life. We hope that by your greater size and experience that you already have that field covered far better than can ever be done by a group of Lesbians, some of whom are frightened at the mere mention of "man".. kindly, understanding or otherwise. H. S.

DOB Representative Los Angeles Area

Dear Editors of ONE,

In the March issue, Dr. Blanche Baker seems to have been mis-informed as to the exact nature of the Daughters of Bilitis organization when she advised a feminine type heterosexual man seeking a masculine woman to contact said DOB for "understanding" of his problem.

The Daughters of Bilitis, like all the legally constituted homophile organizations, runs no "marriage❞— "pen-pal" or "companion" bureau for any sex. . . and were this legally permissible or even morally desirable, the matching of masculine women with feminine men would undoubtedly come at the bottom of the list . . . if conceived of at all in the minds of the DOB members.

The DOB has as its membership, women over 21 interested in furthering the principles as set out on the inside cover of the LADDER or come to public discussion meetings.

All that homophile organizations could do for this man would be to enlighten him as to the homosexual viewpoint as a matter of general information that anyone should know.

It is most unfortunate that now, this man and many others may write the DOB for help when there is only one answer for them . . . "You have been mis-informed."

Sincerely, S. R.

Publications Director, DOB San Francisco

Dear Dr. Baker,

We have been meaning to write to you for months, but as you no doubt can guess from Helen King's letters our new chapters are keeping us busy. And many, many, thanks to you for introducing us to H. K. She is the guiding light of the New York

group.

We are enclosing a copy of a letter addressed to Don Slater of ONE regarding the March issue of "Toward Understanding." We would like for you to understand our position on this. Actually we are the ones with the problem, Doc. We have found that the DOB and Lesbians in general seem to be particular "Bait" for all sorts of male crackpots who are voyeurs, who wish the gals to write them erotic letters concerning Lesbian love making and certain of our L. A. girls have even been pestered on the telephone (the L. A. police have been called in on the case of one man posing as a doctor working in research on the subject). Consequently we have simply advised any and all men that we are a women's organization and deal exclusively with women and their particular problems. Perhaps you could advise us how else to handle these cases?

We do wish you to know too, that all your DOB friends are quite concerned for your well being and extend fondest wishes for your speedy re-

covery.

Dear DOB,

Best regards, D. M.

President, DOB

Many thanks for your very helpful letters! You are all perfectly right. I should have telephoned for permission to refer befuddled bisexual males to you for help! However, as you know, I have been dreadfully ill since last November and even bedfast, or practically so, since before

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