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Academicians argue about it, clergymen admonish against it, and the deprived may yearn for it. Pornography has long provoked discussion and debate, acclaim and disapproval, laughter and anger. Obscenity is as old as culture itself. Interest in it is not likely to wane. The pornography controversy is not a paramount political issue, nor should it be. But the pros and cons of obscenity regulation are, nevertheless, significant. For a culture's obscenity may mirror its moral condition, and the existence of pornography laws must prompt consideration of the appropriate functions of human sexuality, the proper purposes of the law, and the correct role of legal institutions, such as the Supreme Court. Censorship may imperil vital freedoms, while moral laxity may threaten the society's psychic and emotional health. The problem of obscenity is not a life or death issue, but it is an important one, for it "involves far-reaching questions about the nature of our community--the ends and values by which this civil society should be governed--and it also involves the most.personal interest of human beings." Obscenity merits study.

Excerpts from a statement delivered at a session of the Amer Jewish Congress & first printed in the Congress BiWeekly are presented. It is noted that 'in many respects the black power movement is chaotic & diversionary.' But the various groups & individuals seem to have the following beliefs in common: (1) they place their emphasis upon the desirability of some form of racial separation as the way of obtaining racial justice in the US; (2) they assert some degree of rejection of whites & white participation in the civil rights struggle; (3) they express an increasing tendency to verbalize varying degrees of resentment against whites in general-varying from extreme & overtly expressed anti-white feelings to indications that whites in general have not been serious in their involvement in the struggle for racial justice; (4) they hold a romantic & chauvinistic belief that the Negro can obtain power & racial justice in the US through his own efforts without regard to the extent of alienation or isolation from whites. Some of the black-power advocates assert that the greater the extent of isolation & alienation of Negroes from whites, the greater the chances of their obtaining some form of undefined racial justice. This indicates that the black-power movement is essentially a racist movement which rejects integration. Black power advocates & white segregationists share the belief in the magic of race & color & the attitude that democracy can function effectively under a system of racial segregation. The problem cannot be remedied by the blind-alley approach of the black nat'lists who insist upon allblack Sch's in all-black communities. The combined thinking, energy & commitment of Jews, Catholics, Protestants, of whites & Negroes, is required to develop & implement immediately an effective program to improve the quality of educ. The Jews & whites must not withdraw from the struggle for racial justice. 'Those black nat'lists who seek to pre-empt this struggle for themselves betray the fact that they are among the most pathetic victims of the virulence of Amer racism.' M. Maxfield.