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Newspaper Page TexttorORDv'js,TRIBUNI ""Evorynne In" Southern Orison Reaila The Mail Tribune- Published Dully except Saturday by MKDKOI1D PRINTING CO. S3 North tlrjit.. Ph772-BI4l """ROBERT W RUHL. Editor HFRD GltEY Advertising Manager CKItALD 1 LATHAM. Bub. Mgr. ERIC W ALLEN. JR.. Mug. Editor EARL H ADAMS. City Editor HARRV CHIPMAN, Teleg. Editor RICHARD JEWETT, Sporta Editor OLIVE STARCHKR. Women's Editor DALE JjRICKSONCIrculatlon Mgr. An Iiidependent Newipaper Entered at second class matter at MedlTd. Oregon, under Act of March 3. 161)7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bv Mail In Advance. Copy 10c Dally and Sunday 1 year 115 00 Dally and Sunday 8 moi. 8 00 Dallv and Sunday 3 mos 4 23 Sundnv Only One year $4 20 By Carrier In Advance Medford. Aihli-nd. Central Point. Eagle Point Jacksonville. Cold Hill, Phoenix. Shady Cove. Rogue Riv er Talent and on motor routei Dally and Sunday 1 year $18 00 Dallv and Sunday 1 mo. 1.50 Carrie- and Dealers Copy 10c All TermsjCash lnAdvance "Tlfflrlal Paper of City of Medford Official Paper of Jackson county United Press'lnternatlonal Full Leaned Wire U P I Telephoto Newsplcturea "MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU Of CIRCULATIONS Adverting Representative: NELSON ROBERTS & ASSOCI ATES, Olflcei In New York. Chi. cago Detroit. San Francisco. Los Angeles Seattle. Portland, Denver NATIONAL EDITORIAL S - AS(yKTICW .miwlU'H'IITl Flight o' Time Medford and Jackson County History trcm the files of Tha Mall Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago. 10 YEARS AGO July 2. 1952 (Wednesday) From -'Local and Personal" column: "July 9 Is the dead line for members af Laetyeugs and Cdbtie! tt tuan in their books of tioleots on Hie nr tlewood tabie artel trip to eon vention." 20 YEARS AG July 2, 1942 (ThuMdej) Sheriff Syd I. Brown an nounces that all mcchanictrt gambling devices (slot ma chines and pinball machines) operating for anything otier thnn amusement will be ban ned in Jacltson county start ing July 13. From Arthur Perry's "Ye Smudftc Pot" column: "An autohVinn fooling kid, 15, wis lKsicfoRedi br.ltchesless by the lxked; owrilT of the vehlele who snatched them off in his honest wrath. The bo sped home afoot nigh unto nnkedness, creating a reslden tinl district furer. This may be a radical solution to a so cial and nuisance problem." 30 YEARS AGO July 2, 1932 (Saturday) Two Medford 17-year-olds are halted at Dead Indian springs as they start on an extended camping trip wJfrh two race horses and a plow horse reportedly stolen fri the Medford Riding. acirdVm;. 40 YEARS. AG.0 Ju.l.v. 2, 192'2MSunda.)' 'i;hlrty-tlYr.cle-per cerft op-Ate sSnWlfr,;' on. ejve- pe'Mfi'o.n to'n tlfp rI-B,H of tHJe sl'ieiil-f awe tWbwn out BHt ftfe. p.oi-IWtin ff ewJ'f JVS 45' b'e1 shp.r o.f fisc ntiHuVd' 1,sW rOwr&rss U. IeVst. ?K0-Jnjuii. fte ... i. Owses- tcmatbt a Asilrtieart rs InjwsMral wre. a, dcft.'WMse sax- FMTfttaaK.4i cawsis tkvk rte;i-v Ve e,o-t- n norVh 4 rrVcstaavsl tel.' Pacifia hHl.,'. So YEARS AG July 2. 1912 (Tumdlsy) The judfie of the cilAilt court disallows a mnllon urg ing the dismissal of a tem porary injunction restraining construction of a new bridge across Bear creek. A. J. Edwards, "driving an excellent race.'' wins the 60 mile free-for-all auto race In one hour and 18 minutes. fVhal's Your I.Q.? Nina or ten correct Is superior; seven or eight is aacellenf; fiva at sis Is good. 1. Is apiculture the growing of apples, keeping of bees, growing of avocadocs, or training of apes? 2. Where was the Boer War fought? 3. Is Scotland North or East of the Irish Sea? 4. Is bamboo a tree, shrub, or grass? 5. Of the persona eligible to vole in the U. S., are there more women than men? 6. Does a cream separator work on the principal of cen trifugal force or screening? 7. In what town was Shake speare born? 8. What Is the name for a deep, wide ditch that often surrounded a medieval cas tle? 9. Susam B. Anthony was a pioneer In what movement? 10. In dry measure, are Ihere four, six, or eight pecks In one bushel? Answers: 1. Keeping of bees. 2. South Africa. 3. North. 4. Grass. 5. Yes. 8. Cen trifugal force. 7. Stratford on Avon, England. 8. Moat. 9. Woman's suffrage. 10, Four, fft' NEWSPAPER Vj'ASSOCIATION MONDAY. JULY 2. 1962 Toward Religious Freedom The Supreme Court decision last Monday that the daily recital of an official prayer in public schools is unconstitutional has started editorial typewriters (as it has this one) clicking across the land. It was a landmark decision, easily the most significant to more people since the school deseg regation opinion tnat it handed down several years ago. And we would expect the emotional reaction to it to rival if not surpass the hue and ciy that was raised following that earlier decision which gave legal sanction and impetus to the whole integration movement. TI7E ARE sure, too, that with certain groups in the country this is going to seem yet another instance in which the court has grossly exceeded its vested authority. As before, there have been congressional out cries, designed mainly for home consumption, that this or that ought to be amended so as to cut the court down to size. Doubtless this will be construed as another de cision reflecting the "liberal" tendencies of the judicial body, which have been under such heavy attack in recent months by groups calling, at the very least,, for the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren. But the nation is deeply fortunate that the court, in full knowledge and awareness of the violent reaction its ruling would cause, hl the high courage, and, the sophical and political principles upon whick this nation was rounded, to go gheid jnd thi right decision anyway. "THE ruling is les YulKrkk to trv iWV rousws Mid ftf-Ttfo?s vfcs viAl trew4 that it violates the Coivitie'iiQ. Anyon wfco makes thai sUitcss,tt w kwlly m wad of re fresher course in Arrrei'kan hiuiorj, for tli (Jw cfefoH coiiwklies lwrfG-etly viU tk origin! iiwrit ared intent of tha msn who (ta&aati w4 jopUe- tfeat rewitrsahle ftocunwnt. Trwy wre cutly awae of cU,jjr wh-wewt i a stJttG-enfwced stte-Mpp).i,el ltlijiow. Several pf the signers, ixiKkulsdy tho- frown tbe New England states, had grarw!pjvnt who had seme ( this country in th fir.s. pUt t Mtjsst wJkj.!3 swrjifH'ession in England. TWO of tbt men montly elewcly :Nwidtw( with tlun .M.il,i,v llm fAncJiliyuu. -- J L. Bill irrc; h I AMig kjl liic vuiim.iLLataixn cunt irw icjkn ui Kifihts-, J-ames Wadiso d Thoas effefuow, h-a4 struggied for ye;ws to insure th e&wifkto s?C'va4-i(-)W of chuvcVi apxl grltota. TVsey were 1- wwst sigk-iiaJi(leclly resixnwilsic ior Virginia' Statute for Religious Liberty, and mivt vQ&mmw its adoption as among the major .Khreve-nwmi-s ef then- Irves. Jefferson even directed that k-s jxuiev age be cwnsaerated on h toHBsto4se. There c-a be no questkw tkat th K'K?! vh hopefully sjet their na-nes t tke BiH t9f Kigb-te M-ite-M-wew t-9 guarantee taww tfeK trnw sbm be veHuNtts toWatioM i tkin ewHtwt. m WAS V tkat iwt-ewt tte the CcMrt iWeseel ki feiiM-&li.K. &w fcs i U 1 rwlinift. jMst-iwf EStwfe, w-te WFiniri? t-Wj i.a,)K'fty c;nMo, kA4 tJurt "W winr iU ixb!tc school syte-m to &e9mfH& ietrn; K-iite of Iw lork h ad()ttfd a praetice wholly iaaftwsirt wkh tW pstablisihmsnt claum (of Hw Tmi. Am-endnwnt)." Tkt vbiMr wis dourly iol.t.l, B!ck wrote, We'-na(js prayer was "composed by govern tmiH cxfiriftla i put of a govt rnmental program to furtWr religious lt'licfs." Justive Bla.'k correctly anticipated that the courts ruling would be misunderstood and at tacked. He wroti: "It is neither sacrilegious nor antireligous to to sa that each separate government in this coun try should stay out of the business of writing or sanctioning official prayers and leave that purely religious function to the people themselves and to those the people choo.- to look to for re ligious guidance." THAT it was such an innocuous, non-denominational prayer, seemingly incapable of con flicting with the beliefs of any Christian regard less of his church affiliation, has perhaps becloud ed the central issue for some. It read : "Almighty Coil, we acknowledge our liependenic up Thee, and we beg Thy blessing upon us. our parents, our teachers and our country.'' Seems harmless, doesn't it? And on the face of it, doubtless tho great majority of Americans would have no objection to having their chil dren repeat it. DUT that is not the point. l'.nroaenmonts on trooiloms usually begin in such an innocent, insipid w,.,,.t it-. l,K t wiinwii iii'V.ii KKt lUUtll UHI l.l.-n'lltUilV tlllVl ill-founded. It is no strain on tho imagination to speculate how over a period of time this 122-word prayer, if it had been allowed to stain, by a loss vigilant court, might have boon, by the' skillful use of pious pressure, expanded and amended over a I period of time until suddenly a positive threat to religious freedom might exist. G.H.R (Kditor's note: A sampling of editorial opin ion on the Supreme Court's school-grayer ruling appears elsewlie on thjff pa today.) dedication to the philo thsf Regents' Prayer, th way that anv negative ,.,ll'.. .,.,l.l'. 1: "Leaving Religion To Private Initiative Is Un-American!" Editors Eye Court's Decision on Prayer Following are selected quotations from newspaper editorials regarding the recent Supreme Court decision ban ning an "official" prayer in a public school: "Beally, now. There are Psffcty of places and times to pray without doing It in .won!. P r a f 1 n g , e were ksuflM, was something person al, so.swthiftg that Ivr-I to le sro-ne i puMie or toft-ate. a crowd." - S"-ssewa7et CswiiaV ". . . Tl question rire tu Court ;w constitutional, not rvligioiw. J'w all Vat tint Kecister-Guaral thinhs tlw i tcrjawXiathn wiai unraecatf r ilj iwrren, it Is sir balief UtM following tl court in VMe matter is 4niiM.,r.a tlvsa it woulal W to foil o- tlx court's princijrtil critics." - IaaiJsi :iM:s-eawsk ". . . Every man ha the constitutional risht 1 Irnltava aM w otit-Af iw ht s e e 9 tit wlllwut uncliw influence or i!!wA:s'csiHa fraei tlrt fto1 at or from any o(Sir ist--s or Rrouwt of pers . . ." -Cax Ssv . . Tile cowrt was )tcfi4-4k-k a,- ta Wo keW socresl Ih AxwrKn K!c, m-imI nicJ lwl keen so esH.sideresI since kig fcw-Jiioe tW (tawdry Weaw.w a rxtthsi TWvs is tue )n-ie-ii.e t-hot en-es-y pTM-j kg a riuV4 to sfcra V ftft-Jlifs( tyilfe. mi4: aty etvis fro ttw uwr'(n-K.Mt ony Its s rs. T1. forludisj the right f. to txirip, if tW perasii iaanlvsss aSJI'ws;. Thesl rislUt protect no many minor ities as to so.'ftivt H m;e Tmt' - BsW-V-seta. "Tlie Suprme Court dw iit bar pruyer as such in t!a public schoiils. It does n't forbid the mention of God ill the, clfe.sroom. It merely says that no slate government or any ote)or branch of gov ernment can 'direct' the say ing of any prayer. In fact, it bars 'official' prayers. It sees no objection to voluntary prayers, but does ban any re ligious 'exercise'." -David Lawrence In Oregon Journal. ". . . The doctrine of separ ation of church and slate isn't INAUSPICIOUS DEBUT Bnyonne. N.J. -UTIi- Francis J. Fltzpatrick may have start ed his new term as mayor on the wrong foot. At his Inau gural Sunday Fitpatrick said rising expenses probably would mean an increase in : taxes. I Try and Sfop Me By BENNETT CERF V DISTINGUISHED professor at Yule rented a new apart ment in New Haven and the moving man had to lug fourteen cases of books up five flights of stair. When the task was completed he mopped his brow and asked testily, "Hey, Prof, why didn't you read all these books beure you moved?" Mrs. Philip Long: tells About the ilctt-nnmoJ etYmt miule by 11 minister to rai.so 'nila for n' ehan.ieiter ln his country clnttvh. A ilcHivn--rtchi'jtt self-nuulo 1 man m th tmy conmninity ; obJ?ctei i.vifnvii!ly to this frtvolou.i ' 'stiinin-.tci inc of iysouivos." "W!io ntv.ts A CheUliJi'.!iT"" he I'mntU-l- e.t, "Kirst. no one can spell it to j fifty It. And third, what we really 7-1 A luice wonuin. wearing a violently rod dress, with green shoes ''..t iMiir.ce gl,vts. lumbered Into a clothes itr.gner's bolte and aVevt w1..,! new ensrinKe he wnlUt rc-onunend. -Mj.Utne." rep'.-.r I tl.e expert, recoiling. "When tie ere ate.l lle buttetlly n.l rtie humming bud. He gave them bnlh.tnt coloring Hut when He tuu.le the elephant He made it guy." C I Beunelt Carl. Dialrlfcutei by Kina realurea Sjndkate MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON unfriendly to religion. It doesn't forbid the training of children in faith and morals. It seeks to make certain that such training can be provid ed by parents and by religious groups without the interven tion of government which, as has happened many times in ahe past, is usually followed by the imposition of a partic ular moral code and speel fiea) religious cread . . . "Tha Sun-Times believes the court has correctly inter prets'! t h e Constitution in this inrta.ncc. Thraaf religiou leavlcvf of various faiths trho disigrsv ill, -saw believe, ul timitely con-aa to thr same co-wluiow. Tor tlw court's ciswo hs clows! a breach in tlw wall of wparitlrsa. of chve1i ari state. Thit aepar atiwti is the btst jsuirantr that- hsva that tKy aid thtir follB-mw-s ill always b? per mitted to vorAia Go ac cwdinj to !! iict.il of tk-rir own conscisnsa." - C1saV ss r StwAaa "Tl itupaie Ccxirt's aia cj."ia ... Is an act c5 liHwra t. Jl Vwa whoel chiUrtm from what was in effect a fc,re4 pta'ticiiKiUsa by rote in n act erf worskip whick eiijiht IW iSlTklM.I, wftollT TOI wM&rj as.M fav&ut . . . Am? iwo.st m-jswtom ot all, ft- Ivraw, it foote relUicat trtrn an eKwntialrr miwhwrous M iKf!CwJ,-Wy )T.W'.BS sarrt asf jWf-s;Uair swrt . . . . "A lweseribaa! prays, kssw ever nnTM.xrminatiawiI it may he, is a form of enforc ed orthodoxy and is therefore an inesrapabic caemy to reli gious liberty. Let children speak to the teachers appoint ee to instruct them in the forms and language prescrib- ert for their education. But let there speak to God In the forms and language prescrib ed by their individual con sciences." - Washington (D.C.) Post. "... It is a good decision clearly within the framework of prior court decisions in this field that have been good for the church and good for the state. "Our country has attracted tho most heterogeneous popu lation on earth. Our beliefs in the field of religion are more varied than in any coun try. There are some 114 mil lion participants in 270 differ ent religious bodies. To those for whom religion is import ant, a non-sectarian prayer can only be a watered-down recitation that offends few but has no relevance Portland Reporter oid?r it. Stvon.J. no one can neM is more lilit." Foreign News: Algerian Take-Over In Difficulty; Kennedy-De Gaulle; Berlin By PHIL NEWSOM UPI Foreign News Analyst Notes from the foreign .tews cables: Algerian Takeover The nationalist exile gov ernment's takeover in Al geria may be less smooth than orlginal 1 y expected. There already is a serious split between the National ist leaders in Tunis, with M o h ammed Ben Bella leading a "hard line" revolt against Premier Ben Youssef Ben Khedda and the "mod erates." Now that the inde pendence referendum is out of the way, it also is not cer tain how things will go inside Algeria Itself. It is not cer tain just how far the exile leaders will find they can control the mass of Moslems when they return to Algeria after seven years of absence. Kennedy-De Gaulle There still is diplomatic talk of a Kennedy-De Gaulle meeting later this year. How ever, the French made it clear to Secretary of State Dean Rusk during his recent visit that De Gaulle is in no hurry for it. Internal problems and the common market are likely te fsaftaf E? Sytkray J. Rwii tc- Field Enterprises Inc. iv SFOCKIrEIT One major reason for both trie relative and the absolute sarovth of crime in America during the last few decades is rarely considered by any of the critics of tjrrh the notice de- o n A la forcing agen- l i cies Just as we expect the srhnrl cvelpm J to take over man,, nt tho tairiaa Jobs that we, for our children, so in the sa.j ay do we expect the police system to take over R-isny of the jobs ttiat we, as citizens, should be doing for our community. In their new book, "Man, Cim and Society," the au thors point out in conclusion that "the time ami energies of the police, which should be rearvesi for law-enforcement artivities, become hopelessly caught up in a wider variety cf activities which are not, strictly speaking, of a police nature. aaaceaat survey eVata show rat "while police may be easjaHaesl la tke iraaaection of buildings, services aval util ities, aleaaslsm-iee at parades, oaeratien of Isoys' clubs, traffic control including giving drivers' tests in specting motor vehicles, lecturing on safety at schools, and so on), conduct ing lost-and-found depart ments, etc., less than one half of the allotted man power hours available in a police department may be devoted exclusively to law enforcement activities." In one Mid-western city of 100.000, the authors found, it was estimated by the Chief of Police that as much as 50 per cent ol the time and energy of his de partment was devoted to the performance of activ ities unrelated to law en forcement. A few American cities, for instance, have begun to hire Meter Maids to check parking violations at me ters; but in most communi ties the police are used for this trivial task. Some forc es still use policemen as secretaries and stenogra phers, as ushers and glori fied floor-walkers, as window-dressing and "image making" for public occas ions. Many, if not most, of the functions arrogated to the po lice department "properly be lone to society as a whole, ts pecial'v such am-ncic.-, as the family, ti school, the church. and variou.-- 'characicr-build- ins' institutions," the authors remark. By our default, a- citizens, and by the abdication of our traditional r e s p o n s i bilitios. we not only expect too m u c h oi the police de partment - we also, quite dan gerously, invest too much power in it. Given the dubious quality of men who are attrae'ra to police work in merica: giv en t h e ir.aeienuacies of re rruitinc. and training; given ihe low pH.v scale and expos ure to dan :er: given the mi litie.il interference and pub- '" "VMhy - t;,0M: II is surprising that the crime figures are not even higher I than their present rate. Strictly keep the French president preoccupied for some time, although he probably will visit West Germany toward the end ot this year or early next year. Berlin Talks It now looks almost a cer Washington Report By William (ci United Festur Syndicate COMMUNICATION NEEDED Washington There is one and only one - constant and certain factor in an other- 'W-WWi. r -wise I a s t changing and highly fluid national polit ical and econ omic situation. This it that the gulf be tween the Kennedy Ad m I n Lstration mii ana tne dusi ness community is widening rather than narrowing. The efforts of President Kennedy personally to reas sure business are snowing no signs of reaj success. The at tempts of many business lead ers to ease matters on their sitte by privataly urging a less skeatieal attitutie toward the Presiaient among their own associates are likewise having little visible effect. The conclusion of this ob server, therefore, is that no matter how great may be the issues as between business men and the President, an even greater factor of diffi culty lies in the lack of a truly effective channel of communication between them and him. rVF course, there are various " official devices through which business is supposed to talk to the President and he to business through formal advisory councils and so on. But the fact is that nearly all of the talking now going on in this way is more a mat ter of public relations than of down-to-earth and purpose ful conversation. Those who might be called the working business people the actual managers of plants and mills and trans portation feel that their points of view are nowhere getting through to the Presi dent. Rightly or wrongly, they are not merely doubtful of the practical capacity of some of "the men around the Presi dent." They are also convinc ed, again rightly or wrongly, that these "men around the President" are not in any event prepared to listen to them with sympathy or un derstanding. THHIS is the central present -- problem and it cannot be solved by public addresses by the President or by the adoption of resolutions in business conventions. Nearly everybody would agree that a progressive estrangement be tween the government and business is to no sensible per son's gain and poses a ihrgat to an American economy which every sensible person wants to see go up and not down. This being the case, what is to be done? To this column ist, it seems that the first ne cessity is to find a meant through which the President personally can learn what is really troubling business and through which men down in the active cockpit of business life can learn at first hand what they can expect and not expect form the President. This sort of thing will nev er be done through formal meetings at which both sides Dennis the Menace ClTKEy&WWKEAFlKSASOorAFEWSr'iUEOCArlS MOV fli50 1WWt. A CfKWS- MGM Off .AS A 3ii3 J? 0B FVM '" '.-. tainty that the Western for eign ministers will hold Ber lin talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Geneva In the second half of this month. There will be no formal negotiations. But the ministers will have informal exploratory talks on the lines S. White speak in large generalities and issue statements to the press to score points against each other. It can only be done in privacy, where nei ther side feels any necessity to go out to justify itself to the country. WHY cannot the President invite one or two business people at a time to a purely private lunch or dinner, both sides forgetting all about the formality and publicity and talking cold turkey in the ad vance assurance that it all Is off the record and that the ex change of information, and not propaganda, is the sole purpose? It would be naive In tho extreme to suggest that such exchanges would make busi ness simply wild about the President and vice versa. But it seems a perfectly reason able forecast that they could clear away some misunder standings and at least leave each side fully aware of just where the other really stood and why. Even this much would be a gain. For while major differenc es are going to persist be tween the President and busi ness, there is no need to add to these a good many wholly unnecessary and pointless di visions which, upon head-on examination by the parties in volved, would be shown to be simply nonsense. Communications Letters to the Editor must bear the nume and address of the writer although undei cer tain circumstances the use ot a Ben name ot initial for oublica on is twrmlssible. The Mall Tribune reserves tha right to edit all letters with an eye to clarification end condensation Letters suhmittea for publica tion muat not exceed 400 worda A Plea To the Editor: Failure is a quality we hate to admit is part of our life, personality, but we'd rather tell others of our success than failure. Since my parents died, it seems that failure has been a prominent chapter in my life. Most of my relatives think I am a hopeless case, so I stay away from them and grad ually cease to keep in touch. Strangers have their own friends, so I'm a sort of third party. That doesn't mean I don't have friends or can't make any. In a place you're not well acquainted with, people generally judge you by your actions rather than words. So I put this in writing as a sort of last-ditch stand. If the Salvation Army can raise money for their benefits, I should be assured of a steady job in this area. If I go broke here, I can go to Camp White as a veteran. But I've been there twice and last worked at Sawtelle Center, Los An geles. That was over two months ago and I'm anxious to get to work. I can prove to anyone who knows me I'm reliable and don't drink, so why can't some employer hire me as a general office clerk which I'm qualified? A classified ad in this paper failed with any results, but this article must not. Franklin H. Oakes 14 South Bartlett st. Medford. of their consultations ln Ge neva last March. Disarma ment also will be discussed in a new effort to get nuclear test ban talks going again. Unless the ministers find some "gimmick over Berlin, informed believe the "probe" may collapse. Border Guards Communist border guards are expected to become more wary over shooting into West Berlin territory and setting off gunfights with West Ber. lin police. The strongly-worded protest by the three West ern allies to Moscow over border clashes along tha Communist-built Berlin wall and the proposal for a meet ing of the four commandants in Berlin is belL-ved to hava brought Kremlin orders to East German Red boss Walter Ulbricht to keep his anti-refugee bullets on his side of tha wall. In the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS Asked at his news confer ence last week what he thinks of the Supreme Court's decis ion that public school pray ers violate the U.S. Consti tution, President Kennedy re plied: "The Supreme Court has made its judgment, and a good many peopls ob-riously will disagree with it. Other will agree with But I think it is important for us, if w are going to maintain our constitutional principle, thai we support the Suprema Court decisions even when wa may not agree with them. "In addition, we have In this case a very easy remedy, and that is to PRAY OUR SELVES, and I would think it would be a welcome re minder to every American family that we can pray a good deal more at home and attend our churches with a good deal more fidelity, and we can make the true mean ing of prayer much more im portant to the lives of all of our children. That power is very much open to us. "I would hope that as a result of this decision all Am erican parents will intensify their efforts at home and tha rest of us will support tha Constitution and the respon sibility of the Supreme Court in interpreting it, which is theirs, and given to them by the Supreme Court by tha Constitution." PIRST - In order to clear our think ing Let's take a look at tha clause of the Constitution up on which the Supreme Court'3 decision was based. It is Ar ticle 1 of the ten original amendments which are generally known as the Bill of Rights. It reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an ESTAB LISHMENT of religion, or prohibiting the FREE EXER cise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of tha press: or the right of the peo ple peaceable to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." T'HAT is the clause of our - national Constitution upon which the Supreme Court bas ed its recent decision. Note, please, that it does not forbid the PRACTICE of religion or the free exercise of religion by individuals or by congregations or by sects. It prohibits only the estab lishment of a STATE religion by which all the people must be governed in their thinking and to which they must all adhere. It DOES NOT, as the Presi dent pointed out at his news conference last week, prohibit private prayer. It prohibits no parent from praying each morning that his child may throughout the school day con duct himself or herself in such manner as to gain tha utmost in the way of learn ing, sound moral conduct and good citizenship. It prohibits no child from bowing its head and offering a little prayer that during the day it may so conduct it self as to gain the most from the day's work. It prohibits no parent or no child from attending any church or ad hering to any faith. That's the k.nn si;d ihe short of the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. J)RESIDEXT Kennedy's com ment on the Supreme Court decision is wise, sound and tolerant. If those of us w-ho call ourselves conserva tives have any comment to make on what he had to say to his news conference ques tioner, it would go something i like this: We wish his views on pub lic tinance and public spend in? were at sound and wise as his views on the First Amendment to the U.S. Con- stituton. t