you will find yourself the stronger for these struggles.

Dear ONE:

With all my heart I'm hoping we can raise the $10,000 this year, for even though I am just an Associate Member, I am with you completely on any fund raising or enlightment campaign you undertake. I hope others will feel as I do and help our organization. I am sure that all members can contribute something, no matter how large or small.

Dear Members:

Mr. A.

KANSAS CITY, MO.

Congrats on the first all-around excellent format of ONE to date, from cover to stern each page was a stimulating treat. Special accolades due Shoji Umo for initial portrayal of extended sympathy to appear in this journal. To his credit, maturity. Extra thanks to good ol' Dal for his honest reportage not taken too cynically down through the years! That boy rotes A-1!

Dear Editor:

Mr. L. KANSAS CITY, MO.

ONE has finally won through my protective armor, designed to prevent me from subscribing to more publications than necessary. I feel that ONE is performing an important service to this country, in that it presents openly a subject which is generally banned from the press of a supposedly "liberal" country. Only through education-and any periodical is a functioning part of education -can the semi-illiterate American public become aware of the world about them. Mr. K.

NEW YORK, N.Y.

be but what can be.

What does the average citizen know of homosexual motivation and behaviour? What he reads in the expose magazine? What he reads on walls of public rest rooms? All the more reason why we should present our viewpoint, you say. Exactly! But, all the more reason why our methods must be above reproach.

Dear Sirs:

Mr. K. ATLANTA, GA.

My prayers (and I mean it literally) and my spirits are behind you and our fight for the rights of men, as I hope are the prayers and efforts of many others. May the Divine Spirit guide and protect you from rash action for immediate gains which might harm our long range efforts for mutual good-will and respect. Yet may we find the wisdom and courage to go forward where we must. I'm pulling for you in your legal battles as well as your educational ones.

Editor:

Mr. G.

FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Quick-do Something! Put this character down! (Arthur Guy Mathews, "is Homosexuality a Menace?") We thought Bergler was bad... Hoo-Ha! This guy is really rabid! It's ridiculous for his title to be asking a question. From beginning to end of his vicious diatribe, he's giving his biased answer. I've never seen such a mish-mosh collecton of trumped-up, fake-sounding cases." You did a beautiful job of taking the wind out of Bergler's sails. I hope to God you will squelch this pompous alarmist.

Mr. J.

Gentlemen:

The more oppressed a minority, the quicker it resents criticism; but a minority interested in bettering itself cannot afford to be subjective to the extent that it takes on the appearance of a religious cult. Unhappily, ONE sometimes reads like a periodical sponsored by a group that has just seen the Light. Letters from readers are sometimes pathetic, sometimes alarming. And what else could you expect? Here, at last, someone is doing something for the homosexual. And so enthusiasm overrides sound judgment.

A militant homosexual movement is not called for. Political activity is out of the question. Revolution would mean regression. It may be easier to demand acceptance of the group than for each individual to make himself worthy of acceptance, but only the latter course will affect any lasting change in society's attitude. The question is not what should

Dear Editor and all:

GARDEN CITY, MICH.

My week was made complete (even before it began) when I found ONE prominently displayed on a newsstand last Monday morning. You continue to do a beautiful job and I want you to know how deeply grateful I am to have what I call "our magazine." Leaving aside the present issue (which I think is really the most forthright contribution to the homosexual viewpoint I have yet seen) 1 want to tell you how much your article on older homosexuals in an earlier issue meant to me. It was beautifully and nobly done. I am fifty years old and one does appreciate the importance of maintaining dignity and enjoying the wholesome and kind association of younger men of true and honest homosexuality.

Mr. E.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

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