Welfare Organizations—­

  Religious—­
    Christian Endeavour Union
    Methodist
    Presbyterian (2)
    Roman Catholic (6)
    Salvation Army (8) 18
  Other—­
    Boy Scouts (2)
    Crichton Cobbers Club (2)
    Girls’ Life Brigade
    Hutt Valley Youth Survey
    Nursery Play Centres (3)
    Orphanages (3)
    Sea Cadets (2)
    Youth Hostels (2)
    Y.M.C.A. (3)
    Y.W.C.A. (4) 23

Church Bodies—­

  Inter-Church Council on Public Affairs (2)
  Hutt Valley Ministers Fraternal (4)
  Baptist
  Church of England
  Methodist
  Presbyterian (6) 15

Women’s Organizations

  Anglican Mothers’ Union (2)
  Catholic Women’s League
  National Council of Women (2) 5

Commercial Interests—­

  Booksellers (3)
  Chemists’ Guild
  Film Distributors and Exhibitors (7)
  Milk Bars (3)
  Newspaper Editor 15

Professional Societies—­

  Christchurch Psychological Society (4)
  New Zealand Paediatric Society 5

Civic Leaders—­

  Mayor, Lower Hutt 1

Sporting Bodies—­

  Wellington Hockey Association 1

Miscellaneous Groups—­

  Communist Party of New Zealand
  New Zealand Rationalists Association 2

Private Individuals 21

Total 145

(b) SUBMISSIONS

Practically all the above witnesses, jointly or severally, provided written submissions, and some provided more than one submission.  In all there were 83 written submissions from 77 witnesses or groups of witnesses.

In addition, 120 submissions were received from individuals or organizations that did not appear before the Committee.  Many other persons wrote to the Committee, and a large number supplied samples of publications containing material considered harmful.

Submissions may be grouped as follows: 

  (1) Those supplied by the witnesses whose names are marked with an
  asterisk (*) in the list showing the order of appearance.

  (2) Those supplied by the 120 other individuals and organizations
  listed below.

Anglican Provincial Youth Council (J.C.  Cottrel, Secretary), Auckland. 
Archibald, Jean K., Teacher’s College, Ardmore. 
Arnold, Miss E.S., Children’s Editress, Nelson Evening Mail, Nelson. 
Associated Booksellers of New Zealand (D.K.  Carey, Secretary),
  Wellington. 
Associated Churches of Christ in New Zealand (Religious Education
  Department), Christchurch. 
Auckland Provincial Public Relations Office Inc. (George F. Gair),
  Auckland.