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YEAR-END EFFUSION

Gentlemen:

Thank you for the return of my little vignette,, which you rejected. Very well I know you've to be most careful and selective of writings you want to use in your magazine.

I know myself, as a permanent reader of ONE, how painful it is and was, to read so often this stuff, collected for your monthly.

For this congratulate you. That last but not least, the time has come for you to start to be more careful with the selection of material for your magazine.

Gentlemen:

R. H. Stuart

Los Angeles, Calif.

Believe it or not we have a gay construction Co. The operator is an Italian fellow who is in his early forties and employs only about 20 men. I happened to see the owner operating a scoop and was pretty surprised to recognize him. He eyed me and I guess recognized me and said hello. We got to talking and he told me that he only employs friends of his friends, etc. The guys are old and young, black and white, but the whole idea would really jar all those uninformed people who think that all gay people are a bunch of silly swishes.

And, it is nice to see the guys on the job eyeing the passing boys instead of the passing boys eyeing the lovely creatures on the scaffolds.

Dear Editor:

Mr. T.

New York, N. Y.

It amazes me that there are, within our own gay circles, people who would destroy others for simple and personal reasons. Queens with big mouths can do more damage to the gay cause than all the news articles ever written. Their behavior in public is

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under constant observation. How they walk, dress, or talk reflects upon the gay society as a group. Gay bars, our social hangouts, must be protected from these queens lest they cause enough of a problem to warrant closing of the bars.

It is hard enough to lead a double life, under normal conditions, let alone to have to prove that slander and rumors are not true. Mr. W.

Dear ONE:

San Jose, Calif.

A word on the local scene: the official pressure that was exerted in the early summer, as an aftermath to the three murders in Central Park, is not as great as it was (tho' the little red motor-scooters are still buzzing around in the park). We still have few gay bars operating, and probably won't have until after the next (a local) election year. Certain outdoor "cruising grounds" are fairly active-as long as the weather permits. I have seldom seen as many hustlers busy in the Times Square area before, even tho' it is that time of year when the transients are trying to score big in order to make it to Miami, New Orleans, or Los Angeles. They don't seem to be pushed too hard by the fuzz. There are a couple of rumors of enticement in some of the "better" east-side movie theaters. . . and tho' Washington Square is quite busy in the early evening, it is frequently "flushed out" at midnight. On weekends, flamboyant queens can still be seen prominading on upper west-side avenues till the wee hours and "pink-tea" types, the leather set and "collegiate" numbers likewise on 2d and 3d aves . . . with only a few incidents. The quieter social scene is a bit dull, but may pick up with the coming of Winter, when more people entertain at home. Mr. H.

Dear Friends:

New York, N. Y.

Re: Der Homosexuelle Nachste (September ONE, Book section)..

You should know the story behind the story.

1. There was a book in the Netherlands published under the same title. 4 of the 6 Dutch authors were taken out of the translated text, when the idea was born to add German authors. One of the German authors, Prof. Schoeps, brought the others-the 5 were part of a German book of the same subjectso they brought all together-a not very happy idea for a publisher at all.

2. Schoeps wrote for a very German situation. The German delegates of Der Bundestag are not broadminded people. They know absolutely nothing about the subject. Neither does the general public.

3. The Dutch professors are discussing

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