magazine on all newsstands in America. In almost all countries in Europe it isn't possible to sell our monthly on newsstands, at least not in Holland. The newsstands here only may sell those publications which are officially edited by a recognized editor of books and papers. In Germany laws are very severe against our magazines particulary when they have been illustrated in our 'way.'

Dear friends, we wish you much success for the near future with your beautiful magazine and hope you will win many new subscriptions and readers within a short time now. Bob Angelo, Editor VRIENDSCHAP AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

Gentlemen:

What in heaven's name could have induced you to accept that 'Stripper's Schoolbook' ad from Venus Francesco, and also the 'Book of Repulsive Women,' from Olympia Books?

Your magazine has aims which are worded high-mindedly; you have just won a protracted trial; then why accept such sordid. advertising and jeopardize your status, and leave such a bad taste in the mouths of your readers? If there are many more of such ads you will, I fear, lose some readers-one I know of!

So, in view of the fine articles and fiction you can and often do have and in view of your aim to increase rapport between two worlds, won't you please aim a bit higher? Mr. A. CHICAGO, ILL.

Gentlemen:

Although I share an innate sense of distaste with other readers regarding the 'Stripper's Schoolbook,' congratulations for running this ad once again in the April issue.

Those who object most strongly to this ad should remember that ONE represents those of us who strongly cry out for more civil liberties and rights for our own group in society today. To not allow an advertiser to

sell his product through a free press is exactly the perpetuation of the folkways which we as homophiles strive against. To deny this advertisement would result in ONE becoming a totalitarian publication.

I will not send for the book, but only because it is something in which I have no particular interest. It is feasible that there are readers who will send for this book with gusto and this is their right as individuals. Brother Jack

Dear Sirs:

SAN PEDRO, CALIFORNIA

I admire your willingness to accept criticism. This is a sure mark of success and I know ONE will continue to make progress toward the goal we all wish for: understanding and acceptance. Thank you for existing. You have given me new strength and hope. Mr. R. MACON, MO.

Gentlemen:

I should like to express my appreciation to you for increasing my understanding of an aspect of life which often has difficult Pastoral implications. While I disagree with many of the conclusions reached and judgements made in ONE I have found it stimulating and helpful in a difficult area of my work. It is one of the curses of our culture that we have inherited a Puritanism which makes honesty in any moral question almost unthinkable to many people. While the Church has historically had much Puritan influence in it and has, consequently, often had a puritanizing effect upon society, we need to remember that this Puritanism is not now and never has been the sole moral position of the Church. It is too easy to oversimplify history and blame the Church for a Puritanism which has often been primarily the refuge of the bourgeois or the fearful.

Rev. L.

NEW YORK, N. Y.

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