OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mattachine Society, Inc.

POST OFFICE BOX 1925

MAIN POST OFFICE. LOS ANGELES 53. CALIFORNIA

"Membership-at-Large" in the Mattachine Society will now be permitted in accordance with the following resolution recently adopted by the organization. Such affiliates will be known as Contributors, however, and not officially as members. Here is the plan:

RESOLUTION

Since there have been numerous requests from individuals outside of the Mattachine Society to participate financially and actively in the program of the Society, and

Since it has always been a primary concern of the Mattachine Society to promote participation on the basis of quality in order that the aims and objectives of the Society my be accomplished without dishonor,

Be it therefore resolved:

That the Mattachine Society does establish the designation of Contributor for all interested persons who shall:

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1. Make proper application for such designation

2. Sign the Pledge of the Society

3. Pay a fee of $10 per year, due each January 1st All Contributors shall receive a Contributor's card and a one-year subscription to the Mattachine Review upon payment of their yearly fee. No Contributor shall be entitled to be a delegate to a convention of the Mattachine Society or attend a chapter or area council meeting of the Society or represent the Mattachine Society-in any way unless expressly authorized in writing by the Board of Directors.

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Adopted by the Board of Directors:

"February 8, 1955

MATTACHINE SOCIETY, Inc. Los Angeles, California

Lithographed in USA. I

Second Issue

Mattachine REVIEW-

TABLE OF CONTENTS March-April 1955

FEATURE ARTICLES Deep Are The Roots, Carl B. Barding.

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Let's Start Over In North Carolina, Mackinneth Fingal..............8 Treatment of the Sex Offender in Denmark, Paul W. Tappan...11 Sex "Pervert," Age 7........

Justice Scored In. Provoo Case, Paul Bennyhoff. Reformers Can Be Cruel, Luther Allen.......

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"International Organization Report, Floris van Mechelen........32

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SHORT FEATURES

Contributor Plan...!

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What Price Membership.....28 Why I Belong

Morality Marches On........18

To Mittachine.......

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Democracy Requires

Prosecutors Warned To

2nd Annual Convention..

Dissenting Opinions......25 Halt Illegal Arrests....31 Brief History of the Mattachine Society..

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DEPARTMENTS

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.23 Where To Buy The Review...35

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Directory. Foreign Publications.........38

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In The Next Issue. Quotes.. Book Reviews: Newsreel...

MATTACHINE REVIEW is published bi-monthly by the Mattachine Society, Inc., Post Office Box 1925, Los Angeles 53, California. Entire contents copyrighted; and may not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding, manuscripts, advertising, directory of Mattachine Society, Inc., see page 37 of this issue.

Editorial Direction..Publications Director, Mattachine Society .D. Stewart Lucas Business Manager. .Mel Betti Art Director...... Rod Holiday Production.

Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year, U. S., Canada and Mexico; $3:50 per year elsewhere. Single copies, 50 cents. All copies mailed first class sealed in plain envelope.

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