members showed up including Alga FE-A-1 FPE who is our councilor in the British Isles. She had recently fallen and broken her collar bone but had bravely come clear over from Ireland with her arm in a sling just to be present at the party they had planned for me the following night. She was in some pain but had a good time anyway.

Aug. 9. Had an interview and was taken to lunch by a man from the magazine SHE. They have since purchased several copies of TVia and the Wives book so they should have a good article out pretty quickly. As this is a woman's magazine it ought to reach a lot of wives and maybe we can help unbend some of the resistant ones. In the afternoon I took the trip by launch down the Thames to the dock- yard area. A very interesting trip and one which I'd been frustrated on on a previous visit because of the weather. That night we had a party at my hotel put on by all the Beaumont girls who could get to- gether. We also had Mr. and Mrs. Cordell from the Albany Trust as guests and it really put the TV thing straight as against the gay bit in Mrs. Cordells mind. She was very appreciative for this additional in- sight and has since worked with Beaumont to help the TVs who come her way. It was a nice party and I got a chance to see and be seen by many of those to whom I have been writing or sending TVias to for several years.

Aug. 10. Had a noon interview with the Daily Mirror, one of Lon- don's big newspapers. I haven't seen what they ran but have learned that they did run something in their London editions. Went to the home of one of the British girls and had a final visit and chin fest with Alga and then said goodbye. Back to the hotel to change and be picked up by a private limousine and taken out to the studios of ITV (Independent TV) where I was on the David Jacobs show. This is like David Frost, who is a friend of theirs, or Johnny Carson in that they have a number of guests. They couldn't debook anybody so they put me on extra. The show was short but very successful. There was a smart alec American comedian on it who had to keep himself in the limelight by making jokes on everybody. So when question time came for me he asked me the usual $64 question about which rest- room did I use. I gave him my stock answer—“If you were in the men's room and I walked in what would you do?” This stopped him cold in his tracks with his jaw sagging. The studio audience was so pleased to have someone top him that I got a big hand for putting him down. Afterwards in their hospitality room I received congratulations from guests, staff and others for being dignified and handling the subject well. I called the studio several days later to ask about letters and calls. I

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