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from the public to do so.

Attorney Frank C. Wood, Jr., and his assistant, Dane Mohler, Jr., discussed the meaning of the Bielicke decision which forbids police to spy upon citizens enclosed in facilities in public toilets for the purpose of catching someone who might break the law. With other attorneys, including Herbert Selwyn, Jr., a lively panel tore into aspects of private v. public rights.

In the matter of changes in the penal codes, it was plainly set forth that changes in sex laws in the various states would not be on the basis of changing the sex laws alone, but only by revamp of the entire penal codes of these jurisdictions. Further, in this connection, it would be necessary to ameliorate penalties on sexual behavior by omitting reference to private and consenting acts between adults as illegal.

GUIDED TOUR OF S.F. GAY BARS

The San Francisco Examiner reported that the outgoing Grand Jury expressed concern recently over "the increasing number of places catering to homosexuals" there.

"Discussion with law enforcement officials substantiates the jury's concern," Foreman William E. McDonnell wrote in a final report.

"It is my sincere hope that succeeding grand juries will carefully study this problem.”

McDonnell and members of his

grand jury were taken by the police on tours of bars catering to homosexuals, for a first-hand survey, it was learned.

Meanwhile Norbert Falvey, San Francisco supervisor for the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, termed such bars here "one of our major problems." He said that since Feb., 1961, 24 homosexual bars have been closed by his department, but that about 25 homosexual bars are still operating, with Department charges pending against sixteen.

For the benefit of our readers, we might add that these figures are subject to constant change. The tendency in the past has been toward an increase, but now the saturation point seems to have been reached. It has become a game of musical chairs with the A.B.C spending vast sums of the taxpayers money in a pathetic effort to justify its expansion into the field of moralism.

Falvey and the Grand Jury should tour some of the "non-gay" bars, especially in the Mission.

And incidentally, among those bars closed were all of those of which the management helped to bring to justice a number of the bride-taking agents of the A.B.C. But that was two years ago.

SEX DEVIATES. STILL CONVENIENT SCAPEGOATS

The all-inclusive and usually illdefined grouping of "sex deviates"

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as a threat to women, children and the community comes up again and again. It is not so much a case of what is happening as where, it

seems.

Rochester, New York, is a late example. There, Dist. Atty. John J. Conway, Jr. warned the public and parents in particular that gangs of young hoodlums are seeking out homosexuals as targets for robbery and assault.

The pattern is old: A young gang member acts as come-on or decoy, then once a victim has been pinpointed, the gang pounces.

Conway believes that newspapers, radio and TV should identify the victims as homosexual examples, and thus deter other gangs from such attacks. But Newspaperman Clifford E. Carpenter, editor of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle countered with the fact that such identification would lead to libel suits.

Dr. Sidney Koret, director of a children's home, brought some sense to the discussion when he stated that "public attitudes toward sex deviance, including homosexuality, are influenced by the fact that people have the strongest kind of feelings about the subject. People are taught to consider homosexuality as revolting and repulsive. But many people engage in homosexual activity of some kind in the process of growing up. Haunted by this, many people fight back by not accepting homosexuality in anyone."

These are the attitudes which should be changed, it would seem.

VIRGIN ISLANDS TO BE SWEPT CLEAN OF HOMOS

Gov. Ralph Paiewonsky of the U.S. Virgin Islands has declared steps will be taken to sweep the Caribbean territory under him clean of homosexuals. This announcement appeared in the San Juan (P.R.) Star after a 22-year-old Virgin Islander confessed to the knife murder of a 33-year-old Dept. of Commerce publicist early in January. The dying man, alleged to be homosexual and to have had an affair with the man who confessed, named his assailant and gave jealousy as the motive for the crime.

"Quite a few homosexuals come in regularly in the winter," the governor said. "I understand they hang around certain restaurants and bars in St. Thomas," he said.

The homosexual problem there is not a new one, it is reported. About five years ago the Women's League of St. Thomas complained about the incidence of "perversion" and tried to push the public safety department (police) into action. Nevertheless, this was dropped. It was dropped because after police went into various places to photograph patrons (in bars, hotels, restaurants, etc.) some prominent V.I. faces turned up, and one such person threatened to release a whole list of local resident homosexuals if the pictures were identified and used in a local harrassment scheme.

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