Show Ii I The War on Moral Mora Pollution It is not often that a worker publicly public ly declares that his boss ought to be arrested but such is the case in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington D. D C. C Local of of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Stale Employees and Moving Moving Moy ing Picture Machine Operators of the United States Stakes of America and Canada That's stage stale hand and moving picture pic plc ture tore projectionists for short have a problem The problem as union officials officials offic offic- explained It to reporters Is how to stay out of jail for showing films which they dont don't like dont don't want to I handle and which by their own definition definition define I are dirty filthy obscene disgusting dis die gusting terrible and pitiful The Washington movie projectionists have made It clear that they are very unhappy with the film fare these days They have further made it clear that they are not against obscenity laws Indeed Indeed In In- deed speaking of the theatre owners who buy and exhibit the dirty pictures for a profit Leonard Sanford head of the Union local said The stuff they show today Is disgusting They ought to be arrested What concerns the projectionists is that District of Columbia law as it now reads makes it illegal to participate in any obscene presentation Presumably Presumably Presume ably this would Include switching on the projector selling popcorn or r ushering The union Is thumping for legislation which would absolve employees who have no control over the pictures shown and who do not share in the ill gained profits Our job is to put it on the screen the way they tell us the Union said We do It or we dont don't have a 8 job The projectionists projectionist's complaint seems to make sense Bense It would also make sense if the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography were to stop studying the matter which they have been doing for some time now at ata a taxpayers cost of 1 th a million a year and start initiating some action The group from the previous Administration is headed by a nothing do-nothing chairman Dean W. W Lockhart The single Nixon appointee on the man 18 committee Attorney Attorney At At- torney Charles H. H Keating Jr has complained officially about the inaction but without success If you wish to do something positive to help stem the tide of and filth now flooding our movie screens and bookshops we suggest that you write to President Nixon now and urge him to spur the Commission on Obscenity and to act Failing Falling that you might further suggest that he send the 1 a million allocated for the Commission Commission Com Com- mission back here where it would be beno beno beno no problem m at all for us to put it to good use |