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to an oblivion from which they may never emerge. It means re-installing in power those who believe in privilege for the powerul and neglect of the power-
less. It means giving a four-year free-hand to men who have demonstrated they have no concern for freedom of the press, for the privacy of the individual, or the fundamental Constitutionally guaranteed personal liberties we should^all like to believe are taken for g^ranted by those who govern us. It, additionally, means an end ^{for the moment} to any political chances we may have to improve our condition.

Earlier last year^{A short while ago}, the National Urban Coalition tried to spell out what was wrong in this country, and how it could be set right.

"America's malaise" they said, --^"which all of us feel in a way or another--has its roots in the distance between national ideal and national reality."

"Our ideal is a country where every American gets an equal chance to perform, where jobs exist for everyone who wants one, where health care and personal safety are assured, where we live in harmony with each other and have a decent place to live."

"Our reality needs no full recital here. We know that cities are in trouble, that proverty continues in the midst of wealth, that unemployment is high, that malnutrition is widespread, that injustice exists, that tensions endure. In sum, we know that our society is not functioning the way it is supposed to."

"But is we solve the grestest of our ills" the coalition said, "our paralysis of spirit and will, we can narrow the distance between what we have and what we want. Indeed, we must marshal our good sense and our good