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Mattachine Society, Inc.

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Copyright 1958 by the Mattachine Society, Incorporated

FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION-MATTACHINE REVIEW founded January 1955 Mattacbine Foundation established 1950, Mattacbine Society, Inc., chartered 1954

THE DANGER OF LOOKING BACKWARD

Efforts to revive and accelerate all provisions of Federal Government policy on "security" matters seem neither to die nor fade away.

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The harsh policy os some 10 years ago, in which persons of homosexual inclination (real or simply reported by undisclosed accusers) were dumped into a category of undesirability-and thereby ineligibility to hold any government job had become somewhat maeliorated during the past few years. An aroused public had called for a reinstatement of civil rights, and the Federal Supreme Court acted to slow down the investigating techinques which amounted to withe hunts and resulted in widespread firings of government employees even if the position held had no connection with national security per se, and the person had never been affiliated with any political group whatsoever.

Charles O. Porter, Representative from Oregon, condemned the efforts of some members of Congress to revert to the old strict se curity policy when he read an editorial from the Washington Post which labeled this proposal as a step backward and in opposition to traditional standards of justice. Rep. Porter, in his remarks, also said he was encouraged to know that the League of Women Voters in the United States mailed many reprints of the editorial and (Continued on page 35)

Volume IV

APRIL 1958

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IN TIME WE MUST ACCEPT by Harry Benjamin, M. D. TROUBLE AND UNDERSTANDING by Manfred Wise.. DISCARD THE MASK by Bob Bishop.

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PARENTS FOSTER SEX DEVIATES by W. W. Sauer, M. D. .... 8 HOMOSEXUALITY INCREASING, EXPERT SAYS

By Gary Cartwright. TELEVISION PROGRAM IN NEW YORK by Philip Jason COMMENT FROM THE PRESS.

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