later which I did only to be told that the producer had decided against it. He would wait till later, "when he could get a TV and his wife to come on the show and tell it all." I told them he was nuts that that would be equivalent to committing suicide but he was the boss so no dice. Had dinner with a new TV that had been referred to me.

Aug. 5. My hair-do had not stayed in so went back for a “retread.” Taken to dinner by Mrs. Cordell of the Albany Trust and a TV friend of hers. Very pleasant evening.

Aug. 6. Attended morning sessions of Congress and spent an hour in the afternoon with Dr. Randall who is the leading authority on TV in England. We had a quiet visit and peaceful disagreement on some points but established a relationship at least.

Aug. 7. Attended morning sessions. My paper was the first on the afternoon program and went over very well with interested questions. Paper after mine was by a lady MD from N.Y. interested in women's rights. So am I so I had lunch with her in N.Y. and she told me that she knew something was unusual because of the contrast between the erudition of my paper and the sharp and young way in which I was dressed.

Aug. 8. I'd been asked the day before for an interview for the Lon- don Observer which I gave. It subsequently appeared (on Sunday, the 10th) and got titled, "How Virginia Fooled the Congress." The pic- ture with it was titled "Virginia in Drag." You can imagine what happened to my blood pressure. It went on to say that I had "pulled the wool over the eyes of the delegates" and that I had "hoodwinked” them. The main part of the interview was fine but this kind of language certainly put me in a spot with the sponsor of the Congress and with the delegates. I heard later in Baltimore from my friend that I'd had the Indian dinner with that people had been quite complimentary about the paper but disturbed about the implications of the interview. The paper I read, incidentally is printed in this issue.

I moved today back into London since the Congress was over. I also taped a different program called “Late Night Roundup" on the BBC. We had a party in my honor at the beauty shop that I'd gone to. Strange place for a party but it had dressing room facilities for some of the girls and was central. Majority of those present were either TSs or those who thought they were but several of the Beaumont Society

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