and literary morality, the matter contained in the October, 1954 issue of ONE is far from being obscene', and in fact, is innocent and inoffensive.

(We would like to quote from the Appendix, from authors such as Plato, Whitman, Proust, de Maupassant, Burton, etc., etc., and from books found in every library, but our attorney tells us that this would create MORE trouble! So we'll leave it to the Supreme Court.)

CONCLUSION:

"It is respectfully submitted that the judgment in this matter should be reversed, with a specific finding that as a matter of law, the October, 1954 issue of ONE is mailable matter, entitled to the full privileges of the United States mails.'

We now wait for the case to be called. . . . Contributions to the Post Office Fund after the first issue of ONE Confidential were sufficient to cover expenses so far incurred, but have now been completely exhausted. We are indeed grateful that enough persons out over the world have felt this much interest in the cause of freedom to read, and specifically of course, freedom to read about the homosexual question . . .

DR. KINSEY and OUR POSTOFFICE CASE:

The August-September issue of ONE Magazine tells some of the story of Dr. Kinsey's last interview with ONE's Staff, but not all of it. He understood, as well as we do, that our suit against Postmaster Olesen was a calculated risk. The October, 1954 issue had long since become just another copy subscribers had read and put aside in favor of the succeeding. number. But for the Corporation to have supinely accepted this flagrant. interference with the right of American citizens to have our own public servants do their jobs without favoritism or discrimination, would have been but an invitation to further and perhaps more serious infringements at a later date.

In his own behalf, Dr. Kinsey took the bull by the horns just as we had done and sought to restrain bureaucratic meddlesomeness and put a stop to it. The papers have in no way fairly presented the full picture of his case. His own demeanor in talking with us fully revealed how gravely he regarded the situation. His frank exposure of these circumstances to us showed how clearly he realized that both of us were in the thick of the very same battle.

It is certain he hoped to help our cause by telling us of his own. For his generosity in this respect we shall always feel deep appreciation. His kindly interest in ONE's progress we cannot forget.

(From ONE Confidential, Vol. I, No. 3)

We now have the third installment of this story for you.

Although we had been told the case would be tried in the Court of Appeals (Ninth Circuit) San Francisco, the case was actually heard in Los Angeles on the morning of November 2, 1956.

Each year the Court sits in Los Angeles for a brief period. During that time as many cases are included as time permits. This meant a great saving for ONE. Also, it was possible for seven members of the Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

THOMAS JEFFERSON

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