the urge to serve my fellow man so strongly as I have since I joined the Beaumont Society. Only through self understanding can we hope to gain that knowledge that will aid us in helping them, and so often we grope blindly in a subjective world without even being able to help our- selves.

In the U.S.A. through your own energy and originality you seem to have stimulated others to think creatively, for I have seen articles in TVia that are both sensible and original. In England, although I have tried in the last few months to stimulate discussion and thought on the roots of our problems, I sometimes feel I am punching a wet blanket. I even tried to get something of my thought into the national press by a letter to the Sunday Times following an article they published on a 'sex change' case. Three weeks have passed and my letter has not appeared so I doubt now that it will. However Alga has promised to put it in the next Beaumont Bulletin for I hope it may help some of our members to see what is driving them. I enclose a copy with this letter; it does sum- marize as briefly as I can my own philosophy of TVism.

Probably Alga or Sylvia will have written and told you of the London party we held last week at which approximately 50 people were present including 8 wives and representatives of important sociological organ- izations. It was a great success and a record meeting for this country. The problem of secure meeting places is however so difficult. Also I managed to arrange a few weeks ago a meeting in London of the Reps Committee at which we had a full turn out, Reps coming from all over Britain, including Scotland. It was the first time we had all gathered together and discussions went on for hours. We are suffering somewhat from indigestion at present as our membership has almost quadrupled in the last twelve months, largely due to your visit in 1969. It is such a problem to, give individual members the attention their problems deserve. I am sure we have much to learn from your experience in the U.S.A. and here, as always, Sylvia is a tower of strength. She is going to send me details of the F.P.E. and I hope to join if you will have me.

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Perhaps I should end with a few details of my personal history if they will not bore you. I am 55, a research physicist and electronic engineer, married with two children a son of 21 and a daughter of 17. My father was also a TV, although I did not learn this until I was 30, so it could not have affected my development. As you know from my ac- count in 'First Impressions' the impulse to dress dates from my earliest memories but as an only child in a middle class family the opportunities were very few. I took every secret chance I could and also recall vague shameful/exciting memories such as being used as a model for a girls

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