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Visit to Headquarters

By Your Editor CHARLES PRINCE

Since I was to be in New York over the weekend of Oct. 28-29, I decided to come home by way of Washington D. C. and talk to the top authorities in the Post Office Department about our problems. I wrote for an appointment with Mr. Day, the Postmaster General or Mr. Montague, the Chief Inspector.

On arrival, I phoned the Post Office Dept., only to learn that Mr. Day was in Calif. I was referred to Mr. Montague's off- ice and arranged an appointment for that afternoon. When I arrived, I was ushered into Mr. Montegue's spacious office and started to tell him of the purpose of my visit. After a few moments, he in- terrupted to say that he felt that I should speak to Mr. Callahan, who was in charge of the Fraud and Mailability Section. Не саше into the office, we were introduced, and Mr. Montegue suggested that we go to Mr. Callahan's office to talk.

Mr. Callahan proved to be a quiet, thoughtful man who listened courteously to my story for about an hour and a half. He paid attention to what I had to say and said at the end that it had proven very interesting. I showed him three types of letters I had brought along. I had a number from readers who had been "in- spected", relating their experiences with the Inspectors. Some of these reported activities by Inspectors Mr. Callahan admitted were quite out of order, if they were true. I also had a number of letters from readers indicating how much the magazine had meant to them and what it had done for them. These were shown to prove that TRANSVESTIA is being printed for a purpose, not merely as en- tertainment--to help people ad just to their problems, not simply to amuse them.

Finally, I produced a number of letters from professional people of various types-doctors, lawyers, ministers, etc. to show that in the eyes of these persons, my work on the magazine was beneficial and worthwhile. I also showed him the letters of in- vitation and certificates of appreciation I had received from the various groups to whom I have lectured. I even had some pics of Virginia to prove that I gave the lectures that way.