the slander so's to be safe from libel prosecution. About those trials: ex-soldier Provoo won new trial on Japanese collaboration charge chiefly on grounds government lacked right to question him on homosexuality. Otherwise dull Dr. Sam trial enlivened briefly while one juror all but retried for past homo charge.

Censorship crusade belaboring comic books as strawman-meantime, Bocaccio banned one place, psych texts elsewhere, and of course, anything off-key politically. If prurience bans blood and gore, what happens to cowboy and Indians, Grim fairy tales. and bloody Bible passages? This isn't first generation to cut teeth on tales of rape and mayhem. Remember: Censors use childprotection as gimmick to block honesty of science and literature. World they live. in corrupts most kids before so-called lewd books have chance. There's more'n one way to corrupt a child.

Lord Montague freed from gaol, considering marriage.

IN BETWEEN

British scandalized by Vincent Jones' marriage. He was Violet few months ago and hadn't proved claimed sex change operation. Another English home on rocks as wife changes to man despite surgery. Tamara (nee Bob) Rees, California father and former paratrooper-sex change surgery in Holland-hopes for quiet life. Runnerup in international track meet says Russian Alexandra Chudina, Europe champion all-around woman athlete, no woman: "Everything about her is masculine." Wash U Drs. Masters and Ballew: "Aged united in 3rd sex by lack of hormone sex differences." In Sicily a tame female pheasant stopped egg laying and became male.

ABOUT AFFIDAVITS

Some readers complained our July item on Whitman didn't say real sure if he was homo. All we had was the evidence. Who leaves affidavits? Besides, the term homosexual is matter of degrees and types and much would clear up if that were kept in mind. When using term as noun (now well-established by usage) remember it covers very different sorts of people. Those who live homosexuality night and day are a world apart from those who are casually involved now and then, or those called repressed homos. When referring to someone as homo, a more specific classification would help. This certainly applies to press and legislators, who carelessly lump all types of deviants together and hint they all rape little girls at first opportunity.

OPINIONS FROM ORACLES

Jack Moffit in HOLLYWOOD REPORTER laments "mock perversion" settling over 20th Century drama, castigates Olivier interpretation of Hamlet and Iago, and homo reference in STREETCAR. Pegler recently fulminating over FDR's alleged toleration of homos-this offered as reason why some were found in gov-

ernment.

And News syndicate psychologist George (Worry Clinic) Crane passed on his personal prescription for homosexuality-cure: usual pap-for-the-populace treatment with liberal sugar-coating. After casual mishmash of fact and slim hypothesis (warning against such homo proclivities as poker and fishing trips) he authoritatively tells homos to "resolutely date a member of the opposite sex, going through the motions. of kisses, dates and romance until it finally becomes a habit." Really doctor, can one expect to keep a girl waiting THAT long? Consider HER feelings.