Dear Sir:

As a foreign writer-of small importanceI wish to express my sympathy and admiration to Clarkson Crane for his "PASSING STRANGER."

I like this story especially because it transcends the limitation to a homoerotic theme. Two feelings separated by a window-pane; they will never converge although their substance is identical: frustration. Excellent!

Many years ago a book of homoerotic stories was published in Germany. Quite tender and witty stories, better than their stuffy title: "Bittersweet love stories." In one of them a man takes a stroll about a popular Parisian suburb. Suddenly a very handsome. young "apache" comes his way. A moment of hesitation; shyness, fear, social pride perhaps. It is too late, the boy has passed by and disappeared. But from now on the man is haunted by the image of the "apache," who has become the object of all his yearnings. He walks daily hours up and down the crowded street. Many handsome young apaches come his way, never the boy he is looking for.

The similarity of the motive is striking. But it seems to me Mr. Crane has handled it with still more artistic finesse. The regret of the painter is expressed in parenthesis only. "(Just a red splotch in the raining dullness)". O hesitation! I do not want to hesitate this time. Herewith I am breaking the window-pane separating human from human, to shake brotherly hands with CLARKSON CRANE, an important writer and amiable man.

Huh:

Mr. G.

WOODSIDE, L.I., N.Y.

I can't get over your letters of praise. ONE perhaps is doing a lot of good for a certain type, but I don't think your doing much for everybody.

Why is it only your letters express the different economic, educational, etc., point of view, why not your whole magazine. Diplomats, artists and scientists may find your magazine helpful but it makes me sick. What are you doing for dumb people like myself who drive trucks, sweep streets, and carry garbage for a living, and can't appreciate classics like Plato and such?

And don't think there ain't none, because there are lots. Maybe we can't even sign our names, but were just as human and need just as much acceptance as the smart ones who just love this and just love that as long as its smart and expensive and lets them keep thinking their alright because they appreciate the finer things and not in it just for sex.

Why don't you give us something that will help? Like an article asking gay people who own business to hire men who have "gay" discharges from the army or are discriminated against because feeling like the army didn't want them wouldn't lie to get into it.

An article on the parent relation from our point of view, whether to tell them or not if your not even a suspect, from a moral standpoint.

And why not an article calling us so to speak to arms. I don't know what we are but if we are neurotic let us fight like neurotics flinging our fists, fighting biting, kicking and if we be cases of arrested development like children let us be like children, direct, frank, cruel, and if we be degenerate let us fight as they do, but let us fight.

You have a large enough magazine why not a full page (begging if necessary) for money and more money and more money and more money. (Or are we too proud to have drives like it seems almost everybody else does). For such things as taking the "Miami Bar-Law" to court.

All of these things I think and wonder why you don't have them because I know you people are smart enough to think of them.

Does this sound like the ravings of a lunatic? I guess maybe it is, it is and thats what makes it so bad. I guess I expected too much. Have read four issues of your magazine and have fallen a little more with each.

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm the only dumb one. But can that be possible, can that actually be possible. If so then it would be a lot to ask these things for me alone. And you should just tear this up, throw it out the window, and let it flutter to the pavements like my heart, soul and being has long ago done.

WANTED: March & April 1953 Copies!

Mr. D.

KANSAS CITY, KANSAS

As a service to readers who are trying to complete Volume I, ONE will pay $1.00 each for the RARE March & April 1953 copies of the magazine.

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