nment approval as soon as practicable."

We have been advised that quite recently a final draft of the
regulations was forwarded to the Film Industry Board for consideration.
We were told, too, that conferences are being held between officers of
the Department of Internal Affairs on the one hand and members of the
Film Industry Board on the other. It is expected that at the conclusion
of such conferences an agreed draft will be sent forward to the
Government.

(_c_) Broadcasting Service

Two recommendations were before us for our consideration:

(1) "That the Service ensure that the concept 'Crime must never
pay' is more prominently featured in crime serials; and

(2) "That a married woman be immediately appointed to the
auditioning panel."

In its report to us the Broadcasting Service says:

"As regards (1), the Service has always attached great importance
to this principle. We can let feature producers know that we attach
greater importance to it than ever; but we cannot make it more
explicit or more prominent in a feature than the producers have.
(After all, no convention in the field of dramatic fiction, in any
medium, is stronger or better understood than the convention which
distinguishes hero and villain and makes the first triumph over the
second.)

"As regards (2), this extends a practice in accordance with which,
since 1952, one or another of the senior women officers of the
Service has been used as a referee, when auditioning officers have
been in doubt about the proper classification and placement of
features.

"It may be said in summary, then, that the principles, methods, and
practice of the Service are in general commended; that they are in
no respect criticized severely and in no respect without express
qualification; and that the Committee suggests or recommends no new
purpose, no new method, but only the closer application of methods
already well tried to a purpose which events have made weightier
and more urgent.

"Nevertheless, it has appeared to be desirable to consider what
action could and should be taken in accordance with what appears to
be the spirit of the Committee's comments and recommendations on
Broadcasting rather than with their letter. This has been done, and
in what follows I wish to offer some comments and explanations, to
review action taken as soon a