Hart Says Ferency's Value Ended

WASHINGTON - Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich., apparently has softened toward Zolton A. Ferency, Michigan Democratic party chairman. But it still adds up to the fact that Hart thinks Ferency must quit. Hart bristled when Ferency recently said the Democrats must start searching for a peace candidate for president. Hart said he disassociated himself from Ferency's remarks and suggested that he be fired. Hart also said he would participate in an ouster move. At a news conference here Thursday, Hart praised Ferency as an individual and party er, but said he no longer is of value as chief of the Michigan Democrats because of his apparant turning away from President Johnson. However, Hart appeared to have softened on his proposed ouster of Ferency. "If he wants to resign, that's fine," Hart aid, adding: "I'm not a member of a lynch mob." Hart said his position is not new. He said that after the disastrous Democratic elections in Michigan in 1966 he talked to Ferency about resigning as state party chairman. Comparing it to a baseball situation, Hart said: "When you have a bad season, you change managers." Democratic Reps. Martha Griffiths and John D. Dingell, both of Detroit, and many state party officials have demanded that Ferency be fired. Ferency, said Hart, is a "Democrat of the kind I hope we have more of. He would have been a good governor. He's unpompous and has the most penetrating mind of any person I know." "I love him-- always have-- and always will-but I have doubts that any manager of an institution has any value when he contributes to the enemy, Hart said.