Gay Tour Triumphs

In an expanding program to increase the benefits available to Associate Members of ONE (those who contribute at least fifty dollars per year to its work), ONE has successfully launched a program of escorted tours to various points of interest in the world.

Fifteen members returned from the first "Gay Tour of Europe," Nov. 1st. The trip included visits to Denmark, Holland, England, France, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

A Friend of ONE who is a leading travel agent in the United States personally arranged for and escorted the first tour, and offered it to members of ONE at cost, making it the greatest bargain in European travel that is possible.

The highlight of the tour was an opportunity to meet homophile organizations throughout Europe, and in each city visited, the local groups hosted our members at dinners, dances, receptions, and parties in private homes. Many Europeans joined our group for a day to offer personal guidancee in their home cities.

The tremendous success of the tour has prompted ONE's Social Service Division to announce a second European tour which will repeat the 1964 itinerary, except that one additional day will be spent in each country to allow more time for individual interests and relaxation. Thus, Italy will be available only as an extension for those who wish to remain beyond the three weeks.

Though available only to Associate Members of ONE, you may wish to learn more about this tour, and so a copy of the itinerary will be mailed to you, upon request. Should you wish to join the tour you must become an Associate Member, and this tour, as well as others in the future, and other advantages, will then be available to you. Other tours, some of them to points closer to home, will be announced soon.

An idea of the bargain which this trip is, can be gauged by the fact that the 1965 tour, again lasting three weeks, will be available at a price even more economical than last year's $675.00.

No greater testimonial can be indicated than the news that several of the 1964 group plan to repeat the trip in 1965. The membership will be limited to the first 25 applicants.

One participant, from Michigan, wrote: "The gay European tour of 1964 passed all too quickly into history. I wish that I had some adequate means of expressing the appreciation that I feel toward ONE and its Social Service Division for the opportunity of participating in this memorable pioneering jaunt. It sounds rather trite to say that I had an awfully good time and came to know some mighty fine people. Nevertheless this is certainly true. In addition to that, of course, I realized the dream of a lifetime seeing some of the most interesting places in Europe with the very special dividend of meeting gay