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July 22, 1979 Vol. 5, No. 29 35 cents CopyriiM 1979, Th Nm- Journal Co. uma Wilmington, Delaware sSyy A-i A Gannett newspaper Carter relaxes in shadow of congressional frown or. nan! ddtp- itiqHo it floar hp fpl the made it clear he felt nrpspntine them to Coneress.

effective in the remaining 18 was designated as new secretary of health, education and welfare, succeeding Joseph A. Califano Califano's resignation had probably been overdue, but believed the others had come at the right time in order to give his administration a new rlirpftion for its remaining 18 weekend at the end of what he admits was a hectic week, Carter outlined his views to a group of reporters invited in for a background discussion. Under the ground rules, the president was not to be quoted directly. But he was emphatic and frequently blunt in his description of the personalities involved in the Cabinet changes and the initial reaction to tljem on Capitol Hill, which he regards as excessively negative. The real question, in the presi dent's view, is whether the changes will make his administration more The president indicated he will bring new people onto his White House staff and make substantial changes in the staff structure, but these apparently will be delayed.

His first order of business will be to name a replacement for G. William Miller, the Federal Reserve Board chairman, who was appointed to succeed W. Michael Blumenthal as Treasury Secretary as part of the shakeup. After that he will seek a replacement for Patricia Roberts Harris in the Department of Housing and Urban Developmemt. Mrs.

Harris By TERENCE SMITH New York Times Service WASHINGTON President Carter told visitors to the White House yesterday the furor created by his dramatic Cabinet reshuffle last week would pass quickly and Congress would enact some elements of his energy program before its August recess. Carter intends to move as quickly as possible to appoint a new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, one of the vacancies created by the sudden purge that swept five of his 12 Cabinet members out of office. Relaxing at the White House this months. The president made it clear he has no qualms and no apologies to make for either the Cabinet changes or the way they were made. He feels he moved as expeditiously as possible and believes that when the changes are judged on their merits, they will be viewed by the public and Congress as constructive.

The result of the changes, he believes, is a stronger, more loyal team of top officials who will back administration programs enthusiastically and be more effective in who was forced out. It was obvious the president's dissatisfaction was greatest with Califano, whose close connections to the Washington Establishment and whose strongly independent style at HEW brought him into conflict with the president and the top officials on his staff. Carter also believes Califano's record on behalf of social legislation pending before Congress was poor and he did not deny they had personality differences as well. He months. Carter contended Mrs.

Harris would prove to be an effective of the vast bureaucracy at HEW, and noted she shares many of the same social concerns as Califano. In the case of Transportation Secretary Brock Adams, the president See REINFORCEMENTS-A-7 Did Au Clair School director encourage abuse of children? "tfr I 'C -v TV 3 4 Coovrighl 1979, The News-Journal Co. Second of (i ve articles By MARGARET KIRK Raymond F. Leonard Jr. is one of those gentle souls who likes yoga, natural foods, cooking with a wok, sitting down to read a good book and being with children.

In August 1977, equipped with a degree in psychology from the University of Delaware, he went looking for a job in the newspaper want ads and came upon one that sounded interesting. The Au Clair School for autistic children needed a counselor. He went for an inter- 1 Jf Ex-worker recalls seeing children hit with riding crops and plastic bats ment of Health and Social Services' division of social services. As a result, on June 6 the division denied the Au Clair school its application for a new license and gave the school 60 days to comply with specific program and organization standards or face the prospect of being closed. The most striking among the state's findings, according to the report, is the unprofessional use of punishment or "aversive procedures" at the school.

The investigation concluded these procedures were used repeatedly without proper planning and monitoring. At times, former staff members have said, this punishment was violent and abusive. Leonard is one of 11 former staff members who agreed to talk with the News-Journal papers about his experiences at Au Clair. He and three others agreed to talk and have their names used; the others requested they not be identified. Mazik has described the state's report the most "unprofessional work" he has ever seen.

He said it is based on interviews with "disgruntled employees" who had either been fired, terminated or quit the school over the last two years. In at interview at Au Clair last week, Mazik complained he and his present staff were not given a chance to comment about' the school while the report was being made. Parents interviewed at the school also said they should have been asked for their comments. They are very supportive of the school and the work Mazik does. Mazik also believes the report is, in part, a conspiracy against him orchestrated by his former wife, Claire.

They were divorced in June 1978 and are still in the midst of a property dispute. Mrs. Mazik has said she had nothing to do with the investigation or the outcome of the report. And, Mazik said, the stories about Au Clair and himself, told by 11 former staff members to the News-Journal papers, simply are not true. Malt photo Kevin If mini; Police Chief David Hume III cruises on a Little Creek street.

The tough cop of Little Creek towns like Leipsic and Little Creek, the Then he continued his Memorial Day view, met Kenneth M. Mazik, the executive director, saw a videotape of the school and came away with a job and a good feeling. "There was nothing about that day." Leonard now remembers, "to indicate the nature of what I was to experience there later." Leonard, now 24, talks of those days with anger. He remembers seeing childrenhit with riding crops and three-foot-long plastic bats, thrown in swimming pools, and intimidated and verbally abused by Mazik, whom Leonard calls the "most irrational man I ever met." Leonard left the school in December, about the time he and other former Au Clair employees began going to the state attorney general's office with stories about what went on in the three-story, 28-room mansion near St. Georges that houses the school.

Their stories were the catalyst for an investigation of the school by both the attorney general's office and the state Depart traffic was not backing up dui it was brisk. By 8 o'clock Police Chief David Hume III had already had three customers for his "black box," aimed a half-mile away into the oncoming southbound traffic. He checked the calibration on the car-mounted radar unit with tuning forks and set the audio unit to alarm at 31 miles per hour. (The speed limit through Little Creek, as in all residential areas of the state, is 25 miles per hour, but Mayor Irwin "Mickey" Little has mandated a Id mph leeway. No drivers are stopped under 35 mph.) See LITTLE A-fi By JANE BROOKS Dover Bureau LITTLE CREEK Gerard Kirk, 16, of New Castle and Thomas Gillingham, 67, of Oxford, have something in common the first speeding tickets of their driving careers, issued in Little Creek.

For Kirk, whose license had hardly dried in its laminated cover, it was a $59.10 "lesson" learned early in his driving career. He took his medicine and his ticket like a man. But for Gillingham, to have a 50-year clean driving record tarnished by a "young whipper-snapper with a radar trap" was too bitter a pill to swallow. He demanded, and got, his day in court. weekend trip to Rehoboth Beacn mree hours later and $95 poorer.

These were just two cases and reactions to the attempts of the town of Little Creek and its new police chief to slow down traffic on the mile of scenic Delaware 9 which passes through town. Saturday morning had dawned clear and mild. On U.S. 13 and 113 through Dover, the cars, trailers, boats and campers were already starting to back up at the traffic lights by 8 a.m. About 5 miles east, on the "alternate scenic route" which bypasses all that congestion, winding instead through the rural countryside and occasional little See AU CLAIR A-8 House busing vote is only academic artirle hv annonriate legislation." The numbers indicate they may Neighborhood Schools.

"I intend to swing it like a machete with the best of my ability." D'Onofrio, of Wilmington, means he wants the list of the House members who vote "no." And he feels sure many of them will have constituents who don't like busing. D'Onofrio spoke Friday in front of the Capitol, standing alongside a bright orange school bus covered with slogans of the anti-busing movement. He had just taken part in a news conference on the Capitol steps, in 95-degree heat, which drew more participants than reporters. A day earlier, a similar news conference by the civil rights leaders who oppose the constitutional amendment also was ignored in droves. The Washington press corps, which thrives on controversy, feels this battle already is over.

Civil rights leaders have been painting possible interpretations of the amendment. They said it could prohibit school officials from requiring handicapped pupils to be bused to special schools. They said the second sentence could give federal officials full control over local school districts. The arguments hit home. The House Republican Conference, which was expected to endorse the amendment, declined to take a position.

GOP Whip Robert Michel of Illinois, who signed the discharge petition that brought the issue to the House floor, said he would have withdrawn his signature if he had read the amendment. Other veteran congressmen who signed the peti- See AMENDMENT'S A-8 be right. Three times this summer, members of the House have had a chance to take a public stand on anti-busing legislation. The total who have supported at least one of the measures is 276, a sizable majority but 14 short of the two-thirds needed to pass a constitutional amendment. And some of the most influential and consistent busing opponents in the House have said they're not ready to write their opposition into the Constitution.

Among their objections is the wording of the proposed amendment. It contains only two sentences. The first says "no student shall be compelled to attend" a public school other than the one closest to home that offers the student's courses. The second sentence gives Congress "the power to enforce this By PAT ORDOVENSKY Washington Bureau WASHINGTON As the House approaches a Tuesday showdown on a constitutional amendment to ban busing for school desegregation, its staunchest supporters feel they already have won their major battle for 1979. They don't expect a victory Tuesday.

They hope it will be close, but they admit there is little chance two-thirds of the House will vote for their constitutional amendment. They say they already have reached this year's goal, the opportunity to force the 435 members of the House to stand up and be counted. The results of that vote, they say, will define what has to be done in 1980, 1981 and 1982. "I want that roll call," said William D'Onofrio, legislative director of the National Association for Jy Senate wants tight valve on Alaska pipeline secretary of defense Dnmarv nppded to Drotect the national secu amount of foreisn oil and signifi Stall pluito by Kevin Hemlng responsibility over advising the president on exports of strategic goods to communist countries. Currently, the secretaries of defense and commerce share jurisdiction over advising the president whether to permit "exports of militarily critical goods and technology" The existing export-import law expires Sept.

30. WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate approved an export-control bill yesterday that sets tight restrictions on the sale of Alaskan oil and gives the Defense Department greater power over strategic exports to communist countries. The Senate sent the bill to the House on a 74-3 vote. The bill would prohibit the export of Alaskan oil unless the United States was guaranteed an equal rity and avoid increased U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

An amendment proposed by Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, to soften the bill's restrictions on oil exports from his state was tabled or killed by a 52-to-30 vote. By voice vote, the Senate accepted an amendment by Sen. Henry Jackson, to give the cant savings to "U.S. consumers at the gas pump.

The president also would have to determine that export of Alaskan oil was in the national interest and could be terminated if U.S. oil imports were interrupted, according to the bill. Sen. Donald W. Riegle sponsor of the Alaskan oil provision, said the restrictions were Purified porker For generations, parents have counseled their young ones, "Make sure you wash behind the ears." Luis Steele of Georgetown sees to the bathing chore for his pet pig in preparation for its entry in Delaware State Fair competition at Harrington.

The oinking armful is just 8V weeks old but already tips the scales at 45 pounds. Fair schedule is on C-2..