rise and the name Mattachine became known to countless thousands across the United States and abroad. But in 1953 the zenith had passed. Guilds found themselves rent with dissension. An alignment into Foundation vs. Public-Society groupings took place. At the Constitutional Convention in May 1953 the form of the Mattachine changed. Considerable stress was laid at that Convention about "newness" and the "differentness" from the earlier Foundation format. The point was made that "we have no connection whatever with the Mattachine Foundation." Well that has been reversed by the March 15th directive.

To those standing apart from these developments both losses and gains are apparent. Without a doubt the greatest loss will be that of the broadened outlook of the Society coming from the additional talents and new ideas of the Area Councils. In some cases, such as Denver, where a superior Newsletter has always been produced, and where a strong educational program was developed along with the only hand book in the field that we know of, a decline is represented. The move may also eventually affect a decline in membership. To offset such losses, however, are certain undeniable gains. There has been a healthy simplification of administrative procedures, a streamlining of general operations more realistically geared to the Society's current capacities. SURVEY

Police in Dayton, Ohio, have listed 1,000 known sex offenders. Their pictures and histories are listed in a current "mug-shot" file set up a few months ago by the Dayton police. Homosexuals are, of course, lumped with degenerates, rapists, sex-slayers, etc.

Washington, D. C., courts have decided that three "physique''

magazines printed in that city are not beyond the reach of the obscenity standard laid down by the Supreme Court in the 1957 Roth Case. This standard was used to show that ONE did not arouse the prurient interest of its average readers. In the case of the "physique" magazines, however, Judge Walter M. Bastian of the U. S. Court of Appeals, in an entirely new interpreta tion, declared that the Roth doctrine in the present case applied to "the average member of the class for which the magazines were intended, homosexuals." The judge added that there was substantial evidence before postal officials that "physique" magazines were "intended for homosexuals." So what?

From the Washington Post: "The Treasury Dept., like the Post Office Dept., has been dabbling in censorship. We suggest to Secretary Dillon ... that he close the chamber of pornographic horrors which his predecessor had maintained for the delection of interested visitors."

"The Bureau of Customs makes a practice of seizing at the Port of New York, books which its inspectors do not wish their homecoming fellow-citizens to read."

... the average citizen suffers the seizure of a book silently rather than risk the expense involved in contesting the seizure.

"Consequently, judical determination of whether a seized book is obscene is a comparative rarity. And what sense is there in giving customs inspectors such power?"

"This is pure officiousness, as ludicrous as it is unbecoming to a free people."

Snide New York columnist, Lee Mortimer, once again zips open the fly on homosexuality. In a recent column he came up with the following revelation: "U. S. Intelligence sources are listing every known deviate dive in the country because