President Nixon is such a man. Regrettably, the Chicago Tribune's editorial decision is based on about 33 hours of conversation, part of an estimated 15,000 hours of presidential deliberation on foreign and domestic policy as well as hundreds of other topics affecting the lives of Americans.

I wonder if the Chicago Tribune would be so ready to desert an old friend if it could also read transcripts of conversations involving:

1 --Ending with honor U.S. involvement in a war that had plagued this country for a decade.

2 --Bringing home our fighting men and our prisoners of war from Southeast Asia againt incessant pressure simply to bug out.

3 --Building peace in a world that for generations has known little peace.

4 --Directing negotiations for peace in the Middle East, for centuries a cockpit of conflict.

5 --Establishing a new candor in relations with the Soviet Union, whose leaders vowed to bury us, and opening dialogue with China, whose millions posed a growing threat to world peace.

6 --Returning government to the people--letting those who pay the taxes decide where the tax dollar will be spent.

The man who accomplished these things and much more is a great leader, a moral man, and a courageous American president.

Like all great presidents, he is not perfect. But he is not thus to be impeached. He is determined to pursue the policies that have changed the face of the world dramatically in five short years until the end of his elected term in office.