ONE takes notice of The National Association for Sexual Research Postoffice
Box 750, Los Angeles 28, California, which announces itself as a non-profit corporation, "organized for the purpose of conducting research programs, both medical and legal, into the problems of the individual and his sexual life adjustment, and also for the purpose of education and enlightenment of general society to promote a better mental health and family-life adjustment."
Its activities include discussion-group meetings, lectures, and the publication of informative leaflets. Membership is open to men and women of voting age.
With the addition of this organization there are now three groups having headquarters in Los Angeles, including One and the Mattachine Society, each of them concerned with some phase of socio-sexual problems. In addition, there are several professional research teams and individuals quietly at work on their own related projects. It would thus appear likely that Southern California is today leading the field in serious study of such problems, as one eastern scientist recently said.
A CITIZEN'S RIGHTS IN CASE OF ARREST
1. An officer cannot arrest you without a warrant unless you have committed a crime in his presence or he has reasonable grounds to believe you have committed a felony. (Calif. PC 836.)
2. If he has a warrant, ask to see it and read it carefully. If you are arrested without a warrant ask what the charge is. 3. You are not required to answer any questions. You may but If you
do not have to give your name and address. are af
cused of a crime of which you are innocent, deny the charge. Go along but under protest. Do not resist physically.
4. Do not sign anything. Take the badge numbers of arresting officers.
5. If you are taken to jail, ask when you are booked what the charges are and whether they are misdemeanor or felony charges.
6. Insist on using a telephone to contact your lawyer or family or the number of the answering service on the reverse side of this card, leave your name and where you are held. 7. You have the right to be released on bail for most offenses. Have your attorney make the arrangements or ask for a bail bondsman.
8. After an arrest without a warrant, a person must, without unnecessary delay, be taken before the most accessible magistrate in the area where the arrest is made. The magistrate must hear the complaint and set bail. (Calif. PC 849.)
9. Report any instances of police brutality which you observe to your attorney.
10. If you do not have an attorney by the time you are brought before a judge to plead, ask for additional time to obtain an attorney; or if this is not possible, plead not guilty and ask for a trial by jury.
11. You are entitled to a written statement of the charges against you before you are required to enter a plea.
12. You are not required to testify against yourself in any trial or hearing. (Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitution.) 13. If you are questioned by any law enforcement officer including the FBI, remember that you are not required to answer any questions concerning yourself or others.
(Fifth Amendment, U.S. Constitution)
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LEGAL DEPARTMENT
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Post Office Box 750 Los Angeles 28, Calif.
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