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A NEW OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

Popular young actor, Martin Sheen, recently cited homosexuality as one of the "perils" of young male aspirants to the stage, when trying to make the grade in NYC. (S.F. CHRONICLE, 10/28) Said he: "I could have been on Broadway my first year if I had 'cooperated'. Parts are often cast on this basis. I remember one director taking a regular harem with him on a national tour." Hardly news as such, but rather newsy for a prominent young actor (The Subject Was Roses), married with three children, to discuss the facts so candidly.

THE SM INFLUENCE?

According to Inez Robb, writing for the 12/4 ROCKY MOUNTAIN POST, sounds as if SM may be invading the N.Y. fashion world. Commenting on the "masculine mystique" and championing equal rights for men in fashion, Miss

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Robb first deplores the fact that a man often cannot wear a touch of "women's finery" without risking arrest, while "a woman in a Brooks Brothers suit with findings to match goes scot-free as an exemplar of present and future chic." She later notes that "only last week, at a N.Y. fashion showing, not only were the models panted, but also booted, and-God forbid-equipped with whips."

BROWNELL ON N.Y. SEX LAWS

In a 10/30/65 radio broadcast from NYC (WCBS), former (Eisenhower) Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell was asked to comment on N.Y. State's recent failure to repeal its antihomosexual laws, as recommended by the Bar Association. Said he:"Well, I think that undoubtedly the Legislature will consider (such steps) again at the next session. They're important changes in our penal code . . . I definitely