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Btgood Otu> Poatm . 87, NO. 49 Paid it Red Bask and at Addltlootl ilalllni OHicei WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1864 7c PER COPY PAGE ONE Planners Back Goldsmith, Won't Censure Him Chairman Hits Back on Red Hill Issue HOLMDEL—Last month, the Zoning Board of Adjust- Aug. 11, the Zoning Board singled out Mr. Goldsmith Mr. Goldsmith noted that he has worked 15 years to individual and it need not be construed that his remarks ment, in a three-pronged attack, demanded that the Plan- for a counterattack and declared that he should be censured. promote the best interests of Holmdel in the field of zon- necessarily reflect the views of other Planning Board mem- ning Board censure its chairman, Bernard Goldsmith, over In his statement last night, the planning chairman re- ing and planning, and declared that he has no intention of bers or the board as a whole, being silenced now. his stand on the Red Hill Rd. issue. minded his adversaries that it is the function of the Plan- Norman Schantz, Zoning Board of Adjustment member, Last night, Mr. Goldsmith struck back. ning Board, not the Board of Adjustment, to evolve plans He charged that Mr. Potter—since he has attended speaking for Mr. Genovese, said his board's, basic intent In language as harsh as that used by the Zoning Board for township zoning. most Planning Board meetings and knows the board's had been to make clear that it had acted "properly" and and its chairman, Peter Genovese, Mr. Goldsmith stuck to He pointed out that the Planning Board's approval of position against commercialization of the Parkway inter- within its authority, and to clarify the question of whether ' his position against rezoning the area for commercial use the Potter subdivision did not imply that the board was in change area—could have advised the Zoning Board of Ad- Mr. Goldsmith spoke for the planners. He. also questioned and granting a variance to Zoning Board Secretary William favor of construction of a gas station on the site. justment accordingly if he had wished to. whether the issue should have been "tried,in:public." ., H. Potter and Humble Oil Co. for a gas station. He charged that a gas station variance, under the cir- He emphasized that Mr. Potter is Zoning Board secre- And the Planning Board, by unanimous vote, backed cumstances would create a "monopoly." tary, and went on to note that "many times" he approached 'His questions and comments evoked no response from; him up by refusing to censure him. He cited a state Department of Conservation and Eco- the Planning Board on the question of rezoning the Red Mr. Goldsmith or Planning Board members. • : .' The Red Hill Rd. and Garden State Parkway inter- nomic Development "Guide to Zoning Boards of Adjust- Hill Rd. section for a gas station or apartments. Red Bank attorney Frederick Baar, representing Islr. change issue has been a matter of contention for nearly ment" publication, February, 1961, stating, ". Such The chairman pointed to the fact that 0. Wayne Noble, Potter and Humble Oil Co., said his clients had followed two years. variances should be granted only in case of need, not township master planner, personally told Mr. Potter, and proper procedure in the variance application and stated The Zoning Board has recommended that the Township greed ..." advised the board, that it would not be advisable to rezone that they had never claimed "hardship." • , • . • Committee grant the requested, variance to Mr. 'Potter and Later,-Mr. Goldsmith told The Register that the possi- for commercial use. "That," said Mr. Goldsmith, "includes In a letter to the board, William H. Menges, a local Humble Oil Co.—and has gone farther in asking that the bility of Middletown's rezoning its portion of the land in gas stations." resident and chairman of the Monmouth County Young Re-, committee consider rezoning the entire area from resi- question "has nothing to do with Holmdel's position at this n The courts of New Jersey, he added, regard use vari- publicans, commended the Planning Board and Mr. Gold- dential to commercial. time." He said Holmdel officials conferred with Middletown ances with "considerable skepticism." smith for their stand and for a "good planning approach'' two years ago on the issue "and never got an answer In refusing to censure its chairman, the Planning The Planning Board attacked the Zoning Board for its —and stated that the planners should.not be- bypassed in from Middletown." Board, in a prepared statement, declared that it has no recommendations—and Mr. Goldsmith, who has been out- such matters. spoken in his criticisms, charged that the Zoning Board "In any event," he added, "we are here to protect authority to take such action, and pointed out that Mr. was attempting to "rezone by variance." Holmdel's welfare and well being." Goldsmith in his various comments was speaking as an (See CHAIRMAN, Page 3) Senate Gives Governor 2V2 Minutes, Adjourns TRENTON (AP) — Sen. Wil- the extra manpower when they answered Hughes' call to the The governor's failure to talk action but it is every citizen of the whole corptitutional pro- attended Tuesday's session. The Uam E. Ozzard, majority lend- open their new session Sept. 9. special session. But all it did to any of the senators involved who comes to our courts seek- cedure," Ozzard told newsmen. two absentees—Pierce H. Dea> er of the New Jersey Senate. He said the backlog of cases was hear an opening prayer, since the Aug. 17 session sup- ing justice or who seeks the ,"H was pretty close to it this mer, R-Bergen, and Anthony J,, hopes that next 2'A months will has reached the crisis stage. quickly introduce two pieces ports the view that the special services of the other govern- time." Grossi, D-Passaic—have been provide a cooling off period Ozzard said Hughes had done of legislation in the history of session was called purely for mental agencies seriously af- If Hughes did issue another hospitalized. after the Senate's record V/r nothing to persuade the sen- the Senate, which usually takes politics, Ozzard said. fected by the Senate majority's call for a special session, Oz- The state normally has. 21 minute session Tuesday. ators to change their positions much longer to do its work. Hughes, who entered a hos- determination to place politics zard said the Republican ma- senators, one from each county, The abbreviated session was from their original rejection There was not even the usual pital Tuesday for tests and ahead of responsibility," the jority would probably make but was left with 20 about.two the Republican senators' reply two weeks ago. The governor party caucus before the session, treatment of an intestinal dis- governor said. some policy decision to dispose months ago when Sussex Re- to Democratic Gov. Richard J. had made a few "unnecessary, Ozzard said. order, issued a statement calling Hughes made no mention of of the governor's power to issue publican George B. Harper re- Hughes' summons to a special insulting remarks" about a Court 'Crisis' the Senate's action politically the possibility of calling the such calls once and for all. He signed to become State Auditor. session to consider 13 judicial couple of senators, Ozzard said, Ozzard charged that Hughes motivated and an affront to the Senate back for another special said no one has the power to An election will be held in nominations it had previously and this aggravated the situa- was trying to build the court state's citizens. session. Ozzard said he doubted make the senators meet when November to fill his vacancy. cold shouldered. tion. "crisis" into a 1965 guber- "It is not the governor who that Hughes would try it. they don't want to. ' Some of the senators, includ- Hughes said the courts need As a result, the Seriate natorial election campaign issue. is the principal victim of this "It would make a mockery Eighteen of the 20 senators (See SENATE, Page 2) ; Backlash Failing to In Michigan's Primary PETROIT (AP)—The only Northern Democrat O'Neil 137.-310, Edward 'M^any 109,093, unopposed The two incumbents were ihrown into the same who voted against the civil rights bill was fight- Democratic incumbent U. S. Sen. Philip Hart 382,- district by statewide reapportipnment. ing for his congressional life and a woman ap- 601. Mrs. Peterson, former vice chairman of the parently won the Republican U. S. Senate nomina- With 112 of 224 precincts reporting in the Dem- Republican National Committee, built an outstate tion as ballot counting continued today in the Michi- ocratic 16th Congressional District fight the count edge that overcame the Wayne County (Detroit) gan primary election. was 8,889 for Rep. John Dingell and 10,083 for Rep. lead posted by O'Neil, a member of the state Overshadowed was the 8-to-l margin built by John Lesinski. Board of Education and the pre-election favorite. Republican Gov. George Romney over a more con- State GOP Chairman Art Elliott said »t 2:15 servative GOP foe. lesinski, who voted against the civil rights bill, built only a 9-to-8 lead in well-to-do Dearborn, an . a.m. (EST) that O'Neil and Meahy had conceded. With 3,798 of the state's 5,209 precincts report- Romney endorsed none • of the Senate hopefuls ing, the key statewide votes stood: area where some observers thought he could score heavily if so-called white backlash materialized.