The applicant for membership must take the following pledge:

"I pledge myself:

"To uphold the constitution, by-laws, aims and principles and policies of the Mattachine Society, Inc., and unconditionally to respect the anonymity of members of the Society.'

The pledge is set forth in the constitution and by-laws of the society.

Recruiting Cited,

In its efforts to recruit members, the society emphasizes the secrecy, and a couple of other points, in this passage from the brochure, "Mattachine Society Today":

"During the entire existence of the Mattachine movement, fear and apathy have been the main ingredients to growth of the society. Experience hase proved that neither are valid reasons for anyone to hesitate to affiliate or support the organization and its projects,

"As concerns fear, it may be stated that no membership list, mailing list or list of subscribers is ever made public...

"As concerns apathy, the general feeling of disinterest in our work suddenly strikes home to many persons when through some innocent or careless incident they become victims of the stigma, prejudice and ignorance surrounding our out-moded sexual attitudes.

Objectives Named

"This may hit one through conflict with the law, undesir able discharge from the armed forces, sensational publicity, loss of job or 'discovery' by friends, relatives and associates."

Here are some of the objectives of Mattachine, as set forth in its articles of incorporation "to further and gain acceptance of the belief of sexual equality for all people..

"To... conduct medical, social, social hygiene, pathologi. cal and therapeutic research of every kind and description and to publish and disseminate the results of such research as widely as possible.

"To sponsor, supervise and conduct educational enterprises to promote among the general public an interest, knowl edge and understanding of sexual equality..."

Aims And Principles

More forthright objectives are printed in "Mattachine Society Today" in a section called "Aims and Principles." Here are some of those:

"To secure the active cooperation and support of existing Institutions such as psychology departments of universities, state and city welfare groups, mental hygiene departments and law enforcement agencies in pursuing programs of education. and integration

...

"To contact legislators regarding both existing discriminatory statutes and proposed revisions and additions to the crim. inal code... so that laws may be promulgated with respect to a realistic attitude toward the behavior of human beings. "To eliminate widespread discrimination in the fields of employment, in the professions and in society, as well as to attain personal social acceptance among the respectable members of society.

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'Law-Abiding Manner'

"To dispel the idea that the sex variant is unique, 'queer' or unusual

"To accomplish this in a law-abiding manner, the society is not seeking to overthrow or destroy any of society's existing institutions, laws or mores...

In short, Mattachine wants to establish social equality for homosexuals among respectable people by changing laws, social concepts, and far from incidentally, the basic tenets of the Catholic, Protestant and Jewish religions.

It is impossible to legislate social acceptance or religious principles.

Mattachine, however, disclosed just how it would like to change the laws at the society's last national convention, which was held in Denver over the Labor Day weekend.

Clarified By Talks

There it was clarified by various speakers that the homosexuals want revised laws which would give what they call "consenting adult males" (and females, too, for that matter) the legal right to indulge their homosexual desires in privacy. Among the San Francisco speakers at the convention were Harold L. Call, editor of the Mattachine Review, which has its offices in the national headquarters at 693 Mission St., and Dell Martin, national president of the Daughters of Bilitis.

The Daughters of Bilitis are sort of a woman's auxiliary to Mattachine, the men's homosexual organization. Miss Martin addressed the assemblage on "Problems of the Homosexual Woman."

Bay City Men Elected

In the election of officers at the convention, three San Franciscans were elected to the positions of national chairman, secretary-general and treasurer-general.

Another speaker was James Kepner Jr., of Los Angeles, chairman of a magazine called "One, Inc."

An advertising folder sent out by "One" contains reproductions of the covers of several of its editions. These bear such title announcements as:

"I Am Glad I Am a Homosexual." "Religion and the Homosexual," and "Something About a Sailor."

Or, simply, "The Homosexual Magazine."

No Apology, Claim

In its own behalf, the folder says:

"Without apology, ONE expresses the viewpoint of the homosexual about the many serious problems facing him today and seeks ways to solve those problems.

"ONE assumes homosexuality to be a healthy, natural and indispensable part of society."

ONE is supported by an organization called the Friends of One and is widely distributed in San Francisco. It publishes short fiction pieces about homosexual romances between men. Another publication, called Interim and put out by Mattachine, contains in its June quarterly edition a review by ONE of Mattachine's "Educational Handbook."

Concerning the educational handbook, ONE says: "Classroom instruction is but one of the many suggested activities, which include the spoken word. the written word, the arts, research (along many lines)

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