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, / I HOUSING AUI'HORITY OPPOSED ~ ~ I ' , EO A Asks Legal Aid, Defyin_ 0 j \ Economic Opportunity Atlanta lovenruled objections of the AtJ lanta Housing Au th o r i t y Wednesday in asking for federal · funds of the Atlanita Legal Ser. vices prog;nam.

M. B. Satterfield, AHA d,irector, wrote EOA to ask that fund· ing be delayed until an investiga1-t"ion could be made into activi1 ties of Legal Aid. which SaHer, field called a "disruptive J.nflu' ence on the public housing pro, gram and serves only to cause

friction in the community." . 1 The boaird of directors of BOA, on the recommendation of , member J esse Hill, approved the $326,695 budget-$271,939 in · feder al funds. "It is 1napproprlate not to move ahead," board Chakmalfl Boisfeuillet Jones said. He · said he would "honor ,the complaint ,to ,t he extent of loo~ing into Ms meirits." Robert Dobbs, another board memher, also urged rtJhe request for funds, despite ,t he AHA let.ter. "The housing authority ought to look at itself. H has some problems itself." Jones said he had received an anonymous call several months ago about Michael P adnos, director of Legai Aid. Jones said the caller threa,tened Jones unless he got rid of Padnos. "'Dhat's the la.st I heard of it," Jones said w1th a l,a ugh. Satterfield's letter said that ithe AHA was withholding "endorsement of tihis application at l!Jhis time, pending cla•rification of certain achions ,t aken by Lega,I Aid whioh aftfec,t the AtJanita Housing AuthorJty and the community." Satterfield's letter sa.id Padnos !had made "serious general allegations concerning Atlanta Housing Authority poJ.icy and conduct of iaotivities." But, the The EOA board also approved fedeml funds , 8"10 ..s.vmrn~r reoletter said, wheri called on for !ihe Head Stem; program, which •rea.tion, including ~620,000 iii' specific faots behind the allega- includes a request for $516,649 in fede-r;il lunds. tions, "Legal Aid has refused to fu,mish such facts ... That refusaI can be documented." Padnos' objections generally were that the AHA operates "arbitrairily." He said he refused to give names of those complalining bec,ause of the lawyer-client r el,a tionship. Jones explained tihat ,t he AHA had been informed of the application for legal services, but solely because they were an in•t er es.ted party, not a holder of a veto. KIDNEY on11:c1> <:lr.1\1.AI 'Gr" · q, ~'. G ~t, pa dr ) 1------- - - - - - -- - - -- - .__,__....._,,_..,...~,=~~.~~,~~"~""'-"""'a- l r· �