971, Before !l.londay's vote, residents of the Wildwood, CoJlier Hill and Springlake area had massed a major protest against the proposal. But, as early as three hours before the vote, many expected it to pass even though the Zoning Board and City Planning Staff had recommended denial. What led to defeat were changes in votes cast by Northside City Coun. cilmen Richard Guthman and Coun. cilman John Calhoun. Both had Supported the proposal in the hands of the Development Com. mittee. Monday, both voted against the proposal. Cuthman said he had previously assumed proper 20 foot buffer zones were included in the proposals. However, "when I go down there, and looked at the plans Monday, there was only a seven foot bufferon the northside of the site," CUlham said The Proposal. according to members of area CIvic aSSOCiation. would if approved. have been in direct conflict WIth land uS(> pla ns subm Itted by all three, CollIer HI lls. Wildwood and Spnn~lake. , J .., .. A b J 4::1nOI 9tjl 10 ~SOJ1UOJ puo owoc 'JO""I Jaun, ~Hn "Ing-auO I '$!IS04:1 910ls 6U1PUOISjnO • puo 4S!UIJ 46!4 anb!un 0, N!lIS30 -NO;) K010;) / wyCHE FOWLER Broke 11e Vote Controversial Northside Zoning Killed By HANK EZELL A Uree-times-orgued North­side rezoning proposal has been turned down in the ;.tlanta City Council on a tic­brea\ting vote from Council President Wyche Fowler. The commercial lOnl!IG re­ quest went to an 8-S tie \\ hen Councilmen Richard Guthman and John Calhoun changed their earlier stand9 and voted against it. In another act.iQn In t t s Monday meeting, the .:ouncU approved a reso\uUon which asks airline officials for writ­ten assurance by the end of the year that the alrlines are ready to begin the first phases of development of a multi­milliolHloUar pas sen g e r terminal complex between the runways of Hartsfield Interna­ tional Aif1Xll1 n,e council turned down, after lengthy argument. an amendment from CooncUman :Marvin Arrington w hie h would have asked for assur­ ances that the airlines will maximize their use of Harts· field e\'ett after a secood air­ port \s bUilt. The zoning request was for a neighborhoOd shopping fa­ cilityon a U·acre tract close by the intersection of Collier Road and Howell Mill Road. Similar proposals have been to the council twU:c before in the last three y~~. 'IbiJ tlm~ the property owners were represented by P. Andrew Patterson, an attorney in the 1a w firm once headed by Mayor Maynard Jackllon. 'The commercial zoning re­quest first appeared In 1971, but was turned down aft.er al­most tmanimous opposition from nearby residents. Later the tract was identi­fied as a possible site for locating public hoUsing. 'Ibe commercial zoning req~t reappeared, residents seemed to favor it, and it was ap­proved. But thai action was voided on a technicality by the courts. On the third time around, surrounding residents were apparently of intense but split opinion. Guthman, a Northside COllrJ. cIlman, was the subject of several signs carried by about 20 picketers Voilo marched out­side city hall Monday in Opp> sition to the mning. But those critical placards, some referrlng to Guthman's campaign slogans of last fall, had no effect on his cnanged vote, Guthman said. He changed after dlseover­log that some adjacent resi­dences would be separated from the proposed .;,0;';';;'; "at development by only seven-foot side yard, Gutbman said. calhoun cited D need for citizen participation in chang­Ing his vote. His tie-breaker was consist­ent with earlier voles against "commercial encroacbmtnt" lnto the area, Fowler said. On other subjects the COWl­clI, -Received from the mayor the selection Of 22-year-old Sylvester J. carey to serve as D non-voting, resident mem­ber of the Atlanta Housing Au­thority, and referred for con­finnation hearings the nominations of Councilman Marvin Arrington and attor­ney Elizabeth Neely to the Atlanta-Fulton County Recrea· tion A~rity. They would re­p 1ace Councilman Buddy FowJ'kes and Larry Geller· sledt Jr., .. [onner president of the Atlanta Ouunber of Com.....,.. -Bog", 00 Northsider Representing u.s. In Japanese Exchange Northside City Councilman Richard Guthman of East Wood Valley Road NW Is in Japan this week as one of 16 young officials from aU over the United States participating in a continuing series of exchanges and debates with young elected Japanese officials. Guthman is the second Northslder to partiCipate in the national program which is sponsored by the American Council of Young Political Leaders. City Council President Wyche Fowler is a member of the ACVPL Board of Directors. He has par­ticipated in exchange programs in both Russia and Japan. Guthman will be in Tokyo for two weeks to discuss the problems of tran­sportation, housing, trade and security matters Involving both the Uniled States and Japan . Guthman now is serving his first term on the Atlanta City Council. He ha s been active in various civic endeavors and is a former Fulton Coun­ty Republican party chief. " I am honored and pleased that I have been chosen to participate in this exchange, Local governments cannot be myoplic, as they are Indeed affected by global problems of Inflation, energy, trade and security," Guthman said The council Is a non-profit. bi­partisan organiution ..... hlch promotes international exchanges bet.....een local elected officials and their counterparts in foreign countries, Over 50 US Congressmen and other office holders j WIth an equal number of Democrats and Republicans are on the ACYPLI boa", Exchanges are conducted with all NATO countries , Japan and the SoVle:... Union ." Mayor's Power Bid Opposed c-sr. ''I.....h'f By Councilmen By JIM MERRINER always be on guard against that, but I don't say I Wouldn't Mayor Maynard Jackson's go along with it." effort to take away most of Cit y Council's purse-string Richard Guthman. chair· power over an $18.7 million man of the Development Com­ mittee, was out of the oountry redevelopment program a~ and unavaiable for comment. pears to be In for stiff opposi­ tion from the council itself. Neither was Mayor Jack· )j[Tlq 91J.L l!1!Soddo .1Orew uO!lelJdOJdde II?Japil] Meal{3nO(Q USA;) pue .Nt 8qJ I"a: 1.11:8 "1.0 PUll 3<11 OR 84J uaa.Y&laq '4 Ot{.'ft SJosuods Idxa aql ~~ ilqJ '~PUI "Bu!PlmJ lOlA!. umn amp 'XUo;) !flu\. aJOUf ,ds 8 OlWo.::ua.l.o ~.(GWi .<.I.eaqklns li,pJOj" son, who was in Washington, D.C. Otief Administrative Officer Jule Sugarman, who could be ,i...-ljr...'..... granted authority to spend 1!!llUUe >Mn 1 oney and create jobs under !! PI!!S lPl?l e amendment, has defended '~A t as more efficient than the S'et[ .I!!!1 al/l cumnt legal requirement that 'I!W S,aU! council aPPrOpriate all 'Aeps.m funds. l!!Jl?''i UMOUli Sugannan a Iso contends tWY )lffiWa that the council woold retain polSOpS!pun its f!Seal responsibility by ils .In in trips to Rome Thursday and Way­cross Friday to mend fences with rural lawmak· ers'J ckson codeoded that a historical mile­-:has been passed, signalling the end of the traditiOrulJ hostility bet.....een Atlanta and the rest ., the Nte. . Geor ""Iber1l are many cities and W)wns 10 ­ Sears * Home] Let Se Sale Price. J1\ Effect Now 1·hrou«h Soturdo), .. • • Barnstorming Mayor's Road Show Seeks Better Legislative Ties "The state legislature literally has tht fate class taxes," he said. gia that are now growmg up.... We are a B)-JOt :'IIERRI~ER "We cannot afford to layoff 800 people un­ of Atlanta in its hands," Jackson said, becausestate now wheTe the majOrity of people live in !llayor Maynard Jackion will barnstorm the city deSpe;ately needs more sources of reve­less we want to see city services go riiPt down cities and towns. We are now no longer an agrar­ through Georgia trying to improve lbe city's tbedrain," Jackson said in response to Council­ nue which only the state can provide. ian state," he said. traditionally strained relations with state legiSla­"1 am supposed to be the number one lobby­man George Cotsakis' proposal to slash the size The Rome and Waycross trips wili Idck off tors. it was an~Tuesday, ist for the city of Atlanta" for the next General of the work force. "8 se:ies of meetings we hope to hold with legis­ Councilman Richard GuthJnan's suggestion Jackson 8190 demunced as "unrealistic, un· Assembly ses3ion beginning in January,~ said. latcr3 and others across the slate of Georgia," wo;kable" various efforts by City Councilmen to The idea of barnstorm.ing Llu"ough the stale of a mandatory five-day unpaid leave for city avert the threHn1U tax increase requested by Jackson said. for face-IG-face meel-llgS with state offiCiah was workers would be "pushing our luck" because "We are going to go out and let the people "we are already behind the market in salaries asthe 1'OIi)'or. first discussed lale last summer by Jacm and know that we don't have horns," he added. well as other benefiu," Jackson said. Fonner Sta1e Rep. sm Alexander. Jack­his staff, who were \\-"Wried a':lOut an inripient The Georgia ~Iunicipal Association (GMA) He said that the fee for maintaining back­!IlII'S Sl9Jlll.-year leglsltaive aide. will jOin mO\'ement among lawmakers to reduce theeity's this year fur the hrst time ~most of yard garbage pickup. in lieu of the new curbside JackloD in \lips to Rome 'lbunday ~md. Way­police powers. Atlanta'11~gis1ati"~ proposals, JacksOn said, be­piCkUp system, would nt least triple next year. cross Friday to mend fer'II:.U 'With rural lawmak­The mayor, who proposed a tJ'ute.mill C8U!e problems of taxation and crime becOming Howerer, Guthman·s proposal for an across-t)e.. on. property tax booSt on Nov. 1:1, said that 5e\"ef81 epidemiC throo~b:Iut the state. board 62 per cent hike in the sanitary fee is " Wl­ Jacbaa contended that a hisb:rical mile­budget-cutling proposals (rom City COUOOlmen Local-opti.on taxes on lodging and other reasonable," he said. sCone bas been paged. sig.n1111ng the end of the were "wrrealistic, unworkable." 'WE DO:'\'T HAVE HORSS' items, peo:enniaUy rejected by the General "The idea of anything less than a three-mill traditional bo6tility bet,,-een Atlanta and the rest The budget is already "austere" and "i£we Mayor Maynard Jackson Assembly, are mw favored by the GMA, Jackson tax is tetally unrealistic," he said. want. a second class city. we can pay stt'Orld ofiht_. said. --'Ibm are many cities and ww,-os in (jeOr­ For Funds Control By JIM MEltRINER Mayor Maynard Jackson received a rare leglslative rehuke Wednesday when a City CoWlCIi committee unanirMusly re­jected his effort to seize control over the spending of $18.7 million in redevelopment aid. In a separate actioo,lhe committee set in motion a plan to create a re~'()lving mort· gage pool to bypass the banking practioe of "redllni~" or denying housing loans for iMer·dty neighborhoods. The 1)e\"elopment Committee a Iso stalled Jackson's attempt to transfer urban renewal po",'ers fro m the independent AUanta Housing Authority (AHA) to CityHall. On No\'. 18, \\ilhout advance notice, Jackson introduced a charter amendment that would give the mayor aM his top aides the p:)\',er to spend money and create jobs for redevelopment purposes without the council's say-so. The council would be limited to approving an application for the federal funds. The proposed charter amendment was defeated Wednesday on a motion by Council­man Garl Ware, who was supported by Councilmen John Calhoun, Panke Bradley and Gregory Griggs. 'The committee's action, as well as com­ments from other ClWlClimen who ])l"evi­ously denounced the prtposal, Signal an al­most certain rejection of the amendment on the council floor Monday. The charter now stipulates that the council must rule on "all measures to ex­pend money" and hire public employes. Mayor Jackson was not available foc comment. Olief Administrative Officer JuJe Sugannan has previously deftnded t he proposal as more efficient than having the councU appropriate e\'ery expenditure, and said the council's power over the purse would be retained because the counciJ would s~i1I review the city'S application for federal "d. Development Committee Olalrman Richard Guthman was a b sen t during Wednesday's wte but said later that all sperxUng, "regardless of the source of funds. See DEVELOPMEl'1:", Page 3l-A ---:----Development ---I .'rom Pa!!.· 1·,\ should have prior approval of the council be­ fore it is spent" Council President Wyche Fowler said the committee's action was "very responsible. . . We have to preserve the fISCal authority of the council. II The charter amen!knent 'lfould aUow the mayor's office to decide the details of how and where to spend. $18.7 mlllion next year in atd funneled to Atlanta by the new federal community development law. 'The law provides "block grants" to ciUes, replacing fonnerly separate pro­grams such as Model Cities, urban renewal. neighborhood facilities, water-sewer grants and others. The committee passed a resolution ask­Ing the mayor to undertake a thorough study of the Olnsequences of shifting urban renewal powers from the AHA to the City. Jackson's legislation to effect that power transfer was tabled pending receipt of the study by a deadline of March 31. AHA officials have objected that the legal and technical problems involved in the tra~fer-especia1ly regarding AHA employe pef'l!lIons and benefits-might be insunnount­ able. Jackson's plan would gh'e City Hall the authority to buy and. sell land for urban renewal purposes, demolish buildings and rehabilitate housing. Whether AHA or the city would have the power to relocate fami­lies aDd businesses was left undecided_ AHA would retain its management of public hous­ing projects. A separate charter amendment, giving Jackson the authority to buy and sen parcels of land for urban renewal purposes without prior council approval, was okayed by the committee. The amendment would take practical ef­fect omy if AHA's powers are shifted to the City. It was described as a technical, admin­ Istrative matter that properly belq to the mayor's office_ The council would keep its power to designate urban renewal areas. Several otfi­cials have said that council approval of every land transaction within those areas would entangle the lawmakers In an un­necessary administrative thicket. In other action, the committee voted to authorit.e Jackson to negollate a contract for a federally assisted "neighborhood housing services program" for the city. The program is designed to provtde loans to rehabilitate and buy housing in run­down areas of the city. Loans in the normal commercial market are not available be­cause of lending Institutions' "red.lining" of neighborhoods wbere property values are de­ clining. Council Moves To Aid Declining Neighborhoods By JIM l\lERRINER The red lines drawn around inner-clty neighborhoods on maps at Atlanta lending insti­tutions might be erased by a program initiated Wednesday by City Councilmen. Banks and other lending institutions usually refuse loans for buying or remode1­ing houses inside the rOO-lined area. Because the area's property values are dropping, banks fear they can't recoup their investment in case the loan is foreclosed. CounCilwoman Panke Brad­ley, a prime mover bP..hind the proposed "neighborhood hous­ing services program," de­scribed it as an example of legislative initiative. "We didn't wait for him (Mayor Maynard Jackson) to teU us what to do. nus is something the council did on its own aDd I am proud of it," she said. The council's Development Committee approved a res0­lution autboriting the mayor to negotiate and execute a contract for the federally as­sisted neighborhood housing program. Toto. Bell of the local office of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board said the new pro­gram "is not a panacea for all housing problems" but can ar­rest the dedine of residential neighborhoods. The program Is aimed at se\'eral levels to uplift the neighborhoods--a high-risk re­volving mortgage pool, the cooperation of local banks, a citY commltmcnt to capital improvements and hoUSing code enforcement in the area, credit counseling for residents and other services. "It's the most signiIicant step we have made in a long time" regarding housing pro~ lems, said comm..iltee Chair­man Richard Guttun.an. '''Ibis keeps the bureaucratic mOo rass out of what can be a \\'OrkabJe program." Bell said that City Hall, the local banks and a strong nelghbc:dlood group m u s t come together to form a non­profit corporation to imple­ment the program. The banks cooperation In backing up the high-risk mort­gage pool has not set been at­tained or actively sought, Bell said. He said the program has worked well, wit h strong banking cooperation, In other dties. The Washington·based Urban Reinvestment T 3. s k Force would work with tbe city in setting up !be pr0­gram. It the city's efforts are approved, grants of up to $100,000 are available to begin the revolvillr loan fund, Bell said. '! h e federal govemmtnt does not directly guarantee or subsidize individual loam, and the only bureaucracy Involved is a "very small technical stafr' for the nonprofit c0rpo­ration, be said. 'Ibe iniital city outlay would be $30,000 in federal corn­munity development aid to kick off the program. The elimination of "red-Un­in g" is mostly aimed at "neighborhoods with basically sound housing stock and Q h i g h percentage of home ownership. It will keep that neighborhood from deteriorat­ing further," BeJi said. The council began probing the problems of red·llning last spring, and passed a resoll!­tion in May urging the mayor to look into the possibility of creating a mortgage risk pool for housing. The mortgage pool, city commitment to capItal im­provements and other ele­ments of the proposed pr0­gram were recommended In a city-funded "central area housing strategy study" re­leased last summer. 'The Federal Deposit Insur­a n c e Corporation, Federal Hom e Loan Bank Board, Federal Reserve Board and Comptroller of the CUrrency are conducting a joint study of re. In Jackson/s View By HANK EZELL man Cotsakis' George cost. None of the proposals now cutting proposals "unrealis­ beron! the City CouncI1 b a tic" and "unworkable." T1Ie satisfactory alternative to his city can't layoff 800 workers, proposed three-mill property Jackson said, "without letting lax increase, in Mayor May. services go down the drain." nard Jackson's view. Cotsakis' proposal, now "The idea of anything less modified to include a 500-per. than a three-mill tax is totally son lay.oH, also includes post. unrealistic," Jackson said in a p6ning of capital improve­ 'lUesday press con(erence. ments. moving the Cyclorama to a more central location and He termed the present several other items. financial situation "a golden Jackson was equally glum opportunity to show that we about proposals from Council. are behind our city" and man Richard Gulhman to urged citizens to tell their make City employes take five councilmen Ihey support the days off without pay next yeat properly tax increase and to raise garbage collec­ proposal. t ion fees to a break-even point. As he has. before, Jackson vowed thai he will not lead The five.day layoff Is "un­ Atlanta Into deterioration by realistic," Jackson said, be­ cause city workers are al. pinching off city services. "If I we wanl a secorxl class city ready making 17 to 20 per' \0\" can pay second class cent below prevailing wages. taxes...• We can deliver a On tbe garbage prop:>sal, first class city without first Jackson responded, "no way." class taxes -all we want is a He added, however, that rates I must go up for those residents little more," Jackson said. who pay extra lor backyard Also Tuesday, Jackson an­ garbage pickup. I nounced two good·wiU trips The present $44 a year around the state which he said extra fee for backyard pickup are the first of a series de­ must be tripled if elected offi. signed to tell Georgians, par_ cials want. to be responsible, ticularly General Assembly Jackson said. members, "that we don't have Although others may be horns." Jackson wiU go to paying less than cost for the Rome Thursday and to Way· service, the $44 backyard fee cross Friday. is the "grossest inequity," I The mayor called Council· Jackson said. Guthroan's proposal is to raise the fees about 62 per cent across the board, indud-./ ing apartments and commer. cial property. ~ The various spending i proposals all grow out of a city budgeting situation which Ja('kson has called the worst since the 19305. Jackson's proposed 1 9 7 5 general fund budget is $89.8 million. It includes cuts of some $% million from 1 h e speOOi.ng plan which financial analysts ha,-e called a bare­bones spellding level. Councilman Asks City To Fund Employer City Panel Rejects Tax Boost By FREDERI CK AlU:N The Atlanta City Council's Finance Committee \""1)led 6-1 Thursday to reject a three-mill lax hike, then voted a.2. in favor of ",hat amounts to a 2. per cent pay cut for all \ By IIANK EZELL Atlanta Cit y Coundtman Arthur Langford Jr. 'I1nnd:ay proposed that ~City gh-e IUs employer $200.000 for runrung • youth serviCel program. Lalliford Is youth...-vioel di~ 01 the Butl« Street YMCA, but he said he would not penonalIy CCIItrol any money which the city migbt live to the y. He If'eS no conflict 01 lntet. eel in asklng for the money Lansford saki. "1 wouldn't vote on the peper if It came up. rut ~'OUkI he the onlyoonfllct 01 ln~" L."t>f".-IaaJd. I ' .., .... " Council man Richard Gutb­ man came dote 10 disagree­ lng,' saying the ....... ust was , .~.. mOl t inappropriate to y,'hether It II a conflict ;,c Interest or not. Th! proposal Is ~ by Langford am Councilmen James HOVo'ard • n d James Bond. Lansfonhpoke for it at ThursdaY'1 Infttinc oC t h. council', fiDafl(r c:ommitl!!'e. The (Ommitiee tooic no ae­lion on 1m-rfIIOlution. Itlhna Langford tI) PNf'nt It at MllO­day's rT'IIeI'Iing of IbP full coun­dl. Resolutions can be ap­pr'O'+'td wttb only one nlding which ITIe..nt the paper could conceivably get final acUon .t that meeting. Langford proposed to ear· mart the $200..003 from a $S2O.000 sum 'il.irlch has heen :ru~to the cit.y from Eco­(EOA) Opporturuty Atlanta ' His proposal woukl ha\'e the other $320,000 gOing to the De­partment of Community and lbnan Development, to he used, specifically fo r youth sernce projects conducted by =te, non-profit organiza. The Butler Street h ad earlier put in a request for $115.000 from the fund. which the city amualJy allocates 10 a I t 01 var e y sociaJ. service ~:'uraI. and trade ....anlza~ ........ About ~ other agencies are al!o vytng for that money The requests total $3.9 rnilliori and the administration nas suggested 0 Diy $460.000 be appropriated for those pur­"",. Langford said his orlginaJ Intention was to suggest lnat the money go to the Dl!part. ment of Community and Hum a n De\·elopmenl fo r )'OUtb programs. But there was !JO much 0p­position to city partkipaUon in aocIal service programs Langford added., t hat ~ C!',,:~ed to a suggestion of lIVIng. the money to outside """""'­ "We've got to do something about savine the children 0( this ctty," Langford said. But several <:ounciIn\l'n 2·A ..** Thursday, Dec, 12, 19U ~2IJlmdlllounm:.l ~FNONT ARTIillR LANGFORD T.(.. SUn Cootroversy disagreed. Guthman, asldng unusually poinled questions to bring out Langford', employ­ment. Slid the money should go back Into the pot and all dty youth service agenc:ies shouki get some ron.sIdera­tiOO. ,r Tn E ",11 ~"\ .. tion after the six-4 As a result 0 • the city's anticip $2.75 million sbo .According to Firu Davis, that amo from the city'S I~ approves the COITU.. AfW' several day, the comml money papers In '. The first u.s man Q. V. Willian-. awaval tD the thr Wben the vall, discussiOn, only 'II in (a,'or. The six --carl Ware, G Pierce, Ira Jad city emplO)es in 197$. The committee, on a narrow 4-3 vote, a I 5 0 defeated a motion by COuncilman George Cotsakis that wouW have laid olf an estimated 500 AUanla employes, In a day-long meeting devoted to the budget-related matlers of revenues an d appropriations, the Finance Committee also: _Voted 3-2, with two abstentions, tI) ap­prove a 1.IM.mill tax hike designed to equal· ize revenues lOSt through the recently ap­proved constitutiOnal amendment raising homestead exemptiOns from $2,000 to $5,000, _Voted $.01, with one abstention. to re.­ ject a proposal by Councilman Richard Guthman that would ha,·e produced some $;3.7 million in new revenues thrOUgh a 62 per cent. across-the-board J~P in sanitary senices fea charged by the aty, The Finance Committee·s recommenda­tioM will be taken up hy the full City c.ou~ cil \10OOay. The full councl1 is free to vote as it wishta on all fi':e of the questions decided by the committee ThurMiay, but obser\-et'S pre­ dicted lOURh sledding for Mayor Maynard Jackson'S three-mill tax hike recommenda· see 8UDGET, Page %6-A .-_....~.. .... Gregory Griggs.-ell \·oted in opposition. The three-mill tax bo06t was designed to produce 1m re\'enues of $83.2 million, which when added to a year-end surplUS of abOUt $6.$ million would have supported the $811.7 million budget backed by the mayor, Davis and Planning and Budget Commissioner Uon Eplan. But GriggS had aounded the bell·note or ~ilion e\·en before the meeting began when he read a statemenl accusing JacksOn of using "scare tactics" to back the boOst. Griggs had concluded. "1 cannot see my 'l\"ay to go along with the mayor'l requesl." The second paper was Gulhman's proposal to appro\·e the 1.M-mills adjust­ment needed to prevent a SU million \oIs of re\'enues cn"ted by the new homestead exemplion. The t.hne-1~tw'O vote found Guthman, J ackson and GrlAAS in support, Williamson and Cotsakis opposed: and Ware and. Pierce abstaiN" . Gulhman'l paper on sanitary service nits was criticized sharply by Williamson Sit In on tne meeung would hit low-In­lJ1 the wealthy. U en of taxation on ty," Ware said. :led, "It taxes the r rich!" eated, with only ICotakis abstained o.miltee members neasure was de­1.7 million in reve. for the estimattd lave been gained ..... , vote of the meri· red to a plan to take five days of on the schedule of I of the last fh·e mayor's top aide, and. immediately branded the proposal as an eHeclive 2. per cent pay cui, since it would dcprh'e city em­ployes of a full week's pay, The vote on the measure saw Griggs, Guthman, Ware, Pier;ce and Jackson In favor, with Coisakis and Williamson op­ """,. Guthman, who Introctuced the unpaid vacation plan. said it ....wld cut about $l.lS million from IDe 1975 budget. , • The fifth and last paper, a sweeping-. generalized measure by Co\sakis, would have resulted in the firing of about SOD city employes, he said. Cotsakis told fellow com· miUee members, "All of you will admit pri­ vately that City Hall is overloaded" with employes, The vote on the measure ended in a lie with Pierce, Gulhman and Cotsakis in favOl' and Ware, Jackson and Williamson oppooed. Griggs. as d\ainnan, broke the tie and de­feated the controversial paper, According to Davis, the ('(lmmitlee .e­tiOll5 }ea\·e the 1m budgel $Z,~ rnillion ·out of balance," 8y1lAAlC: EZElL Atlanla Cit y Councilman Arthur Langford Jr. 'I1utlby p-opoeed that the city give his empIo)'er $2:00,000 for I'UlU1lDi • youth services program. Langford Is youth aervIaes director 01 the Butler street YMCA, but he said he wou.Id not penonaUy control. any money which the dt)' mIgbt live to the y. He I('ts no confllct of tnte'­eat In asking fcr the money Langford said. "I woWdn'i vote on the paper If It came up. rut WOUld be the only oonfllct of ln~," Lt.ngford said. Coundlman R1ctun1 Guth­ man came dote to disagree­ ing. uylna the request was •• mOl t Inappropriate," 9oilet.hv' It Is a conflict of intfftSl or not. The proposal is sponsored by Langford and Councilmen James Howard • n d James Bond. Langfonhpoke for it at Th11r1day's ITIfletiI'll of t h. council's finaflQe commitf~. The committee toot no ae­tion on the resolution. klhna: Langtord tf) preltnt it at MIII~ day's met'tiDg 01 the full c0un­cil. Resolutions can be IP. proYtd with Gnly one rtadi~. whlch melUl3 the papH" coukt mnt'tivably get final action at that meeting. Langford proposed to ear· mart the $2OO,OIXI from a $521>-1XIO sum v,hich has been rtturned to the city from Ec0­nomic Opportunity Atlanta (EOA). HIs proposal would ba\'e the other $3:1Jl,OOO gOing to the De­partment of Community and Jbnan Development, to be used specifically r 0 r youth servia! projects conducted by private, non-profit organl:r.a· !Joos. The Butler Street had earlier put In a request for $115,000 from the flInd which the city annually allocates to a fariety of social servu:t!, cultural and trade organlza­ """'. About J) other agencies are also V)'lCIg for that money. The requests total 13.9 million and the administration has suggested 0 Diy $460,0lI0 be awropriated for those pur­ """. Landord said his orlgtnalIntention was to suggest mat the money go to the Depart­ment of Community and Hum a n Development lor youth programs. But there was so much op­po!ition to city partklpratlon in sodal service programs, Langford added, t bat be C!ha~ed to a suggestion of giving the motley to outside agenc:lu "We've got to do somethlng about savlne the children of this city," Langford said. But sevft'al muncilmen Thursdoy, Dec. 12, 1974 2-A ..*. i!)tlUhmIa: lourmtl ~FA'ONT ARnlUR LANGFORD J"d. SUn Oootroversy disagreed. Guthman, astlng unusually pointed questkmS to bring out Langford's employ­ment. said the money should go back Into the pot and all dty youth service agencies ahouki get some consider&­Uoo. X:;I'lOli A~ ,r' .26.. A TnF. A1l.' ","T.\ rO"\'O:l1n.i10:"'. frld.y. D~. 13, 197' .. ----Budget----: "'rom Pall" I~\ tion after the six-to-one defeat It suffered. As a result of the committee's actions, • the city's anticipated re\'enues for 1975 fall $2.75 million short of !he tentative budget. AL'eording to Finance Commissioner Charles Davis, that amount would !\ave to be cut from the city'S 1975 budget If the full CClUncil approves the committee's decisiOns. After several hours of discussion Thurs­day, the comrniUee ranthrough the five money papers in quick succession. The first was a proposal from Council­man Q. V. Williamson tMt would ha\'e given app-oval to the three-mill tax hike. Wben the vote was called after a brief diScussion. only Williamson raised his hand in favor. The six other coounittee members -Carl Ware, GuUvnan. Cotsakis. Hugh Pierct, Ira Jackson and. (lBirman E. Gregory Gri~ll \·oted in opposition. The three-mill tax bOOst .....as designed to produce 1975 revenues or $83.2 million, which when added to a year-end surplus of abOut $6.5 million .....ould have SUPPOrted the $89.7 million budget backed by the mayor, Davis and Planning and Budget Commissioner Leon Eplan. But Griggs had sounded the bell·f1(lle of ~ition e\'en before the meeting began when he read a statement accusing JacbOn of U'iing "scare tactics" to back the boOst Griggs bad concluded. "I cannot see my way to go along with the mayor's request." The second paper was Guthman's proposal to approve the 1.04-milis adJust.­ment needed to pre\·er.t a $2.2 million IOSIS of re\'enues ereiited by tbe DeW homestead H:ernption. The three-IG-two vote fouoo Guthman, Jackson and GriAA! in support, Williamson and Cotsakis opposed and Ware and Pierce abstainlftC· Gulhrnan's paper on sanitary service rates was eritlciled sharply by Williamson and Ware. who charged it would hit low-in­come Atlantans harder than the wealthy. Il would "increase lhe burden of taxation on the poorest people in the city," Ware said. Williamson quickly added, "'lUxes the poor and exempts the fillhy rich!" The paper was dereated, with only Guthrnan voting in favor. Coiaci abstaIned and the fh'e other eomrrultee members voted nay. Gulhman said the measure was de­signed to produce aboul $3.7 million in reve­nue, acting as a substiwie for the esumattd .. million that .....ould have been gained through the lhree-mill inertaSe. In the most surprising vote of the rnet't­Ing. appro\'31 was rendered to a plan to force all cily emp~ to take five days of unpaid vacation next year on lhe schedule of ooe day off dtnng each of the last five months. Jule Sugarman. the mayor's lop aide, sat in on the meeting and immediately branded the proposal as an effecth'e 2 per cent pay cut, since it would deprive city em­ployes of a full week's pay. 'Ibe \'Ote on the measure saw Griggs, Guthman, Ware, Pieo:e and Jackson In favor, with Cotsakis and Williamson op­ posed Guthman, who introduced. the unpaid vacation plan. said it would cut about $1.2.3 million from the 1975 budget. , • The fifth and last paper, a sweepinR, generalized measure by Co\sakill, would have resulted In the firing of about 500 city employes, he said. Cotsakis told fellow com­mittee members, "All of you will admit prt­utely that City Hall is overloaded" with employes. The \·ote on the measure ended in a tie with Pierce, Guihman and Cotsakis in favor and Wan, Jackson and Williamson opposed. Griggs. as chairman, broke the tie and de­feated 1M controversial paper. According to Davis. the commlUee ac­tions lea\'e the 1975 budget $2."", rn.ilIion ··out of balance." Jackson Still W 3-M"" T MffI'" ~s 1 By IlANKEZEu­ ax Increase Mayer Maynard bone. We're down to the board ot d' vowed Frida Jacbon row.. You-mar-have a lrectors wouldntl a three-y to tight bard for more ~less C6S 01 people." Jackson The tax increases amount writing process is made up 0( reduce costs along with enroll­ a companion to the o~ said. to a $10.2 miJIion stUft in the many small steps, and most ment reductions, Yancey said. feated fiV1!-day lay-off. property tax burden awa1 ~expected final ac­While Jackson's proposal -A James Howard ordi­ was defeated, the council and from homeowners and onto lUon on taxation and any other One way to cut costs-in­ nance to give a 4.25 per cent business, commercial. indus.. \noney-raising measures at eluding the approxhnately 52the schoOl board in separate pay raise to workers earning meeHngs Monday raised their Irial and renter-occupiro r~l­next Monday's special council million in interest it costs the less than $8,000 a year. How­ dential propery. board to borroW the money­ 1975 tax l'3tes by 10.4 per cent. I""'ng. ard asserted that the $1.1 mil­ might '!he gap had been smaller, would be to eliminate the need The council possilil1 Because of the higher home­lion proposal eoold be funded but on Monday the council de­for annual loans and gettinC push it up even more. st ea d exemptions. m 0 s t by dipping into a reserve for the blJdgeting proces.~es on The net effect of the two owner-occupied property will teated on a 1O-a vote a City Hall expansion. will be which would Honer ground, Yancey said millage Increases to get a lower tax bill. while have -A Panke Bradley proposal produce the same amount of otber property will be asked an estimated $1.25 mil­to raise garbage rates by 30 Raymer explained that the • revenue the two governmental to take up the slack. forcing city cml*>)'eS per cent, rather than the de­board already plans to lop bodies had in 19'74. Jackson called the vote 011 feated 62 per cent about $5 million off !be cur­ iai;~. ,.,,"ve dAY' w;thou! Hov.ever, the hikes were against a three mill increase By the time of the regularly rent $109 mUlion budget and needed to offset tbe effects of "a negative vote on the poor. • meeting the operate on a maximUm scheduled of ,-------Budget,------­ an increase In the homestead a negative vote against the Atlanta Board of Education budget of $104 million next exemption approved by voters masses of the people. _ . cut­Monday night, there appar­year But if the millage were­ in the November general elec­ tin g services which never ently was at least a ch.anee n't I~ased, he said, the sys­BoWl! said the task forte decided to support tion. were adequate for the poor." that the millage inc.rea.se tem would have to drop bact frOD. Pall" •• ,' the tchool board's 3.3 mill ioerease and. the eoun­ cll's UH mill raise, but no more. 1bs Chamber The Atlanta school board But be insisted that he was might be defeated. to a $96 million bUd,et. aDd ing later, "primarily that was a victory of big set its 1975 tax rate at 28.85 Male members of the board that such 8 $13 mm~on cut­will "go with the city and try to corne up with assessing, not criticizing, the business." mills, a 3.3 mill hike which -Raymer, Chairman Benja­b a c k In times of mflation other sou.rees" in the fonn of Iocal-oplion tax~ council's action. will raise $!I million. min Mays, and Dr. Asa woold be nearly impossible. Councilmen who voted for Jackson's three­that might be granted by the state legislature Council raised the genera! Fin a nee Commissioner with mlU proposal were James Howard, James Bond next year, he said. Yancey-huddled Supt. government tax rate to 12.3~ Charles Davis, sitting in on In addition to the reduction ~~is Finley, Arthur Langford Jr . , Hugh Alonzo Crim and Bates behind Because of a jump in the homestead exem~ mills a l.iM mill jump which or next year's bUdget, the SYJ" Plerce, Marvin Arrington and Q. V. Williamson. Jackson's weekly press con­closed doors, delaying the lion from $2,000 to $5,000 nen year, the tn blow t e m is attempting to ~ ference, predicted that the Opposed were Councilmen Jobn Calhoun, start at the meeting by more will tall hardest on eommercial property. aboUt $6 million froll! council won't be able to bal­Charles Helms, Nick Lambros George Cotsakis than 20 minutes. ance the budget without the When the meeting finally year's expenditures so It can Riehard Guthman, I r a Jackson, Carl ware: The totnl 4.3-1 mUl 1llC!"ea.se is meant to re­full three mill ircrease. "We did ronvene, Mays said the reserve enough cash. ~o ;:t Gregory Griggs, Panke Bradley, Buddy Fowlkes coup the revenues that would be 10st to the biB­have removed a I I the fat. vent a cash flow enSl5 and Jack Swruners. ger homestead exemption, oot to produce ~ group had been meeting about revenue. We've been a lean govern­fall. "difficult, involved problems" Bows, senior partner in Arthur Andersen &: ment for a long time," Davil; which they hadn't been able to The 0VEf'-a1l jrOblem Is that Co.• said the Chamber of Commerce's fiscal task Jackson said the city might be foreed to la1 said. the schOOl year and the tax off 60 to 8D policemen unless the eoturi1 rai~ resolve. foree was "just called together Friday" and taxes beyond 1.04 mills. Fmance Commissioner The Atlanta Bilard (If Hov."ever, a compromise year don't ma~h up. ~c: worked all weekend studying the city bOOget. !AltiCiMfi i 3,3 m:rn lax hlltt Charles Davis said the presently projected deficit ['k;''''~';;' for reconsidera· apparently was reached. Dr. le"lions tome In dUfiI!i .The group concluded that the city's revenue of $4 million could mean that 400 city workershad to be appro\'ed Monday, Monday meeting Yancey, objecting In prl.nclple ,':11, whlle the bUdgetn projeCtion! were "a \·ery conservative but sound board members and school to the repeated bor'rOwlOg of begins In July. eecau tbt forecast." that "it wouJd be very difficult to find will \o8e their jobs. 1 ::~aPPf'OVed 1.i>4 mill tax officials said. so it can get the and the defeated the school board, amended the borrowing in. pastof ye:~ budget reductions" and "all the increase in tax The mayor hinted that be might \"eto a COUf)o S43 mlllion loan needed to run hurts the busfness, commercial and apartment 01 measure to lolly off some ""orken; as aD alter­ layoff ,."."..I. millage inc:reas! motion to greatest portioo ust be used the school system for the re-. provide for a native to raising taxes. other budget-related the creation of nues each year m ats1016. OwnenL" mainder of this fisca l year I::~~we r e introdlr.ed ~fund which eventually to payoff the last )"e 'ttl8l and the beginning of the next. and wiU prestmably would be able to alleviate the which then oece&SI Without t h e millage 10-._'._ .. _ consideration nen annual loans. another loan. crease, explained ChaU'm3n of While asking tupayen fot ~ ... the Finance Committee Rich­a "firm commHment" in the Espedally ne¢eS58uZ schoOl monev to operate gust se?' a r d Raymer a nd system proposal to form of the millage increase, systein In July, AU -unW weComptroller John Bates, the offICials to the school board was giving !ember and October. school board would only be tax coUections come JJ'l. _ ;: ambiguous "vague, able to borrOw-through the ~~:~~2~pe~'~_~~of~~t_:~,.".~to the dty. It is 0commitment"n I y a 10 eity from local banks-a total 01 $42 million. And even though the law provides for monthly loans if necessary, Raymer said city officials have told him they . k no w whether they be able to scrape to­ LICENSE FEE BEEF·UP TOO? Mayor Hints Business Receipts Tax By JIMl\1ERRINER Because the City Council killed his proposal for a three-mill property tax bike, Mayor May­nard Jackson 'I\J.e!day hinted be would support increases in proCessional license fees and the tax on gross business receipts to provide more reve- DUes. Jackson's 8~step backward from bis commitment to a thre&-mill jump came after be accused councilmen ol caving in to pressures from "big business" in rejecting the f.bree.mill increase. "1bey (busInessmen) were able to line up 11 votes. We were only able to get seven for the poor people, the masses of this city," Jackson said in reference to the council's 11·7 vote against the tax hike Monday. Albert J. Bows Jr., chainnan of a Chamber of Commerce task force on city finance, said, "1 don't know of anyone in out group that did any lobbying" with councilmen. Chamber of Commerce presklent Ivan Allen TIl had no comment on the allegation of lobbying but said that "almost the entire amount of the (tax) increase would have fallen on business." MthOugh a bigger tax bite will hurt small businesses aDd tenants-who will probably ab­sorb most of the added tax costs of landlords-­Jackson argued that a tax increase would benefit the pooc by funding crucial city services. Chief Administrative Officer Jute Sugarman said late Tuesday that "tht-nIF Is stili going to strive fot • reveru! pa~.be equivalent to three mills. There may be JIll!! to substitute some other kinds ol revenue IIlCISIftS." Asked specifically about l:ae fees and business taxes, Sugarman ail that Jackson "would certainly give oonsi~·'to whatever plans the council might write. A recent effort by Counc:iJlla James Bond to raise the profeaiOnal liCft\St~ [rom $150 to $200 was killed by the council. Jacbon said In a morning,as oonlerence that three mills is the "m1~ acceptable" amount needed and he would iii_ to press for it iI a IPtdaI COUDCi.I meelll~. 23. How­ ever, Sugannan's comments Indicatld lh ! J rk. son is kIoking fOl: altemalh'es to the appartnUJ doomed three-ttull jwnp. Tuesday's de..-e1opmer!\s followfd • toW 4.M-mill ~in the Ia.l nte !otonday-U milia by the school board and UK mills by the ~ School board members SUJIPOI1.mC the in­crease were Richard Ra)'Jl'lel", Carolyn CnmSer, Ass Yancey. Margaret Gt1gp mt June ColS'. Opposed were AnD W'oodward and Anrtla Ioannides. Board p1Sident Benjamin May:s did not vote. The B·7 council vote "represents • 1'IctorJ' forthe businesscommuruty," Jacbonaald, add­ ----Budget.---- FrOB. Pall~ 1.,\ Ing taler, "primarily that was a victory or bigbusiness." Councilmen who voted for Jackson's three­mill proposal were James Howard, James Bond, A~s Finlt:y, Arthur Langford Jr., Hugh Pl~, Marvin Arrington and Q. V. Williamson. Opposed were Councilmen John Calhoun, Charles Heims, Nick Lambros, George Cotsaltis Richard Guthman, I r a Jackson, Carl Ware: Gregory Griggs, Panke Bradley, Buddy Fowlkes and Jack Swnmers. Bows, senior partner in Arthur Andersen &: Co., said the Chamber of Commerce's fiscal task force was "jllSt called together Friday" and worked ali weekend studying the city budget The group concluded that the city's revenue projectionJ!' were "a very conservative but sound forecast," that "it would be very difficult to find budget reductions" and "all the increase in tax hurts the busine!ll, commercial and apartment 0'il>'TleI'S. " Bows said the task force decided to supportthe school board's 3.3 mill increase and the coun­cil's 1.04 mill raise, but no more. Ths Chamber will "gUo with tile city and try to come up v.-ith other sources" In the lonn of local-option taxes that might be granted by the state legislature next year, he said. Because of a jump In the homestead exemp­tion from $2,000 to $5,000 next year, the tax blow will fall hardest on commercial property. The total U-I mUl Increase is meant to re­coup the revenues that would be lost to the big­ger homestead e.J:emption, not to produce more revenue. Jackson said the city migbt be forced to lay off 60 to 80 policemen unless the council raises taxes beyond I.M mills. f'mance CommiSsioner Charles Davis said the presently projected deficit of $0& million eooId mean that 400 city workers wUllose theit jobs. The mayor hinted that he might \'elo a ~ cil measure to layoff some workers as aD. alter­native to raising taxes. COatll1oed From Page 1A (ether the Idditional $a mll­lion It I later time. '!be rate hike repb.ces with revenue from other sources the I~mately $I million in tax. collections the scbool board will lose because of the new $5.0"0 homeStead exemp­tlOIL Altbougb thert previ. ously had been 1$1,000 exemption. it didn't apply to 5Cboo1 taxes. The $5,000 ex.emption does. Raymer and Bates told boou'd members the board al· ready bad agreed in principle to raise the millage to the level needed to recoup losses from the new homestead exemption But llOme board members didn't agree that the hike was mady a fore~ne conclusion. At the afternoon briefing session of the board, Mrs. A!1O Woodward e~ressed consld­erable opposition to what she cltllrly labeled as 8 "tax in­crtese." other board me~ betS cootended that since h dlan't raise the. tota] revenues ~\ected it couIdn·t really be called an increase. J-tead of raisilll the mil· lagt, Mrs. Woodward said at ~afternoon meeting, "I sug­g8l1 we trim" the nwnber of administrators in the school system "in half at least." Joining her In arguing for mtbacks in staffing we r e representative!! ol the Atlanta Federation (j Teachers (AF1') and the Atlanta AssocIation of Educators (AAE). City CoWlCiI Monday 1'& jected Mayor Maynard Jack· IOn'S three mlll, $6.2 million tax increase request on an 11­7 vote and rejected a 2.04 mlll compromise proposaJ. on a 11).8 But a special council me«.-Ing ...."as called fot next MOD­day. Councilman Q. V. Wil­Uam.son, who is viewed as an Inftrmal floor leader for the mayor. was confident he could swing enough wtes to get ap­proval of the 2.04 mill meas­ure. and perhaps of the mayor's three mill measure. That would mean an 1& cnased tax ra~ of even more than 10.4 per cent. '!be Council Monday ap­proved only one Of a slew of budget-related measures, the net ef'fect being a 54 million cloud d red Ink over next year's spending planS. At this point in the budget· writil}8 process, the tentative spending plan stands at $811.5 million, while expected reve­ nues amount to only $84.5 mil­ lion. Unci« the stringent 1937 budget laws, the council must adopt a balanced bud~:!t. That mean! It must close the $4 million gap either by cutting s«vioes or by raising more reverrues, perhaps from taxes or garbage c::oIlection fees.. The council has until late February to finaJly adopt the 1£r15 budget. But the budget- writing process Is made up ol many small steps, and most obs«vers expeded final ae­ ..... ­ \ion on taxation and any ~ money-raising measures at nen Monday's special council meeting. 'n1e gap had been smaller, bI.t on Monday the council de­fealed on a HI.8 vote a __., ~'ch ..u1d have t'"~ ",II,I saved an estimated $1.25 mil-Uon by fordng city employes to take off five days without pay next year. Tte council defeated on a voice vote a Richard Guthman proposal to raise garbage col· lecUon rates by 62 per cent. It defeated on a 10-6 vote a George Cotsakls resolution which would have asked the mayor to "eradicate" the nine commlssioners created In the reocganization ordi.nanoe 0( a few months ago. The $88.5 million spending plan was propounded by the may", _ al.. pro~ the ~ three-mlll tax increase to help fUnd it. By reJecting the three-miU meaSU'e and all the other budget. related proposals, the council. 1St It.sell with the $4 mlillongap. Scheduled for reconsidera· tlon at the Monday meeting are the aPPrOVed UN mill tax Increase and the defeated five-«iay layoff ~al. Three other budget·related I1"\e&SI.1reS w ere introduced Monday and will presumably get tome consideration next week. They 1ft: -A Guthman proposal to request elected officials to tum back about. 2 per cent of their salaries to the city. It is a companion to the onct-de­feated Dve-day lay-off. H ___ ~ ~, -A James OWlZn. UlW' t nance to give a US per ~ pay raise to workers eanung less than $8,000 a year. How­ani asserted that the $1.1 mil· ......,,,) -"d .. funded lion pl'Ol"'__ !,.VU.l by dipping into a reserve for my Hall expansion, -A Panke BradleY proposal to raise garbage rates by 30 per cent, rather than the de­feated 62 per cent. By the time of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Atlanta Board of Education Monday night, there appal'· ently was at least a chance that the miUage Increase mlght be defeated. Male members of the board -Raymer, Chainnan Benja­ min Mays, and Dr. Asa Yancey-hllddled with~. reduce costs along with enroll· men! reductions, Yancey said. ........ w.y to cut """-In- VI.., eluding the approximately $2 mimoD In Interest it costs the board to borrOW the money-w--_u .. to eliminate the need - for annual loans and getting the budgeting proces.~ on firmer ground, Yancey said. Raymer explained. that the boord already plans to lop about $5 million off the cur· rent $109 mlliion budget and 0 per a I e on a maximum budget of $IM million next year. But If the millage ",;ere­n't Increased, he said, the sys­tern would have to drop back to a $96 million hudget, and that such a $13 million c:ut­b a c k In times of inflatIOn would be nearly impossible. In '"dition to the reduction Alonzo Crim and Bates bl!hiOO'..... the SY'" closed doors, delaying the start of the meeting by more than m minutes. When the meeting finally did convene, Mays said the group had been meeting about "difficult, involved problems" which they hadn't been able to res(Me. However, a compromise apparently was reached. Dr. Yancey, objecting In principle to the repeated bolTOwing of the schoo1 board, amended tM millage lncrease motion to provide for lhe creation of a reserve fund which eventually would be able to alleviate the annual loans. While asldng taxpayen for a "finn commitment" In the fonn of the millage Increase. the school board was giving taxpaye-s 0 n I y a "vague, ambiguous commitment" to of next year's bUd.,&tt, . t e m is anemptLII( to ~ about $6 million from yo,,'. e----litures so it can AI""'.... sb to pre­~t,e _':""",~crisis oat ..... ..... fall. 'I1le 0VfI'-.aIl problem is that the school year aDd the taJ: year don't matc.h up. '!U: lectlons come In dW1J1i fall, "While the budget ~ begins In July. secause tbt borrowln, In past years. greatest portion of the r:: nues each year mustar'~ loan, to payoff the last ye 'tatel w hie h the n nece&Sl another loan. is the Especially necessary scmoI money to operate the t SeP' system in July, AU~~i1 ~ tember and October. tax coUedions come III­ ----------~ ''The) -.. W -peo I t , , F •C G f. ., C " P' I" b, hu " PACE 4-A, WEDNESDAY, DECE;\IBER 18, 1974 A Responsible Vote A majority of Atlanta City Council members stood up to Mayor Maynard Jacksc?n In rtsponsible fashion this week In rejecting the mayor's push for a three-mill property tallncrease. The mayor promptly blasted tbe 11 C.ouncll members voting down his tal hike, suggesting that downtown busi­nessmen had prevailed in pressuring the 11 CouDciI members to vote against poor people. Well, the mayor may hav~ half a point in that down­town ~ne:ssmen, feeling the same economic pressures right now tbat aff~ us all, were notably unenthusi_ astiC about any tax hike. But is Mayor Jackson under Impression that poor people don't pay any taxes' That poor~ple don't live in homes' subject to higher property tales? Or that people "':ho rent homes or apartments aren't hit also by a tal boost? N.o, this isn't a class issue, rich a~aUlSt poor. We suuest the mayor will be hard put to find people living in Atlanta on limited Incomes (and there are a lot) who favor his pro­posed . ~ree-mJlI tax boost. The City CouDClIlooeed was reflecting the view of most AUanta c1tizetts In rejecUn, Dew lues just at this time. The Cour!cil behaved wltb independ_ ence and respollllibly In turning down a three-mill tax hike at this lime in faVor of additional budget cutling in next Y~l:r's proposed dty budget.Other Cities are managing to make ~cb cuts. Why not Atlanta? The Coun­cil also: acted in responsible lasblon in approving a 1.04 mill tax iflCfJlJe de­Signed to replace revenues by the in­ crease In the homestead HerDptionfrom '2,000 to » ,000. The Atlanta school board also ap­proved a tax hike Monday ODe lor 11 mills, ostensibly abo to ~eup reve­ nues J~by the homestead exemption. The difference here is that substan­tially lower pupil enrollment ought to mean substantial budget cutting. The same number of stafl positions, and a:en .tea.cbers. can not be JusUfied wdh sinking enrollment ligures. It is valuable sometimes to give proper mdil The City Council mem­bers voting against the mayor's three­mill tax boost were Jobn Calboun Charles Helms, Nick Lambros Geor: ge Cotsakis, Richard GUthrnAn Ira Jackson, Carl Ware, Gregory Grlggs, Panke Bradley, D.L. (Buddy) Fowlkes and Jack Summers. On the school' board, Mrs. Ann Woodward and Mrs. ~e~~desvoted against the 3.3 Clip and File Tbose City Council members vot­Ing lor the three mill property tax hike were James Howard James Bond, Morris Finley, Arthur Langford Jr., Hugh Pierce, Marvin Arrington, and Q.V. Williamson.. School board members voting lor the U milb tax boost were Mrs. Marga­ret . G~IP, Dr. Au. Yancey, Dr. 8eD}&mln Mays, Ricbard Raymer Mrs. carolyn Crowder, and Mrs. June:. Cofer. Citizens should bring pressure to defeat City Coun­cilman Richard Guthman's proposal to raise garbage collection fees to "make the service pay for itself." Quick and effedive disposal of garbage is a baSIC right of the taxpayer. To make garbage disposal costlv in these times of recession could result in a health hazard If a man is unemployed and desperate to manage money to feed his family and pay his note, it is certain that he is not going to divert money from these necessities to pay for garbage disposal. Consequently, garbage could remain for weeks on curbs, in backyards, in basements. This would en­courage rats and vennin. The man who, unlawfully, might attempt to burn his garbage could start a fire with possible loss of life. Guthman's proposal reportedly, would mean an inc rease of about $25 in the $44 annual fee now paid ror pickup at residences "with 100 foot wide lots." The Councilman said the amount of the increase would vary in direct proportion to the width of the lot. Reading between the lines, citizens can estimate that sanitary garbage pickup is going to become a very expensive luxurv. Reports indicate that some affluent neighborhoods already have received the "herbies for curbies" o:pecial garbage bins). But some neighborhoods, in many cases, not received these. Let our councilmen look into other methods of cutting the city's budget It Will be deplorable if property taxes are raised in .\tlanta. because this deals a lethal blow to those !'('nior citizens who have spent a lifetime paying orr property in order to spend their old age in their habitat , r Mayor Still Eyes Business :l~:~u By HANK EZElL 13y a recent Finance De­ Mayor Maynard Jackson is ~ment estimate, prope~Y • clearly not prepared to let up es will bring in 131.1 ITlll­00 buSinesa as the best:;nurce 1 n next year, compared to for the $4 million taJ; Increase ;'.7 million from licenses and be is seeking. permits. Jackson was in New York Of the $9.7 million. $6.ll'!'-il­attempting to attract new ~ion is estimated to be COOlln~ business to Atlanta. He re--~rom g~a1 business II­fUged to be pinned ~on ::enses, and the rest from what new sources or, inCOme evies on professional serv­ the city may be studymg. ices. alcoholic beverages, con. "The only thing l'~ ~. st.ruction permits and a scat­pared to say at this time IS tering of other sources. that we need ttl get the maner. ,~ Garbage collection fee s from one source or another, might be another source, but Jackson said. ed the council has turned down 'l1le mayor acknOW1~g 'l one proposal to Increase~m that bus I n e s s property and Jackson is opposed to 10­would bear the bruIlt of creases in anything but back. his once-dereat~d yard pickup tees. three-miIl property t a z, In-On Monday the cooncil re­crease. But he added In ar, jected the administration's Tuesday press ,_ COOfl.'tt;::y' three-mill, $6,2 million ?-x !n­ '''I1le question, 11>, are ttea.se posaJ. Adopting In­going to bear It"or is it no! stead a~mill ~~. ~to get born' to Jacksor T bat v.ill bring U1 ~,2 l A 9OUf'Ce c ose milHoo just. vobat the aty qwckly expanded on that, sa~ needs' to compensate for tng that an "i~of d~:~ losses due to the Inm-eased Uon of ~i:S m homestead exemotiQrlS. in the mayor ~ tJrlnkmg, , ~ The net l'1!SUit ';\'OUld be ~ "n.e question is who 15 .. break-even re\'enues for the ter able to bear the burd~ city and a $2.2 million shift in as thiS, sourc.e charad the tax burden away from Jackson S feelmg. home owners D After Jackson's ~e; The three-~i11 inereage was ference, Oller Adminl.s~ defeated on an 11-7 vote, Vot­Officer Jule SUganna~ ov-", ainst it were council­ • new line of adrrurustrnon ~agJohn Calhoun, Charles thinking, saYinguchthat~aC90F~ Helms. Nick Lambros. George would consider s n 15 Cotsaki!I, Richard Guthman, business licenses and_~... I r a Jackson, Car I Ware, as the sou~ of at I.....,....... Gregory Griggs, Panke Brad­ 01. the $4 nulllon, _oJ 1-Buldy Fowlkes and Jack Although he volunteef1.l ~ -~, ether sources, Sug~a said Su~three-rnlU increase be is oot making hce~~ wer: James Howard, James permits the numbel' o'-r-' Bond Morris Finley Arthur it y for alternative rvenue Langford Jr" Hugh' Pierce. IOUI'CJeS, 't,s Marvin Arrington. and Q, V, The licenses and ~ ""illiamson. • r e about the onl).things The 1 04 mill increase was available, SUgannan Sid, b~t approved on a IG-a vote, 'I11ose he added thll Jac:kso IS v., -r it were Helms. Bond, ina to talk abo~~tat! ~tbman. Langford, Jackson, lOurte ClllTenUy au Ware, Piecce, GriggS. Bradley the city. whelber and Willian.-m, , He doesn't knO\I:~__ Agains', the UK mill m- the dty has reache, CI'IIIlH ,.,.ere calholm, Howaryl, lng on the beer tax" Finley. Lambros, Coualtil, Slid W1det quesltO~, h Aninorlnn lo'owlkel and Sum­ 'Ibe property tal 15 mue ...... deeper wel1 to drd than JneI'S_ ', 2-A TilE ATI,,"TA CO'STITL'TIO,', F~idl.~, ON', 20, 19" "** 'Council Unit 01(s ~oadns" OJ lReo illf .....,1_ h>,t1 a,')poA 6'~IJ~"'~;)OH Inq 'Ij -S!U!WPIl ~ hi ~ooqs SJlUI!tf I Vacations '''''­ '"fIIO If:>eq atp paull 'JitJr.Plf-X\er Alfain, $32,000 from ~SllU.JOUIaa IIU;qn ~JO T:rball Obsen'.tory and ' ~"'ll JO SJaqwaw ootoo earmarked for the hlr­"00 of fOUr budget analysli de- S! aJroilS IKU" SS3utu.nJ U by the rnayor. P!~1l iUln 1s,,!1 "'II .101 .JJlrt11anre dcparhnmt officials~P! dOl WAlpod' atrI ~tIl'IOUl, the $30.000 cut in coon­ Add 'Jaqwlltp a!lJ SSOJ:>Il A staff will probably result IlH OJ sassPI ~q pae iI)nf~lhe layoff of three em­ S~UI! SJI( J)aSJe..r ~1I~1~'POH 'PIlJ'e3. pm Jaijalalf:xtH .. '~dOid II PUte only employes of Ille IUQJJUo.I aNi SLUillqoJd M~ iI!r.IUJan Observatory are MI­'1U~!~;JJd '.1", '110,< IfILt1ljJo.1\ 0te! Lomax, who usually ls A"lu }O l!w!I lSdj'rnl iK{l 01 ai mayo!"s representativt at • Itural e\'enls, and Jocelyn Of 'Jr uOSJilN 'SlIOS CN.l J!a~ ISS, a researcher In the aql wOJ} P'IIPlliI'M. '&!wws lnq'yor's office, Both lIt'ouId nqnd PlOt! 01 JJ.lalUy Iii"" JuOJ.'I\ !urqjOU ~ance, 'uOJ1ro 3q1 ..-,ell .tI.<1U c! to let the booR at .• tnUl­rather than .J5.--«l that !he fi~1 millage rolle would be l'OIlnded at 11•. \\-'bile be voted with his f~l. 10 .... committee rnemben in favor d thf' p8(bge, WilUam­son Indica ted that "I'm against that emplo)'e thln(" and will voLe acaulSt tbe forced u"auan. .at Moo­ day, ,, 2.1\ TilE ATI,A'iTA CO'STlTL'T10N, "'ridu" DI'(', 20, 19H "** 'Council Unit 01(8 :Forced Vacations By FREDERICK ALLEN' The Atlanta City Council's Finance Committee Thursday approved a harxlful of money measures-including a once­defeated five-day forced vaca­tion for city workers-de­signed to eliminate a '" mil. lion budget gap. The measures. quickly branded "irresponsible" by Mayor Maynard Jackson, also include a .2&-mill properly tax hike and the layoff of an esti­mated five city employes. The actions won unanimous approval on an informal, s-o voice v 0 t e by committee members Ira Jackson Richard Guthman, Q. V. Wil­liamson, Carl Ware and Chair­man E. Gregory Griggs. In sum, the measures lop $3.685 million fro m Mayor Jackson's bqet proposal while adding about $500,000 in new revenues from the miJ.'. lage boost. All of the measures come up for consideratton by the full City Council at a special meeting Monday. That meet. ing wlli be the council's last opportunity to set revenue­producing measures for next • year. The committee's package.introduced by Gut h man. would: -Force city employes to take five days of unpaid vaca­tion toward the end of 1975. The idea was defeated last Moo:!ay by the full council, but Is eligible for reconsidera­tion. The for c e d vacations, labeled by a Jackson aide as an elfecti\-e 2 per oent pay cut for city WOfi(ers, would save an estimated $1.25 million. -Tack an extra .26 mill onto the 1.04-mill increase ap­proved by the fulll council Monday. The 1.04 mills are in­tended to replace revenues that would be kist. through a homestead exemption in. crease from $2,001 to $5,000. The new millage boost would raise cit y revenues about a half-million dollars. If the full council aDpl'Oves. the city general fund tax rate will have risen from 11.30 mills to 12.60, up 1.30 mills. The .26 mill increase sug. gested Thursday represents an additional 26 cents in tax pay. ments for each $1,000 in as­sessed property value. -Cut out $650,000 earmarked tor a landfill and a shredding and baling opera_ tion and $150,000 for the finishing touches on a stUdy of computer-auilited mUll reap­praisal fDr the Joint Board of Tax ....".".,. Both items would be taken .: , out. of the general fWld budget •• and financed "'ith federal funds cummUy held in re­serve by the city's Parks, U. braries and CUltural Affairs .and Community Development t departments. -Reduce the funding for re­pl~~ment eqUipment by $1 rruJllon. The committee in­struc1ed Finance Commis­sioner Charles Davis to com­pile a list of items that could '. be deferred unUllate in 19:\ Davis told a reporter the re­place-ment money goes primarily to buy new lrucks and police cars. -Eliminate S4OO.000 set aside tor funding of the police helicopter squad after federal Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds run out Aug. JI. '. 'I't!e committee gave no fn.. dication ot where it WOUld getthe money to operate the $Quad next year, but ex­pressed general hope that the legISlature will provtde new fe\'enue sources'for the CIty. -Cut $30,000 from the (,.)IyCouncil sW'f bUdget, $90,000 from the new Bureau of <.:on­ sUnter Affairs, $32.000 from the Urban Observatory and $83,000 earmarked for the hir. ing of fOUr budget analysts de­sired by the mayor. Finance department officials said the $3(1,000 cut in coun­cil's staff will probably result in the layoff of three em­ployes. The only employes of the Urban Observatory are Mi­chael Lomax, who usually is the mayor"s representative at cultural events, and Jocelyn Ross, a researcher In the mayor's office. Both would apparently lOSe their jobs if the cut is approved by the lull council. The consumer affairs bu­reau, created by the council earlier this year, has not yet been funded. It would not come into existence if the $$0,. 000 is cut. Jackson has twice de­ manded the f 0 u r budget analysts and twice has been tw-ned down by council. A~ proval of the cut Monday would mean the third reJec­ tion. Considered together, the budget cuts would bring the proposed budget for 1975 from the $89,761,1100 urged by Jack­son to $86,076,000. Revenues fur 1975 would jump-with the additlona] . 2 6 mlll-trom $85,761,000 to about $86,261,000, bringing the budget into baJ. -. The committee proposals were approved with lightning speed after a sJow.movlDg mOrning session devoted to a line-item review of the pn>posed budget. The committee broke lor lunch with the huge depart­ments of Environment and Streets and Public Safety yet to examine. But wben the session re­sumed aOOuf, 2 p.m., Guthman outlined his Proposals, the line­item review was scrapped and the meeting adjoorned in a matter of minutes. Committee members George Cotsakis and HughPierce, who attended t b e mOrning session, were absent when the committee approved the pn;.posals. Guthman outlined the budget cuts and noted that the remaining $315,000 could be achieved through a millage boost. Williamson immedI­ately suggested a quarter.millhike. Fin an c e Commissioner Davis asked the colMlittee to set the boost at .26 mill_ rather than .2S-s0 that the final millage rate would be rounded at 12.60. While he voted with his lei­low committee members In favordthe package, William_ son indica t edthat "I'm against that employe thing" and will vote against the forced vacations next Mon­day. REG MURPIIY. Editor JACK TARVER. P~.ident Enacted by Council PAGE 4-.4. MO:-iOAY. DECEMBER 23. 1974 By JIM MERRINER The Atlanta Cit y Council Monday enacted a l.3-mill lax increase -less than Cut the Budget Council----. half of the three·mill hike sought by Mayor Maynard JacksOn. Jackson said the public should blame The 1975 genenJ fund budg!t DOWThe AUanta City Council's Fi~ without the higher property tax In­the council for city service cutbacks made stands balanced at ",3 milliOn, wit h Committee has shown good common crtase that Jackson had been boosting necessary by a revenue shortfall next year. iled" by the COUllcil's ~ughly an utra 117 mdUon cornu.lnlDtbe sense, financial knowledge, and but which was defeated by the City It was learned that Jackson Saturday Iroe mills of extra reve-ki~ becatl!e of the l.3-mW Increase. Tbe strength of courage in its actions to Council last week in favor of a 1.04 called a special council meeting, not ao­mllllmum budltt needed to carry out. the eliminate a U·million gap in the city's mill increase. The new proposal of nounced to the public, to push for a 2.27·mill 'Ie council passed a reso­current }e\'el 01 city !Ie'I'VIl'IeI nut year bad budget for ned year. adding .26 mill more to the rate been estimated at $91 million. compromise t a x increase, '!be 2.27·mIlI lected officials" to turn seems a small, necessary evil to help Mayor Maynard Jackson bas mcasure was never introduced Monday. III their salaries to the . Ja.ckson had propelled Ibm: mUiJ to replace revenues lost through the in­ labeled the committee's actions as The council's budget act.lons Monday in­to match the week's ~lOg 10 $6.3 m1Ulon 10 balance II!: ...mil. crease of homestead exemptiOIll! to the work force, the "irresponsible" but he is wrong. If he clude:! a forC«!, unpaid week's vacation for hon budgeL $5,OllO from $2,000, !r cent pay cut. wants to see who is being irresponsi­city employes. Because of the mucb,larpr bomestfad ble in the struggle to balance Atlan­Jackson thinks the proposals are Meanwhile. some complicated political lei follow that request exemption, mo5I homeowners Will have • ta's budget, he has only to look in the Irresponsible for various reasons, in· maneuvers ended Monday in the resignation nt of his $40,000 salary, smaller net tax bill next year even with the mirror. eluding that they would mean a reduc­of Ed Armentrout, the council's 27-year-old, !SOlution is inadequate, millage hoosL The lax blow wiU faU hardeat tion in ~me city programs and serv­$23.595-a-year chief of stnff. Jim Bell, the ought to stand up on busine~s and conunercial property and 011 The measures proposed br. the com­ requiring the rebate) ices, But the actions are not intended deputy staff chief. will fill in as director. renters, who will probably ablOl'b !be Mided mittee would cut $3,685 million from FOnsider It." . to last forever; they are aimed at 1975 ~t:::x.increase voting represents a se· tax costs of landlords, the proposed budget, while adding , that he will not veto al.one to ~Iance the city's budget vere legislath'e deleat for Mayor Jackson . ~t.rout began ler'lOOSIy consIderinc about $~,OOO In new revenues from ease, saying iliat "my Without putling an even heavier load and a cor:esponding triumph for Richard resignation several manU. a80 ,,'ben be cot a new property tax millage increase' CI6e bounds." on the already overloaded taxpayers . Guthman and Gregor)' Griggs, conser.·ative the impr'ftSSkln lOme council fn!mbers were . of .:26 mill (:26.' !GOths of one mill). )Rcks will strike next It may be that by 1976 the reductions rouncilmen who wrote most of Monday's displeastd with him, aouroe.laId. come, please remem· The committee's package Includes can be reinstated, or it might be clear budget package. Sevet'81 CCJJndlmen said privately thlt layor said, requiring city employes to lake five then that there's no othu choice but a On Dec. 16. the cOWlcil voted. 1G-3 for a they 0>UId "" '" the _ ,..jeda they days of unpaid vacation during 1975, a tax illCrtase, But that clearly isn't the l.04-mill increase and the Atlanta Board .of .se was supported by wanted from the sWf, which was DOt en­ measure. ~blcb would SlIve the city case now. Education levied a separate 3.3-m111 m· Helms, James Bond, tirely Arrnentroot's faulL ~, t b. 1mbros, Richard Gutb­weight 0{ the blame lell on him beQuae be $1.U million, The full City Council ""'... The commlUee's proposals 1I'on The council Monday \'oted !l-7 to boost Jr., Ira Jackson, Carl has already voted this down once, but hoaded ""_. unanllnous approval on an Informal, fS, Panke BradJy and that doesn't mean It 1I'i11 thill time. the l.04-miJI hike passed Dec. 16 by .26 mill, .... bud", ......... """"'" ""'­ $·0 VOice vote by committee members trout's situaUon to a head. to a total of 1.3 mill. 1be action Monday Ira Jackson, Richard Guthroan, Q. V. !ohn Calhoun, James 'Jbe Finance Committee recol'luueided Other budget-aiUing measures pro­ came after the council voted down a total posed by the committee include reduc­Williamson, Carl Ware, and E. 1.91-mill proposal by 11·7. tsalds, Hugh Pierce, a $30,000 cut from the council slaU, but that ing the funding lor replacement equip­Gregory Griggs. The measures will Arter the Dec. 16 rejection of his three­dely Fowlkes and Jack money W8I to have been slkfrd from !be cIIIy come up for consideration by the full cieri's offI~, which II part of the rounci1 in ment by $1 million; eliminating mill proposal. Jackson c.;arged that council· $400,000 set aside lor funding of the City C:Ouncil today, and hopefully the men had caved. in to lobb}'ing pressures IUpported a three-mill budgetary matlets. But the ftnance depart.. .• Council will show the same financial to Monday's l.3-mlll ment offered an alternative to b dty dert police helicopter squad after federal from big business and voted against the Law Enforcement Assistance Adminis­ stIR as its finance committee, o.iah 9: 12: "Who is the cuts, urgin( two posi\iont be klpped from I2te interests of poor people, lerstand this?" coorriI blf. tration, funds run out Aug. 31; the' Liberal council members Charles Helms Th~t:'!ould be a strong show of I'@-o reduction of several office budgets and Panke Bradley rldieuled that argument var/Dus prop::lSals to Councilman James Bond. who wID be­ sponslbllity by the Council showing and that of various programs, Includ. n the pay of burealJ come head of the Finance Committee III that it too understands that' a person Monday. Jackson, in a statement after, the I~g a proposed consumer affairs of­ than $20,000 and all Jaruary, decided to eliminate Armentrout, or city doesn't improve its financial council meeting, made no further allegallons be the sanitary serv· wOO is white, and one black researcher fromflce; and various other cut·backs in position and reduce its debts by spend. of business lobbying, spending. Taken all together, the ac­ )e proft!iSional1icense the coundl stafl, an att.empt to prevent any Ing more and more money, It just· Asked why he had secretively called a charges of raciml, tlOIll! would bring Atlanta's proposed doesn't work that way for sooner or council meeting Saturday, Jackson said, "It 1975 budget into balance. , stands, Jackson will Bond said that while he considered late~ it will all collap~. Mayor Jack­ was not a public meeting. If you did not I, the council will lose Armentrout to be a good plamer, be wu a son IS sincere in his views, But it just know about it, sorry about that, but that is ers including ArmeD­poor administrator. . And In these difficult economic so happens that this time he's wrong the way it goes." Iter squad will expire But sources said Annent.rout !earned times. that's exactly what is needed and the finance committee is righL The mayor warned that $300,000 to im· poant money is found that Bond was caUi~ other counctlmen, see­prove the Bobby Jones Golf Course, as well lysis jobs long sought ing if they would qree with the Armentrout­as funds to open a new west Wleu~ Roa.d t be funded. researdler cut. Armentrout cbarged this fire station, maintain up to 80 pohcemen s I that the city could was a plot aga.Inst him because be ... jobs and continue twu:e·weekly garbage ICY money in lieu of white, and Bond dnted a black in the pos.i­ekson said he would tion. Wheu called by Armentrout, Bond See COUNCIL, Page I-A !rreSponsibie. denied that allegation. the Fratenta1 Order A sene. 01 phone calls were HChaDgecI of Police, I'iremt!n and two rivaJ unlorL5 between Bond and Armentrout, who, scun:es vJini to represent the city workforce at­said, never got a $a1Wactory ansv.w tram &ended MOIXIay's meeting to object to the Bond. Tberefore, ArmeItroUt reRpd MoD­ ~unpaid furlough, day. JACK TARVER, Pre,iden! REG MURPIIY, Editor PAGE 4-A. MO~DAY. DECEMBER 23. 1974 Cut the Budget The Atlanta City Council's Fi~nce Committee has shown good commoo sense, financial knowledge, and strength of courage in ils actions to eliminate a $4·million gap in the city'sbudget for next year. Mayor Maynard Jeckson has labeled tbe committee's actions as "irresponsible" but be is wrong. If he wants to see who is being irresponsi· ble in the struggle to balance AUan· ta·s budget, he has only to look in the mirror. The measures proposed br. the com­ mittee would cut $3.685 million from the proposed budget, while adding about $500,000 in new revenues from a new property tax millage increase' ,of .26 mill (26/l00ths of one mill), The committee's package Includes requiring city employes to take five days of unpaid vacation during 1975, a measllre which would save the city $1.25 million. The full City Council has already voted this down once, but lhat doesn't mean it will this time. Other budget-cutting measures pro­posed by the committee include reduc­ing the funding for replacement equip­ment by $1 million; eliminating $400,000 set aside for funding of the police helicopter squad after federal Law Enforcement Assistance Adminis­tration funds run out Aug. 31; the' reduction of several office budgetsand that of various programs, includ­Ing a proposed consumer affairs of­fice; and various other cut·backs in spending, Taken all together, the ac­tions would bring Atlanta's proposed1975 budget into balance. And In these difficult economic limes. thal's exacUy what is needed without the higher property tax In­crease that Jackson had been boostIng but which was defeated by the City Council last week in favor of a 1.04 mill increase. The new proposal of adding .26 mill more to the rate seems a small, necessary evil to help replace revenues lost through the in­crease of homestead exemptions to '5,000 from '2,000. Jackson thinks the proposals are irresponsible for various reasons, in­cluding that they would mean a reduc­tion in some city programs and serv­ices. But the adioM are not intended to last forever; they are aimed at 1975 alone to balance the dty's budget without putting an even heavier load on the already overloaded taxpayers. It may be that by 1976 the reductions can be reinstated, or it might be clear then that there's no other cboice but a tax increase, But that clearly Isn't the case now. The committee's proposals won unammous approval on an Informal, 5·0 voice vole by committee members Ira Jackson, Richard Guthman, Q, V, Williamson, Carl Ware, and E. Gregory Griggs. The measures will come up for consideration by the full City Council today, and hopefully the Council will sbow the same financial seBSe as its finance committee, That would be a strong show of re­spons.ibility by the Council, showing that .It too understands that a person or city doesn't improve its financial position and reduce its debts by spend­ing more and more money, It just' doesn't work that way, for sooner or later it will all collapse. Mayor Jack· son is sincere in his views. But it just so happens that this time he's wrong and the finaDCe committee is right. """". The council Mood" /"1lnc rtpIn. ApplIClnts must ttwtfort be will· Inc aDd Ible to mike the rtpIirI. Wben ,II c:'OOdIllGaI are Inf't at tM end of three )'UrI tile hIIJ'!f II to re­ ~Ive CIHCI aDd title. IDd onl, OM )'ur', propert, til: w.1I be due. Tbe eomICil II abo lnJU.alln& I ~ &ram to Iplill aeipbortioadt ~ evmtual erula 01 • lu&b--riIt ,. volvlne JTIOI1&IP pool It woUt lao elude coopm1lJ011 01 local bub. • cit, comnutment to elplt.ll ~ meats ,ad boeuIC code eoforcemeDt in !be IrH. alorie Wllb ttedlt C'OIIIIId­lD& for resideDts atId otAu ..-nca The pcII1MIIt II :.0 0ftJ .... tile prxbC't of "reI·1uWI(' where .... InstitllOoal.uU, awk oIf bIaeraQ apJS -1M WOJJ sa. pears to be a harum-scarum fashion of Ia'llmaking. On the plus side, Councilwomall Panke Bradley points to the counctl's ~rd ""(Irk on housing ~\ems. espe­ Cially • plan for a revolvmg hlgh-clsk mcI1gage pool. developed iOOepend­enUy of the mayor. Q:)uncilman James Bond points to • new consumer protection office some. solid studies of police hiring practices and the activities of special poliO!! squads and other efforts. On the minus side, observers letl legislation is sometimes introduced at the last minute and tossed around in parliamentary confusion. Corruniltee chalrmen often grit their teeth in frus. tralion waiting {or enough members to show up {or a quorum. Councilmen Hugh Pierce, John Calhoun. Jack Summers and George Cotsakls, have been so irritated by at.nteelSm at meetings that theyhave complained about It publicly on the council noor The nine businessmen four com­mUfuty activists. t 'Ii 0 ~wyers, the coach. the housewife and the retired I!:~ber who make 14> the council ...:e had a tough year implementing u,., new CIty charter. In t b e most prosaic political terms, ~new charter means council­~_can t.get garbage picked up in ....... 0W'Il IlIUICls. CITE COUNCIL ACHIEVDtE.\'TS Panke Br"adley, James Boad Tbe old charler gave lawmakers direct administrative cootro\ over the various city departments. An alder­man .....ho was unhappy about some garbage piling up in his neighborhood would simply get on the phone to the public works director, and the problem ,,,.ouId be soh·ed forthwith. . The new charter puts administra­tive heads under the direct control of the mayor, and the couscil Is ilmited to writing broad ~\icies. A coWlCil­man trying to. get garbage picked up now tnes to pierce through the council staff and several layers of bureauc­racy-and he is sometimes embar­rassed when he can't get things done for a constituent. "There is some residue of the old aldermanic atiministrati\·e structure umaining" as councilmen get used to the new system, said the outgoing council staff chief. Ed Annentrout. The council's " biggest problem" ~ntrout said, ":5 1.1I8t ooce th~ymltiate something they can't carry it through to fruition." After the ,council sets policy, it is up to .Jacbon s departments to imDIe­ment It-and if they don't, the council feels helpless. So some councilmen Th'''' I.' Pay Raise l\UlIs Mills No No No y" No Yes - Yos Yos No Yos Yes Yes Yes Yos y" Yes No Yes No No N. N. N. Yos No Yes Yes Yes N. Yos A_I No y" No Yes N. No No Y'" y", N. N. y", Yes N. N. No No y", y", Yes Yes No N • • • • ~~----­ just "rely on the exttutive depart­ments to initiate policy," Armentrout said. He suggested the council should have its own professional staff to evaluate the executive departments' work-an idea advanced earlier this yea r by Council President Wyche Fowler but vociferously opposed by Mayor Jackson. "This idea of saying thal the council is on a string or is a rubber stamp is just hogwash," Jackson de­clared this week. "That is one of the most independent councils in the history of the city of AUanta." The accompanying chart sho~ • how each councilman ,·oted on nine key issues in 1974: , FOWLER'S POWER. Jan. 21­ v.lJether the council president would keep his power, granted by the char­ter, to appoint oommiUee members and chairmen. CURBSIDE. March 21-Jackso1!'S plan to eliminate backyard garbage pickup in favor of curbside, fie.rcCty opposed by nortllside residents. . ZONING POWER. Apr i I 1­Whether to give Jackson, rather tban the council, the power to appoint zoning review board members. IMPEACH INMAN. May 31­Whether to lmpeach Police Chief John Irunan on charges of breach of duty. CONFIRM EAYES, Aug. 1 9­Wbether to confinn JackSon's con~ venial choice for publiC safely co~ m$siOner, Reginald Eaves. PAY RAISE. Oct. 7_Whether councilmen should have the authority to raise their own pay at any time. PAY RAISE, Oct. 7-A second vote taken on the same pay isSue after broadcast media reporters left the council chambers. THREE MIi.Ul, DeC. 16--JaclY son's three-mill tax hike. 1.3 MILLS, Dec. 23-The Finance COmmittee proposal. - ~ " ~ ~ ,.;•• ~ "• ~ .. ;..; 0 ~ ~ " ~ 8 < !;: CIj gC ~ '" i: C =a ~ ~>::: \ .. ~~ rT.J ~ Q ~ \0 Q,J ~ ....-t= ~ 10-1= Q ...... rT.J ~ ..... Q,J "!! <..!l .~ "!! ~ ~ ~ <:..) iO;l .... ~ ~ Q ~ "!! SUNDAY, JANUARY S, 1975 Council's 1974/ By JOHN HEAD The Atlanta City Council, which closed 1974 fighting a millage increase to S8\·e the taxpayers some money, last year traveled at the taxpayers' expense at more than t¥.ice the rate of its pre­decessor in 19'13. At least one member 01 the council wants to tighten the travel expense purse strings: for this year. An effort to do just that at the end of last year didn't go very far, however. Couocil members and. their sta!f logged many miles and some $18,500 m expenses on trips from Washington, D.C., to San 1Aego, Calif., and ~ints in ~ tween having only to certify the trips as "cOuncil blEiness" in order for the city to pick up the tab. Members of the old Board of Alder­men had a less hectic pace of travel In 1973, if the $8,079 which city financial records show for their travel expenses is any indication. The travel budget far the aldermen in 1973 was criginally set at $5,000, but $3,500 more was pumped into the account wben the original budget was ovemm. Originally the 1974 travel budget was $15.000, but that, too, was out­stripped during the year and $4,000 more was transfen-ed into the account. Part of the ini was $15,tm, but that, too, was out­missed the $1,000 mar .stripped. during the year and $4,000 more than $900 in travel expe was transfetted Into the account. According to city Part of the increase in travel ex· as of Nov. 3, 1974--U: penses for 1974 may be attributed to which miivldual JxeaI inflation. A larger.part may be explained able-memben of the by the travel expenses of the council's and their travel expeIlSl research staff, a group whldl dId not Arthur Langford J elist under the aldermanic board. Bond, $1,688; John can But ilia largest part of the increaSe lis Finley, $1,181; carl can be explained more basically: c0un­Gregory Griggs, $I,1M, cil members took more expensive trip! ringtoD, $1,036. during lW4 and they took them more Not quite in that cl cate, was James How. of""­ For example, clty records show that travel expenses. - !fI*** CRACKDOWN " ON SEX 1/I"'IA'I",,,I" IN MANILA .M~(UPl) -Philip.. pm~ Touri~ Secretary Jose Mp,l,ras sOlid an "open mar. ket on ~ e x in hotels and other ~establishments ls ~making Manila the "flesh capital of the Orient" "We will crack dawn on the open market in sex as either a:Jru:!ucted or tolerated b toorist establishments Jncrul ~!'."Iet.," ....".,..' told • ~ia~atlonga~na He md "free.wbeeling~"lin SMle hotels was "reachiDg a po1ot where Manila lOOn be known as the may capital ol the Orient." flesh * * * * New Year••• New TV Enjoyment More Tire Valu Tax----­ -$11.400 for the MulU·Area Rape Crisis1' .'001 Palfl' 1.,\ Council cut to $8,000; -$10,000 for the Atlanta Black Arts As­ Improvements, expansions of municIpal soclaUon OIt to $5,000; buildings and land purchases. -$19,000 for Theatre Of the Stars upped The Budget Commission Wednesday to ,",,000; adopted the final figure for the 1975 budget -,10,m> fot tbt Atlanta Fmgbt Bu­ of $86,149,542.02. reau left unchanged: That is how much money the city may -$5,500 for Atlanta Pops Ioc. left un­spend this year. The final budget for spllt. changed; _ $3,800 for Atlanta Historical SocIety ting up the pie will be adopted by the council Feb. 3 or Feb. 17. left unchanged ; If a major economic recession crimps -$25,000 for the O;mventlM IDd VIsI· te\'Ef}ues, then the commission may ha\'e to tors Bureau slashed to $15,1XM); _ $91 ,(MXI for the AUanta Alts AllIance meet later this year to cut the budget, Davis said. "1bat would be the first time In many, left unchanged: many years that this .....ouId happen." -451),400 lor Forward Atlanta. CommIt· As an example of pOssible revenue lee lefl W>cl>anged;-$9,400 for Greater Atlanta Tra1ftc aDdshortfalls, Davis said that property wes from automobiles may drop because car Safety Council }eft undtanged; -$4,700 for the Dogwood Festival ill­ sales are down. The council's Finance Committee met creased to $5,000: -$4O,m> for the AUanta Urban Corps later to reshuffle $373,510 worth of subsidies to private groups. lell """"""ed; -$23,500 for AUanU Sym_ om- The Jackson administration had recom­ mended $459,000 in total subsidies. The left· tra upped to $25,txKI; -$2,800 for the Arts Festival c4 Atlanta over $85,490 was placed by the committee in the budget's reserve for appropriations, left unchanged; which now stands at roughly $329,000 out of -$1,500 for the Atlanta O:lundl for In­ ternational Visitors Jelt unchanged;the $86.1 million. A recommended $65,000 grant to Eoo­-$Sl,m> for dvii defense: upped to $55,­rIOrJljc Opportunity Atlanta, the anti-poverty llO' agency, was eliminated. Councilmen said '-$20,000 for New Cosmos Cultural they would approve a grant later after the Theatre cut to $15,000; --45,000 for the Civic Design Commis­ size of a federal grant is known. The committee also took the following sion cut to $2,500:-$3,000 for the Fund Appeals Reviewactions on the administration's reconunen­ Board cut to $2,500. dalions: \ ~­ ,.....-­ SUNOAY, JANUARY 5, 1975 Council's 1974 Travel Expense Soars By JOLIN .HEAD Records show out. ..nee. .When the nine city Ctlmmls­Sloner poots 'Here created last March, Guthman &ald, the mayors office assured c0un­cilmen that the pasts "wou.1d not become a place for which one could build additional bu­ reaucratic establishments.' I Each com.miss:ioner was to hire only one secretary, Guth­rn a n asserted, Ryan said Eaves has two secretaries _ one authorized and another "borrowed" from the police bureau. "The council Is bet in anymood to create a&liUonal positions, , . It awears that the commissioner's office is building a ~," Gutbman grumbled. Gutlunan and other commlt· tee medlers did not argue n.Uy thai the three proposed jobs are lUljustified, but they objeded that Eaves presented no infn asked by some I coIleallUeS (II the counc:U to run for It," Lambros said, adding that be belie\'. the office ~be rotated among dif­ferent members. Howard aid he IftShled lor an el«Uon Friday beeauae it is Important for the cmncil to orpnize i1se1f before proceed_ inC wtlh 1m le¢slaUon. An .ttempt tel have the tl~at day, he said. Mayor Mayna rd Jatkson publicly signed the cqntractabout 1:30 p.m., providing $2,730,41)2 for manpower aid this year. However, only $866,­799 for three months is-im­mediately on haoo. \" Pierce abstained from ap­proving the contract because he said administralive costs· consume too much of the money. "I picked out nine it.ems here (in the manpower !:M:Iget)" \liet have. absoJptely nothing to do with ieUinJ the money into tbe (unemployed) fella's pocket", he charg~.' Manpower Director Aaron Turpeau said only 3 per cent of. l.he ~ogram goes f()r.z;. muustration. I -====:;-_____ ATL.AS FINANCE COMPANY, INC . ExIECUTIVE 0,.,.ICIE5 252-254 SPRING STREET. N.W. AT1."NT" 3,GU:ORGTA .JACKSION 4-S517 ROIIE.H R. SNODGRASS PRESIDENT SeptelUber 8. 1966 Dear: In these troubled and unsettled times, it is more important than .. ever that businessmen interest themselves in government --­govern:r.ent at the federal level, at the state l evel, and at the local level. Atlanta has J;llmy problems, and it 1s increllsingly iraportant thllt we have the best quality possible representing us in the State Legislature. If you do not know Richard A. Guthm:ln, Jr., \lho is running for the State Legislature, Fulton County ot Large, I sincerely hope you will have the opportunity of meeting him; and taking the time to read the enclosed brochure. Dick is a native Atlantan, a graduate of Georgia Tech, and is now serving as Purchasing Agent at Montag 's, a division of \'iestab. rle are fortunate indeed to have a young man of his ability, his business experience, and his honesty and integrity, offering for public office. In order for him to be elected, it will require two things __ first, that 50.1% of the voters vote for him; and, second, that he have sufficient funds to run his c~gn. I sincerely hope you can support this very tine young man, and if you pJssibly can -a check to him in bis campaign would be very helpful . You can mail the check directly to him, or send it to :rr.e and I will see that it is delivered to him. I appreciate you taking the time to read the enclosed brochure. J.:ost sincerely, Robert R. Snodgrass 245 N. HIGHLAND AVE.. N.E.,ATLANTA,GEORGIA 30307 MORTON L. WE ISS October 12, 1966 Dear Friend: Richard Guthman, Jr, as you know is running for the State House of Representatives for House District 123, Pose 2 (Fulton County at large), I have known Richard intimately for over twenty years in both a personal and a business relationship. I cannot speak too highly of his integrity, his energy, his initiative, and his ability to represent the District in the State Legislature for ehe benefiC of all of us. Obviously, this is a full -hearted endorsemene of Richard. I earnestly request your suppore of his candidacy at the polls on November 8. Per sonal regards. Sincerely. Id~c(~ FASHIONABLE WRITING PAPERS-BLUE HORSE SCHOOL SUPPLIES ~ • L'CHAIM -TO LIFE! Order of Services (Original Writings end Selections) PROCESSIONAL HYMN .......... .... . Choir "1 Am" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lizbeth Ann Weiller ''The Jew" (by Mark Twain) .... Robert Lawrence OPENING PRAYER . .... . . .......... . Samuel Leonard Weiland David Louis Abrams Wittenstein "Doubt" ................... .. Stephen Lee Guthman FLORAL PRAYER ........ . Cathy Anne Silverstein "Judaism and Time" ....... Nancy Fay Rosenberg Patricia Ann Rafshoon "A Dream of Peace" . Lauren Elizabeth Gold "ROM'MU" (Exalt in the Lord our God) Choir "L'Chaim" . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie Sue Lipshutz. "ZAMRU ELOKIM" THE RITUAL SERVICE (Sing Praises to God) Choir (Pages 211-252) THE SPIRIT OF JUDAISM Roger M. Kahn Terri Berman Unity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Michael Levison Carolyn Kurtz Jan Epsten RebeccaAnnOppenheimer Ian Rubel Stephen Gregg Coleman Brotherhood ....... . Nataije Carole Osofsky Ann Edith Schauer Alfred Frank Revson III Michael R. Galambos Robert Joel Manheim Marc Jonathan Lewyn Holiness ............. . . . . . . .. Susan Meryl Kinsler lill Levent Ricky Samuel Friedman Learning .............. . Lawrence Martin Rafshoon Ruth Ellen Wittenstein Judith R. Kalker Gerson Hope ... . ................... . Mark Phillip Misrok " V'¥ISM ' CHU CHOL CHOSE YOCHt! (All THE TORAH SERVICE who take refuge in Thee shall rejoice) Choir THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH ...... . . . .. . Laurie Lynn Asher In Memoriam PAGES 254-256 ........ . Michael Iser Wirth T ORAH BLESSINGS ............... . Mark N. Goodelman Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild TORAH READING .... . ........ . David Alan Isaacson 1911 -1973 Deborah Ann Soloway (Original Writings) Mark C. Rothstein "A Man of Love" . . . . .. Sandrea Lee Bernstein TRANSLATION OF TORAH Dana L. Goldstein "He Was Our Rabbi" . . . . . . . . ..... Tina Elyse Nadel Benjamin F. Joel II (Silent Prayer) Valerie Kassel QtJJl CONFIRMATION ................ Lynn Ellen Weinberg PAGE 265 ....................... . Sharon Kaye Liebman CONFlllMATION Vow ............... Robert Lee Josephs RETUllNING THE ScROLL William Lloyd Lipman Richard A. Guthman III DECLARATION OF FAITH ............. Class THE HA FTORAH SERVICE (Congregation will remain seated) ISAIAH 6: 1-8 . . .... . .............. . Wendy O. Weinman "As WE REACH THIs CoNFIR1ti.ATlON OF OUR FAITH" ........ . Choir ISAIAH 11: 1-5, 9 ................. . Theodore Louis Levitt ADORESS TO PARENTS Dale Sara Sherry ISAIAH 40:27-31 .. ........... . Andrew H. Swartzberg Frank A. Sinkoe ''KJ: MITSIYON" (For out of Zion "KJ V'SIMCHO" (You shall go shall go forth Torah) ..... Choir forth with joy) ............. . Choir SERMON ANO BLESSING ..... . Rabbi Sugannan CLOSING PRAYER ......... . Patricia B. Jacobs Nancy Ann Wise OUR FESTIVALS Succot .. .. .. .... . Amy Lynn Romm ADORATION AND KADDISH Rabbi Sapinsley Chanukah Leslie Lyon Schwartz "EN KELOHENU" ..... Congregation Purim .. .... .. ...... .... ...... . Dean Harris Eisner Benediction and Recessional Pesach .... . . ........ . .... .. Linda Ellen Coleman (Congregation will be seated during Recessional) Shavuot ..... .................. . Bette Jean Martinson • Class MoHo "ACHAS SHOALTI" (One thing I ask of the Lord) . ... ... .. .. ... . .. .. .. . Choir "Whom shnfl l send and who shnll go for us? Then said I, 'Here am I; send me.''' ISAIAH 6:3 " CONf/RMANDS 1974 David Louis Abrams Laurie Lynn Asher Terri Berman Sandrea Lee Bernstein Linda Ellen Coleman Stephen Gregg Coleman Dean Harris Eisner Jan Epaten Ricky Samuel Friedman Michael R. Galambos Judith R. Kalker Gerson Lauren Elizabeth Gold Dana L. Goldstein Mark N. Goodelman Richard A. Gutbman ill Stephen Lee Guthman David Alan Isaaclon Patricia B. Jacobs Benjamin F. Joel. II .rlobert Lee Josephs Roger M. Kahn Valene Kusel Buun Meryl Kinaler Carolyn Kurtz Jill Levent Michael Levison Tbeodore Louis Levitt Mare Jonathan Lewyn Sharon Kaye Liebman William Lloyd Lipman Debbie Sue Lipshutz Robert Joel Manheim Bette Jean Martinson Mark Phillip Miarok Tina Elyse Nadel Rebecca Ann Oppenheimer Natalie Carole Osof,ley Lawrence Martin RafabOOD Patricia Ann Rafahoon Alfred Frank Revson ill Amy Lynn Romm Nancy Fay Rosenberg Mark C. Rothstein Jan Rubel Ann Edith Schauer Leslie Lynn Schwartz Dale Sara Sherry Cathy Anne Silventein Frank A. Sinkoe Deborah Ann Soloway Andrew H. Swartzbe.rg Samuel Leonard We.il&nd Lizbeth Ann Weiller Lynn Ellen Wemberg Wendy O. Weinman Michael her Wirth Nancy Ann Wise Ruth Ellen Witten.lteln Robert Lawrence Wfttenatem The parents of the Confirmands cordially invite you to a reception honoring the members of this year's Confirmation Class io Friendship Hall immediately following services. Gutluunu Urges Thurmond Street lor World Congress Center rr."';nl.ree v'~ .~~~OA'~ " I ·E~capees .ItlUorss,!;! ~~ 'Ot ,-~, h, ... ~lf,)!a '-"e,,~ . ''\ed TIfF, An~",.\ r.O'STIn.TlO~·. WM., S~pl. 4, J974 7.1\ ANOTHER HURDLE CLEARED ** City Cuts Streets, Opens Way for WCC By Jll\f MERRINER charge was not made publicly man argued that the city Wall Street is improved _ during the 10 weeks that the developed the grant applica. The Atlanta City Council should show "good faith ne­ and that project won't get coW¥!i1 has cons.idered the Tuesday cleared a hurdle gotiation!;" by approving the tion, "is to be applaUded for done unless the stale cooper. from the path of the proposed "'"'. street-elosin,g ordinance. the comprehensiveness of the ates with the city. World Congress Center Councilman Gregory Griggs program they propose," said Councilman James Howard Councilman carl Ware. (WCC), despite complaints and others said the WCC The ordinance passed, after said Tuesday there are "no from black councilmen that deVelopment is too important lengthy debate, on a vnice blacks serving on the World Ware, chairman of the Pub­ the state has kept blacks off to be jeopardized "if we hag­vote with two audible no's. Congress board. We ought to IJc Safcly Committee, said the th e wee Authority and is gle over this smalilhing." In other action, the council have some representation on program seeks to increase ~on its prunises. that board." The ordinance bad previ. approved an application for a the rapist arnst rate by 3 The council agreed to aban­ously passed the City Utilities $340,624 federal grant to com. ALso, said Councilman John per cent, the conviction rate don parts of Thurmond, Hul­Calhoun, "We can't get any­Committee on a 4·3 vote. bat rape, the city's "fastest by 25 per Cent and reduce the (bairman Q. V. Williamson s e Y. Fuller and Foundry growing crime." bGdy over tllere (the Capitol) incidence of rape by an uncle­ Streets for the proposed $35 to put . " in writing" an said that, WIder agreement The grant would doUble the fme ~) i >OL " . IGU Gil ~.nlllem.nt) ~ ill ~ g..""... ,t;ut,A", -....oi~~~~~~~~~I~lt~~~.1 ,A"v'l'lr'.""eort ... ;" ~"t'<01~~... ,A"v.I'l".",."t.~~~~~~oi~~:a~-­··~·-~~~~~'~~~-...;" "e"t'~01 " " ~ We endorse ~ Richard Guthman as the best qualified candidate for county-wide representative, District 123, Position #2 We know that Guthman is extremely well qualified as a lawmaker from the standpoint of character, leadership and responsibility Harold E. Abrams Nancy G. Abrams Miles J. Alexander Harmon Loeb Barnard, Sr. Alex W. Bealer Sanford II. Bederman J . D. Berman, M.D. Tully Blalock, M.D. ~'elvin J. Bleakman Emmet J. Bondurar.t Donald Boyd Harold Brockey William A. Burnham Jerry Burnstein Eugene CaIdwell ~ 1. Jim O'Caliaghan Allen Chandler - WeI horn B. Cody Marie Cooper ,\\illiam L. Crawley Jack W. Crissey D. R. Cumming, Jr. Hewitt H. Covington Julian S. Daley A. Kimbrough Davis Jefferson Davis, Jr. Hoyt C. Dees. ~f.D. Milton J. Deitch, M.D. Louis E. Dupin ~Iichael L. Egan Herbert R. Elsas Mrs. Bernard Fishman William L. Floyd Thomas M. AlIi,on John Brandreth Mrs. John Brandreth James A. Buchan, Jr. Tench Coxe Richard A. Denny, Jr. Burton J. Epstein Philip F. Etheridge Steven W. Far~asol1 Mrs. Steven W. Fargason C. Mack Graham Margie Greenberg Bradley Hale Carl I. Gable, Jr. J. Hal Gatewood, Jr. Julian E. Gortatowsky Joel I. Greenberg, M.D. Geo. C. Griffin George B. Haley, Jr. Mac Hall Dan Hamilton Robert S. Haygood Coco Healey William T. Healey, III S. Phillip Heiner Joseph K. Heyman John G. Hiles Lewis G. Holland L. B. 10...1. Jr. ThomasE. Jainer M. E. Kilpatrick D. H. Fincher Wilbur Branch King Mrs. Wilbur Branch King Stuart S. Kisber John M. Law Mrs. John M. Law Jay L. Levine ~Iichael K. Levine, M.D. Crawford W. Long, ~1.D. James P. McLain, Jr. Floyd W. McRae, Jr. W. D. Maness, Jr. D. Lurton Massee, Jr. Harry J. Mehre, Jr. J. M. Mitchell C. J. Moe A. M. Holec Mrs. A. M. Holec Kenneth S. Koblitz Max Korman Bob Moore Richard Newfield Solon P. Patterson R. A. Petree, Jr. R. A. Petree, Sr. Anthony Montag Harold E. Montag I Rita L. Moses W. G. Moses Dillard Munford James D. Murphy, Jr. Edw. Rex Neely Mrs. Edw. Rex Neely Matthew H. Patton Martha Lee Pratt Louis RCA"enstein Alfred F. Revson, Jr. Ralph Rosenberg Jay E. Rubel .~ Jack Sells a:.o..... .. '...... ~ Thomas C. Sheltdn Alan M. Smith Barbara Smith Ben T. Smith Jr. Albert C. Tate, Jr. G. Kimbrough Taylor, Jr. R. J. Taylor, III John G. Thompson F. C. Toal Mrs. Ralph K. Uhry William G. Vance William C. Warren, M.D. Beryl H. Weiner Morton 1. Weiss Morris L. Whitlock Grant Wilkins Ross Wilson David E. Rose Ce1este Rosenberg Mrs. Robert Russell William H. Savell R. L. Smith Robert L. Steed J. F. Stringer E. English ThornweU Kirby 1. Turnage, Ir. John W. Wall, Jr. " • I We hope all voters will join the thousands in Fulton County who are now saying "Better Vote Guthman" , .