Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 48

TPrfl -pThm-n-rfl jmTI 1 When Compassion Tarns to (Cover-TUp It must be hoed that Gerald -could be rendered in justice to three who ground Ford should puncture the trial consideration of a blanket pardon for all have already paid price for great- balloon his aides attempted to launch yes- Watergate offenders and suspects is only er id lesser crimes? terday It is time instead that be held a desperate and pairing fancy Ford un- Even if one avoids the wilder realms of full scale news conference to face the deep- decstandably may be in some distress over conjecture opened up by the announce- ly troubling questions raised by the Nixon the twtinnal uproar that greeted his un- ment from the 'White even if the pardon And to allay any suspicion that conditional pardon of Richard Mixon But pawfana could reasonably be limited to the not only compassion but cover-up mob- to contemplate taking the curse off that Watergate cases alone the prospect is vated his action he should mate it mam- blunder by decreeing a general Watergate disturbing enough Fcr if there was one festiy deer that Nixon now that he is amnesty anvamta to trying to erase bad bleat consolation in action on bis cloaked in personal immunity must testify judgment with atrocious judgment predecessor it was that it removed any ex- fully and truthfully in the Watergate Would 48 wrongs make a right? There cuse Nixon might have had for refusing to trials are that many farmer White House and re- appear as a witness in the wnlng Water- There was so much gratitude for election committee officials and their ap- gate trials But if the blanket pardons evident and when be pendages who femd accused or convicted were to be granted there wcfcild be no trials took office in the wake of the Nixon night- of parHcipa-Hnn in the assorted follies and nor any further investigation and all the mare that most observers neglected to wor- ftjpnit-g at Watergate The very notion of remaining disquieting questions of Water- xy about another quality essential to a pardon fng them wholesale sets the mind gate would be left moot national administration the quality of reeling Indeed if the misconceived charity Intentionally or not Ford thus would wisdom Trice in startling succession in toward Nixon establishes a benchmark by have lent himself to the ultimate Water- the past week Ford has occasioned grave which all others in the case are to be freed -gate cover-up using the power of his gift questions about bis judgment and the sort from accountability at what point do we presidency to succeed where Nixon had cf advice he is heeding After a month in atop emptying out the prisons? Would failed That dark suspicion has already the White House Ford should delay no Ford then find himself petitioned to forgive surfaced in some not entirely cynical quar- further in bringing in a fresh team of ad- eveiy malefactor in the country charged ten By one account reported in Newsday visors untainted by service to bis prede- with perjury or obstruction of justice? yesterday it was the Nixon holdovers in -oessor There is no more immediate way Would guilty of worse crimes follow rthe White House who persuaded Ford to for him to begin washing out the stem of the lead already seized by Lt William Gal- pardon their former chief Watergate which so quickly soiled his ley in demanding like treatment? And what Without writing for it to get off the bright new presidency i i i 5 Chief TTIie A Different Of Rock Scene medical center must develop high-quality general health services before attempting 4 to gain the prestige of specialties such as open-heart surgery Under its former superintendent the center was forced to abandon an open-heart program because it meet state standards He abo said he was against penmtting staff physicians to pursue private practices on the side We hope the county will give bam backing bell need to institute a 'no- moonlighting policy at the center Eisenberg will succeed Dr James Collins who retired in June! Collins planned much of the physical plant at the medical center He was a gifted builder but now this large and mnylw institution needs a strong administrator background suggests be can give the center the outstanding administrative leadership it We wish him well After surveying a field of 118 candidates for the $6QjX)0-a-year position as superintendent of the Nassau County Med- fail Center a special committee chose the No 2 man in New York giant Health and Hospitals Corp He is Donald Eisen-berg and he comes to the Nassau post with twmg credentials and solid recommenda- -tions from his colleagues Dr Mary McLaughlin commissioner of health services called the 45-year-old Eisenberg a career administrator- with whom she had worked in the health services agency We hope his accctnplishinentB in -Nassau prove as substantial as the experience be brings to his new assignment statements at a press omk ference held after the appointment was an-nounced reflect a praiseworthy attention to basics He said for instance that the Hist it was called "rock In and then just- sometimes and sometimes On Sunday dose to 80000 of its fans most of them young turned out for a rock concert at Roosevelt Raceway and added a new adjective respectable Outside of a few arrests on marijuana charges the 11-hour-long concert produced nothing that could cause the chirking of tongues and shaking of heads set off by such previous festivals as the one in Alta-mont Calif where the promoter hired the Hell's Angels to provide crowd control end the hired thugs subsequently killed a man We agree with music critic David Marsh who wrote: "It is said that Madison Square Garden Onp (which owns the raceway) would like to do more rock concerts here If all of them are as pleasantly and efficiently packaged and presented as this one be a welcome addition to the Long Island imwli V- 9 -1 1 4 -i- i.