plies under the earth by a hidden gift is mere child's play! Further by knowing where to press that line to the limit yet not to break through and bring on a deluge of repressions, this sustained strategy has played a significant part in the long campaign for reason in the law and science in morality. D. B. Vest London, England

(Articles by Mr. Vest, pen-nome of a noted British author, have appeared in ONE Magazine and ONE Institute Quarterly many times since November, 1953.)

Dear ONE:

ONE's readership is a house of house of many mansions. As some of us backsight and ponder where we have been and whither we trend, others can only peer about and ask where they are.

Let us reflect that we are not unique in possessing enemies: life is war, as a minor English poet pointed out a couple of centuries ago, and he that is born is enlisted. Neutrality is impossible, but we may read the fine print in our enlistment contract. We have the say on which side we shall fight. We have the say, too, whether we shall cower until our foes despoil us at their convenience or whether we shall take the initiative and fight on a field of our own choosing.

A primary concern of every reader of ONE is his attachment to a partner and potentially a "family." Alone you are a waif: you can't keep out of trouble and nobody can extricate you when you get into trouble. Some waifs lack the feeling of maturity and responsibility that a mature person possesses. ONE has been working to give them the manly qualities. Many, ONE has succeeded in helping, heartening, reconstructing.

If ONE went out of business today (perish the thought!), still the world would never be the same as it was ten years ago. There is no saying how much good this handful of men and women has done. It is hard, maybe impossible, to think of any historic development within memory, other than this, that has been so heartening.

J. P. Starr

Los Angeles, California

(Mr. Starr has been a subscriber and Friend of ONE since 1953. His frequent writings in the Magazine and faithful attendance at lectures and Annual Meetings and financial aid have given evidence of his loyal interest in the varied tasks the Corporation has been undertaking.)

LATER RECRUITS, 1954-1962

Dear ONE:

It is with regret that I have been unable to keep up the job of translating from Spanish, Italian and French for ONE and that my

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name which appeared on the Magazine's masthead for three years from July, 1954, can no longer be there.

This is certainly not my desire, but advancing years have forced this upon me. I will indeed do what I can for ONE, whenever possible, as I am firmly convinced of the importance of what you are doing. Armando Quezon

Dear ONE:

North Hollywood, California

When I took on the job as Editorial Secretary in July, 1954, who could have foreseen that eight years later I would still be writing articles and editorials for the Magazine? It was most interesting too to have served as secretary and to have taken an active part in 1956 in all of the work leading up to the opening of ONE Institute in the fall of that year, as well as to have taught some of its earliest classes.

The obligations of my present job are so pressing that I am not now able to put in as many hours for ONE as was once possible, but I do what i can.

Dear ONE:

Robert Gregory

Los Angeles, California

I think it proves something that ONE Magazine has survived for so many years. Most enterprises of the little-magazine nature fall by the wayside because of lack of funds, loss of reader interest, or because of gradual disorganization within the staff. But ONE's longevity is a positive statement in itself which cannot be ignored by anyoneeven by those who would prefer to deprecate the worth of the whole project, if such people are still around. The now quite traditional existence of ONE is a substantial victory in itself.

Alden Kirby New York, N. Y.

(Mr. Kirby's poetry and articles began appearing in the Magazine in November, 1954. Readers will remember his photograph on the cover of the "Poems of Other Love" Magazine issue, October-November, 1957.) Dear People of ONE:

When the '50s were young I bought my first copies of the Magazine. They were not very professional looking and perhaps the contents were not impressive, but the mere fact that a bit of a magazine dared present THE subject was impressive.

Looking back, I see that the time and the place were right: California, where many progressive people live; and the time was extraordinary. It was the beginning of an unexpected awakening. Orthodox conceptions of reality were agreed to be inadequate. Thus a revolution in thought began.