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on Obscenity and Pornography for the purpose of determining legal and
constitutional means to protect the country from what the Congress

recognized as a threat. Unfortunately, what was intended to provide to
our legislators a blueprint for coping with a problem has been turned one-
hundred-eighty degrees into a blank check for the pornographers to flood
our country with every variety of filth and perversion.

The Commission majority report can only be described as a travesty, preordained by the bias and prejudice of its Chairman, closely followed by his Staff, who has long advocated relaxation of restraints for the dealers in pornography. The Report of the majority of the Commission does not reflect the will of Congress, the opinion of law enforcement officials throughout our country, and, worst of all, flaunts the underlying opinions and desires of the great mass of the American people. Were we not concerned with the morals and life of a nation, the situation represented by the majority Report would be ludicrous.

Far from needing repeal of legislation controlling pornography, what is called for is a return to law enforcement which permits the American to determine for himself the standards of acceptable morality and decency in his community. Our law enforcement in the area of obscenity has been emasculated by courts, seemingly divorced from the realities of our communities, determining from afar the standards of those communities. The law is capable of coping with the problem of pornography and obscenity, but it must be law, coupled with the logic that an American is innately

capable of determining for himself his standards of public decency and,

beyond that, he has a right to make that determination.

The words of Alexis de Toqueville (during his American visit,

1835-1840) seem appropriate:

I sought for the greatness and genius of America in
her commodius harbors and ample rivers--and it was
not there; in her fertile lands and boundless prairies--
and it was not there. Not until I went to the churches
of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteous -
ness did I understand the secret of her genius and power.
America is great because she is good--and if America
ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.

Respectfully submitted,

September 30, 1970

CHARLES H KEATING, JR.

Commissioner

Commission on Obscenity and Pornography

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Section B

UNITED STATES SENATORS

Hon. Frank Church, Idaho

Hon. Peter V. Domenici, New Mexico

Hon. J. James Exon, Nebraska

Hon. John Glenn, Ohio

Hon. Orrin G. Hatch, Utah

Hon. Samual I. Hayakawa, California

Hon. Jesse Helms, North Carolina

Hon. Gordon J. Humphrey, New Hampshire

Hon. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii

Hon. James A. McClure, Idaho

Hon. Larry Pressler, South Dakota

Hon. Ted Stevens, Alaska

Hon. Strom Thurmond, South Carolina

Hon. Milton R. Young, North Dakota

UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Hon. James Abdnor, South Dakota

Hon. Don Albosta, Michigan
Hon. Jerome A. Ambro, New York
Hon. Mark Andrews, North Dakota
Hon. Frank Annunzio, Illinois
Hon. Douglas Applegate, Ohio
Hon. John M Ashbrook, Ohio
Hon. Thomas L. Ashley, Ohio
Hon. Les AuCoin, Oregon

Hon. Robert E. Badham, California
Hon. L. A. Bafalis, Florida

Hon. Don Bailey, Pennsylvania

Hon. Mario Biaggi, New York

Hon. Lindy Boggs, Louisiana

Hon. Edward P. Boland, Massachusetts
Hon. Jack Brinkley, Georgia

Hon. William S. Broomfield, Michigan

Hon. John Buchanan, Alabama

Hon. Clair W. Burgener, California

Hon. William Carney, New York

Hon. Bill Chappell, Jr., Florida

Hon. Richard B. Cheney, Wyoming

Hon. Don H. Clausen, California

Hon. James C. Cleveland, New Hampshire

Hon. James M. Collins, Texas

Hon. Barber B. Conable, Jr., New York
Hon. Baltasar Corrada, Puerto Rico

Hon. Dan Daniel, Virginia

Hon. William E. Dannemeyer, California
Hon. Mendel J. Davis, South Carolina
Hon. Butler Derrick, South Carolina
Hon. Edward J. Derwinski, Illinois
Hon. Samuel L. Devine, Ohio

Hon. William L. Dickinson, Alabama
Hon. Robert K. Dornan, California

Hon. Charles F. Dougherty, Pennsylvania
Hon. John J. Duncan, Tennessee
Hon. Joseph D. Early, Massachusetts
Hon. Mickey Edwards, Oklahoma

Hon. Dave Evans, Indiana

Hon. Millicent Fenwick, New Jersey
Hon. Geraldine A. Ferraro, New York
Hon. Paul Findley, Illinois
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr., New York
Hon. Floyd J. Fithian, Indiana
Hon. Daniel J. Flood, Pennsylvania
Hon. Harold E. Ford, Tennessee
Hon. Edwin B. Forsythe, New Jersey
Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman, New York
Hon. William F. Goodling, Pennsylvania
Hon. Lamar Gudger, North Carolina
Hon. Tennyson Guyer, Ohio
Hon. Sam B. Hall, Jr., Texas

Hon. John Paul Hammerschmidt, Arkansas

Hon. Kent Hance, Texas

Hon. James M. Hanley, New York

Hon. George Hansen, Idaho

Hon. William H. Harsha, Ohio

Hon. Margaret M. Heckler, Massachusetts

Hon. W. G. Hefner, North Carolina

Hon. Elwood H. Hillis, Indiana

Hon. Harold C. Hollenbeck, New Jersey

Hon. Marjorie S. Holt, Maryland

Hon. Larry J. Hopkins, Kentucky

Hon. James J. Howard, New Jersey

Hon. Carroll Hubbard, Kentucky

Hon. Bill Hughes, New Jersey

Hon. Earl D. Hutto, Florida

Hon. Henry J. Hyde, Illinois

Hon. Richard H. Ichord, Missouri

Hon. James M. Jeffords, Vermont

Hon. Jim Jeffries, Kansas

Hon. John W. Jenrette, Jr., South Carolina

Hon. James R. Jones, Oklahoma

Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, Jr., Wisconsin

Hon. Richard Kelly, Florida

Hon. Jack F. Kemp, New York

Hon. Thomas N. Kindness, Ohio

Hon. Ken Kramer, Colorado

Hon. Delbert L. Latta, Ohio
Hon. Claude Leach, Louisiana
Hon. Marvin Leath, Texas

Hon. Norman F. Lent, New York
Hon. Jerry Lewis, California
Hon. Bob Livingston, Louisiana
Hon. C. Trent Lott, Mississippi
Hon. Manuel Lujan, Jr., New Mexico
Hon. Daniel E. Lungren, California
Hon. Robert McClory, Illinois
Hon. Mike McCormack, Washington
Hon. Larry P. McDonald, Georgia
Hon. Edward R. Madigan, Illinois
Hon. Dan Mariott, Utah

Hon. Robert H. Michel, Illinois
Hon. Clarence E. Miller, Ohio

Hon. Joseph G. Minish, New Jersey
Hon. Donald J. Mitchell, New York
Hon. Robert H. Mollohan, West Virginia
Hon. G. V. Montgomery, Mississippi
Hon. Carlos J. Moorhead, California
Hon. Ronald M. Mottl, Ohio

Hon. Austin J. Murphy, Pennsylvania
Hon. John M. Murphy, New York
Hon. John T. Myers, Indiana

Hon. Michael O. Myers, Pennsylvania

Hon. Bill Nichols, Alabama

Hon. Mary Rose Oakar, Ohio

Hon. George M. O'Brien, Illinois

Hon. Charles Pashayan, Jr., California

Hon. Dan Quayle, Indiana

Hon. Ralph S. Regula, Ohio

Hon. John J. Rhodes, Arizona

Hon. Matthew J. Rinaldo, New Jersey
Hon. J. Kenneth Robinson, Virginia

Hon. John H. Rousselot, California

Hon. Eldon Rudd, Arizona

Hon. Harold Runnels, New Meixco

Hon. Richard T. Schulze, Pennsylvania

Hon. Keith G. Sebelius, Kansas

Hon. Norman D. Shumway, California
Hon. Bud Shuster, Pennsylvania

Hon. M. G. Snyder, Kentucky

Hon. Gerald B. Solomon, New York
Hon. Gladys Noon Spellman, Maryland
Hon. Floyd Spence, South Carolina
Hon. Harley O. Staggers, West Virginia
Hon. Arlan Stangeland, Minnesota

Hon. J. William Stanton, Ohio
Hon. Dave Stockman, Michigan

Hon. Gene Taylor, Missouri