r song records
was decided upon for Head Office auditioning officers. Records
will be wholly rejected, or passed for general use, or passed
with the reservation that they are to be programmed with
special care (i.e., as to time placement, frequency, etc.)."

"The following further action is to be taken:

"(i) The issue of the code referred to above will give effect
to the Service's desire for the consistent wholesomeness of
programmes, the need to aim constantly to maintain standards in
programmes of all kinds at the highest appropriate level, and
the need to exercise discretion in programming material which
might be rendered objectionable by repetition, inappropriate
time placement, or standard and style of performance.

"(ii) Some of the dramatic features at present running will be
reauditioned if it is thought that they may be out of tune with
the present atmosphere or the revised time classification. Even
with additional assistance this task may take about six months.
There may be some financial loss if many episodes are to be
discarded or if the withdrawal of episodes or alteration of
time classification creates difficulties in providing
replacement programmes at short notice for sponsors. It is
relevant here to note the difference between ourselves and film
or book censors. After censoring we must ourselves face the
financial result of our actions and the administrative
difficulty of finding substitute and less objectionable
material.

"(iii) Suppliers of transcribed programmes in Australia are to
be advised of the implications of the report so far as it is
likely to affect our future purchasing policy.

"There has been a tendency amongst our critics (I do not refer
here to the Committee) to make insufficient allowance for the
considerable part played by broadcasting in serving the public
good in the spheres of information, education, the arts,
and community services. As Sir William Haley, formerly
Director-General of the B.B.C. and now Editor of the _Times_
said in a recent lecture on _The Public Influence of
Broadcasting and the Press_: 'It is, of course, possible to
counter all this by raising one's eyebrows at some