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EDITORIAL EMANATIONS

You have all read No. 1 by now and by the time you have read these words you will at least have look- ed over this issue. Some of you wrote back congrat- ulatory letters which are appreciated. Putting togeth- er No. 1 wan not easy due to a variety of technical and printer problems that had to be surmounted. It was a little faint in places because of the necessity of clean- ing up the paper offset plates that had to be used. We learned a lot about the printing business and the off- set process getting that one out I can tell you.

The paper used was all there was available in the shop when we finally got things rolling after midnight. We hope you will find this one a little neater and nicer. Most of you have indicated that you did not find the $4 asked, out of line. I hope you liked what you got for your money. Several of you sent in $5 instead of $4 just to help get things rolling and I want to take this way of expressing my thanks not only for the extra financial lift but for the confidence that it expressed not only in the Editor but in che idea. The idea of printing only 100 copies each of 32 differ- ent plates as on No.1 nearly flipped the printer. He did it, but the cost per copy was therefore pretty stiff. Costs can come down when we have grown enough. When we went to press the first time there were not many paid subscriptions on the rolls and the cost was considerably more than the total amount these sub- scriptions represented. However, so much time had el- apsed since the first of these subscriptions had come in that we began to be embarassed and worried lest these early birds think that we had solicited money under false pretences. So we screwed up our courage to the sticking point, as the Bard said, and went ahead. Of course, more subs have come in since, but as of the time this is being written the group is still far too small. Many of you subscribers know each other but I am sure that many of you also know others that are not on our list. In the interests of the continuation of our efforts wont you all see that