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m 131970 J jcT&ieninflBulletin ' PHILADELPHIA. Thursday, Aumat 13, 1970 9 H Lead-Paint Poison Cases Quadruple Oyer Last Year :x-GI Asks State Democrats :or Law to Control Military ~ Ry KITZI BURKHART strictive ntorntineg iIn ftaome fstub-, isrta which, he said, now pre O/ llw Bulletin Staff vent certainethnic groups from A. farmer Cl charged yester- acquiring adequate housing. . *y that dissidents In tbs Transit Subsidy rmd services are put in {ait He asked further for a bans- r mental institutions and given it subsidy to help inner city (.honorable discbarges. The allegetion was made by residents get to their suburban jobs at Iras coat thaa at pres .trey Conley, untit two weeks ent. to a SP/i at Fort Six, it Frieds K. Brown, represent-; eflimrmy beiore die stall big the Bucks County Chapter,1 Vmncratle Party's platform American Civil Ubertira Union, xmmIUre sx it wound up two lays at hearings in the Belle- said that organization views the state's present abortion eve-Slrtllard. Conley *krd the party to laws ns unconstitutional be cause they are vague, deny r-rk legislatkm to ranlml the women In lower economic military, which he raffed re groups the equal protection of pressive and irresponsible. He the taw guaranteed under the also urged outside probes of 14th amendment-end the con alleged racism in the armed stitutional right to decide when services, charging thatprevious tn have a child. -She also sakl{ investigations have been con ducted by the services and are abortions now are freely avail able to the rich.-'iNit forbidden to the poor. ( invInalida.ddition, he asked that Judith L. Diita. Democratic legal aid be provided to Gl's,' state commitMiwoman from a code ot Gl rights he estab the nth senatorial district; lished. and charges of oppres sion he investigated. urged the statefto ratify speed ily any conattutional amend ment guarantying equal rights Teplce Vary to women. ! More than 20 apeakers ap peared, discussing women's rights, wctfsro rights, abortion Bi"gI?M--om-enMt i.kilttinbetltion rights nod other topics, Bertha M. Brawn, president. Our Neighbors Civjd Assncta' I, Inc., urged that a wxteh- ntUtaUlVak Ml VM. _-m.a . national - movement and the Democratic Forty should be, aware of ft. Women voting in a bloc wilt be. n powerful foroel commiitttteeee hmerj set up t-o rd against "the medical feaion'e unnecessary spiralcast to unsuipeefing end to contend with,** Hie said. Pauline London, of the Wei- fore Rights Organization and the Philadelphia Coalitionj nfnrmed patiems." !he also called fir high-speed t to cany inter rify resi ns to jobs in (suburban' Inntrial parks and for a rrack- Againatxgsd PoisoniagvAskcd the party to aupport a hill to ellmlpalt lead poisoning tthhraotuginhotuhtitshecsittaylea. tSohneeadt.dteeedl wn on dope pushers. Inhn While, of. tbo Mark ililiral Forum, naked that a stale earmark money for reel aid in children rather cases of lead poisoning in chil dren have been reported. She told the group that these, figures are misleading because tuny hundreds id children are) an In supplement teachers' laries. He urged, too, that t-s he marled tn prevent re- effected but their cases go un detected. f -JlyGARY BROOTEN j after we persuaded Council to *. .Of Thu Bufielfn Sjgfl' * appropriate the money the , ^JSisattcd cases rftead-paikt mayor would do this. | just cant understand the man.** phlspnm^imoTn FhllBdclphta 'The Citywide Coalition filed fHIMiiintave mote than qutd- suit against the city last month hipled this year, it was disi seeking tn force the rVleise of elnsod today. 1 the 1680,000 and the rflrase of 'Ti spokesman for the City* another 9900,006 for \ng con- , wide Coalition' Against Chifc trnl similnrly frozen. , boeg Lead Poisoninq said there City Ordinance / ( 1 have been 4B3c*ses at excrx- l^ad-paint polsoo/g resuUs! *ivo-lead JfveW in children's when children chevfon Hiking bjtop this year,/compared with or cracking painj 124 for all of last year* - ' Since 1966, the a Mrs. Viola ganders, secte- 9n ordinance haAiiiq the use tary of the rbiladelphix Wei- P*inl containmg more than fare Rights Ohutttization, one 9 percent lead ft.the interior t f the mrmbai groups in the* .ct**lUirm, sprite at a press con- *"MM*rrn*sy. sSli*vaninnJdgecnf said the city ir.rritte.it 45l N. 13th st. tries tn enforce that ordi nance, but **lhm has been A'dalb Tatar -nothing done -really io RPt'Old 5hr. atlartra Mayor Tatr for paint off the walls in our ; "fuzzing" f a IffiM.ffio City homos." Cmmcii appropriation for ex Mrs. Sanders attributed the panded program* to combat increase this year tn better re .Jeadxpaint poisoning. Tate has porting. She said the problem ordered money held for j m>- was just as had last year, and . lice contingency fund. she believes this year's prob*. *T lest teel sick,** Mrs. lem is even worse than the Sanders said, Mto think that t new figures show. Council OKs Aid l(ub _ - .. .. City Council on Thursday sons in. the klodekCitics pro- Kissed a resolution uuihoriz- . jeet ares. \ t the Model Cities adminls- . In his message! (o City Irtfor to seek $600,000 in Fed- Council, the mayor said, "You i era! funds from (he U. S. De may be assured of nly utmost portment of Housing and Ur efforts to secure thd Federal ban Development to combat funds in the amount! of $600,- lead paint poisoning. 000 that are needed/lo carry --The resolution wss passed out this most vital program.'' three hours after it bed been Two months ago! Council ! submitted by Mayor James H. took $1 million which the J. Tate, who celled the lead mayor had budgeted for a po , paint problem "a tragedy . which must be eliminated.'1 i Before the rerolution was I passed, the msyir came in for { some stiff criticism from sev- nce contingency fond, and al located tcoo.ooo fori the battle egainst lead paint! poisoning and $400,000 to hire{more gang workers. I : era! coimdlmen for hie failure Tito refused to1 go along in the past tee release city with Council and restored the - funds to combatJuie lead paint $i million to the police fond. problem. I Councilman /David Cohen said ho was `fostounded that the mayor woild affix his sig The mayor said then he would attempt to seek Federal mon> ey tor both projects. nature to this document after freezing $606,000 this Council authorized w fight lend poi soning." N39161 Cohen cnlicd on the mayor lo release the funds immedi ately In sddifion to seeking ' the Federal funds. The elly wonld request e to tal of $I)0.H In additional : funding from HUD. About $600,000 of that would be for a lead paint poisoning project for children and $116,000 for relocation of displaced per