decides what is offensive to the public? You?" Mr. Foinberg answered, "Of course, all governmental agencies have to decide this and are responsible to the democratic majority only." All court decisions are based on tho judgment of a few people. If the people do not agree with these decisions they will have to band together to bring pressure on their legislative representatives and so change the law as it now stands, Mr. Feinberg said in essence. In a later exchange about the job of law makers and spelling out of illegal behavior, Mr. Feinberg made this striking comment, "Nobody can anticipate the infinitudes that can come from a man's mind!"

MANY GAY BARS IN TROUBLE

"Aren't gay bars usually better run than heterosexual bars?" another man saked. "I can only say that of San Francisco's 30 known gay bars, 15 are in some sort of trouble," Feinberg answered. Feinberg admitted, however, under questioning by one of the female contingent, that law enforcement authorities were more likely to keep their eyes on tho "criminal" elements in society, since they do not have the manpower to watch everybody. (In other words, wo are uriminal, per se; although earlier Feinberg had stated, "I can assure you that any establishment patronized by homosexuals will not be prosecuted simply because of its patronage.")

On the questioning regarding dancing in gay bars by members of the samo sex, one girl said, "Come, sir, let us not antagonize one another."

Feinberg: "Oh, that's all right. I enjoy it!"

Girl:

"Well, let's be reasonable,

Dancing between wo-

men is a very common sight, even in straight bars or in Western square dancos, etc."

Feinberg graciously drew back from that one with the comment that women's gay bars were the hardest to close; that the one good case the ABC had on "Mary's First and Last Chance" bar was clobbered for them by Attorney Lowenthal in the State Supreme Court last year.

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