24 Louis A. Zurcher, Charles K. Bowman. The Natural Louis A. Zurcher, R. George Kirkpatrick. Collective Louis A. Zurcher, R. George Kirkpatrick. The Natural Paul Bender. An Analysis of Constitutional Requirements as Manifested in Case Law. Timothy C. Brock. Erotic Materials: A Commodity Theory Glide Foundation. Peter Hocker. Report on the Law Relating to Obscenity and Pornography in Japan. Norman N. Holland. Pornography and the Mechanisms of Lenore Kupperstein. The Role of Pornography in the Etiology of Juvenile Delinquency: A Review of the Literature. Ernst Linveh. The Law of Obscenity and Pornography in John Money. The Positive and Constructive Approach to Quality Educational Development, Inc. An In-Depth Review John J. Sampson. Traffic and Distribution of Sexually Relationship Between Exposure to Pornography and Juvenile Louis A. Zurcher, Robert G. Cushing. Some Individual Remember, the cost to the Commission of the above was in the neighborhood of $1,000,000. More information regarding the majority of the Commission, the tyranny of the Commission Chairman, and the runaway Staff is contained in the Dissenting Report of Commissioners Hill and Link and in the additional Dissenting Report of Commissioner Link, in both of which I concur. 25 One final fact--one final ironical fact. This Commission, the majority of which have opted for absolute freedom for the pornographers, is the very same Commission which at its very first meeting imposed upon all its members a cloak of secrecy--a vow of silence. No Commissioner was permitted, outside of the hallow d halls of the Commission meetings, to discuss, give interviews, make pub. statements, etc., regarding the work of the Commission, the opinions of the Commissioners, etc. My request for admission of the press to the meetings of either the Commission or its Panels was refused. Amazing! Incredible! Beyond belief! The "confidentiality rule" of the Commission is understandable when viewed in light of the fact that every effort was made by the majority of the Commission to eliminate dissent. As a matter of fact, it was necessary for me to go to Court in order to obtain the right to speak up, the right to dissent. 2 2 Nevertheless, September 7, 1970, found W. Cody Wilson, Executive Director, in Miami Beach, Florida, at Commission expense, 26 The record in this regard is clear from a perusal of the Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunction, Temporary Restraining Order, and I hesitated to include so much detail regarding the operation of the two reasons: (1) The fact that the public, particularly law enforcement and the courts, might be misled into thinking that the recommendations of the majority of the Commission were based on worthwhile information and had validity which, indeed, would be a tragedy; and, (2) The recommendation I have made to abandon the use of Presidential Commissions as an instrument of govern- 2--con't attending the American Psyhological Association Convention, freely 27 The Question of Involvement of the States Staying with the mandate of Congress in Public Law 90-100 which the majority of the Commission was supposed to do but did not, we find emphasized by placement in Section 1 of that Act the following statement: The State and local governments have an equal and in Section 6 (b): In carrying out its duties under the Act, the Commission .... In my opinion, the compliance of the majority of the Commission or of its Staff with the foregoing was, for all practical purposes, nonexistent. Even the most liberal interpretation of what was done in this area would have to be classified as an abortive attempt. As a matter of fact, the Chairman of the New Jersey State Commission To Study Obscenity and Depravity in Public Media, (which Commission co-existed in the same time frame as this Commission) made several overtures to the Commission's Staff, specifically W. Cody Wilson, the Executive Director. The attempt of the New Jersey Commission to cooperate, exchange information, and otherwise be of value was formally acknowledged but never accepted. The States are, indeed, concerned. Witness the Honorary Committee membership of Citizens for Decent Literature, Inc., a nationwide community organization formed (a) to make the public aware of the nature and extent of obscenity and pornography in the United States, and (b) to aid and abet 28 law enforcement, i. e., arrest, prosecution, and conviction of the porno graphers. CITIZENS for DECENT LITERATURE, Inc. UNITED STATES SENATORS: U. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: Hon. Chas. E. Chamberlain, Mich. Hon. Wm. M. Colmer, Miss. Hon. Edward J. Derwinski, Illinois |