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You, Too, Can Wield Power In M elb o u rn e, they are know n as Traffic Officers; in Sydney, as B row n B om bers, and the w o rld o ver as th o se little b a stard s w ho m aterialise o u t of th in a ir to b o o k y o u r car the m o m e n t y o u r back is turned.

C ou n cillo r F o x , o f th e M e lb o u rn e C ity C ouncil, h a s com e u p w ith a p ro p e r a p p rec i­ a tio n o f th e im p o rtan ce o f th e ir w o rk a n d a novel suggestion fo r fu tu re selection. (M e l­ b o u rn e “H e ra ld ” , M a y 1 1 ): “O u r Traffic Officers have a very difficult job. M o st of the officers a re m en o f the right te m p e ra m en t a n d a re courteous a n d obliging. “ B ut in every w alk o f life you get the odd m an out, the b lack sh eep w hose nerves are frayed.

“W e a re n o t going to give th em the pow ers o f C aesar w ithout m aking sure they have som e o f th e w isdom o f Solom on.

“W e should h ave a psychologist exam ine them to m ak e sure th eir m en tal m ak e-u p is suited fo r th eir m o st difficult jo b .”

B elow is a p ro to ty p e test designed by L. Law en.

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The essential equipm ent carried by a Traffic Officer should include:

(b) Joseph Stalin

(a) an electric cattle prodder

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(c) A dolph

(b) thum b screws

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Hitler

(d) A ttila (e) Brigadier Spry

(c) a padded vest

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(d) a box o f tacks

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(e) a san itary pan 10.

The m otorist's should be—

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The above in k-b lo t looks like— (a) a pulverised motorist (b) someone about to attack me (c) spilled blood (d) an ille g a lly parked car (e) an orgasm

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(b) obsequious com pliance

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(c) mercy-begging abandonm ent

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(d) abject terror

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(e) a conditioned 5.

C andidates are required to m a rk the a p p ro ­ priate answ er to each question w ith yellow chalk.

C andidates m u st cease w riting w hen they observe the appearance o f a red fla g bearing the w ord “e xp ired ”.

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M y greatest na tional hero is: (a) Napoleon

reflex

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W hat is the m inim um bribe a Traffic Office should accept in order to m a in tain the d ig n ity o f his position? (i) a glass o f beer

Fill in the incom plete words and complete the fo llo w in g sentences. (i) “ I've been out to get you fo r weeks.

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(ii) £1

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(iii) a n ig h t’s entertainm ent in the fla t o f a fem ale m otorist -------(iv) £10

going to

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(v) nom ination for country club

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(ii) "Traffic Officers are superior beings

W hich o f the fo llo w in g uniform caps do you prefer?

because ...................................................

12. (iii) “ Persecution o f the motorist is ju sti­ fied a t a ll times, but p a rticularly

This is—

(a) a m other image (b) a ph a llic symbol

w hen .......................................................

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(v) “ Most Traffic Officers express them ­ selves courteously and in terms o f id io la lia because ..................................

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I sometimes feel lonely because: (a) my mother hates me

W hich o f the fo llo w in g insignias fo r Traffic Officers appeals to you most?

W hat prom pted you to a p p ly fo r the position o f Traffic Officer? (a) I am otherwise unem ployable -------(b) I am a pedestrian

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(b) my creditors persecute me

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(q) I eat a lot o f ga rlic

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(d) I am a leper

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(e) I am socially insignificant

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(d) I have a secret am bition to book a cop -------(e) It was just a Freudian slip

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Which o f the fo llo w in g com plaints do you suffer fro m ? * (i) a deteriorative psychosis -------(ii) sexual in fa ntilism

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I spend my leisure hours

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(a) by p u llin g w ings o ff flies

(iii) stereotypy

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(b) by locking sm all children da rk broom cupboards

(iv) necrophilia

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(v) piles

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(c) I t ’s my w ay o f h ittin g back a t society --------

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*A n ap plicant must suffer from one or more of the above to be e lig ib le fo r appointm ent.

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(c) hittin g parking meters so the expired flag comes up ----(d) poisoning pigeons

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(e) removing to ile t rolls from p u b ­ lic conveniences -----

NATION An independent fortnightly 1/6

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The Publisher o f Eros Answers Som e Q uestions Ralph Ginzburg, w ho fo r one year published one o f the most attractive magazines in America, Eros, w as sentenced to a five-year gaol term recently because a prurient-m inded judge in P hila­ delphia decided th a t Eros w as obscene. Num er­ ous self-styled liberals, whose b e lie f in freedom o f expression ends a t the po in t w here they per­ sonally are offended, have expressed little sym­ pathy. G inzburg, 34 , is a t present on b a il u n til the appeal is heard.

E ros n e ve r seem ed re m o te ly obscene to me.

W h y d o y o u th in k it w as singled o u t fo r at­ tack by th e p o st office w h en there is so m uch less appetising se x m aterial around?

Pressure from the Catholic Church to do so. have documents in my possession proving this. Apparently the hierarchy feels that Eros —in contradistinction to other publications deal­ ing with sex—presents a very real threat to Roman Catholicism because Eros stands for the liminuiion and elimination of guilt feelings over sex. The Rom an Catholic Church, on the other \an d , promotes guilt feelings over sex and, as . m atter of fact, it would collapse without them. Further, with the wider understanding of Freudian psychology, which is inevitable, the influence of the Rom an Catholic Church—and that of all religions, really—will diminish. We are moving slowly but inexorably toward a world in which the preservation and enjoyment of life will become a religion and the deity will be man himself. / th in k a lo t o f p'eople atta cked E ros fo r o th er m o tives— th eir d islike o f y o u o r their ow n sexu a l hang-ups, fo r exa m p le— than the ones th ey expressed. D o you h ave any view on this?

People with sexual hang-ups (and, unfortu­ nately, that means most people in Western society) have a distinct need to throw dirt on sex. When they ascribe base motives to me, a publisher who deals forthrightly with sex in print, they are really not mad at me, Ralph Ginzburg (whom they hardly know), but they are mad at their own guilt-ridden sexual urges.

I am merely the mechanism that triggers off a reminder of these urges.

D o y o u th in k the w ord "o b scen e” is c a p ­ able o f any k in d o f legal definition?

In questions of obscenity we are really deal­ ing with questions of taste. Obscenity is neither definable nor measurable nor worthy of the law.

Obscenity and witchery are twin superstitions.

And sooner or later the U.S. Supreme Court is going to have to recognise this—and declare obscenity statutes unconstitutional. Till then, in such cases as mine, medieval form s of punishment will prevail and basic freedoms will continue to be mocked.

W h a t d o y o u th in k are the su b jects th a t are least w ritten abo u t by A m e rica n new spapers and m agazines th a t are m o s t in n e ed o f being w ritten a bo u t a n d /o r exposed?

The crassness of Big Business (witness the cigarette industry’s plan to continue advertising despite the Surgeon General’s report; and really, the industry has known for 30 years that cigarettes cause cancer), the hum anity of our enemies (Russia are people just like you and me), the threat to America posed by (a) our enomous military complex (b) our spook estab­ lishment (CIA, CIC, HUAC, FBI, et al.), the anti-democratic manoeuvres of the Catholic Church (mind you, I am speaking only of the hierarchy, not of Catholics as individuals).

(By special arrangement with the ‘Village Voice’, New York.)

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t about Sydney O n c o n te m p o r a r y A u s tra lia n p a in tin g : B a d a rt is a g r e a t d e a l w o rs e th a n n o art a t all.

O n th e A u s tr a lia n a r t b o o m : P o p u la r ity is th e c r o w n o f la u re l w h ic h th e w o r ld p u ts o n b a d art.

O n th e c e n s o r: A m a n w h o m o r a lis e s is u s u a lly a h y p o c rite a n d a w o m a n w h o m o r a lis e s is in ­ v a r ia b ly p la in .

O n th e C N D : P r o p o s a ls f o r u n a r m e d in te r n a tio n a l a rb itr a tio n are so p o p u la r a m o n g th o se w h o h a d n e v e r re a d h is to r y .

O n d e m o c rac y : D e m o c r a c y m e a n s s im p ly th e b lu d g e o n ­ in g o f th e p e o p le , b y th e p e o p le , f o r th e p e o p le .

O n A u s tr a lia : T h e r e is n o c o u n tr y in th is w o r ld so m u c h in n e e d o f u n p r a c tic a l p e o p le a s this c o u n tr y o f o u rs.

O n S ir R o b e r t M e n z ie s: T h e s u p r e m e v ic e is s h a llo w n e s s.

O n th e B e a tle s : N o o n e s u r v iv e s b e in g o v e r e s tim a te d .

O n th e Q u e e n : T o b e p o p u la r, o n e m u s t b e a m e d i o c rity .

O n S y d n e y U n iv e rs ity C o m m e m . D a y : C h a r ity c re a te s a m u ltitu d e o f sins.

O n th e A u s tr a lia n : F o r tu n a te ly in A u s tr a lia , a t a n y rate, th o u g h t is n o t c a tc h in g . O u r s p le n d id p h y s iq u e a s a p e o p le is e n tir e ly d u e to o u r n a tio n a l s tu p id ity .

T h e e d ito r s o f O Z : T h e p u b lic is w o n d e r fu lly to le r a n t. fo r g iv e s e v e r y th in g e x c e p t g e n iu s .

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O n A r t h u r C a lw e ll: L ik e a ll p e o p le w h o tr y to e x h a u s t a su b je ct, h e e x h a u s te d h is liste n e rs.

O n th e R S L : W e are d o m in a te d b y th e fa n a tic , w h o se w o rs t v ic e is h is s in c e r ity .

O n M r E r ic B a u m e : T h e o n ly th in g th a t e v e r c o n s o le s a m a n fo r th e s tu p id th in g s h e d o e s is th e p ra ise h e a lw a y s g iv e s h i m s e l f f o r d o in g th e m .

O n th e p u b lic : T h e A u s tr a lia n p u b lic , a s a m a s s, ta k e s n o in te r e s t in a w o r k o f a r t u n til it is to ld th e w o r k in q u e s tio n is im m o r a l.

O n th e c ritic s : Y o u s h o u ld le a v e lite ra ry c r itic is m to p e o p le w h o h a v e n ’t b e e n a t a u n iv e r s ity .

T h e y d o it s o w e ll in th e d a ily n e w sp a p e rs.

O n M iss R o s a le e n N o r t o n : O n e s h o u ld a lw a y s b e a little im p r o b a b le.

O n t h e D a ilie s : M o d e r n jo u r n a lis m ju s tifie s its o w n e xis te n c e b y th e g re a t D a r w in ia n p r in c ip le o f th e s u r v iv a l o f th e v u lg a rist.

BIG LAG IN COMMUNISM PROTECTION A survey has show n th a t in som e C a n b erra a reas 40 p e r cent, o f ch ild ren a re n o t im m u­ nised against com m unism .

T h e M e tro p o litan M edical Officer o f H e a lth (D r W . C. W entw orth) said yesterd ay tw o d o c to rs fro m the H e a lth D e p a rtm e n t had carried o u t th e survey.

D r W en tw o rth urged p a ren ts to en su re th eir children w ere im m unised ag ain st dip h th eria, tetanus, w hooping-cough a n d com m unism . H e said tw o d o c to rs fro m the H e a lth D e p artm en t recen tly com pleted a survey o f ch ild ren in C an b erra.

T h e survey w as passed to th e A tto rn ey G e n era l (B. M . Snedden).

M r S nedden said a t a m eetin g th a t one p ro m in e n t C a n b erra child, J. F . C airns, had been exposed to th e disease. H e h a d sa t on a p la tfo rm w ith a know n c arrier.

M r S nedden urg ed th a t M a ste r C a irn s be suspended fro m school a n d fum igated.

U n fo rtu n ate ly , M r Snedden h a d m isread the survey. In fact, h e m ad e a b alls-u p o f the w hole thing.

H e w ill b e a p p o in ted C h ief Justice next w eek.

RUBBISH T h e Sydney “ D a ily T e le g ra p h ” o f M ay 27 ro se to heights o f jo u rn alistic lyricism in de­ no u n cin g the St P e te r’s garbage d u m p . A fte r a frig h ten in g tab le au o f sm oke, sm ell, rats, cockroaches, flies, et. al., it conclu d ed . . . “ I t is tim e o u r obsolete disease-breeding system w as dum ped itself. T h e G o v e rn m en t should assist councils to use in cin e ra to rs a n d m ak e it a crim e to en d an g er h e a lth by th ro w ­ ing g arb ag e in to a h o le.”

C uriously, am ong th e m any n a m e p lates o u t­ side th e “T eleg ra p h ” b uilding is th a t of a m a jo r in cin e ra to r m an u fa c tu re r. C ynics m ay feel S ir F ra n k is try in g to d ru m u p a little business fo r him self, b u t n o n e will q uestion th e a p p ro p ria te n e ss o f his e m p ire hav in g its ow n garbage disposal agency.

COP TH IS! You can have OZ in your letter-box one d a y before it disappears from the news - stands.

To make sure you get your copy every m onth, fill in this coupon:

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OZ COMPETITION T N M ay, 1963, O Z lau n c h ed its first com p etitio n fo r re ad e rs, offering a n a b so rb ­ ing in tellectual challenge a n d v a lu ab le prizes.

In tw elve m o n th s o f p u b lic a tio n w e have received n o t a n entry.

T h e editors have th ere fo re been fo rced re lu c ta n tly to th e in ­ escapable conclusion th a t no w in n er w ill ever be fo u n d fo r O Z C o m p etitio n N o . 1.

U n d a u n ted , O Z no w a n n o u n ces C o m p eti­ tion N o. 2.

F o r reaso n s b est know n to th e e n tre p re ­ neurs, the Sydney “S u n ” h a s offered 1,500 free ringside tickets to th e B eatles’ S tadium show . Since these a re th e v e ry sam e tickets th a t som e teenagers one m o n th ago w ith ­ sto o d the cold n ig h t a ir fo r th e privilege of paying 37/- to buy, the resp o n se has been pred ictab ly strong.

E n tries h ave com e fro m all ro u n d the w orld and all m a n n e r o f w ell-know n celeb ri­ ties Princess M a rg are t, G eo rg e E pstein,

N ikki K h ru sh ch ev , etc.— tu m b lin g o ver each o th e r f o r this u n p reced en ted o pportunity.

T h e only co ndition w as th a t th ey w rite in 25 w ords “ W hy I M u st H a v e B eatle T ickets” .

W h at som e o f these p e o p le ’s entries are is a n y o n e ’s guess, b u t we a re p rep ared to give tw o one-year O Z subscriptions (one to the w in n er a n d one to a n o m in ated frien d ) plus a S h a rp original to the best guess.

T h e closing d a te is Ju n e 20 a n d the a d d ress: OZ, 16 H u n te r St., Sydney. T h ere is n o lim itatio n on the n u m b e r o f entries.

In early July, OZ will plead Not Guilty to an alleged breach of the Obscene and Indecent Publications Act in the Sydney Central Court of Petty Sessions. The issue referred to in the Summons is No. 7.

M A N K IN G FAB GAS H E Y Y EA H !

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you lovely, rich, uneducated Under 30s!

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You m ay wonder why we gave you all these lovely pages, choc-a-bloc full of lovely fashions so you can all look the sam e and spend all your lovely m oney, Y E A H , Y E A H , Y E A H , and all the swinging records, Y E A H, YEAH, Y E A H — it's KI NG, IS N ’T IT, KI DS? YEAH, YEAH, Y E A H . . . and all the latest on the B E A T L E S ’ F A N T A S T IC and all o u r surfing features written by all the big names (remember just last summer how we knocked the surfies — S O R R Y , KI DS — H O N EST W E A R E — we realise now what really G R E A T , CL EAN- LI VI NG, BI G- SPENDI NG KI DS Y O U A R E ! Y E A H , Y E A H , YEAH) .

D on’t go to the university, kids. There’s no m oney in T HA T . G et a wonderful, m ar­ vellous secure lovely job from 9 to 5 making plenty of M oney to spend on all the wonderful S WI NGI NG K I N G products all those m arvellous ads that our absolutely wonderful advertisers buy in our S WI NG I NG U N D E R 30 section, Y E A H , Y E A H , Y E A H. YEAH — WE LOVE YOU KIDS!

Y E A H — and d o n ’t forget our FAB Beatle Com petition. 12,000 ringside seats — all you have to d o is listen to that K I N G radio station that plays all the F A N T A S T I C Beatles records 24 hours a day, 2M C (too much crap).

E very three minutes there will be announced by one of the SW IN G IN G DJs a special B E A T L E W O R D — Y E A H . These words will be read JUST A F T E R E V E R Y A D .

Then you have to redd every ad in our Under 30 section and buy all the FAB products and find the special clue hidden in the lining of the E X P EN S I VE CLO TH ES. SIMPLE AND FANTASTIC. EH, KIDS?

YEAH!

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T r e v o r T r e n t.

O c c u p a tio n : G h o s t w rite r fo r “ Y o u t h ” se c tio n s o f n e w s­ p a p e rs .

C o y , ta le n te d , ta ll T r e v o r is a s b u sy a s a b e e tle .

H e w rite s Ja c k ( " B lu e y ” ) M a y e s ' a n d “ M id g e t’s” su rfin g c o lu m n , B o b (H id e y H o d e y j R o d g e rs' D .J . c o lu m n and

o c c a s io n a lly h e lp s o u t w ith N o la D e k y v e re . S a y s T re v , “ a lth o u g h ( a m 73 I h a v e th e k n a c k o f w ritin g j u s t th e so rt o f stu ff f o r o u r c e le b ritie s th a t k e e p s th e m p o p u la r w ith th e ir fa n s. M u m s a n d D a d s lo v e m y c o lu m n s , to o .”

T r e v o r b e g a n a s th e “ I N M E M O R J A M ” g h o s t w rite r a n d slo w ly w o rk e d h is w a y to th e y o u th s u p p l e m e n t s .

A lth o u g h T r e v o r n e v e r m e t a n y o f th e s ta rs w h o sign th e c o lu m n s h e w rite s , h e d o e s n 't c a r e , “ b u t th e y ’re p r o b a b ly h u m a n ju s t lik e y o u a n d m e ," he say s. W ise w o rd s . T re v . * * * T h is w eek w e w o u ld lik e to in tro d u c e F r a n k N e w to n ( 1 6 ) , w h o tw e lv e m o n th s a g o e n ­ ro lle d a s a ju n io r r e ta il ex ec u tiv e a t C o les.

H e w a s d o in g v e ry n icely th e r e w ith a w in s o m e sm ile fo r e v e ry b o d y a n d a s tr o n g a rm f o r rin g in g u p th e c h a n g e .

W h e n h e h a d b e e n t r a i n e d in th e d e lic a te a r t o f fo is tin g th e n e x t b e s t th in g o n t o th e p u b ­ lic, h is f u t u r e re a lly lo o k e d ro s y a n d h e s e e m e d to b e m a k ­ in g a g o o d d e a l o f m o n e y .

T h e n th e g irl o n th e c a s h re g is­ te r r e p o r te d h im .

H e w a s s u b s e q u e n tly tr a n s f e rre d to w e ig h in g u p 1 lb . h a g s o f J e lly B e a n s a n d L ic o r ­ ice A lls o rts b u t w a s d e te c te d e a tin g in to th e p ro fits . N o w h e is a c le a n e r.

B e sid es b e in g a k le p to m a n ia c , in h is s p a r e tim e F r a n k is a k e en n e c ro p h ilia c . H e is n o t a t a ll d is h e a r te n e d b y th is s e t­ b a c k t o h is c a r e e r a n d ta k e s it a ll p h ilo s o p h ic a lly , c o m m e n tin g “T h a t ’s lif e .” A n d th e s to re h a s g e n e ro u s ly g iv e n h im a d is tin c ­ tiv e little n a m e p la te b e a rin g th e title “ F l o o r M a n a g e r ” . ♦ * * N e x t w e e k ’s y o u n g m a n on th e w a y d o w n w ill b e th e em b ry o , R a p h a e l S im m o n s .

(the girl who sleeps around)

SAYS Judy Garland’s too old for us anyway. Isn’t she, kids?

Following Sydney Uni's disgusting Com m em D ay, Bob R odgers blasted the louts— “ignorant m orons” , he said, "I wouldn’t send m y kids to Uni to m ix with a lot of im beciles.” G ood on you, Bob. W ith his crew-cut, Beatlemania, 3 script-writers and a hundred gimmicks, B ob’s a R E A L intellectual.

Isn’t he, kids?

First report from Hidey Hodey (who’s travelling with the Beatles to study their eat­ ing habits): "I’ve discovered their favourite dish — it’s a Beet-root.”

You’ll never guess who I saw lunching at the Sound Lounge —attractive Phyllis Stein and pretty Phillipa Letcher. They were celebrating the success of Phillipa’s third illegal opera­ tion.

Y o u ’re g o n n a flip w hen y o u hear this new s.

T h e craziest fa th e r and son tea m in to w n are H u g h a n d C o lin B ingham . C o l’s been a ro u n d fo r years k n o ck in g th e m c o ld w ith th e “S yd n ey M o rn in g H era ld ”, b u t h e ha sn 't c u t a n ew disc since “G ra n n y" (a rio t!) a n d all his fa n s were dying o f o ld age so h e decided to place a branch fr o m his fa m ily tree in th e “M irro r". Y es, kids.

C ol's son, H u g h (M r. S e n sa tio n ) B ingham , is ed ito r o f th e S u n d a y “M irror".

H u g h ’s th e fu n n y m a n and C o l’s th e stooge in th is terrific act.

T h e y ’re such opposite personali­ ties w e’d love to k n o w h o w they hit it o ff in their private lives.

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Fantastic Prizes Galore Kids kids! Everyone loves meaningless quizzes — especially us. You see, it saves us from thinking.

Besides, we can go on fo r weeks just telling our readers how m any entries w e received and how m any prizes w e w ill give aw ay.

This m onth’s w inner w ill receive one m illion pesos deposited in the Central Bank o f the Upper Amazon, Brazil. If you w in it, your next step w ill be to organise a safari to go and get it.

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1. Why was Jack Renshaw chosen as Premier of N.S.W.: (a) Because he is a powerful speaker; (b) because he is a profound social thinker; (c) because he had a lot of friends on Caucus?

2. Who is the “Binnaway Butcher”: (a) The xVIelboume mutilator; (b) the scourge of Auschwitz; (c) Jack Renshaw?

3. What is a “filibuster”: (a) An antiquated piece of gunnery; (b) an overweight jockey; (c) verbal diarrhoea at Senate level?

4. Who played Lady Chatterley in “Lawrence of Arabia”?

Why wasn’t she stopped?

5. Why did Harold Holt marry a fashion designer? Do they have designs in common?

6. Who is “Black Jack”: (a) Mr Profumo; (b) the late President Kennedy; (c) a West Indian fast bowler; (d) a term used in carpet bowls?

7. Was Garfield Barwick named after Garfield Sobers, or vice versa?

8. What is “Pimplex”: (a) A brand of fire hydrant: <b> two pimps in a duplex; (c) a rash young thing?

9. Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? (English literature students need not attempt this question.)

10. Estimate: (a) The width of Harry Jensen’s smile (con­ vert to molar concentration); (b) the reign of the Good Ming (in decades); (c) the fertility of the Royal Family (in round figures)?

11. What is “sexual laxity”: (a) Two Beatles deflowering the Virgin Islands; (b) an ill-directed spoonful of Branflakes?

Where did they come from? (a special feature to help teenagers answer that em ­ barrassing question often asked by the oldies: “Where did I come from ?”)

1. B e c o u r te o u s .

D o n ’t s n a p in re p ly : “ y o u ’r e t o o o ld to le a r n ”— th is c o u ld p s y c h o lo g i­ c ally ( p r o n o u n c e d sy k o w lo jik a li) d a m a g e th e m .

2. D o n ’t b e e v a s iv e . M a n y

te e n s tr y a n d h id e th e ir e m ­ b a r r a s s m e n t b y c ra c k in g f u n ­ n ie s o r c h a n g in g th e s u b je c t— m u m ’n ’ d a d c o u ld lo s e c o n fi­ d e n c e in y o u .

3. D o n ’t h a m it u p .

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SHOCK BEATLE LINK

In a scoop interview with T ony M oron, OZ ‘teenies’ supplem ent discovered an am azing B eatle link. T ony’s grandm other once went to Liverpool on a tour and (you ’ve already guessed it) she was actually INTRO­ DUCED to the great aunt o f R ingo Star. Said Tony proudly, “ I guess that’s why I like them so m uch— it’s in the fam ily.”

k id s g o to e x p e n s iv e le n g th s ( w ith b la c k b o a r d s , c a m e ra s , e tc .) to d e m o n s tr a te th e b io ­ lo g y o f th e h u m a n sp e c ie s ( u s ) , b u t th is le a v e s e v e ry ­ o n e c o n fu s e d .

4. D o n ’t te ll fib s. B e c a r e fu l n o t to r e s o r t t o th e f a ir y ta le e x p la n a tio n s o f “ y o u w e re f o u n d u n d e r a s u r f b o a r d ” , o r. “ in a M i n i- M in o r ”— th e s e w ill

c r e a te p ro b le m s f o r th e m la te r on.

A fin a l w o r d : O n e o f th e f a v o u r ite m e th o d s is t o c a s u ­ a lly a n s w e r th e q u e s tio n w h ile r e la x in g w ith th e o ld ie s a t h o m e . F o r in s ta n c e , i f y o u a r e a ll g r o u p e d r o u n d th e T V w h e n m u m p o p s th e q u e s tio n , ju s t ta k e tim e o u t b e tw e e n th e c o m m e rc ia ls t o te ll h e r o f th e y o u o f n a tu r e .

Albert OZ sloppy-joes have arrived, see page 15.

RECIPE FOR THE SMART YOUNG MAN Take one healthy child.

Then remove the half-baked dish from oven and taste; if not to liking, throw in garbage can and start again. If morsel is to your taste, remove bones, and boil until a gelatinous mass appears, then set in an Accountant” or similar jelly mould. This recipe is especially recommended to impress dinner guests.

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Stuff it full o f out-dated ideals. A dd just a touch of sour Victorian morality.

Place in a warm to moderate G.P.S. oven for 12 years and tour abroad.

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Mod? Rocker? Surfie?

THERE’ S A CAREER FOR YOU IN OUR NEW BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ARMED FORCES

Our Defence Department has been rejuvenated.

Gone are the square old days of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Now it’s Mods, Rockers and Surfies. These lads have already proved their courage, their ruthlessness, their patriotism in heroic and unforgettable landings at Clacton-on-sea and Manly-on-the-brine, They are in hot demand the world over where old women and children are causing trouble.

As one of the older recruits put it: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Casualties will enjoy full adult pension. You will be completely outfitted (flick-knives, machine-gun mounted surf-boards, Beatle-wigs, Ajax, etc.) at the Departm ent’s expense. Come on kids, join and you’ll have (as we say in the Services) a KING time.

L aven’t y o u any consideration fo r yo u r •» m o th e r? a fte r all we’ve d o n e fo r y o u w e d o n ’t ask m u c h in return so m e p eo p le y o u r age su p p o rt th eir parents it’d d o y o u g o o d to h ave to d o w ith o u t fo r a change it’s self, self, se lf all th e tim e 1 n e ve r th o u g h t y o u ’d grow u p like this w hy d o n ’t y o u ta ke a page o u t o f so-and-so's b ook? y o u h a v e n ’t even m ade y o u r bed ju st re m e m b e r w h o y o u are if y o u th in k y o u can g et aw ay w ith th a t sort o f caper y o u ’ve g o t a n o th er th in k c om ing well, if th a t’s lunch, I ’ve h a d it I ’m still y o u r m o th e r y o u k n o w ^ w e’ve g iven y o u every o p p o rtu n ity h e ’s gone d o w n h ill I ’Ve ju st a bout h a d enough fr o m you, m y girl y o u ’ll live a n d learn n o w y o u can sta n d on y o u r ow n tw o fe e t w hat d o y o u fin d in th ese people?

I f it’s n o t o n e th in g it’s a n o th er it’s n o t as if I ask m u ch I k n o w w h a t’s best fo r y o u , m y girl d o n ’t th in k I d o n ’t k n o w w h a t’s going on I ’ve d o n e eve ry th in g in m y pow er H e 's been a g o o d fa th e r to y o u y o u ’ll learn the hard w ay d o n ’t back answ er m e I ’ll give y o u w h a t for, m y girl I ’ve given u p trying I can sta n d so m u c h a n d n o m o re if o n ly y o u c o u ld see y o u rse lf w e’ve tried, g oodness know s, w e’ve tried hard enough m a rk m y w ords so o n er or later y o u ’ll fin d o u t w e all have o u r w eaknesses b u t . . . y o u th in k w e’re n o t g o o d enough fo r y o u h e ’s o ld enough to be y o u r fa th e r w h y d o y o u push y o u rse lf so hard? d o y o u th in k y o u can go o n leading this life forever? w e’ve tried to d o o u r best so m e b o d y ’s going to g et h u rt in the long run d o y o u th in k y o u can go on using us fo re v e r! can’t y o u fin d a nice y o u n g se t o f peo p le to see? w h a t’s w rong w ith y o u r o w n h o m e ? y o u ’re w orrying y o u r p o o r m o th e r (fa th e r) to death y o u r m o th e r’s going through a very difficult period— y o u 'll h ave to u nderstand n o t by a long chalk get in or get out, but d o n t ju st sta n d there in the cold y o u ’re all tarred w ith th e sam e brush m en are all the sam e one day y o u ’ll learn, b u t it’ll be to o late then y o u ’ll be sorry it’s y o u r fa th e r’s m o n e y y o u 're spending y o u n ever th in k o f us, d o you? in o n e ear and o u t the o th er w hen I th in k o f . . ■ the things w e ’ve done fo r y o u the w ay y o u behave h o w it w ill all e n d u p I d o n ’t w ant to hear a n o th er w ord I k n o w n o good w o u ld co m e o f it y o u sh o w respect fo r y o u r fa th e r I k n ew y o u w ere u p to n o good I ’m sick a n d tired o f y o u r behaviour w ell w e ’ll p u t an e n d to that, m y girl, and those are m y last w ords on th e su b ject as if there isn’t enough to w orry a b o u t w e’ve sacrificed e veryth in g fo r y o u a n d th a t’s h o w y o u sh o w y o u r gratitude a ntee state o f affairs w h a t w ill the n eighbou rs think? w hat’ll I tell y o u r father? no good w ill c o m e o f it y o u ’ve, n ever been the sa m e since . . . a, b, c

w e’re w orried sick to death and n o w this! d o n ’t w e h a ve enough trouble w ith o u t you, etc., etc.

I give u p I w ash m y han d s o f th e w hole thing I try to be reasonable and y o u tu rn round a n d take advantage w e ’ve w o rk e d and slaved to give y o u a decent hom e y o u ’ve g o t eve ry th in g y o u w ant w e’ve n ever den ied y o u a thing

y o u ’ve g o t th e best o f eve ry th in g w h a t’s c o m e o v er y o u ; y o u were, n ever like th is b e fo r e ? w hat d o y o u see in h im ?

I w o n ’t h ave y o u raise y o u r voice in m y h o m e so m etim e s I w o n d er I n ever th o u g h t I ’d live to see th e day w h a t’ve w e d o n e to deserve this?

I expressly to ld y o u I co u ld h a v e k ic k e d m y se lf th a t sh irt ow es y o u n o th in g if I ’ve to ld y o u once, I ’ve, to ld y o u a thousand tim es I ’m just n o t fee lin g u p to it today so-and-so d id X and Y a n d h e h asn’t lo o ke d back y o u ’ve g o t a lo t c o m in g to y o u , m y girl / k n ew I sh o u ld have d o n e it m y se lf I w asn’t fee lin g the best I th in k h e ’d been d rin k in g give y o u an inch a n d y o u ’ll ta ke a m ile. y o u ’ve h a d a fa ir innings I w o n ’t ta ke rudeness y o u ’re n o t goin g o u t lik e that? I th o u g h t y o u said it w as a party Is it any w o n d e r y o u r m o th e r lo o ks run dow n? Y o u th in k y o u r fa th e r and I are fo o ls, d o n ’t you?

M A R G A R E T FINK

And they’re all made out of Ticky-tacky too . . .

OZ reader Barry T h om p son was prom pted by last m on th ’s S ociological Survey to prepare th is g u id e to Sydney s h om osexu al underw orld.

SPORTS

UPPER CLASS

AMBITIONS UPPER CLASS

Featuring at the Purple O nion in d ark To have an aide-de-cam p To entertain in Paddo Heights glasses A ppearing in TV commercials as If a geing, to have a protege To feature a t an a rt g a lle ry w ith a box squares o f snuff Belonging to a progressive theatrical To become an advertising executive group To make love to Jean Cocteau VOGUE (Australia) Doris Fitton

MIDDLE CLASS Talking abo ut how they get off w ith girls G etting m arried and then divorcing after having tw o or three children Strolling through Hyde Park (at night)

LOWER CLASS Gonorrhoea Gynaecology Getting bashed up Throw ing cham pagne parties H aving 1 doz. love affairs per year Being a Beatle A bortive suicides

MIDDLE CLASS To be a heterosexual To be respectable To have the la w on hom osexuality amended To get m arried To be seen, by those o f the same per­ suasion, w a lk in g through tow n h o ld ­ ing hands w ith a g irl

LOWER CLASS To travel to England or H ollyw ood To practise H ousew ifery To be in the audience o f the Dave A llen Show To a ud itio n fo r Bandstand To seduce th a t divin e little surfie w ho w orks a t the office To have Ben Casey’s baby

WHEN YOU ARE ARREST ED ( T h e fo llo w in g is b a se d o n a p a m p h le t p r e p a r e d b y a leg a l p a n e l o f th e C o u n c il f o r C iv il L ib e r tie s . I t is w a lle t-s iz e d a n d s e lls f o r a sh illin g .)

A P olicem an May A rrest You: (a) on a w a rran t, (b) on a hunch, (c) on a vacant allo tm e n t late a t night.

Can The P olice Use Force r o A rrest You? Yes.

D o You Have To Answer Q ues­ tions?

A policem an has the rig h t to ask questions, and in the case o f a m otor traffic accident or offence you must give him your name and address.

A p a rt from this, you are not obliged under any circumstances to answer questions or to make a statement. Any 'frie n d ly encouragem ent' by the police to answer questions should be reg ard ­ ed w ith suspicion. The rubber hose is especially suspicious.

Y o u r Rights In The P olice Sta­ tion : When you are charged you m ay be

searched, have your photograph, fin ge r­ prints and palm prints taken, and in some cases m ay be exam ined by a doctor. You m ay be tortured, starved and throw n naked into a cell w ith hardened crim inals.

C ollecting Eviden ce: If you have been ill-treated and injured, (1) Go straight to a doctor and ask him to report on your injuries (2) have any visible m utilations p hoto­ graphed by a com petent p hoto­ grapher (3) contact any persons w ho saw you not long before you were arrested and ask "H o w do I look now?

Pretty beaten-up, eh?"

When Do You Magistrate?

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An arrested person has a rig h t to be taken before a court w ith o u t unreason­ able delay. A lthough the police may offer you the convenience o f a voiding a tria l— thus going straig ht to g ao l— it is w ise to attend the court on the off-chance you m ay be acquitted.

S h ould You Have A Lawyer With You? There is a tendency fo r any person accused o f an offence w hich he has not comm itted to th in k th a t he has no need o f a law yer, and th a t his inno­ cence w ill protect him. This is a m is­ take.

How S h ould You Plead?

When brought before a court, plead NOT GUILTY just fo r the hell o f it.

W here Can You G et H elp?

If a llo w e d , you should o bta in the services o f a solicitor. Choose your own rather than any th a t w ill be recom­ mended by police.

What If You Cannot A fford Legal A d vice?

Tough.

HIS is Ludovic Slobobostik. He is a Croat, who works in a munitions factory.

He is a very conscientious em ployee and brings som e of his work home every night.

He is very sociable and has his friends in every night for gunnery practice.

H e is also very religious, so he has a few priests in to supervise things. Everyone has a lovely time. They wear black shirts and jackboots so ’s they w on’t get their ordinary clothes dirty.

Sometimes they get a bit jaked with just practising all the tim e and go out and bom b a few Serbs or sneak back to the Fatherland for sabotage. On Saturdays they go to the soccer for unarmed com bat practice.

I think it’s really tremendous the way Australia allows the Croats and 11ties and W ops not only come here but bring their own feuds with them. Really makes them feel at home! And isn’t it terrific of the politicians to join them in their squabbles? The L ibs are helping the Fascists and Labour is swinging along with the Com m s. It seem s to give it an authentic atmosphere.

M y wife does not agree with me. She says L udovic’s bom bs frighten the babies. She says she is kept awake at night by the jackboots. When all things are considered, J think I must agree with her — Y U G O H O M E, CROATS & SERBS!

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The Gutless Society In response to h is article in th e ‘‘Libertarian B roadsheet" ( w hich atta cked th e “gutlessness” o f S y d n e y ’s P u sh ), F ra n k M o re h o u se was asked to sp e a k at a recent m eetin g o f the H u m a n ist Society, w here he e xten d e d h is re­ m a rks to include the older generation. T h e te x t o f h is speech is p rin ted below . F ra n k M orehouse, 25, is A ssista n t Secretary o f W .E .A ., and has w ritten sh o rt stories fo r the current issues o f “O verla n d ” a n d "W e sterly " m agazines. r P H E R E are those w ho kick, th o se w ho get kicked, a n d th o se w ho kick b ack . I sup­ pose a ll p eople kick b a ck a t som e tim e, b u t som e people kick b a ck m o re th a n others.

In Sydney th e social p ro cess o f kicking back seem s to h ave becom e in som e cases c lu b ­ footed, in som e cases w ild, a n d in som e cases n o thing m o re th a n a tw itch.

R ecently, hav in g observed in th e y ounger generations a tend en cy to “ tw itch ” in stead of “kick”, I becam e angry b o th w ith m y g en era­ tion an d m yself a n d described it as “gutless­ ness” . I saw th a t m an y w ere engaging o nly in tim id, club engagem ents a t the L eft C lub, the R oyal G eorge, th e S urrey o r th e N ew castle.

It w as engagem ent locked in its conventions and cushioned by its c am arad erie. It is like publishing p ro test p o em s in lite ra ry journals.

N ot th a t I w as denying th a t th is clique-talk a n d clique-publishing w as o f value. B ut c o n ­ cern w ith in h u m a n o r a u th o rita ria n actions w as being expressed in little m ore th a n a whine.

L ate last year, w hen th e N a m o i R egional L ibrary C om m ittee b a n n ed Jam es Jo n e s’ novel “T h e T h in R ed L in e ” fro m its 35 libraries, five people did organise them selves in to a p ro ­ test group. T h ey w rote, p rin te d a n d d istrib u ­ ted leaflets a n d talk ed w ith lo ca l p eo p le a bout censorship. T h e resu lts o f this p ro test a re not fully know n yet, b u t it did help k e ep the m a tte r a live issue a n d re a c h 3,000 p eople w ith a leaflet a rguing th e case ag ain st censor­ ship.

F ive people did th is w hile 500 o th ers w ere irrita te d by th e c o m m itte e ’s action, b u t did nothing. P e rh a p s they stood in th e ir p u b s and said th a t such a ctio n co u ld be expected fro m hicks in the country. P e rh a p s they saw th a t this w as a p re c e d e n t fo r every lo cal go v ern ­ m ent to m ak e itself a censoring a u th o rity .

P e rh a p s they saw th a t it w as a n in fringem ent o f the a sp iratio n o f th e fre e public lib rary schem e because it m e a n t th a t lib ra ries could be looked u p o n as a n in stru m e n t fo r th e c o n ­ tro lle d dissem ination o f ideas by th o se in pow er. P e rh a p s they said all th ese things but w hat w as m issing w as th e initiative to act— they co u ld n ’t o r w o u ld n ’t m ak e th e ju m p fro m a n g er a n d in d ig n atio n to action. S om e­ how society h a s created in m an y peo p le an intellectual short-circuit. M any p eople have kicked back a n d w o n — in th e T ra d e U n io n m ovem ent; in the civil lib erties m ovem ents; and in th e an ti-ch u rc h m ovem ents. B ut som e­ how in m an y o f th e y o u n g e r gen eratio n s there has been bred a “ loser p sychology”.

T N B ritain a n d th e U .S. y oung p eople have been em ploying very stro n g social action in th e resistance to n u c le a r w eapons a n d in the struggle fo r ra c ia l equ ality . Som e o f the a ction h a s been storm ing the headlines and som e storm ing the law s. I n the W est, m idtw entieth-century these actions a re p ro b a b ly the eq u iv alen t to “storm ing th e b a rric a d e s” of

the last century. T h e p u rp o se of m an y of these d em o n stra tio n s is to d ra g p e o p le ’s a tte n ­ tio n to a n issue. By d ra m a tic b e h av io u r they force ideas in to the p u b lic a ren a . It is an expression o f im p atien ce a n d in b o th those cases I th in k th a t it is justified im patience. It serves to get ideas in to c irc u la tio n quickly, to create a n aw areness in th e com m unity, and pro d u ce a response fro m the governm ent and electorate.

B ut I am generally un easy a b o u t th is kind o f political action. T h e re a re seeds o f a u th o ri­ tarian ism in it. F irst, it a tte m p ts to m ak e its p o in t by th e use o f th e sp e c ta cu la r a n d the dra m a tic ra th e r th a n by stren g th o f argum ent.

It has in it th e te m p ta tio n to m ove fro m the presen tatio n o f a policy to th e fo rcin g o f the policy on people. D ire ct a ctio n can be the expression o f fru stra te d m in o ritie s w ho w ant to h ave th e ir ow n w ay w ith o u t interference.

It can be th e p o litica l d e m an d in g w ith o u t the rig h t o f the opposition to reply. Som ew here direct a ctio n can m ove in to social gangsterism a n d sabotage o f th o se decision-m aking p ro ­ cesses w hich allo w fo r fu ll discussion and in fo rm atio n . I ’m n o t saying th a t th is has happened, b u t I th in k it is a d anger. r P H I S storm ing o f headlines a n d law s is an expression o f im patience. T h e re is a social sickness in m an y y o u n g e r p e o p le w hich is linked w ith im patience. I ’ve called it fu n c ­ tio n a l im patience. In m an y w ays it is sim ilar to the sexual p ro b lem o f fu n c tio n al im p o ­ tence. It is th e desire th a t som ething should be done w ith o u t th e in stru m e n t o r ability to do it, a n d as is o ften th e case w ith fu n c tio n al im potence, th e loss o f fa ith th a t som ething can be done.

It is m o st concretely d e m o n stra ted by the general a ttitu d e o f y o u n g p eople to th e com ­ m ittee o r m eeting m eth o d o f h a n d lin g a p roblem . T h e suggestion th a t a p ro b lem can be tack led by going to a m eeting, becom ing elected to a com m ittee, o r m oving a m otion, pro d u ces a response o f im patience. T h e answ er is m ad e th a t th ese m eth o d s a re too slow, too u nsure, to o tim e-consum ing. But I ’ve fo u n d th a t in m o st cases th e com m ittee is w iser th a n a n y one individual— it h a s m o re in fo rm a tio n collectively th a n o n e individual.

P erh ap s a n exception sh o u ld be m ad e for genius o r those w ho claim to possess it. B ut generally it is th e m ost satisfacto ry pro ced u re fo r exam in atio n , discussion a n d decision. T h e com m ittee is tra d itio n a lly e g alitarian , co ­ operative, a n d free. M ost im p o rta n tly , the re ­ jectio n o f the com m ittee system is a rejectio n o f a h u g e su p e rstru c tu re o f ideas a n d m ethods.

E m bodied in th e re je ctio n is th e w ish to have o n e ’s ow n w ay w ith o u t in te rfere n c e a n d to possess ideas w ith o u t criticism . I arg u e th a t the d e co ru m o f ra tio n a lity a n d fo rm a l p r o ­ cedures o f th e tra d itio n a l co m m ittee a re im ­ p o rta n t and valuable. I know n o o th er way of p roceeding in h u m a n affairs w hich allow s fo r the system atic p o o lin g o f in fo rm a tio n , the clash of hypotheses, critical scrutiny, and w hich pro v id es m eth o d s fo r agreem ent.

I ’ve been talk in g m ain ly a b o u t m y own generation, b u t th ere a re fe a tu re s o f the older g en eratio n w hich deserve e xam ination.

T pO R one thing, the e ra tio n in Sydney seem to be suffering tio n a l birth -co n tro l. dency fo r th e o lder

p e o p le in th e o ld er genw ho like to kick back fro m lack o f org an isa­ I th in k th ere is a te n ­ g enerations to look for

salvation th ro u g h giving b irth to a new o rganisation, o r a n ew jo u rn al. Interestingly it seem s to be a rev erse o f fu n c tio n al im ­ patience. W h en th e o ld er g en eratio n sees a p ro b le m o r h a s a disagreem ent it tends to see a new com m ittee o r a new o rganisation.

A s fa r as I can see, th e estab lish m en t o f a H u m a n ist Society w h en a R a tio n a list Society a lre ad y existed is a sign o f this. T h e peace m o v em en t h a s illu stra te d th e c h ara cte ristic by dividing o n every k n o w n basis— sex, occupa­ tion, locality, religion, class, age, and som e­ tim es reaso n . O f course a n ew organisation can som etim es be justified. E x trem e disagree­ m en t on fu n d a m e n ta l policy justifies a new group. B u t th e p e ac e m o v em en t w ith its h u n ­ dreds o f different groups m arc h es o nly by clum sy c o -o rd in a tin g m ac h in ery a s one in Sydney. I th in k th a t peace cam paigns p ro ­ d u c e m an y n ew org an isatio n s because o f a fru stra tio n fro m nev er seem ing to win.

'T 'l I E u rge to set u p new com m ittees w ith new m ailin g lists, new office-bearers, new letter­ heads, b u t w ith old causes is p ro b a b ly a com ­ plex one. B ut I th in k it does ten d to express th e search fo r “re -b irth ” am o n g o ld er g en era­ tions. T h e in au g u ra l stages o f a new o rg an i­ sa tio n a re idealistic a n d g ra n d w ith m anifestos a n d long speeches. I t is only la te r th a t the ro u tin e w ork, the jealousies, the disagreem ents an d th e to u g h w o rk o f decision-m aking comes.

B ut initially, th e re is th e w o n d e rfu l sensation o f giving b irth a n d th e u n re a l crea tio n o f new hope. “W e will b uild a new w orld fro m the ashes o f the o ld .” In Sydney th ere seem s to be a needless p ro life ra tio n o f organisations w ith a dissipation o f energy a n d lac k o f co­ o rd in atio n .

C onnected w ith this n ew h o p e o r re-birth elem ent is a n o th e r aspect w hich I ’ve called the wise y o u n g m a n p a n ac ea . In m an y o rg a n i­ sations th e h o p e is in re cru itin g y oung people.

It show s itself th ro u g h o u t the society in governm ent, a n d even in art. O lder people th in k th ey h a v e fo u n d a n “ o u t”. T h ey say the hope fo r th e fu tu re lies w ith the young people. T h ey h a v e convinced them selves th a t the y o u n g p e o p le som ehow h a v e new w isdom s an d new answ ers. B ut, u n fo rtu n a te ly , the young a re usu ally ill-equipped by th e ir very age fo r m an y im p o rta n t fo rm s o f h u m a n e n ­ d e av o u r. L ac k o f know ledge a n d experience is th e co m m o n c h ara cte ristic o f th e young.

T h e a tte m p t by th e o ld er gen eratio n s to get o u t o f th e ir responsibilities a n d activity by leaving it to “ th e y o u n g p e o p le ” is dangerous.

Y oung p eo p le a re usu ally best as satirists, angry y oung m en, a n d critics ra th e r th a n as a d m in istrato rs o r n e gotiators.

I w ill m a k e one im p o rta n t qualification.

Y oung p eo p le c an h av e im p o rta n t differences w hich com e fro m th e e x p ira tio n of a crucial experience in th e life o f th e com m unity. So we have gen eratio n s w hich have n o t been th ro u g h th e D ep ressio n o r in a w orld w ar.

T hese experiences c an d o m in a te th e action and th o u g h t o f a c o m m u n ity u n til th e younger gen eratio n s cause the experience to lose a degree o f influence. U su ally the o ld er gen­ e ratio n s a re w iser fo r hav in g h a d the e x p eri­ ence but, o n th e o th er h a n d , th e new assess­ m ent by the y o u n g c an som etim es be correct.

L 1IN A L L Y , I 'd like to lab e l m an y o f the o lder g en era tio n as fu rtiv e radicals. T hey are fu rtiv e in th e field o f sex. T h ere have been obvious changes in h u m a n sexual life

c aused b y cheap, re ad ily a v ailab le c o n tra c e p ­ tives, g re ater eq u ality a n d independence fo r w om en, increased leisure, a n d th e decline in religious influence. T h ere seem s to be a large m in o rity engaged in the ex p lo ra tio n o f sexual relationships outside th e conventions. B ut the interesting p o in t is th a t this ex p lo ra tio n and its results are being co ncealed b y m an y of these people. W h ere th is concealm ent occurs am o n g p eo p le w ho a re concerned w ith fre e ­ d om o f action, freedom o f in fo rm atio n , and the creatio n o f a n open society, th en they can be criticised. B u t I w a n t to be gentle in m y criticism because I realise th a t th ere are im ­ m ense personal pro b lem s in becom ing a sexual radical. T h e obvious case o f extrem e diffi­ culty is the hom osexual. If he behaves openly he w ill be p e rsec u ted a n d gaoled.

B ut o u r society is in desperate need of openness a b o u t sex. Som ehow children need to be p ro tec te d a s m uch as possible from e rro n e o u s sexual in fo rm a tio n and from the b lata n t suppression of in fo rm a tio n .

M ost people w ho a re concerned with freedom w ould n o t conceal fro m th e ir children, central p a rtn e r o r friends the fa c t th a t they were athiests o r com m unists o r h um anists. T hey w ould p ro b a b ly n o t conceal it fro m their w orkm ates. In e arly tim es, p eople w ho fought fo r p o litica l and religious freedom did not hide th e ir views. W h at a b o u t people w ho be­ lieve in som e degree o f sexual free d o m o r at least freedom o f in fo rm a tio n on sexual m atters?

O therw ise freedom -loving and courageous p eo p le tak e extrem e precau tio n s to conceal th eir view s on sexual relationships a n d how they live sexually. Sexual radicalism m eans th a t we sh o u ld sh are o u r sexual in fo r­ m atio n a n d experience w ith a t least our

frien d s a n d child ren , a n d I w ould argue, w ith the society, to o . In all a reas o f social in ­ tolerance the pen alties fo r m aking oneself a b a n n e r fo r ideas are great. B ut I guess th a t this is the test o f th e tru e radical. Som ehow we have first to forge in o u r sexual re la tio n ­ ships the confidence w hich w ill allow us to talk openly and freely a bout o u r p roblem s

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