literary information. All during the difficult formative months he worked diligently and poured forth generously his wealth of practical knowledge concerning writers, copyright questions, books and the field of publishing. The first book reviews and dramatic criticism were of his writing, while much of whatever sparkle the early issues may claim should be credited to his influence and taste.

As one of the founders of the Mattachine movement it was only natural that Dale Jennings should at once become interested in ONE. His interest in writing drew him more and more deeply into the project until very soon he was devoting every spare moment to it. He was the only member of the staff with actual printing experience. It is quite likely that without his boundless energy and practical knowledge the first issues would not have come out. It was he who taught the others about type-faces, photographic plates, paper stocks, offset pasteups and a multitude of technical details. Also, his personal acquaintance with printers and suppliers greatly smoothed the path of finding firms to do the work and overcoming their objections.

As a writer and editor Dale bubbled with ideas and soon developed a true journalistic knack for shaping up an issue and seeing it as a whole. The others soon found themselves turning more and more to him to undertake a wide range of editorial duties.

The third editor, Don Slater, was one of those natural "protesters" of the Tom Paine-early-American variety. Possessed of a broad literary culture it was his talent for throwing challenging viewpoints into discussions that were becoming too stuffy or too involved which quite often brought about important decisions quickly. Yet when overruled he had a rare gift for objectivity which eliminated taking matters as personal. A more stabilizing and practical contribution could hardly be asked.

It was Don who kept the first minutes of meetings and acted as secretary, answering letters from writers, subscribers and others. When the magazine finally came out he addressed and mailed out the copies during those first months. Had there been time for such niceties he would have been called Circulation Manager. But he also secured the first ads, so perhaps he was Advertising Manager as well.

Those three: Martin Block, Dale Jennings and Don Slater were the ones having the courage and being in a position to boldly put their names on the masthead, publicly proclaiming themselves as editors of a publication devoted primarily to that most forbidden of all subjects—homosexuality. It was those three who would probably be the first to be arrested in case THEY should decide to make trouble. Let it be remembered that each of them used his own legal name, as well. None of the pen names, such as had heretofore usually been used by writers in the field.

Ask yourself, Would I have had that much moral courage? Do I today have that much? Would I dare risk the chance of public condemnation, of the censure that might come from family and friends, of the danger of loss of a job, even the possibility of arrest-all for the sake of principles in which I believe?

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