tochapter, awaits the appearaneo of some individual who pos808sos the required drivo. Then this happons, ho will find already a group of good "followers" who are reasonably will acquainted with the Society. A "firm" contact also exists in Miami, Florida, but the situation there is not at all hopeful in the immediate future.

IV. MISCELLANEOUS

The Public Relations Chapter (in New York) has charge of dotails at the general monthly and quarterly meetings: programming, reception of visitors, selling copies of the Mattachino Review, distribution of other literature, collecting funds, eto. The sooial committee organizes occasional events; these will probably bo come regular quarterly features. Chapter members also prepare the quarterly mimeographed loaflet, "Activities of The Mattachine Sooiety in New York," which is passed around at monthly meetings and is sent to all making inquiries.

(Aroa Connoil officers and committoos in other cities whore tho Society has chapters also perform public relations functions similar to those outlined by Gonzalo Segura, Jr., public relations director, New York.)

Publications

Prom the national headquarters at San Francisco, the publications department issues the monthly Mattachine Review, the quarterly Interim national newsletter, folders, information booklets and other publications. In the cities of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Denver and Washington, monthly newsletters are issued. (Current issues of these newsletters, oxoopt Washington, aro inoluded as supplements in this number of the Review).

These publications circulate to many hundreds of persons regularly. Six newsletters go to a total of 1200 addressees monthly. Interim averages 200 copies mailed quarterly. The Review goes to almost 700 addressees, with an average of about 1000 newsstand sales on the six alternato-month big issues distributed in 12 large cities of the U. s.

From the national headquarters, Hattachine publications are mailed to persons inquiring about the organization. An averago weekly total of such mailings is approximately 50. Included in these envelopes are items such as a sample oopy of the Review; the Mattachine publications oatalog; the yellow booklet of goneral information; two folders, "In Case You Didn't Know" and "What Does Mattachine Do;" a form letter and in most cases, an individual reply. Postage-paid return envelopes are included in all correspondence where a subscription to the Review is solioited.

Large printings during the past year of materials not directly

a part of a regular periodical inoluded 1500 reprints of the yellow booklet; 1000 oopies of the 12-page booklet of the legal department of the Chicago Area Council, "Your Legal Rights," and 5000 reprints of "In Case You Didn't Know" folder. In Juno a now folder, "What Does Mattachine Do?" was prepared and 5000 copies were printed. At the beginning of 1957, a 12-page Publications oatalog was issued in 2000 copies. It told about the contents of back issues of the Review, advertised bound volumes, sample copios and other publications for sale in quantity.

To a great extent the Publications Department report is something that is evident day by day, wock by week and monthly throughout the year. Placing the Mattachine story before the public is the function of this department, in conjunction with all other departments, area councils and offices of the Society. No bottor medium is available than the printed word.

The huge volume of Mattachine publications is possible only because of the Society's association with Pan-Graphic Press. A report of this working arrangement which makes possible the mass of publications at a fraction of average commercial costs will be given at the convention. --Hal Call,

Research

Publications Director

Although rumors of various research suggestions, projects and inquiries have come to the director's ear during the past year, nothing has come to his desk in writing. Therefore nothing of their content can be "patained in this report.

This does not mean, however, that the director has be on oompletely unoccupied. An internal research matter has commanded his attention. Like those people who, whon thoy are blocked from taking any outward action, turn in upon themselves introspectively, he has been concerned with the problem of thore boing specifically designated mambers of the Board of Directors.

Starting from the practical situation that the "rumorod" contaots from various sources had been handled by other directors, it soon became clear that a specifically dosignated "Rosoarch byꞌoxporDirector" was superfluous; it had been demonstrated by' experience that a person carrying such a label was not necessary to the effective functioning of the Board or the Society.

The next question was whether there was a need for any such specifically designated directorships in the make-up of the Board. Beyond the constitutionally mandatory officers--President, secretarios, treasurer and the chairman of the Board, Would it not be more realistic and efficient to have a Board of Directors which would allocate specific duties and funo-