reaching its objective in England, a country in which homosexualism has always had a head start

In a letter signed "Albert J. de Dion, chairman," the statement is made that the society is back of my "campaign" to rid the town of hoodlums who preyed on these "unfortunates," but now it seems to be having second thoughts. "Fighting to keep criminal elements from our city is very commendable and deserves our support. But to attack a defenseless minority such as homosexuals is not in the best of American traditions." I now ask whether it is in the best of American traditions to encourage the degenerates who roam our streets at night. I say these so-called "unfortunates" are no defenseless minority, but a huge, wellorganized, wealthy, defiant, politically powerful, intelligent community, spreading across national borders, with loyalty to no country, no law or code, except their fellow deviates.

MIAMI: Arrest of a 16-yr.-old for robbery led to arrest sans bail of 46-yr.-old Railway Express clerk. Charge: Faganism-fencing stolen goods for 20 boys and having sex with them... Judge Ben Willard, handling one of the noisy bar raid cases reported in July ONE, in which cops said men in bar wore ipstick and women's clothes, looked at fotos taken of bar patrons at time of raid, said, "These fellows look like a football team to me . . ." Insufficient evidence-case dismissed....

Miami NEWS religion editor praised state atty. Richard Gerstein's "cleanup" of "objectionable" newsracks and books, with help of Lutheran Rev. Schumacher and Miami Ministerial Assn. . . . Sara Ella Goad married a man in 1946, got divorce, changed name before Miami judge

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recently to Stephen Edmund Goad, now has common-law wife... David T. Healy, 21, nabbed at Coral Gables bus station accepting marked money-blackmail payoff by a notso-frightened victim. Healy, posing as a Metro officer, had displayed badge and gun, said he'd let victim go for $500. After arrest, Healy at first went on insisting he had police connections. . .

When Judge L. A. Grayson, sentencing 2 men who'd met in Tampa's Knotty Pine Bar, called on Beverage Dept. to shut "that ill famed place down once and for all," Bev. officials said they couldn't close bar for offenses not on premises. ...

NEW ORLEANS: April: cops and postal snoops invaded well-furnished apt. of 2 fotogs operating as "Gentry of New Orleans," seized 2 young male models, basket-loads of props, mailing envelopes, and allegedly obscene fotos. Cops spent hours pawing thru material. Ivor Trapolin, top vigilante of the Decent Lit. Citizens, urged more arrests. Topcop Provosty Dayries promised to oblige. Several bookstore and newsrack raids, till US 5th Circuit. Judge John Minor Wisdom in July ordered 5000 seized mags returned to Louisiana News Co., ruled the seizures constitutionally objectionable, and ordered injunction to stop such seizures. Trapolin promptly denied this would stop raids. Dayries agreed: "We will not stop," he said. "I am confident the general public is behind our drive Sept.: Crim. Dist. Judge Geo. Platt dismissed news co. case, and deconstitutionalized state obscene law. Trapolin howled. D.A. Richard Dowling demanded rehearing, boasting that cops will continue raids and prosecutions till case goes to topcourt of state.

July: 2 boys booked on murder of robbery victim, Louis Costello.