I walked along the quai after her departing train, as I had seen so many people do in movies, feeling a thousand years older. Then I picked up a Roman boy hanging around the station, took him back to my penione and held him in my arms for a few guilty hours. But I couldn't get her out of my mind. I was glad to see him go. Phase I of Roma was over. Perhaps now I could write.

That night I found my way back to our favorite Roman restaurant. The waiter inquired about the signorina. I drank my soave alone. That evening the singer did not appear. It was probably his night off. I took my pad and pencil and sketched a few notes by candle-light. When it was too cool to continue, I paid and walked back to the Via Margutta. She was not there any more. I felt my first pang of loneliness in Rome.

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SOME BRITISH VIEWS Dear sir:

As an ardent believer in the freedom of the individual and in the maintenance of human rights I am very concerned with fighting illogical and outdated censorship and removing the abuses against the individual's right to choose for himself.

Thus I belong to several societies here in England and am intensely interested in any other societies which are striving for the

same cause.

I am also a great admirer of the male physique both in life and as it is reproduced in photographs, films and magazines, firmly believing that healthy bodies can help to promote healthy minds in each and every one of us.

.. Mr. B. Cardiff, Wales

Dear Quentin Crewe: (a copy of a letter)

I have been considerably amused by both articles of yours which appeared in the Mirror (London) on the subject of male homosexuality. Presumably this is one of the eternal subjects to which writers turn in order to bolster circulation or or to titillate reader imaginations. However, I wish those who write this kind of thing had more genuine knowledge before attempting to enlighten the public.

The biggest laugh is where you say "every one of them is unhappy." You obviously, from this opening remark, have met few truly homosexual men and women who,

having adjusted themselves to their psychological and physical needs, are neither more nor less happy than are heterosexuals.

I could introduce you to a great number of people who are very glad to be different, if it means escape from the enslavement of a domestic life tied to one partner throughout, the problem of unwanted children, privation and dullness. The homosexual retains the choice of living with a partner if he so desires (known as a "gay marriage") or remaining free in his choice of partners. Glad to be different? I say they are.

You have given very little mention to the female homosexual. You may not realize how many lesbians there are. In my opinion there are at least as many as there are of their male counterparts, all having their own associates, clubs, meetings places, etc.

It would be more to the point if you used your energies to educate the public to realize that there is nothing wrong in a homosexual relationship provided it is freely entered into by persons of adult years. And here let me say that very few homosexuals are interested in corrupting minors, certainly no greater proportion than of heterosexuals.

We should all work for the day when the law is brought into line with more enlightened countries such as Sweden, Holland and Denmark, as well as that one state in U.S. where the view is that private sexual matters are the concern only of those participating in them, I suggest that you take out a subscription to ONE Magazine, of Los An-