can hazard an opinion it will remain so for a long time to come." Reported that skip-diplomat Guy Burgess, who fled to Russia in 1951, is being allowed to live the same sort of wild sex life there that so scandalized British and American colleagues during his diplomatic career. . . . A 47-year-old aircraft plant instructor was arrested riding nude on a train. "Everybody has his own peculiarities," he told the judge, "and this is mine." He said he'd been doing it for two years. Judge unsympathetic.....

Finally, on Oct. 9th, Home Secretary RAButler announced the yearold Wolfenden Report would get its discussion in Commons, adding somewhat later that it was unlikely there would be any legal change in the anti-homosexual law.

Few days before the discussion there was a big flap when Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs lan Douglas Harvey and a 19-year-old Coldstream Guardsman, Anthony Walter Plant, were arrested for alleged "act of gross indecency" in St. James Park. Both pleaded guilty and were fined.

On Nov. 26, Butler finally raised the subject in Commons, with some general glitteralities about how sad it is that the present law does work a hardship on such unfortunates, and prison doesn't really help them at all, but the will of the people just isn't ready for approving of that sort of thing at present. So no change was to be introduced-although the government introduced a bill aimed at keeping female prostitution off the streets.

In ensuing debate, Mr. Anthony Greenwood (Soc) said that the Opposition did not consider this a party matter and would take no stand. Speaking for himself, he argued

against the present law, com-

mended Mr. Peter Wildeblood's book, and predicted that the change. would ultimately come.

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Hyde (Unionist) praised the Wolfenden Report, adding a denial that homosexuals were necessarily sodomists or effeminate, and reading a letter from a homosexual asking for understanding.

Mr. Bellinger (Soc) attacked Peter Wildeblood's book, "The individual that the author lavished his affections, or what he called his affections, on was a male prostitute."

Mr. James Dance (Con), attacking. the evils of homosexuality, told Commons it had brought about the fall of the Roman Empire, and the Nazi Empire. A socialist member pointed to Sir Winston and suggested he'd had something to do with that last. Sir Winston smiled.

And so the matter rests, to continue as a subject of debate, perhaps to come into law some years hence. Many Britons feel the change will ultimately come, but few were surprised that it didn't come now.

At least the air has been cleared. It is no longer the unmentionable subject.

MEANWHILE BACK IN THE STATES

Oswego School Board reinstated Mayor Corsall as hi-school teacher after his acquittal of NYC morals charge (reported last month). Earlier the citizens of Stanton, Calif., stood behind their mayor after he was convicted of a morals charge in Los Angeles. . . . After several street attacks on women at night, Cleveland authorities pushed a "get tough" policy with homosexuals.

Judge Wm. Burnett of Police Court in Denver was sued for $6000 and charged with harassing a morals case defendant "in clear de-

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