December 12, 1976

Acting of any kind is difficult enough to judge rationally but film acting is the most illusive, being so dependent on things that have noth‐ing to do with the talent or the craft or the intelligent options exercised by the actor. good performance on the stage or screen can be shaped as much by what God gave the actor for a nose, a voice or a general physique as by the things the actor does with those original resources. The screen performance is at the further mercy of the director, the lighting camera‐man and the editor, all or any of whom can ruin a good performance — as well as they can create a great perform‐ance out of what is virtually found material.

article, illus (M)

$285-million bonanza in school aid for NJ for '76-77 touches off series of problems for state's ps dists, involving readjustment of budgets, restoration of programs and overlapping of expenditures; problems discusssed (M)

WASHINGTON— When President‐elect Jimmy Car‐ter got a briefing from members of his transition staff on Thursday about the problems he will soon face the Treasury Department's area of economic policy, four of the six economists who briefed him were women. It seemed to be a sign of real progress for the women's movement

L Silk on internatl econ problems Pres-elect Carter will face when he takes office; says Carter's perception must be of conceptual circles that define interlocking econ spheres, not geog space; warns that failure by leaders of Western econ to solve their globally interconnected econ troubles would rip all circles apart, having unpredictable but disastrous consequences (M)

sources close to Gov Corey and Liberal Party leader Alex Rose say that party is almost certain not to endorse Repub State Sen Roy M Goodman as 'fusion' candidate for NYC Mayor in '77, thus very likely destroying any serious Goodman campaign; move makes Dem mayoral primary major vehicle for opposition to Mayor Beame, if he seeks 2d term in '77; Dem and Liberal informants declare that Rose, who has been at odds with Beame, nevertheless would not jeopardize his close relationship with Carey by supporting Repub candidate for Mayor; another complication for Goodman is threat of Calandra challenge in Repub primary; prospective challengers to Beame who are most active now are Koch and Badillo and Assemblyman Andrew J Stein; also considered serious candidate in multicandidate race because of built-in Conservative constituency is Biaggi; Goodman por (L)

last in series of articles examining impact of NYC's fiscal crisis 2 yrs after initial layoffs of city workers focuses on city's ps system; findings detailed; Deputy School Chancellor Bernard R Gifford and UFT pres Albert Shanker comment; summary of budget cuts enacted at halfway point in 3-yr timetable; individual charts depict change in percent and number of employees, by dept or agency, from Dec 31 '74 to Sept 30 '76; legend of terms used in charts, and pors of Beame and John E Zuccotti (L)

Article by William Tucker on search conducted by counties in NYC Met Area for 'clean ratables' to keep residential property taxes low; towns that develop their property early or attract 1 or 2 big ratables end up with lower tax rate, which attracts more development; towns that do not develop their properties wind up with high tax rate that discourages industries; experience of NY, NJ and Conn counties with light indus outlined; drawings (L)

Ore of the favorite games of opera buffs is “If‐I. Were‐Manager.” Everybody has his favorites. If you or I were running a major opera house, what operas would we put on to supplement the standard Mozart through Strauss repertory? Take New York, with its two major organizations — the Metropolitan and the New York City Opera. And here are you and I, the ultimate musi‐cal tsars of the city, able to dictate repertory. What, in our infinite wisdom, would we produce?

INELL, he came to town all right, but it wasn't all that easy. I mean even Santa Claus just doesn't come into town, any town, these days with‐out prior planning. And before he made it to Montclair that Saturday, months of preparation were necessary.

THE Suffolk Legislature is not scheduled to act until next March on the question of a new County Police Commissioner, but already there is spirited speculation and scrambling concerning the $44,240a‐year position. And although the 18member Legislature will appoint the police commissioner, there is emerging agreement that the key to its decision will ultimately lie with Dominic J. Baran ello, the Suffolk Democratic chairman.

Study of maintenance costs in cooperative apts on West Side, NYC, shows avg monthly cost of owning co-op is $77 per room; was done by Arthur Charles Cohen, real estate appraiser who is West Side Co-ops Council co-chmn (M)