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The complaint maintains the society is an educational, research and social service organization devoted to publicizing the problems of homosexuality and to helping individuals "with this tremendous social problem."

Meetings are held and literature distributed among the 99 San Francisco members who meet once a month.

Attorney Walter T. Winter, who filed the suit in Superior. Court called Wolden's alleged words "disgusting." He said the Society wants $1 million in exemplary damages, $100,000 in general damages and $3500 for loss of income in dues and donations which will result.

Mattachine Society-How It

Got Its Name

The Mattachine Society, which sued Assessor Russell L. Wolden for $1,103,500 charging slander, tells in an official society publication how it got its name:

"The Mattachines were court jesters, teachers, fools-in the original sense of the word," the magazine's foreword states.

"They lived and moved in circles of the nobility. They dared to speak the truth in the face of stern authority, regardless of the

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An Editorial.

Get Out, Wolden!

Russell L. Wolden has slandered San Francisco in a radio speech containing an amazing perversion of fact and has thus disqualified himself as a serious candidate for mayor.

He should withdraw from the campaign. The speech was the most distasteful pottage of slime, innuendo and falsehood ever cooked up and piped into San Francisco homes at the dinner hour.

His wild charge that a moral offender finds easy tolerance in San Francisco is a resort to the extremes of irresponsible demagoguery and an affront to the truth.

Wolden has deviated from the path of political responsibility and shown himself incapable of the role of sober civic servant.

He has insulted San Francisco with gross and desperate distortions.

He should get out of the race.

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consequences. And they were men of wisdom."

In the damage suit, the society says it performs

educational, research and social service functions in helping the community better understand sex problems.

Wolden Charge Hit by Demos

Two top local Democrats criticized fellow Democrat Russell L. Wolden yesterday for making morals cases an issue in the mayoralty campaign.

Jack Morrison, candidate for Board of Supervisors, didn't name Wolden but attacked charges "designed to capitalize on the public abhorrence of morals offenses." He said they reflect an "opportunistic and irresponsible attitude toward the voters of San Francisco and toward the office of Mayor."

Franklyn K. Brann, chairman of the Democrat Club

for the 22nd Assembly Dis trict, chided that "I didn't know the Mattachine Society was running for Mayor."

In a radio talk Wednesday night, Wolden charged that the Mattachine Society, which he described as an organization of sex deviates, had passed a resolution praising Mayor George Christopher for San Francisco's "enlightened and just city government."

Democratic Assemblyman Phillip Burton of San Francisco also reportedly was distressed by the Wolden charges.

HERB CAEN

These Foolish Things

Overheard at the Matador: "Wolden isn't worried any longer about winning for Mayor-he's worried about losing for Assessor!"

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