tangents

news & views

by del mcintire

This is the 57th time "tangents" has appeared in ONE Magazine. But it is the first time that it has not been banged out by brother dalwhich is no way to begin the year. In the May, 1960, issue, those who follow this column will recall, dal complained of the hopelessly mounting pile of clippings and news reports and hinted at the terrific amount of work required to put this column together. But he ended on an optimistic note with "we hope to roll 'tangets' through the typewriter at least 50 more times.. Well, he made it for 6 more of those times, and now having grown weary of the struggle is taking a much earned rest. I shall attempt in my own way and as often as possible to cover as much of the news as I can in the meanwhile.

CLIPPING THE CENSOR'S CLAWS

1960 has been a busy year for the Vigilantes of the Dirty Mind. Led by that doughty, filth-hunting crusader Arthur Summerfield, who

will soon no longer be publicly dangerous, the censors have been swarming out of every cranny and crossroads in the country. "Fight filth!" they shrill. "Protect the youth of the land." Using existing law as their weapon, they quite willingly raid and intimidate newsdealers in their hysterical zeal. They reject reason entirely and without any real awareness of the nature of pornography, they have been operating in a great many instances virtually with a free hand.

The courts throughout the nation. and the world, all through 1960, have been consistently clipping the censor's claws. In retaliation, the Postmaster and friends, and one Chas. H. Keating, national legal counsel for the Citizens for Decent Literature have been trying to galvanize the nation's women's clubs into urging law enforcement agencies and legislators to tighten up censorship of newsstands and to draw up tougher obscenity laws. They've made speeches galore. In

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