Dear Sirs:

I have been reading a number of criticisms in the letters of your short stories and poems notably the letter from the gentleman in Lexington, Virginia, in the last issue. I think, really, that he has missed the point. Your stories and poems are not, after all, entirely devoid of literary merit (and I think I am as competent a judge as he), but surely no one would argue that they are equal to the works of Michaelangelo, Shakespeare, or even Pierre Louys. But each age, and each group, has a need to find its own expression, and we have a right and perhaps even a duty to encourage those who are attempting that expression for us. Most important, I think, we have all of us a need to be assured that we have a part in a contemporary community of feeling, not just an eternal community of ideas, and certainly this seems to be one of the purposes of One, besides its broader educational aim. I feel that one of the ways One achieves these aims is by its peculiar tone of intimacy and also of moral earnestness, not least in the poems and short stories. I have nothing against occasional reprints of selections from the classics, but these are, after all, available in any library, and what you are giving us is not.

Gentlemen:

Mr. P.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

...thank you for sending me your magazines. I read most of the articles and was very much impressed by them. I am both a minister and a consulting psychologist. As you can imagine, I deal

with the question of "homosexuality" much of the time as many come to me with it as a "problem."

I feel that psychologists are already taking a much more sympathetic understanding of this situation, and are trying to relieve any sort of a "guilt" complex the person may have. ministers are beginning to take that attitude, and I think that more will in the future.

Dear Editors:

Dr. L.

Some

St. Louis, Mo.

As a heterosexual I find your magazine of great interest. . . when first I read it I was somewhat annoyed at the idea that the homosexual considered himself as having the same rights as the heterosexual. . . . my understanding had been so very limited. . . I kept on reading each issue however, and finally realized it wasn't just for curiosity; I began to understand the reason and justification for such a publication as yours. . . .The knowledge obtained has been of value in my association with my heterosexual friends, surprising as this may seem. There seems to be much of the hetero-homo in all of us and understanding of their actions and feelings has greatly improved since I've learned more about our "other side.". . . .I wish I were more of a writer and could explain these things more clearly. . . . I hope you can reach more heterosexual readers. They have as much a need for your magazine as the homosexual.

Mrs. G.

Atlanta, Georgia.