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5 see Burn agree recession also believe there will be slow progress in reducing inflation. The President's first line of defense against inflation will be easing tight credit. It astonishes veterans of former Admin- istration's that the Nixon team often seems oblivious to the Fed's independence. One Nixon stalwart says, "There's only one man whose opinion on credit policy counts - - Nixon's. But so far there's no consensus in the Admin- istration that easier money is what the economy needs. (Richard Janssen in 1/14 Wall Street Journal) INTEGRATION Integration has failed - - black parents are disenchanted and white parents are voting with their feet. The new epidemic of racially connected violence in high schools all over the country is one factor in the desire to convert desegregation into resegregation. But there are still the language and social barriers and the thousands of years of prejudice which has not yet been overcome. The obstacles won't be overcome until we realize that coerced integration has failed. Part of the problem is that the court decree to integrate did not represent the will of the people and it is less tolerable now than it was 15 years ago. "Now the original decree has been reinforced by other orders which prohibit recourse to one safety valve that might work: freedom of choice. 11 (1/12 James J. Kilpatrick) BLACK PANTHERS A W. S. Journal sampling of opinion in 4 metro- E. Justice bad a politan areas shows that a clear majority of blacks support both the goals and methods of the Black Panther Party; an even larger percentage believe that the police are trying to crush the group. The Senstra its read think m Sast