bother to receive them. No mention is made of the discussion groups where homosexuals could talk out their problems among themselves, or of the public lectures in which numerous experts in the fields of psychology, law, religion, politics, sociology, anthropology, literature, and art have spoken, thereby spreading free and open discussion of all aspects of homosexuality. The only comment Masters feels that he can make is that "meetings of Mattachine groups have been observed, raided, or otherwise harassed by the local police," fully ignoring the overwhelming majority of meetings which have not had the least bit of disturbance from any law enforcement officials whatsoever, including national conventions which have taken place in such first-rate hotels as the Barbizon Plaza in New York and the Albany Hotel in Den-

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Although a passing sentence is made about the Mattachine Society's contributions to scientific research, nothing further is mentioned about those contributions. "The work has not been publicized," complains Masters. Yet, all the significant research in which Mattachine has lent assistance has been written up, with due credit having been given to the Society, in the appropriate scientific journals. These include a study made by Brenda Dickey of Colorado University on the self-image of the homosexual in which members and friends of the Denver Chapter participated; a study on the relationship between alcoholism and homosexuality made by Dr. Solomon Machover at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, N.Y., with the aid of the New York Area Council; and an inquiry by means of projective techniques and a panel of judges on the adjustment of the male overt homosexual made by Dr. Evelyn Hooker of U.C.L.A. with the participation of the now defunct Los Angeles Chapter. It might have

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helped if Masters had bothered to read the scientific journals. In sum, Masters' treatment of the Mattachine Society is about on the same level as that of Confidential and other scandal magazines. By comparison, Jess Stearn's treatment of the Society in his superficial book about the spread of homosexuality, The Sixth Man, seems like it deserves an international prize simply because, as a reporter, Mr. Stearn dug up some of the facts and other relevant information.

The following chapter dealing with One. Inc.. shows us that Masters has glanced through the magazines, but seems to know little else about the organization, except that he pompously announces that it is highly radical and unrealistic in its goals-a curious announcement from one who has given us so few real facts, and whose main informants seem to be so "detached from reality." He then proceeds to have himself a good time making fun of One, apparently on the basis of a single issue of the magazine. Here, Masters uses a technique known as selective distortion in which excesses and failures are presented as typical, while the virtues and merits of an organization are virtually ignored in their totality. In this manner, one can annihilate democracy, Christianity and whatever else one wishes.

After a brief visit with Tata, a lesbian with whom the author claims to have some acquaintance, and who turns out to be quite likable (if she represents a real person), The Daughters of Bilitis gets the same kind of treatment that befell One and Mattachine. Again, Masters refers to a few back issues of The Ladder, but gives it a kindlier treatment than that which befell One. There are comments about the chatty, folksy character of the magazine, and the fact of its value to distressed souls, who, upon reading it, may derive comfort in the knowledge that there

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