at a bath house and was denied a license to practice his profession in the State of Illinois by the Department of Registration and Education on the grounds that he lacked moral qualifications.

The arresting officers had notified the licensing body of his confession and without a hearing of any nature whatsoever, the above action resulted. Chicago attorney, Paul Goldman filed a petition for a rehearing and Father James G. Jones (Episcopal) well-remembered for his brilliant talks at ONE's 1963 Midwinter Institute, testified at length about the real significance and meaning of morality and the attitude of the church. The licensing Board of seven women unanimously decided to grant the license, a highly significant precedent in such cases.

Equally significant and of even broader application was the June 16 decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. that an applicant for a federal job cannot be disqualified because of "vague" and unspecified charges of homosexual conduct.

In a case filed by the local American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a former resident of Alexandria, Va., Chief Judge David L. Bazelon said that the Civil Service Commission "must . . . at least state why" specific homosexual conduct is related to "occupational competence or fitness" and whether the specific conduct should disqualify a man from holding a particular government job.

OF THIS AND THAT

The failure again of the recommendations of the Wolfenden Report to persuade the British Parliament to modify the laws concerning homosexual acts in Great Britain is no longer news but doleful history instead. A mild cheer

should, however, be given the House of Lords who nobly (of course) acquitted themselves by voting approval of the motion only to see it dismally fail in Commons.

A similiar fate befell provisions to improve the lot of homosexuals in New York State. Its long-studied revision of the State Penal Law contained strong support from the Episcopal Diocese for exempting penalties against private homosexual acts as "a significant and enlightened advance over existing laws." Opposing this view was that of Charles Tobin representing the Catholic position who said, "Homosexuality is an increasing threat to sound family life in our community," an argument now echoed almost verbatim in Life's June 11 statement on homosexuality.

Republican Assemblyman Richard J. Bartlett, chairman of the Temporary Commission on Revision of the Penal Law and Criminal Code was quoted as fearing there were not enough votes to carry the homosexual reforms through and stated his opinion that few if any people were prosecuted in New York State for acts of homosexuality in private anyway.

So Illinois still remains the only one of the fifty states with an enlightened legal viewpoint concerning homosexual behavior. Which state will be next to fall into line behind the recommendations of the American Law Institute and its Model Penal Code? With legislative sessions shutting up shop all over the place at this time. of year the immediate prospects are not too bright. Benighted citizens of other states will have to continue making do with hope as best they may. And in summertime there just might happen to be something more than hope every now and then, might there not?