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John J. McDonnell, Ex-Newspaper Head SOUTH AMBOY (P) John J. McDonnell, 68, former editor and president of the Perth Amboy Evening News, died at his home here today. McDonnell was born in South Amboy and was graduated from St. Mary's High School here.

He worked with the newspaper, now known as The News-Tribune of Woodbridge, for 36 years, starting as a cub reporter and working successively as a sports editor, a desk editor, managing editor, and finally as president. He is survived by his wife, Helen Monaghan McDonnell; a son, John Jr. of Lavallette; a daughter, Sister Joan Marie, of Notre Dame High School in Trenton, and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements were being made by Gundrum Service, Home for Funerals. ALBERT J.

TAYLOR OCEAN GROVE Albert J. Taylor, 91, of 64 Abbott died yesterday at the Green Grove Convalescent Center, Neptune. He was born in England and came to this country 60 years ago. He lived in the area 22 years. At one time, Mr.

Taylor reportedly worked for Thomas Edison. He was a retired real estate dealer. Mr. Taylor was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Viola Sullivan Taylor; a stepson, Robert Koch, Reisterstown, and two brothers, Harry and Ernest, Windsor, Nova Scotia. The Francioni, Taylor, and Lopez Funeral Home, Neptune, is in charge of arrangements. Sir Noel Coward Dies at 73 From Page: Coward acted on the stage and in cabarets. Recordings of his night club act, once featured in Las Vegas, were best-sellers.

"Private Lives," in a new production, is a hit in London's West End, and musical shows based on his works have been highly successful in London and New York. The British revue is "Cowardy Custard" and the New York show is called "Oh Coward!" He also wrote novels, short stories and verses. Two volumes of his autobiography have been published, "Present Indicative" and "Future Indefinite." He was writing a third volume at his death. He was acting ing by the age of 11 and achieved stardom at 21, in 1920. Five years later five of his plays or revues were running simultaneously in London.

Altogether he wrote more than 40 plays and films, acted in dozens more, published books and composed music for cabaret, revues and operettas. "It is a tragedy," said impresario Harold Davidson of Coward's death. "He was the greatest thing I have ever known he was Mr. Show Business, Mr. Entertainment.

He was tne theater. Nobody can replace him." Coward was reputed to be Britain's highest paid playwright at one time. That was in the early 1930s, when he was earning an estimated $5.000 a week in royalties from his plays. "Blithe Spirit" ran for 1,997 performances a record for a nonmusical in London. He had a talent to amuse, as he said, but he also had a talent to offend.

Some of his songs and lines were sensational in their day even if they appear tame in the permissive 1970's. Critics called his 1925 play "Fallen Angels" degenerate and obscene because two married women drink themselves silly over the same lover. His 1942 war movie "In Which We Serve" was censored by the U.S. Hays Office with the censor cutting four words. "hell, God, damn, bastard." Britain's BBC objected to the lines in his song "I Like America," that "New Jersey dames go up in flames if someone mentios bed." So Sir Noel changed it to "In Tennessee, the BBC would blush to hear what's said." That didn't stop Queen Elizabeth IT from knighting him making him Sir Noel in her 1970 honors list just 16 days after his 70th birthday on Dec.

16, 1969. Coward had a speckled personal life. Never married. pushed by his mother as a boy into the theatrical world. the master had many girl friends, such as Gertrude Lawrence, but no real loves.

Committee Ready For 1st Session TOMS RIVER An ad hoc committee named to study antipoverty programs being conducted throughout Ocean County will meet for the first time April 9 at the courthousemmittee will determine whether any of the programs now financed by Ocean Community Economic Action Now Inc. (OCEAN Inc.) should be taken over by the county if the antipoverty agency is unable to pay the cost after Jan. 1. Elimination of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity is expected to end federal subsidies for many of the OCEAN Inc. programs to aid the poor.

They include Head Start programs to prepare culturally deprived children for kindergarten and day care centers for working mothers. The committee will be expanded to 10 men by the appointment of Lakewood Mayor Michael E. Levin. Freeholder Ernest A. Buhr said yesterday the freeholders have accepted his recommendation to name Mr.

Levin to the committee. Other members were appointed by the freeholders Wednesday. They are Mr. Buhr, Mrs. Myra Keil, county welfare director; Charles F.

Kauffman, county health coordinator; William F. White, county schools superintendent; Edward T. Tolbert, a Berkeley, Township committeeman; Morris Adler, a local accountant; Mrs. Jerri Varelli, publisher of a Manchester Township weekly newspaper; the Rev. John Johnson, pastor of St.

Andrew's United Methodist Church, Dover Township, Capt. H. H. Mathis, Tuckerton, a retired sea captain. Don't let unused furniture or appliances clutter up your house.

Turn them into cash by placing an ad in the "Merchandise for Sale" column on The Press classified page. ASBURY PARK EVENING PRESS, Mar. 27, 1973 15 MRS. BURTIS WORTH SOUTH TOMS RIVER Mrs. L.

Naomi Worth, 63, of Flint Drive, died Friday at Country Manor Nursing Home, Toms River. Mrs. Worth had lived here six years, She was born in Barnegat, Union Township. was the widow of Burtis Worth. Surviving are a daughter, William Butler, Forked River, Lacey Township; a son, Ernie, Lakehurst; a sister, Mrs.

Mary Morey, Union Township; three brothers, John Ridgway, Salem: Samuel Ridgway, in Florida, and Harry, San eight eight grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. SANTO BLASI LITTLE SILVER Santo Blasi, 83, of 30 Rumson died Sunday at Riverview Hospital, Red Bank. Mr. Blasi was born in CosProvince, Italy, and enza lived Long Branch for 55 before moving here 11 years years ago. He retired five years ago as a foreman with the Long Branch Sewerage Authority, 45 service.

after. yearwas sa communicant of St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church, Red Bank. He was a member of the Americo Vespucci Society, Long Branch. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.

Anna Ferraro Blasi; two sons, Anthony, Long Branch, and Richard, Red Bank; a daughter, Mrs. Frank Massa, Red Bank; a sister, Miss Michalina Blasi, Italy, seven grandchildren, and 11 great grandchildren. The John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank, is in charge of arrangements. MRS.

ARTHUR H. COLE RED BANK Mrs. Dorothy F. Cole, 76, a former resident of Bergen here, died yesterday at the Methodist Home in Ocean Grove. She was the widow of Arthur H.

Cole. She was born in Elizabeth, where she lived before coming here. Mrs. Cole was a member of the United Methodist Church, here. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.

Virginia Schinestuhl, Bloomfield; and four grandchildren. The Adams Memorial Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. MRS. GEORGE CLYMER NEPTUNE Mrs. Mary Haurey Clymer, 92, 308 Birch Drive, died yesterday at the Green Grove Convalescent Center, Route 66.

She was widow of George Clymer, former Newark lawyer. Born in Newark, Mrs. Clymer had lived here many years. She was a communicant of Holy Innocents Church. Surviving are a grandniece, Mrs.

Joan Alexander, here; a niece, and a nephew. The Meehan Funeral Home, Spring Lake Heights, is in charge of arrangements. DEATH NOTICES William, age 53, of ALISAUSKAS Haven Fair Haven. on 176 1973. Father of GerFair Friday, of Philip Ellis, JoMarch 23, hart and Mrs.

Lillian Doetsh. Brother seph Funeral services 7:30 p.m. Alisauskas, Beane. the Worden Funeral Wednesday Front Red Bank. at Home, 60 E.

Friends may call at the lieu of funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. In contributions to the Heart flowers send Fund. Haurey, age 92, of CLYMER Mary 308 Birch Great- aunt of Joan AlDrive, Neptune, on Monday. March 26, Funeral 1973.

from Meehan Funeral exander. Spring Lake Home, 555 Warren 8:30 The FunerHeights, Thursday Innocents R.C. Church, al Mass at Holy Mt. Calvary Ceme9 a.m. Interment Visitation Wednesday 7-9 p.m.

tery. Clyde Age 47. of HILL--Lt. Virginia Beach, Va. formerly Col.

Beloved husband of the Shore area, Evelyn Nead, Funeral services 2 devoted father of Clifford and at the O'Brien FuLoreen. p.m.: Wednesday, Highway 35. Wall, N.J. neral Home, Interment, Fairview Tuesday Cemetery, 2-4 West- and field N.J. Visiting 7 9.

Lester of 16 Cemetery MOUNT March 25, 1973. Lane, Bordentown, on to atRelatives and friends are invited tend services from the Huber Futhe neral Home, 517 Farnsworth Ave Bordentown. on Thurs, at 11 a.m. InterCemetery with full ment Bordentown honors. Visiting Wed.

7-9 p.m. military VFW Post No. 3525 will conduct serLoyal Lodge No. 181 vices 7:30 p.m. In lieu of Masonic Service at 8 p.m.

contributions may be made to flowers Chapter Deborah Hospithe Bordentown Onl Entered Into rest MAC INTIRE on Mar. 23. 1973, Elizabeth In the 73rd vent of her age. The relatives and friends of the family Are invited from the John to attend the funeral Home, 323-329 Park J. Quinn Funeral Orange, N.J..

on Wednesday, Mass will be celeat 9 a.m. Funeral brated at 10 A.m. In Sacred Heart Mt. Church. Olivet.

Bloomfield. Cemetery, Bloomfeld. N.J. Interment call Monday evening. Friends may 7-9.

Tuesday, 3-5. 7-9. Theodore of 208 Ocean Beach on March OEHME Park Bradley 25. Uncle of Larry Fugman, Funeral Wednesday, 28 March 8:30 Funeral A.m. from the Daniel A Reilly Home, 8th Ave.

and Street. Belmar. Funeral Mass 9 A.m, Church of 81. Rose. Interment Holy Name Cemelery, Rosary, Tuesday, p.m.

35 and Tuesday, 8 Visting. Monday, 7-9, 7-9 p.m. SHIELS Jean T. of 66 Riverside Drive. Red Bank, on Monday, March 26, 1973.

Beloved wife of Alexander C. of Mrs. John G. Devoted mother and Mrs. Hugh Mooney, PuThompson noral services 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Worden Funeral Home, 60 E. Front Red Bank. Interment Pair View Cemetery, Middletown. Friends may call at the funeral home 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, TAYLOR Albert Age 91.

on March 26, of 64 Abbott Ave. Ocean Grove. Beloved husband of Viola and father of Robert Koch, and brother of Harry and Ernest. Funeral services 10 A.m Wed, March 28 at the Francioni, Taylor, and Lopez Funeral Home, 1200 10th and Atkin Ave. Neptune, Interment.

Graceland Memorial Park. Friends may call Tues, 2-4 and 7-9. THOGODE Herbert age 70, of 1216 Allnire Rd. Spring Beloved Lake Heights, Oh March 23. 1973.

Lillian Frew. Funeral 10 a.m. Wednesdav, nt. the O'Brien Funeral Home, Highway 35, Wall Burial, Hillside Cemetery, 7.0 Lyndhurst, N. J.

Visiting, and Monday and Tuesday. 2-4 7-9. WILLIAM ALISAUSKAS FAIR HAVEN William Alisauskas, 53, of 176 Fair Haven died Friday at home. He was a retired Army master sergeant. Born in Allentown, he had.

her three years. Mr. Alisauskas was a member of VFW Post 2942, Eatontown; and Local 373, American Federation of Musicians, Perth Amboy. Surviving are a son, Gerhard Doetsh, Middletown Township; two brothers, PhilEllis, Summit, and Joseph Alisauskas, Harrison, and a sister, Mrs. Lillian Beane, Newark.

The Worden Funeral Home, Red Bank, is in charge of arrangements. MRS. C. E. GRIFFITH JR.

MATAWAN TOWNSHIP of 55 Juniper died SunMrs. Susan Jane, Griffith, 33, day at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune. Mrs. Griffith a native of Hartford, Conn. She lived here four years.

She was a communicant of Trinity Episcopal Church and was a Brownie leader. Surviving are her husband, Charles E. a son, Charles, and two daughters, Jennifer and Katherine, all at home, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger C.

Wilkins, Avon, Conn. The Ely Funeral Home, Neptune, is in charge of lo- arrangements. CLAYTON H. JONES KISSIMMEE, FLA. Clayton H.

Jones, 81, of 4147 Middle Gate Drive, died here Saturdayjones was born In Toms River and had lived all his life in Ocean County before moving here 11 years ago. He retired in 1962 as a supervisor in the supply. department at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Mr. Jones was a member of the First United Methodist Church here.

He was a member and Past Worshipful Master of Lakewood Lodge 174, Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Virginia Newman Jones; a son, Clayton E. Jones, Sacramento, a grandson, Eric Jones, Sacramento and a niece Mrs. Sally Richardson, San Diego, Calif. The W.

David De Roche Funeral Home, Lakewood, is in charge of arrangements. MRS. JOHN MORGAN POINT PLEASANT Mrs. Cora Noll Morgan, 71, of Borden died yesterday at home. 5 Mrs.

Morgan was born in Newark, and lived there most of her life before coming here 20 years ago. She was a member of the Golden Circle of Point Pleasant, and a communicant of St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Point Pleasant Beach. Surviving are her husband, John; three sons, John, Willingboro Township, Thomas, Fairfield, and Frank, Fort Lauderdale, one ter, Mrs. Lorraine Kiernan, Cranford; one sister, Mrs.

Catherine Buerle, Brick Township; two brothers, Lewis A. Noll, Sparta Township, and Peter A. Noll, Bradentown, and ten grandchildren. The Colonial Funeral Home, Brick Township, is in charge of arrangements. MRS.

ALEXANDER C. SHIELS RED BANK Mrs. Jean T. Shiels, 66 Riverside Drive, died yesterday at the Medicenter, here. She was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and lived in McKeesport, and Ocean Grove before coming here two years ago.

Mrs. Shiel was a life member of Esther Chapter, Order of Eastern Star and the Woman's Club of Ocean Grove. She also was a member of the United Methodist Church, Asbury Park. Surviving are her husband, Alexander two daughters, Mrs. John Thompson, Middletown Township, and Mrs.

Hugh Mooney, Rochester, N.Y., and eight grandchildren. The Worden Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. JUNIOR SAMUELS NEPTUNE Junior Samuels, 87, of 241 Myrtle died yesterday at Jersey Shore Medical Center. Mr. Samuels was born in Barnwell, S.C., and came here years ago.

He was member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Barnwell, and served on the church usher board. He was a retired construetion worker. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Juanita Kinard, with whom he lived; a son, Alphonzo, Columbia, S.C.; five sisters, Mrs. Juanita Osbie and Mrs.

Hannah Cook, both Columbia; Mrs. Lucille Terry, Bridgeport Miss Essie Mae, Barnwell; and Mrs. Erline Brooklyn; nine grandchildren; and seven great The Edward E. Jackson Funeral Home, here, is in charge of arrangements. MRS.

DAVID S. CARR LACEY TOWNSHIP Mrs. Margaretkeside Carr, 57, of 936 Drive, Barnegat Pines, died Sunday at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. Mrs. born in Grenoch, She came Cacotland.

to the U.S. as a child and lived in the Germantown, section for many years. She came here 15 years ago. She was a member and secretary of the Women's Club of Lacey Township; was one of the first members of the women's group that sponsored fund raising to build Southern Ocean County Hospital, and was active in the Taxpayers and Citizens Association of Lacey Township Surviving are her husband, David S. Carr, a son, Robert Barnegat Pines; a daughter, Miss Barbara W.

Carr, at home, and a sister, Mrs. Agnes Harmer, Philadelphia. Funeral Home, Lathe, Township, is in charge of arrangements. JEREMIAH W. VASHEY TOMS RIVER Jeremiah W.

Vashey, 71, of 613 Bayville died yesterday at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. Mr. Vashey was born in Connecticut and lived in Port Monmouth, Middletown Township, before moving here three years ago. He retired in 1966 after 37 years as a glaze maker with the Gibson Holoman Matawan. Surviving are his widow, Mrs.

Mary. McLaughlin Vashey; five sons, Jeremiah Matawan, Henry E. and Ronald both Port Monmouth, Middletown Township, Harold Middletown Township, and Walter, Keyport; four daughters, Mrs. Ella Marrow and Mrs. Gladys Tuck, both Keansburg, and Mrs.

Bernice McDonald' and Mrs. Rosemarie Disbrow, both Bayville, Berkeley Township; a brother, Ernest, Coronado, and 39 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The Day Funeral Home, Keyport, is in charge of arrangements. THOMAS A. CHENOWETH BERKELEY TOWNSHIPThomas A.

Chenoweth, 59, of Hickory Lane, died yesterday at Community Memorial Hospital, Toms River. Mr. Chenoweth was born in Newark and had lived in Dover before coming here 12 years ago. He was a self-employed master plumber, and for the past 10 years owned and operated Tim's Plumbing and Heating here. Mr.

Chenoweth was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of VFW Post 9503 of Bayville. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Charlotte Cross Chenow. eth; one daughter, Mrs.

Ann Clark, here; one brother, George, Lacey Township; and one granddaughter. The Anderson and Campbell Funeral Home, Toms River, is in charge of arrangements. MRS. EDWARD JOHNSON HAZLET TOWNSHIP Mrs. Mary Johnson, 68, of 11 Poplar died yesterday at Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel Township.

Mrs. Johnson was born in Ireland and lived in Jersey City before moving here 33 years ago. Surviving are her husband, Edward Johnson, and four brothers, Desmond Byrne, Brian Byrne and Leo Byrne, ard Byrne, Bridge. call of Jersey, City, and GerThe John W. Mehlenbeck Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

LESTER S. MOUNT BORDENTOWN Lester S. Mount, 53, of 16 Cemetery Lane, died Sunday at home. Mr. Mount was born in West Windsor Township, Edinburg, West Windsor his life in this area.

He was employed as a civil engineer for more than 15 years with the N.J. State Department of Institutions and Agencies, Trenton. Mr. Mount was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; Loyal Lodge 181.

Trenton, and past commodore of the Bordentown Yacht Club. He also was a member of the Forked River Tuna Club, Lacey Township; acting commander of the New Jersey Marine Police, Area 11: a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Paul Potts Post 3525, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Trenton. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Edith Clark Mount; two sons, Gerald Boston, and Andrew at home; a daughter, Miss Marguerite at home; his mother, Mrs.

Ida A. Mount, Mercerville: two brothers, Wesley A. Mount, Allentown, and John Mercerville: a sister, Mrs. Jean Finley, Forked River, Lacey Township, a grandchild and several nieces and nephews. The Huber Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

WON OUT IN PAST Trouble Enveloping Nixon GEORGE SISLER George Sisler, Baseball Star RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) George Sisler, a picture perfect first baseman who hit, pitched and fielded his way into baseball's Hall of Fame despite a lingering eye infection that threatened him with blindness and forced him to sit out the 1923 season, died yesterday, two days after his 80th birthday. Sisler, who had been hospitalized for more than a week in what was described as a generally rundown condition, succumbed at St. Mary's Health Center in this suburb of St. Louis, the city where he enjoyed some of the greatest seasons of any baseball player.

Exact cause of death was not immediately determined. The man known as "Gorgeous George" because of his grace and the way I in which he made everything look easy on the diamond, went straight from the University of Michigan campus to the major leagues, bypassing the minors, and became the first first baseman named to the Hall of Fame. After spending 12 seasons with the St. Louis Browns, Sisler was sold to Washington in 1928, then sent to the Boston Braves. His final season in the majors was 1930, when he batted .309 for Boston.

During his big league career, Sisler compiled a lifetime batting average of .340, including a mark of .420 in 1922, the American League record. Six times he made 200 or more hits and finished with 2,812 in 15 seasons. After that brilliant 1922 batting average, 41-game hitting streak, 51 stolen bases and the MVP award--the eye trouble became so severe that it forced him to sit out the campaign. But he returned to hit .305 in 1924 and .345 with 224 hits in 1925. "I shall always wonder," Branch Rickey once mused, "just how great a batting record Sisler might have left behind if illness hadn't shortened his Among the achievements for the man who had been a lefthanded pitcher in college, were most hits in a season, 257 in 1920; hitting safely in 41 consecutive games for the 1 modern major league record until Joe DiMaggio broke it in 1941; the American League's most valuable player award in 1922, and election to the Hall of Fame in 1939.

His playing career ended at 39 player-manager of Shreveport Tyler in the Texas League in 1932. After retiring from baseball, Sisler entered the sporting goods business in St. Louis and also served as commissioner of semipro baseball and president of the National Softball Association. But in 1944, Branch Rickey, who managed him in St. Louis and later became an executive with Brooklyn, persuaded him to become a scout for the Dodgers.

Sisler stayed with Rickey in Brooklyn and then went with him to Pittsburgh, where he served as the Pirates' chief scout and also as a batting instructor. While he achieved stardom as a first baseman, Sisler was the only left-hander in modern times to play other positions in the infield. In one year with the Browns he played more than 60 games at third base and second. filling in for injured players. Sisler started his major league career under Rickey, who converted him into a first baseman although he bested the great Walter Johnson twice in head-tohead pitching duels in 1916.

Sisler's wife, Kathleen; his daughter, Mrs. Francis Drochelman of St. Louis, and his youngest son, David, also of St. Louis, were at his bedside when he died. He has two other surviving sons--George Jr.

of Rochester, N.Y., president of the International League, and Dick of Nashville, former manager of the Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals. Quick reference to reliable craftsmen Directory of Services, classified section. By DAVID S. BRODER WASHINGTON The Nixon administration appears, once again, to be beleaguered, but it would be prudent for its critics to be cautious about crowing at its discomfort.

All the surface signs suggest Mr. Nixon is in serious trouble simultaneously on several fronts. His nominee for director of the FBI, Patrick Gray, clearly has failed to satisfy examining senators of his qualifications for the post, and the President's choice faces repudiation. The Watergate and ITT case investigations turn up, almost daily, fresh evidence of the involvement of administration officials in shady and shoddy dealings, weakening the creditibility oft-repeated White "House denials of official wrongdoing. While Republican lawmakers fret openly about being forced to defend administration appointees and policies they cannot stomach, the Democrats, reuniting more rapidly than expeced, move aggressively to challenge Mr.

Nixon's budget and programs. The euphoria of the Vietnam cease-fire and prisoner returns is fading with surprising speed, as awareness grows that the long, twilight struggle for supremacy in Indochina is dragging on. Most serious, inflation has surged since the January decision to scrap wage-price controls, and housewives are yelling about the skyrocketing costs of food. This, plus the assault on the dollar in the world money markets, has severely shaken Wall Street's confidence in Mr. Nixon's management of the economy.

Once again, traveling journalists come back to Washington to report that their lecture audiences asking them, "What the dickens, is wrong with Nixon and his people? Can't they do anything right?" Without minimizing in any way the seriousness of the setbacks the administration has suffered since inauguration day, it is pertinent to remember that we have been down this road before. Like most presidents, Mr. Nixon has seen severe fluctuations in his fortunes. More than most, he has been able to sives just major, when generate counter his enemies thought they had him pinned. He demonstrated this knack as early November of 1969, when "his campus and congressional organized an all-out.

on critics, his Vietnam policy. With a few speeches and some help from Spiro Agnew, Mr. Nixon turned public opinion against the moratorium and the end-the-war resolutions in Congress so thoroughly as to guarantee his virtual freedom of action on that issue for the next three years. Again, after the 1970 midterm election capped a year of administration catastrophies, ranging from Carswell nomination to Kente State to inflationary recession and the misconceived "radiclib" campaign, Mr. Nixon's grip on the government was wobbling visibly.

But, in that crisis, too, his response was anything but timid. He shook up his cabinet, brought John Connally into the government, reversed his course on economic controls and launched the China-Russia diplomacy and thus put himself in a position to win his landslide re-election victory. Given this history, it would be a mistake to assume that Mr. Nixon will now docilely let the current tide of events roll over him. As President, he retains greater initiative than any other actor in the political drama, and he has shown a willingness to use it.

A wide range of economic options including a return to tough controls is available to him. Public opinion is clearly on his side in the battle of the budget. He can, certainly find a better director than the unfortunate. Mr. late Gray.

date, with And all the weak excuses and embarassing deceptions that are on the record, he can still clean up his own house before the ITT and Watergate probers force him to do SO and, probably, gain public credit for doing it. If Mr. Nixon has learned anything from his first term, he has learned that the American people seek and applaud a president who uses the powers of that office boldly and confidently. It would be surprising if he did not move and move dramatically to reassert his control of what is now clearly a deteriorating political and economic situation. But it also must be said that this time one hopes the President will not spare those close to him who have demonstrated a penchant for putting him in hot water.

The record of bungling of some of the top White House aides is spectacular. If Henry Kissinger had fouled up as repeatedly as some of Mr. Nixon's closest political, economic and domestic advisors, he would long ago have been relegated to teaching diplomatic history to Harvard freshmen. It is time indeed, past time for Mr. Nixon to demonstrate some of that vaunted toughness toward those whose exercise of delegated powers has been a calamity for him and the country.

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