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ciation took it upon itself to direct the owner to discharge a male bartender known as Louise "who looks like a woman". A terrible accusation; perhaps they should have demanded his life as well as his job.

Then up steps Captain Thomas Kelly, commanding officer of the 1st District Station, and the whole affair took on a new tone that should interest homosexuals the world over. This gentleman stated that, "It is mostly the normal people coming into these places who make the trouble". Not content with that he put himself on record as saying it was de sirable for homosexuals to band together if they so chose. He insisted he was not going to commit an illegal act by arresting a homosexual merely because he was a homosexual. Other officers testified that the bar was an orderly establishment and "had helped police in important arrests". Whatever that means and it probably does. Another item in the Times Picayune states that of the 20 arrests made in the lounge since Jan. 1st, the owner called the police in "on most of them".

These gentlemen were joined by no less than Assistant Chief Durel who was in accord with the Captain and refused to go along with a proposal to stop homosexuals from congregating. He demanded, "How can you arrest a person because he looks effeminate?" Darned good question, suh. What's more, ONE should be sold on every newsstand in New Orleans.

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the loudest silence this side of the grave regarding Los Angeles' latest corruption carnival. The Mirror had as its prize columnists Florabel Muir and Paul Coates as well as a yen to clean the town up both spic and span. This yen recently gave rise to a big "exposé" of the State Board of Equalization and its "irregular" practices in dispensing liquor licenses. In the midst of the series, it leaked out that Florabel and her husband reportedly got two licenses from high persons on the liquor board. They are supposed to have paid 500 apiece and sold them for 5000. True or not, the Mirror announced in a 6 point whisper that Muir had resigned. When interviewed by rival papers, she is rumored to have stated, "Heavens, that's nothing! You should know about Paul Coates and his oil deals!" ONE is affectionately interested in these two because Miss Muir has given both the magazine and the Mattachine Society a below zero shoulder, and it was Mr. Coates who wrote that sensationally inaccurate column about the Mattachine several months back then refused to allow an interview or an answer of any kind. While the actual dishonesty of these persons is not yet legally proven, ONE has ample proof that they are unethical as far as repertorial behavior goes. It would seem that these hit-and-run artists have crashed head-on and the only persons to pick up the pieces are souvenir hunters.

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