WASHINGTON—What can
ment official purposely and
systematically breaks the law,
as acting dif uetor of the Office
of Economic Opportunity
(OEO), Howard J. Phillips, is
val?
Ideologically fueled by hatred
for ‘government programs to
Americans who are poor and
helpless; Phillips is pursuing
the dismantling or subversion of
OEO’s legal services program
and other OEO activities un-
deterred by a chorus of objec-
tions and charges of illegality
from prominent law firms, OEO
employees, and both Demo-
cratic and Republican mem-
bers of Congress. Under the
smokescreen of taking politics
out of the legal services pro-
gram and returning control to
locally-elected officials,
Phillips and his crony-consul-
tants are using every bureau-
cratic. means to restrict and
harass the legal services law-
yers. This is being done pur-
suant to turning over the pro-
grams to local reactionary law-
yers and politicians.
The law and proper proce-
dures are’ pushed aside with
fierce “determination. Phillips
tory procedures designed: to
protect legal
cipients aro¥nd the country.
These rules included: (1) 30
days public notice before any
changes in grant procedures;
(2) notice to grantees of when
they will receive funds held up
notice of intent to terminate
with: reasons and continued
funding until opportunity for
hearings on termination. When
House Education and Labor
Committee members raised
these questions before Phillips
on February 27th, he had no
answer and lamely passed the
questions to his counsel who
embarrasingly tried to gloss
over these oversights.
Now Phillips has retrenched
by pursuing’the’'same purpose
of undermining legal services
through politi} action and re-
strictions from his Washington
office. Rather: than uniformly
cutting off ne or not renew-
ing grants, hes placing restric:
tions on these programs which
suppress through legal repre-
sentation of the poor and turn
the local boards of directors to
his ideological allies.
This is precisely what has
occurred = with: the effective
Indianapolis Legal Services
program. Ignoring the recom-
mendations of local officials, in-
cluding the Mayor’s office, as
well as reports by local and fed-
eral evaluators, Phillips cut a
fifth of the program’s funding,
imposed seven ‘‘special condi-
tions’’ on the program (in-
cluding: a iF on using
federal cour(s®and turned con-
trol of the program over to its
most vociferous enemies.
The Indianapolis situation
shows that Phillips is not con-
cerned with giving local offi-
cials more of a say. He is con-
cerned with turning legal ser-
vices over to its outspoken ene-
controls from Washington—at
least until the entire national
legal services program can be
permanently scuttled. The
young oligarchs now running
OEQ also want to destroy the
national ‘‘back-up centers.”
These centers, which are affil-
iated with universities, conduct
lating to consumer, housing,
health and other areas, and res-
pond to information requests by
legal services attorneys. In
turn, these attorneys have
served millions of Americans
and pioneered in the courts.
They have won lawsuits against
local and state lawlessness and
commercial exploitation of the
rights of consumers, tenants
of thissmodest strengthening of
the poor against the powerful
that Phillips has directed his
policies of illegality, deliberate
bureaucratic snares, hostility"
and arbitrary dismissals of
OEO employees who would up-
As acting director of OEO,
Phillips’ name has not been sent
by the President to the Senate
for confirmation, as required by
law. He will now.have to defend
the charge in court by a group of
Senators seeking to remove him
that he is holding his very office
illegally. The President has not
yet replied to the request by
Senator Harrison A. Williams,
chairman of the Senate Labor
and Public Welfare Committee,
of February 23, 1973, asking
when ' the nomination of Mr.
Phillips would be forthcoming
as required. The Senator and
Committee assert that federal
law has been violated and that
Mr. Phillips should be removed
from the position until confirm-
ed by the Senate. :
Thus far, Phillips has refused
to meet with major poverty
group representatives or con-
sider the serious complaints of
legal services attorneys. But
eaucratic crimes to justice are
mounting and will not be deter-
red by his blatant repudiation of
lawful government.
Local Girl Scouts
Seeking Snapshots
The “local Girl Scouts are
interested in obtaining pictures.
of the recent parade for their
neighborhood scrapbook. Any-
one who took candid shots of the
parade and wishes to submit a
print or a negative, are asked to
contact Mrs. Alfred J. Hudak,
Overbrook Road, Box 180,
Dallas. The Girl Scout Council
office in Wilkes-Barre is also
interested in obtaining any
slides that anyone might have
available.
For The
Record
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Dallas Borough
Officer Tim Carroll reported
that the road was clear and dry,
that witnesses reported no
speeding, and that there were
no skid marks at the scene of an
accident on route 415 across
from the bowling alley, Sunday
afternoon. For a reason thus far
unknown, the 1964 Chevrolet
truck driven by Edward Arthur
Forster went out of control and
struck a pole at 2:30 p.m.
Mr. Forster, RD 3, Dallas,
was taken to the Nesbitt Hos-
pital by the Dallas ambulance,
with injuries to his face and
head after he was thrown a few
feet from the truck. Officer
Carfoll reports that he could not
get a “straight story’’ from Mr.
Forster because the man was
conscious, but not coherent. He
was given first aid at the scene
of the accident by Robert E.
Beck, 423 Butler Ave., Chalfont.
Witnesses John Zavatsky, 146
W. High St., Summerville, N.J.
and Charles Hillard, Haddon-
field Hills, Dallas, stated that
the truck was travelling south
on route 415 at 10 or 15 miles an
hour under the speed limit,
when it suddenly went out of
“control, striking the pole, The
telephone pole was ‘broken in
two spots’’ according to Officer
Carroll. Total damages were
estimated at $800.
A second accident occurred
Sunday on route 415. Patrolman
Harry Wesley ‘estimated the
time of the accident as 1:15 a.m.
Taylor, 21, RD 2, Box 85,
Harveys Lake was driving and
his wife, Alice was a passenger
in their 1962 Ford sedan. They
were having a disagreement
a tree. Mrs. Taylor was injured
and taken to Nesbitt Hospital by
the Dallas Ambulance.
The accident occurred 1,200
feet south of Main Street, on
route 415. The Taylor car was
travelling North when it left the
road. There was no property
damage.
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Richard Love, RD 1, Dallas
and Robert Souder, Valleyview
Drive, Dallas were involved in
an accident March 23 at 11:30
p.m. on Demunds Road near the
intersection of Ambrose Road in
the front of Moore’s Store.
According to the ‘accident
report, the Love sedan had
stopped, because Mr. Love said,
two unidentified cars had pulled
out in front of him. The Love
vehicle was hit in the rear by
the Souder car. According tothe
report, Mr. Souder claimed that
he had been travelling approxi-
mately 35 miles per hour on
Demunds Road and did not see
the Love car before he hit it
because of the lack of lights.
Travelling with Mr. Love was
his wife, Kay, and children
1 and Richard 3.
Following the accident they
went to see their family doctor.
In the car with Mr. Souder were
Norma Souder and Bobby, 5
months. They were taken to
General Hospital by a friend:
Damage was estimated at
$500 to the Love vehicle and $250
to the Souder car. Officers
James Gruver and Elliot Ide
investigated for Dallas Town-
ship. :
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
The intersection of Orange
Road and Carverton Road was
the scene of an accident March
93 at 7:45 a.m. Donald Samnek,
Main Street, Mocanaqua,
driving a Coca Cola truck, was
attempting to turn off Orange
Road onto Carverton Road.
Kenneth Schweiss, Huntsville
Road, Dallas was approaching
around a blind curve on Carver-
ton Road and saw the truck in
the wrong lane, too late. Both
vehicles collided as they at-
tempted to get out of each
Estimated
damages ito the Schweiss car
was $1100,.and to the truck, $400.
Mr. Schweiss was taken to the
Nesbitt Hospital in the Kingston
Township ambulance. Officer
William Pugh investigated:
by William Ecenbarger
Should Pennsylvania elect its
attorney general? ;
The issue couldn't have been
raised at a more appropriate
time in Harrisburg. Across the
nation, the office of state attor-
ney general is undergoing a
rapid transition from defender
of the government bureaucracy
to advocate of the citizenry.
In Pennsylvania, which is one
of onl; eight states to appoint its
top legal official, the historic
role of the attorney general has
been that of ‘‘governor’s law-
yer.” Tt hardly could be other-
wise, since he’s appointed by
the governor. }
The Pennsylvania attorney
general has enormous powers.
His opinions carry the weight of
law unless overturned by a
court of the legislature, he is the
Commonwealth’s chief pro-
secutor and investigator, and he
is the chairman of the state
Crime Commission.
The biggest blot on the office
over the years has been that the
opinions of the attorney general
too often reflected political ex-
pediency rather than an objec-
tive reading of the state Consti-
tution.
One of the most celebrated
examples, and one whose ef-
fects are felt to this day, sur-
rounded former Gov. William
W. Secranton’s nomination of
Edward Friedman, Harrisburg,
as attorney general. While Mr.
Friedman’s nomination was
stalled in the Senate. the state
auditor general was threatening
to embarass some Senate lead-
ers by questioning their use of
so-called ‘‘contingency’’ ex-
pense money.
Mr. Friedman, who was serv-
ing as acting attorney general,
issued an opinion barring the
auditor general from examining
legislative accounts (a violation
of the constitutional separation
of powers, he said.) Mr. Fried-
man promptly was confirmed
by the Senate.
Israel Packel, the current
attorney general, says the fact
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vanilla pudding, milk.
potato chips, milk.
Sel ELE
that he is a longtime personal
friend of Gov. Milton J. Shapp
will have no influence on his
official actiond. He claims he
enjoys ‘‘complete freedom from
any special interest or interests
whatsoever.”
Moreover, Mr. Packel is
opposed to electing future attor-
neys general on grounds that
they would face “political obli-
gations that might conflict with
their only obligations, which is
to the people of the Common-
wealth.”
That’s quite true, of course.
But it’s not the existence of poli-
tical conflicts that matters
(they're unavoidable), but
rather how they are handled.
And Mr. Packel, just as surely
as any elected attorney general,
faces these same ‘political obli-
gations.”
Let’s’ turn the argument
around. What about the ap-
pointed attorney general who
asserts his independence of the
governor who named him? Mr.
Packel’s immediate predeces-
sor, J. Shane Creamer, was just
such an individual. i
Mr. Creamer’s excursions
into political heterodoxy have
firing by Mr. Shapp had nothing
to do with the State Police wire-
tapping controversy, as the ad-
ministration would like us to be-
lieve. Mr. Creamer was fired
because he had become a poli-
tical liability for ‘the governor.
Had he been elected, Mr. Shapp
As an elected state official,
Auditor General Robert P.
Casey surely has ‘‘political obli-
gations’’. But he also has an in-
dependence that permits him to
consistently document the fiscal
transgressions of the ‘entire
executive branch of govern-
ity to argue that Mr. Casey
would be just as effective as an
The duties and responsibii-
ities of the Pennsylvania attor-
ney general are too broad and
important to entrust to an
employe of the governor.
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Ten Years Ago
1963
Dallas to get a new fire siren.
Replaces one 35 years vintage.
Pa. Game Commission stocks
600 pheasants in Back Mountain
area.
Willard W. Lloyd was ap-
pointed division sales manager
for Pennsylvania Gas and
Louis M. Brown retired as
president and chief executive of
Eberhard Faber Company. He
was employed by the company
for 40 years.
Robert K. Taylor; son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Taylor was in-
itiated into Phi Theta Kappa,
national honor society for
college juniors. Bry
Dallas Junior . High School
PTA membership reached 470
during March.
Nancy Sieber, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sieber,
Shavertown is a Rotary Ex-
change student in Holland.
Youngsters from East Center
Street, Shavertown found the
bodies of a cow and calf in a
snowbank in a nearby field.
Police had no report of any
missing animals.
A 2.C. Joseph Walters was
honored at a farewell party be-
fore leaving for Formosa.
Thomas Kupstus 20, enlisted
in the Air Force and will leave
immediately for Lackland AFB,
Texas.
Births: Sandra Lynn Nichols,
born March 19, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Nichols,
Dallas; Jeffrey Alan Peters;
born March 21, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Peters.
Birthdays: George Bond, 88;
George Pollock, 96, Carverton.
Deaths: Oscar Corby, 48,
Centermoreland; @ Wesley
Johnson, Harding; Herbert
Rogers, Lehman; Fred Stout 90,
Carverton.
chuck roast for 35 cents a
pound; pork butts, 33 cents a
pound; ground beef, 49 cents a
pound; tomatoes, 19 cents a
pound, butter 67 cents a pound,
and smoked picnics, 29 cents a
pound.
Twenty Years Ago
1953
Resolution forming three fold
jointure between Lehman,
Jackson and Ross Townships
was approved by the three
school boards involved. Action
was the outcome of long plan-
ning.
Heavy rains caused nine
septic tanks at Dallas Town-
ship-Ross Schools to overflow.
Classes closed until clearing
weather.
More cardinals were flocking
to this area than in previous
years according to Frank Jack-
son, Harveys Lake bird expert.
James Hutchinson, Trucks-
ville, Luzerne County Farm
Agent was honored at a County
Agent System Dinner in Phila-
delphia.
Traffic signals were installed
at Carverton Road and Memor-
ial Highway, at long last.
Carolyn Race, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Race,
Beaumont, was admitted to the
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital suf-
fering from a severely lacer-
ated face, result of a dog bite.
It has been the policy of this
newspaper for many years to
publish only letters to the editor
which are signed. Many letters
come to us unsigned or with
requests that we publish the
letter without the signature, but
we have chosen fo draw the line
at signed letters only and so we
have had to held back those
which we sometimes are
anxious to share with readers.
We have had some very interes-
ting ideas on confroversial
subjects sent to us through the
mail, and we have been sorry
that we could not share them
with others.
asking why we don’t print
letters to the editor. We would
like to have published that
letter, but it was also unsigned.
It was both complimentary and
Slocum will Issue
Watercraft Permit
Issuance of 1973 watercraft
permits will begin March 31 at
Frances Slocum State Park.
Only = 35 mooring sites are
available, and permits will be
issued on a first-come, first-
served basis. Mooring permits
are $5 and allow boat owners to
until Nov. 15. Launching per-
mits are $2 and are valid for
daily launching only. Due to the
presence of trailers the park
interior facilities are closed to
the public. The mooring and
launching areas are now
located at the parking lot ad-
jacent to Frances Slocum Dam
on Carverton Road.
The park office will be open
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., March
31. After that date, permits will
be available at the office from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Dallas Grad at
Camp Lejeune
Marine Lance Cpl. John R.
Whitlock, son of Mr.and Mrs. F.
Joseph Funke, 92 Lehman Ave.,
Dallas, has reported for duty at
the Marine Corps Base, Camp
Lejeune, N.C.
A 1970 graduate of Dallas
Senior High School, he joined
the Marine Corps in June 1971.
Commission to Meet
The regular spring meeting of
the. Pennsylvania Game Com-
mission, which will be open to
the public, will be held begin-
ning at 9:30 a.m., April 6, in the
Capitol complex, Harrisburg.
Routine business items, in-
cluding budgetary matters, are
on the agenda.
critical of the Post and we did,
as the writer suggested, take
the criticism as constructive.
We do apologize for the photo-
graph about which many have
complained recently. The infor-
mation furnished ‘us ‘by the
which appeared in. the paper
two weeks ago, was not trans-
lated properly by the person
who wrote the lines which ac-
companied the photo. We are
aware that petunias do not
bloom outside in this area in
spring. But for the person who
grew that particular petunia, it
was a sure sign of ‘spring...a
petunia blooms in her kitchen
every year at this time. We're
sorry if we insulted the intelli-
gence of our readers by insinu-
ating that a petunia was
blooming outdoors.
We also get many letters
(unsigned) complaining about
publishing certain columns
which they ‘can’t stomach”
and just as many letters asking
us why we don’t publish more of
the same columns. We wish we
could please everyone, but since
we find that impossible, we try,
at least, to publish all the infor-
mation. we can, hoping that
everyone will find some of it
useful and to their liking.
We urge all our readers to
write to us, especially if they
have a complaint, and to. sign
the letter so that we can publish
it.
Doris R. Mallin
Editor
Anniversaries: Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Troxell, Shavertown cele-
brated their thirty second
wedding date.
Marriages: Virginia W. Davis
to Louis Froelich.
Deaths: William Riddell, 65,
Trucksville; custodian at the
Westmoreland High School for
21 years. Schools closed for ser-
vices. Mrs. Mary Krempa,
Dallas.
Thirty Years Ago
1943 $
died at his home from severe in-
juries suffered in a rock fall at
Harry E. Colliery two weeks
ago.
Severn Newberry, Dallas was
awarded a membership trophy
Commerce.
Warren Hicks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks Jr., and for-
mer news editor of the Dallas
Post was named lieutenant in
the U.S. Air Corps.
Double assessments and
taxes on non-existing properties
were removed by Dallas
Borough School Board.
Idetown dedicated its honor
roll, representing 33 local boys,
one tenth of the population of
the hamlet.
were used for the first time by
members of the Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company in extin-
guishing a raging brush fire
near the Jack Weber farm in
West Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Cease
received the purple heart
awarded posthumously to their
son, Richard Cease.
Servicemen heard from:
Elwood Ide, Robert Dierolf,
C.H. Bud Davis, Alfred Roman,
Harry : Snyder, Stanley Hoyt,
Albert Mekeel, Robert Ander-
son, Alvin Jones, Robert Mis-
son, Clarence LaBar, William
Ockenhouse, Herman Brislin,
vin. /
Marriages: Lt. Estelle Marie
Prushko to Corp. Robert Wil-
liams.
Deaths: George K. Cunning-
ham 38, Shavertown; Boynton
Brodhun, Shavertown; Isabel
Jackson, Demundsy Anna
Avery, 81, Dallas. 4
Forty Years Ago
1933
H. W. Stang, speaking for
Shavertown Borough Com-
mittee, called for the installa-
ger from narrow thoroughfares
in the Township and other im-
provements. 3
Dallas Borough won the Bi-
Dallas Township 29-23.
Goodleigh Farms was award-
ed Blue Ribbons in the fine
showing of its purebred Guern-
sey herd..Milk from the herd
was first placed on the market
last year.
Nine new cases of scarlet
fever were reported."
Association demanded reduc-
tion in Dallas Township taxes
granted farmers, who pay bulk
of taxes. Delinquent taxes were
reported at $40,000 figure.
Modern type glasses were ad-
vertised at $7.50 and made while
the customer waited. Fine
spring coats sold for $10. at the
leading stores.
1.0.0.F. Grand Association.
Cave and Bob Cartier.
Memorial Highway, Dallas, to
Wes Cave and Bob Besecker.