SAN FRANCISCO POLICE RAID REVEALS LACK

OF KNOWLEDGE OF CITIZEN'S RIGHTS

Friday night, Sept. 21, San Francisco police raided the Alamo Club, popularly known as Kelly's. Hauled into the city jail and booked on the charge of frequenting a house of ill repute were a reported 36 women.

At the hearing the following Monday we understand only four of those arrested pleaded not guilty. We feel that this was not due to actual guilt on the part of those so pleading but to an apalling lack of knowledge of the rights of a citizen in such a case.

To combat this lack, and in answer to many queries we have received, The Ladder next month will print "What To Do In Case of Arrest"..

The raid at Kelly's, plus other police activity in San Francisco, decided us to change the topic of the Oct. 23 discussion meeting,

Attorney Benjamin M. Davis, when apprised of the number pleading guilty after the raid, volunteered to speak. He will discuss "The Lesbian ard The Law", with special emphasis on a citizen's rights in case of arrest.

We urge everyone to make a special effort to attend this meeting, which is an attempt to remedy the lack of knowledge which has become so evident. The meeting will begin at 8:15 p.m. in Studio 51 at 465 Geary St., San Francisco.

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"Never Plead Guilty" is more than the title of Jake Ehrlich's book; it is advice to be remembered.

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