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REVIEW EDITOR: Please continue my subscription for another year. You are doing excellent work and give me and my friends much uplift. My only regrets are that you were not publishing during the past 30 years. --Mr. G.T., N. Carolir.a

REVIEW EDITOR: It seems to me that in regard to the work of the Mattachire Society and its magazine I can use a statement "Never which I believe Churchill used about another matter: You will find enclosed was so much accomplished by so few." a small check for the cause.

--Mr. M.A., Iċaho

REVIEW EDITOR: Thank you for sending copies of your Review. I read every one from cover to cover, and was thrilled by the quality therein. The tragedy of England is there is no such

magazine here.

Homosexuals are emotionally starved. What a blow it will be if the laws aren't relaxed. Because Parliament is afraid that this relaxation will indicate that it condones the activity, and refusing to pass the necessary bill, the law may well take it to be a go-ahead signal to pounce. Anyhow, besides the support homosexuality will get there will be some pretty horrible You can see what things said in Parliament when it comes up.

an incalculable help it has been to forward your ideas to those concerned via your clearsighted magazine. It is extremely unfortunate to be working in the dark. Members of Farliament for a change in laws will make speeches which will show ignorance and have little effect, not having had time to read the favourable books out, where a concise letter would give them the pointers required. The battle of the Pros should leave no doubts of the far-reaching extent the laws and attitude should be changed in the minds of the Cons.

How well all your people and ONE's explain their attitudes. Oh, for such a band of workers here and your important magazires!

REVIEW EDITOR: magazine.

--Mr. B.W., London, England

Enclosed is another $10 contribution to your --Mr. T.M., Ohio

EDITOR'S NOTE: Such brief notes with his contributions have We acknowbecome a regular habit from the above subscriber. ledge them with a sincere "thank you, T.M."

REVIEW EDITOR: I am glad you reprinted my article ("Time Is Real," November REVIEW). It was written from such a strictly American point of view, it should have appeared in this courtry anyway,

--Hovard Griffin

EDITOR'S NOTE: But our makeup department, Mr. Griffin, should not have fouled up the continuity (which we tried to explain to subscribers). What happened was simply this: the first 17 lines on page 19 of the issue should have been at the bottom

of the page, and not at the top. Sorry it happened--it made the article a jumble of nonsense until read in proper order.

REVIEW EDITOR: As all of us are aware of the newly recognized third sex by doctors, educators, etc., it is well to be reminded that we ære humans with all the normal functions that go with everyday living, but as ve're not all infallible, many as I fall by the wayside. I am not condemning or condoning, haven't the right to do so.

There are about forty homos in segregation in this city's jail, lying around idle, with their hands stilled, and this breeds many things.

Here's where the word 'rehabilitation' is a farce--it would be for the betterment of this minority group to be able to work and be given enough freedom, but not loosen the reins of discipline. The abuse of privileges would then be nil.

We are not allowed the freedom of worship nor other privileges granted others. Are we that bad, or is it that we are misunderstood? Once you are arrested you are never let alone, Rounded and hounded, the shackles of fear make it i impossible to be yourself--do harm to your job and your standing in your community.

It seems the only crime of a homosexual is the crime of no money and no one to turn to for aid. It seems that this State is losing democratic rights. We do hope that something will

be done to better our life.

Several letters have been sent to people of importance-we all hope this will lessen their ideas that homos are all creatures of lust and fiends to end fiends.

--"Downtrodden Minority."

REVIEW EDITOR: Just how much does the MATTACHINE REVIEW mean to its readers? Just how many of us realize what it takes in both work and money to put out a magazine of this kind? Having seen the operation of the MATTACHINE REVIEW from the time of its inception, I know. We have workers, all of them volunteers, and we can use more. And we need more and more subscribers In the meantime before the REVIEW will be self-supporting. our magazine is in need of financial contributions to meet the regularly recurring expenses of publication and mailing.

Many organizations operate successfully on the basis of a financial plodge system. Members and non-members alike pledge given amounts per month to be paid as regularly as their teleOr they It doesn't "hurt" so much that way. phone bills. may make a pledge to be paid bi-monthly, by the quarter, or semi-annually. Or they may prefer to pay a year's pledge in one lump sum. Pledges can be paid in cash, by personal check

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