terribly I certainly hope he will let me know about it so that things can be straightened out. The only thing I can think of that might be behind this remark is the fact that we turned down ads in Person to Person for some who had bought back copies of TVia off the newsstands in New York because they had not registered with us according to the new procedure. This may have been annoying to the new subscriber, but this regulation became necessary for the pro- tection of all of you. Perhaps this writer felt that the $5 regis- tration fee charged was a graft. Had he read far enough he would have found that this $5 is applicable against ads and answers at the same rate as before. We make nothing extra out of it. We do however, go to extra printing and mailing expense and trouble to administer it, but it is done in the interest of the security of all. How do we know what type of person buys the mag. on a stand and then writes a letter to YOU? When you get a letter through CONTACT you are likely to feel a certain security because we passed it through. When we only had mail order subscribers we knew a lit- tle about all of you and felt that we could safely relay letters. But with newstand sale anybody can get in the act and we can no longer offer any protection. So this "terrible treatment" and "ex- ploitation" of TVs turns out to be done for the benefit of all re- aders and I hope that this column will clarify the matter to any of you who have been put out by having ads returned or by the im- position of the registration rule.

Let me finish off this defense by this gen. statement. I work long and hard and so does Barbara on the various aspects of our ac- tivities, TVia, Clipsheet, Femme Mirror, editing stories, setting up the Sorority, (now to become the Foundation, see article in this iss- ue), and other unsung and unknown tasks. If we get to the point where we can say that we make a profit over our expenses (which in- cludes compensation for labor) we will surely have earned it like any other business. Profits are nothing to be ashamed of. However, TVia wasn't started, nor is it continued for that purpose, so char- ges of commercialism are either plain stupidity or massive ignor- ance and non-understanding or both. I am trying to give you what you want, teach those who are willing to learn, guide those who seek direction, and do everything I can to bring the pattern of TV- ism and FPation into better focus and broader understanding. And if for this critical friend "has no need for me and others like me", it can only be because he has found others who have done more in the past and offer more in the future than I have been able to do with all my efforts and good intentions. If he has not found such a source of moral support I can only wish him luck in his splendid isolation! Your embattled Editor.

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