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The Herald And The Lantern

Thursday, October 11, ills

editorial j Preserving CETA Jobs: Boondoggle Or Benefit?

Letters To The Editor Seaville Friends Meeting Making His tor ^ Now

Local municipal, borough and county governments in Cape May County are faced with a hard decision in the aftermath of announcements of federal cutbacks in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act program, (CETA). Do the governments which have derived a good deal of benefit from the federal program merely let the positions lapse and once more return the unfortunate CETA workers to the unemployment rolls from whence they undoubtedly came? Or do they dig down deep in their already strained budgets and fork out enough money toretain these employees. ^Compassion for the affected individuab aside, each local government must take a searching look at their payroll Ibt. They must determine if a genuine need exists for the heretofore bonus employee, weight the particular employee’s job performance and then choose extension or

deletion.

The CETA program has provided some valuable workers to local government. It has abo given some unmotivated individuab a plausible excuse to collect a paycheck every week. In come cases, as one government official said, local governments

have abused the program taking a free ride themselves. In addition, the federal program as a whole appears to have failed its ratoon detre: training the hard-core unemployed in a permanent marketable skill. Many CETA workers are far from being “hard core unemployed" persons and some jump from CETA job to CETA job without the slightest intention of entering into long term employment. For the most flagrant abusers, CETA jobs provide a convenient cloak for very little achievement, lost in unrelieved routine. But for these CETA workers who are concientious, take pride in a job well done and perform a job genuinely needed by their employer, the employer has the obligation to preserve the job intact and find a place to cut corners in some other area of the budget. In an area that condones unabashed abuses of the unemployment system, in principal if not on legal paper, trimming down has to begin somewhere. A federal watershed like the CETA program could be a start. But, wield the knife carefully, for the real meat of some local government departments is represented by the ranks of CETA workers.

Amtrak Takeover Of

Seashore Line Sought

POMONA - Congressman Bill Hughes (D-NJ) is launching an effort to have Amtrak take over passenger service on South Jersey's aging

Seashore line.

Speaking before a transportation planning seminar at Stockton State College. Hughes said that the rail line should bd upgraded and extended into the 30th Street Station and Airport in Philadephia. Hughes said the rail line should become the centerpiece of a balanced transportation program in South Jersey that will meet the demands of both the growing tourist industry and the area’s many rural and Semi-rural residents. "The great potential of the Seashore Line has been

confirmed and reconfirmed in virtually every study I have seen, including those done even before the legalization of casino gambling in Atlantic City," Hughes said. "Most recently, it has been estimated that use of the line must be increased from its present three trips daily to 131 trains daily to accomodate some 12,000 commuters and 5,000

visitors projected by 1990. "If we are to accomplish

this ambitious goal," Hughes said, "we must begin to have a regular schedule on the line, as well as the advertising and promotion that is needed to expand upon the present ridership base of some 370

passengers per day. ”

UPSTAG€D

To TTie Editor:

On behalf of SeavUle Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, I am taking this opportunity to congratulate you on the picture and article which appeared in the "Cape may County Herald" the week of June 7

to June 13,1979.

As far as it went it was excellent. For the future, however, we would like to suggest that the emphasis not only be on the historic aspects of the building, but on the fact that services for worship are held regularly year round every Sunday at 11 a.m.; that the membership is growing: meetings for business are held every month in the public room of the Cape may County Library, preceded by a pot-luck supper; an active, stimulating adult discussion group meets every Sunday fall, winter and spring at 10 am.; singing together precedes meeting once a month; a service group meets

monthly to sew and knit for others; a regular newsletter goes to all members a ridat tenders ten times a year; on-going committees concerned with many things from pastoral care of members to outreach into the community and the world at large, all based on our beliefs in simplicity, nonviolence and justice. The list above to just a cross section of the hap penings at Seaville Meeting. They are mentioned so that next year you will be ably to say in all honesty that not only is Seaville a historic reminder of the past and the irwuence of Quakers in Cape mMay County's beginrangs but a living active Meeting, serving the Quakers of Cape May County as well as others drawn to our way of worship. In a spirit of love, Susan T. Wallace, Clerk Seaville EYiends Meeting

Wants U.S.Out Of U.N.

To The Editor: Please print the ^following letter from the “Birch Log," a column of the John Birch Society. On August 3ist, outgoing U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young presented two checks totalling $102,931,354 to the world body. The payments represented a large portion of our nation’s compulsory assessment—25 percent of the UN regular budget—which now totals $143 million. Beyond our regular assessment, of course, the U.S. supplies additional hundreds of millions in what is jokingly called "voluntary contributions" for special UN projects. Each year, pro-UN propaganda flows most heavily during the fall, chiefly because the organization's founding is commemorated each October 24th. But just the other day, we received a suggested proclamation regarding the UN that makes good sense to us. If it squares with your attitude toward the United Nations, you'll be pleased to know that the author grants permission to any group or indiviudal to adopt it and publish it sidely. Whereat, the United Nations has never condemned Communist tyrants for assaulting religious freedom, destroying the sanctity of the family, abrogating property rights, abolishing free elections. *or murdering tens of millions, and Whereas, the UN did condemn the United States in 1975 for maintaining military bases in Guam, and in 1976 for importing nickel and chrome from anti-Communist Rhodesia, and Whereas, the United States has only one vote in the UN General Assembly, while the Soviet Union has fhree (U.S.SB., Byelorussia, and the .Ukraine), and Whereas, America’s taxpayers pay twenty-five

E ercent of the UN regular udget, more than sixteen times the amount that a majority of the member nations collectively contributes, and Whereas, the money Americans “contribute" to the UN has not been used to support American ideals of true human rights and freedom, but instead has been used to suppress freedom and glorify tyrants, and Whereas, in 1961, the UN troops in the Congo massacred civilians, bombed hospitals, destroyed,/churches, and slaughtfMd women and childrerf.fnd Whereas, in 1971, the UN expelled the government of Free China from its membership, and welcomed instead Communist Chinese tyrants who have murdered millions of their fellow Chinese, and

Whereas, just this year, the United Nations Development Program has approved a $15 million aid program for these same Communist Chinese, and Whereas, two groups affiliated with the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organ la ti on (the Spec ail Unit on Palestinian Rights and the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People) have been receiving funds from the UN, and Whereas, UNICEF (which claims to help needy children) has issued medical combat packs to terrorists entering Rhodesia, and Whereas, the United Suites should maintain its sovereignty and freedom, and should not allow the UN to acquire control over its citizens, Be It Therefore Resolved that the United States should get out of the United Nations, and that the UN anniversary on October 94, 1979 should be proclaimed A United Nations Day sf Shame. p Robert H. Barron, PhD Avalon

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Couple Starts Cape Seniors Club

TdThe Editor: It’s here at last! The story is that two people got together recently and oegan to talk about the need for a Senior Citizens' Club, in the City of Cape May and nearby communities. That did it right then and there! The Director of Cape May County on Aging, Anne Zahora, was contacted and she promptly told us to get the ball rolling. So here we are already going strong with 130 membership in the Cape May Senior Citizens’ aid). Applicants must be at least 50 years of age, malror female, and residents of Cape May City, West Cape May or Cape May Point. The first monthly meeting was held the second Tuesday in September in Victoriaji Towers Auditorium, the same date set for / each monthly meeting, thereafter. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 9th at 7:30p.m..same location. If you wish to join at that time, you may attend as a guest and sign up after the meeting - the dues are $2.50 annually. Many activities are planned for the future, e.g., trips to various Malls or places of interest; good theatrical shows; a 6-day vacation at the Pocono's

White Beauty Resort starting October 25th, already booked up by the way; a Halloween Masked Party with live musk on October 3lst; also plans for a get-together each month to socialize, meet new friends, dance or whatever; in I960 a 7-day cruise on the SSStatendam to Bermuda, May 3rd to 10th. What else! Let’s get together and liave a bundle of fun with a great group! Phone: 8848438 for information. As a precaution, due to the times: Please, when you go out, travel in pairs, not alone. Yea, buy a whistle with a chain to wear around your neck, a walking stick, or a cane. Now we must tell you who the starters are! Helen and Lou Schiavo Victorian Towers aty of Cape May Wetlands Vacation Closing STONE HARBOR - The Wetlands Institute will be closed to the public for two weeks, Oct. 15-28. The Institute will resume its regular winter hours from 1-5 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Oct. 29.

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