generalizations seemed to be solidly based on the evidence of my own senses." Since when does one offer a serious book as having been hastily slopped together during time off from other tasks? And how can an author claim to have avoided generalizations when in the book we get little else, most of them based on his own "senses" and on no other evidence?

But the worst is yet to come, and it came from the pen of Masters. The New York organization sent him a file of their publications, and received in reply the following letter:

"Having given the Newsletters a less than exhaustive but still fairly thorough going over, I can honestly say that I am very much impressed.

"Taken as a whole, they are an important contribution, and I can only lament that I failed to study all of them before writing my book. It would have been a better informed book had I done so."

If ever an author made a more open avowal of the inadequacy of his alleged research, of his utter ignorance of his subject matter and his in-

competence to handle it, this has failed to come to our attention.

There is no denying that homosexuality will continue to be with us as it always has. It is much better to view it openly, let homosexuals live as human beings, and further our understanding of them. To the extent that homophile organizations accomplish these ends, they are worth while. The public should be aware of their existence, their influences, their weaknesses and their contributions. There is a vital need for clear plain facts, not incomplete information, absurd exaggeration, or outright lies. The purpose must be to inform, not to sensationalize. Because much of the knowledge of so emotionally loaded a topic as homosexuality is only beginning to be viewed in an undistorted dispassionate manner, the story of the attempts of homosexuals in this country and abroad to better their lot is an important one that needs to be told successfully. Masters' attempt, The Homosexual Revolution, is a revolution that doesn't exist. His work in this regard is a failure.

RETRIBUTION

I have enjoyed every pleasure to satiety Now I am the victim of free-floating anxiety.

Leo McAlbert

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