In Glass Houses

The announcement by Pierre Salinger, President-elect Kennedy's Press Secretary, that the private life of the next President will be forbidden territory for reporters, comes as a bitter shock and a profound disappointment.

We suppose that Old Jack has a right to his own privacy, but certainly there are items under the rubric of "private life" that are essential fodder for a well-informed citizen. For instance, we will miss the scores of the Kennedy clan's touch football games. It will be a fruitless life indeed without the President's latest golf score. How can the man presume to tell little Caroline the facts of life and not release the transcript to his constituency?

Censorship in all forms is naturally an odious thing, but in this case the presumptuousness of an American President who wants to keep his life his own is absolutely inexcusable.