Dear ONE:

I was pleasantly surprised to hear of ONE quite recently since in the two years I have been in LA no one had mentioned it to me. I grant that most of my friends are not by any stretch of the imagination intellectuals, or even thinkers.

In the one issue I have read I find thoughts and idealisms expressed in almost the words I might use myself, which others obviously might use but rarely do. I believe our greatest fear is something akin to that of the New Yorker who, to avoid being mistaken for a tourist, has never looked up at the top of the Empire State Building; we're afraid of being taken for romanticists-even though we are. And so many of us are waiting for someone else to first admit to romanticism.

Mr. L.

HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.

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Dear Sirs:

A few days ago I was able to obtain a copy of ONE. From reading it I am much impressed. I am a very lonely man since my very best friend had to move to Chicago for business reasons. One thing I do not believe in is making a pickup just for the physical satisfaction involved. To me this part of our lives must be on a very high standard and if we keep it that way it is a thing of real beauty. But how do we get acquainted? This is the one very important subject you seem to skip. At forty, with a business of my own, twice divorced, there is the age-old problem of finding someone who shares one's same desires. I do not drink and believe I have at least above average standard of morals.

Please in your future issues of ONE can you deal with this problem? Thanks for a fine magazine and keep up the good work. Mr. F. DAYTON, OHIO

Dear Friends:

Let's join hands and become a majority and: Transform our individual weaknesses into a tower of united strength, our lonely lives into days full of companionship and joy; live and work for other homosexuals instead of just ourselves (are we capable of this sacrifice, which in the end isn't a sacrifice)? emphasize the beauty and the good in homosexuality in place of the ugly and evil; help change the laws so we can be law-abiding instead of lawless; help make ONE and other homosexual magazines worthy of their destinies. If we all join hands we can discover a life that is truly Gay! I hope all this does not sound too much like a sermon. In any case, I enclose a small amount for the collection box this Sunday morning.

Mr. M. CHICAGO, ILL.

Dear Editor:

Permit me to use the pages of ONE to appeal to readers to redouble their efforts to make the life of the homosexual American a safer one, or if they have never made any such efforts, to start today. The best thing that anyone can do is to support ONE and spread the knowledge of its existence. Give as many gift subscriptions as you can afford. Urge those who can to subscribe themselves. Make it available to straight people who you think capable of a broader understanding.

We exist today by the sufferance and toleration of a few politicians and police officials. No matter how good conditions may seem anywhere in the United States they can crack the whip any time they desire, with disastrous results for many. More emphatically than anyone else ONE is insisting on the God-given and Constitutional rights of homosexuals to the full benefits of citizenship in a Democracy.

The voice that has begun to speak must never be silenced until all that it urges is achieved. If it were to fail that failure would be greeted as proof that U. S. homosexuals are not a force to be taken seriously. I wonder if we really are not, or whether after all we are capable of the united and sustained action that is needed (including sacrifice) to win respect for our rights.

Hi Fellows!

Mr. S. WASHINGTON, D. C.

Re the troubles you have had with the Canadian Customs Officials in trying to get your books, etc., into Canada, it wouldn't surprise me at all that you are still having trouble even though there has been a change of our

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