adjustment to himself and society, and finally that legal prohibitions benefit no one but the blackmailers.

Steps to remedy such unjust and passe laws have been taken recently in England. The Wolfenden Committee rocommended to Parliament that English law be changed so that homosexual behavior between consenting adults in private no longer be considered a criminal offense. The Church of England has approved the report and tho English Methodist Church went on record to urge the passage of the Wolfenden recommendations, stating that the law should not interfere with private homosexual conduct "unless that conduct is clearly detrimental to the public good in an extraordinary degreo,"

In our own country the American Law Institute has spent years of work in drafting a model penal code which would modify the anti quated statutes now on the books. It is certainly to be hoped that special study be given to this document of modern legal thought before any revisions to California laws are considered.

We believe that the practical solution to the problem is to judge sex activity on the grounds of whether or not society is harmed. Homosexual activity between consenting adults in private is not harmful to society. However, there must necessarily be protection given the public against offenders whero assault, foroo or violence is involved; in the cases of molesting children whether they be homosexual or heterosexual in nature, and against indecent public behavior. We are not asking for license, but rather a realistic approach to an ever-growing problem.

Wo would ask the committee to give consideration too to the laws requiring persons who have been convicted of a homo sexual act to register with the police as sexual psychopaths on entering the community. This law, besides boing unfair, is in our opinion unconstitutional.

We also call your attention to the tactics of certain law onforcement agencies where the use of decoys is employed to entice individuals into engaging in an overt homosexual not leading to arrest. It would seem to us that the first duty of the police is to prevent, not to punish crime