His first case history tells of an advertising executive named Arthur B-, who suddenly became sexually stimulated while reading his newspaper, and who, realizing that he doesn't dare go to any of the gay spots he knows about, for fear of being recognized, phones a number given to him recently:

"He listened breathlessly to the quiet voice on the opposite end of the line. 'Yes, Jackie told us about you. We will help. Go to room 2261 at the Hotel N at 8:30 tonight. Your host will be an assistant professor of English. To aid us in this work, you will kindly send to me, in a plain, sealed envelope by registered. mail, the amount of $250. It is to aid us in our work . . .""

The next morning, Arthur B-, having "found the discreet, safe and 'respectable' way to cater" to his sexual needs. was back at his office and apparently willing to pay the fee...

"He must turn to a secret society. A defense organization. They are springing up in big cities all over the nation. Through his first contact with the television writer, Arthur Bwas 'lucky' enough, if that's the correct word, to make contact with an intelligently-run, secret group that made it possible for him to meet another hidden deviate, a professional man like himself, who would share his sexual company and his secret with him."

The above paragraph is supposedly a quote from the files of the "New York Neurological Institute”—a name we can find no record of.

Immediately following: "In the U.S. today, according to the distinguished sociologist and sexual expert, Dr. Donald Webster Cory, 'untold numbers' of hidden homosexuals have joined a semi-secret order called the Mattachine Society. The society has a monthly magazine called ONE which

may be purchased, openly, on hundreds of newsstands in New York, Chicago, Hollywood, St. Louis and other major cities.

"Anti-obscenity laws and various police departments have not cracked down on the magazine, nor on the Mattachines. Too many distinguished doctors, writers and intellectuals are writing for ONE.

"Its pages are not filled with gay, or even pornographic material, but with clinical information. In many states no enforcement agency is able to move against the magazine because it actually deals with homosexuality as a medical and psychiatric fact. As for the Mattachine Society, little is known as to how it precisely operates. But it is known that it serves countless numbers of hidden homosexuals."

There is more, but those four graphs are quite enough.

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The obvious implication that the Mattachine Society collects high-price stud fees, or any stud fees at all is a deliberate libel. Neither the Mattachine Society nor ONE engages in any activities of that sort. Such activities would be contrary to the aims and principles of either organization, which are openly announced, and which the author of this scurrilous article could easily have ascertained.

The statement attributed to "the distinguished sociologist... Dr. Donald Webster Cory" that "the society has a monthly magazine called ONE" contains quite a collection of inaccuracies. First, we have not been aware that the very fine writer in this field who uses the name Donald Webster Cory has ever claimed to be either a sociologist or a doctor. More important, and this has been publicly reiterated by both the Mattachine Society and ONE, Inc., time and again, there is not and never has been any connection between the Society and