1929-31 session of the Bundesrat in Berne.

"Two Swiss scientists, the great professor of criminal law, Dr. Ernst Hafter, and the great psychiatrist, Professor Eugen Bleuler, were responsible for drafting those portions of the new criminal code having to do with the freeing of men over 20 from the provision of the law. In the elections of 1939 the new criminal code was passed by a large majority." Rolf stated that the section dealing with homosexuality was but a small portion of the entire revised code and that had it stood alone it could not possibly have been passed.

PUBLIC RELATIONS POLICIES

The policy of "The earlier society, as is the case at present, is to remain unknown to outsiders . . . avoiding public attention . . . so that no one could accuse us of publicly trying to influence youths under age. Mammina had, in earlier years, undergone severe harrassment from the proprietors of the adjoining premises. Twice she lost her job and she was, as later was her co-worker Rolf, the target of obscure scandal sheets then in vogue. She was charged with and convicted of 'pandering,' but upon appeal was set free. Even so, the vice squad gave her no trouble at all regarding the publication of the magazine.

“Today we have no official recognition, instead we have toleration. The vice squad are constantly bombarded by letters and phone calls from persons and groups seeking to forbid 'the immoral, youth-corrupting KREIS,' but no intrusions have been made into our Wednesday evening meetings or our big events. The officials receive a copy of each magazine after publication.

"In 1942 there were about 200 subscribers. Today there are 1,900. Readers are given cards admitting them to the regular Wednesday meetings in Zurich. No one under 20 is permitted to attend. Those from other countries who cannot produce unquestionnable credentials (such as passport) are refused admittance. Visitors, when sponsored by a member may attend four meetings only, after which they must subscribe or receive no further permission to attend. What we do here is solely for our comrades. For homosexuals who seek only to profit from us and who will do nothing for our cause, we have no time."

EDITORIAL POLICY

DER KREIS has been called conservative in editorial policy. To this Rolf replied, "There is only one policy that any periodical can adopt: to be open-minded about all of life. With us that includes exploring each aspect of the homophile, the negative and the positive. If we are thereby called conservative, that bothers us little. We remember that each issue must address the worker, the scholar, the farmer, the artist. There are hundreds of magazines and newspapers in Switzerland for the so-called normals. The homophiles have but one.

The mailing of copies of DER KREIS to scientists, libraries, officials or newspapers making attacks has not been notably successful, Rolf stated, about 50 copies a month going for that purpose. "Apparently it is the attitude of these gentlemen: you have your new law, so be satisfied with it. Swiss officials who could do us nothing but harm naturally receive no issues. Legal toleration does not imply that we can enjoy each and every right we should have. That we must never forget."

Rolf said that if an attempt were to

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